IMPROVEMENTS IN DEEP SEA FISHING OR TRAWLING APPARATUS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
STEPHEN KEMP, of 8 Holbeck Road Ķennington, in the County of Surrey
Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
DEEP SEA FISHING OR TRAWLING APPARATUS to be as follows:-
A net which may be called a hood net having for its object the widening of the
mouth of the net (as now in use) attached to and extending the entire length of
the trawl beam at a slight upward angle and projecting in front say 6 to 10 feet
and shall be suspended by iron or steel stanchions or wiskers attached one to each
trawl head, the bridle ropes to be attached to the short under arms of the wiskers
or not suspenders which will open and shut with the bridles, and a small ropé
extending from the extreem end of one wisker to the other forming the front rope
to which the net is attached, the strain of the bridles on the wiskers causing a
sufficient tension to secure my hood net in its proper position and requiring no
attention opening as it goes down and shutting as it comes up the wholo apparatus
may be unshipped and the bridles replaced in thier original position in 10 minutes
in any case it is quite out of the way of the usual operations and can be adapted to
any existing trawl head, the fishes being covered by the advance not before taking
alarm at the trawl beam thior escape is cut off.

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
STEPHEN KEMP, of 8 Holbeck Road Kennington in the County of Surrey
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
DEEP SEA FISHING OR TRAWLING APPARATUS and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention consist of a net which may be called a (hood net), having for its
object the increasing the width of the mouth of the net, as now in use, attached to
and extending the entire length of the trawlbeam at a slight upward angle and
projecting in front say 6 ft to 10 ft or more and may be suspended by iron or steel
stanchions or wiskers attached one to each trawlhead, the bridle ropes to be
attached to the short under arms of tho wiskers or net suspenders, which will open
and shut with the action of the bridles.
And a small rope extending from the extreem end of one wisker to the other
forming the front ropo or headlino to which the net is attached and to the beam-
the strain of the bridles on the wiskers causing sufficient tension to secure my hood
net in its proper position the meshes of my hood net may conveniently be larger
than those of the main net and of a finer material thereby offering less resistance to
the water, and I prefer the meshes to be formed at right angles from the beam.
My hood net being quite Automatic requiro no extra attention, opening as it
goes down and shutting as it comes up, the apparatus may be unshipped and the
bridles replaced in thier original position in 10 minutes, in any caso it is quite out
of the way of the usual operations, and can be adapted to any existing trawl head
the fishes being covered by the advance net before taking alarm at the ponderous
beam thier escape is cut off I will now by the aid of accompanying drawings
proceed to describe more in detail means pursued by mo in carrying my improve-
ments into effect, figure 1, is a plan view, figuro 2, is a is a side view figure 3,
is a front view figure 4 is a representation of the ordinary trawl head as now in use.
A,, is the wisker or hood net suspender.
A, 1, is the short arm of the wiskers to which the bridle ropes are attached at B,
(B, is the juncture of the bridles and short or towing arm, Ċ is the bridles, D. is
the stay forming the step to secure A. 1., and may be attached to any existing
trawl head, E is the trawlbeam.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The novelty of the Hood net substantially as described.