Improvements in the Construction of Buoys for Deep Sea and Alongshore Fishing.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1891-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Buoys for Deep Sea and
Alongshore Fishing.
I GEORGE EDWARD JAMES MOODY, of the firm of Moody's and Kelly, Fish
Docks, Grimsby, in the County of Lincoln, Fish Salesman and Smack Owner, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to buoys for use in the prosecution of all kinds of line
trawl, drift, dredge, whelk, crab, lobster and all uses in deep sea and alongshore
fishing; for attachment for floating all kinds of lines, nets, pots and other
like appliances.
Hitherto such buoys have been made of wood, principally in the shape of barrels,
having a central pole or shaft passing through them for attachment to the line.
I construct my buoys of metal, either plain or corrugated, and of any suitable
shape, such buoys have attached to either end or both ends, when required, metal
sockets into which fit the poles or shafts which are secured in position by a screw
key or drop pin.
These metal buoys are more durable, lighter, more buoyant, and more easily
repaired, and may be made in various shapes such as globular, barrel, pear, single
and double cones and the like.
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Gough Chambers, Saville Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Buoys for Deep Sea and
Alongshore Fishing.
I GEORGE EDWARD JAMES MOODY of the firm of Moodys and Kelly Fish
Docks, Grimsby in the County of Lincoln, Fish Salesman and Smack Owner, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to buoys for use in the prosecution of all kinds of line,
trawl, drift, herring dredge, whelk, crab, lobster, and all uses in deep sea, and
alongshore fishing, for attachment for floating all kinds of lines, nets, pots, and
other like appliances.
Hitherto such buoys have been made of wood principally in the shape of barrels,
having a central pole or staff for attachment to the line.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a view of my improved construction of buoy, corrugated, and suitable
for line fishing.
Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 show various shapes of my improved buoy, suitable for line,
trawl, dredge, drift or herring fishing.
I construct my buoys A of metal, either plain or corrugated, and of any suitable
shape, such buoys have attached to either end or both ends when required, metal
sockets B, into which fit the poles or staffs C, which are secured in position by a
screw, key, or drop pin D.

page_text: Attached to one end of the pole or staff C, by means (preferably) of a bracket E
and bolt F, is a swivel ring G, for preventing any turns being either "put in "
or " taken out of the buoy line. This line being attached to the bottom of the
sea by an anchor, to which is also attached the main body of the fishing lines.
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These metal buoys are more durable, lighter, more buoyant, more easily repaired,
will stand more sea pressure, and may be made in various shapes such as globular,
barrel, pear, single and double cones, and the like, or of any other suitable shape.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The construction of metallic buoys, of any suitable shape, in the manner and
for the purposes, such as shown and described.
Dated this Thirtieth day of October 1891.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, and Saville Street, Hull,
Agent for the Applicant.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, and Saville Street, Hull,
Agent for the Applicant.