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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN J. DUFFY, OF MATAGORDA, TEXAS.
APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING AND HAULING SEINES.1,012,065.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Dec. 19, 1911.
Application filed July 25, 1911. Serial No. 640,379.
To all whom it may concem
Be it known that I, JOHN J. DUFFY, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Matagorda, in the county of Matagorda and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Apparatus for
Delivering and Hauling Seines, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to apparatus for de-
10 livering seines into the water and for haul-
ing the same, and its object is to provide an
apparatus of this kind by which the seine
can be readily delivered without danger of
becoming entangled, and, furthermore, to
15 provide an apparatus which enables the
fishermen to keep the lead line on the bed
of the bay, river or other body of water
when hauling the seine, and thus prevent
escape of the fish, and to do this without
20 getting into the water, thereby escaping all
danger of injury from sting-rays and other
dangerous fish, as well as permitting hauls
in water which is too deep for hauling the
seine by hand.
25 With these objects in view, the invention
consists in a novel construction and arrange-
ment of parts to be hereinafter described
and claimed, reference being had to the ac-
companying drawings, forming a part of
30 this specification, in which drawings-
Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus
showing the position of the parts when
hauling in the seine. Fig. 3 is a front eleva-
35 tion of the lower end of the apparatus.
Referring specifically to the drawings, 5
denotes a barge, scow, or other water craft
which carries the apparatus. Pivotally con-
nected to the stern of the barge is a plat-
40 form 6 of wire screening which is stretched
between spaced longitudinal bars 7 connect-
ed at suitable intervals by cross braces 8.
To the bottom of the bars, intermediate the
ends thereof, are secured elongated eyes. 9
45 which are engaged by staples 10 secured to
the stern of the barge, whereby a pivotal sup-
port for the platform is had in order that it
may be swung downwardly behind the stern
of the barge into the water. When not in
50 use, and also when the seine is being de-
livered into the water, the platform will be
placed in elevated position as shown in Fig.
1, in .which position it extends outwardly
from the stern of the barge, and it is held in
55 this position by pins 11 passing through
staples 12 on the deck of the barge and eyes12a in the bars 7 near the inner ends thereof.
The screening does not extend to the inner
ends of the bars 7, thus leaving the space
therebetween free. On the deck of the barge 60
is a slatted platform 13 which is between the
inner ends of the bars 7 when the platform 6
is swung out of the water and hauled on the
deck of the barge, as shown in Fig. 1. The
slatted platform is designed to hold the seine 65
when it is not in use, in order that it may
dry quickly.
On the bars 7 are upstanding guide rollers
14 and between said bars, at their outer
ends, extends a transverse guide roller 15, 70
whereby the seine is prevented from fouling
as it is paying out upon being delivered into
the water. The inner ends of the bars 7
carry each a winch 16 for hauling the seine.
The winch may be operated by a hand crank 75
17, and opposite to its drum is located a
roller 18 which is carried by a bearing 19
hinged to the bar so that the roller may be
swung toward and from the periphery of
the drum. A set screw 20 holds the bearing 80
in adjusted position.
To the deck of the barge are pivoted
slotted links 21. Bolts 22, provided with
wing nuts 23, extend from the sides of the
bars 7 and pass through the slots 24 of the 85
links. This structure serves to hold the
platform 6 after it has been swung into the
water.
To the outer edges of the bars 7 are se-
cured strips 25 which carry outstanding 90
guide rollers 26 and 27, respectively, the
former being located near the upper end
and the latter near the lower end of the
platform when the latter is swung into the
water. Adjacent to the rollers 27 are rollers 95
28 from the axles of which extend guide rods
29, which latter curve rearwardly and ter-
minate at the lower ends of the strips 25.
Adjacent to the rollers 28 are rollers 30
which are carried by levers 31 pivoted at 32 100
to the strips 25. To the levers 31 are con-
nected adjusting links 33 which are slotted
as indicated at 34 to receive bolts 35 extend-
ing from the strips 25 and provided with
wing nuts 36. These connections enable the 105
rollers 30 to be adjusted relative to the roll-
ers 28. From the axles of the rollers 30 ex-
tend guide rods 37, which latter. curve out-
wardly and downwardly so that their lower
ends may be stuck into the bed of the bay 110
or other body of water.
In operation, one end of the seine is
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Duffy, John J. Apparatus for Delivering and Hauling Seines, patent, December 12, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510260/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.