AU4865700A - Self-setting fish hook - Google Patents

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P/00/01 1 M5/91 Regulation 3.2

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990

ORIGINAL

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Invention Title: 5l k 5 T k t c K The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best :::method of performing it known to me:- .A .4 1/8 SELF-SETTING FISH HOOK This invention relates to a method of catching a fish that evades capture on a conventional fish hook. The 'Self-Setting Fish Hook' results in more fish being caught, than conventional fish hooks, especially finicky biters.

As the name implies, it is to do with the setting of its hook into a fish mouth. The fish 6 has a far less chance of taking the bait off the hook than exists with conventional manufactured hooks. Conventional hooks catch a fish if the fisher person sets the hook in time, while in most cases with inattentive fisher person, the fish swim away with the bait.

With a 'Self-Setting Fish Hook' the fish cannot swim away with the bait because I© hook is released into the mouth by the movement of the fish alone. The weight and .the movement of the fish set its bait arm in an upward movement, the full force of this fulcrum action is released into the mouth of the fish as it takes the bait on the hook. The angler then reels in the fish that the hook caught. The angler then has to unhook the fish and reset the spring tension in the hook arm.

5 The advantage of a 'Self-Setting Fish Hook' over a conventional fish hook are as follows: Very few, if any, are for sale. It is very simply made; a coil with two arms at opposite ends. It uses spring steel wire or stainless steel wire, the latter having longer life in salt water. The 'Self-Setting Fish Hook' is very economical and easy to manufacture, compared with other hooks that rely upon a spring action to catch fish.

0 It has a spring steel coil with two arms to form restraining and strike arms. The striking arm is angled towards the restraining arm, that has a slight bend bias to it to assist in its placement beneath the restraining arm. The strike arm tension is increased by its rotation and held by the opposite central coil spring arm. The restraining arm is held there prior to its release by the corrugated restraining arm and the adjustable tension control. The striking arm is in constant tension in a lateral and upward direction to return to its neutral position. Once a fish takes the bait, a set of chain reactions caused by the release of tension, results in the release of the coil 2/6 spring opposing arms. Thus, completing the spring release trigger of the striking hook arm.

The tensioned arm is safely moved 180 degrees by the use of a thumb lever. That rotates a metal cylinder that rotates around the central pin internal of the spring steel coil spring. Its position is always in a neutral or tensioned position. The tensioning of its hook arm is a safety feature against accidental release of the arm whilst placing a bait to hook.

This hook arm has at it striking end a lock up hook tube into which a conventional steel hook eye is inserted into its tapered slotted recess. The longitudal section of the tube has a continuous tapered slot into which a plastic or steel plug is inserted. The plug has a concave bottom section to fit over the shank of the inserted fish hook at its top section a dovetail like protrusion for locking up against the slotted top section of the fish hook holder.

*o (6 This release of all three arms moves the striking arm laterally and upwards into the baited fish mouth. Also, when the hook arm is snagged the pull of the fishing line moves the safety thumb lever revolving cylinder through which the strike arm protrudes. The slot in the thumb cylinder moving the fishing line side ways and up '-.and down. This acts like a person removing a hook in the mouth of a landed fish by 0 its constant pressure and release. The lateral movement of the slot in the thumb cylinder against the snagged fish hook allows the hook freedom to release from the snag.

To assist with understanding the invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings which show one example of the invention In the drawings: FIGURE 1 shows the main coil with two spring steel arms. The striking arm is rotated 180 degrees to be held by opposite main spring steel coil arm with locating corrugated type notches.

3/8 This retaining arm has attached to it a tensioning release lock up with a see-saw pendulum type pivoting spring steel wire which locks itself along side the corrugated notches of the holding arm it is attached to.

The tension required is adjusted by the knurled adjusting nut which in turn raises and lowers its corrugated end to lock up and release both arms of the main spring coil moves with the main spring striking arm to rotate the striking arm. By using a person's thumb to apply pressure to revolve until its slightly inwards inclined arm is placed beneath its opposite notch restraining arm lock (a safe hold position).

This is release by the knurled nut of to suit the casting and water conditions of I 0 fishing spring (10) fit over pin and a held in place by spring clips (11).

They are fitted to the pin ends that project past to allow lateral movement of a snagged fish hook to facilitate its release.

FIGURE 2 shows the release striking steel hook arm approximately half way or degrees into its travel on its return to its untensioned position. is rotated by an upwards movement and only follows the movement of the strike arm spring which is located through in its slotted hole section The fishing line connection, or a line attachment such as a line swivel to the four connecting holes, are shown with thumb lever. The thumb lever has the same curvature as the rest of the main body of FIGURE 3 shows in its fully returned or neutral position with strike hook arm (8) being in its untensioned position to be again revolved with the thumb lever of and rotated to its fully tensioned and held position by Its opposite arm restraining it until a fish again takes the baited hook. The spring steel arm of sets its hook into a fish by returning to its neutral position.

FIGURE 4 is the control mechanism for the hold and release of main coil arm Its spring steel wire arm locates itself along side the corrugations of the attachment corrugated notch restraining arm of locking up strike arm The adjustable tensioning is achieved by the knurled nut compressing the spring and moving its corrugated end arm with more pressure against the strike arm of The pressure can be adjusted to suit the conditions of fishing by the tightening or unwinding of the knurled nut of(4).

FIGURE 5 is a special lock up device for holding fish hooks. Its purpose is for a multitude of fish hook sizes and length with a suitable design hook to suit the action of the self setting spring to which it is attached. A spear ended hook at its barb would suit the hook design because it strikes into a fish mouth with the action of a thrusting spear like that of a spear being thrown FIGURE 5 consists of a section of tube with a tapered slot section at the bottom of its end section which holds the eye of the hook. The top section of the tube has a fully .ooo slotted section with a taper to one end. Its purpose is for the insertion of a lock up plug This plug is then inserted into the tube slot of until it locks its body 1 5 .against the tapered slide section of preventing the shank movement of the inserted hook.

0o00 FIGURE 6 is a plastic or metal plug that has a slide fit inside the tube section of Its bottom section having a curve like slot section for its full length to fit over the :'""shank of a conventional fish hook and clamp it down to prevent its movement in 0 The top section of has a protrusion for its full length. This protrusion has tapered sides that match the tapered sides of(5) to which it is inserted and tightened. Thus, locking it up to hold down the inserted shank of the fish hook.

0 FIGURE 7 is formed from a sheet metal pressing then folded to form two cylindrical ends with a connecting metal curved section integral with its cylindrical ends. At its opposite end one has an elongated slot section through which the striking arm of (8) passes through. The opposite end has a metal projecting section that forms a thumb grove to revolve on the spindle pin The persons thumb exerts pressure against the strike arm of applying pressure away from the danger of strike arm until strike arm is held under its opposing restraining arm The main coil spring then is in tensioned at both of its arm ends.

The notch spring steel arm of is then adjusted to retain the three arms in a locked up position until the hook arm is baited; however, this baiting could have been done in striking arm neutral position.

The knurled adjusting nut of is adjusted to suit the conditions of fishing. The fishing line attachment are any of the four connection holes of A yoked line to the main fishing line would be a better set up because of the pull of the line at both I spindle ends of Also this lateral slide action of against the spring of (10) and and the revolving movement of against the striking hook arm to pull and release the spring arm of against the shank of a snagged hook will give a leverage of agitation to the embedded barb and gape of a snagged hook, thus assisting in its .o.o release from its snagged position.

1 5 The reason for the de-snagging motion is the extended spindle of with the spring of (10) at either end of the pin to move the slotted aperture of against the striking arm of(8) in the lateral and up and down movements.

FIGURE 8 is the main coil spring with two extended arms. A striking arm with a .hook locking device and at its extreme end. The opposite end of the spring 0 steel coil is its opposing or neutral arm to resist the upwards movement of its tensioned arm from its release after the adjusted spring steel arm of is set for its release by the action of the bait taking fish along approximately two third of its length are corrugated notches over which is fastened a tension regulating device that locks up both the arms of The fish setting hook to help the fisher person handle with safety its striking action.

FIGURE 9 is a spindle pin that centers itself through the main spring steel coil spring also Its the spindle that revolves around. The lock up spring steel clips (11) are fastened to both its ends, thus locking the ends of (10) spring on to spindle pin The main coil spring and lateral movement springs The thumb revolving the arm of which moves approximately 180 degrees by the pressure of a person's thumb revolving it on pin FIGURE 10 is extended end of pin coil spring for lateral movement of each way laterally along the pin of to assist in the release of a snagged fish hook.

FIGURE 11 is a retaining end of pin shaft spring steel lock on spindle end collars.

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