AU595244B2

AU595244B2 - Multipurpose fishing tool

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Publication number: AU595244B2
Application number: AU63575/86A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Harry Gross
Original assignee: ABSTIN Pty Ltd
Current assignee: ABSTIN Pty Ltd
Priority date: 1986-01-10
Filing date: 1986-10-07
Publication date: 1990-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 2006-10-07
Also published as: AU6357586A

Description

After, Prolvisional No. PH 4156 AUbliKALIA PATENTS ACT 1952 COMPLETE

SPECIFICATION

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FOR OFFICE USE: Application Number: G Lodged: Complete Specification Lodged: Accepted: PublislwW:

PATENT.

Priority: Related Art: A 0 Class Int. Class 595244 11a~giof Applicant(s): HARRY GROSS Address of Applicant(s):

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6108 *Aetual nventor(s): Address for Service: HARRY GROSS Kelvin Lord Co., 4 Douro Place, WEST PERTH, Western Australia 6005.

Complete Specification for the invention entitled: "MULTI-PURPOSE FISHING'TOOL" eTio~ doud ISj Ctltj, forc Prtifornde f The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to mnelus 1A 2 The present invention relates to a tool, and in particular to a fishing tool. It is envisaged that such a tool may be used to connect fish hooks to one another, thus forming gangs of hooks.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention there is provided a tool comprising a pair of arm members connected by a pivotal connection, one arm member provided with at least one projecting member and the other arm member provided with a recess means, said projecting member provided with a surface which tapers to an apex, said apex spaced from an inner face of said &im member by said surface wherein at least a portion of said projecting member is receiveable in said recess means when said arm members are brought together, such that a fish hook eye may be spread open by placing it over said apex of said projecting member and bringing said arm members together and then further squeezing together said arm members.

Preferably, the projecting member is in the form of a cone means.

20 The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

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S -_:lj~mn~v~.unriml~~ant~ i I 3 Figure 1 is a first perspective view of the tool; Figure 2 is a second perspective view of the tool; Figure 3 is a plan view of the tool; Figure 4 is a side view of the tool; and Figure 5 shows a scabbard arrangement fitted to the belt of a user for holding the tool.

In Figures 1, 2 and 3, a tool 10 in accordance with the present invention comprises a pair of arm members 12 and 14, pivotally connected by way of a pivotal connection, in the form of a pivot pin 16.

S cc" C Each of the arm members 12 and 14 may extend beyond their pivotal connection, in an offset manner, to form jaw members 18 and 20, respectively. The arm members 12 S: *and 14 further comprise handle means 22 and 24 respectively.

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The arm members 12 and 14 are provided with at least one projecting member and one corresponding recess oo means respectively.

In Figures 1 to 3, the inner face 42 of the arm member 12 is provided with a cone means 26 whilst the inner **see* 26 face 44 of the arm member 14 is provided with a corres- I ponding recess means 28. Also, the respective inner faces 42 and 44 of the arm members 12 and 14 may be further provided with a cone means 30 and a corresponding recess means 32, respectively. Whilst the cone means 30 is shown as being positioned on the arm a 4 member 12, and the corresponding recess means 32 on the arm member 14, these positions may be reversed.

The recess means 28 and 32 are each of a size such that their corresponding cone menas 26 and 30 are able to engage therein when the arm members 12 and 14 are brought together. The recess means 28 and 32 may each be in the form of concave or conical depressions or hollows.

The cone means 30 and its corresponding recess means 32 are preferably of a smaller size than the cone means 26 and its corresponding recess means 28.

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oThe tool 10 may also be provided with means for setting the closest distance of approach of the arm members 12 and 14 when they are brought together. With such means *999 a gap, of adjustable size, may be formed between the *arm members 12 and 14 when the arm members 12 and 14 9999 are brought together.

off*In the drawings, such a gap setting means is shown as 9999 S comprising a screw means 34 provided on the arm member 999999 12, by way of a bore having a screw thread, through .9 S.se which the screw means 34 may turn.

The arm member 14 may be provided with a slight depression 36 so that the tip face 38 of the screw means 34 may engage therein.

Whilst the screw means 34 has been shown as being 5 positioned on the arm member 12 and the depression 36 on the arm member 14, these positions may be reversed.

The respective inner faces 42 and 44 of the arm members 12 and 14 may each be provided with a further recess means 40. The recess means 40 may be in the form of concave or conical depressions or hollows.

The tool 10 is preferably of a shape such that when the arm members 12 and 14 are brought together, the portions thereof carrying the cone means 26 and 30, recess means 10 28 and 32, depressions 40 and screw means 34 are able to e" be placed in substantially parallel lying juxtaposition.

o* This can be best seen in Figure Each of the jaw' members 18 and 20 may be provided with a 0 recess means 46. The recess means 46 may be in the form of concave or conical depressions or hollows. The recess means 46 are similar to the recess means though preferably of smaller dimension.

The tool 10 may be provided with one or more crimping mechanisms. Such a crimping mechanism may comprise a 0 tongue and groove arrangement.

In Figure 2, two crimping mechanisms are shown. The first comprises tongue 48 and groove 50 and the second comprises tongue 52 and groove 54, with the first one being preferably of larger dimension than the second.

The tongues 48 and 52 and grooves 50 and 54 are formed Il-l- 6 on the respective inner faces of the jaw members 18 and and are disposed in a generally transverse manner with respect to the longitudinal dimension of the jaw members 18 and The forward portion of each of the inner faces of tia jaw members 18 and 20 is preferably formed as a serrated gripping surface 56.

Each of the jaw members 18 and 20 may have a slightly or oet inclined(end portion 62 and 64, respectively, as is best seen in Figures 2 and 4.

Further, one of the jaw members 18 and 20 is preferably formed with a slightly truncated extremity.

The inner faces of the jaw members 18 and 20 may further be provided with cutting edges 58.

The cone means 26 and 30, recess means 28 and 32 and S.'recess means 40 and 46 may be formed integral with the respective arm members 12 and 14. Alternatively, they sees may be carried on respective inserts which fit into 000* apertures in the arm members 12 and 14. Such inserts 64 are shown in phantom in Figure 3. The inserts 64 may 0 s have tapered surfaces which may abut with correspondingly tapered surfaces in the apertures in the arm members 12 and 14, and are thereby held in place.

These inserts 64 may then be removed from the tool 10 by punching them out of the arm members 12 and 14 using a C7 -1 NT 7 drift punch placed in the apertures 60, in the arm members 12 and 14, located behind respective inserts 64.

Thus, if a cone means 26 and 30, recess means 28 and 32 or recess means 40 and 46 become worn or damaged, they may be easily replaced by removing the relevant insert 64 and replacing it with an appropriate new one.

It is preferable that the inserts 64 be made of hard metal, e.g. steel or tungsten.

The present invention may be used for ganging or connect 10 ting fish hooks to one another so as to form gangs of hooks, necessary for catching certain kinds of fish.

To connect a series of hooks in such a manner, a first fish hook is taken and its eye placed over an approp- 0e riately sized cone means 26 ox 30. The arm members 12 and 14 are then brought together.

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surface of the cone means 26 or 30 and the inner face 44 of the arm member 14. As the arm members 12 and 14 are squeezed together by the operator, the inner face J 20 44 of the arm member 14 forces the fish hook eye to move along the tapered surface of the cone means 26 or As this occurs the apex point of the cone means 26 or 30 moves into the corresponding recess mean.s 28 or 32, respectively. This action causes the end of the fish hook eye to move away from the shaft of the fish 8 hook sufficiently, so that the (usually barbed) hook portion of another fish hook may pass through the spread open eye of the first fish hook.

The spreading open of the first fish hook eye will need to be monitored by the operator so that the fish hook eye is not open more than necessary by squeezing the handles 22 and 24 excessively. However, once the first fish hook eye has been opened by the -orrect amount, the screw means 34 may be used to set the appropriate closest distance of approach of the arm members 12 and 020 0 14. This is done by turning the screw means 34 so that only a sufficient length of it protrudes above the inner face 42 so that the arm members 12 and 14 are prevented from coming together any closer than is necessary to open similar sized fish hook eyes by the same amount as the first fish hook eye was opposed.

Once the gap setting has been effected in the above way, the arm members 12 and 14 may be moved apart and the first fish hook removed.

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The hook portion (with barb) of a second fish hook may then be inserted into the eye of the first fish hook that has been spread open.

To close the eye of the first fish hook that has been spread open, the eye is placed edge-on between the recess means 40 or 60. The handles 22 and 24 are then ii 'It 9 *r

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5 squeezed together. This then closes the eye of the first fish hook.

The eye of the second fish hook is then spread open in a manner similar to that described above in connection with the first fish hook. However, as the distance of closest approach of the arm members 12 and 14 has been set (in the above described manner) the operator need not monitor the opening of the eye of the second fish hook. The handles 22 and 24 are squeezed together until further movement is prevented by the tip 38 of the screw means 34, carried by the arm member 12, contacting the inner face 44 of the arm member 14.

The second fish hook is then removed and connected with a third fish hook. The above process is then repeated 15 for as many fish hooks or gangs of fish hooks as required.

It is envisaged that the operation of closing the eyes of the fish hooks will not be impeded by the gap setting.

However, if this does occur then the required number of fish hooks may all first have their respective eyes spread open. Next, the screw means 34 may be readjusted and then the fish hooks connected and their eyes closed, in the above described manner.

The cone means 26 and recess means 40 may be used for fish hooks with larger eyes, whilst the cone means 10 and recess means 46 may be used for fish hooks with small eyes.

A tool in accordance with the present invention may also comprise a crimping mechanism, previously described.

This may be used for crimping sleeves around a fishing line.

This is done by placing a sleeve to be crimped, which Sgenerally contains two portions of a piece of fishing S line, between the tongue 48 and groove 50 and then s0010 squeezing the handles 22 and 24. This then crimps the o sleeve around the portions of the fishing line.

The tongue 48 and groove 50 may be used for large sleeves whilst the tongue 52 and groove 54 may be used for smaller sleeves.

15 Whilst two crimping mechanisms, of differing sizes, have been shown any suitable number of suitably sized crimping mechanisms may be incorporated into the tool The serrated gripping surfaces 56, which may be provided on the inner faces of the jaw members 18 and 20, may be used to provide a secure grip on any object held between the jaw members 18 and 20. Further, the inclined end portions 62 and 64 are useful for disgorging hooks from fish.

Also, the provision of one of the jaw members 18 and being formed with a slightly truncated extremity 11 enables the opening of fishing tackle split rings therewith.

The cutting edges 58 may be used for cutting fishing line or other material. The cutting edges 58 are preferably made of hardened metal.

The handles 22 and 24 that cover the ends of the arm members 18 and 20 are preferably formed of plastics material.

Figure 5 shows a scabbord arrangement, for the tool 10 One of the handles 22 and 24 may be provided with a 9 hole (not shown) through which is passed a ring 66 connected to one end of a chain 68, as best seen in see* Figure 5. The other end of the chain 68 is connected to the belt 70 of a user, by way of a clip-on connec- 15 tion 72.

The scabbard 74 is provided with adjustable straps 76 and attachments 78 for attachment to a user's belt.

The chain 68, ring 66 and connection 72 are preferably made of stainless steel.

The arm members 12 and 14 of the tool 10 may each be of unitary construction.

Alternatively, they may be formed in two pieces which are overlappingly engaged in the region of the arm members 12 and 14 shown carrying the cone means 26 and 30, recess means 28 and 32, recess means 40 and screw 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 go

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12 means 34. The overlapping portions of these two pieces could be fixed together by rivets.

In such a two piece construction of each of the arm members 12 and 14, the pieces carrying the handle means 22 and 24 may be of channel form having a substantially shaped cross-section. A portion of each of the other pieces is then fitted into these shaped channels. These two pieces that go to make up an arm member are then rivetted together.

10 Modifications and variations such as would be apparent to a skilled addressee are deemed wtihin the scope of the present invention.

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Claims

1. A tool comprising a pair of arm members connected by a pivotal connection, one arm member provided with at least one projecting member and the other arm member provided with a recess means, said projecting member provided with a surface which tapers to an apex, said apex spaced from an inner face of said arm member by said surface wherein at least a portion of said projecting member is receiveable in said recess means when said arm members are brought together, such that a fish hook eye may be spread open by placing it over said apex of said projecting member and .9 bringing said arm members together and then further squeezing together said arm members. a o:

2. A tool as defined in claim 1, wherein said arm members :15 are each provided with handle means and said handle means are located remote from said projecttng member and said recess means.

A tool as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein said projecting member is substantially in the form of a cone and said recess means is substantially of conical or concave form.

4. A tool as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein said projecting member and said recess means are 9 provided on respective inner faces of said arm members.

S. A tool as defined in any one of the preceding Claims, further comprising gap setting means whereby a gap between said arm members when they are brought together may be set.

6. A tool as defined in claim 5k wherein said gap setting means comprises a sorLw means passing through one of said I ii-i-~ 14 arm members and able to protrude therefrom to contact an inner face of the other arm member.

7. A tool as defined in any one of the preceding Claims, wherein said arm members further comprise a pair of jaw members having serrated gripping surfaces and offset end portions.

8. A tool as defined in Claim 7, wherein said pivotal connection is provided between said jaw members and said projecting member and recess means.

9. A tool as defined in any one of the preceding Claims, wherein said arm members are provided with at least one pair I. of mutually opposed recesses with one recess of the pair C being located on each arm member such that a fish hook eye that has been spread open may be closed by placing it 15 edge-on between said mutually opposed recesses and then bringing said arm members together and further squeezing together said arm members.

A tool as defined in any one of Claims 7 to 9, wherein said jaw members are provided with at least one crimping mechanism in the form of a tongue and groove.

11. A tool as defined in any one of the preceding Claims, wherein at least one of said projecting members and recess means is formed integral with the arm member on which it is 0, provided.

12. A tool as defined in any one of the preceding Claims, wherein at least one of said projecting members and recess means is formed as part of an insert which is carried in an aperture of the arm member on which it is provi.ded. A/

'13. A tool as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED DECEMBER 27 1989 HARRY GROSS By his Patent Attorneys KELVIN LORD AND COMPANY PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. fe 0 :6. 620 *4 a SOf *ep 0