Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K91/00—Lines
  • A01K91/02—Devices for casting lines
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K91/00—Lines
  • A01K91/18—Trotlines, longlines; Accessories therefor, e.g. baiting devices, lifters or setting reelers
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K91/00—Lines
  • A01K91/03—Connecting devices
  • A01K91/04—Connecting devices for connecting lines to hooks or lures

Definitions

• the present invention relates to methods and devices for connecting branchlines to a fishing line and for hauling or unwinding said line.
• the technical sector of the invention is that of sea fishing.
• Sea fishing boats frequently use fishing lines known as longlines, which include a main line consisting of a strong line on which are mounted ends of line which end in a hook and which one designates by the name of forward.
• Fishing boats are equipped with mechanical means for hauling lines generally comprising means for driving in rotation a reel on which the master line is wound.
• the presence of 1 branch lines attached to the main line complicates the hauling or mechanical unwinding of the lines because the hooks risk becoming tangled or catching.
• Various solutions have been proposed. You can replace the winding on reels by coiling the lines in baskets by hooking the hooks to the edges of the basket.
• the FR patent application. A. 2.527.046 (SERN) describes a hauling device comprising a magnetic strip for guiding the hooks to a take-up reel where an operator grasps and hooks them in a slot located around the perimeter of the reel.
• the longline type lines have another diffi ⁇ culty which is the fixing of baits or boxes on hooks.
• An object of the present invention is to provide a means of connecting the branchlines with the main line which makes it possible to maintain the branchlines distributed along the latter during fishing and which at the same time makes it possible to separate the branchlines from the main line during hauling or reeling operations, such so that it is possible to wind the master line alone on a coil driven in rotation or to deviate it from such a coil without being hindered by the presence of hooks.
• Another objective of the present invention is to provide devices for receiving the lines and their branch lines and for unwinding them at high speed thanks to the original connection device between the branch lines and the main line and which at the same time make it possible to obtain an automatic fixing of the baits on the hooks during the unwinding of a line.
• each branch is fixed to the large loop of a staple of link in the form of a double loop comprising a small loop diametrically opposite to the attachment of the branch line to the large loop and a master line is engaged in said staples carrying stops having transverse dimensions greater than the opening of said small loops, so that when the branchlines are pulled, the line passes through the small loops which abut on said stop stops and it is possible to separate the branchlines from the main line during the operations winding or unwinding thereof by passing it through the large loops of said staples.
• a method according to the invention for hauling or for mechanically unwinding a fishing line carrying branch lines equipped with connecting clips in the form of a double loop inside which the master line passes is characterized in that one makes pass the master line in a straight tubular guide which guides internally or externally said large loops of said staples and the hooks of said branch lines are made to slide on a straight guide rail which is parallel to said tubular guide.
• the first result of the invention is new staples - which make it possible to connect branchlines to a main line without making knots so that it is possible to separate them from the main line during the launching maneuvers or recovering the line and easily winding the main line alone on a reel and then unwinding it and which nonetheless make it possible to maintain the branch lines distributed along the line during fishing while preventing them from come to become entangled between them.
• the second result of the invention is mobile units for the storage of branchlines which can be interchanged on a work table. During the hauling of the lines, each mobile unit placed empty on the table, can receive all the branch lines equating a line and can then be stored.
• each mobile unit fitted with the branch lines fitted to a line is placed on the work table and allows the branch lines to be easily engaged one by one on the line while it is being unwound. which allows, moreover, to pass the hooks in a corridor where they automatically receive a bait where a rate of launching lines and lifting thereof significantly improved.
• Figure 1 is a section of a line.
• FIGS 2 and 3 show two embodiments of staples according to the invention.
• Figure 4 is an overall perspective view of a work table according to the invention installed on the deck of a fishing boat.
• Figure 5 is a perspective view of the front end of the work table carrying the hook guiding device.
• Figure 6 is a partial vertical section of Figure 5.
• Figure 7 is a perspective view of the rear end of the work table carrying the device for automatically fixing bait to hooks.
• Figure 8 is a perspective view of the bait dispensing container.
• Figure 9 is a cross section of a mobile hook storage unit.
• Figures 10 and 11 are cross sections of two alternative embodiments of the staple guide.
• FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of a fishing line or longline according to the invention.
• the latter comprises a master line 1 carrying line ends or branchlines 2 each equipped with a hook 3 'According to one characteristic of the invention r each branch is connected to the main line by a clip link 4 which has the shape a double loop inside which the master line 1 is engaged.
• the master line 1 carries stops 5 regularly spaced along the line.
• the stops 5 can be constituted for example by nodes of the main line, or by beads or any other equivalent stop means fixed to the main line.
• Each connecting clip 4 has a small loop 4a, the opening of which is less than the transverse dimensions of the stops 5.
• Each clip 4 has a large loop 4b which communicates with the small loop 4a and the branchlines are fixed. large loops opposite small loops 4a.
• the large loop and the small loop communicate with each other by a constriction 4d whose width is slightly less than the thickness of the master line 1, so that it is necessary to force slightly so that the master line crosses this constriction.
• Figure 1 shows the position of the branchlines when the line is in the fishing position.
• the main line is engaged in the small loops 4a of the branchlines and cannot pass in the large loops because of the constrictions. If a branch line tends to move along the main line, the small loop 4a of the staple will meet one of the stops 5 and each branch line is therefore held between two stops.
• FIG. 2 represents a first embodiment of a staple according to the invention in which the large loop 4b is composed of two loops superimposed in the manner of key rings and the branch line is fixed to the staple by a knot , so that it remains attached opposite the small loop.
• FIG. 3 represents another embodiment in which the large loop 4b is formed by the two ends of an elastic metal wire which are bent and superimposed, so that they delimit a small loop 4c in which a loop can be threaded the branch line 2.
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a device according to the invention intended to haul or unwind the longlines.
• This device comprises a piece of furniture or chassis 6, of elongated shape, which and installed on the deck of a fishing boat, parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof. The direction of movement of the boat is indicated by the arrow F.
• the cabinet 6 comprises for example an upper table 7 or one or more lower plates 8 which are fixed on legs 9.
• the two longitudinal edges of the table 7 are equipped with gods vertical boards 10 which define with the table 7 a kind of chute.
• Table 7 successively receives removable units 11 for storing branchlines, one of which is shown on the right in FIG. 4.
• FIG. 4 shows, in phantom, a line 1 during hauling and in dotted lines, a line l 'during reeling.
• Each branch unit 11 for branching comprises a rectilinear tubular guide 14 and a rectilinear rail 15 which are parallel and which are interconnected by crosspieces 16.
• the distance between the guide 14 and the rail 15 is less than the length of the smaller forward 2.
• FIG. 4 represents several branchlines 2 stored on a storage unit 11. It can be seen that in this example, the large loops 4b of the staples 4 are engaged around the tubular guide 14 and that the hooks 3 of the branchlines slide on the rail 15. Each storage unit 11 can receive a number of branch lines corresponding to a master line.
• the lower plate 8 of the cabinet 6 carries at the front a devi ⁇ doir 17 which has a transverse axis on which the coils 18 are mounted one after the other, on each of which a master line is wound.
• the coil is mounted idly on the reel axis.
• the table 7 carries a return pulley 19 which is located above the reel 17 and in front of the front end of the tubular guide 14 placed on the table. '' To unwind a line which is wound on a reel 18 and to equip it with branchlines, the fisherman first lays flat on the table 7 a removable unit 11 which is provided with a number of branchlines corresponding to the equipment of the line, the staples 4 being engaged on the tube 14 and the hooks 3 on the rail 15 of the storage unit 11.
• the fisherman places a reel 18 on the axis of the reel 17 and it passes the end of the main line on the return pulley 19 then inside the tubular guide 14 and it hooks at the end of the line a ballast or a flag which it throws into the water at the rear of the boat .
• the main line is drawn into the water by the effect of the speed of the slowly advancing boat.
• the fisherman slides the branchlines one by one toward the rear of the boat until the clip 4 of each branchline escapes from the rear end of the guide 14. It then engages the small loop of the clip of the branch line on the main line and the branch line is automatically driven by a stop 5 which meets the small loop 4a of the clip. This circulates in the device 13 placed at the rear of the rail 11 and in passing it receives a bait which is automatically attached to the hook.
• the fisherman replaces the storage unit 11 with a new unit furnished with branchlines and places on the reel 17 a new reel 18 furnished with a master line and the same operations are repeated.
• the lower plate 8 of the cabinet 6 carries a small motor at the rear, for example a hydraulic motor which drives an axis 20a on which the coils 18 can be mounted on which the main lines are wound when hauling them.
• the table 7 carries a return pulley 21 which is located above the axis 20a and in alignment with the rear end of the guide 14.
• the fisherman To recover a line, the fisherman first places an empty storage unit 11 on the table 7 and places an empty reel 18 on the axis 20a.
• the fisherman grabs the hook 4 of the branch line and engages the large loop thereof on the tubular guide 14, so that the main line which circulates inside the tubular guide 14 is disconnected from the branchlines whose staples 4 slide outside the tubular guide 14 and the main line s '' wound without problem on the reel 18.
• Figures 5 and 6 represent a perspective view and a partial vertical section of the hook guide device 12 which is fixed to the front of the table 7 as well as the end front of a removable device 11 placed on the table 7.
• the front end of the tubular gui ⁇ dage 14 which is in this embodiment a simple tube of circular section through which passes a master line 1 during hauling.
• the internal diameter of the tube 14 is greater than the largest transverse dimension of the stops 5, so that the latter can engage in the tube 14.
• the cross section of the rail 15 for guiding the hooks which comprises for example a profile in the form of an angle with unequal wings 22, forming an angle between them of about 120 °.
• the rail 15 is held in parallel above a second profile in the form of an angle 23 by means of lugs 24 which are welded, so that the vertical wing of the profile 22 on which the hooks 3 slide is entirely free. Lahampedes hooks 3 slides between the horizontal wings of the two sections 22 and 23.
• a clip 4 in the form of a double circular loop whose large loop 4b has an internal diameter greater than the diameter of the tube 14 so that it can slide outside the tube 14.
• the hook guiding device comprises a curved rail 25 which is for example a stainless steel bar which has a smooth and rounded front edge on which the hooks can slide.
• the rear end of the rail 25 is located in alignment with the rail 15 and, more precisely with the profile 22, so that the hooks which escape the rear end of the rail 25 engage on the profile 22.
• the curved rail 25 intersects the hauling path of the lines 1 which pass under the rail.
• the guide device further comprises a horizontal plate 26 having a rounded front edge which is located below the hauling path of the lines and below the curved rail 25, in front of the front edge thereof.
• the plate 26 carries two fingers 27 or ramps for guiding the hooks which are situated before the front edge of the curved rail 25, on either side of the hauling path of the lines 1 and which are inclined while rising towards the rear, so their rear end is situated above the curved rail 25 and behind the front edge thereof as seen in FIG. 6.
• FIG. 5 a branch 2, hooked to a clip 4, which is applied against a stop 5, so that the branch is pulled by the line and it engages between the two ramps 27.
• the hook comes between the ramps, it hangs on one of them. It glides uphill along the ramp.
• it falls and clings to the curved rail 25 and slides along the front edge of the latter until it engages on the profile 22.
• the fisherman engages the large loop 4b of the clip 4 on the tube 14 and the branch line is detached from the line.
• Figures 7 and 8 show perspective views of the device 13 which is placed on the table 7, in alignment with the rail 15 and which is used to automatically fix a bait on each hook during the unwinding of a line.
• FIG. 8 represents the rear part which comprises a vertical and fixed cylindrical container 28 provided with two fixing lugs 29 into which the bait which is cut into pieces is poured.
• This container is arranged above a circular hearth 30 which has a diameter much greater than the external diameter of the receptacle 28.
• the hearth 30 is mounted on a vertical shaft which is rotated in the direction of the arrow by a small motor , for example a hydraulic motor placed under table 7.
• the container 28 has a side opening 31 through which the bait can pass, which is located above the rotating floor.
• the device further comprises a U-shaped chute 32 which is flared in front of the opening 31 and which receives the baits leaving the container, which circulate one behind the other in the chute 32 under the effect of the thrust due to the rotation of the sole.
• the sole 30 is placed higher than the table 7 and the chute 32 has a downward slope.
• Figure 7 shows, on a larger scale, the front part of the bait fixing device.
• the front part of the bait fixing device comprises two angled profiles 33 and 34 which are interconnected by angled tabs 35 and which are arranged immediately behind the profiles 22 and 23 and in alignment with them. ci, so that the hooks 3 which slide on the profile 22 pass over the profile 33.
• the rear end of the vertical wing of the profile 34 is extended by a vertical partition 36 which is perpendicular to it.
• the profile 33 is shorter than the profile 34 and the rear end carries a vertical partition 37 which defines with the partition 36 a transverse passage 37, in which the front end of the chute 32 opens out.
• the top of this passage 38 is closed by a horizontal plate 39, the rear end of which is articulated about a horizontal axis 40.
• the front end of the plate 39 is curved downwards.
• the plate 39 is kept supported on the baits by a spring 41 whose compression force is adjustable for example by means of a bolt 42.
• the fisherman slides a staple 4 of a branch line on the guide until it escapes from the rear end of the latter, and it forces the main line to engage in the small loop 4a of the clip and when the next stop 5 leaves the rear end of the guide 14, it drives the clip and therefore the branchline.
• the hook of the latter engages on the rail 33 and slides along it. When it reaches the rear end of the rail, it escapes from it and it is In the corridor delimited by the partitions 36, 37 and by the plate 36. It traverses this corridor and it encounters in its passage a bait which is there.
• the point of the hook enters the bait.
• the bait engaged on the point of the hook meets the curved front edge of the plate 39, which forces the bait to rotate a quarter of a turn on itself and to engage on the pole of the hook resulting in a very good automatic attachment of bait to hooks.
• the rear edge 33a of the vertical wing of the profile 33 is rounded as seen in FIG. 7.
• FIG. 9 is a cross section of a removable unit 11 for the storage of branchlines which passes through one of the crosspieces 16 each bearing a support 43 of the tubular guide 14.
• the clips 4 have the shape of two circular loops and the guide 14 is a tube outside which the large loops of the clips slide. This poses the problem of the passage of staples to the right of the supports 43.
• the two supports 43 are located near the two ends of the tube 14.
• Each support has a lower support 44 which is pivotally mounted about a transverse axis 45 and it comprises an upper half-support 46 which is articulated to the lower support 44, around a longitudinal axis 47.
• FIG. 9 shows in dotted lines the upper half-support 46 raised to release the tube and in solid lines the half-support 46 folded around the tube and fixed to the lower half-support by a threaded rod 48 and a wing nut 49.
• the operation is as follows.
• the support 43 located at the rear is locked closed while the front support 43 is in the open position, so that the front end of the tube 43 can be raised by pivoting it around axis 45 of the rear support.
• the fisherman who engages the staples on the front end of the tube 14 rotates the tube from time to time Î 2
• the staples can have the shape of double square, rectangular, triangular, diamond loops, etc. It is also specified that the sliding of the large loops of the staples outside the. tubular guide 14 is a preferred, but not limiting, embodiment.
• FIG. 10 represents a cross section of a tubular guide 14 which has the shape of two slides having a diamond-shaped section which matches the shape of the staples 4 which also have a double loop shape formed by two diamonds 4a and 4b, of unequal dimensions, which communicate with each other by one of their vertices, the branch line 2 being fixed to the top of the large loop opposite the small loop.
• the clips 4 have a cross section smaller than that of the tubular guide 4, so that they slide inside this guide which holds them laterally.
• the main line 1 carrying the stops 5 circulates in the part of the chute having the largest section, that is to say inside the large loops 4 b and the branch lines are separated from the main line.
• the sheath 14 has a longitudinal slot 50 through which the branchlines pass.
• tubular guide used in the description designates either a tube 14 or a split sheath having the shape of two slides but can also designate guides which would consist only of longitudinal rods forming a cage which would guide the staples internally or externally to this cage.
• FIG. 11 represents a staple 4 formed of a large loop 4a of rectangular section and of a small loop 4b of generally circular shape and a guide which is composed of eight rods 51 forming a cage inside which the staples circulate
• the rods 51 are arranged on a line in the form of a double loop which marries the external contour of the staples in the case of the figure, but which could, as a variant, follow the internal contour or which could even be located on two lines following the one the interior contour and the other the exterior contour of the staples.
• FIG. 9 represents a section of the guide rail of the hooks 11 comprising a profile 22 in the form of a square having a horizontal wing and an inclined wing. It is clearly seen that the profile 22 is held by fixing lugs 24 which connect the top of the horizontal wing to a fixed support 23, so that the point of the hooks slides freely along the upper edge of the inclined wing and the hook of the hook 3 slides freely under the horizontal wing of the sections 22.

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