EP2012583A1

EP2012583A1 - Angling cork

Info

Publication number: EP2012583A1
Application number: EP06769524A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Mircea Sangeorzan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-04-28
Filing date: 2006-06-09
Publication date: 2009-01-14
Also published as: WO2007126323A1

Abstract

The angling cork is intended for sports, amateur and leisure fishing. It triggers automatically the impulse of pulling and hooking the fish, when it bites the bait. The angling cork according to the invention consists of a body (1) with a tip (2), in the immersed part, on which a passing ring (3) is placed for an angling line (4) and a tail (5), in the non-immersed part, on which a line (4) fastening ring (6) is placed. A spring (7), is fastened rigidly in the cork body (1), through a short segment (8). Near the free end of the spring it has a line (4) attachment ring (9). A tripping spring (11) rigidly affixed, in the cork body (1), is equipped, towards its free end, with a shoulder (13) for the priming of the spring (7), a passing ring (14) through the tripper of the line (4), and with a fastening ring (15) on the tripper of the line (4). The tripping spring (11) moves in a guide (16), with several steps in the form of saw teeth, avoiding the releasing due to smaller impulses, other than the fish biting the bait.

Description

ANGLING CORK

The invention refers to an angling cork intended for sports, amateur and leisure fishing.

Angling corks with multiple roles are known: signalizing device to warn at the moment when the fish is biting the bait from the hook, the role to maintain the bait at a depth in which fish probably feed, or the role to secure a certain stability in circumstances of wind or water currents.

All known angling corks have the disadvantage that the angler must have a very good vision and that they request permanent focusing of the attention in order to notice the exact moment when the fish bites the bait, and a prompt angle movement in order to hook the fish.

The technical matter solved by the invention consists in the automatic generation of an impulse to the fishing hook the very moment the fish bites the bait.

The angling cork according to the invention does away with the disadvantages mentioned above and solves the technical problem / through the fact that it consists of a body with a tip in the immersed part, on which a ring is placed for the passing of an angling line and a tail, in the non-immersed part, on which a fastening ring for the line is placed, of a spring which has a short segment for the rigid fastening of the cork body and, near the free end, the mentioned spring has an attachment ring for the line, made of a tripping spring set through one of its segments, rigidly on the cork body and which has, towards the free end, a shoulder for the priming of the spring, a passing ring for the passing of the line through the tripper, and a ring for the fastening on the tripper of the line, and from a guide made up of several steps in the shape of saw teeth, in which the tripping spring is moving by leaps.

Following advantages are obtained by applying this invention: -it improves the efficiency in capturing the fish, offering satisfaction even to beginner anglers

-it offers the persons with sight problems or reaction problems the possibility to practice angling

-offers the possibility of capturing fish from a certain weight up, thus protecting the small fish -reduces the risk for the tearing of the line when the fish snatches. Below we present a non-limitative example of how to build the invention, with referral to figures 1 to 3, which represent:

- fig.1 , section of the angling cork

- fιg.2, front view of the cork

- fig.3, side view of the cork

The angling cork according to the invention is made up of a body 1 , with a tip 2 in the immersed part, on which a passing ring 3 is placed for an angling line 4 and a tail 5, in the non-immersed part, on which a line 4 fastening ring 6 is placed. Depending on the actual circumstances of use, the immersed part as well as the non- immersed part may be rounded or elongated, for example the cork tail may or may not be in the shape of an antenna.

The angling cork according to the invention is also equipped with a spring 7, with a short segment 8, for the rigid fastening in the cork body 1 and near the free end of the spring it has a line 4 attachment ring 9.

Depending on the material used and on the desired strain, the spring 7 may have one or several straining coils 10.

A tripping spring 11 affixed, through a segment 12 rigidly in the cork body 1, is equipped, towards its free end, with a shoulder 13 for the priming of the spring 7, with passing ring 14 through the tripper of the line 4, and with a fastening ring 15 on the tripper of the line 4.

The tripping spring 11 moves in a guide 16, with steps in the form of saw teeth. The guide 16 consists in a toothed slit with three steps in which the tripping spring 11 moves by leaps. The tripping spring 11 may be programmed - primed in one of the three priming steps which allow the action of the tripper after one, two or three impulses, that may be generated in following circumstances: -one initial impulse is generated by the throwing of the angling cork; the tripper spring 11 jumps out of the first step of the slit and stays positioned in the second step; -another impulse is caused by the lead at the moment the cork touches the water; the tripping spring 11 jumps out of the second step of the slit and stays positioned in the third step;

-an impulse is caused by the fish biting the bait, driving the tripping spring 11 on the final route of the last step of the guide slit 16, releasing the spring 7 and hooking the fish. Choosing various values for the tensioning strength for the triggering spring 11 shall result in the tripping of the spring only if the fish pulls the bait with the necessary strength, proportionate to his dimensions. Thus, small fish are protected.

The attaching of the line to the cork begins by introducing 4 through the centre of the passing ring 14 through the trigger, then passing it through the centre of the passing ring 3, from the tip of the cork, then a cork balancing lead 17 and a hook 18 are mounted. In the following stage, the height between the cork and the lead is set, and the line is fastened to the fastening ring 6 from the cork tail, thus it does not glide on the line. Then the spring 7 is primed and the line is attached to the attachment ring 9 situated near the free end of the spring, this ring too has the role of blocking the line to the spring. After these steps, the line 4 is introduced in the fastening ring 15 on the tripper above the passing ring 14 through the tripper, preventing the line to come down free through the passing ring 14 through the tripper, in exchange only allowing it to go up.

After the cork is mounted on the line and the bait is attached in the hook, the spring 7 is primed, storing the energy that shall be used to hook the fish; the spring 7 is then blocked under the shoulder 13 of the tripping spring. Then the system is launched to water. At launching, the tripping spring 11 jumps the first step of the guide 16 due to the strain between the lead and the tripper. At the contact of the cork with the water, the tripper 11 jumps another step of the guide 16 due to the weight of the lead 17 and the impact of the cork with the water. Thus, the tripping spring 11 stays in the water primed in the last step of the guide 16. When the fish bites the bait and moves it, the tripping spring 11 is strained again and releases completely the spring 7 which trips suddenly releasing the energy saved during priming. The spring, rising suddenly the line 4, pulls the hook 18 and hooks the fish with no intervention from the fisher. This way, the efficiency in capturing the fish increases, with less concentration effort. By using the angling cork according to this invention, angling can become a sport even for persons with sight deficiency or reaction deficiency.

The cork according to this invention protects the line 4 to tearing when the fissh pulls violently. Due to the tripping of the spring 7 which is released from the tensioning force, the attachment ring 9 situated near the free end of the spring reaches a relaxation position of the spring 7, near the fastening ring 7 from the cork tail and the length of the line between these two points forms a loop. The ulterior pulls of the fish are buffered by the resistance to priming of the spring from the relaxed position, with the attachment ring 9 near the fastening ring 6, up to the priming position, the risk for the line to be torn being considerably diminished.

Claims

1. Angling cork, characterized by the fact that it consists of a body (1), it has a tip (2) in the immersed part, on which a passing ring (3) for a line (4) is placed and a tail (5), in the non-immersed part, on which a fastening ring (6) of the line (4) is placed, from a spring (7), which has a short segment (8) for rigid attachment to the body (1) of the cork and near the free end, the mentioned spring (7) has an attachment ring (9) for the line (4), from a tripping spring (11) fixed through a segment (12), rigid in the body (1) of the cork and which is equipped, towards its free end, with a shoulder (13) for the priming of the spring (7) with a passing ring (14) through the tripper of the line (4), and with a fastening ring 15 on the tripper of the line 4, and of a guide (16) with steps in the shape of saw teeth, of the tripping spring.

2.Angling cork, according to the claim no.1 characterized by the fact that, depending on the material used and in order to obtain a certain straining, the spring (7) has one or more straining coils (10)

3. Angling cork, according to the claim no.1 characterized by the fact that the guide (16) is made up of a toothed slit with three steps in the form of a saw tooth, in which a releaser (11) moves in jumps.

4. Angling cork, according to the claim no.1 characterized by the fact that it performs automatically the impulse for pulling and hooking the fish.