ES2560127B2 - Potablilizer fishing rod - Google Patents

Abstract

Fishing rod whose handle incorporates a nozzle (2) and a set of filters (5-10) that allow to transform water from river channels or rain puddles into drinking water. Being the filters (5-10) integrated in the handle (1) of the cane, it does not imply an additional weight, nor is it likely to be lost or carried by the current of the river in a clue, and also, thanks to the nozzle (2), it is possible to use it at any time when you feel thirsty during fishing. Optionally, the nozzle can be protected by a cap, and also the end through which the water enters can be covered with an element that acts as a rod knob.

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DESCRIPTION

Potabilizer fishing rod.

TECHNICAL SECTOR

The present invention falls within the technical area of fishing tackle. Specifically, the one that concerns gray hair for river fishing.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Sport or survival fishing is one of the activities that provides the greatest contact with Nature.

Often, fishing grounds are far from urban centers and it is relatively difficult to find sources of drinking water. In spite of carrying out the fishing activity in the channel of a river, a lake, a swamp or any other backwater; It is paradoxical that being surrounded by water, the fisherman cannot drink it directly. In the industrialized regions the presence of viruses and bacteria is common even in the areas near the springs, due to the areas dedicated to grazing for livestock and the existence of other polluting elements that affect water quality from the point of view of human consumption .

Therefore, fishermen must carry all the drinking water they expect to consume throughout the day if there are no springs or sources of drinking water along the riverbed to visit.

Practitioners of this sport usually go along long trails in search of fishing areas of interest, quiet places away from the noise of the roads that scare away fish, or simply enjoy the pleasure of walking silently along the river.

Hauling the necessary water can be a significant difficulty due to its weight and the conditions of watertight transport if the road is long and rugged, as is usually the case in the tributaries of montana, especially if the routes last several days and the weather is hot.

Professional fishermen often use tools to filter the water from the river (by passing it through a clean cloth / gauze into a container) to remove sediments or floating particles. And later they chemically disinfect the water in the container with water treatment pills, although some microorganisms are especially resistant (such as Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Toxoplasma ...). So this method is not as safe as it would be desirable even if the water is exposed to sunlight (since ultraviolet radiation ends some of these microorganisms).

Another option is to boil the water, but for this it is necessary to have a stove or a campfire. Since at certain times of the year it is forbidden to fire in many regions of Spain, this option is not always viable.

The applicant of the present invention is unaware of the existence of a background that satisfactorily solves the problem presented.

The present invention proposes an alternative technical solution for the aforementioned problem, avoiding having to make the extra effort involved in transporting the weight of the beverage, the instruments to boil the water of the river, or even the tools to collect the water, in that or other types of routes where fishing is expected.

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EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The invention consists of a fishing rod whose handle incorporates a nozzle and a set of filters that allow the transformation of water from river channels or rain puddles into drinking water. Being the filter integrated in the handle of the cane does not imply an additional weight, nor is it likely to be lost or carried by the flow of the rlo in a clue, and also, thanks to the nozzle, it is possible to use it at any time he who feels thirsty during fishing.

The nozzle, through which the user sucks the clean water, is located at the top of the handle; while initially dirty water enters the filter through an opening in the lower end. In said lower end the rod knob is placed, which with its shape and weight facilitates the balance of the assembly during the launch and collection of the line. So the water inlet is not continuously exposed to the outside, but is protected and attached to the knob by a mechanism (which, for example, can be threaded).

The filter assembly blocks the passage of impurities in the water by physical filtration, so the size of the pores of the sieves is gradually smaller as the water enters the handle of the fishing rod. The first stage consists of a stronger and thicker sieve mesh (for example plastic or metal) to prevent large particles, insects and other agents from damaging the internal structure of the following stages. The gradation in the size of the pores increases the useful life of the assembly, since it makes the filters less likely to block or break and also facilitates cleaning.

After the set of physical filters with pores there are at least two additional stages: a stage that has an antiseptic function, by mixing the water with some antimicrobial substance (such as iodine or silver), and another stage that improves the taste and prevents passage of small particles (such as when passing through active carbon).

It is interesting that the internal walls of the filters, the part in contact with the knob and the nozzle are protected by an antimicrobial coating, so that the bacteria do not proliferate in the stages in which they have managed to pass.

Some examples of this type of coatings based on silicon hydride with carbon are protected under US patents US 6632805 and US 6469120. Silver particle coatings are also popular, such as that protected under European patent EP1647527. And even with zinc and copper as the one registered in US patent US 4906466.

In a good part of these examples, a coating of a thickness of a few microns is sufficient to perform its function.

It should be noted that the set of filters proposed does not prevent the passage of heavy metals or sodium and chlorine ions, so it is not advisable to use the water purifier in water contaminated by the chemical industry or in deep-sea fishing (if no rainwater available).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description, where the illustrative and non-limiting nature has been represented. next:

Figure 1.- It shows a side view of a water treatment rod in which the nozzle (2) and the unscrew knob (4) located at the ends of the fishing rod handle stand out, since they are the recognizable external elements in this invention.

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Figure 2 Shows a schematic cut of the handle of the water treatment channel with all its elements.

Figure 3 .- Shows schematically, in an exploded view, the different internal stages that make up the filters that purify the water, along with a small graph that symbolizes the particles and agents that cross them. The plastic or metal mesh (5) that prevents the entry of larger particles has been omitted in this figure, but can be located in the previous illustration.

Explanatory details about the drawings:

1. Handle of the water purifier

2. Nozzle through which the purified water is sucked

3. Nozzle cap

4. Cane knob, which with a threaded mechanism hides the end through which water enters.

5. Thick plastic or metal mesh

6. Initial filter of textile fibers

7. Filter with polyester fibers

8. Hollow nanofiber filter

9. Iodine saturated granule filter

10. Active carbon filter

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Figure 2 shows a schematic representation of the interior of the handle of the water treatment rod in a possible particular embodiment of the invention.

The upper part of the handle of the cane is finished with a protrusion in the form of a nozzle (2) by which the water can be sucked so that, by means of the pressure difference caused by the aspiration, it is ascending through the set of filters and to its Outlet through the mouthpiece is ready for human consumption. In figures 1 and 2, it is observed how the nozzle is protected by a cap (3), which prevents contact of the water it contains with external agents that can contaminate it when it is not being drunk.

In the lower part of the handle is the knob (4) which, in this example, is unscrewed to give access to the set of filters inside the handle of the rod (1). As in the case of the nozzle (2), it is convenient to keep the knob (4) screwed in to reduce the entry of external agents when it is not being used for drinking.

The set of filters inside the handle comprises the following stages, which are listed in the order in which the water flow passes through them:

• Thick plastic or metal mesh (5), anchored to the outside of the handle piece (1), to prevent sand granules, seaweed sheets, shells, insects, impurities or other elements of a certain size from entering the filtering mechanisms inside the handle. The holes in the mesh can be between 1 and 3 millimeters. The mesh, when exposed when the knob is removed, can be cleaned by hand and a little water.

• Initial filter of textile fibers (6), with pores of 100 microns in diameter that prevents small particles of sediment from entering the internal stages of the filter.

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• Filter with polyester fibers (7), with pores of only 15 microns in diameter, which prevents the passage of groups of bacteria.

• Hollow nanofiber filter (8), with pores of 2 to 3 microns, capable of retaining individual bacteria. With a special treatment, electro-adhesion can be favored to capture ultrafine particles and viruses up to 0.02 microns with electric charge. This treatment is applied to products such as Nanoceram®, distributed by the company Argonide®, developed in collaboration with NASA and protected under US patent US 6838005. If the size of the pores is smaller, such as 0.22 microns in diameter of the system presented in US patent US 5045198, special treatment in hollow fibers is not necessary, since it has a similar antimicrobial effect.

• Filter of granules (9) saturated with iodine that exerts an antiseptic work. Iodine has a broad antimicrobial spectrum as it affects gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria, microbacteria, and a multitude of fungi, viruses and protozoa.

• Active carbon filter (10) that has a double function. On the one hand it filters the possible remaining contaminants. And on the other, it reduces the initial taste and smell of the water and also the one that is introduced in the previous stage by iodine, so that the filtered water is almost colorless and odorless.

It is interesting that the internal walls of the filters, the part in contact with the knob and the nozzle are protected by an antimicrobial coating.

In this example it has been decided to use a coating based on silicon hydride, as described in the cited patents, because they are widely tested in the food industry. But other options are also possible.

The operation and use of the water purifier can be easily deduced from the figures. The fisherman carrying the rod must remove the cap (3) from the nozzle (2) and the knob (4), submerge the lower end of the rod in the available water and suck hard through the nozzle as if it were treated of a straw of soda. The water, as it ascends, runs through the set of filters in order and the impurities are trapped in each of the stages, as seen in Figure 3 (in which the water flow has been represented from top to bottom). The resulting water is suitable for human consumption, provided that the liquid entering the cane handle does not contain diluted contaminants that cannot be captured by the filters, such as salts or heavy metals.

Once the nature of the present invention has been sufficiently described, as well as an example of preferred embodiment, it only remains to be added that said invention may undergo certain variations in form and materials, as long as said alterations do not substantially vary the characteristics claimed below.

Claims (5)

ES 2 560 127 A1 10 fifteen twenty 1. Fishing rod characterized in that its handle comprises: - a nozzle (2); - a hole that allows the entry of liquids; Y - a set of filters (5-10) for water purification by physical mechanisms, which internally connects the nozzle with the hole. 2. Fishing rod, according to the previous claim, characterized in that it has a removable knob (4) that gives access to the hole that allows the entry of liquids. 3. Fishing rod, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the nozzle is covered with a cap. 4. Fishing line, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the filter set comprises the following steps: • a plastic or metal mesh (5), at the entrance of the hole through which the liquid is introduced into the handle (1), whose openings in the mesh have a size between 1 and 3 millimeters; • at least one fiber filter (6-8), synthetic or natural, with a pore size between 100 and 2 microns in diameter; • at least one biological filter (9) containing an antimicrobial element, such as iodine or silver; Y • at least one active carbon filter (10). 5. Fishing line, according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the internal walls of the filters, the nozzle and / or the internal part of the knob are protected by an antimicrobial coating.