GB2358780A

GB2358780A - Roach pole elastic adjuster

Info

Publication number: GB2358780A
Application number: GB0006463A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Gerald Roscoe; Roy Green
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2000-02-02
Filing date: 2000-03-20
Publication date: 2001-08-08
Anticipated expiration: 2020-03-20
Also published as: GB0006463D0; GB2358780B; GB0002253D0

Abstract

The adjuster comprises an elongate member 1 treaded into a cone 3 which itself is inserted into a roach pole 10. The member 1 has a flat end 2 onto which elastic 6 is tied through hole 4. The tension in the elastic can be increased or decreased by turning the elongate member 1 in threaded portion 5 of the cone 3. The elastic may have a swivel 7 to eliminate twisting. Different gauges of elastic may be used on each side 6, 8 of swivel 7.

Description

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Description

Roach Pole Elastic Adiuster 2358780 This invention relates to a roach pole elastic adjuster. Roach poles are anything up to 16 metres in length and are used in the sport of angling. Inside the last two sections of a pole, elastic is used to control the fish. This invention is to adjust and tension the elastic.

Drawing 1 shows 103mm of threaded 4mm. studding 1, with a flat 2 at one end. Drilled through the flat is a 2mm. hole 4 Drawing 2 shows a plastic cone 3, which has a straight 7mm. X 7min. top 5, which is threaded to take studding 1.

Drawing 3 shows a 60mm. length of heavy duty elastic 6, tied through hole in the flat 4 and the other end tied onto a swivel 7.

Drawing 4 shows the invention in position inside a pole section 10, fitted with pole elastic 8 and connector 9. With the invention in position, you start off with approx. 17cm. of adjustment. AE of it is used in this way.

Pole elastic needs to be renewed because of general wear and tear that takes place at the connector end 9, on average 35mrn. If the angler has nothing to compensate for this, all the elastic 8 has to be changed, approx. 2 metres. When the mivention is used, enough slack is left at the connector end 9. When new elastic is installed this is to allow the angler to remake the end off at least three times and this initial slack is taken up by screwing on the studding out for its full length. When the 35mm. needs to be taken out, by simply screwing the studding 1 back far enough, he can do this and by repeating this process until he has no adjustment left, then new elastic 8 needs to be installed but by then he has lengthened the life of his elastic 8 by three times.

Drawing 3 shows heavy duty elastic 6 in place. Its purpose is two fold. It acts as a pick up from the studding 1 and also the swivel attachment 7. The swivel 7 is to eliminate any twist that occur when adjusting elastic 8 and also as a shock absorber to the main pole elastic 8.

Anglers have spare tops section elasticated 8, mostly of different strengths. Pole elastics vary in strengths from No. 1 which is very thin, used in the main for small fish. No. 20 used for carp fishing, fish up to 10 kilo. weight or more. The strength of the heavy duty elastic 6, ideally should be two times stronger than the pole elastic 8. being used in the system. Only when you come to using the most heavy duty elastics can you not do this.

The angler cannot dictate what size of fish he is going to catch, because most waters hold many different species of fish. On canals for instance, you have up to 10 kilo. to very 2- small gudgeon weighing drams. If the angler gets a fish on and his pole elastic 8 is under strength, he will end up with its pole elastic 8 at full strength. When this happens if he does not have anything in the system i.e. the short length of heavy duty elastic 6, to act as a shock absorber, he will break his tenninal equipment.

The top section of a roach pole is tapered thin, ranging from Imm. increasing to 3mm. inside diameter. The very fact that you have a latex material in such a confined place means that you are going to get friction. To eliniinate this, a slipping lubricant is needed. This is at the larger bore end of the elasticated section drawing 4. To allow this lubricant to run down section 10 and lubricate the elastic 8, the cone 3 has 2 x 2 mm. holes 4 drilled immediately below the top end 5, this allows the lubricant to flow or to run down pole sections 10.

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Claims

Claims

The tension of roach pole elastic 8 is very crucial at all times to the angler. Mainly because of the difference 'm size of species the angler is fishing for and not least because he may be using his full length of roach pole, i.e. 16 metre. If the adjustment on his elastic 8 is not precise, problems will occur.

No. 1 if too tight he could break his terminal tackle on the strike.

No. 2 if toeslack hook setting is very poor, In both cases this will result in lost fish.

This invention eliminates all the above problems. because the angler using it, can have any tension on his elastic 8 that he requires. There are many different methods of adjusting elastic 8 on the market and invariably they all require, the device to be withdrawn from the pole section adjustment made and then replaced. Even when he has done this it is impossible to get precise tension. When this invention is in use, No 1 the angler has instant access to allow precision adjustment by simply screwing the studding 1, internally or externally depending on his requirements.

Because of the amount of adjustment on the studding 1, 17cm., field trials of 9 months has shown that the average angler needs only to receive elastic 8 when the adjustment is fully exhausted.