GB2461883A

GB2461883A - A Fishing Pole

Info

Publication number: GB2461883A
Application number: GB0812912A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Peter Delwes
Original assignee: ZEBCO SPORTS EUROP GmbH
Current assignee: ZEBCO SPORTS EUROP GmbH
Priority date: 2008-07-15
Filing date: 2008-07-15
Publication date: 2010-01-20
Also published as: GB0812912D0

Abstract

A fishing pole 1 comprising at least two hollow tube or rod pipes 3a,3b which are joined together by insertion into one another and an elastic line 5 which runs along the inside of the tubes from a frontal opening 6 in a rod pipe 3a to a distal end of rod 3b wherein two spaced openings or apertures 10a, 10b are defined in a distal rod pipe 3b such that the elastic line 5 passes through each of the openings 10a,10b so that it is located on the outside of the pipe between the two openings to form a section 55 which may be manually grasped by a user. An end member 8 is fixed on the frontal end of elastic line 5 such that a fishing line 9 may be connected to the rod. The openings 10a, 10b are shaped or constructed to reduce friction between them and the elastic line 5. A grip element 11 may be arranged on the external portion 55 of the elastic line 5 to facilitate manual grasping of the line.

Description

Fishing pole, in particular for competition purposes The invention relates to a fishing pole, in particular for competition purposes, with a pole body of at least two tube jointing sleeves stuck into one another, an elastic string taken up in said tube jointing sleeves, with said elastic string extending at one end of the pole body through a frontal opening of a tube jointing sleeve that is arranged on said end and onto which an end member is fixed, whereby said end member is formed for taking up respectively hooking in a fishing string with a fishing hook.

Competition fishing poles differ in general from common fishing poles by the fact that the pole body consists of multiple parts and is hollow in the inside and is formed by two to six tube jointing sleeves that are stuck into one another, tapering from a wide shaft towards a head piece. In that way fishing pole lengths far beyond 10 m can be realised, and when fish are lured systematically by food, the fishing hook can be placed right next to where the food is without a throw motion beforehand.

In the interior of preferably three or two last tube jointing sleeves an elastic string is arranged that is mounted on one side preferably in the interior of one of the sleeves and extends to the free end of the pole and is led out through a frontal opening. An end member, preferably made of extendable plastic, is fastened on said end of the string. Said end member forms the coupling element between a monofil fishing string, onto which the fishing hook is fixed, and an elastic string, which is also firmly fixed on the end member, and this on the tapered end of the fishing pole.

No crank with a clamp is provided on said competition fishing poles, for casting the fishing string and winding up after a bite of a fish. As soon as a fish bit into it, the elastic string is stretched by its effort to escape. The fishing pole is then reeled in and then the elastic string is tightened until the fish is close enough to catch it with a dip net.

The invention is based on the problem to facilitate drilling and reeling in fish.

The problem is solved by the features of claim 1. Accordingly, at least one of the tube jointing sleeves features two spaced openings arranged on one of the frontal last tube jointing sleeves, whereby an elastic string is led through said openings in such a way that said elastic string is located between both openings for manual catching and tightening of the elastic string outside of said tube jointing sleeve.

With the help of the elastic string provided outside of said tube jointing sleeve, trac-tion force can be executed onto the fishing string and the fish can thereby be tired out directly during drilling.

The openings are preferably spaced about 10 cm to 30 cm from the thicker end of the second last tube jointing sleeve so that it is within close reach meaning at least within the distance of a maximum of one arm length of the angler. The openings are preferably spaced 5 cm to 10 cm from one another in longitudinal direction of the pole and have a diameter of 3 mm to 8mm for the purpose of interacting with the elastic string (diameter 3 mm to 4 mm). After being re-led into one of the last two to three tube jointing sleeves, said elastic string is arranged or fixed in the interior of said tube jointing sleeve, preferably by a clamping or adhesive device, also alternatively by knotting.

It is of advantage if the openings in the tube jointing sleeve do not feature any sharp flanges so that friction does not lead to ripping of said elastic string.

Preferably, a grip element in form of a clamp or a ring preferably made of plastic is arranged on the section, where said elastic string is led out of the tube body, to facili-tate catching of said elastic string.

In the following the invention is closer described by drawings which do not have the purpose of limiting the invention but rather aim at displaying the advantages and em-bodiments.

It is shown in: Figure 1 a longitudinal cut by parts of fishing pole, Figure 2 a top plan view of a section of a fishing pole and Figure 3 a further top plan view of a section of a fishing pole.

In figure 1 a fishing pole I is described comprising a hollow pole body 2. The tip of the pole body 2, comprising a first tube jointing sleeve 3a, as well as a second tube jointing sleeve 3b, is displayed. For improving the view an intermediate piece of said pole body 2 has been omitted in the drawing, indicated by a curved line 4. Usually more than two tube jointing sleeves 3a, 3b, ... are stuck into one another in order to obtain fishing poles of a length of about 7 to 15 m. A single tube jointing sleeve 3 has hereby a typical length of 1 m to 2 m.

The displayed fishing pole I shows two tube jointing sleeves 3a, 3b forming the end of said pole. An elastic string 5 is arranged in both tube jointing sleeves 3a, 3b. Un-stretched said elastic string 5 has a length of 2 m to 4 m and thereby extends over the length of both tube jointing sleeves 3a and 3b. In alternative embodiments elastic string 5 can also extend over three or even more tube jointing sleeves. On the front end of the pole body 2 the tube jointing sleeve 3a features a frontal opening 6, which is a tube opening of tube jointing sleeve 3a. Elastic stringS extends via a frontal opening 6 of tube jointing sleeve 3a and protrudes via said frontal opening 6. Said elastic string 5 is arranged with its other end on tube jointing sleeve 3b. An adhesive joint with a fastening element 7 is displayed. Fastening is not limited to adhesive joints, also clamping and knotting joints or other suitable provisions are possible.

An end member 8 is fixed in a suitable manner on the frontal end on the elastic string 5. End member 8 may be formed as a two-part member, whereby one part is a head piece and the other one a sleeve-like body piece 8a. Elastic string 5 can be led through the sleeve-like body piece 8a and be clamped between the head piece and the body piece by insertion of the head piece into the body piece. The importance is to obtain a non-slip connection. The connection to elastic string 5 shall not be released during fishing by pulling and tearing on end member 8.

A mounting device 9, onto which a monofil fishing string can be fastened, in particu-lar hooked in, is arranged on end member 8. Said monofil fishing string is on the one hand knotted to a fishing hook and on the other hand to end member 8. Fastening can thereby be effected by hooking a loop of the fishing string into the mounting device 9 or e.g. by knotting through a loop of end member 8. End member 8 is arranged in front of frontal opening 6 and is supported on stop upon said frontal opening 6 if no fish bites.

If a fish bites into a fishing hook, this at first leads to tightening of the monofil fish-ing string and via coupling of end member 8 that serves as a connector between the monofil fishing string and the elastic string 5, and this also leads to tightening of elastic string 5. Said elastic string may extend, without ripping, preferably by 20 % to %. Being fastened onto said tube jointing sleeve 3b via fastening element 7, elastic string 5 cannot be released from the pole in case the fish tears on the monofil fishing string.

Elastic string 5 is led out of the interior of tube jointing sleeve 3b and led in again through two openings lOa, lOb. A section 55 of elastic string 5 is therefore arranged outside of pole member 2. The two openings lOa, lOb in the pole body are provided in their size such that elastic string 5 can be led through them.

In figure 2, a section of pole body 2 is displayed, namely the frontal last but one tube jointing sleeve 3b in a top view featuring two openings lOa, lOb. Elastic string S is led out of the interior of tube jointing sleeve 3b through opening lOa and led in again into the interior of tube jointing sleeve 3b through opening lOb. The section of elastic string 5 which is located outside of pole body 2 within reach of hand of the angler is indicated with 55. A grip element 11 is arranged on section 55 of elastic string 5. Grip element 11 may be a clamp made of plastic. It facilitates handling of said elastic string. By handling grip element 1 1 said elastic string can be pulled out of the tube jointing sleeves by its length until being blocked by end member 8. If the fish is on the hook and elastic string 5 is stretched, the distance between the fish to the pole re-spectively to the angler can be controlled via grip element 11. Releasing has the effect of giving the fish more play to move and tightening has the effect of the fish coming closer. If section 55 of elastic string S is in turn pulled and released, it has the effect that the fish gets tired and that it is therefore easier to catch.

Tube jointing sleeve 3b, as displayed in figure 2, is formed slightly tapered. In the case displayed, tube jointing sleeve 3b is tapered in the direction of its connection on tube jointing sleeve 3a. The connection assembly consists of a shaft of circular cross- section acting together with a sheath of circular cross-section of a slightly larger di-ameter in such a manner that via a coaction range of preferably several centimetres a non-slip connection is created. In the opposite direction an extension of the fishing pole is also provided, by further sleeve bodies 3c, 3d, ... that are also connected via such connection assemblies. According to this the fishing pole 1 features on the one end a tube jointing sleeve 3 a with diameter of preferably more than 5 cm, and on its other end, supported by end member 8, a tube jointing sleeve 3 with a diameter of preferably less than 0.5 cm.

In figure 3 a further embodiment of tube jointing sleeve 3b is displayed, whereby fric-tion-reducing formations I 2a, I 2b in form of lowerings are formed on openings 1 Oa, lOb. On holes IOa, lOb flanges are tilted in order to prevent cutting of elastic string 5, when it is manually stretched. In an alternative embodiment the pole body can be made of light metal. In this case, the formations for friction reduction 12a, l2b may also be formed by way of the light metal being dented. Alternatively, a rubber stopper is provided, ringing the hole, so that the elastic string rubs on the rubber stopper while it is led through openings lOa and lOb. Also friction-reducing coatings are possible.

Claims

CLAIMS1. A fishing pole with a pole body comprising at least two tube jointing sleeves inserted into one another, an elastic line accommodated in one of the tube jointing sleeves, the elastic line extending at one end of the pole body through a frontal opening in the tube jointing sleeve arranged at the pole end and the elastic line being fixed to an end member to which a fishing line with a fishing hook may be connected wherein at leastone of the tube jointing sleeves defines two spaced openings, through which the elastic line passes such that the elastic line is located between the two openings outside the tube jointing sleeves and may thus be manually grasped by a user.
2. A fishing pole as claimed in claim I, in which one of the openings is paced 10cm to 30cm from the end of one of the tube jointing sleeves of the pole body, whereby the tube jointing sleeves are arranged close to the frontal opening.
3. A fishing pole as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 in which the two openings are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the pole body.
4. A fishing pole as claimed in any one of the previous claims in which the two openings are arranged at a distance of 3cm to 5cm from one another.
5. A fishing pole as claimed in any one of the previous claims in which the two openings or their margins are shaped or constructed to reduce the friction between them and the elastic line.
6. A fishing pole as claimed in any one of the previous claims, in which a grip element is arranged on the elastic line between the openings outside of the tube jointing sleeves to facilitate manual grasping of the elastic line.
7. A fishing pole as claimed in any one of the previous claims in which the pole body tapers conically in its longitudinal direction.973857v1
8. A fishing pole as claimed in any one of the previous claims in which the tube jointing sleeves are made of plastic.973857v1