US1670184A - Floating sinker - Google Patents

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May 15, 1928. 1,670,184

J. w. BOND FLOATING SINKER 7' 'F-iled June 6, 192'? 2 Sheets-Sheet l May 15, 1928. j 1,670,184

J. W. BOND FLOATING S INKER Filed June 6, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 15, 1928.

UNITED srAr-Es;

' F I C JOHN WILLIAM noun. or vxoronia. Bnrri'sn COL MBIA, enimnn.

nLoA'rIne sINKER. I

Application filed June. 6,

This invention relates to improvements in floating sinkers and the objects of.v the in vention are to provide a simply and durably constructed sinker adapted for use in troll- A further object is to provide an improved floating sinker adapted tonormally travel below the surface of the water and on being tensioned, through the hooking of a:fish,to float to theto 1 With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention contemplates employing the principle of equipoise to operate the plane and comprises a plane memberprol5 vided with a" swing-ingly and adjustably mounted tubular shank member adapted at 1 'a predetermined point in its travel, under the influence of tension on a bart"line, to collapse, transferring the tension direct -to-the plane member and causing it tojrise autotubular shank. I

5" Figure 6 1s a Figure 5 is a sectlonal elevation of the trip and supportingbracketyf I detail of the troll line en- 7 gaging member on the shank member.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary planview of shank registering member;-

Referring more particularly to the draw-' ings, in which a preferred example of the *invention is illustrated and in which the improved sinker "comprises a plane 10 formed of any suitable material, and here shown'as of wood, preferably bevelled to- 'wards'the head, sidesan-d foot to provide the greatest strength at'the point of great-' "est strain, the head 11 and the foot 12 being reinforced with metal strips as at 13 to give strength and protection to the margin.

0 3 On'the member 10 is rigidly mounted a channel plate 14, j the sides 15 and 16 of which are provided with a plurality of spaced orifices 17 registering with 'one'an other, as hereinafter more fully referred to.

'55 "These plate orifices17 are adaptedto support apin18 errtendin-g therethrough and the'plane 10 to be anchored at 27 to the protruding therebeyond and formed with an offset '19 whereby it is spring held in position. PO11 this pin. is mounted'a sleeve 20 formed with'a collar 21 inwh-ich is rigidly mounted the hollow shank member "22, therebyensuring, according to the placing "of the pin 18 in the orifices 17, the plane working at its maximum angle, this being accomplished by'placing the'pin in the top apertures, it naturally following that as it 13' changed to the other apertures 17 in rotation downward the angle will reduced successively, thereby permitting trolling to be carried on at varying depths down to the maxlmum. v

The main trolling line from a boat or the like is attached to a looped line 23 passing.

back through the opening 24 in the point of the tubular shank 22 and'down and out through the aperture 25 therein, from whence it-extends through the clip :26 along rudder 28 in any well known manner.

A'knot 29 is preferably made on theline 23 within thetubular shank to prevent it from #being tensioned beyond that P011111,

w'henthe device isi-n use. 7

The rudder 28 is of special simplified construction and is ,adapted'in the event ofthe trolling line parting to cause the sinker to be easily identiiied floating on the water, as

the head oft-he sinker will stand well above the water; j r

The tail line 30, which carries the bait, (see Figure 1'), is anchored or otherwlse secured as at'31 to a bolt or adjusting screw Y 32' in a sleeve 33 mounted on the tubular shank member 22. From thence it passes around a pulley 34 mounted in a bracket 35 on the member 10 and thence back over a pulley 36 carried by the collarmember'33 on the shank 22 and then under the'pulley 37 mounted in the bracket member 35, thence up through the eye member 38 in the channel plate 14 designed to act as a guide at that point, after which the line will maintain its correctjdirection when trolling spoon and additional line is attachedt'othe free end of the line 30.

. For automatically putting the sinker out of opera-tiveactioml provide an automatic trip release. This comprises a top section 39 and a lower section 40 (see Figure 3)", designed to fit one within the-other. Within the lower; section and -protruding therebeyond is a slidabl-y mounted pineLprovided at its iii protruding end with a screw head 42- an d tapered to a point at its inner end 43 to engage with a resilient catch member 44 carried by the top section provided with a dog which is normally in engagementwith a slot 45 in the lower section of the'shank member,

so that when the tubular shank is forced inwardly beyond a certain point the protruding head 42 of the pin41 will come in contact with thebottomof the channel plate 14 (see Figure causing the pin 41 to move inwardly and lift the resilient member 44 out of engagement with the slot 45,ra1s1ng this sulficientlyto, allow the top portion or section39 of the tubular shank to disconnect,

immediately transferring the pull of the trolling line 23 direct to its point of anchore P age at the tail of the plane, thus putting the sinker out of action, when it will at once commence to rise to the surface. This release mechanism just described is causedto operatewhen the-foot of the plane, strikes an obstruction under water, such as by contacting with the ocean bottom or projecting rocks or. the like. 4

In the event of it being desirable to shorten the member 41, one or more washers sinker out of action.

By disconnecting the trolling line 23" from i the rudder and passing its end through the opening 46 and securing itthere on the reverse side, the slnker may be operated in this way if circumstances require.

A collar 47 is provided on thelower sec- 1 tion of the shank member to hold the pin 41 while the resilient. member 44 is secured to the member 22 bya pin or the like 48, while the Hscrew'49 mounted on the collar 48 is adapted to tension the resilient member 44. In Figure 7, a small projection 50 on -the detachable upper section 39 of the tubularshank is provided and adaptedto fit into a slot 51 in the lower section to ensure bringing the resilient member 44 correctly into position. I

From the foregoing the operation of my device, which has been dlsclosed concurrent- 1' 1y with the description, will be apparent, and is as follows: The trolling line is attached to the loopedline 23 and the spoon bait or the like connected to the bait line 30,

the hollow shank member being duly ad justed in the channel plate 14 to ensure the plane 10 working at its most efiicient angle.

The sinker will then be in set position, asv

disclosed in Figure 2. On a fish being struckor an object in the bottom, tension 2 will be immediately exerted on the bait line,

drawing the member 22 to a position ap-- proximately parallel with the plate, thus permitting the float to immediately ascend to the surface.

Should the fish in its initial struggle break away, the sinker will again go into action, this being effected by the equipoise principle. V

- As manychanges could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely difierent embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the "claims, constructed 'without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter containedin the accompanying specifica tion and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense, I What I claim'as my invention is:-

1. A floating sinker comprising a plane, a

channel plate provided with aseries of apertures, rigidly mounted on the plane, a tubular shank pivotally mounted in the channel member and formed in two sections adapted to vlit into one another, aresilient catch member in one of the sections, .and

catch to lock the sections.

means associated with rthe' otherjsection adapted to automatically engage with said.

2. A floatingsinker compisin ga plane, a

supporting plate rigidly. mounted on the.

plane, a tubular shank V pivotally connected to the plate and formed in two sections adapted to engage with one another, a resilient catch in oneof the sections, andmeans associated withthe; other section adapted. to automatically 'engage'with said catch, a I

protruding pin slidable in the shank, adapted, on the shank swinging to a,predetermined angle, to automatically engage-with the plate to operate the catch, and. release one of the shank sections,

3. In a device of the character'described,

, the combination with a plane provided with a rudder on one side and an apertured channel plate on the other side, a pin adjustable in the said plate, a sleeve rotatably mount- L ed on the, pin, [a shank formed in two 'sec-' tions and rigidly mounted on said s1eeve, a protruding pin in one of the shank sections, adapted, on contact, tomove inwardly, a resilient spring catch associated with bothsections and adapted normally to'retain the sections together and on beingengaged by said pin to permit the sectionsv to separate.

4. In a device'of thecharacter described, f

the combination with, a plane, of ashank formed intwo-sections and swingingly and adjustably mounted on the plane, a protruding pin slidable in the. shank, adapted, on

the shank beingswung'beyond a predetere,

minedpoint, to engage with the plane to move; inwardly, a resilient catch in. the shank, adapted normallytoretain bothsections inengagement and on; being engaged by the pin to automatically release the catch andpermitthe sections tovseparate.

5. A floating sinker comprising a plane, a

shank adapted to engage with said line whereby, on the line being tensioned, the

shank assumes a substantially horizontal position in alignment with the plane, a trolling line anchored to the rudder, and means in the plane permitting the travel of the line therethrough, and a knot on the line within the shank, adapted to limit the trave of the line through the shank. 1

7. A floating sinker comprising a plane, a rudder for the plane, a swingingly mounted shank member formed in two sections on the opposite side of the plane to the rudder, a bait-carrying line anchored to the plane, and rollers associated with the plane and the shank adapted to engage with said line whereby, on the line being tensioned, the

shank assumes a substantially horizontal po' sition in alignment with the plane, a troll ing line anchored to the rudder, and means in the plane permitting thetravel of the line therethrough, and a knot on the line within the shank, adapted to limit the travel I of the line through the shank, a resilient 35 catch for the shank sections, and means carried by'the shank and automatically operable on the shank being swung beyond the fulcrum with the plane for operating said catch to separate the sections.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN WILLIAM .BOND.

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