US1789649A - Decoy - Google Patents

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Jan. 20, 1931. P. J. GAzEcKl E1' Al. 13789549 DEcoY Filed April 14. 1930 r` y'PatenteclJalrt i web@ t ,lamination faea `Alun' 14;.

` The' invention" relates to yanchors forrde-1 coys, and has for its object to provide'a de-y vice of this vkind'.vvhereiir a'spring rotated reel'is carried by a plate and disposedwith-- I 5 in a recessin the decoy, and provided' with p i' f ya flexible member extending through an lap'- Y y erturein' the plate and connectedtoan'an-sv Chor.V n

A" further object is to provide a* spring I' 10 actuated and controlled anchor! for'avdeco'y constructed as a unit so 'that thelsameucan be 'applied to a conventional formof 'decoy5` A further object is to provide theianehor with an extension lwhich is receivedinyan I' 15 opening of the plate and Vfrictionally held;

thereby preventing unwindingfof` the reel when thedecoy'is packed for stor'ageor ships, ment.; -f Y f'.

' A further Objectis t'ofprovidev a detent for holding the reelY against rotatingv `when the anchor is positioned for anchoring the decoy. i f l i A further objecty is'. to provide the plate 25 with upwardly extending arms havinga sta- Ationary shattmounted therein, a reel on said shaft and a coiledspring connecting the reel l. and shaft and forming'means'Wherebyxthe y"anchoring line .will bewound upon the reel.

3o upon release ofthe reel;y y Y 'f With the above and'otherobjects in'v'ieW lthe invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as vrhereinafter set,

' forth, shown Yin'thedrawing,described..andj

35 elai1ned,1 it heilig understoody that changes..

in the precise embodimentof` Vtheinvention.' f'may Vbe made 'Within the' scope ofV what isn' from the spirit Y lf When the anchor '1 -5 reaches v the enlargement Y" 1 6 is lforced through Ythe 299 i opening 18a inftheplatefd, and is frictional-l'y' I t gripped bythe spring arms 19, Whichfspri'ng Figure 2 `is a 'verticallongitudinal,.secfj tional View th-rough the loweinportion of the'f 5.45 decoy and lanchor reel. Y l

if claimed VWithout departing .of the invention. i i Y `In the drawing:

Figure 1 is'aside showingthe' anchorin lowered position.

Figure 3 is a verticaly jransverse sectional vlew taken on l1'ne3-8 of Figure 2; l Figure 4l l1s a top planv View. o'a portion f of thereel carryingplate lshowin"gthe spring 5 6 `gripping arms for the anchor member.

elevati@ of the aecpfiy;

`isi'orme'd as a unit, so it may be easily and, quicklyfapplied to decoys nowin useyandv-qdesi gnates*aconventional f. form offdec'o'yfand -2 fan'areua-te 'chamber in the under side ,there- .f oft'yvhivchfi's preferably shapedfas'shoyvnsothatfthefch alnbe'rfcanV be -forl'nedf-with Vaeoirl z55 ventional r'otatlableeutte v`tlienciost:ofln1arnucaetnre: c l 'Secured/d toi the underside; of the? decoy llby fme'ansfoffscrews-Sis a plateg which "forms losnre' for'the l recess'Qg-fandl also 'forms s'ol'e 460. f

'thereby `'reduoingrf. this' f partioular.- V

A jill' supportingvmeanslfor the meehanisinflhe-re-' portua,"stationarylshaft6.51One endof thm-65"" A( 'shaft' 6 is provided With `rectangnlarly .shaped portion 7 disposed in a1 similarlyv l f "shaped aperture 8, thereforeit will be seenv that thefshaft 6 `is held"against rota-tion, 20 `cooperating With av gear at one' endof the vreel.

Rotatably mounted on. the shaft 6' is a .reel '54m coiled spring being'anchoredfat 13 to the reel, and thefother end lat 14 t'o-"the shaft 6,5

and it Willbe seen thatwvhen the anchor" cord'lO is pulled downwardly, the springs 13 -Will'be tensionedsothat upon release of the V'cord' and its'` anchor 15, the cordwill be auto. n v

.matically Wound on the reel f '1 *Connected to the'enla. gement 16 carriedv f rley-theiiipjper side of' the anchor15 is thef lower endaoftheanchor;cordljtherefore it vWillf befseen that Wh'enither reel is,Y released? the cordwound on the reel 9; 'Y l t thefp1ate'14,

.arms .will hold the anchor 15 in 'close lgag ment vWith the,v plate 4, th`erebyforminga ff Y l I .Y compact package andholding means forthe f i anchor, particularly 'for stor'algefpurposesfj S f .-Froin the abYeiit Will-be seen thatan ani- `chori-ng device Vis provided. fondecoys which'v saiddevice is provided with means for automatically Winding the anchor line on a reel and means for` frictiona-lly holding the anchor in inoperative position.

` our signatures.

VThe invention having been set" 4 forth what is claimedas new andA useful is 1. The combination with a decoy, of an anchor controlling device', said device comprisinga single plate securedto the decoy adjacent a chamber in said. decoy, spaced arms carriedbysaidplate Withinr the cham-` i' ber, a reel mounted between said arms, spring lmeans for rotating said reel 1n one d1rect1on,

an anchor line extending around said reel and through an aperture in the plate, an anchor carrled by said anchor line and de-` vtentmeans cooperatmg With'said reel for holding the same against rotation yorreleasing the reel and allowing the same to rotate under` the influence of thespring means.

2.4 The combinationV with a decoy anchor,

a'plate carriedby a decoy, an anchor line ex-v; tending lthrough an aperture in the plate, of an extension carried 'by said anchor andl means for gripping said extension when it passes through the aperture in the plate. n

Intestilnony whereof We hereunto aiX PHILIP JOHNl GAZEGKI.k f LEONARD HENRY GAZECKL

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