WO2002087320A1

WO2002087320A1 - Device for fishing lines

Info

Publication number: WO2002087320A1
Application number: PCT/BR2001/000140
Authority: WO
Inventors: Mauro Eda; Jorge Filho Waldemar
Original assignee: Mauro Eda; Jorge Filho Waldemar
Priority date: 2001-04-27
Filing date: 2001-11-19
Publication date: 2002-11-07
Also published as: BR0101915A; BR0101915B1

Abstract

This Application for Privilege refers to a device for loading, discharge, cleaning and inversion of lines for casting reel or spinning fishing reels, operations known awkward for the practitioner of fishing. As such, its objective consists in developing a device that facilitates the execution of the processes mentioned above. This objective is reached by the provision of a device composed by three main assemblies that are set in a rigid structure (1). An assembly is constituted by a base axis (2), which is rotated through a crank (3), an electric motor (8) or an optional portable motor (32) and is joined by one or two spool-patterns (14), being in the discharge operation of the fishing line (23) a tilting arm is used (11) with a line distributor (12). Another assembly is constituted by an adjustable axis (17) in height and endowed with a support shaft (18) that has a pattern fixation device (19) and a support axis (20), in whose extremity a roller exists (21) and a bypass line (22). The third assembly consists of a manual support holder (24) that runs along a curved rail (25) on the base of the structure.

Description

DEVICE FOR FISHING LINES

This Application for Privilege refers to a device for loading, discharge, cleaning and inversion of lines for casting reel and spinning fishing reels.

The fishing line load process for casting reel and spinning reels is known to be awkward, because it demands control of the spool that supplies the line, seeking to avoid or at least decrease the occurrence of torsion that reduces its resistance, as well such torsion may create the feared "snarf' during fishing. It is also necessary to apply certain pressure on the beginning of the line, avoiding that it becomes "slack" in the spool of casting reel or spinning reels, which also harms the quality of the throws.

Not less awkward is the discharge process of the line, when seeking its substitution by another of different characteristics (diameter, resistance, color, etc.). This process almost always entangles the discarding of the line in use, which could still come to be reused for other fishing, for the frequent unavailability of devices to store it appropriately, including harming the environment when such discarding happens in an indiscriminate manner.

Another need is the line cleaning, mainly after use in salted or muddy water. That cleaning is not always enough when executed through a simple wash.

Besides, the fisherman can still be confronted with other needs. It is known that the first meters of the line are always used more and for this, more subject to waste, while a great part of the line stays coiled and almost without use. A technique used to take advantage of such line is inversion, whereby the rolling up of the line is inverted in the casting reel or spinning reel, so that the internal extremity of the roll becomes external and vice-versa. However, that operation is made in a primary way.

As such, the objective of this Application for Privilege consists of developing a device that facilitates the execution of the processes mentioned above.

This objective is reached by the provision of a device composed by three main assemblies, shown in three views by the figures 1 (superior), 2 (lateral) and 3 (frontal) and that are installed in a rigid structure (1).

The first assembly is constituted by a base axis (2) linked to a crank (3), through a support in a box (4) where are lodged gears (5)

acting together, seeking to multiply and to transmit to the mentioned axis the turns made in the crank. That axis will be used as much for the installation of the line spools for loading as for the discharge of the casting reel or spinning reel line in destined spools of such end. That first assembly is still endowed of an adjustable brake (6), whose function is to allow the adjustment of desirable pressure for the loading of the line in the casting reel or spinning reel and an odometer (7). The gears can, in an alternative way, to be worked electrically through a motor (8), fed by battery (9) and regulated by a device of power adjustment (10). For visualization easiness, the box (4) is omitted of the figure 2. Complementing that same assembly, there is a component with tilting arm (11), endowed with line distributor (12), with articulations (13) in its extremities that allow the uniform distribution of line in the spool in operations of line discharge of the casting reel or spinning reel. The spool-pattern (14) is inserted in the axis (2) and held by a pair of fasteners (15), still having a pair of distribution gears (16), with one joined to the same axis and another placed in the parallel arm of said arm component.

A second assembly, installed in an opposite extremity of the structure base, is endowed with an axis adjustable (17) in height, where a support shaft is fixed (18), turned to said base axis, containing a standard device for fixation (19) of casting reel or spinning reel, with a range of motion of 180°, similar to that found in fishing rods, also adjustable to allow the fixation on or under said support shaft (in the figure 2, the fixation of a casting reel is observed), adapting to the most usual form of work of casting reel and spinning reels. That assembly is used for the assembling of the casting reel or spinning reel when the loading, discharge, cleaning or inversion operations of fishing line are executed (23). The assembly is complemented by a support axis (20), fastened in the free extremity to said support shaft, containing a roller (21) with channel, for line inversion and a line bypass (22) endowed with fastener for element fixation for lubrication and cleaning of the line. That element can be cotton padding or similar.

A third assembly is composed of manual hold support (24) fastened to the base of the device and movable on a curved rail (25), in the direction of the width of this, being used as support by the hand not involved in the operation of the said crank, be it right or left. That support is appropriately dimensioned to provide a firm hold and also

provides larger stability to the assembly during its operation. That assembly is omitted in the figure 3 for visualization easiness.

The figures 4, 5 and 6 show, in two views, respectively, the details of the base axis of the spool-pattern and of the fastener, mentioned above.

In figure 4, the base axis is observed (2), and has along its entire surface an assembly of longitudinal tears (26) and an external thick thread (27).

In figure 5, the spool-pattern (14) is observed and externally has the configuration of a common spool, however presenting an assembly of cotters (28) along to its bypass hole (29) in its installation on said base axis, the spool-pattern is locked by the joining between its assembly of cotters and the respective assembly of longitudinal tears (26) of the same base axis.

A pair of fasteners makes the longitudinal fixation of the spool- pattern in the base axis. In figure 6, a fastener is observed (15), formed by a ring with two ears (30) for manual operation and a space with internal thick thread (31), compatible with the external thick thread (27) of the base axis. The employment of thick thread allows larger speed in the operation of fixation of the spool-pattern in the base axis.

Optionally, the device can be worked by an independent and portable motor assembly, endowed with adjustable claws to the cranks of the base axis and/or of the casting reel or spinning reel, seeking to reduce the time of operation of line loading / discharge and to provide larger comfort to the user. That motor assembly is endowed with a direction inverter of axis rotation, allowing its adaptation to any casting reel or spinning reel configuration, serving such that the endowed crank device be operated by right-handed users of by left-handed users. Figure 7 displays in side view the optional portable motor (32) with its adjustable claw (33).

In its visualization, the assembly contains two covers still fastened to the lateral of the structure base, with lateral opening and endowed with bolt in superior portion, besides a holder to facilitate the transport of the assembly. Internally, those covers are endowed with fasteners for the fixation of spools for the discharge operations and storage of the line of the casting reel or spinning reel.

Figures from 8 to 17, presented in superior view of the device, in reduced scale, illustrate various methods of operation.

Figures 8 and 9 show the loading and discharge operations of a casting reel respectively.

In figure 8, a full spool is observed (14a), with the tilting arm (11) reserved, the fishing line (23) going by the bypass line (22) and being wound in the casting reel (34), that is on the support shaft (18) with the employment of the optional portable motor (32), being the support of manual hold (24) placed on the left side of the operator. The inverse operation, whereby the discharge of the spinning reel is observed in figure 9, where the full casting reel (34) located on the support shaft (18), leaves the fishing line (23), that goes by the bypass line (22), for the line distributor (12), being the tilting arm (11) distended and being wound in an empty spool (14b), being the manual support (24) located on the left side of the operator.

Figures 10 and 11 are showing the loading and discharge operations of a spinning reel respectively.

In figure 10, a full spool is observed (14a), with the tilting arm (11) reserved, the fishing line (23) going by the bypass line (22) and being wound in the spinning reel (35) - that is, under the support shaft (18) - with the employment of the optional portable motor (32), being the manual support holder (24) located on the left side of the operator. The inverse operation, whereby, the discharge of the spinning reel is observed in figure 11 , where the full spinning reel (35) located under the support shaft (18), leaves the fishing line (23) that goes by the bypass line (22), by the line distributor (12), being the tilting arm (11) distended and being wound in an empty spool (14b), being the support of manual support (24) located on the left side of the operator.

Figures 12 to 17 are showing the sequential manner of operation for line inversion.

Figure 12, the initial situation is presented, where, for example, of a full casting reel (34) located on the support shaft (18), leaves the fishing line (23), that goes by the bypass line (22), by the line distributor (12), being the tilting arm (11) distended and being wound in an empty spool (14b), being the manual support holder (24) located on the left side of the operator.

At the end of that stage, as shown in figure 13, the whole fishing line (23) that left the casting reel (34) - now empty - was wound and is in the full spool (14a), after the operator has worked the crank (3).

In the following stage, shown by figure 14, the base axis receives, besides the full spool of the previous stage, an empty spool (14b), where the free extremity of the fishing line (23) is now fixed after it has gone from the roller (which is hidden in the figure), being the base axis worked by the crank (3).

At the end of that stage, according to figure 15, the whole fishing line will have passed from one spool to other, and the new free extremity of the line is the one that was already used, and as per the inversion, it will be the first space to be wound into the casting reel.

That is shown by figure 16, where, from a full spool (14a), with the tilting arm (11) reserved, the fishing line (23) goes by the bypass line (22) being wound back in the casting reel (34) - which is on the support shaft (18) - with the employment of the optional portable motor (32), with the manual support holder (24) located on the left side of the operator. Lastly, figure 17 shows the final situation, with the two empty spools and the fishing line totally coiled - now in the inverse sense - on the casting reel. The same sequence is applicable for the line inversion in a spinning reel.

Thus, according to present invention, it is hereby presented an easy to use and transport assembly, which allows the execution of actions to which it is proposed in less time and with better quality, contributing an increase in the durability of the fishing line, through the torsion reduction, more perfect cleaning, and lubrication and inversion of the line in the spool, as the portion retrieved in the bottom of the spool is less subject to waste than the initial portion of the line, which is exposed to the action of time, to attrition and traction in the exercise of the fishing.

Claims

1 - "DEVICE FOR FISHING LINES", constituted by a rigid structure (1) for loading and cleaning of fishing lines (23), to wind in casting reel (34) or spinning reel (35), characterized by having a base axis (2), moved by a crank (3) through an assembly of gears (5), with an adjustable brake (6) and an odometer (7), all placed inside a box (4), with a spool-pattern (14), that has an assembly of cotters (28) compatible with an assembly of longitudinal tears (26) along said base axis, fixed to it by ring fasteners (15), with ears (30) and interns thick thread (31) compatible with the external thick thread (27) on the surface of the same base axis, and also for presenting an adjustable axis (17), with a support shaft (18), on whose body settles a fixation pattern device (19) and in whose extremity is projected a support axis (20), on which a bypass line exists (22) and also for presenting a manual support holder (24) that can run along a curved rail (25) on the base of the said structure.

2 - "DEVICE FOR FISHING LINES", constituted by a rigid structure (1) for discharge and cleaning of fishing lines (23), coiled in casting reel (34) or spinning reel (35), according to Claim 1 , characterized by presenting a tilting arm component (11) with articulations (13) and having in the parallel arm to said base axis, a line distributor (12) that is operated by an assembly of distribution gears (16).

3 - "DEVICE FOR FISHING LINES", constituted by a rigid structure (1) for inversion of fishing lines (23), coiled in casting reel (34) or spinning reel (35), according to Claim number 1 , characterized by presenting, in a jointed position with said support axis, a roller (21).

4 - "DEVICE FOR FISHING LINES", constituted by a rigid structure (1) for loading and cleaning of fishing lines (23), to wind in casting reel (34) or spinning reel (35), according to Claim 1, characterized by the existence of an electric motor (8), with batteries (9) and a device of power adjustment (10), all this placed inside of the box (4) and coupled with the same assembly of gears (5).

5 - "DEVICE FOR FISHING LINES", constituted by a rigid structure (1) for discharge and cleaning of fishing lines (23), coiled in casting reel (34) or spinning reel (35), according to Claim 2, characterized by the existence of an electric motor (8), with batteries (9) and a device of power adjustment (10), all this placed inside of the box (4) and coupled with same assembly of gears (5).

6 - "DEVICE FOR FISHING LINES", constituted by a rigid structure (1) for inversion of fishing lines (23), coiled in casting reel (34) or spinning reel (35), according to Claim 3, characterized by the existence of an electric motor (8), with batteries (9) and a device of power adjustment (10), all this placed inside of the box (4) and coupled with the same assembly of gears (5).

7 - "DEVICE FOR FISHING LINES", constituted by a rigid structure (1) for loading and cleaning of fishing lines (23), to wind in casting reel (34) or spinning reel (35), according to Claim 1, characterized by the employment of an optional portable motor (32) endowed with adjustable claws (33).

8 - "DEVICE FOR FISHING LINES", constituted by a rigid structure (1) for inversion of fishing lines (23), coiled in casting reel (34) or spinning reel (35), according to Claim 3, characterized by the employment of an optional portable motor (32) endowed with adjustable claws (33).