Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Line-attached bodies – hooks and rigs
Patent
1992-01-10
1993-09-07
Rosenbaum, Mark
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs
43 4316, 24265EE, A01K 9104
Patent
active
052417751
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method of attaching a leader to a fishhook, and fishhooks having a leader attached thereto for use in fishing.
BACKGROUND ART
The method of attaching a leader to a fishhook differs with the shape of the so-called eye at the shank end of the fishhook, so that various attaching methods are conventionally available.
These methods include, for example, a method of firmly attaching a leader to a fishhook by placing the leader close to the shank end of the fishhook along the shank, and winding a thin thread around the leader and the shank. In this method, the wound thin thread is thereafter treated, for example, by manually tying the leading end and the terminal end of the thread together, or by covering the winding of the thread directly with adhesive or synthetic resin.
With the prior art described, however, the leading and terminal thread ends must be tied together invariably by a manual procedure as mentioned above, so that this has been an obstacle to the automation of the manufacturing process. Furthermore, fishhooks of smaller size require a great skill for the thread tying procedure.
On the other hand, the procedure for covering the thread winding with adhesive or the like is suited to the automation of the manufacturing process since the thread need not be tied manually. In this case, however, it is likely that the thread winding will loosen while the applied adhesive solidifies from the state of a gel. This results in the drawback of impairing the joint strength between the leader and the fishhook.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of attaching a leader to a fishhook by attaching the leader to the shank of the fishhook extremely easily and yet firmly and with good stability, and fishhooks having a leader thus attached thereto.
To fulfill the above object, a metallic wire is wound around the shank of a fishhook and a leader in the form of a coil according to the present invention.
More specifically, the method of the present invention is characterized in that a leader is attached to a fishhook by positioning a leader in contact with an end of the shank of the fishhook along the shank, winding a metallic wire around the shank and the leader in the form of a coil, causing the metallic wire to retain the wound state, and applying an adhesive to the coil portion of the metallic wire to cover the coil portion.
The fishhook having a leader attached thereto leader is positioned in contact with an end of the shank of the fishhook along the shank, a metallic wire being wound around the combination of the shank and the leader in the form of a coil and retaining the wound state, the coil portion of the metallic wire being covered with an adhesive.
With the fishhook having a leader attached thereto by the method of the present invention and embodying the invention, the leader is positioned in contact with the shank end of the fishhook along the shank, and a metallic wire is continuously wound around the combination of the shank and the leader.
After the metallic wire has been wound over a suitable distance along the shank axis, an adhesive is applied to the resulting coil portion of the metallic wire to cover the coil portion. The metallic wire is thereafter cut off at opposite ends of the coil portion.
The metallic wire has plasticity sufficient to retain the wound state when wound around the leader and the shank. For example, mild steel has such nature.
According to the present invention, therefore, it is almost unlikely that the wire coil will loosen before the adhesive dries and solidifies unlike the conventional thread winding. Moreover, the wound metallic wire, which has plasticity as stated above, exhibits a stabilized fastening force over the entire area of the coil portion, that is, every turn of the winding exhibits such a force.
Thus according to the present invention, the wound metallic wire is almost unlikely to loosen over the coil portion before the adhesive solidifies on drying, so that the
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Kabushiki Kaisha Hakutaka Kogyo
Mah Chuck Y.
Rosenbaum Mark
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