US668658A - Fish-hook. - Google Patents

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. Patented Feb, 26, 19m;- F. n. PARDON.

, FISH HOOK.

7 .(Application filed June 18, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. PARDON, OF OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

FISH-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668.658. dated February 26, 1901. Application filed June 13, 1900. serial No. 20;157 lNo model.)

To all whom, it may concern: I Be it known that I, FRANK H. PARDON, of Oweusboro, in the county of Daviess, State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in-Fish-Hooks, of which the following is a complete specification, reference being had tobthe accompanying drawlugs.

The object of my invention is to produce a composite fish-hook consisting of a plurality of hooks, one of which is adapted to hang pendent, in the ordinary manner, and another under tension of a pull upon the firstnamed hook to close with force toward the same and gaff the fish. Heretofore fish-hooks of this general class have either required resetting after each operation or have depended for automatic action upon the operation of a spring adapted to produce separation of the hooks. The use of a spring is objectionable in practice'for a number of reasons, the chief of which is that it is impracticable by the use of a spring to provide for a sufficient opening or separation of the points of the cooperating hooks. By my invention, while I substitute a counterweight for a spring, I do not employ merely the substitution of one member for its equivalent, but by the use of a counterweight am not only enabled to ob-' viate the practical objections to which the use of a spring is exposed, providing especially for a wide opening or separation of the points of the hooks, but also dispose of the counterweight in such a manner as to compel it to perform the double function of a counterweight for the operation of the hooks and a sinker for the line.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a side elevation of a preferred form of my hook, the parts thereof being shown open in full lines and the gaff-hook closed in dotted lines. Fig. II is a similar view of a slightlymodified form of the device shown in Fig. I. Fig. III is a view similar to Fig. I, showing a modification of the subject-matter of Fig. I; and Fig. IV illustrates in like mannera modification of the subject-matter of Fig.- III.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, attention being first directed to Fig. I, 1 indicates the shank, as of an ordinary fishhook, hereinafter called the pendent hook, and 2 the upturned barbed end or hook 'ancing of the hook may require.

proper thereof. To the shank 1, as by a pitoral' connection 3, is united the shank 4 of that which I shall for the purpose of distinction designate as a gaff-hook, which terminates in a barbed upturned end or hook proper, 5. The angle at which the barbed end 5 is disposed to the shank 4 of the gaffhook may be varied as preferred, it being desirable in some instances to dispose the end 5 in line with the arc 'of its movement upon its center or pivotal connection 3. The pivotal connection 3 is located midwise with respect to the shanks 1 and 4, at such parts thereof, respectively, as the weight and bal- The shank 1 terminates in an eyelet 6, through which is threaded the line 7, that is movably secured, as by a'ring 8, to the shank 4. The ring Sis adapted to slide upon the shank 4 between the pivotal connection 3 and the counterweight 9, with which the end of the shank 4 is provided.

In practice the parts hang as shown in full lines in Fig. I, the counterweight 9 serving to hold the hook 5 well separated from the hook 2, the ring 8 being drawn snugly against the pivotal connection 3. In this position the counterweight 9 also serves to hold the shank 1 in the vertical position, substantially in line with the line 7. This form of hook is preferred, because, owing to the sliding connection afiorded by the ring 8, a mere nibble will not actuate the gaff-hook; but a substantial pull upon it will cause the ring 8 to slide toward the counterweight 9 and cause the barbed end 5 of the gaff-hook to drive with force toward the book 2 upon which the fish is pulling. It may be observed that as soon as the tension upon the hook 2 is relieved the parts being suspended from the line 7 drop into position shown in full lines in Fig. I.

The modification shown in Fig. II differs only from the device shown in Fig. I in that the line 12 is secured to a fixed ring 13 in the shank 14 of the gaff-hook. For purposes of distinction it may be specified that the gaffhook is provided with a barbed end 15 and that it is united by a pivotal connection 16 with the shank 17 of the pendent hook, which is provided at one extremity with the barbed end 18 and at the other with the eyelet 19,

through which the line 12 passes. 20 indicates a counterweight corresponding to the counterweight 9. The operation of this form of my device is substantially the same as that of the form of embodiment of my invention shown in Fig. I, except that through the employment of the fixed ring 13 the gait-hook is more delicately balanced and adapted to close under less tension upon the hook 18 than the gaff-hook shown in Fig. I.

In Fig. III the line is shown as connected to the hook but in one place. Otherwise the principle of the device is substantially the same. In that figure, 21 indicates the shank, and 22 the barbed end, of the pendent hook, the other end of which is pivotally united, as indicated at 23, to the one end of the shank 24 of the gaflf-hook, the other end of which terminates in the barbed end 25. To the end of the shank 24 on the side of the pivotal connection 23 opposite the barbed end 25 is provided the counterweight 26, between which and the pivotal connection 23, as indicated at 28, the line 27 is fastened. It will be apparent upon inspection of Fig. III, in view of the preceding specification, that a pull upon the barbed end 22 of the pendent hook will drive the point 25 of the gait-hook toward it. The location of the point of connection between the line 27 and the hook 24 determines the extent to which the gaff-hook in this form of embodiment of my invention will be separated from the pendent hook. In the form of embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. III the hooks hang substantially at right angles to each other; but by changing the proportions and relative arrangement slightly, as

Weighted,of means for fixingaline to the counterweighted hook in such a manner as to movably support the two hooks in relatively open positions, in which a pull upon the pendent hook will actuate the other, substantially as set forth.

2. A composite fish-hook consisting of the combination with a pair of hooks and a pivotal connection uniting the two, one of the hooks being provided with a shank extending beyond the pivotal connection, of a counterweight upon the end of the extended shank, and means for securing a line to said extended shank between the pivotal connection and the counterweight, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a pair of pivotallyunited hooks and means for automatically separating the points of said hooks, of means upon one of the hooks for securing a line di rectly thereto, and upon the other for engaging said line, whereby a pull upon one hook is adapted to actuate the other, substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination witha pairot' pivotallyunited hooks, provided respectively with shanks extending beyond the point of pivotal connection, of a counterweight and means for securing a line to one of the said extended shanks, and means upon the other extended shank for engaging said line, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a pair of pivotallyunited hooks, respectively provided with shanks extending beyond the pivotal connection, of a counterweight upon one of said extended shanks, means for slidably uniting a line to the counterweighted shank, and means upon the other extended shank for engaging said line, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

FRANK H. PARDON.

Witnesses:

D. H. BROWN, L. H. MAHAN.

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