DEVICE FOR CONNECTION A SNOOD TO A FISHING LINE

DISPOSITIF POUR ATTACHER UNE CORDEE A UNE LIGNE DE PECHE

English Abstract

A B S T R A C T
A device for connecting a snood to a fishing line
including a sleeve defining an aperture through which the fish-
ing line can pass and having flanges at opposite ends thereof
and a substantially cylindrical outer surface extending between
the flanges. A tubular member defines a substantially cylindri-
cal aperture whose diameter is substantially equal to that of
the substantially cylindrical outer surface, whereby the tubular
member can be fitted about the sleeve to rotate with respect
thereto, being retained against movement along the sleeve by
the flanges. The tubular member has a radially-projecting por-
tion and the device also includes a snood attachment portion for
connection to the snood. One of these portions is of generally
cylindrical form and has two opposed lugs projecting radially
therefrom, and the second portion is elastic and defines an
opening corresponding to the diameter of the first portion.
The first portion can be inserted into the opening of the second
portion and the second portion can be forced over the lugs of
the first portion.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive
property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A device for connecting a snood to a fishing line,
comprising: a sleeve defining an aperture through which the
fishing line can pass and having flanges at opposite ends thereof
and a substantially cylindrical outer surface extending between
the flanges; a tubular member defining a substantially cylindri-
cal aperture whose diameter is substantially equal to that of said
substantially cylindrical outer surface, whereby the tubular
member can be fitted about the sleeve to rotate with respect
thereto, being retained against movement along the sleeve by
said flanges, the tubular member having a radially-projecting
portion, a snood attachment portion for connection to the snood,
one of said portions being of generally cylindrical form and
having two opposed lugs projecting radially therefrom, and the
other of said portions being elastic and defining an opening
corresponding to the diameter of said one portion, whereby said
one portion can be inserted into the opening of said other por-
tion and said other portion can be forced over the lugs of said
one portion.
2. A device according to claim 1 wherein said one portion
is said radially projecting portion of the tubular member and
said other portion is said snood attachment portion.
3. In combination, a fishing line and a device for connect-
ing a snood to the fishing line, said device comprising:
a sleeve defining an aperture through which the fishing line
extends and having flanges at opposite ends thereof and a sub-
stantially cylindrical outer surface extending between the flanges;
a tubular member defining a substantially cylindrical aperture
whose diameter is substantially equal to that of said substan-
tially cylindrical outer surface, whereby the tubular member can

be fitted about the sleeve to rotate with respect thereto, being
retained against movement along the sleeve by said flanges, the
tubular member having a radially-projecting portion; and a
snood attachment portion for connection to the snood, one of said
portions being of generally cylindrical form and having two op-
posed lugs projecting radially therefrom, and the other of said
portions being elastic and defining an opening corresponding to
the diameter of said one portion, whereby said one portion can
be inserted into the opening of said other portion and said other
portion can be forced over the lugs of said one portion.
4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said one portion
is said radially projecting portion of the tubular member and
said other portion is said snood attachment portion.

Description

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This invention relates to a device for connecting a
snood to a fishing line.
Fishing lines, especially long lines, usually have
snoods permanently fixed to the line. This makes handling of
the line cumbersome and time consuming, particularly because
a fisherman has to take great care not to get the fish hook
tangled in the line.
Many detachable snoods are known, but few have any
practical value. Some employ a key hole slot into which the
line is pressed and where it remains fixed due to friction.
Others are shaped in such a way that the line is forced into a
Z shaped pattern when the snood is pulled-parallel to the line,
thereby further locking the snood to the line. Such joints are
usually made from steel wire, often stainless steel wire. Such
joints do not act as a swivel. If the line rotates, the snoods
will be wound around the line, which is highly undesirable and
is likely to complicate-the subsequent handling of the line.
A joint with a built-in swivel motion is known but is not C2p-
able of readv detachment and attachment.
An object of the invention is therefore to provide a
device which can easily be detached and attached and which acts
as a swivel.
According to the invention, a device for connecting
a snood to a fishing line comprises a sleeve defining an aper-
ture through wich the fishing line can pass and having flanges
at opposite ends thereof and a substantially cylindrical outer
surface extending between the flanges; a tubular member defining
a substantially cylindrical aperture whose diameter is substan-
tially equal to that of said substantially cylindrical outer
surface, whereby the tubular member can be fitted about the
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sleeve to rotate with respect thereto, being retained against
movement along the sleeve by said flanges, the tubular member
having a radially-projecting portion; a snood attachment por-
tion for connection to the snood, one of said portions being of
generally cylindrical form and having two opposed lugs project-
ing radiall~ therefrom, and the other of said portions being
elastic and defining an opening corresponding to the diameter
of said one portion, whereby said one portion can be inserted
into the opening of said other portion and said other portion
can be forced over the lugs of said one portion.
The said one portion may be the radially projecting
portion of the tubular member, with the said other portion being
the snood attachment portion, although of course the reverse
arrangement may be provided if desired.
One embodiment of the invention will now be described,
by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings,
of which:
Figure l(a) shows in assembled form a device for
. connecting a snood to a fishing line;
Figure l(b) shows the various parts of the device of .
Figure l(a) when disassembled;
Figures 2 and 3 illustrate operation of the device;
and
Figure 4 snows part of a machine for automatically
detaching a snood connected to a fishing line
by means of the device illustrated in
Figure l(a).
The device shown in Figure l(a) forms a detachable
joint between the snood 12 and the line 10 and consists of a
sleeve l, a stud 2 with lugs 4 and an elastic ring 3. The ring
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3 is prevented from being pulled over the lugs 4 on the stud
~ by the snood due to the special shape of the ring, because
the force acts on the ring at a point well to the side of its
center causing a twisting movementj see Figure 2, which tends to
lock the ring in position. If the ring should be pulled over one
of the lugs, see Figure 3, then the force from the snood will
act diagonally and lock the ring in position under the opposite
lug and stop the ring from being pulled loose.
The sleeve 1 comprises a single member which is partly
split at la to enable it to be fitted about the line 10. The
stud 2 also comprises a single member which is partly split
at 2a to enable it to be fitted about the sleeve 1.
Figure 4 shows a possible way of automatically de-
taching the snood from the line. The ring 3 rests against two
flanges while the stud is pressed through the ring. This appara-
tus can for instance consist of two spring loaded wheels, one
of which 5 isshaped as a line hauler sheave with flanges 11 for
the ring 3, but with sufficient room for the sleeve 1 and the
stud 2 to be pressed into the wedge shaped groove 6 while the
ring 3 is held back by the flanges.
The stud is pressed through the ring by the spring
loaded wheel 7 which has its periphery~shaped to fit the curva-
ture of the stud. Knots and other obstructions on the line
will pass unhindered because the wheel 7 will give way due to
its spring loaded support. This apparatus can be linked with
another apparatus which collects the detached snoods and accu-
mulates them in such a way that subsequent handling is easily
facilitated.