Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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The present invention relates to an arrangement in
a hook orientation means or separating means for utilization in
a fishing line hauling system.
In known hook orientation means or separating means
the hook, when hauled via the line proper and snoods through
the split pipe having a bevelled opening, will impinge on the
opening edge with the inside o~ its hook bow and will be turned
to one or the other side along the lateral faces of said bevelled
opening into a position with the hook bow with the barb projecting
from said slot, whereas the line proper, snood and hook shank are
inside said pipe. The hook is, thus, orientated into a certain
position and is guided from the slot onto a hook guide to be
transferred to a hook magazine connected with said hook guide.
In case of rapid hauling of a fishing line the hooks
will impinge rapidly with their bows against the edges o~ said
bevelled opening, causing a tug on the line and possibly even
rupture of the snood or straightening of the hook. This may
especially occur with the hook bow impinges on the pointed
forward portion of the bevelled opening, where the edge of
said opening, in fact, e~rtends across the direction of movement
of said hook.
It is an object of the present invention to provide
a structure of the pipe inlet portion resulting in hook orienta-
tion without the inside of the hook bow impinging rapidly on the
bevelled opening edges as mentioned.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a
simple and safe transfer of orientated hooks ~rom the slot in
said pipe to a subsequent hook guide.
In accordance with the present invention there is
provided an arrangement in a hook orientation means for utiliza-
tion in a fishing line hauling system, wherein a line comprising
a line proper having hooks attached thereto via snoods is hauled
~v the aid of a line winch through said hook orientation means
located downstream from tangle r ~ ving and hook c1~n;ng members,
and wherein said orientation means is detachably connec-ted to a
hook magazine wherein said hook orientation means consists of a
pipe having a smaller inside diameter than the outside cross
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section of the bow of said hook, sa~d pipe being bevelled at
one of its open ends defining an oblique edge face and split
to form ~ slot extending from said oblique edge face to the
other end of said pipe end, and where a hook guide is mounted
S for guiding the hooks from said slot to said hook magazine,
characterized in that a hook guide place extends outwardly
from said pipe at the oblique edge face thereof and slopes
downwardly away therefrom in a direction toward the hauling
direction of said line proper, said pipe being mounted on an
appro,rimately horizontal base together with said hook guide,
entry to said slot being in an upper portion of the oblique
edge face of said pipe.
The invention is illustrated by way of example in
the accompanying drawings wherein:
Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a fishing line
hauling system comprising the above men~ioned subsequent
hook orientation means; and
Figure 2 shows, in perspective, the hook orientation
means and a portion of a connected hook magazine.
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In Figure l a fishing line hauling system is diagrammatical-
l~ shown comprising a hauling pulley 23 on;the rail of a shipg
a sheave 24, a hook cleaner 9 and a tangle remover 8~
with a winch 25 between them~ and a subsequent leading sheave
26, and a combined hook cleaning and snood tensioning means 7.
Then follows said hook orientation means l with a hook guide 17
stop sheave G and hook magazine lOo Said hook magazine lO is
detachably connected with hook guide 17 by cooperating connect-
ing members Z2'and 22, as shown in Figure 2. Generally the haul-
ing pulley 23 and the combination of tangle remover and hook
cleanings members 8~ 9 as well as snood tensioning means 7 and
hook orientation means l are permanently mounted on board the
vessel 241. The magazine lO is attached and secured to hook
guide 17 by the aid Or complementary connecting members 22, 22'
Magazine lO may be located above line tub ll by yokes ll' that
are secured to said magazine lO and are screwed into the in--
side of line tub ll.
For hauling,the line 3 is placed over hauling pulley 23 and
sheave 24, beween brushes in hook cleaner 9, around sheave 25,
through hook cleaner and tangle remover 8 comprising
rigid and resilient fingers 8' and 8" respectively which are in
mutual resilient contact, and over leading sheave 26~ through
25a combined snood ten~ioner and hook cleaner 7 Comprising two
brushes facing each other, through hook orientation means l and
stop sheave 6; said line being hauled on board and through
~aid components o~ the system.
The line is hauled on board over hauling pulley 23 and the
30 fish is removed between sheaves 23 and 24. When the fishing
line passes between the brushes in hook cleaning means 9 old
bait is scraped of~ the hooks 4 and loose tangles of the snoods
are disentangled. Remaining tangle of the snoods is removed
when the line passes between scraper means 8',8". The line.is,
35furthermore, pulled over sheave 26 and into snood.~ensioning
means 7, which straightens the snood 5 and hook 4 before they
are pulled into hook orientation means 19 where hooks 4 are
lined up and via hook guide 17 are guided into the hook magazine
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whereas the line proper is coiled in line tub 11.
The hook orientation means~ i.e, hook separator 1, compris-
es a pipe 12 having an inside diameter less than the exterior
cross section of the hook bow. Pipe 12 is bevelled (approxi-
mately 20-30) at one end and split, so that a slot 13 is
formed extending from the inclined edge 15 formed at pipe
opening 14 to the other pipe end 16, where hook guide 17 is
mounted for guiding the lined up hooks 4 from the slot 13 to
hook magazine 10. The inclined edge 15 surrounding pipe open-
ing 14 changes over into a hook guiding plate 18 extendinglaterally of pipe opening 14 across pipe 12 and rear-
ward~ i.e. upstream as seen in the hauling direction of line
3. Pipe 12 is mounted on a horizontal base plate 19 with
hook guide 17, the pipe opening 14 with the foremost portion
of slot 13 facing upward and away from base plate 19.
Slot 13 extends from pipe opening 14 obliquely down~ard along~
the outer surface of pipe 12 and toward the other end 16 of
the pipe, It ends at a distance from base plate 19 equal
or ~less than half the diameter of pipe 12. Hook guiding
20 means 17 has an inclined portion 17', extending from the
lower edge of slot 13 and up to a horizontal portion leading
to a connected hook magazine 10. Pipe 12 and hook guiding
means 17enclose an obtuse angle and between them a hook catching
finger 20 is pivoted. Said finger 20 projects down at the out-
25 let of slot 13 and is pivotal against a spring force towardthe inclined upper portion 17' of hook glliding means 17 on
the side of said means 17 facing away from pipe 12, so that
the lower end of hook catching finger 20 after a certain
pivotal action is brought up above the inclined portion 17~ of
30 hook guiding means 17.
When the line 2 is pulled through pipe 12 with the hooks 4
facing different direction~, some of the hooks will abut
guiding plate 18 with the hook tip facing downward. As a
consequence of the inclined position of the guiding plate in
35 relation to the direction of movement of the hook said hook tip
will turn laterally ~n guiding surface 18 and, thus, turn the
hook into a position in parallel with the guiding plate, there-
by to cause the hook to be guided into slot 13 at the upper
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edge of the bevelled pipe opening 14. The hook 4 with its bow
and tip projecting up into slot 13 is then turned approximate-
ly ~0 due to the slot shape. It will~ thus, emerge from slot
;~ 13 at the end 16 of pipe 12 almost at the same level as ~
5 plate 19. At the outlet of slot 13 the hook bow will be caught
by hook catching finger 20, which will yield resiliently and
guide the hook bow onto the inclin~ part 17' of the hook guide
17. On further rising said finger will then slip off the hook
and return to its initial positionD The hook 4 is then pulled
10 by the line proper 3 via snood 5 along hook guiding means 17
and into the connected hook magazine 10, where the hooks are
suspended ti.ghtly with snoods 5 hanging down.
As mentioned above, pipe 12 encloses an obtuse angle with
hook guiding means 17. Because of this the line proper 3 that
5is pulled through pipe 12 gets clear of hook guide 17 and
stra.ight onto stop sheave 6.
To ensure that hook catching finger 20 really catches the
hooks 4 at the outlet of slot 13, the edge 20' of hook catching
finger 20 facing the end opening 16 of pipe 12 at the outlet
20Of slot 13 is located radially within the inside of pipe 12
i.e. displaced inward toward the center axis of pipe 12, so
that the hook tip will project outward beyond hook catching
finger 20 and, thus, ensure that the hook bow engages said
finger.
Due to said obtuse angle between pipe 12 and hook guide 17
the rear end 16 of pipe 12 is also obliquely cut resulting in
an oblique pi.pe opening 16' facing the hook catcher finger 20
and the upward inclined part 17' of hook guide 17. In this
manner it is achieved that the hook shank is supported
30against the inside o~ pipe 12 on the opposite side of the
slot 13 outlet until the hook bow engages with hook catcher 20.
To ensure that the hooks 4 during orientation cannot turn
too far at the oblique pipe opening 14 and land beside slot 13
a rounded body 21 is arranged resiliently in contact with the
35edge of the pipe opening 14 adjacent slot 13, possibly with a
small clearanceg e.gO corresponding to the thickness Or the hook
shank. Said body is preferably arcuate and will let a hook 4
advancing from one or the other side pass to slot 13~ whereas
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will prevent a hook from pivoting to the opposite side of the
slot.
Hook guide 17 is preferably shaped like an ordinary
hook magazine. In addition to the guide 17 proper there is~
thus~ a stop edge 17" extending in parallel with guide 17 and,
thus~ forming the known slot in a normal magazine wherein the
hooks 4 are slidably held. ~,
Connecting elements ~and 22 are provided on the rear
end 19' of base plate 19 and on the bottom sur~ace of hook maga-
æine 10 respectively, and they are shaped in such a mannerthat connecting element 22 in the form of a projection of ma-
gazine 10 can be inserted into connecting element~2~ in the
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form of a sleeve secured to h*s~s plate 19. Sleeve ~1 may
comprise a locking means, e.g. an excentric, which will hold
15 projection 22 against pi~otingO
Pipe 12 may advantageously have a large wall thickness,
e.g. 7 mm, resultin~ in wide guiding faces facing each other
in the slot 13. This will be important especially when small
hooks are used that do not project from slot 13 with their
20 tips. A separating means with such a pipe 12 having thick walls
can, thus, receive and orientate hooks o~ widely ~arying
sizes~ naturally provided that the inside diameter of pipe 12
is smaller than the cross section of the hook bow.
Said wide guiding faces of slot 13 may possibly be
25 achieved by the aid of guide rails mounted on each side of the
top of slot 13. If desired the pipe material may be raised on
each side of slot 13.
In a suitable embodiment of the separating means, e.g.
~he hook catching finger 20 may project into a slot at the
30 other end 16 of pipe 12. Finger 20 may possibly project further
down through a lower slot, said hook catching finger 20 forming
a chord in relation to the inner circumf~tence of pipe 12.
The hook bow will, thus, be safely ~u~.~ by hook catch~ng
finger 20 while the hook shank is still inside pipe 12 and may
35 contact the inside wall of pipe 120
