Patent ID: 6357162
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
Whale release apparatus for use with fishing gear comprisinga housing having a bore formed with a first, closed inboard end and a second, open outboard end, a piston member having a bore slidably received in the bore of the housing, the piston member having a radially movable portion and a radially immovable portion, an elongated rope gripping member having a radially movable portion receivable within the bore of the piston member, a valve mounted on the piston member permitting fluid flow therethrough in at least one direction, a rope being received in the rope gripping member which in turn is received within the bore of the piston member with the piston member disposed adjacent to the first, closed end of the housing bore to set the apparatus with the rope gripping member biased against the rope whereby movement of the rope and rope gripping member in a direction going from the first end of the bore of the housing to the second end of the bore of the housing is enabled by fluid flow through the valve in dependence upon the force until at least a portion of the piston member and rope gripping member protrude beyond the second, open end of the housing allowing the rope gripping member to release the rope.