Patent ID: 6102319
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A01K,B65H

Abstract:
A method for removing fishing line from a reel and arranging the fishing line in a neat, reusable bundle using a pair of frustoconical spool portions, each spool portion having a larger diameter end, a smaller diameter end, and a tapered outer peripheral surface extending from the larger diameter end to the smaller diameter end, and said spool portions being supported by a drive means for rotation about the central axes with their smaller diameter ends in abutting relationship, said method comprising the steps of:placing a first one of said spool portions on the drive means,positioning a free end of said fishing line against the smaller diameter end of said first spool portion,placing a second one of said spool portions on the drive means with the smaller diameter end of the second spool portion abutting the smaller diameter end of the first spool portion and trapping the free end of the fishing line between the spool portions,rotating the spool portions about their central axes with the drive means to wrap the fishing line into a donut-shaped bundle about the tapered outer peripheral surfaces of said spool portions, andremoving said second spool portion from said drive means so that said donut-shaped bundle can be slid off of said spool portions and said drive means.