Line hook for fishing float

A line hook for a fishing float comprises a wire which is bent to form long circles and another circle. The long circles are formed to insert therein a line and the other circle is made for inserting therein a ring of a float so as to easily set the float on the line without cutting off the line. At least one end of the wire is bent to cross the said another circle in order to control the ring of the float so that the ring may be prevented from engaging the proper portions of the long circles.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates to a line hook for a fishing float. When fishing, 
where the depth of water of swiming fishes is different due to the time of 
wondering or the sort of the fish, it is necessary to adjust the position 
of a hook beneath the water by moving a fishing float along a line. 
Conventionally, it is used such a construction that a line is directly 
inserted into a ring which is fixed to a movable float when the movable 
float is mounted on the line. In such a construction, where it becomes 
necessary to change the float for another big, small, heavy or light 
float, it is very troublesome to mount or set another one on the line 
since the line should be once cut off in order to insert the line in the 
ring of the new float. Further, it is known such a construction that the 
float is attached to a small plastic ball and a line is inserted into an 
opening of the ball. In such a case, however, it is confusing since the 
small ball flows due to the resistance by the flowing water and a pulling 
force, which is not a tug by a fish, acts on the line. 
To solve such conventional problems, this inventor has once proposed a line 
hook for a fishing float which comprises a wire which is wound two times 
to form slightly long circles, both ends of the wire being extended at one 
side of the long circles and bent in opposite directions to each other to 
form another long circle so as to be able to insert a line and a ring of 
the fishing float into and disengage the long circles through a clearance 
between one of the ends of the wire and the proper portion of the wire by 
utilizing elasticity of the wire. This line hook for the fishing float 
will now be described with reference to FIG. 1 through FIG. 4. 
A wire 3 of stainless steel is wound two times to form slightly long 
(elliptic) circles. The both ends 3A and 3A of the wire 3 are extended at 
one side of the long circles and bent to form another circle. Turning 
portions 3B and 3B of the long circles are made uniform. A line 1 and a 
ring 5 of a fishing float 2 are inserted into the long circles through a 
clearance between one of the ends 3A and 3A and a porper portion 3D of the 
wire 3. 
Next, the line hook is set on the line 1 by taking the following steps. 
First, the line 1 is hooked on one end 3A of the line hook and then the 
wire 3 is turned in the direction of wind of the long circles so that the 
line 1 may be finally inserted into the long circles and is not longer 
come off(FIGS. 2 and 3). 
Next, the float 2 is set on the line hook by taking the following steps. 
Namely, the ring 5 of the float 2 is hooked on both of the ends 3A and 3A 
of the line hook at the same time. As the result, the float 2 is set on 
the line hook as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and does not come off without 
artificial forces. 
As mentioned above, the line hook for the fishing float has the following 
advantages. 
It is very easy to set the line hook on the line and the fishing float on 
the line hook and also disengage the line hook from the line and the 
fishing float from the line hook and there needs a little time for such a 
treatment. It is not necessary to cut off the line for changing the 
fishing float to another one. Further, a tension force due to resistance 
of the water does not act on the line since the line hook is very small in 
size. This means that it may distinguish a tug from the tension force. 
Further, the fishing float may be moved smoothly even if the line is curled 
since the line hook is made to form a long circle which allows the line to 
move free. 
Moreover, the line hook is very small in size (about 5 mm -15 mm) and may 
be manufactured by using a wire only. Therefore, it is very simple in 
construction and it is possible to lower the manufacturing cost 
considerably. 
However, the above-mentioned line hook has the following problems. 
Namely, when fishing, the position of the ring 5 of the fishing float 2 is 
sometimes shifted due to inertia at the time of throwing the line or due 
to shock at the time of hitting on the water and then the ring 5 is 
engaged between one of the end 3A and the proper portion 3D so that it 
looses a free-movement of the ring 5 against the line hook. As the result, 
buoyancy of the float 2 acting on the line functions as a twisting force 
so that the float 2 cannot be moved smoothly to a predetermined position. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
An object of this invention is to give full play to a fishing float which 
moves free while making good use of the function of a line hook for the 
fishing float by solving the problems of the conventional line hook 
referred to hereinabove. 
To solve the conventional problems and achieve the above object, the line 
hook for the fishing float according to this invention comprises a wire 
which is wound two times to form slightly long circles, both ends of the 
wire being extended at one side of the long circles and bent in opposite 
directions to one another to form another long circle so as to be able to 
insert a line and a ring of a fishing float into and disengaged from the 
long circles through a clearance between one of the end of the wire and a 
proper portion thereof by using elasticity of the wire, wherein at least 
one of the ends of the wire is bent greatly to cross said another long 
circle to make a ring control portion. 
Accordingly, once the ring is inserted into the said another circle, the 
ring is no longer engaged between the end of the wire and the proper 
portion thereof even if the ring is moved due to inertia at the time of 
throwing of the line or due to shock at the time of hitting on the water 
as the ring control portion controls the movement of the ring and prevents 
the ring from engaging with the end and the proper portion of the wire. 
Therefore, the ring may be always moved free from the line hook and the 
fishing float is allowed to move to a predetermined position on the line. 
As the result, a tug by a fish may be easily distinguished with a tension 
force which would act on the line in the event that the float stops at an 
unexpected position due to twisting forces caused by engagement of the 
ring of the float with the line hook. 
Further, it may prevent the fishing float from entangling with the line 
hook since the ring of the float may be moved free and the float is free 
from resistance of the flowing water. 
Other advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following 
description with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a line hook for a fishing float according to 
this invention. A wire 3 is wound two times to form slightly long circles, 
both ends of the wire 3 being extended at one side of the long circles and 
bent in opposite direction to each other to form another long circle so as 
to be able to insert a line 1 and a ring 5 of a fishing float 2 into the 
long circles through a clearance between one of the end of the wire 3 and 
a proper portion 3D thereof by using elasticity of the wire 3. The both 
ends of the wire 3 are given numerals 3A and 3A. The wire 3 in this 
embodiment is partly improved. Namely, the end 3A is extended inclinedly 
to form an inclining portion 3C which functions as a ring control portion. 
Therefore, once the ring 5 is hooked on a predetermined position of the 
wire 3, even if the ring 5 tends to move up and down due to shock caused 
by hitting upon the water surface at the time of throwing of the line 1 or 
due to buoyancy of the float 2, the inclining portion or ring control 
portion 3C controls the movement of the ring 5 (FIG. 5). As the result, 
the ring control portion 3C prevents the float 2 from fixing its position 
between the end 3A and the proper portion 3D of the wire 3 or from taking 
undesirable posture due to engagement of the ring 5 between the end 3A and 
the proper portion 3D. 
The wire 3 used in this invention may be made of suitable materials which 
have elasticity, such as steel stainless steel and the like. 
Further, the inclining portion 3C (a ring control portion) may be improved 
to have its end 3A which extends slightly cross the proper portion 3D so 
as to achieve the object of this invention. 
Another embodiment of a line hook for a fishing float according to this 
invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 6. This 
embodiment only shows another state or way of use of the line hook. As 
shown in FIG. 6, to fix the float 2 on the line 1 at a predetermined 
position, a stopper 8 is secured to the line 1 which stopper is bigger 
than long circles of the wire 3, and then a pair of the line hooks are 
located on the right and left sides of the stopper through the line 1, and 
thereafter the ring 5 of the float 2 is inserted into both of the other 
circles of the two line hooks by bridging same in the same manner as 
mentioned hereinbefore. This arrangement of the line hooks stops the float 
2 on the line 1 at a position as the line hooks cannot be moved by the 
stopper 8. This is utilized when the float is required to be used as a 
fixed-position float.