Patent GB-840024-A (GB)
Title: Device for affixing leads to a fishing line
IPC: A01K95/02
Filed: 1958-11-24
Abstract: 840,024. Fishing devices. JACCARD, P. M. Nov. 24, 1958 [Feb. 12, 1958], No. 37758/58. Class 48. [Also in Group XXX] A device for fixing split lead weights to a fishing line comprises a casing 1 having a loader 3 provided with parallel channels 11 for leads 13 of different sizes and a pair of clamping rods 6 for gripping a lead delivered by the loader and for pressing the lead on to the line, the loader 3 being slidably mounted on the casing 1 so that it can be moved lengthwise in order that a selected channel 11 can be directed to an opening 1<1> in the casing 1 and transversely downwards to cause the clamping rods 6 to move apart to permit a lead 13 to pass between them and rest on the bevelled end 35 of a pivoted spring- urged level 9. When the loader 3 is then released it ascends under the action of springs and the rods 6 grip the lead 13. The line is then placed in the slot in the lead 13 and the rods 6 pressed together by means of the knobs 7 to close the lead on to the line. The loader has two screws 14, 15 which pass through longitudinal slots 16<1>, 17<1> in the casing 1 and through aligned slots 16, 17 in a support plate 10 which can slide up and down in the casing 1. A spring-urged lever 18 pivoted on the support plate 10 has depressions 20 which engage a roller 21 on the screw 14 to locate the lower end of a selected channel 11 in line with the opening 11 in the casing. Transverse slots 4, 5 of different depths corresponding to the sizes of the leads in the channels 11 extend downwardly from the slots 16<1>, 17<1> in the casing 1. An adjustable fork 34 against which the delivered lead rests is secured to a spring-urged stepped plate 31 extending through a slot 8 in the casing to abut the loader 3. The sizes of the steps in the plate 31 determine the spacings of the fork 34 from the casing 1 and correspond to the sizes of the leads in the channels 11 ; and the plate is moved by the loader 3 when the latter is moved lengthwise. The clamping rods 6 are pivoted to the lower ends of two levers 27, 27<1> the upper ends of which are pivoted to a screw 26 passing through transverse slots 25, 25<1> in the casing 1 and the support plate 10. A spring 28 draws the levers together. When the loader is lowered the support plate 10 moves with it and actuates the levers 27, 27<1> to separate the ends of the rods 6 by an amount determined by the depths of the transverse slots 4, 5. When the loader is allowed to return the ends of the rods 6 engage the lead. Each channel 11 of the loader has a longitudinal rib 12 which enters the slits in the leads and when a lead leaves a channel the slit in the lead engages the bevelled end 35 of the pivoted spring-urged lever 9. When the lead is gripped by the ends of the rods 6, the lever 9 is manually swung away from the lead to allow the line to be inserted in the slit thereof. The loader has a detachable cover having apertures 40 for the introduction of a rod for pushing the leads should they get stuck in the channels. In a modification the clamping rods 6 are replaced by a pair of scissor-like pincers, the jaws of which are opened by a wedge held by the pivoted grooved lever 18 hinged to the support plate 10.