An improvement in Fish HOOKS with Eyes Turned Downwards or 'Inwards' (commonly known as Turn-down-eyed Hooks).
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1887
Complete Left, 23rd Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 27th Apr., 1888
An improvement in Fish HOOKS with Eyes Turned Downwards or
'Inwards' (commonly known as Turn-down-eyed Hooks).
I, HENKY CHOLMONDELEY PENNELL, late Her Majesty's Inspector of Sea Fisheries,
151 Regent Street, W. London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
[N.B. I am the Inventor of the Turn-down Eyed Fish-hook, for which I have a
Trade Mark granted by the Patent Office, England, (No. 55,218) and also a patent in
the United States of America (No. 356,499).]
"
The invention for which I now apply for Patent rights is an improvement on these
same hooks, which consists in giving to the shank of the hook more especially near
the eye, a bend upwards (or outwards): by which invention I claim (inter alia,)
A. That the width of the hook-' bend,' or gape, is for hooking purposes practically
increased, and with it the probability of hooking fish.
B. That the attachment of the hook to the line is improved and facilitated.
C. That the appearance and attractiveness' of artificial flies, and especially of
floating flies" dressed on these improved shanks is greatly enhanced. The 'gradient'
at which the shank is turned upward may be made easier or sharper, shorter or longer
(more gradual) than that figured in the margin.
Dated this 20th day of October 1887.

page_text: An improvement 111 FISA HOOKS with Eyes Turned Downwards
(or Inwards), commonly known as Turn-down-eyed Hooks.
HENRY CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL, late Her Majesty's Inspector of Sea Fisheries,
151 Regent Street, London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The invention for which I now apply for patent rights is an improvement in the
Turn-down Eyed Fish Hook, which consists in giving to the shank of the hook, more
especially near to the turned down eye, a bend upwards (or outwards)-marked A in
drawing and by which invention I claim (inter alia) That the width of the gape of
the hook or hook-bend-marked B in drawing-is, for hooking purposes, practically
increased, and with it the probability of hooking fish; That the attatchment of the
hook to the line is improved and facilitated, whilst, when attatched to the hook, the
line marked D in drawing-naturally occupies a plane perfectly parallel with
the hook-shank; And that by the combination of the up-turn shank with the Turn
Down Eye the eye marked C. in drawing-the general efficiency and appearance of
artificial flies dressed on hooks so constructed are enhanced.-The gradient' at
which the hook-shank is turned upward may be made easier or sharper, shorter or
longer (more gradual) than that figured in the accompanying diagrams.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
A Turn-Down-Eyed Fish Hook the shank of which is bent upwards (or outwards)
as described and shewn in the drawing.
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