Improvements in and relating to Fishing Floats.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1892-Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Fishing Floats.
1, JOSEPH LANDER, of the Crown Hotel, Prospect Hill, Redditch, in the
County of Worcester, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
My invention has reference as hereinafter described to improvements in and
relating to fishing floats, and consists essentially in the construction and arrange-
ment of a telescopic float, made in such a manner that the weights usually attached
to a fish line are placed in the float, and not on the gut as in the old way and
thereby preventing the gut being ent or worn away by putting on or taking off of
the shot, and thus allowing the line to be thrown a greater distance from the
angler, and prevents any under disturbance of the water, and gives more buoyancy
to the said float, the runner being attached to the bottom of the float thereby
making it impossible for the float to become detached from its position in the act
of striking a fish.
In carrying my invention into practice 1 construct a telescopic float in the
following manner :-
I make it preferably of material known as celluloid, or may use any other
suitable material for the same purpose.
The said float is made in two parts, one fitting the other telescopically, the
upper part fitting into the lower part, and is capable of being pressed in or with-
drawn therefrom thus increasing or diminishing the length of the float at will.
To insure an accurate fit of one part of the float into the other, I form one
or more necks on either part into which I place an indiarubber plug or other
flexible band forming a kind of packing, or I may form a raised part or collar
on either part of the said float, which when placed one inside the other will insure
a tight fit.
Inside the bottom part of the said float I place a number of small shot for the
purpose of maintaining it in a perpendicular position the number of shot being
increased or diminished according to the buoyancy required.
At the lower and upper ends of the said float I attach a small wire loop or any
other suitable material through which I pass the fishing line which may be adjusted
or held by a runner placed at the bottom of the float, the said line being passed
through the loops or material.
To the lower part of the line near the book I attach a shot or small weight
sufficient to sink the bait:
To the upper part of the line between the float and the rod I place a sliding
stop made of india rubber cork or any other suitable material which is intended to
regulate the depth at which it is desired to fish.
In throwing the line into the water the float being at the fixed shot enables the
angler to throw it with greater facility.
The said float then attains a perpendicular position in the water, the line and
hook gradually and perpendicularly descend to the required depth without unduly
disturbing the water, until the adjustable stop attached to the upper part of the
line reaches the top of the float and prevents it descending further.
The depth may be regulated to any degree by moving the stop up or down
the line.
It would be apparent that in striking a fish the motion will be directly through
the entire length of line and not through the float as is usually the case with the
old form of floats.

page_text: My said invention may be modified in any detail as may be most convenient and
suitable for any particular fishing float or line.
Dated this 24th day of November 1891.
G. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Fishing Floats.
I, JOSEPH LANDER, of the Crown Hotel, Prospect Hill, Redditch, in the
County of Worcester, Engineer, 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 :--
My invention has reference as hereinafter described to improvements in and
relating to fishing floats and consists essentially in the construction and arrange-
ment of a telescopic float, made in such a manner that the weights usually attached
to the line are placed in the float and not on the gut as in the old way.
The gut
is thus saved from being cut or worn away by the shot and the line can be thrown
a greater distance from the angler, and any disturbance of the water from the
action of the shot is thus prevented.
In carrying my invention into practice 1 construct a telescopic Hoat in the
following manner :-
I make it preferably of celluloid, or I may use any other suitable material for
the same purpose.
The said float is made in two parts, the upper part fitting into the lower part
telescopically, and capable of being pressed in or withdrawn therefrom thus
increasing or diminishing the length of the float, on the other 1 form one, or more
necks, on either part on which I place an india rubber or other flexible band
forming a kind of packing, or I may form a raised part or collar on either
part of the said float, which when placed one inside the other ensures, a
tight fit.
Inside the bottom part of the said float, I place a number of small shot for the
purpose of maintaining it in a perpendicular position, the number of shot being
increased or diminished according to the buoyancy required.
At the lower and upper ends of the said float 1 attach a small wire loop or any
other suitable material through which I pass the fishing line which may be adjusted
or held by a runner placed at the bottom of the float, the said line being held in
position by the loops.
To the lower part of the line near the hook I attach a shot or small weight
sufficient to sink the bait.
To the upper part of the line between the float and the rod 1 place a sliding
stop made of indiarubber, cork or any suitable material, which is intended to
regulate the depth at which it is desired to fish.
In throwing the line into the water the float being at the fixed shot enables the
angler to throw it with greater facility.
The float then attains a perpendicular position in the water, the hook gradually
and perpendicularly descends to the required depth without unduly disturbing the
water, until the adjustable stop attached to the upper part of the line reaches the
top of the float, and prevents it descending further.
The depth may be regulated to any degree by moving the stop up or down
the line.
It would be apparent that in striking a fish the motion will be directly through
the entire length of line and not through the float as is usually the case with the
old form of floats.
My said invention may be modified in any detail as inay be most convenient and
suitable for any particular fishing float or line.

page_text: I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Figures 1, and 3, represent respectively, a sectional view and elevation of a
fishing float made in accordance with my invention.
A and B represent two tubular parts made of a material known as celluloid, the
upper, A, fitting the lower part B, and having a telescopic sliding action, which
increases or diminishes the length of the float and makes it more or less buoyant.
To ensure an accurate fit of the upper part A, into the lower part B, I form a
neck D, on which I fit an indiarubber or cork band C.
Or may modify the same by forming two or more necks D2, D3, illus-
trated in Figure 4, and piace thereon two indiarubber bands C³, C³, or
bind the same with thread.
may
Or I may employ the modification shown at Figure 5, and place a cork or other
flexible plug C³, on the end of the tubular part A.
H, Figures 1, 2, and 3, represents an indiarubber band placed over the joints
of the tubular parts A, and B, for the purpose of making the float water tight and
retaining it in a fixed position, the said band may be moved up or down the float
when required.
Figure 2, shows the tubular parts A, and B, disconnected from each other with
the indiarubber band H, removed from over the joint.
Inside the lower tubular part B I place a number of small shot F, for the
purpose of maintaining the perpendicular position of the float according to the
buoyancy required.
E, represents a wire loop at the bottom end of the float, through which passes
the fishing line I. J represents a loop formed at the top of the float through which
the line I, also passes.
In Figure 1, I represent the fishing hook attached to the line I, drawn up near
to the loop E, at the bottom of the float.
When the float is thrown into the water, the line I, gradually and perpen-
dicularly descends to the required depth which is adjusted by the stop K, attached
to the upper part of the line E, the stop K, resting on the top of the float as
shown at Figure 3.
The float may be used as an ordinary float by attaching the line E thereto by
the runners M, M2, shown in dotted lines.
The line may be also placed under the band H.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvements in and relating to fishing floats arranged and operating
substantially as herein described and illustrated in the several figures of the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of June 1892.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.