An Improvement in Fish-hooks.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Fish-hooks.
I, HENRY RICHMOND SAYCE, of 36 Caledonia Place, Clifton, in the City and
County of Bristol, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention consists in an improvement in fish-hooks, the improvement being
designed to prevent escape of fish after becoming hooked.
According to this invention an arm is provided springing from the shank of the
hook and extending across the hook to below the pointed extremity thereof. This
arm which may either be formed in one piece with the hook or be separately made
and attached to the hook shank is free at its lower end.
As the hook penetrates the jaw, tongue or other part of a fish's mouth, the arm
is thrust back by the substance and when the said substance has passed beyond the
free end of the arm the latter springs back to its normal position or approximately
so and thus prevents withdrawal of the hook from the jaw or tongue of the fish.
Hence a fish cannot be taken off the hook by withdrawal until the arm is
sufficiently pressed towards the shank.
Dated this 28th day of April 1892.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Fish-hooks.
I, HENRY RICHMOND SAYCE, formerly of 36 Caledonia Place, Clifton, in
the City and County of Bristol, and now of 1 Clifton Hill, Clifton, in the City
and County of Bristol, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention consists in an improvement in fish-hooks; the improvement being
designed to prevent escape of fish after becoming hooked.
According to this invention an arm is provided springing from the shank of the
hook and extending across the hook to below the pointed extremity thereof.
This arm, which may either be formed in one piece with the hook or be
separately made and attached to the hook shank, is free at its lower end.
As the hook penetrates the jaw, tongue or other part of a fish's mouth, the arm
is thrust back by the substance and when the said substance has passed beyond the
free end of the arm the latter springs back to its normal position, or approximately
so, and thus prevents withdrawal of the hook from the jaw or tongue of the fish.
Hence a fish cannot be taken off the hook by withdrawal until the arm is
sufficiently pressed towards the shank.
The accompanying drawing represents a fish-hook made in accordance with this
invention. Bound at one end to the shank a is an arm which is extended across
At this end the arm bis
the hook and terminates beyond the barb, as shown.
free.
When the point of the hook penetrates the jaw, tongue or other part of a fish's
mouth, the arm b is, at the free end thereof, thrust back towards the shank a by
the substance of the said part of the fish and when such substance has passed below
the free end of the arm 6 the said end springs back to its normal position, or
approximately so. Accordingly, a fish when once hooked cannot be taken off the

page_text: hook by withdrawal until the arm is pressed back to a sufficient degree towards
the shank a.
In the example illustrated in the drawing the arm ó is represented as made
separately from and afterwards bound to the shank a, but the said arm may be
made in one piece with the shank.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In a fish-hook, the provision of a spring arm such as bound to or made in one
piece with the shank and extended across the hook so as to make contact with the
barb, or with the hook at a suitable point near the barb, substantially as herein-
before described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 16th day of January 1802
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Agent.