Year: 1897

page_text: I, CARL GABRIEL VICTOR NORRMAN, Colonel, of Handtverkaregatan 23 A., Stockholm,
Sweden, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of an improvement in floats for fishing lines, the advantages
claimed for same being that the float can be automatically fixed at any point of the
line that may be desired, that the line and float cannot get entangled by the twisting
of the float in the water, and that the float has greater strength and durability. Such
a float is made of cork or other light material, through which two tubes of metal or
other suitable material are pushed and fixed one inside the other, and so arranged
that the inner cylindrical tube is partially cut away so as to act as a spring and thus
by pressure fix the line drawn through the tube against part of the inside of the outer
tube, or the inside tube is partially split or sawn through longitudinally and adapted
to form a springy grip to hold the line.
According to one form, the outer tube is closed at the end and is provided with a
hole for the passage of the line. The inner tube is cut away for about half its length
and in the semi-circular springy part thus formed is bulged outwards to project through
an aperture in the larger tube and this bulged part is provided with a hole through which
the line, when fixing on the float, is pushed after first having gone through the
hole at the end of the outer tube. Or the outer tube may be unclosed at the
end, the line in either case being gripped between the end of the spring portion
and the inside of the outer tube. When it is required to alter the position of the
float on the line the bulged part of the inner tube is pressed inwards thus enabling
the float to be freely moved on the line; if the pressure is discontinued at the point
where it is desired the float should be fixed, the line is held fast by the above
mentioned arrangements.
Instead of the hole for the line being in the bulged part of the spring, the end of
the spring portion of the inner tube may be bent inwards at right angles and have a
hole which on application of pressure to the spring coincides with the hole of the
outer tube to allow the line to run freely, the grip in this case being obtained by the
non-coincidence of the two holes.
In another arrangement the grip is obtained by the tube being sawn or split
longitudinally and the two members made to diverge and their ends then bent
inwards the one over the other.and provided with holes which normally do not

page_text: coincide but on the spring being pressed come exactly opposite each other and the
line running through them freely enables the float to be easily shifted. When the
pressure is discontinued the line is caught between the jaws. The jaws can be so
arranged as to allow of one being formed on each tube.
The line entering and coming out at the extreme ends of the float stem formed
by the tube, which is not the case with ordinary floats, the line cannot get entangled
with the float if it twists in the water, and the axis of the float being made of metal or
other suitable material the float is of greater strength and durability than those
hitherto used.
Dated this 15th day of September 1897.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.
1, CARL GABRIEL VICTOR NORRMAN, Colonel, of Handtverkaregatan 23 A., Stockholm,
Sweden, 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 of an improvement in floats for fishing lines, the advantages
claimed for same being that the float can be automatically fixed at any point of
the line that may be desired, that the line and float cannot get entangled by the
twisting of the float in the water, and that the float has greater strength and
durability than heretofore. Such a float is made of cork or other light material
and is traversed by two concentric tubes of metal (or other suitable material) to
give passage to the line, the outer tube being fixed in the body of the float whilst
the inner tube is partially cut away so as to form a spring whereby the line drawn
through the tube is automatically gripped against the inside of the outer tube.
Or, the inner tube may be partially split or sawn through longitudinally and
adapted to form a spring grip to hold the line.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this
Specification wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation (partly in section) of one form of float,
Figure 1 being a separate view of the inner spring tube. Figures 2 and 2 are
respectively similar views of a modified arrangement. Figure 3 shews another
modification. Similar letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.
Referring to Figures 1 and 14, the outer tube a which is fixed in the body b of the
float, has its projecting upper end closed by a diaphragm c pierced with a hole d for
the passage of the line. One side of the inner tube e is cut away throughout the upper
half of its length (or thereabouts) as at f, thus forming a spring tongue of approximately
semi-circular section, a portion of which is stamped or bulged outwards as at g, so as to
project slightly through a corresponding aperture h in the side of the exposed upper part
of the outer tube a. In the upper shoulder of the bulged part g is a hole i through which
the line is threaded from without, the line being first passed through the hole d so
that a portion of its length from the hole d to the hole i is gripped between the outer
and inner tubes as indicated. When it is required to alter the position of the float on
the line, the bulged part g of the spring f is pressed inwards thus releasing the grip
and enabling the float to be freely slipped along the line; upon the pressure being
discontinued when the desired position has been reached, the line is again automatically
held fast.
Referring now to Figures 2 and 24, the end of the spring of may be bent inwards

page_text: at right angles as at k (Figure 2A) close to the stopped end of the outer tube and
have a hole for the line normally out of alignment with the hole d but capable of
being caused to coincide therewith on application of pressure at g to the spring. The
line is threaded through the holes d and k, the grip in this case being obtained (as
j
indicated in Figure 2) by the non-coincidence of the two holes, and released by their
being put in alignment with one another by pressure applied at g.
In the arrangement shewn in Figure 1 the diaphragm c closing the end of the
outer tube, and consequently the hole d, may be dispensed with if so desired.
Figure 3 shews another form of the invention wherein a single tube e may be used,
the tube having its projecting upper portion sawn or split longitudinally and the two
halves m and n being bent so as to first diverge and then closely overlap at their
ends as shewn. Towards the end of each spring jaw thus formed, a hole is provided
for the passage of the line j the holes being however normally out of alignment with
one another so as to cause the line to be gripped, but being capable of being
made to coincide for the purpose of releasing (or threading) the line by pressing the
jaws m and n towards one another.
The spring jaws m and n, instead of being formed by the halves of a single tube,
may each be formed by one half of an inner and outer tube respectively, the arrange-
ment being in other respects identical with that just described.
It will be seen that the float constructed according to this invention differs from
those in general use in that the line passes wholly through the tubular stem of the
float and consequently cannot become entangled with the ends of the stem of the
float. Further the axis of the float being made of metal or other strong material
the float is of greater strength and durability than those hitherto used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A means of adjustably connecting a float to a fishing line, consisting of a
tubular stem for the float through which the line is passed in combination with a
spring tongue adapted to nip the line between itself and the inner surface of the
tubular stem substantially as specified.
2. A means of adjustably connecting a float to a fishing line, consisting of a
tubular stem having a hole in its closed end through which the line is passed in
combination with a spring tongue having a hole in its bent end through which the
line is also passed, the ends of the tube and tongue being in close proximity and
their holes being normally out of alignment so as to cause the line to be gripped, but
capable of being made to coincide as described.
3. A means of adjustably connecting a float to a fishing line, consisting of a tubular
stem in combination with a pair of closely overlapping spring jaws each formed with
a hole for the passage of the line the holes being normally out of alignment so as to
cause the line to be gripped but capable of being brought into alignment as
specified.
4. The herein described means of adjustably connecting a float to a fishing line,
consisting of a tubular stein for the float having an orifice in its closed upper end and
a lateral aperture in combination with a spring tongue formed as part of an inner tube
fitting the tubular stem the tongue projecting through the lateral aperture and
having an orifice for the line so as to permit of the line being nipped between the
end of the tongue and the outer tube against which the tongue presses substantially
as shewn and described.
5. The herein described means of adjustably connecting a float to a fishing line,
consisting of a tubular stem for the float having an orifice in its closed upper end and
a lateral aperture, the tongue having a hole in its inwardly bent end for the passage
of the line, the ends of the tongue and tube being in close proximity with their
holes normally out of alignment so as to cause the line to be gripped but capable of
being aligned to release the line as shewn and described.

page_text: 6. The herein described means of adjustably connecting a float to a fishing line
consisting of a tubular stem for the float through which the line is passed, the tube
being longitudinally slit and bent so as to form two closely overlapping spring
jaws having holes for the line normally out of alignment but capable of being made to
coincide substantially as shewn and described.
1
1000
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.