Improvements in Artificial Baits for Fishing Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Artificial Baits for Fishing Purposes.
1, PHILIP GEEN of Davenham Lodge Richmond in the County of Surrey,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
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This Invention relates to improvements in artificial baits for fishing purposes,
being specially adapted for "phantom" baits which bait is usually constructed to
represent a natural fish of small size armed with a series of hooks and further, pro-
vided with one or more pairs of screwblades to impart a revolving or spinning
motion to the bait as it is drawn through the water. Hitherto it has been customary
to attach the line to a ring or loop rigidly fixed between the jaws of the bait but by
this method the line is caused to twist and thus the spinning motion of the bait is
retarded. According to my Invention, I fix hetween the jaws of the bait an oblong
rectangular metal frame through one end of which passes a small headed pin the head
of which rests against the inside of the frame whilst immediately beyond the outer
end of the frame the pin is looped, a shoulder being provided between the loop and
the frame to prevent friction.
The inner end of the rectangular frame affords a means of attachment for the lines
carrying the tail and side hooks.
By my Invention 1 obtain a more rapidly spinning hait than it has hitherto been
possible to procure.
Dated thie Fifth day of Mon 1000
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Artificial Baits for Fishing Purposes.
I, PHILIP GEEN, of Davenham Lodge, Richmond, in the County of Surrey,
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 thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to improvements in artificial baits for fishing purposes, being.
specially adapted for phantom baits, which bait is usually constructed to represent a
natural fish of small size armed with a series of hooks, and further provided with one
or more pairs of screw-blades to impart a revolving or spinning motion to the bait
as it is drawn through the water. Hitherto it has been customary to attach the line
to a ring or loop rigidly fixed between the jaws of the bait, but by this method the
line is caused to twist, and thus the spinning motion of the bait is retarded.
According to my Invention, I fix between the jaws of the bait, an oblong metal
frame or ring, through one end of which passes a small headed pin, the head of which
rests against the inside of the frame whilst immediately beyond the outer end of the
frame the pin is looped, a shoulder being provided between the loop and the frame to
prevent friction.
The inner end of the rectangular frame affords a means of attachment for the lines
carrying the tail and side hooks.
By my Invention, I obtain a more rapidly spinning bait than it has hitherto been
possible to procure.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents an elevation of a bait constructed
according to my Invention, Fig. 2 a plan thereof, and Fig. 3 a detail of the swivel
attachment. This latter consists of the oblong ring or frame A, which is widened at
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page_text: the outer end a. This frame is soldered or otherwise fixed between the distended jaws
of the bait and through the portion a, a headed pin or wire B is passed, the wire
fitting loosely in the hole in the part a, and retained in position by a head b. The
wire is bent into a loop at 61, and the remainder of its length is wound round the
portion lying between the loop and the part. a, so as to form a shoulder 2. The
method of construction may be varied without departing from the principle of the
Invention.
Having thus 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
The application to a bait such as described, of a swivel attachment consisting of an
oblong frame A, a loose pin or stud b, having a loop b' at one end, a head at the
other, and an intermediate shoulder, the whole constructed and operating in
manner substantially as herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 17th day of September 1889.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant