Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 2nd Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 4th Mar., 1887.
I, HOWARD LIVESEY, of West Road, in the town and county of Lancaster,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention the artificial minnow or bait is preferably made of hard
wood, such as boxwood, (although it may be made of guita-percha or other firm
material) and is so shaped and painted as to resemble a natural minnow or other
small fish. The interior of the body of the bait is hollow and encloses the swivel
which is placed near and secured to the tail end of the bait. A plug or nose piece
made of metal and having a central hole from which the wire or gut from the swivel
is passed serves to weight down the head end of the bait so that the bait may assume a
more horizontal position when being pulled through the water in an upward direction.
The tail piece fits tightly or may be screwed into the hole at the tail end of the body
part, and carries a thin sheet metal wing so formed and curved as to produce the
required rotatory motion and placed so much out of the axial line of the body of the
artificial fish as to cause a gyratory motion to be imparted to it as it is drawn through
the water in imitation of the struggling to and fro movement of a small fish when
being pursued by an emeny. In this respect my improved bait differs from other
artificial minnows or baits which usually simply revolve upon their own axial line and
are drawn through the water in a direct line and rotate within a circle limited to their
external diameter. Triple hooks one on each side of the shoulder part hang from wire
loops firmly secured by being passed through the substance of the bait the hooks
thus mounted laying closer to the bait, besides being more secure than when fixed
with gut; nor do they interfere with the spinning of the bait nor show so plainly as
when mounted by the usual methods. The head and tail pieces are fitted into the
body of the bait in such manner as to permit of their being readily detachable and
removable so as to afford access to the interior for examination or repairs.
My improved artificial minnow or bait for angling purposes as above described
possesses the following, amongst other, advantages-being spun or rotated exclusively
from the tail part to which the swivel is attached (the tail part thereby receiving the
entire pull of the line) and having a gyratory movement, an appearance and motion
are given to the lure more nearly resembling those of a live fish; the swivel, being
enclosed within the bait, is entirely concealed and effectually protected from any chance
of fouling; and, being made in sections or detachable parts, the hait may be easily
and quickly taken to pieces and put together again.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Artificial Minnow or Bait for Angling Purposes.
I, HOWARD LIVESEY, of West Road, Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster,
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:
According to this invention the artificial minnow or bait is preferably made of hard
wood, such as boxwood, (although it may be made of gutta-percha or other firm
material) and is so shaped and painted as to resemble a natural minnow or other small
fish. The interior of the body of the bait is hollow and encloses the swivel which is
placed near and secured to the tail end of the bait. A plug or nose piece made of
mrtal and having a central hole from which the wire or gut from the swivel is passed
se ves to weight down the head end of the bait so that the bait may assume a more
horizontal position when being pulled through the water in an upward direction.
The tail piece fits tightly or may be screwed into the hole at the tail end of the body
part, and carries a thin sheet metal wing so formed and curved as to produce the
required rotatory motion and placed so much out of the axial line of the body of the
artificial fish as to cause a gyratory motion to be imparted to it as it is drawn through
the water in imitation of the struggling to and fro movement of a small fish when
being pursued by an emeny. In this respect my improved bait differs from other
artificial minnows or baits which usually simply revolve upon their own axial line and
are drawn through the water in a direct line and rotate within a circle limited to their
external diameter. Triple hooks one on each side of the shoulder part hang from wire
loops firmly secured by being passed through the substance of the bait; the hooks
thus mounted laying closer to the bait, besides being more secure than when fixed
with gut; nor do they interfere with the spinning of the bait nor show so plainly as
when mounted by the usual methods. The head and tail pieces are fitted into the body
of the bait in such manner as to permit of their being readily detachable and removable
so as to afford access to the interior for examination or repairs.
My improved artificial minnow or bait for angling purposes as above described
possesses the following, amongst other, advantages-being spun or rotated exclusively
from the tail part to which the swivel is attached (the tail part thereby receiving the
entire pull of the line) and having a gyratory movement, an appearance and motion
are given to the lure more nearly resembling those of a live fish; the swivel, being
enclosed within the bait, is entirely concealed and effectually protected from any
chance of fouling; and, being made in sections or detachable parts, the bait may be
easily and quickly taken to pieces and put together again.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side view; Fig. 2 a sectional side view;
and Fig. 3 a plan view-shewing the construction of and details connected with my
improved artificial minnow or bait as above described.

page_text: As shewn in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the body part a is made of hard wood, the head d and
tail piece c being arranged to screw into the body part a. The swivel b is enclosed
within the hollow part of the bait and made secure to the tail part thereof. The wire
or gut e from the swivel b passes outwardly through a central hole in the nose piece d
and may be fastened to the line in the usual way. The tail part c is bent round or
curved (as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4) so as to produce the required rotatory and gyratory
motion and carries at its extremity the thin sheet metal wing f which may be bent
or twisted to any desired form or angle for producing the required result. A flying
triangle or triple hook i is fastened to the tail part of the bait preferably in the
position shewn in the drawings. qg' are triple side hooks fastened to loops / firmly
fastened in the metal head part d. In some cases I prefer to employ double hooks in
lieu of the triple hooks g g'.
Fig. 4 shews an arrangement of my improved artificial minnow or bait in which the
body part a is composed of thin sheet metal. In this case the swivel b may be secured
to the solid tail part c by passing the wire k through it and forming a loop at its outer
end as shewn; or, the end of the wire may be fastened in place by soldering.
The artificial minnow or bait constructed as above described may be painted or
otherwise treated so as to represent or be an imitation of the natural bait.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. Constructing artificial minnows or baits with a swivel placed within the interior
thereof substantially as described and shewn in the drawings for the purpose specified.
2. The improved artificial minnow or bait having a detachable head piece and a
detachable curved tail piece in combination with a hollow body part substantially as
described and shewn in the drawings for the purpose or purposes set forth.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.