Improvements in and relating to Fishing Tackle.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Fishing Tackle.
1, CHARLES AUGUST KÜNZEL of 712 Spruce Street, Camden New Jersey,
United States of America Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the saine is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in devices, for use in fishing and has for its
object, mechanism, whereby the biting or nibbling of a fish at the bait on a line
connected therewith will cause an alarm to be sounded; the said mechanism by its
action also assisting in hooking the fish.
For these purposes my said invention consists of a standard, whereby the
device can be properly secured in place, an arm secured to said standard and having
a fishing line attached thereto, and means connected with the said arm for sounding
an alarm.
My said invention further consists of the combination and arrangement of parts
hereinafter set forth.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure represents a perspective view in elevation of a fishing device embodying
my invention.
Figure 2 represents a side view of a modification, the actuating arm for operating
the bell rod being pivoted to a projecting arm on the standard.
Figure 3 represents a side view of a modification having the coil spring arm
to which the fishing line is attached provided with a haminer for sounding the
alarm.
Figures 4 and 5 represent modifications in which the fishing line arm has a spring
connection with the hammer arm of the gong or bell.
Figures 6, 7 and 8 represent side views of modifications having the hammer arm
directly connected with the arm to which the fishing line is attached.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several
figures.
A designates a standard adapted to be inserted in the ground or otherwise
suitably secured to any proper support.
To a collar on the said standard is pivotally connected an arm B, having a
contractile spring C secured to its upper end, and to the standard. A fishing line D
is attached to the upper or spring end of the said arm B. On a frame or bracket E,
secured to the standard, is mounted a gong or bell F, having a pivoted elbow
hammer arm G adapted to be operated by the sliding rod or plunger H, movable
in the head H of the bell. To operate the said rod H, an arm J is employed,
the said arm being pivoted to the arm B and provided with a head K, which is
adapted to come in contact with the said rod I, when the arm B is lowered, and
depress the same, thereby moving the arm G and thus sounding the alarm. The
head is provided with the flanges L, which embrace the periphery of the head
of said rod H, so as to insure the contact of the said head therewith, and thereby
the working of the device..
It will be seen than any pulling on the line D will force the head K of the
arm J against the head of the rod II, thus lowering the latter, and thereby forcing
the hammer on the rod H against the sides of the bell.
When the pulling on the line ceases, the spring C raises the arm B, thereby
lifting the arm J from contact with the rod H, which being relieved from pressure,
permits the hammer-end of the hammer arm to fall.
In Figure 2 the lever or arm N thereof, corresponding to the arm J of Figure 1,
is pivoted to an arm P of the standard, and its upper end is slotted as at Q, so

page_text: that it can move freely, while being operated by the movement of the arm B, to
which it is connected by the pin R, the latter being fastened to the said arm B, and
passing through the said slot Q.
In the modification' shown in Figure 3, the arm S, to which the fishing line D is
secured, is formed of a coil spring, and has a hammer T connected with its upper
end adapted to sound an alarm on the bell or gong U, which is mounted on the
open frame V secured to the standard A. of the device.
As will be seen, a sufficient pulling on the spring, arm S, by means of the line D,
will move the hammer T, so as to sound an alarm.
The standard A may be provided with a clamping device, as W, for securing it
in position, said device consisting of bars and binding screws as shown.
In the modifications illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, Sheet 2 of the drawings, the
mechanism connecting the fishing line arm and the hammer arm is provided with
a spring for insuring the resetting of the hammer arm, after an alarm has been
sounded. In Figure 4, the arm B to which the line D is attached is pivotally
secured to one end of a cross bar X on the standard A, and at its upper end has
a spring Y connected therewith, and to the cross bar Z on the standard. To a
bar A supported by the cross bars X and Z is secured the bracket B' having the
lugs Cin which is journalled the shaft D', carrying a projecting arm E¹ and
the hammer arm F. To the arm E¹ is secured a wire G¹ guided in an opening in
the bar A and connected with a slotted bar or open frame H¹ which embraces the
standard A, the other end of the said fame H¹ being connected by the spring J
with the arm B so that the upward movement of said arm B will cause the spring J
to restore the hammer arm to its normal position.
In Figure 5 instead of the slotted bar shown in Figure 4 a lever L' pivoted to
the standard is employed, said levery being secured at one end to the spring M³,
which is connected with the arm B the other end of the lever being connected by a
wire N with the hammer arm P¹.
In Figures 6, 7, and 8, Sheet 3, the modifications of the device there shown have
the hammer ari Q directly connected with the arm to which the line D is
attached.
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In Figure 6 a spring R' bears against the fishing line arm S', to insure the
actions of the hammer arm, and in Figures 7 and 8, the arm T to which the
line D is attached is formed of spring or elastic material. In Figure 8, the said
arm and the spring U₁ connected with the upper end of the arm T₁ are secured to
collars rotatable on the standard A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First. A fishing device having a standard and arm connected with said standard
and adapted to have attached thereto a fishing line, and inechanism connected with
said arm for operating an alarm, said parts being combined substantially as
described.
Second. A fishing device having a standard, an arm connected at one end with
said standard, and adapted to have a fishing line attached thereto a spring securing
the other end of the said arm with the standard and mechanism connected with
the said arm for operating an alarm, said parts being combined substantially as
described. "
Third. A fishing device having a spring controlled arm pivoted thereto, a gong
or bell with hammer arm and operating rod and an arm pivotally connected with
said spring controlled arm and adapted to operate said rod, said parts being com-
bined substantially as described.
Fourth. A standard a spring controlled arm pivoted thereto a gong with hammer
and an operating rod and an arm pivoted to and actuated by said spring controlled
arm, so as to bear against the said rod, and thereby operate the said hammer arm
said parts being combined substantially as described.

page_text: Fifth. A fishing device consisting of a standard, a spring controlled pivoted arm
adapted to have a fishing line attached thereto a gong with pivoted hammer arm,
and means connected with said pivoted arm and hammer arm for insuring the return
of the latter to its normal position after a stroke said parts being combined
substantially as described.
Sixth. A fishing device consisting of a standard, a spring controlled pivoted arm
adapted to have a fishing line attached thereto a gong having a suitable support a
hammer arm a spring connected to said pivoted arm, and means connecting said
spring and the axial portion of the hammer arm said parts being combined sub-
stantially as described.
.
Seventh. A fishing device consisting of a standard, a spring controlled pivoted
arm adapted to have a fishing line secured thereto, a gong, a hammer arm with a
pivotal shaft having a projecting arm a frame or bar connected with said projecting
arm, and movable on the standard and a spring connecting said frame and spring
controlled pivoted arm said parts being combined substantially as described.
Eighth. A fishing device consisting of a standard a coil spring arm secured to
said standard and adapted to have a line attached thereto, a hammer connected
with said arm and a gong said parts being combined substantially as described.
Ninth. A fishing device consisting of a standard with an open frame thereon, a
gong on said frame, a coil spring arm secured to said standard and adapted to have
a fishing line attached thereto, a hammer carried by said arm, and a gong said
parts being combined substantially as described.
Tenth. A. fishing device having a standard, a spring arm secured thereto, and
having a connected hammer arm, a gong and a restoring spring for said spring arm,
said parts being combined substantially as described.
Eleventh. A fishing device having a standard rotatable collars thereon a rising
and talling arm with a restoring spring, said arm and spring being connected with
said collars a hammer arm connected with rising and falling arm and a gong or
bell, said parts being combined substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of January 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.