Improvements in the Construction and Mounting of Fish-hooks of the "Triangle" Type.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1895.
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Nov., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction and Mounting of Fish-hooks of
the "Triangle" Type.
We, WILLIAM HARDY and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County
of Northumberland, trading as Hardy Brothers, Fishing Rod Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to fish-hooks of the type in which three hooks are
arranged back to back and have their shanks brazed together to form what is
known as a "triangle."
In the application of such triangles in the manufacture of tackle, it is usual to
secure the gut or gimp to the shank or stem of the triangle by a serving or
whipping of silk, the serving being ultimately varnished.
According to our improved mode of construction and method of mounting, we
provide the triangle with an eye, not only at the point of the shank, but at its
opposite end, that is to say, between the bends of the hooks and the point where
their stems diverge. This eye may consist of a small ring arranged between,and
brazed to the backs of the books; or it may be formed from a short length of fine
wire, whereof one end is bent to a loop and turned at right angles, whilst the
other end is laid up with the shanks of the hooks prior to the latter being brazed
together. According to another mode, the eyes may be formed from a tube whereof
portions are cut away, leaving a hand or loop at each end and a band about
midway. This band may embrace the stem of the triangle; or it may be turned
outwards, so as to form an intermediate loop to be threaded by the line. Or an
intermediate loop may be independently applied.
In mounting an eyed triangle of the kind hereinbefore described in the preparation
of tackle, the gut or gimp is passed through the eye at one extremity of the stem,
several times round the said stem, and then through the eye at the opposite
extremity. Upon the line being drawn tight, the frictional grip of the line upon
the stem suffices to hold the triangle in the required position. In the case of a
terminal or "tail" triangle, the end of the line may be knotted, or may be tied to
the bottom eye of the triangle.
By our improved mode of construction and mounting, such a tackle as, for
example, a spinning flight may be readily. constructed with the aid of a piece of
gut or gimp and a few of our eyed triangles. The, triangles may, moreover, be
fixed at various distances apart, or their positions adjusted, to suit the size of the
bait available.
Dated, this 22nd day of February 1895

page_text: Improvements in the Construction and Mounting of Fish-hooks of
the "
Triangle" Type.
We,
WILLIAM HARDY and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County-
of Northumberland, trading as Hardy Brothers, Fishing Rod Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manuer the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to fish-hooks of the type in which three hooks are
arranged back to back and have their shanks brazed together to form what is
known as a "triangle."
In the application of such triangles in the manufacture of tackle, it is usual to
secure the gut or gimp to the shank or stem of the triangle by a serving 'òr
whipping of silk, the serving being ultimately varnished.
In the accompanying drawings, we have illustrated various modes of carrying
out our invention.
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a side and an end view illustrating one method of
constructing our improved "triangle"; Fig. 3 representing the application thereof
in the production of a spinning flight.
Fig. 4 illustrates a modified construction in which the eye at the base of the
triangle" is formed from a short length of fine wire.
Fig. 5 shows a further modification in which two of the hooks of the "triangle">
are made from one piece of wire which is doubled back upon itself, the loop of
the bend forming the eye at the point of the shank; whilst the eye at the opposite
end of the triangle is formed from a short length of fine wire.
Figs. 6 and 7 represent another mode of construction in which a tube is employed,
portions thereof being cut away to leave the eyes or loops.
According to our improved mode of construction and method of mounting,
we provide the "triangle" with an eye, not only at the point 6 of the shank A,
but at its opposite end; that is to say, in the angle where the shank branches into
the bends of the hooks. The eye a may consist of a small ring (Figs. 1 and 2)
arranged between and brazed to the backs of the hooks; or it may be formed
from a short length of fine wire c (Fig. 4), whereof one end, is bent to a loop a
and turned at right angles, whilst the other end is laid up with the shanks of the
hooks prior to the latter being brazed together. The wire c.may also be continued
along the shank and bent to form the eye b at the point of the shank. Referring
to Fig. 5, a short length of fine wire c is employed and bent in the same way as in
Fig. 4 to form the eye a¹; the eye b, at the point of the shank, being formed by
bending a double-barbed piece of wire so as to leave a loop, and brazing the
shanks and the fine wire together. According to another mode, illustrated in
Figs. 6 and 7, the eyes a*, * are formed from a tube c*, whereof portions are cut
away, leaving bands or loops a*, * at its opposite ends. In a similar manner, an
intermediate band d, shewn in Fig. 6, is formed and serves to embrace the shank
or stem A of the triangle. In this case, the eyed tube is applied to the triangle
by inserting the point of the shank through the band, d and springing the eye a*
into position at the point of bifurcation of the hook-bends, the point of the triangle
reaching nearly to the eye b*.
In mounting an eyed triangle of the kind herein before described in the
preparation of tackle, the gut or gimp e is passed through the eye b (or 6x), several
times round the shank or stem A, and then through the eye a (or a¹ or a*). Upon
the line being drawn tight, the frictional grip of the line upon the stem suffices
to hold the triangle in the required position. In the case of a terminal or "tail
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page_text: triangle, the end of the line may be tied to the bottom eye a of the triangle as in
Fig. 3, or may be knotted, as in Fig. 5.
By our improved mode of construction and mounting, such a tackle as a spinning
flight may be readily constructed with the aid of a piece of gut or gimp and a few
of our eyed triangles. The triangles may, moreover, be fixed at various distances.
apart, or their positions adjusted, to suit the size of the bait available.
We are aware that lip-hooks have been furnished with eyes or loops of gut.
and other material, situated in various positions, with the object of facilitating
the adjustment of such hooks relatively to snap-hooks, spinning flights aud the
like; but such hooks are not adapted for effecting the object of the present
invention, which is particularly designed for effecting the rapid mounting of
hooks of the triangle type, while at the same time securely holding the same in
the required positions, as, for instance, when arranged as a spinning flight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention.
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we claim :-
1. The improved method of constructing and mounting fish-hooks of the
"triangle" type, substantially as described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
2. A fish-hook of the "triangle" type formed or provided with an eye at the
point of the shank and an eye between the backs of the hook-bends, substantially
as and for the purpose herein set forth.
3. The improved method of mounting fish-hooks of the "triangle" type to
form a spinning flight or like tackle, substantially as herein described, and
whereby the hooks are adjustably secured upon the gut or gimp without the aid
of whipping.