Improved Fishing Appliance.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Fishing Appliance.
I ALBERT KELLY of Great King Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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The object of this invention is to provide a means whereby "dead bait may be
made to "spin."
Now according to this invention I provide a baiting needle with curved blades
or vanes similar to the blades of a screw propeller to cause the said needle to
revolve when drawn through the water.
These blades are pivoted to the needle and connected to suitable curved spikes
or hooks in such a manner as to cause the said spikes or hooks to protrude from
the needle when the vanes or blades are extended to be drawn within the needie
when the blades are folded inwards. To attach the bait to the needle the blades
or vanes are folded to their narrowest width the needle thrust through the bait
from head to tail and the vanes or blades opened out to their full width when the
curved spikes or hooks are protruded enter the bait and retain the same on the
needle.
Suitable hooks are attached by gut or other suitable means to the vanes and
placed along the sides of the bait or at the tail thereof or both in the usual way
and the needle attached to the line by suitable swivels to allow the bait and needle
to spin. The blades or vanes are held in the extended position by a spring catch
or other suitable means.
Instead of the folding vanes or blades above described I may make the needles
with fixed blades or vanes and cause the curved spikes or hooks to be protruded or
retracted within the needle by means of a screw and nut acting through suitable
links or levers. The needle is made somewhat wider where the curved spikes or
hooks are situated than the body of the needle.
Dated this 19th day of September 1891.
ERNEST SALAMAN,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Fishing Appliance.
I ALBERT KELLY of Great King Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer 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 :--
The object of this invention is to provide a means whereby "dead bait" may be
made to "spin."
Now according to this invention I provide a baiting needle with curved blades
or vanes similar to the blades of a screw propeller to cause the said needle to
revolve when drawn through the water. These blades are pivoted to the needle
and connected to suitable curved spikes or hooks in such a manner as to cause the
said spikes or hooks to protrude from the needle when the vanes or blades are
extended and to be drawn within the needle when the blades are folded inwards.
To attach the bait to the needle the blades or vanes are folded to their
narrowest width the needle thrust through the bait from head to tail and the vanes
or blades opened out to their full width when the curved spikes or hooks are
protruded enter the bait and retain the same on the needle. Suitable hooks are

page_text: attached by gut or other suitable means to the vanes and placed along the sides
of the bait or at the tail thereof or both in the usual way and the needle attached
to the line by suitable swivels to allow, the bait and needle to spin. The blades
or vanes are held in the extended position by a spring catch or other suitable
means.
Instead of the folding vanes or blades above described I may make the needles
with fixed blades or vanes and cause the curved spikes or hooks to be protruded or
retracted within the needle by means of a screw and nut acting through suitable
links or levers.
The needle is made somewhat wider where the curved spikes or hooks are
situated than the body of the needie.
And in order that my said invention may be the better understood I will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which
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Fig. 1 represents an appliance for spinning dead bait constructed according to
this invention with the spikes or hooks extended.
Fig. 2 is end view of same.
Fig. 3 is side view (partly in section) of same with the spikes or hooks retracted.
Fig. 4 is a side view (partly in section) of a modified form of the appliance also
constructed according to this invention shewing the hooks retracted.
Fig. 5 is end view of the same.
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Fig. 6 is a side view partly in section of the same with the spikes or hooks
extended.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figures.
a is the baiting needle provided with curved blades or vanes bbwhich when the
bait is drawn through the water cause the needle and bait attached thereto to
rotate or spin.
The blades or vanes b form with the spikes or hooks c c bell-crank levers
pivoted at d to the needle a so that when the vanes b b are in the position shewn in
Fig. 1 the spikes or hooks c c protrude from the body of the needle and retain the
bait thereon but when the vanes are in the position for baiting the needle
shewn at Fig. 3 the said spikes or hooks are retracted within the body of the
needle to allow the bait to be placed on the needle. ee are catches on the blades
or vanes which engage with the inside of the ring f when the vanes are
extended. is a spring to keep the ring f from becoming accidentally disengaged
from the catches e e.
To attach a bait to the needle the vanes bb are turned down into the position
shewn in Fig. 3 and the point of the needle inserted into the mouth of the bait and
thrust through it from head to tail the said vanes are then extended to the position
shewn in Fig. 1 causing the spikes or hooks cc to protrude and impale the bait thus
firmly securing it to the needle. The hooks of which there may be two or more at
the tail and one or more on each side of the bait are secured to a piece of gut, or
gimp or wire which is attached to the needle by means of the holes hh. ¿ is
an eye to which a swivel is attached to allow the bait to spin without twisting
the line.
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According to a modification of this invention shewn at Figs. 4. 5 and 6 I fix the
vanes to the needle a and protrude or retract the spikes or hooks c c by means
of a nut working on a screw which nut operates the said spikes or hooks by.
means of the links ĭl the screw k having a groove on each side thereof in which the
links slide.
Having now 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:-
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I. In a fishing appliance the combination of curved blades or vanes and spikes
or hooks with a baiting needle substantially as described for the purpose stated.
II. In a fishing appliance the combination, of a baiting needle having curved

page_text: blades or vanes attached thereto with spikes or hooks operated by a screw nut and
links substantially as described for the purpose stated.
III. The improved fishing appliance having curved blades or vanes and spikes
or hooks substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying sheet of
5 drawings and operating in the manner specified.
Dated this 18th day of June 1892.
ERNEST SALAMAN,
61 & 62, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.