IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FISH HOOKS
Year: 1884

page_text: DLECIFICATION.
I ROBERT BRIGHT MARSTON of N° 188 Flect Street in the City of London
Newspaper Editor do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
to be as follows:-
IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FISH HOOKS
"
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My invention consists of the improvement herein after described in fish hooks
my said improvement having for its object to effectually secure the bait to the
hook.
My invention is especially useful for securing worms and gentles on fish hooks.
In constructing a fish hook according to my invention I provide the shank of
the fish hook with one or more barbs or points made by cutting or splitting tho
said shank at the place or places where the barbs are to be formed upon it and
bending the cut or split parts outwards at a small angle so as to form one or a
series of curved or straight barbs inclining upwards. The said curved or inclined
barbs which may be made on opposite sides of the shank act as obstructions to the
sliding of the buit downwards upon the shank. Should the bait pass the lowest
barb its return is prevented by the barb it has passed and its downward motion is
further obstructed by the second and succeeding barbs should a series be arranged
on the shank. The bait is thus effectually secured to the fish hook and does not
slip down onto the bend of the hook when pulled through the water and con-
sequently presents a far more natural appearance to the fish than is often the case
with the ordinary hook the smooth shank of which offers no impediment to the
bait slipping down onto the bend and thus exposing the hook and also being easily
pulled off by the fish which often does so without being caught.
This sliced hook is also far less likely to slip out of a fish's mouth than the
ordinary plain shanked hook as the barbs on the shank form points of resistance
in addition to that of the point of the hook itself.
Dated this fountsanth dont T
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

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I ROBERT BRIGHT MARSTON of N° 188 Fleet Street in the City of London
Newspaper Editor do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FISH HOOKS and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
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My invention cousists of the improvement or improvements herein after
described in fish hooks my said invention having for its object principally to
effectually secure the bait to the book.
My invention is especially useful for securing worms gentles and mussels on fish
hooks.
In constructing a fish hook according to my invention I provide the shank of
the fish hook with one or more barbs or points made by slicing cutting or splitting
the said shank at the place or places where the barbs are to be formed upon it and
bending the cut or split parts outwards at a small auglo so as to form one or a
series of curved or straight barbs inclining upwards.
The said curved or inclined barbs which may be made on the same or on
opposite sides of the shank act as obstructions to the sliding of the bait downwards
upon the shank.
Should-the-bait pass one of the barbs its return is prevented by the barb it has
passed and its downward motion is further obstructed by the second, and succeeding
barbs should a series be arranged on the shank.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents a fish hook the shank a of
which is provided with a single barb or point 6 on the outer side of the said shank
the said barb b being made by slicing cutting or splitting a portion of the shank
and bending the sliced or cut part outwards so as to form a straight barb b
inclining upwards as represented.
Figure 2 represents a fish hook in which the single inclined barb b is made on
the inner side of the shank ȧ.
Figure 3 represents a fish hook in which two inclined barbs bb are made on the
inner side of the shank a and Figure 4 represents a fish hook in which two inclined
barbs are made on the outer side of the shank a.
Figure 5 represents a fish hook in which the inclined barbs are made on opposite
sides of the shank two inclined barbs bb being made on the inner side of the
shank and a single inclined barb bon the outer side of the shank.
Figure 6 represents a fish hook in which two inclined barbs bb are made on
opposite sides of the shank a.
Instead of making the inclined barbs bb straight they may be curved with the
same or nearly the same effect.
I do not limit myself to the positions or number of the barbs b b on the shank a
represented in the Drawing.
By the use of my invention the bait is effectually secured to the fish hook and
does not slip down on the bend of the hook when pulled through the water and
consequently presents a far more natural appearance to the fish than is often the
case with the ordinary hook the smooth shunk of which offers no impediment to
the bait slipping down onto the bend and thus exposing the hook. The ordinary
smooth shank also permits the bait being easily pulled off by the fish. The sliced
or barbed shank fish hook is also less likely to slip out of a fish's mouth than
the ordinary plain shank hook as the barbs on the shank have the same action as
the ordinary barb at the point of the hook.

page_text: 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 :-
Providing the shanks of fish hooks with one or a series of straight or curved
barbs or points inclining upwards for the purposes and substantially as herein
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
Dated this eighteenth day of September 1884.