US2503607A - Spinner - Google Patents

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April 11, 1950 J ARFF 2,503,607

Filed April 1, 1946 SPINNER [/v VEN TOQ J/WZ H 6/92 Patented Apr. 11, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC 3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to fishing equipment and particularly to a spinner.

The main object of this invention is to produce a spinner having unique and highly desirable reflecting properties, and which is so constructed that a simple polishing operation will intensify the reflecting properties of the device along predetermined areas.

The second object is to employ a material for this purpose which is especially adapted to resist the corrosive effects of the water and also provide the maximum amount of reflecting property.

I accomplish these and other objects in a manner set forth in the following specification as illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan of the spinner.

Figure 2 is a section taken along the line 22 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken along the line 3-3 in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a transverse section similar to Figure 3 showing a modified form of rib.

Similar numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a somewhat oval form of spinner [6 having a small end I l and a larger end l2 both of which are provided with a perforation I3, having attached elements not shown.

It being understood that this device is mounted, as are nearly all spinners, so that they may turn, this usually being accomplished by means of a swivel. The purpose and use of which is so well understood as to require no explanation here.

In Figure 3, it will be noted that the spinner, while concave on its inner side I4 is provided with ribs [5 on its outer side. The intervening lands I6 being convex, concave, or flat for the purpose of reflecting the light rays IT in the fashion indicated in Figure 3 producing a dazzling effect when the spinner revolves about the axis of the line.

In Figure 4 a slightly different effect is produced by striking the ribs l8 out of the body IQ of the spinner. The ribs I8, like the ribs 15, are longitudinal in relation to the spoon and parallel with each other.

It is highly desirable to make the spoon out of silver, owing to the fact that it possesses fine refleeting qualities when polished, and since it is the high spots or ribs that project from the surface of the convex side of the spinner, these would soon wear away from polishing, if plating was employed, but would stand the most severe polishing, if the metal were uniform throughout. In fact, the outstanding portions would take the highest polish, which is, of course, a desirable addition.

While the raised portions or ribs take on the high lights, it is the intervening lands H), which are convex longitudinally and transversed on the outer portion of the spinner and concave on the inner portion on the spinner as shown in Fig. 4. It is the concave portions l6 which form the lands between the ribs l 5 which do the reflecting in the form shown in Fig. 3.

I am, of course, aware that numerous forms of spinners have been constructed in the past, I, therefore, do not claim such devices broadly, but I do intend to cover such forms and modifications thereof, as fall fairly within the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A spinner of the class described consisting of an elongated concavo-convex member having its convex side covered with adjoining concave areas, the edges of which form parallel ridges.

2. A spoon of the class described having a somewhat oval form, one side of said spoon being convex and the other side concave, and the convex side of said spoon having longitudinal ribs formed along the length thereof in parallelism with each other.

3. A spinner of the class described having a concavo-convex cross section and having a somewhat oval outline characterized by having ribs formed thereon projecting from the convex side thereof in parallelism with the major axis of the spoon.

JOHN H. ARFF.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 341,261 McHarg May 4, 1886 916,691 Fey Mar. 30, 1909 1,463,858 Wandve Aug. 7, 1923 1,464,041 Holcomb Aug. 7, 1923

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