US546771A - Float - Google Patents

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OLIVER A. BENOIT, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,771, dated September 24, 1895.

Application filed May 20, 1895. Serial No. 549,860. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER A. BENOIT, a citizen of the United States,"residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Floats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved float for fish-lines.

The object of my invention is to provide means for so attaching a float to a fish-line that when a pull or tension is exerted upon the line the fastening device will become (16? tached, so that the line may be freely reeled in through the running connection or ring at the opposite end of the float, the fastening device being so constructed that it will also be detached when brought into contact with the tip or fixture at the end of a pole.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view illustrating the normal position of the float, and Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the position. of the parts when the fastening device at one end of the float has become detached.

A float constructed according to my invention comprises a body portion of cork or other suitable material, a pivoted split ring or other form of running connection secured near one end of the float, and a spring-clip for detachably engaging the line near the other end of the float.

Referring to the drawings and-in detail, 10 designates the body portion, which is formed of cork or other material in the ordinary manner. Extending centrally from the body portion or secured therein is a quill or downwardlyextending arm 11. Pivoted at the lower end of the downwardly-extending arm 11 is a split ring 12. The split ring 12 is adapted to surround and loosely engage with the fish-line A, so that said line may be freely drawn through the same. If preferred, however, any other form of running connection can be employed near the lower end of the float. Projecting up centrally from the body portion 10 is a quill or arm 13. If desired, the quills 11 and 13 may be formed integrally. Secured at the upper end of the quill 13 is a spring-clip or fastening device. The springclip, as illustrated, is formed by a double strand or two spring-wires 1A and 15, which extend at an angle with the quill 13 and are bent back to form an angle or elbow 16, which will act as a cam and will automatically detach the springclip from the line when brought into contact with the tip or fixture at the'end of a pole. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the fish-line A is inserted at the elbow 16 between the spring-wires 14 and 15. By means of this arrangement it will be seen that the line A in its normal position rests against the side of the body portion 10. VVhenevera considerable tension or pull is exerted upon the line A, the line will tendto straighten, and the spring-clip or fastening device will be forced out of engagement with the line, the parts assuming substantially the relation illustrated in Fig. 2. When the spring-clip has been detached from the line and the parts have assumed the position illustrated in Fig.

2, it is obvious that the line may be reeled in and will then slip freely through the ring 12 without drawing or reeling in the float.

The use of a float constructed according to my invention is especially advantageous in deep-water fishing, or wherever it is desired to use a considerable length of line below the float.

The use of an ordinary float or bob is objectionable, especially in deep-water fishing, as a float or bob which is rigidly secured to the line presents an obstruction which cannot be reeled in past the head of the pole, and where a considerable length of line is employed below the float difficulty is frequently encountered in' managing or landing the fish.

Where a float constructed according to my invention is employed, the spring-clip or fastening device Will become detached whenever a strike is encountered, or tension is exerted on the line, and the fish'may then be reeled in as near to the end of the pole as may be desired. It is also to be noted that a float constructed according to my invention will not interfere with a free reeling-in of the line, even when the tension exerted on the line is not sufficient to detach the spring-clip.

As shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, it will be seen that as the line is reeled in alonga pole B the tip or fixture b at the end of the pole will come in contact with the spring-clip above the elbow 16, which will act as a cam and crowd the spring-clip out of engagement with the line A, so that the line can then be freely reeled in, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

I am aware that changes may be made in the construction of my improved float by those who are skilled in the art, and I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the exact construction which I have shown and described; but

Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A float for fish-lines comprising a body portion 10, a downwardly extending arm 11, a pivoted split ring 2, an upwardly projecting arm 13, a spring clip or fastening device formed by the parallel spring wires 14 and 15 OLIVER A. BENOIT.

Witnesses:

PHILIP W. SOUTHGATIJ, LOUIS W. SOUTHGATE.

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