2378 results about "Fishing line" patented technology

A process for drawing essentially diluent-free gel-spun polyethylene multi-filament yarns in a forced convection air oven and the drawn yarns produced thereby, The process conditions of draw ratio, stretch rate, residence time, oven length and feed speed are selected in specific relation to one another so as to achieve enhanced efficiency and productivity. The drawn yarns are useful in armor, composites, fishing line, ropes, sutures, fabrics and other applications.

Yarns and fishing lines are made by a process that includes the step of exposing an opaque yarn made from ultrahigh molecular weight, gel spun polyolefin filaments to a temperature within the melting point range of the filaments for a time sufficient to at least partially fuse the contact surfaces of adjacent filaments. For ultrahigh molecular weight, gel spun polyethylene, this temperature is preferably within the range from about 150 DEG -157 DEG C. The surface fusion between and among filaments imparts desirable handling characteristics to the ultrahigh molecular weight, gel spun polyolefin yarns and fishing lines that are similar to those of a conventional monofilaments. Preferably, the temperature, residence time, and stretching ratio at the selected temperature are chosen to provide a fishing line exhibiting a tensile modulus within the range from about 230 g / d to about 780 g / d with a tenacity of at least 15 g / d.

A process for drawing essentially diluent-free gel-spun polyethylene multi-filament yarns in a forced convection air oven and the drawn yarns produced thereby, The process conditions of draw ratio, stretch rate, residence time, oven length and feed speed are selected in specific relation to one another so as to achieve enhanced efficiency and productivity. The drawn yarns are useful in armor, composites, fishing line, ropes, sutures, fabrics and other applications.

A fishing jig system with an interchangeable jig head is disclosed for permitting a variety of jig heads with different configurations and functions to be used with a single jig hook and avoid having to remove the jig hook from a fishing line to reconfigure the fishing jig. The jig system includes a hook having a shank portion and an eye portion, with the shank portion and the eye portion meeting at a juncture. A modular mounting member is mounted on the hook at the juncture for removably receiving a fishing accessory. A fishing accessory, such as a jig head, is removably mounted on the modular mounting member, and the fishing accessory has a recess formed therein for slidably receiving at least a portion of the modular mounting member such that the accessory may be removed and replaced without removing the jig hook from the fishing line.

An outrigger assembly for a fishing vessel to extend fishing lines away from the vessel, including a telescopic boom having a plurality of aligned ‘D’ tubes of consecutively smaller diameters that can be individually locked in place when extended and having the smaller tubes telescopically mounted inside larger tubes for storage, first embodiment provides a manually operable locking mechanism using an external shift bullet to lock the tubes in place, and second embodiment combines the locking means of the first embodiment with a cam lever operated eyelet locking system, the eyelets provide support for a fishing rigging, both embodiments protect the locking mechanism from elements found in the environment.

Provided is a detector for fishing in order to detect the depth of water, the temperature of water, the distribution of fishes including fishes' migration and / or the length of fishes. The detector includes: a sensor transmitting an ultrasonic signal into the water in a fishing site and receiving a reflective ultrasonic signal reflected from an underwater object; a control unit analyzing / determining the waveform of the reflective ultrasonic signal measured in the sensor to then be indicated on an indication unit including a light-emission indicator, a numeric indicator, and a water depth / temperature indicator; a switching unit having an elevating rod whose lower end contacts an activation switch to turn on / off electric power supplied from a power source and in the upper end of which a fishing line engagement hole is formed in which a fishing line is connected with the fishing line engagement hole and the elevating rod is exposed to the outside to then be elastically pressed to be opened and closed according to the pressure of the elevating rod; and a main body on the upper surface of which a light-emission indicator, a numeric indicator, and a water depth / temperature indicator are formed, and in which the sensor, the control unit, and the switching unit are embedded in a sealed manner with a predetermined structure. The detector further includes a transmitter transmitting a signal representing the analyzed / determined result in the form of a predetermined waveform wirelessly. The wireless signal transmitted from the transmitter in the fishing detector is received and displayed using a predetermined program via a predetermined receiver having a display such as a personal portable communications terminal like a mobile telephone.

A simple device that enables twisted fishing line to be easily untwisted is disclosed. The device comprises a shaft surrounded with a helical groove or channel around which fishing line passes while being loaded onto a fishing reel. The helical grooves or channels remove twist from the fishing line caused by a rotating bail on a fixed spool reel. The device can be used with any reel, but is particularly well adapted for fixed spool spinning or fixed spool spin-cast reels.

A fishing reel has a reel unit that is mounted on the fishing rod, a spool that is rotatably attached to the reel unit, a tension detector that detects tension applied to the said fishing line, and a communication portion that transmits to a fishing information display apparatus data of the tension applied to the fishing line detected by the tension detector. The fishing information display apparatus is provided externally of a fishing reel, and receives data communicated from the fishing reel. The fishing information display apparatus includes a body member, a display portion provided in the body member, a communication portion that receives from the fishing reel data of the tension applied to the fishing line, and a controller that is displays on the display portion the data of tension received from the fishing reel. A navigator away from an angler can certainly have information of the fishing situation.

This invention relates to an article of manufacture, and specifically to a fishing reel winding arm adapter for winding line onto a fishing reel spool using a high-carbon plastic cylindrical body with an attached drive member that allows an electric screwdriver to be interconnected with the winding arm of the fishing reel to eliminate the need for manual winding of line onto a fishing reel spool, thereby saving time.

The invention discloses non-contact bait-changing fish-taking shrimp-taking fishing equipment. A fishing line is broken into a fishing line upper section and a fishing line lower section; the lower end of the fishing line upper section is connected with a hook capable of being squeezed left and right to be deformed; the upper end of the fishing line lower section is connected with a hanging ring; the hanging ring is movably sleeved with the hook; the non-contact bait-changing fish-taking shrimp-taking fishing equipment also comprises a horizontally arranged bait changing box; the bait changing box is provided with a passage in the front and rear direction; a compression spring of which the center line is coincided with that of the passage is arranged on the bait changing box; when the hanging ring is placed in the passage, the compression spring is abutted against the hanging ring forwards; a clamp ring of which the front end is open is fixed at the lower part of the front part of the bait changing box. According to the invention, due to adoption of the structure, combinations of the hanging ring, the fishing line lower section and a fishhook are rapidly replaced by the bait changing box, so that operations of taking fishes, taking shrimps and changing baits are relatively convenient and rapid to carry out; the non-contact bait-changing fish-taking shrimp-taking fishing equipment has the characteristics of convenience for use, ingenious design, simple structure, easiness for production and the like.

Radio-controlled fishing apparatus is provided including a hand-held radio signal generator which is integrally formed with a telescoping fishing rod. A fishing line extends from the rod to a miniature boat which includes a radio signal receiver and an electric motor which drives a propeller. The method of use includes guiding the boat to a suitable fishing location or along a trolling route by the radio signal generator whereupon a fish striking the attached bait can be manually reeled in, along with the boat. A slip attachment connected to the fishing line allows the line to quickly release from the boat thereby freeing the line as the fish is played, but allowing the boat to be simultaneously returned to the operator with the fish.

In various embodiments, a fishing pole includes a rod having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end receives a grip and the distal end includes at least one line guide for receiving a fishing line. The grip of certain embodiments includes a flexible mounting tube that engages the proximal end of the rod and a sheet including a polymer outside layer and a fibrous inside layer. In some embodiments, the sheet has a configuration corresponding to the exterior shape of the flexible mounting tube, being wrapped about and adhered to the mounting tube, with the side edges of the sheet abutting one another to define a substantially longitudinal seam extending from the interior surface of the sheet to the exterior surface of the polymer layer. In some embodiments, the grip includes a tube and a strip that is spirally wrapped around the tube to form a substantially helical seam.

The invention discloses a multi-degree-of-freedom hybrid drive artificial muscle. A polyethylene terephthalate (PET) woven mesh is mounted outside an elastic rubber hose, two ends of the elastic rubber hose are sealed by the aid of outer clamps and inner plugs, a front-end fixing frame and a pneumatic joint are mounted on the inner plug at the front end, a back-end fixing frame is mounted on the inner plug at the back end, three guide frames are longitudinally arranged between the two fixing frames at equal distances, and four shape memory alloy-nylon fishing line muscle fibers are evenly distributed between the two fixing frames in the circumferential direction. The initial weaving angle of the woven mesh on the outer side of the elastic rubber hose is set to be larger than 54 degrees, and the axial displacement and the axial push force are produced when the inside of the rubber hose is pressurized by air. The shape memory alloy-nylon fishing line muscle fibers are heated by pulse current, and thus bending deformation of the hybrid artificial muscle is realized. The artificial muscle has the positive effects that the drive characteristics of an elongation type pneumatic muscle are improved, the degree of freedom of the elongation type pneumatic muscle is increased, and the artificial muscle can be applied in the field of bionic robots requiring high-precision compliant drive.

A beverage container useful for fishing includes a recessed channel for receiving and dispensing fishing line. The container with a fishing line spool is configured such that a hand-line-fishing device is provided without the need for a fishing pole. Optionally, the spool is removable from the beverage container body and may be rotatably mounted with respect thereto.

A motor operated fishing reel comprising a base frame chassis. A bracket attaches the base frame chassis to a soft cushion rubber grip handle of a fishing rod having a detachable wrist strap. A spool is mounted in a rotatable manner within the base frame chassis. A fishing line is wound upon the spool and extends from a forward end of the base frame chassis. A crank handle assembly is mounted on one side of the base frame chassis for manually rotating the spool. An electric drive unit within the base frame chassis is for electrically rotating the spool. A drag control structure is for providing drag on the fishing line to catch a fish.

An adjustable depth fishing lure has a lure body with forward and tail sections. A diving lip is pivotably attached to the forward section of the body by dual arm members. The diving lip is configured to be adjustably positioned at a plurality of angles in relation to the lure body by a control element located within the forward section. The control element has a plurality of slots into which the diving lip can be set. A push tab extends from the element. A spring is positioned between a front wall of the forward section and the control element. The spring applies a compressive force against the control element, which biases the element against the diving lip to maintain it in one of the plurality of slots. When the control element's tab is pushed, the element travels inward into the forward section, which releases the pressure on the diving lip, allowing it to be repositioned into another of the slots. Through-openings within the lure body allow for free and independent movement of fishing line through the lure. The forward and tail sections can be separate, independent elements which are pivotably connected to oscillate as the lure is drawn through the water, to further attract fish.

A fishing line dispenser, the fishing line being wound about a spool having circular walls, and a bore, the dispenser including a base; a “” bracket including a column having front and rear ends, a cylindrical arm having a proximal end rigidly attached to the column's rear end, and having a spindle arm having a proximal end rigidly attached to the column's front end, the spindle arm being fitted for extension into the spool's bore; a pivot joint interconnecting the “” bracket and the base, the pivot joint having first and second halves, first half being positioned at the base's rear end, and the second half including the “” bracket's cylindrical arm; and a concavity positioned within the base for, upon the spindle arm's oppositely lateral extension into the spool's bore and upon downward pivoting of the “” bracket, receiving and frictionally engaging the spool's circular walls.

The present invention generally relates to a sonar fish finding system. Specifically, this invention relates to a sonar device which attaches to a fishing line and floats on the water like a fishing bubble, float, or bobber. The sonar device pairs with a wireless computing device over a Bluetooth Smart (also known as Bluetooth Low Energy) connection to provide information to a fisherman about what is under the surface of the water. In some embodiments, processing may be done on subsets of sonar data samples in order to allow for processing a complete result without requiring storage of the entire set of data samples at once. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the sonar device sends data to a remote computing system either directly or indirectly through a wireless computing device. The remote computing system also sends the wireless computing device information about both real-time fishing hotspots, and fishing hotspots predicted based on historical data and current conditions.

A fishing line having multiple UHMWPE fibers and (b) at least one fluoropolymer fiber comprising expanded polytetrafluoroethylene.

An adjustable fishing rig comprises a unitary, streamlined, hollow, double barreled sinker through which a fishing line is threaded. The sinker can be moved to any location along a fishing line without untying the line or tying new knots.

A spinning reel for fishing includes: a reel body including a front portion; a handle provided in the reel body; a cap-shaped cover body including a surrounding wall mounted in the front portion of the reel body; a spool on which a fishing line is to be wound; a rotor including a fishing line guide part, the rotor being rotated by the rotational manipulation of the handle to wind the fishing line on the spool; a driving part passing through the cover body and transmitting the rotation of the handle to the rotor; a support part provided in the front portion of the reel body and supporting the driving part; and a magnetic seal device mounted in the cover body and including a magnet, a cylindrical magnetic body forming a magnetic circuit between the magnetic body and the magnet and magnetic fluid maintained between the magnet and the magnetic ring.

A spinning reel includes a reel body having a connection portion for connecting said reel body to a fishing rod, and an engagement portion. A handle is rotatably mounted on the reel body. A rotor has a hole fitted onto the engagement portion of the reel body to mask the engagement portion. A spool is rotatably mounted on the reel body for a fishing line wound thereon. A cover is mounted on the reel body to mask a portion of the reel body on which heads of bolts are exposed. The cover has two arms each of which have a distal end coupled to the engagement portion.

A fishing rod and lure system for collecting and analyzing fishing data to provide for manual or automatically controlled fishing experience comprising a fishing rod having a handle portion and a shaft portion, a fishing line reel encasing fishing line, a plurality of guides located along the fishing rod for guiding the fishing line, a lure attached to the fishing line, a central control device electrically coupled with the fishing rod for receiving, manipulating and outputting data and configured to control the lure, a display device electrically coupled with the central data device and capable of receiving and displaying data, and a sensor electrically coupled with the central control device for sensing and sending data to the central control device, wherein the central control device uses the data received from the sensor to display data to the user via the display and control the fishing rod and lure system.

A spool braking device and a spool braking method for increasing spool braking capability. The spool braking device includes a reel attached to a fishing rod in a detachable manner. A rotatable spool is arranged in the reel. A fishing line is wound to the spool. A brake mechanism electronically brakes rotation of the spool. An acceleration sensor detects swing acceleration produced when the fishing rod is swung and generates an acceleration signal. A brake control unit determines whether or not the spool needs to be braked based on the acceleration signal and drives the brake mechanism.

A one piece device for temporarily holding fly fishing line stripped from a reel and prior to being cast. The device is made from a single piece of continuous metal rod, bent at various locations along the rod to form a holding arm and a base clip. The fishing line is hung in coils from the holding arm. The clip may be attached to clothing, thereby securing the device on or about an angler, so that when a cast is made, the line uncoils from the arm.

A video fishing rod with underwater observation gear as fishing equipment, allowing surveillance of the bait and fish around it, and includes a video monitor attachable to the fishing pole, miniature submersible video camera attached close to the end of the fishing line for transmitting video images up to the monitor via the same fishing line without the use of a video cable.

The invention relates to a corrosion resistant fishing line, comprising the following components in parts by weight: 65-78 parts of nylon 66, 28-40 parts of polypropylene, 20-28 parts of attapulgite, 0.5-1 part of di-n-octyltin maleate, 0.2-0.8 part of antioxidant, 0.2-0.5 part of anti-ultraviolet agent, 0.8-1.5 parts of dioctyl phthalate, 0.2-0.8 part of epoxy soybean oil and 0.8-1.5 parts of chlorinated polyethylene. According to the invention, the nylon 66 is used as a base material, and polypropylene and attapulgite are mixed with the nylon 66 to reduce the cost of a fishing net and greatly improve the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of the fishing net.