Segmented Fishing Float With Longitudinal Tube Prevents Line Entanglement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fishing line entanglement issues below the float can lead to incorrect bait depth placement, making it invisible to fish and reducing fishing efficiency, especially in situations where the fisherman is unaware of the tangled line.
Innovation Solution
A fishing float design featuring a longitudinal tube with threaded bulb halves and a hollow longitudinal member that allows for the insertion of light sources, preventing line tangling by using a 'bird tail' configuration with a slip float mechanism and adjustable depth control, enhancing visibility and reducing entanglement risks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional float design is used, then the float can indicate fish bites, but the fishing line below the float becomes entangled with the line above the float, causing the bait to be at incorrect depth and invisible to fish
Solution Approach 1:
The float is divided into two separate bulbs connected by a longitudinal tube, creating distinct sections for line passage. The line passes through both bulbs in a controlled manner, preventing random entanglement while maintaining depth indication functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The longitudinal tube is nested within the float structure, with the fishing line passing through the tube. This nested configuration organizes the line pathway and prevents the line from becoming entangled with external elements or the float body itself.
2Productivity
If the float and bait are cast a long distance from the fisherman, then more fishing area is covered, but the tangled line becomes invisible and the fisherman remains unaware of the problem
Solution Approach 1:
The float incorporates light sources that emit visible light, making the float and its components visible in low-light conditions. This allows the fisherman to detect line entanglement issues even when the bait is cast far away, as the entanglement will affect the float's light emission or position.
3Illumination intensity
If a light source is added to the float for night fishing, then visibility is improved, but the float structure becomes more complex and difficult to assemble
Solution Approach 1:
The longitudinal tube serves multiple functions: it connects the two bulbs structurally, provides a protected pathway for the fishing line, and holds the light source. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional components, simplifying the overall structure despite adding lighting capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The light source is nested within the longitudinal tube, which is itself nested within the float structure. This nested arrangement protects the light source and integrates it seamlessly into the float, avoiding the need for external attachments or complex mounting mechanisms.
4Reliability
If the float structure is made more robust to prevent entanglement, then line management improves, but the float becomes harder to manufacture and assemble
Solution Approach 1:
The float is segmented into two bulbs with a longitudinal tube, allowing each component to be manufactured separately using standard molding techniques. The segmented design simplifies manufacturing while the interconnection through the tube provides robust line management.
Solution Approach 2:
The nested structure of the longitudinal tube within the bulbs allows for straightforward assembly by simply inserting the tube into the bulb cavities. This nested configuration provides structural robustness without requiring complex fastening mechanisms or precision alignment procedures.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design ensures the bait is placed at the correct depth, reduces line entanglement, and increases visibility of fish bites, improving fishing success rates by maintaining the bait's availability to fish and simplifying the transition between day and night fishing without needing to cut lines.
Implementation Method 1
one of the bulbs containing a light source
Implementation Method 2
The male threads are threadable into the female threads. The joining of the bulb halves is water tight at a threaded joint thereof
Implementation Method 3
a longitudinal tube, with a bulb at each end... The tube passes through the primary axis of the first floating bulb... The tube passes through a primary axis of the second floating bulb
Data Source
AI summary
A fisherman's float including a hollow longitudinal body with a bulb at each end. Each of the bulbs is hollow. The two bulbs are connected by a tube which passes through each bulb. The first bulb contains two threaded halves which can be un-threaded from one another. The fishing line passes through the bulb, the longitudinal body and the two part float and then on to a second float (if desired), a sinker (if desired) and a hook and/or bait. The two halves of the two part bulb screw together so that a light source, electrically or chemically driven, can be inserted and held in the water tight float. Each one of the bulbs floats. The longitudinal body is preferably eight to twelve inches long and serves to prevent tangles as well as to increase the visibility of the float and easy detection of fish activity at the bait.