# US 10,765,098 B2 · Tungsten fishing sinker and method thereof

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- Number: US 10,765,098 B2
- Document ID: US10765098B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/905,787
- Filed: 2018-02-26
- Published: 2019-02-07
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-08-06
- Applicants: Ray Steven Dial
- Inventors: Ray Steven Dial
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765098B2

## CPC

- A01K 95/005: {Sinkers not containing lead}
- C22C 27/04: Alloys based on tungsten or molybdenum
- C22F 1/18: High-melting or refractory metals or alloys based thereon
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- C22C: ALLOYS (treatment of alloys C21D, C22F)
- C22F: CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS (surface treatment of metallic material involving at least one process provided for in class C23 and at least one process covered by this subclass, C23F17/00)

## Abstract

A tungsten sinker formed of a flat unpainted outer body surface with an inner channel running from a first end to a second end, the tungsten sinker is unpainted, has a flat dark neural color, and includes a base stock of 97% pure tungsten.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A tungsten sinker with a flat unpainted exterior surface created by a process comprising the steps of:
molding a plurality of tungsten fishing sinkers, each of said tungsten fishing sinkers having an inner channel, said tungsten fishing sinker be formed of at least a base stock of 97% pure tungsten;
stringing a plurality of tungsten fishing sinkers weighing between 1/16 ounces and 2 ounces, said plurality of tungsten fishing sinkers strung in a tip-to-tip and toe-to-toe alignment;
heating in a first pass said tungsten fishing sinkers against an Oxygen/acetylene flame;
rotating said tungsten fishing sinkers in relation to said flame until the plurality of tungsten sinkers are completely red visually;
removing said tungsten fishing sinkers from said first pass;
heating in a second pass said tungsten fishing sinkers against said flame;
removing said plurality of tungsten fishing sinkers from said second pass;
submerging said tungsten fishing sinkers in a purified ice water bath;
sufficiently drying said tungsten fishing sinkers;
applying anise oil to an outer surface of said tungsten fishing sinkers; and
packaging said tungsten fishing sinkers.

### Claim 2

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker, said process comprising:
molding a tungsten fishing sinker, each of said tungsten fishing sinker having an inner channel and an exterior surface, said tungsten fishing sinker be formed of at least a base stock of 97% pure tungsten;
heating said tungsten fishing sinker to a sufficient heat for causing said exterior surface to appear flat without an application of paint.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 2, further comprising stringing a plurality of tungsten fishing sinkers weighing between 1/16 ounces and 2 ounces, said plurality of tungsten fishing sinkers strung in a tip-to-tip and toe-to-toe alignment.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 3, further comprising heating in a first pass said tungsten fishing sinkers in a first pass against an Oxygen/acetylene flame.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 4, further comprising rotating said tungsten fishing sinkers in relation to said flame until the plurality of tungsten sinkers are completely red visually.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 5, further comprising removing said tungsten fishing sinkers from said first pass.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 6, further comprising heating in a second pass said tungsten fishing sinkers against said flame.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 7, further comprising removing said plurality of tungsten fishing sinkers from said second pass.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 8, further comprising submerging said tungsten fishing sinkers in a purified ice water bath.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 9, further comprising sufficiently drying said tungsten fishing sinkers.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 10, further comprising applying anise oil to the outer surface of said tungsten fishing sinkers.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The process of creating a flat unpainted tungsten sinker of claim 11, further comprising packaging said tungsten fishing sinkers.

### Claim 13

A tungsten sinker with a flat unpainted exterior surface created by a process comprising the steps of:
heating in a first pass a plurality of tungsten fishing sinkers against an Oxygen/acetylene flame;
heating in a second pass said tungsten fishing sinkers against said flame;
submerging said tungsten fishing sinkers in a purified ice water bath; and
applying anise oil to the outer surface of said tungsten fishing sinkers.