Fishing swivel
AssigneeGloberide, Inc.
InventorsYukio Okishima, Kouhei Ueta
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Abstract
A fishing swivel for connecting a main fishing line and a leader is provided. The fishing swivel includes a first connecting portion connected with the main line, a second connecting portion connected with the leader, and a main body rotatably coupled to the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. The first connecting portion has a first contact portion that contacts the main body, the second connecting portion has a second contact portion that contacts the main body, and the main body has a main body contact portion that contacts the first contact portion and the second contact portion. A plating layer containing fluororesin is provided on surfaces of the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the main body contact portion.
Claims15
A fishing swivel for connecting a main fishing line and a leader, comprising:
- a first connecting portion connected with the main line;
- a second connecting portion connected with the leader;
- and
- a main body rotatably coupled to the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion,
- wherein the first connecting portion has a first contact portion that contacts the main body,
- wherein the second connecting portion has a second contact portion that contacts the main body,
- wherein the main body has a main body contact portion that contacts the first contact portion and the second contact portion, and
- wherein a plating layer containing fluororesin is respectively provided on surfaces of the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the main body contact portion,
- wherein an outer peripheral surface of the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion includes at least one convex portion formed thereon, the at least one convex portion extending upwardly and outwardly from the outer peripheral surface of the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion,
- wherein a portion of the at least one convex portion of the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion is configured to serve as the first contact portion or the second contact portion, and
- wherein thicknesses of the plating layer on the surfaces of the first contact portion or the surfaces of the second contact portion are greater than thicknesses of the plating layer in other portions of the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion.
A fishing swivel, comprising:
- a first connecting portion connected with a fishing main line;
- a first main body rotatably coupled to the first connecting portion;
- a second connecting portion connected with a leader;
- a second main body rotatably coupled to the second connecting portion;
- and
- an intermediate connecting portion connecting the first main body and the second main body,
- wherein the first connecting portion has a first contact portion that contacts the first main body,
- wherein the first contact portion extending upwardly and outwardly from the outer peripheral surface of the first connecting portion,
- wherein the second connecting portion has a second contact portion that contacts the second main body,
- wherein the second contact portion extending upwardly and outwardly from the outer peripheral surface of the second connecting portion,
- wherein the intermediate connection portion has a third contact portion that contacts the first main body and a fourth contact portion that contacts the second main body,
- wherein the first main body has a first main body portion contact portion that contacts the first contact portion and the third contact portion, and
- wherein the second main body has a second main body portion contact portion that contacts the second contact portion and the fourth contact portion,
- wherein a plating layer containing fluororesin is provided on surfaces of the first contact portion, the second contact portion, the third contact portion, the fourth contact portion, the first main body contact portion, and the second main body contact portion, and
- wherein thicknesses of the plating layer on the surfaces of the first contact portion, the surfaces of the second contact portion, the surfaces of the third contact portion, or the surfaces of the fourth contact portion are greater than thicknesses of the plating layer in other portions of the first contact portion, the second contact portion, the third contact portion or the fourth contact portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.