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US 4,047,320 AGranted
Bait dispenser
OwnerMarion D. Leeinventor
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Abstract
A bait dispenser for use by fishermen which includes a container for carrying live bait to be dispensed and a cooperating dispenser tube having a slot cut in the end thereof to form a pair of jaws with levers attached which levers facilitate a widening of the slot when depressed. The bait dispenser also includes a spring-loaded plunger on the dispenser tube which communicates with the interior of the tube to block the passage of live bait through the tube.
Claims10
A bait dispenser comprising:
- a. a dispensing tube, one end of which may be fitted to a container carrying live bait, and the opposite end of which is closed and which is characterized by a longitudinal slot defining a pair of jaws;
- b. lever means in cooperation with each of said jaws for manipulating said jaws and selectively expanding and contracting said slot;
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- c. a plunger positioned adjacent said slot transverse to the longitudinal axis of said dispensing tube, slidably carried by said dispensing tube, and extending into the interior of said dispensing tube when in depressed configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.