Fishline sinker applicator

A fishline sinker applicator comprising:

• an elongated sinker assembly comprising a plurality of generally upper located semi-spherical sinkers having upper positioned and aligned V-shaped slots having surfaces, each slot being configured by the absence of a segment of the spherical shape of a sinker, and the sinkers being serially interconnected by a lower located narrow connecting sprue;
• a frame;
• a barrel assembly supported by said frame and including a barrel sized to receive said sinker assembly within said barrel, and including:
• a first opening in one end,
• a second opening in one side of the barrel adjacent to said one end, and
• a third opening in a side of said barrel generally opposite to the side having said second opening and also being adjacent to said one end;
• spring means for urging said sinker assembly toward said one end;
• operating means mounted on said frame and movable in response to the application of an external force, and including first and second force members operably connected together and extending, respectively, through said first and third openings for contacting a said sinker and sprue, and upon movement of said force members against a sinker for crimping said surfaces about a fishing line and severing the sprue and thus separating a severed sinker from said sinker assembly;
• said severed sinker being thus positioned to be removed from said barrel through said second opening.