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US 4,903,428 AGranted
Fishing jigger
OwnerAlexander V. Sluiter, Richard J. Sluiterinventors
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Abstract
A fishing jigger is shown having a paddle wheel rotatably mounted in a cavity of the jigger body about a transverse axis. A crank member is pivotally mounted on the paddle wheel eccentrically of the transverse axis and is reciprocated along a crank port by rotation of the paddle wheel induced by water impacting the paddles. A lure or bait attached to the crank member is thus jigged back and forth as the fishing jigger is pulled through the water thus increasing its appeal to a fish.
Claims19
A fishing jigger comprising:
- a body member having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis;
- said body member having a wheel cavity communicating with the exterior of body said member;
- the body member also having a crank port communicating with said wheel cavity and extending along said longitudinal axis;
- a paddle wheel mounted for rotation about said transverse axis in said wheel cavity;
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- a crank member pivotally mounted on said paddle wheel eccentrically of said transverse axis, such that rotation of said paddle wheel about said transverse axis reciprocates said crank member relative to said port.
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A fishing jigger comprising:
- a body member having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis;
- said body member defining a wheel cavity communicating with the exterior of the body member, said cavity having first and second opposed side walls;
- the body member also having a crank port communicating with said wheel cavity and extending along said longitudinal axis;
- a first axle member fixedly mounted on said first side wall and a second axle member fixedly mounted on said second side wall;
- said first and second axle members extending towards each other along said transverse axis;
- a paddle wheel comprising first and second wheel discs bearingly mounted on said first and second axles, respectively, in spaced apart relationship to define a gap therebetween;
- a plurality of radial paddle members extending outwardly of each of said first and second wheel discs and spaced from said transverse axis, said paddle members having outer water impacting ends travelling along a circumferential path of travel about said transverse axis during rotation of said paddle wheel;
- said body member having a paddle slot communicating with said wheel cavity for travel of said water impacting ends therethrough during rotation of said paddle wheel;
- a crank member pivotally mounted on said paddle wheel in said gap, eccentrically of said transverse axis, and extending outwardly of said body member through said crank port, such that rotation of said paddle wheel about said transverse axis reciprocates said crank member relative to said port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.