In fly tying device and methods
OwnerAndrew Renzettiinventor
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Abstract
A device for rotating the shank of a fishhook on its own axis, comprising a support for affixing the device to a surface and having a mandrel mounted on the support for rotation about an axis. A clutch is mounted on the mandrel and is rotatable about the axis in one direction to cause the mandrel to rotate therewith, and is rotatable in the opposite direction without said mandrel rotating therewith. Clamping jaws are provided for gripping the fishhook to position its shank. A portion of the mandrel has a shaft portion connected by a hinge for adjusting the angle of the jaws with respect to the axis to permit alignment of the shank of the hook with the axis of the mandrel.
Claims9
A device for rotating the shank of a fishhook about its axis, comprising:
- a mandrel rotatable about a predetermined axis of rotation;
- a base which includes means for rotatably mounting said mandrel;
- a first shaft extension, and means for pivotally mounting said first shaft extension on one end of said mandrel, said first shaft extension having a shaft axis which intersects the axis of rotation of said mandrel and is repositionable relative thereto;
- clamping means mounted on an outer end of said first shaft extension and including jaws for gripping said fishhook;
- whereby said first shaft extension is selectively repositionable relative to the axis of rotation of the mandrel so that the fishhook shank axis may be aligned with the mandrel axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.