Fishing line sensor
OwnerJared M. Taylor, Patrick E. Taylorinventors
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Abstract
A fishing line sensor including a base, a shaft rotatably mounted to the base and a reel mounted to the shaft. The reel is rotatable relative to the base with the shaft. The reel is configured for winding and unwinding fishing line. A signalling device is mounted on the shaft and rotatable with the shaft and reel. The device includes a mercury switch switchable in response to rotation of the reel. An electronic signal producing element is activated in response to a switching of the mercury switch.
Claims6
An improved apparatus for signalling the presence of a fish on a line extending into a body of water, the apparatus including a base, a mechanism for maintaining said base in a defined position relative to a surface of the body of water, a shaft carried by said base and disposed for rotation, relative to said base, about an axis of elongation of said shaft, and a reel mounted rigidly to said shaft, coaxial therewith, for rotation therewith, the line being wound onto said reel, the improvement comprising:
- a. a housing mounted rigidly to said shaft for rotation therewith;
- b. an alarm, wherein the alarm is substantially enclosed in said housing;
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- c. means, received within said housing, for actuating said alarm in response to rotation of said housing.
Apparatus for signalling the presence of a fish on a line extending into a body of water, comprising:
- a base;
- means for maintaining said base in a defined position relative to a surface of the body of water;
- a shaft carried by said base and disposed for rotation, relative to said base, about an axis of elongation of said shaft;
- a reel mounted rigidly to said shaft, coaxial therewith, for rotation therewith, the line being wound onto said reel;
- a housing mounted rigidly to said shaft for rotation therewith;
- an alarm, wherein the alarm is substantially enclosed in said housing;
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- means, received within said housing, for actuating said alarm in response to rotation of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.