US 5,690,369 A · Fisherman's knot tying device

Abstract

A hand-held knot-tying device used for forming fishermen's knots, such as blood knots, which are used to tie two fishing lines segments together. The device is flat with a base from which two spaced-apart legs extend at right angles. The device may be formed from an assembly consisting of congruent plates which are fastened together adjacently. The assembly also includes a medial member. The spaced apart legs of the assembly provide two sets of two nips into which the fishing line is wedged and held fast. The top portion of each nip is tapered so as to facilitate insertion of the fishing line segments. The medial member is manipulated on the device so as to form two sets of coils in the line segments on either side of the medial member. Following the aforesaid line manipulation, free ends of the line segments are clamped to the medial member which is then pulled through a loop formed between the coils so as to form a loose knot. The line segments are then pulled in opposite direction to tighten the knot while the free ends remain clamped in the medial member.

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Dependent claims

A device for tying together separate segments of monofilament or similarity fine line with a fisherman's knot such as a blood knot, said device comprising:

a) two like configured outer plates, each of said outer plates including a basal part and two leg parts extending from said basal part at right angles thereto;
b) an inner plate sandwiched between said outer plates, said inner plate having a basal portion interposed between the basal parts of said outer plates, and said inner plate having leg portions extending from said basal portion at right angles thereto and being sandwiched between said leg parts of said outer plates, said inner plate leg portions combining with said outer plate leg parts to form spaced-apart clamps for clamping one of the separate segments of line between the legs parts of one outer plate and the leg portions of one side of the inner plate, and for clamping the other segment of line between the leg parts of the other outer plate and the leg portions of the opposite side of the inner plate;
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c) mechanical means connected to the basal area of said device, said mechanical means being operable to clamp in place the free ends of each line segment during the formation of a knot in the device.

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Fisherman's knot tying device

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