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US 5,697,182 AGranted
Fishing lure
OwnerNicholas A. Rodgersinventor
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Abstract
A fishing lure will time an interval if a motion responsive switch closes in the absence of an interval. During the interval power is supplied to an output circuit. The output circuit may energize radiation probes, a light or a speaker.
Claims18
Fishing lure having an outer surface and comprising;
- a battery,
- a timing circuit, tapted to time the duration of a power interval,
- a motion responsive switch, for controllably connecting said battery to timing circuit,
- an output circuit,
- an output switch, controlled by said timing circuit for controllably connecting said battery to said output circuit,
- said motion responsive switch being adapted to provide alternating off-to-on and on-to-off transitions,
- said timing circuit being responsive to an off-to-on transition, when not timing a power interval, to initiate the timing of a power interval and to provide power from said battery to the output circuit, the duration of said power interval,
- said timing circuit maintaining said output switch open outside said interval,
- a set of field effect probes connected to said output circuit, exposed to the surface of said lure, connected to have a voltage differential therebetween derived from said battery, at least once during each power interval, whereby said field effect probes create an electric field in water surrounding said lure,
- whereby such off-to-on transition will initiate said power interval and provide battery power to said output circuit to create a voltage between said field effect probes.
7 more elements
A lure comprising:
- a battery,
- a timing circuit, adapted to time the duration of power interval,
- a motion responsive switch, for controllaby connecting said battery to said timing circuit,
- an output circuit,
- an output switch, controlled by said timing circuit for controllably connecting said battery to said output circuit for the duration of said power interval,
- said motion responsive switch providing, under motion, alternating off-to-on and providing on-to-off transitions,
- said timing circuit being responsive to an off-to-on transition, occur outside a power interval, to initiate a power interval and to provide power, from said battery to the output circuit, for the duration of said power interval,
- said timing circuit maintaining said output switch open outside said power interval,
- two potential output terminals in said output circuit connected to provide a potential, derived from said battery, across said potential output terminals during the power interval and a piezotronic speaker connected across said potential output terminals,
- whereby such off-to-on transition will initiate said power interval and provide battery power to said output circuit to energize said piezotronic speaker.
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A lure comprising:
- a battery,
- a timing circuit adapted to time the duration of a power Interval,
- a motion responsive switch for controllably connecting said battery to said timing circuit,
- an output circuit,
- an output switch controlled by said timing circuit for controllably connecting said battery to said output circuit for the duration of said power interval,
- said motion responsive switch being adapted to provide under motion alternating off-to-on and on-to-off transitions,
- said timing circuit being responsive to an off-to-on transition, occuring outside a power interval to initiate a power interval and to provide power from said battery to the output circuit, for the duration, of said power interval,
- said timing circuit maintaining said output switch open outside said power
- wherein said output circuit includes an oscillator activated by said battery during said power interval,
- and an audio speaker connected to an output of said oscillator,
- whereby said off-to-on transition will initiates said power interval and provide battery power to said output circuit to cause operation of said audio speaker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.