US 6,199,313 B1 · Mechanical clicking weight

Abstract

The weight has a sound chamber and a tail section. The sound chamber embodies a plunger stem, a plunger seat, a flexible reed or spring biased balls and a compression spring. The tail section embodies a tail canal and an amplifier which forms a venture having a vortex and a vertex intersecting the tail canal. The sound is made when the plunger stem is pulled, the flexible reed or spring biased balls mounted in the plunger seat deflects the sound chamber grooves of the sound chamber. The plunger stem reaches it's maximum travel when the plunger seat reaches the spring seat. The compression spring retracts the plunger stem when the pull is released. The spring's retraction allows the flexible reed or spring biased balls on the plunger set to deflect the sound grooves in the opposite direction until the plunger seats meets the tail seat. The sound induced in the sound chamber is transferred to the tail canal where it is amplified through the vortex and vertex making an amplifier. The split ring on the plunger stem is tied to a selected length of fishing line on a rod and reel by a fisherman. The split ring on the tail section is tied to a selected length of fishing line to a hook, a bait or a lure by the fisherman. The tail section can be changed to different weights by unscrewing it and applying a different tail section.

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Dependent claims

A mechanical clicking weight for making a clicking sound, comprising:

a sound chamber having sound grooves;
a plunger stem having a plunger seat coupled thereto,
said plunger stem and said plunger seat being located in said chamber and being movable in said chamber between a pull position and a rest position;
said plunger seat embodying a flexible reed which engages said sound grooves and forms a sound upon movement of said flexible reed against said sound grooves upon movement of said plunger seat between said pull position and said rest position;
a compression spring located around said plunger stem,
said compression spring being in a compressed condition when said plunger stem and said plunger seat are in said pull position and being in an extended position when said plunger stem and said plunger seat are in said rest position;
a fishing line attached to said plunger stem to move said plunger stem and said plunger seat to said pull position upon application of a force to said fishing line;
said compression spring being capable of moving said plunger stem and said plunger seat to said rest position upon release of the force to said fishing line;
a tail section coupled to said sound chamber by means of threading a male threaded extremity of said tail section into said sound grooves of said sound chamber;
a tail canal in said tail section where sound travels from said sound chamber;
at least one opening formed through a wall of said tail section, said at least one opening flares outwardly through said wall of said tail section from said tail canal,
an elastic lock ring to lock said sound chamber with said tail section;
a ring embodied in said tail section for receiving a line to which a hook may be attached.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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