US 6,685,125 B1 · Tool for reeling in a tip up apparatus

Abstract

A tool for reeling in a tip up apparatus for convenient and easy coiling of fishing line on the reel of a tip up apparatus. The tool for comprising a drive motor housed in a sealed enclosure with self-contained power supply and lighting device. A permanent non-replaceable chuck designed to engage with a tripping rotor as is generally used in tip up and fishing reel devices. The device includes controls for activating the motor and light. The enclosure is designed to comfortably fit the user's pocket or hand and the control device is designed so that a person wearing cold weather hand coverings could easily work the control while gripping the tool. The light is directed through a lens to illuminate the area that the chuck engages the trip rotor to provide the user with a well-illuminated area of work when engaging or disengaging the device from the tip up apparatus.

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Dependent claims

A tool for reeling a tip up apparatus, comprising:

a chuck for engaging the trip rotor of said tip up apparatus, said chuck having a cylindrical main portion with a pair of opposing slots positioned through a perimeter wall of said main portion;
a housing for containing the interior,components of said tool, said housing being substantially L-shaped with a first extent and a second extent, said chuck being operationally couplable to said first extent, said second extent being adapted for being grasped by a human hand;
a control device for controlling interior components;
said interior components comprising:
a self-contained power supply for providing power to said interior components;
a light source for emitting light;
and
a drive motor for providing rotation to said chuck.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Tool for reeling in a tip up apparatus

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Tool for reeling in a tip up apparatus

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