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US 9,693,545 B1Granted
Electric AC or DC fishing line dryer, cleaner, line conditioner and spooler with line counter
OwnerWalter Blaine McIntyreinventor
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Abstract
This invention removes fishing line from any type of reel, cleans it, dries it, and then by reversing the process, treats the line, tensions it as it is counted and rewinds it back on the reel. The entire apparatus is portable using either direct or alternating current. All fishermen, world wide, would like this invention because it would keep his equipment clean, avoid worry or a guilt trip.
Claims6
A fishing line cleaner, dryer, conditioner and spooler tool comprising:
- a. a base;
- b. an electric motor supported on the base for unwinding and winding said fishing line having means to turn said motor on and off;
- d. a rod holder mounted in operative relation for transferring line to and from a fishing reel, said rod holder coupled to said motor;
- e. a worm gear to guide fishing line from right to left winding said fishing line on a dryer cage and left to right when unwinding onto said fishing reel;
- f. a cleaning block having a top surface and bottom surface, said bottom surface mounted on the base, said top surface coming in contact with an absorbent and/or abrasive pad, said cleaning block having a predetermined height and thickness;
- g. a rotating dryer cage supported on the base, for pulling said fishing line through said cleaning block;
- wherein, the motor may be of an AC or DC variety, said rod holder is coupled to said motor with a belt, winding and rewinding said fishing line is accomplished using belts to change direction of rotation of said drying cage, when motor is turned on the fishing line is threaded through said worm gear which dispenses said fishing line right to left and left to right as it moves through the cleaning block and winds on the dryer cage, causing wet fishing line to dry on dryer cage and tension said fishing line, preventing said dryer cage to over spin, reversing direction of rotation by changing belts causes the fishing line to unwind from dryer cage and rewind on said rod holder and tension said fishing line.
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