WO2009084972A1

WO2009084972A1 - Ecological angling weight

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Publication number: WO2009084972A1
Application number: PCT/RS2008/000017
Authority: WO
Inventors: Marko Drvar; Zeljko Galic
Original assignee: Marko Drvar; Zeljko Galic
Priority date: 2007-12-27
Filing date: 2008-06-10
Publication date: 2009-07-09
Also published as: RS20070509A

Abstract

Invention describes an ecological angling weight (1 i 6) which is made of artificial stone as a compact mixture of 60 to 80 % mass units of grinded calcium carbonate (CaCO3) of granulation from 0,02 to 0,25 mm, and 20 to 40 mass units of % termoactive synthetic resin. A weight like this is water indissoluble, fragrance free, unpoisonous and matches with the surrounding flora and fauna like a natural one, even when it gets lost in water, as it hapens very often in angling. Construction of the weight (1) is achieved with a link (4) or a noose (5) which are connected with a weight (1) into a unit which cannot be disassembled unless destroyed. Construction of the weight (6) is achieved with a cylindrical opening (12) and a widened cylindrical opening (13) wherein a plastic insertion (7) or an assembly of a rubber cylindrical tubule (14) and a rubber carrier (15) is placed.

Description

ECOLOGICAL ANGLING WEIGHT

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

Invention belongs to the field of fishing in general, and refers to an ecological angling weight made of artificial stone, which is a homogenous mixture of a grinded natural stone (calcium carbonate CaCO₃) and bonding thermoactive synthetic resin.

According to the International Patent Classification (IPC), the invention is in the class A01K95/00, referring to sinkers on an angling line.

TECHNICAL PROBLEM

The problem set out in this invention is how to connect the swivel through its link, i.e. a noose with an angling weight, so as to obtain an integral unit, the disconnection of which is impossible without destruction.

The problem solved with the herewith explained invention consists in how to find a constructional solution for an angling weight so as to achieve a connection of an angling line with the angling weight, using an insertion made of plastic.

The solved by the herewith explained invention consists in how to constructionally solve the weight so as to achieve the connection of a line with the weight and the protection of the line during use, through application of the assembly of a tubule and a carrier.

Certainly, the angling weight must not represent a real danger, by releasing matters poisonous for flora and fauna in fishing areas, hence with the herewith explained invention this problem is solved by the use of a natural material for manufacturing thereof.

STATE-OF-ART

It is generally known that angling weights up to now are mostly sinkers made of lead. It is also known that, to this day, angling weights were mostly produced of lead. It is also known that lead, as a metal with quite a large density (about 11400 kg/m³), is a heavy metal, but also is available in nature and, due to a relatively low melting temperature (about 327⁰C), it is easy for moulding, and shape it in any other way (e.g. by forging) into an angling weight. However, it is not new that lead sinkers are poisonous and therefore very dangerous for the environment, and its resistance to corrosion makes this danger a long term one, particularly owing to the fact that these lead sinkers occasionaly unfix and get lost in the water where they remain permanently. For the above mentioned reasons it was necessary to find a solution for a weight where the lead sinker would be reaplaced with a non-poisonous material.

In the document published under number WO2004/071 187 wherein described is angling lure where the angling weight is made of pebble and wherein is drilled a blind hole in which the pins of the lure are attached by a two-component permanent adhesive, which is fragrance free and waterproof when it is dry. The main advantage of this invention is that it is not poisonous and as a difference from the lead sinker, it is the most suitable and used in the same way as a sinker weight. According to the second variation of the invention, in order to position the tubule, it is necessary to drill the whole pebble weight, which is the same problem as the one set out in the first variation.

Moreover, US patent 3.982.350 provides for the use of an elastic strip as a means for fixing a stone to an angling line, so as to obtain the angling weight without a sinker. According to the solution described in this patent document, an endless elastic strip is used, where a fixing ring can slide along, and thus the use of different sized stones for an angling weight is possible, depending on the position of the fixing ring on the elastic strip.

In the document published under number WO2007/117379 and titled "Sliding C weight", where described is a new solution of the angling weight, where the weight is in the form of the letter "C" at the ends of which are holes wherethrough the angling line passes and along which the C-shaped weight can slide and take, as desired, different positions.

Solution of an angling weight described in a document published under number WO2006/001573 and titled "Fishing weight combined with a box for baits", where the weight is made of a top and low hollow hemisphere whereon hollow are achieved. The hemispheres are connected to each other with a hollow screw nut, where the angling line passes through the screw nut, so that the position of the angling weight on the line can be changed as desired, and the baits are set in the hollows of the hemisphere.

Under the title "Ecological multipurpose weight for fishing" in the document WO20064/032618, analogous to the document HR P20020582AA₂, published in Croatia, is described a solution where the weight is made of ecologically porous and clean material similar to clay, which is used as a bait. The weight is simple for use, cheap for manufacuring, and when lost in water it has no harmful ecological effects.

Document published under number WO2001/062078 describes one angling weight which is structurally designed in the form of a hollow cylinder with apertures along its perimeter. Cylinder is closed from the top with a plastic, and from the bottom with a metal cap, where both caps have holes wherethrough the angling line passes, and into the cylinder, formed in such a way, a bait is set.

Invention described in the document published under number WO2003/096805 refers to the descending weight with a bait and an angling line, and consists of a bimetal piece that shapes the actual weight, where onto the conical part a body with a hollow and a metal rod is continued. The metal rod passes through the hole on the body reaching the inserted screw, and the hook and the bait are set in the cavity of the body.

In seeking a solution for the angling weight, in the description of US patent number 6,076,297, the following was found: The angling weight comprises a natural weight and an elastomer, so the environment is protected against substances such as lead. Through the body of the weight there is a hole used to hold the elastomer which, upon fitting in, is fixed by a little knot at the end of elastomer, and the noose is tied with the angling line.

Further looking for a material for manufacturing the angling weight, the invention published under number WO2000/004082 explains an unpoisonous material which comprises from 1 to 55 % of mass units of polymers and from 45 to 99 % mass units of nonmetallic or mineral material.

US patent number 4,615,136 describes an angling weight which can be quickly fixed on and taken off the angling line. The weight comprises a high density mass and has a hole along its length wherein the plastic material is inserted. The plastic material can be turned inside the hole.

US patent 3,852,907 describes the solution of a angling weight which contains wolfram (tungsten) material and means for fixing such material onto the angling line.

US patent number 4,138,795 represents an angling weight combined for use on an angling line between the rod and the swivel, including a tubular joint. The weight has a hole through a finger-like eye-aperture and has an open and shaped bended material so that the tubular joint and the angling line can be pulled freely in case that the angling line gets entangled.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Ecological angling weight represents a connection of an ecological angling weight to a swivel, through its link, or a noose, where such a connection is inseparable unless destroyed (variation I and II), and it is possible that the noose of the weight is directly connected to the angling line. According to variation III and IV, it is possible that the ecological angling weight is achieved with an opening widened at one side, so as to put the assembly of the carrier and the cylindrical tubules, whereby a solid disconnectable connection between the carrier, the tubule and the ecological angling weight is achieved. When passing through the carrier and the little tubule, the angling line is protected from destroying, as it is in touch with the elements of soft material. Instead of the assembly of the carrier and the cylindrical tubule, the solution provides for fitting in a plastic insertion with an eye whereto the swivel is tied or through which the angling line passes, so that in such an embodiment it is protected from destroying, as it is in touch with the round part of the eye of plastic. Ecological angling weight is made of artificial stone so as to avoid a harmful effect to water flora and fauna, as it is with sinkers that were used widely and are unfortuantely in use even today.

Based on the above facts, the invention which solves the issues set out in the explanation of the problem is obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Invention is described in detail in the example of the embodiment, as represented in the drawing where:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal horizontal section of the ecological angling weight according to the invention and variation I Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the ecological angling weight assembly from Fig. 1 Figure 3 is a longitudinal horizontal section of the ecological angling weight assembly according to the invention and variation II Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the ecological angling weight assembly from Fig. 3

Figure 5 is a enlarged view of the noose in Fig. 3 Figure 6 is a front view of the noose from Fig. 5 Figure 7 is a lateral view of the noose from Fig. 5 Figure 8 is a longitudinal horisontal section of the ecological angling weight assembly according to the invention and the variation III Figure 9 is a longitudinal vertical section of the ecological angling weight assembly in Fig. 8 Figure 10 is a longitudinal horisontal section of the ecological angling weight in Fig. 8 Figure 11 is a longitudinal vertical section of the ecological angling weight in Fig. 10 Figure 12 is a lateral view of the ecological angling weight from Fig. 10

Figure 13 is a plastic insertion in Fig. 8

Figure 14 is a top view of a plastic insertion from Fig. 13

Figure 15 is an enlarged view of a detail "A" in Fig. 13

Figure 16 is an enlarged lateral view of the plastic insertion in Fig. 13

Figure 17 is an enlarged view of section A-A in Figs. 13 and 14

Figure 18 is an enlarged view of section B-B in Fig. 13 and 14

Figure 19 is a horizontal section of the ecological angling weight assembly according to the invention and variation III Figure 20 is a vertical section of the ecological angling weight assembly in

Fig. 19 Figure 21 is a horizontal and vertical section of the ecological angling weight in Fig. 19

Figure 22 is the view ,,X" from Fig. 21 Figure 23 is a horizontal and vertical section of the ecological angling weight assembly according to the invention and variation IV Figure 24 is the longitudinal section of the cylindrical tubule from Fig.

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Figure 25 is a top view of the tubule from Fig. 24 Figure 26 is the longitudinal section of the carrier from Fig. 23 Figure 27 is a view from above of the carrier from Fig. 23

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Figure 1 and 2 show an assembly of ecological angling weight 1, according to the invention and variation I, which is connected with a swivel 3 into one unit, the disconnection of which is impossible without destroying, through a link 4, sealed by the mass of the artificial stone of which the weight 1 is made. On the tube 2 of the swivel 3, the other elements of the fishing mechanism, which are not the subject of the invention, are coupled.

The ecological weight 1, achieved in this way, requires that the swivel 3 along with other elements of the fishing mechanism is is chosen in advance, as there are various producers of swivels, hence various offers in the market.

To enable coupling the ecological fishing weight to any swivel available in the market, the construction is achieived, as in Figure 3 and 4, and variation II, where the weight 1 is integrated into one unit undetachable without destruction, and with a noose 5 being moulded together with the mass of artificial stone, of which weight 1 is made, link 4 is connected onto the noose 5, and the swivel 3 with its other elements of the fishing mechanism is connected to the link.

Ecological angling weight, the construction of which is designed like this, provides the possibility for connection with any swivel and its other elements of fishing mechanism available on the market.

Figures 5, 6 and 7 represent a noose whereto connets the link 4 of the swivel 3 and to its tube 2 other elements of fishing mechanisms are connected.

It is possible that the weight 1 is connected even directly to the angling line 11 through the noose 5. The noose 5 is made of wire and in a single piece.

Figures 8 and 9 and variation III represent the assembly of the ecological angling weight 6, through which a plastic insertion 7 with a head 8, a body 9 and an eye 10, pass. Head 8 keeps the insertion 7 in a defined position on the weight 6. Insertion 7 positioned in such a way, that it has no possibility to move to the other side of the weight 6. Body 9 of the insertion 7 ends with an eye 10, which apprears at the opposite side of the weight 6, close to its end. To the eye 10, the link 4 of the swivel 3 is connected, to tube 2 of which the other elements of the fishing mechanism are connected. Along its length, the body 9 of the insertion 7, is in contact with weight 6, where it is possible to achieve a solid connection between the body 9 and the weight 6. At the same time, the head 8 of the insertion 7 is in touch with weight 6, where it is also possible to achieve the solid connection between the head 8 and weight 6 at the spot where they touch. The insertion 7 is made so that between the weight 6 and the head 8, i.e. the body 9, there is a loose connection, and so that the eye 10, due to the elasticity of plastics, is slightly wider than the diameter of the body 9, and therefore the insertion 7 cannot be all by itself pulled out from the weight 6 once when it is fitted into the weight 6, and is drawn through the weight 6, while the link 4, to which the eye 10 is coupled, does not allow pulling out the insertion 7 from the weight 6. Moreover, it is possible to make the insertion 7 from other materials, which are not dangerous to the environment, as it is the case with rubber.

In Figures 10, 11 and 12, there is a weight 6 with a cylindrical opening 12 which continues into the cylindrical opening 13. Through the weight 6 passes the insertion 7, where in the opening 13, the head 8 is located, and a body 9 is located in the opening 12, so that the eye 10 comes to the opposite side of the weight 6. At the points of contact between the weight 6 and the head 8, in the opening 13, or the body

9, in the opening 12, a solid or a loose connection is achieved, and in any case the eye 10 is immediate to the end of the weight 6, that is secured with the appropriately chosen length of the insertion 7.

Figures 13 and 14 represent a single-part insertion 7, and at one end of its body 9 there is a head 8, and at the other end there is the eye 10, where the head 8 has to be of a diameter larger than the body 9, so that the insertion 7 can be kept in a defined position inside the weight 6.

Figure 15 represents detail ,,A" of the eye 10 from figure 13, to which the hinge 4 of the swivel 3 is connected or angling line 11 goes through the eye 10 i.e is attached thereto.

Figure 16 represents a lateral view of the insertion 7 with the head 8, the body 9 and the eye 10.

Figure 17 represents section A-A from figures 13 and 14

Figure 18 represents section B-B of the eye 10 of the insertion 7, from Figures 13 and 14, which is made in the shape of an elliptical torus, and the link 4 of swivel 3 is connected thereto.

Figures 19 and 20 represent the assembly of the ecological angling weight 6 with the insertion 7, where the angling line 11 is directly connected to the eye 10 or goes through the eye 10 of the insertion 7.

Eye 10 of the insertion 7 is achieved in the form of an elliptical torus, so that the line 11, going through the eye 10, comes in touch with the round part of the eye

10, and as eye 10 is of plastics, the probability of spoiling the angling line 11 is prevented or reduced to minimum. Figures 21 and 22 represent the ecological angling weight 6 with cylindrical opening 12, which extends into the widened cylindrical opening 13. In the opening 12 there is the body 9 of the insertion 7, and in the opening 13 is its head 8.

Assembly of the ecological angling weight according to the variation IV is represented in figure 23, where through the weight 6 partially or completely passes a rubber cylindrical tubule 14, placed inside the rubber carrier 15, which is inserted into the weight 6, and through the carrier 15 and the tubule 14, the line 11 passes. The length of the tubule 14 is equal to the length of the weight 6.

In the opening 13 of the weight 6, a carrier 15 is fitted, and in the cylindrical opening 12 a tubule 14 is fitted. Tubule 14 partially or completely passes through the weight 6 and the carrier 15, so that the line 11 is in touch with the tubule 14, and the risk that it will be spoiled is eliminated or at least reduced.

Figures 24 and 25 represent the tubule 14 with cylindrical opening 16 through which the line 11 passes.

Figures 26 and 27 represent a earner 15 whereon a cylindical opening 17 is made, which continues into a conical opening 18, and along the rim of the carrier 15, and in one part of it, a widening 19 is made, in the form of an annular ring of trapezium cross section. Widening 19 is intended to provide a solid detachable frictional connection between the carrier 15 and the weight 6, with carrier 15 fitted in opening 13. Opening 18 is made for simpler placement of the tubule 16 inside the opening or through the opening 17 on the carrier 15.

Experimentally established has been a dimensional ratio of the characteristics of the carrier 15 that provide a solid connection by friction between the opening 13 on the weight 6 and the carrier 15 in the part of the contact at widening 19 with the opening 13. Also achieved is a solid assembly between the carrier 15 in the part of its opening 17 and the tubule 14. Such construction of the earner 15, the tubule 14 and weight 6 with openings 12 and 13, along with the elasticity of rubber elements, provides the friction between them, and simple mounting of the assembly.

Weights 1 and 6 are made of artificial stone as a homogenous mixture, obtained by mixing the components of grinded stone (calcium carbonate - CaCO₃) of granulation 0,02 to 0,25 mm, with thermoactive synthetic resin, and it is possible to add colour thereto, thus the weights obtain a decorative feature, as well. During the preparation of the mass, we take 60 to 80 % mass units of calciumm carbonate and 20 to 40 % mass units of thermoactive synthetic resin, so that mixture prepared in this way, is shaped inside the tool (die), to obtain the weights 1 and 6 of approximately elliptical shape. Weights produced in this way represent a special unit, water indissoluble, fragrance free, and unpoisionous to flora and fauna, and moreover it fits in as a natural one when lost in water, as it often hapens during angling.

The weights are also produced from natural aggregate and from stone for production of aggregates for concrete, according to standard JUS B.B2.009. According to this standard, the stone used in production of aggregates for concrete which is not exposed to wearing, is allowed to have a certain loss in volume, and water absorbtion up to 1%, as well as a loss in the mass after 5 cycles in the saturated solution of natrium sulphate in up to 5 %.

Also the mass for manufacturing the weights is prepared from rock flour (dust) for carbohydrate mixtures according to JUS B.B3.045, where the rock flour (dust) is a stone material of the size of 0,71 mm, or from a filler made of rock flour (dust) of a size of less than 0,09 mm.

Equally applied is natural calcium carbonate used in the industry of rubbber (JUS B.B6.031), examined natural stone resistant to frost according to JUS B.B8.001 or resistant to frost according to JUS B.B8.002, and also a stone of examined mineralogical and petrological composition (JUS B.B8.003).

According to standard JUS B.B8.004 represented is a stone aggregate, which is a natural aggregate (natural cohesionless rock), a natural separated aggregat (a material produced by reparation of natural aggregate), a crushed aggregate (material produced by crushing stone or natural aggregate, and by separation), a mixed aggregate (a mixture of natural separated and crushed aggregate), a large aggregate (aggregate of the minimum size of grain of 4 mm) and a tiny aggregate (aggregate with the largest rated grain size of 4 mm), it can be used for manufacturing the weights.

According to JUS B.B8.013, the examination of durability of natural stone under the influence of atmoshperic phenomena is requred.

Weights are produced in different sizes, from small to large masses, in the range of 30 to 150 grams, as being standard sizes, which does not mean that it is not possible to produce even heavier weights. Weights produced in this way are moulded in a tool.

Claims

C L A I M S

1. Ecological angling weight, is characterized in, that the weight (1, 6) is made of artificial stone as a homogenous mixture which contains from 60 to 80 % mass units of grinded calcium carbonate of a granulation of 0,02 to 0,25 mm and from 20 to 40 % mass units of thermoreactive resin.

2. Ecological angling weight, is characterized in, that the link (4) or a noose (5) is connected to the weight (1) making an integral unit which is, unless destroyed, impossible to disconnect.

3. Ecological angling weight, is characterized in, that in the widened cylindrical opening (13) and cylindrical opening (12) of a weight (6), a plastic insertion (7) or an assembly of a tubule (14) and its carrier (15) is placed.

4. Ecological angling weight, according to Claims 1 and 2 and variation II, is characterized in, that onto a noose (5), through a link (4) of a swivel (3), the fishing mechanism is connected.

5. Ecological angling weight, according to Claims 1, 2 and 4, is characterized in, that the noose (5) is made of wire and in one piece.

6. Ecological angling weight, according to Claims 1 and 3 and variation III, is characterized in, that into the opening (13) of a weight (6) the head (8) of the plastic insertion (7) is fitted, and in the opening (12) of a weight (6) the body (9) of the insertion (7) is fitted, where the eye (10) of the insertion (7) is on the other end of the weight (6).

7. Ecological angling weight, according to Claims 1 , 3 and 6 and variation III, is characterized in, that onto the eye (10) of the insertion (7) through the link (4) of a swivel (3) the angling mechanism is connected.

8. Ecological angling weight, according to Claims 1 , 3 and 6 and variation III, is characterized in, that the angling line (11) passes through the eye (10) of the insertion (7) or is connected to the eye (10) of the insertion piece (7).

9. Ecological angling weight, according to Claims 1 and 3 and variation IV, is characterized in, that the carrier (15) is placed in the opening (13) of the weight (6), and the tubule (14) is placed in the opening (17) of the carrier (15) or continues through the conical opening (18) on the carrier (15).

10. Ecological angling weight, according to Claims 1, 3 and 9 and variation IV, is characterized in, that the carrier (15) of the tubule (14) is achieved with a cylindrical opening (17) which continues into a conical opening (18) and that along the rim of the carrier (15) there is a widening (19) achieved in the form of a circular ring, where the section of the widening (19) is a trapezium.

11. Ecological angling weight, according to Claim 1, is characterized in, that the weight (1, 6) is manufactured in a tool.