KNOT-TYPING DEVICE FOR BARREL KNOTS

• US 3,713,680 A
• Filed: 02/09/1971
• Issued: 01/30/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samuel J. Pagano
• Original Assignee: Samuel J. Pagano
• Inventors: Pagano, Samuel J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rimrodt, Louis K.
• Application Number:
  US05/113,887
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: 289/17
• US Class Current: 289/17
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 91/04 for connecting lines to hooks or lures
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/31 Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 69/04 by knotting

Abstract

A knot-tying device for use in tying a true barrel knot between lines, the device having four resiliently releasable retaining means located on a block, two of the means being located for holding the lines in place during wrapping and threading of the lines and the other two of the means being located for holding the terminal ends of the lines after wrapping and threading, and direction indicating means for indicating the direction of threading for establishing a true barrel knot.

Claims

1. A knot-tying device having a plurality of laterally spaced line holding means for use in tying a true barrel knot between first and second lines, said knot-tying device comprising:

a block; and

at least four releasable retaining means on said block located one at each of the four corners of a polygon having at least four sides, each of said four retaining means being oriented such that a length of one or the other of said first and second lines will be releasably retained therein with the line extending transverse to the plane of said polygon;

at least two of said retaining means being resiliently releasable and facing one another such that the length of line retained therein will be released therefrom in response to lateral movement of said retained Lengths toward one another;

direction indicating means on said block extending in directions parallel to the plane of said polygon; and

a plurality of releasable retaining means secured to the rear portion of said block in spaced relationship to each other for receiving and releasably holding, respectively, the terminal end of each of said lines.

2. A knot-tying device having a plurality of laterally spaced line holding means for use in tying a true barrel knot between first and second lines, said knot-tying device comprising:

a block having opposite front and rear portions, said portions extending longitudinally between opposite ends of the block, and a pair of opposite side portions extending transversely between the front and rear portions;

a first resiliently releasable retaining means secured to the front portion adjacent one end of said block for receiving and releasably holding the first line at a location on the line spaced from the terminal end of the line;

a second resiliently releasable retaining means secured to the front portion adjacent the other end of said block spaced from said first resiliently releasable retaining means for receiving and releasably holding the second line generally parallel to the first line at a location on the line spaced from the terminal end of the second line;

said first and second resiliently releasable retaining means facing one another so as to enable the respective lines retained therein to be released in response to lateral movement of the lines toward one another;

third and fourth releasable retaining means at the rear portion of the block for receiving and releasably holding, respectively, the terminal end of each of said lines; and

direction indicating means at said side portions for indicating the direction in which the terminal end of each line is to be threaded between the lines retained in said first and second retaining means prior to being secured in said third and fourth retaining means.

3. The knot-tying device of claim 2 wherein:

said block is a bar, said front and rear portions are opposite front and rear surfaces on said bar and said side portions are opposite side surfaces on said bar;

said first resiliently releasable retaining means is a first spring clip affixed to the bar adjacent one end of the bar and includes a jaw with an opening facing the other end of the bar;

said second resiliently releasable retaining means is a second spring clip affixed to the bar adjacent the other end of the bar and includes a jaw with an opening facing said one end of the bar;

the jaw of the first spring clip being spaced longitudinally along the front surface from the jaw of the second spring clip.

4. The knot-tying device of claim 3 wherein:

said third releasable retaining means is a third spring clip affixed to the bar adjacent one end of the bar and includes a jaw with an opening facing the other end of the bar; and

said fourth releasable retaining means is a fourth spring clip affixed to the bar adjacent the other end of the bar and includes a jaw with an opening facing said one end of the bar;

the jaw of the third spring clip being spaced longitudinally along the rear surface from the jaw of the fourth spring clip.

5. The knot-tying device of claim 4 wherein each of said spring clips is a leaf spring and said direction indicating means includes:

a first pointer on one of said side surfaces pointing from the rear surface toward the front surface; and

a second pointer on the other of said side surfaces pointing from the front surface toward the rear surface.

6. The knot-tying device of claim 5 wherein said bar is a parallelepiped.

7. The knot-tying device of claim 3 wherein said direction indicating means includes:

a first pointer on one of said side surfaces pointing from the rear surface toward the front surface; and

a second pointer on the other of said side surfaces pointing from the front surface toward the reaR surface.

8. The knot-tying device of claim 3 wherein each of said spring clips is a leaf spring.

9. The knot-tying device of claim 2 wherein said block is a bar, said front and rear portions are opposite front and rear surfaces on said bar and said side portions are opposite side surfaces on said bar, said knot-tying device including first and second coil springs located at opposite ends of the bar, each of said coil springs having a first arm with a first portion extending longitudinally along the rear surface of the bar toward the other end of the bar, a second portion passing transversely through the bar, and a third portion terminating in a first finger extending further toward the other end of the bar along the front surface of the bar, said first finger including a first jaw resiliently biased against said front surface by said coil spring, and a second arm with a first portion extending longitudinally toward the other end of the bar and spaced from said front surface, a second portion passing through the bar, and a third portion terminating in a second finger extending further toward the other end of the bar along the rear surface of the bar, said second finger including a second jaw resiliently biased against said rear surface by said coil spring.

10. The knot-tying device of claim 9 wherein said direc-tion indicating means includes:

a first pointer on one of said side surfaces pointing from the rear surface toward the front surface; and

a second pointer on the other of said side surfaces pointing from the front surface toward the rear surface.

11. The knot-tying device of claim 10 wherein said bar is a parallelepiped.

12. The knot-tying device of claim 2 wherein each said resiliently releasably retaining means comprises a pair of juxtaposed jaws of elastomeric material.

13. The knot-tying device of claim 2 wherein said block is constructed at least partially of an elastomeric material and at least one of said resiliently releasable retaining means comprises a slit passing through said elastomeric material for receiving and gripping a line.

14. The knot-tying device of claim 13 wherein said third and fourth releasable retaining means are, respectively, slits in said body adjacent the rear edge thereof.

15. The knot-tying device of claim 13 wherein:

said block includes a body of elastomeric material, said front and rear portions are opposite front and rear edges of said body and said side portions are side surfaces on said body;

said first resiliently releasable retaining means is a first slit in said body extending from a closed end adjacent one end of the body toward an open end facing the other end of the body; and

said second resiliently releasable retaining means is a second slit in said body extending from a closed end adjacent the other end of the body toward an open end facing the open end of the first slit and spaced longitudinally therefrom.

16. The knot-tying device of claim 15 wherein said body includes a notch therein extending from the front edge toward the rear edge of the body and the open ends of the first and second slits are located at said notch.

17. The knot-tying device of claim 15 wherein said direction indicating means includes:

a first pointer on one of said side surfaces pointing from the rear edge toward the front edge; and

a second pointer on the other of said side surfaces pointing from the front edge toward the rear edge.

18. The knot-tying device of claim 15 wherein said block is a composite block including a pair of relatively rigid side plates extending along said side surfaces such that the body of elastomeric material is sandwiched between the side plates, said side plates having a configuration which terminates short of the slits in the body so as to expose the slits for the reception of said lines.

19. The knot-tying device of claim 18 wherein said body includes a notch therein extending from the front edge toward the rear edge of the body and the opEn ends of the first and second slits are located at said notch.