Patents Assigned to SHIMANO AMERICAN CORP.
  • Heated liquid tapered line production device and method
    Patent number: 9776369
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tapered line production device and method for efficiently producing line of varying thickness. An additional aspect of the present invention is to employ a heat transfer media to provide a tapered fishing line production device and method that operates at high rates of production. Further, the device may be configured to create tapered fishing line with minimal transitional distances between tapered sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SHIMANO AMERICAN CORP.
    Inventors: Brett Scott Hensley, James William Swartz, Jr., LLoyd Daniel Norlin
  • HEATED LIQUID TAPERED LINE PRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140265008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tapered line production device and method for efficiently producing line of varying thickness. An additional aspect of the present invention is to employ a heat transfer media to provide a tapered fishing line production device and method that operates at high rates of production. Further, the device may be configured to create tapered fishing line with minimal transitional distances between tapered sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SHIMANO AMERICAN CORP.
    Inventors: BRETT SCOTT HENSLEY, JAMES WILLIAM SWARTZ, Jr., LLOYD DANIEL NORLIN