Abstract: A valved balloon fishing system comprising a balloon, valve attached to the balloon, hook line attached to the valve, rod line attached to the valve, hook attached to the end of the hook line opposite the valve, and fishing rod and reel attached to the end of the rod line opposite the valve, whereby wind blows the balloon offshore and the balloon is deflated when a fish takes the hook, thereby giving a clear visual signal that a fish is ready to be reeled in.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cathode ray tube is provided for comprising a neck portion 4 in which an electron 5 having resilient elements 14 is secured. The method comprises a manufacturing step in which the electron gun 5 is inserted into the neck portion 4 by means of a managing tool 57 which serves to press together the resilient elements 14. Viewed in the axial direction, the managing tool 57 is located outside and clear of the neck portion 4.

Abstract: A container for the storage and transportation of fishing hooks and lures. The container is a hollow body with the external shape of a fish, surrounding an internal chamber, with access through an opening in the bottom for access to the hooks or lures. The opening extends and includes the mouth end of the fish-like container, allowing the hooks or lures to be stored while still attached to the fishing line. The fish-shaped container also includes a generally circular shaped hook or loop in the caudal fin, to accommodate attachment of the container to fishing rod eyelets, or the fishing reel.

Abstract: A fishing lure having a lure body with a main bore and a mid-portion bore. The main bore extends longitudinally through the body between its front and rear ends and the mid-portion bore branches from the main bore and extends to a lower side of the lure body. A first line portion passes through the main bore and terminates in a rear attachment loop located outward of the body to which a rear hook is attached. A second line portion passes through a forward portion of the main bore and the mid-portion bore and terminates in a side attachment loop located outward of the body to which a side hook is attached. The first and second line portions are connected together outward of the body at its forward end to form a fishing line attachment loop to which a fishing line may be coupled.

Abstract: A ceramic shell mould (70) for casting a single crystal turbine blade comprises a plurality of article portions, (72), each of which has an article chamber (74) for defining the shape of a turbine blade, a plurality of selector portions (76), a plurality of starter portions (80) and a runner portion (84). The runner portion (84) comprises a first subsection (86) which has a central axis (87) arranged parallel to, and spaced from, the central axes (73) of the article portions (72) and a plurality of second subsections (90) which interconnect the first subsection (86) with the article portions (72). The second subsections (90) are arranged to make an acute angle with the first subsection (86) of the runner portion (84) and with the starter portions (80) so that the second subsections (90) may bend to allow relative movement between the first subsection (86) and the starter portions (80) to prevent the cast turbine blades falling off the mould.

Abstract: A weedless fishing apparatus includes a hook having a shank, a curved throat portion and a point. The curved throat portion is sufficient resilient that the point can be moved toward the shank to a retracted or cocked position and so that upon release of the point from the retracted position, the resilient curved throat portion will spring the point back to an extended fish hooking position. A releasable retaining device is provided for retaining the point of the hook in the retracted position and for releasing the point of the hook from the retracted position when tension is applied to a fishing line attached to the apparatus.

Abstract: A reflow furnace in which the rate at which the temperature of the parts being processed can change can be varied throughout the furnace in order to provide a high initial rise rate, a period of low or no rise, and a very fast rise to a temperature above the melting point of solder followed by a fast drop to a temperature below the melting point of the solder. The entire operation is performed in an atmosphere of air, inert gas, active gas, or combustible gas. In a stabilization zone and a reflow zone, the primary heating mode is forced, controlled convection that is perpendicular to surface of an assembly to be soldered.

Abstract: An improved flea trap (10) capable of arresting very high percentages of available fleas is provided which includes an illumination system (14) which is located in an elevated position and emits a preferred, relatively narrow-band visible spectrum; the source is operated to give an effective variable light intensity, such as by intermittent on-off operation thereof. Preferably, the trap (10) includes an upright frame assembly (12) supporting a central transparent tube (38). A low wattage incandescent light bulb (42) is positioned within tube (38) and serves, with a light filter sheet (54) applied to the interior of tube (38), to emit flea-attracting illumination presenting a spectrum having its maximum peak centered at a wavelength of from about 450-650 nm, and with a maximum peak half-height-width of from about 50-175 nm.

Abstract: A plastic shelled game bird decoy is converted to an animated decoy by providing rod-like wing supports rotatably mounted to the interior of the plastic shell and attached together to an operation cord, wire, rope, or the like in a manner that can rotationally move the supports away from the exterior of the shell body. Flexible wing members resembling the wings of the decoy specie are attached to each of the rod-like wing supports so that movement of the rods will simultaneously move both of the wings in a realistic flapping or flagging movement. The wings can be in separate pieces or preferably a single piece attached to the rods and to the back of the decoy shell.

Abstract: An insect trap comprising a base defining a receptacle with an open top, a bait support supported by the base, the periphery of the base supporting an intermediate cover and a light transmissive cover, said intermediate cover having an aperture providing access between a first space defined between the intermediate cover the bait support and a second space between the intermediate cover and the light transmissive cover wherein the inter-engagement between the base and the light transmissive cover or the intermediate cover and the light transmissive cover comprises a pair of substantially concentric portions which are capable of relative rotation with respect to each other wherein each portion is formed with a set of apertures at spaced locations which can be brought into and out of alignment with respect to each other on relative rotation between the portions to vary the degree of access between the exterior of the insect trap and the first space.

Abstract: A device suitable for ice fishing has a base supported above a hole in the ice. A horizontal shaft is rotatably attached to the base and has a wind driven fan at one end and a crank at the other end. A guide member is pivoted to the end of the crank and guides a fishing line wound on a reel with a bait hook in the water. When the fan rotates the shaft and crank, the guide member moves about its pivot point on the crank. This motion causes the hook to rise and fall and move horizontally in the water to attract a fish. The fishing device also has a spring strip having one end attached to the base and the outer end includes a curved portion and a flag. A stop plate is slidably mounted on the spring strip. The spring strip in the set position has the curved portion positioned in a notch on a plate attached to the base. A reel, upon which the fishing line is wound is rotatably attached to the base adjacent the notch and has a trip pin which rotates with the reel.

Abstract: A buoyancy body including an assembly of smaller parts formed in such a manner that the smaller parts have no large thickness. The parts are individually produced as foam plastic parts in order to achieve a desired small cell structure. The assembled buoyancy body provides a solid form plastic ball from only two parts, without these parts, at any place, having a material thickness that is more than just a fraction of the ball diameter.

Abstract: A threaded rattle capsule which is designed for attachment to a hook and threadable insertion in a flexible plastic lure or other flexible lure such as pork rind or the like, for use in fishing. In a first preferred embodiment the threaded rattle capsule includes a cap ring at the unthreaded end for mounting in the eye of a hook and insertion in a flexible lure, wherein the barb of the hook is also inserted in the lure. In another preferred embodiment the unthreaded end of the threaded rattle capsule is provided with a connecting mechanism for attachment to the hook shank and is threaded in a lure such that the lure trails the hook during retrieval.

Abstract: A fly tying tool and optional braiding head attachment therefore for slidable mounting on a conventional fish fly hook holding device is disclosed. The tool features a body member containing a cylindrical bore therethrough which permits the member to be slidably mounted on the shaft of a fly hook holding vise such that the vise jaws project out of one end of the member. A plurality of elongate wire arms are tiltably attached to the body member such that they can be tilted between operative fly tying positions and retracted, storage positions. The tool also includes a guide collar which is removably attachable to a threaded end portion of the body member, the elongated outwardly opening grooves spaced apart therearound for confining the wire arms in the grooves when the arms are in their operative positions relative to the vise jaws.

Abstract: A fish bait container or the like including a bucket having a cavity for holding a quantity of water or the like and a quantity of fish bait, such as minnows, shrimp, or the like, dispersed in the water; a lid movable between a first position covering the mouth of the bucket and a second position positioned away from the mouth of the bucket; and an arm fixedly joined to the lid for movement with the lid and for substantially separating the fish bait from the water when the lid is moved from the first position to the second position. The bucket is preferably molded out of Styrofoam.RTM. or the like. The lid and arm are preferably molded out of plastic as a one-piece, integral unit which is pivotally attached to the bucket.

Abstract: A gaff and measuring device is a hook connected to a measuring means. The gaff and measuring device also includes a handle and a lever to provide extra stability in maneuvering the hook and measuring means. The lever is also used as a surface against which the fish can be place while being measured.

Abstract: A coupler for collapsible joints consisting of a hollow body having an interior cavity, an exterior surface with an arcuate portion, and an arcuate slot extending radially from the interior cavity to the exterior surface over at least 90 degrees of the arcuate portion. A receptacle is provided for attaching a first support member to the body. An elongate fastening member extends through the slot, and is adapted to extend into a second support member thereby securing the body to the second support member. The body rotates about a first axis transverse to the fastening member to the extent that clearance is provided by the slot thereby positioning the support member between a first position in parallel alignment with the base and a second position substantially at right angles to the base. In the second position the body is rotatable about a second axis provided by the fastening member to alter the rotational positioning of the slot relative to the fastening member.

Abstract: A sport fishing tackle box is provided which consists of a generally rectangular base, a generally rectangular raised lid hinged to the generally rectangular base and a structure for retaining a plurality of different sized salt water lures and leaders therein, so that the lures are separated from each other with the leaders positioned above their respective lures.

Abstract: A bite detector for fishing of the type typically used with a fishing rod and reel combination which is placed at or near the tip of a fishing rod, consisting of a lightweight, housing for a circuit having a motion detection means displaced between a power source and an audio or visual signalling means, or both, typically a light and a piezo-electric buzzer. The bite detector of the present invention utilizes a motion detection means which employs a resilient spring or wire which is not orientation dependent. The motion detector means comprises a first electrical contact, preferably a small, helical spring disposed within a cavity or passageway comprising a second electrical contact. When sufficient motion or vibration occurs, such as that as may be encountered when a fish strikes a baited hook, the first electrical contact will come into contact with the second electrical contact which in some embodiments may be the walls of the cavity, thus completing the circuit and triggering the signalling means.

Abstract: Described is a method for repelling at least one of the insect species:(a) Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae);(b) Aedes aegypti;(c) Aedes albopictus;(d) Anopheles spp.;(e) Coquillettidia perturbans;(f) Culiseta spp.;(g) Culex spp.;(h) Psorophora spp.;(i) Culicoides spp.; and/or(j) Lutzomyia spp.for a finite period of time from a three dimensional space comprising the step of exposing the three dimensional space to an insect species (as named above) concentration and quantity of a composition of matter which is a mixture of the chemical compounds having the structures: ##STR1## produced according to U.S. Pat. No. 4,275,251 issued on Jun. 23, 1981. Also described is an insect repelling soap which also contains the aforementioned mixture of cycloalkanol derivatives.