Abstract: A fishing equipment in which a main body formed into a shell shape is provided on its outside with three fins along the radial and axial direction, and a bore extending from the top to the bottom of said main body is provided therein. This fishing equipment designed to make various terminal tackles such as lure, practice plug etc.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a utility knife which is suitable for mounting at least two different types of blades and which has an improved safety feature. The knife of the invention has an elongated handle, and means for mounting a blade of one type at an end of the handle. In accordance with an important feature of the invention, the mounting means includes means for preventing the mounting of a blade at a given end of the handle when a blade is already mounted at the opposing end of the handle. In particular, in an embodiment of the invention the handle includes a pair of elongated mateable handle elements which conform generally in shape. A pair of blade-engaging units, each of which may be, for example, a suitably sized key or nub, are respectively disposed near the opposing ends of one of the handle elements. A blade-securing pad is disposed near one (only) end of the other handle element.

Abstract: A wire stripping tool with two facing jaw surfaces that slide over one another about a fixed pivot axis in a shearing motion. Arcuate grooves are formed in the facing surfaces at equal radii from the axis. The grooves lead inwardly from substantially radial leading edges. Wire fed between the leading edges is initially engaged by the leading edges and the insulative wire cover is cut through. Simultaneously, the wire is shifted in orientation from a position substantially perpendicular to the axis. One jaw member then operates against the body of the wire insulation while the opposite member slides the cut insulation axially off the wire core.

Abstract: An animal trap stake for anchoring an animal trap into the ground includes a generally cylindrical central shaft member which has a flat bottom edge and an enlarged exposed head portion. Secured to the central shaft member at a location adjacent the flat edge are oppositely disposed twisted wire pairs which extend upwardly and outwardly and serve as anchoring means for the animal trap stake once the stake is inserted into the ground. A swivel member which is disposed about the central shaft member and is freely pivotal and movable along the longitudinal length of the central shaft member provides the means for attachment and retention of the animal trap chain such that the chain swivels about the central shaft member rather than winding up on the shaft member.

Abstract: A work holder pallet or fixture for carrying a workpiece from station to station in a sequential machining line in combination with a workpiece clamp loosely carried by the pallet in a manner to permit loading and unloading of the pressure and the application of pressure to a workpiece to hold it against the pallet with a force developed by the clamp without any distortion reaction forces on the pallet.

Abstract: A cast fishing implement comprising a line a leader or snell, a hook device, a sinker attached to the line, and a bob consisting of a float body, with a weight at the forward end thereof, e.g. a lead ring. The bob is provided with a central cavity which is outwardly open at one end thereof and which at the opposite end terminates in an elongated channel inside a straight, rod-shaped extension rearward of the float body. The cavity is dimensioned such that it can contain the hook with the bait, spinner or the like, and said channel being dimensioned such that it can contain the sinker. The bob is adapted to lie flat on the surface of the water when the sinker is drawn all the way in to the end of the channel in the extension and the hook with the bait, spinner or the like lie within the cavity. The bob is balanced such that its center of gravity lies near the forward end of the bob, permitting it to stand upright when the hook, spinner or the like and the sinker have left the bob.

Abstract: A tool comprising a receptacle having a cylindrical portion defining a space therewithin adapted to receive a resilient seal after deformation of the latter by an external member is disclosed. A movable member carried by said receptacle comprises a tubular portion slidably received on the cylindrical portion and movable from a first position in which said tubular portion is opposite the space towards a second position in which said tubular portion is offset relative to the space against the action of a first spring. The tubular member is provided with an aperture adapted to receive the external member, and an element is slidably carried in said space and resiliently urged away from the latter by a pair of second springs, thereby expulsing the seal in a corresponding groove when the tubular member is moved towards its second position.

Abstract: A shear is disclosed in a preferred form which is particularly suited for cutting and trimming hair and which includes means for varying the length of stroke of the cutting blade or blades which reciprocate generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle, so that the unit can be manipulated in a manner similar to a comb or brush. The blade drive includes a transmission comprising a pair of eccentrics which are selectively phaseable to provide full range of stroke by addition and subtraction of their eccentric throws. The eccentrics are retained in their selected phase relationship by spring and frictional means which provide an overload release permitting the eccentrics to rephase to zero stroke when the imposed load overcomes the phase-retaining means. Control of the unit is effected by a rotatable and depressable button which controls the drive motor, adjusts the blade stroke by phasing of the eccentrics, and lowers the cutting blade or blades from a retracted position into a cutting position.

Abstract: An elongated sleeve or tubular member is provided concentrically fixed about the shank of a screwdriver with the sleeve having an axially flexible section between its opposed ends to facilitate axial shortening of the sleeve when the screwdriver is used to rotate a fastener the head of which is captured within the open end of the sleeve proximal to the blade of the screwdriver. Such axial shortening of the sleeve automatically seats the screwdriver blade within the slot in the head of the fastener when the frictional force between the screw's threads and those of the tapped hole into which it is being driven overcomes the interference fit between the free end of the sleeve and the screw head.

Abstract: A bait harness for use with an elongated shank fishhook, the harness having first and second sets of arm members which define bait-receiving openings, each set of arms being of lengths of resilient wire or ribbon material oriented in a bait-conforming configuration. The length of material associated with each set of arms is formed into a bight for securement of the harness to the shank, there being a length of the material interengaging the sets of arms to maintain the sets of arms in spaced-apart relationship on the shank. The harness effectively and safely secures live bait, such as a minnow in swimming positions on the fishhook adjacent its barbed hook.

Abstract: A trap for crustaceans and fish comprising a plastic mesh forming walls in the shape of a hollow hexagonal prism, made up of two trough shaped parts and end walls. End walls contain frusto conical inlets and interchangeable end walls are closed. Ballast in the shape of elongate extruded hollow square section plastic tubes filled with concrete is fixed to one trough shaped part, an opening in the other trough shaped part can have a frusto conical pipe extending into the trap or a lid, for removing the catch. Tongue and socket connectors for the trough shaped parts have a cross sectional shape for the tongue like a capital letter E with the middle web longer than the outer webs. A bait basket is in two halves which are threaded onto a pin which has a handle at one end and a detent at the other end to clip into a socket in the inner surface of the trough shaped part which carries the ballast.

Abstract: An improved hook fishing device is described which consists of a base plate provided with side shoulders and capable of being fixed in the ground. A tubular member, located in a vertical plane and adapted to house the end portion of the fishing rod, is pivoted to the plate. A tension spring anchored in the plate holds the tubular member in slanted position. On the opposite side of the spring, is pivoted a small rod adapted to rotate in a vertical plane and provided with a lower tooth capable of engaging with a ridge formed onto the tubular member. At diametrally opposed positions, two movable circle sectors, of suitable width, rigid with the tubular member, are capable of defining a protecting gap for the spring, the two circle sectors cooperate with corresponding circle sectors fixed to the shoulders of the base plate. The movable sectors are effective to rotate in the inside of the fixed sectors and act as stop members for the downward rotation of the tubular member.

Abstract: A combination tool capable of drilling a hole in a workpiece, driving a fastener into that hole, and withstanding the vibrational environment of a rotary hammer is provided. An adaptor having a tapered portion which is inserted in the chuck of a power tool, such as a rotary hammer, has a polygonal drive transmitting configuration on its other end. A longitudinal bore extending at least partially along the axis of the adaptor receives a drill bit. The bit and bore have mating external and internal tapers to insure driving engagement. Once the bit has drilled a hole in a workpiece, a drive collar is slipped onto the polygonal drive transmitting portion of the adaptor and the fastener-engaging recess thereof used to drive a self-tapping fastener into that hole.

Abstract: An auxiliary tool for holding a rotatable fastener in engaged relation with a driving tool until the fastener can be started into the work is versatile and can be used with many different kinds of driving tools. In use, the present tool is secured magnetically to a ferrous metal portion of the driving tool. Spring rods on the tool can be separated and engaged with a fastener to hold the fastener therebetween and in engagement with the driving portion of the driving tool. Once the fastener is well started into the work, the present tool can be quickly and easily removed to permit the driving tool to be used alone.

Abstract: A spark wheel blank is provided with spaced helical grooves and lands or the like, as in a conventional threading or knurling operation. The blank so prepared is forced coaxially through the bore of a broaching die having a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutting surfaces which cut spaced notches across the lands to form a plurality of axially and circumferentially spaced teeth on the blank. The spark wheel thus formed is then subjected to an additional broaching step to remove portions of the teeth formed in the first broaching step, providing sharpened teeth for improved sparking performance.

Abstract: A wire stripper formed of an elongated housing having a notched section which divides the housing into a forward head portion and a rearward body portion. A fixed blade is securely retained in the head portion and extends into the notched section. A hollow chamber formed in the body portion includes a leaf spring having a movable blade supported at its forward end and also extending into the notched section in opposition to the fixed blade. Together, the blades cooperatively define a wire receiving and stripping throat. An actuating lever extends through an elongated opening in the housing and into engagement with the leaf spring to move the leaf spring between a forward and rearward position whereby the movable blade can be spaced from the fixed blade to thereby receive the wire and can then be forwardly biased against the fixed blade to thereby cut and strip the wire.

Abstract: The method of making a fishing lure includes the steps of applying a barrier coat to the cavity of a pair of mold halves, slipping an elongated hollow tube or an elongated hollow tube and hollow metal weight onto a mandrel, placing the mandrel across the cavity of one mold half with the tube or tube and weight within the bounds of the cavity, charging the mold cavity and clamping the mold halves together for curing the body. The body is removed from the molds, the elongated mandrel is pulled from the body leaving the elongated tube or tube and weight formed in the body, then painting, decorating and attaching the screw eyes and hooks through the removed mandrel openings.

Abstract: A set of traveling sheaves is moved relative to stationary sheaves with the sheaves containing wraps of fishing line from between a spool or source of the line and the hook or terminous of the line. By moving the movable sheaves relative to the stationary sheaves, the line can be quickly retrieved or quickly released when letting out line.

Abstract: A hand-held grinder including a motor, a motor output shaft and a grinding tool mounted on the motor output shaft. Water is supplied from a source through a port into a sealed annular chamber surrounding the output shaft. A bore extends concentrically through the shaft between a point adjacent the annular chamber and the end of the shaft remote from the motor. Communicating bores extend radially through the shaft and through a collar keyed to the shaft from the concentric bore to the annular chamber. Additional bores, adjacent the end of the shaft remote from the motor, provide communications between the concentric bore and the outside of the shaft. Preferably, the sum of the cross-sectional areas of these last-mentioned bores is relatively less than the cross-sectional area of the concentric bore. Water dispensed through these communicating bores is atomized by rotation of the motor output shaft and grinding tool.

Abstract: The invention disclosed relates to a cable-cutting device for cutting a cable under tension. The device is intended for use in conjunction with aircraft, particularly helicopters to provide reasonable protection to the rotor mast assembly, from cable strikes. The novel device comprises a pair of co-acting cable-cutting edges arranged at a suitable angle to produce a wedge-like mechanical advantage to at least partially cut a cable so that the cable will fail under moderate tension.