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Fish callers

Assignee: A L Construction & Sales Corp
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Filing: 1962-08-17
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Granted: 1963-09-24
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Expires: 1982-08-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Amore Michael J D
  • 👤 Lewis D Thill

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 14:52
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01K; A01K85/00; A01K85/01; F; F21; F21L; F21L2/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 444 words
A FISH CALLER, COMPRISING: A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL CASING BODY HAVING A REARWARD END AND A FORWARD END; A CAP THREADED ONTO THE REARWARD END OF SAID BODY CASING, SAID CAP HAVING AN INTERNAL, FORWARDLY-FACING ANNULAR SHOULDER, AND SAID CAP HAVING A TAPPED, TRANSVERSE BORE THERETHROUGH; A FLEXIBLE SEALING DIAPHRAGM INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID CAP SHOULDER AND THE ABUTTING END OF THE CASING BODY; A SCREW SHAFT PROJECTING THROUGH AND LONGITUDINALLYMOVABLY CARRIED IN SAID TAPPED CAP BORE, SAID SCREW SHAFT BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGM; A UNITARY METAL FRAME IN SAID CASING BODY HAVING A FLAT ELONGATED BASE, HAVING AN INTEGRAL, FLAT SPRING REAR END PORTION BENT UPWARDLY AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO SAID BASE NORMALLY SPACED SLIGHTLY FROM SAID FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGM BUT BEING ENGAGEABLE THEREBY AND ADAPTED TO BE DEFLECTED FORWARDLY WHEN SAID SCREW SHAFT IS TURNED FORWARDLY, SAID UNITARY FRAME HAVING SPRING-LIKE, BATTERY-RETAINING LEGS ADAPTED TO RELEASABLY HOLD A BATTERY IN A POSITION WITH ITS BASE TERMINAL NORMALLY SPACED SLIGHTLY FORWARDLY OF SAID FRAME REAR END PORTION BUT BEING ENGAGEABLE THEREBY WHEN SAID FRAME END PORTION IS DEFLECTED FORWARDLY, SAID FRAME HAVING AN ARMATURE BRACKET ARM INTEGRAL THEREON FORWARDLY OF SAID BATTERY RETAINING LEGS, AND SAID FRAME INCLUDING AN UPRIGHT FORWARD END PORTION HAVING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH; A DRY CELL BATTERY CARRIED BY SAID RETAINING LEGS; A LIGHT BULB THREADED INTO THE APERTURED FRAME FORWARD END PORTION; A SIDE PIECE OF NON-CONDUCTING MATERIAL SECURED TO THE SIDE OF SAID FRAME ARMATURE BRACKET; A METAL CONDUCTING ARM MOUNTED ON SAID SIDE PIECE, SAID ARM HAVING A PORTION CONTACTING THE FORWARD TERMINAL ON SAID BATTERY, AND SAID ARM HAVING A FORWARD PORTION CONTACTING THE TERMINAL ON SAID LIGHT BULB; A FLAT, SPRING-LIKE ARMATURE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME ARMATURE BRACKET AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM; A SCREW-SUPPORTING ARM MOUNTED ON SAID SIDE PIECE AND EXTENDING LATERALLY OVER SAID ARMATURE; A VERTICALLY-ADJUSTABLE ARMATURE CONTACT SCREW CARRIED BY SAID SCREW-SUPPORTING ARM AND BEARING AGAINST THE TOP OF SAID ARMATURE; AN ELECTROMAGNET MOUNTED ON THE FRAME BASE IMMEDIATELY BELOW AND SPACED FROM THE FORWARD, FREE END OF SAID ARMATURE; A LEAD WIRE CONNECTING SAID METAL CONDUCTING ARM TO SAID ELECTROMAGNET; AN OPPOSITE LEAD WIRE CONNECTING SAID ELECTROMAGNET TO SAID SCREWSUPPORTING ARM, THUS PROVIDING A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO SAID ELECTROMAGNET AND LIGHT BULB MEMBERS WHEN THE FRAME REAR END PORTION IS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BATTERY BASE TERMINAL; A TRANSLUCENT CONE MOUNTED ON THE FORWARD END OF THE CASING BODY, THE REARWARD END OF SAID CONE ABUTTING THE UPTURNED FRAME FORWARD END; SEALING MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID CONE AND CASING MEMBERS; AND A NUT THREADED ONTO THE FORWARD END OF SAID CASING TO REMOVABLY RETAIN SAID CONE IN POSITION THEREON.

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