Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Koichi Tanoue

Kenichi Yamada

Shigehiko Fujita

Seiji Yokogawa

Kiyoshi Takenaka

An electrically operated, hand-held tier for tying a length of fishline to a fishhook comprises a tying wheel mounted rotatably on a bearing boss for rotation in one direction. The tying wheel has an anchoring member secured thereto for holding releaseably one end portion of the fishline after the fishline has been passed through the bearing boss. One end of a fishhook opposite to its sharp point is adapted to be received in coaxial relation to the bearing boss and has a number of turns of the fishline formed thereon when the tying wheel is rotated several times thereabout. The rotation of the tying wheel is effective to form a knot on the fishline which is necessary to secure the fishhook to the fishline.

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Hirakata, Japan

Koichi Tanoue