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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1975
Robert R Graham, Spring Valley, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A fishing machine mounted on the side rail of a boat for automatically catching and boating fish. A rigid bracket is attached to the boat. The bracket has a base plate pivotally mounted thereon. A stator of a rotary actuator is attached to the base plate with its rotor supporting a hollow elongated fishing pole extending away from the boat to a fishing position over the water adjacent the outer deck periphery of the boat. A self-reciprocating hydraulic cylinder is attached between the bracket and the base plate to provide horizontal oscillational movement to the fishing pole. A fishing line with a fish catching lure at one end positioned below the surface of the water passes through the hollow fishing pole and its other end is attached to the control for the rotary actuator. Whn the weight of a fish is transmitted via the line to the rotary actuator control, the actuator rotor rotates in a manner to elevate the pole tip to a position over the deck of the boat. When the weight of the fish is no longer transmitted to the control, the rotor rotates in the opposite direction until the pole is again in its outboard fishing position. An additional control is provided to vertically oscillate the tip of the pole while in the fishing position in the absence of an attached fish.