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Old Fishing Rod Patents
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
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Date: March 22, 2009 11:52PM
While doing some googling I ran across some old & interesting patents
for fishing rods. One just happens to be a retreaval system filed in 1947 somewhat (only somewhat) like what was in RodMaker. [www.google.com] There is a LOT of funny old gizmos invented way back when too! I'm going to put a page on my website with a ton of links to old patents relating to or especially for fishing rods. Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: Old Fishing Rod Patents
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
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Date: March 23, 2009 08:55AM
I just read the patent information text. Very interesting concept. Instead of a simple denture cleaning tablet, they utilized a series of perforated cylinders to create a "torturous path" for the water to reach the deployment device to prevent it from releasing in the rain or in shallow water. And, a spring that could only be compressed to allow a direct flow of water in when the pressure (from water depth) reached a certain point.
I'd put mine up against theirs any day, but have to admit that had they had access to denture cleaning tablets back then they might have come up with the very same thing I did. Denture cleaning technology took a previously cumbersome idea and made it a reality. Who would have thought such a thing. .............. Re: Old Fishing Rod Patents
Posted by:
Raymond Adams
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Date: March 23, 2009 07:54PM
Hat's off to the tinkerers and inventors of old and new.
While I was checking out many old patents, many things made me laugh but others were quite interesting and thought provoking. Many things we use today have roots going back quite aways. More so than I thought and if it wasn't for many inventors we might still be throwing rocks instead of jigs. Raymond Adams Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it.. Re: Old Fishing Rod Patents
Posted by:
Michael Danek
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Date: March 24, 2009 08:21AM
While I have no idea about comparative costs or dissolve rates, another product that is similar in intent to what you are doing in the retrieve system is the dissolving plug used on some automatic life preservers. Since they support the pretty strong spring load of the triggering mechanism, they have to be pretty tough. Re: Old Fishing Rod Patents
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
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Date: March 24, 2009 10:07AM
That might work even better. I was just going for something readily available and inexpensive, that would still do what needed to be done.
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