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Title: |
US4663806:
Fish handle
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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Mangum, Owen A.; Douglas, AZ 85607

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Assignee: |
None

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Published / Filed: |
1987-05-12
/ 1986-04-21

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Application Number: |
US1986000853877

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A22C 25/06;
Core:
A22C 25/00;
IPC-7:
A22C 25/06;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
452/195;
Original:
017/070;

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Field of Search: |
017/044,44.3,44.2,70,21

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Priority Number: |
| 1986-04-21 |
US1986000853877 |

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Abstract: |
A fish clamp for cleaning and scaling operations having a handle, opposing jaws and a spring means for tensioning the jaws closed, where each jaw has rows of intermeshing teeth, one along the front edge and two disposed in a V-shaped pattern therebehind, where each tooth defines the trace of a cycloid.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Hall, Myers & Rose ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Abercrombie, Willie G.;

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Maintenance Status: |
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A tool for securing fish, comprising:
- (a) a handle;
- (b) a first and a second opposed coacting members connected to said handle, said members being pivotally mounted relative to each other and capable of movement between a first closed position and a second open position;
- (c) means for tensioning said members in said first closed position;
- (d) a first row of teeth disposed along the front edge of said members and a second and a third rows of teeth in a V-shape configuration disposed behind and diverging from said first row,
- where said first, second and third rows of teeth of said first member lie substantially in a plane and correspond to and cooperate with said first, second and third rows of teeth of said second member in a manner to prevent movement of a clamped fish in two dimensions.

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