(under subclass 4) Devices which make either a visible or an audible signal when the fish has been hooked on a line.
(1) Note. Sounds made by mere reel-brake, drag, or clicker mechanisms or mere visual movement of the reel have not been considered as signal means.
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16, for automatic hookers with signals.
58, for signal devices designed for animal-traps where the invention resides in the signal device and not in the trap. Signal devices attached to traps where the invention is in the trap structure are to be found with the various types of traps.
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116, Signals and Indicators. 242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding,
305+, for a fishing reel with a signal or indicator, and subclass 912 for an indicator or signal analogous to Class 242 in general use.
340, Communications: Electrical, for miscellaneous electric signals and signal systems which may be automatically responsive to a condition, especially
