APPARATUS FOR STOWING LONG LINE FOR RESETTING

摘要

Apparatus for stowing longline for resetting while hauling the longline, in which the hooks are successively captured by a cooperating entry brush and opposing guide track surface so as to be advanced in controlled succession along the track by a hauler engaging the longlines ground line and preferably comprising a V-groove, power-driven sheave. Opposing transverse rollers angled to line advancement at the discharge side of the sheave feed the ground line to stowage, while the captured hooks are drawn by their gangions into successively nested positions on an associated section of guide track ready for inspection, replacement and/or subsequent orderly release during resetting of the longline.