Improvements in Guide Rings for the Lines of Fishing Rods.
Year: 1886

page_text: Improvements in Guide Rings for the Lines of Fishing Rods.
I, CYRIL EDWARD ROUTH, of St Michael's House, Cornhill, in the City of
London, Wine Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of the rings fixed on fishing
rods for the purpose of guiding the line as it is payed out or drawn in, and cousists
in making a small portion of the ordinary ring of a rectangular section, and
straight, that is parallel with a diameter of the ring. This ring is embraced by
a loop fixed upon the rod. The loop is rectangular in transverse section, so that
when the ring is turned round till the straight part of it enters the loop, the ring
will stand up, but as soon as the straight part is moved out of the loop, the ring
falls down upon the rod as usual.
It is obvious that the upright position of the rings will allow of the line passing
through them with the least possible friction, while their capability of falling down
upon the rod allows of the latter being packed in a case of no greater sectional
area than if it were fitted with loose rings of the ordinary kind. At the same
time the user of my invention will enjoy the advantages of upright rings without
that constant risk of their being bent or broken, to which the usual rigid type of
upright ring is always exposed.
In order that my invention, and the means by which it may be carried into
practical operation may be thoroughly understood, I will proceed to describe the
same in detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying figures which are to
be taken as part of this specification and read there with and in which like parts
are marked throughout the figures in which they occur with the same reference
letter.
Fig. 1-illustrates the use of my invention, the ring being in an upright position,
as it would be while the rod is in use.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the improved ring.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the invention, shewing the ring in an upright
position.
Fig. 4 is a plan shewing the ring lying down.
Fig. 5 is a plan of the top side of a strip, after the loop has been formed in it,
but before the spring and flanges have been turned up.
The figures are intentionally drawn on an exaggerated scale.
A is a piece of fishing rod, and B the line.

page_text: -C is one of my improved rings, on one side of which I form an extension D,
rectangular in section. The area of this part is considerably more than (about
four times) that of the wire forming the ring proper. It is disposed outside of
what would be the external surface of the ring were the latter regular throughout
its circumference.
Both faces d, d', of the part D are parallel with each other and with a diameter
of the ring, the inner face d¹ being recessed, thereby forming a notch.
Each ring is held upon the rod by a loop produced longitudinally into tabs, by
means of which it can be fastened to the rod in any convenient way, e.g., by
whipping or by small pins or screws.
E is the loop and e, e¹, the two tabs.
F is a continuation of the tab e, and when bent back upon the latter forms a
spring, the nosef of which enters a recess f¹, and presses with sufficient force
upon the outer face d of the rectangular enlargement D of the ring to keep the
latter up in the loop E as shewn in Fig: 3.
G, G form, when bent at right angles with the tab e, a pair of flanges producing
therewith a box in which the spring F has sufficient room to play. The edges of
the flanges and of the tab e¹ are in the same plane.
I do not confine myself to making the spring F in one piece with the tab e, as
it may be a separate piece of metal; neither do I confine myself to making the
flanges as long as the tab e, although I prefer to use a stamping of the shape
illustrated in Fig. 5 as I consider this as efficient as, and more economical than,
any other.
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Any suitable metal may be used for the purpose of my invention, but I find
that what is known as pin metal, i.e., a hard resilient brass, is a suitable one for
producing the loop, tabs, and spring.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
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1. A fishing line guide ring for the purpose of guiding the line having a
rectangular extension formed on it substantially as described with reference to the
accompanying figures.
2. A fishing line guide-ring for the purpose of guiding the line having a
rectangular extension the inner face of which is recessed, formed on it substan-
tially as described with reference to the accompanying figures.
3. The combination of a loop of a size proper to receive a rectangular extension
formed on a fishing line guide-ring, with such ring, substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying figures.
4. The combination of a fishing line guide-ring having an extension formed
upon it, with a loop to receive said extension, and a spring to retain said extension
within said loop, the spring capable of yielding, before pressure to allow of the
extension being moved out of the loop, substantially as described with reference
to the accompanying figures.
5. The combination of loop capable of receiving an extension on a fishing line
guide-ring, with a retaining spring, and a box in which said spring can play,
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying figures.