Improvements in Fishing Rods.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1893-Accepted: 18th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Rods.
I, OLIVER SCHOFIELD RUDDOCK of 47 Fentiman Road, Clapham Road, in
the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to fishing rods and has for its object to provide an improved
winch-fitting by means of which winches or reels of very different sizes can be
quickly and firmly attached to the rod.
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Winches have hitherto been attached to rods by means of rings which are
adapted to slide up and down on the rod and engage with an extension or base
piece secured to or forming part of the winch thus securing the same to the rod.
This method of attachment is open to serious objections because the extensions or
base pieces of winches vary considerably in size and thus the sliding rings can not
clamp winches of different sizes to the same rod with equal firmness and security.
According to my invention I form in the handle part of the rod at the place
where the winch is usually secured a recess of a shape and size suitable to admit
the base piece of the largest winch which may be required to be attached.
provide a plate which may be moved in and out of the recess by the operation of a
screw or by other suitable means. The handle part of the rod is preferably covered
by a metal tube slotted to afford access to the recess above mentioned. The said
tube may partly cover the recess at either end, a ring being provided to slide up
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and down so as to cover or partly cover the slot in the tube when necessary.
as is sometimes the case the slot in the tube is of the same size as the recess in
the rod, two rings are furnished one of which may be fixed so as to partly cover
the slot in the tube or both may be made to slide up and down.
In securing a winch to a rod by means of my improved winch-fitting, the ex-
tension or base piece of the winch is placed in the recess in the rod so that the one
end thereof engages with that part of the surrounding tube or of the fixed ring
which covers one end of the said recess, the other ring is then slipped along the
rod so as to engage with the other end of the extension or base piece and the plate
in the recess is operated to force the base piece of the winch against the rings or
parts of the tube with which it is in engagement.
I prefer that the plate hereinbefore mentioned should loosely fit the recess but I
sometimes use instead of a plate a nut which can be moved in and out by the
operation of a screw in a manner well understood, so as to tighten up the base
piece of a winch against the clamping rings.
My improved fitting is inexpensive and can be easily attached to a rod the
appearance of which will not differ very greatly from that of a rod furnished with
the fittings heretofore in vogue.
Dated this 20th day of October 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Rods.
1. OLIVER SCHOFIELD RUDDOCK, of 51 Chelsham Road Clapham, late of
47 Fentiman Road, Clapham Road, in the County of Surrey, Manager of Manu-
factory, 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 fishing rods and has for its object to provide an
improved winch-fitting by means of which winches or reels of very different sizes
can be quickly and firmly attached to the rod.
Winches have hitherto been attached to rods by means of rings which are
adapted to slide up and down on the rod and engage with an extension or base
piece secured to or forming part of the winch thus securing the same to the rod.
This method of attachment is open to serious objections because the extensions
or base pieces of winches vary considerably in size and thus the sliding rings
can not clamp winches of different sizes to the same rod with equal firmness and
security.
According to my invention I form in the handle part of the rod at the place
where the winch is usually secured a recess of a shape and size suitable to admit
the base piece of the largest winch which may be required to be attached. I
provide a plate which may be moved in and out of the recess by the operation of
a screw or by other suitable means. The handle part of the rod is preferably
covered by a metal tube slotted to afford access to the recess above mentioned.
The said tube may partly cover the recess at either end, a ring being provided to
slide up and down so as to cover or partly cover the slot in the tube when necessary.
If as is sometimes the case the slot in the tube is of the same size as the recess in
the rod, two rings are furnished one of which may be fixed so as to partly cover the
slot in the tube or both may be made to slide up and down.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a view partly sectional of a small winch attached to a fishing rod by
means of my improved winch fitting.
Figure 2 is a view of the same rod with a large winch attached thereto.
Figure 3 is a detail view hereinafter more fully described.
Similar letters of reference denote similar parts in all the drawings.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2 A is the handle part of the rod having a recess A¹
formed therein; B is a metal tube partly covering the handle A and provided with
a slot corresponding to the recess A¹. C is a metal plate adapted to be moved in
and out of the recess by means hereinafter more fully described; and D is the
base piece of the winch or reel. The metal tube B is finished off by collars B, B²,
at each end and a ring B³ is provided which can slide up and down thereon. The
collar B' partly covers the recess A¹ in the handle of the rod. The plate C is
provided with a stud C¹ at the back having a female screw formed therein and a
male screw C* which can be rotated in a hole A' in the wood part of the rod
engages with the stud C¹. The screw C2 is furnished with collars C³ which do not
admit of its axial movement hence when the said screw is turned the stud C¹ and
plate C move in and out of the slot. The screw C³ is provided with a saw cut C+
which is opposite an orifice in the tube B so that the screw can be turned from the
outside. provide a small screw-driver as shewn in Figure 3 for the purpose of
rotating the screw C, the said screw-driver consists of a screw E adapted to be
screwed in the end of the rod and having a flat screw-driver portion E¹ attached
thereto. The handle E2 of the screw-driver forms an appropriate finish for the
butt of the rod. In cases where the rod is to be furnished with a spear the
same may be screwed into the butt of the rod and be provided with a screw-driver
portion the spear blade forming the handle of the screw-driver.

page_text: In securing a winch to a rod by means of my improved winch-fitting, the
extension or base piece D of the winch is placed in the recess A¹ in the rod so
that the one end thereof engages with that part of the surrounding tube or of the
fixed ring B' which covers one end of the said recess, the other ring B³ is then
slipped along the rod so as to engage with the other end of the extension or base
piece as shown. The screw C is then operated to move the plate C out of the
recess so as to force the base piece of the winch against the rings B B with which
it is in engagement.
I prefer that the plate C should loosely fit the recess but I sometimes use
instead of a plate a nut which can be moved in and out by the operation of a
screw in a manner well understood, so as to tighten up the base piece of a winch
against the clamping rings.
My improved fitting is inexpensive and can be easily attached to a rod the
appearance of which will not differ very greatly from that of a rod furnished with
the fittings heretofore in vogue.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
1. An improved winch-fitting for fishing rods having a movable part which can
be operated so as to press the base piece of the winch against the retaining rings
or other fixed part of the winch-fitting, substantially as, and for the purpose,
specified.
2. A fishing rod provided with an improved winch-fitting constructed substantially
as described, and operating as specified.
Dated this 10th day of Wahwowy 1002
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.