Year: 1886

page_text: We ALFRED SMITH and HUMPHREY WALL both of 27B Whitehead Road Aston
in the County of Warwick Fishing Reel Manufacturers do hereby declare the
Dature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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Our invention has for its object improvements in reels for fishing rods and
applies specially to those reels in which multiplying gear is used which acts as a
brake when the line is cast preventing it from running out freely... Our invention
is intended to obviate this disadvantage while the advantage of the multiplying
gear is still retained as before thus the freedom of a simple action reel and the
advantage of multiplying gear are both combined in one reel without complication.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practice we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which is shewn
various views of a reel made according thereto with an alternative plan as illus-
trative of the modifications possible without departing from the nature of the said
invention.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a part of a fishing rod handle and reel which is in
outside appearance similar in most respects to some reels now in use.
Figure 2 is a similar view of the rod handle but is a section through the plate or
case A of the reel on line 1-2 and the handle B removed so as to show the
internal arrangements in their normal condition that is with the multiplying gear
in action.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2 but shewing the reel as a single action or
Nottingham.
Figure 4 is a view of the reel with the plate or case A and toothed wheel C
removed so as to shew the bridge D.
Figure 5 is a section taken partly through the centre and partly through the side
of the reel, and
Figure 6 is a similar section illustrating how the details may be varied.
In place of fixing the plate or case A to the reel as usually done we mount it
upon the bridge D Figure 4 which covers the centre pinion F and is supported by
the pieces and d². The plate A is secured to the bridge by the head J in such a
manner as to allow it to turn upon its centre d³ which is eccentric to the centre e¹
of the pinion F. The toothed wheel C Figure 2 has a bearing on one side in the

page_text: case A the other side having a flat face which slides against the reel case E and as
the case A is turned as hereinafter described it takes with it the toothed wheel C
in the direction shewn by the arrow until it is thrown out of gear with the centre
pinion F as shewn at Figure 3 and so allows the reel to revolve easily while casting
the line.
The toothed wheel and pinion are fixed in gear while winding up by the
cranked lever G which is hinged at g¹ to the case A and has at one end the thumb
piece g² for the purpose of pressing round the case, the other end g³ of the lever
butting up against the catches which is formed on the reel case the lever being
kept there by the spring H until the thumb piece g³ is pressed forward which
forces the end g³ over the catch and allows the case to turn until the other end of
the lever is stopped by the catch e³ and the wheels are out of gear as shewn at
Figure 3.
The catch prevents the case A from being turned too far back.
The bandle K for winding up the reel is attached to the toothed wheel C by the
A 1.
screw
Figure 6 illustrates a possible variation in detail where the plate or case A in
place of being mounted upon a bridge has a number of screws a¹ round its
circumference which as the case turns slides in the groove formed in the rim L
which is attached to the reel case A all other parts being similar.
1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that we
claim is:-
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The improvements in reels for fishing rods of the disengagement gear which
allows the line to be cast with freedom substantially as and for the purpose herein
set forth.
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