Improvements in and relating to Rod-rings applicable to Angling or Fishing Rods.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Rod-rings applicable to Angling
or Fishing Rods.
I, THOMAS LANCASTER WHIPP, of 45, Yorkshire Street, Rochdale, in the County
of Lancaster, Jeweller, 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 rings or eyes used in connection with fishing rods which,
rings are known as rod-rings and used for the purpose of guiding the fishing line
from the reel to the end of the rod, i.e., the end furthest from the reel or handle
part of the said rod.
In order that my invention may be clearly comprehended I hereunto annex a
sheet of drawings in which like letters of reference throughout the figures therein
shewn indicate like parts.
Fig. 1. is a perspective view of my invention drawn to an enlarged scale.
Fig. 2. is a view shewing the application of my invention to a fishing rod.
The object of my invention is to provide a fishing rod with rings so adapted and
arranged that the line shall be allowed and free to run out at all times without
obstruction or interruption also that the rings shall be so placed that they shall not
form any obstruction or so liable to to hook on or catch to surrounding objects when
in use or during transit in the anglers hands as is at present the case as for
example to brushwood, shrubbery or the branches of trees which is of frequent
occurrence and experienced by anglers generally with the objects above indicated
in view of these objects I accordingly construct my invention as follows
I provide two rings A, A¹ on a strip of metal or plate A2 which is soldered thereto
also the said rings are soldered together at the apex which rings I purposely place at
contrary and opposite angles with relation to each other see Fig. 2, which may be of
any convenient inclination. I secure the plate or strip with the rings thereon to
the rod b by means of cord or "whipping" C, or the same may be secured by
any other convenient means. The rod, or fishing line d, shewn in dotted line see
Fig. 2, is free and allowed to pass thro the rings.
According to my invention the double ring arrangement forms a strong and
durable device the inclination thereof with relation to the rod admits of the rings
being placed at or so as to have slight projections only thus the rings are adapted
to form a strong and durable guide for the line yet so placed as to form the least
possible obstructions.with regard to surrounding objects as above indicated at the
same time the line may at all times be free to run through the same and be
maintained or held out of the way of the "whipping" and thus obviate the
rubbing action between the line and "whipping" as is now the case with rods
generally used also the rings being firmly fixed twisting or sticking of the line in
connection with the rings or guides may be obviated.

page_text: 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
claim is:
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1. In combination the double rings A, A¹ fixed on the strip A² which rings have
an angular or inclined position with relation to each other and the rod b as and for
the purposes herein set forth.
2. The inclined ring or rings for the purposes herein set forth.
J. H. BUTTERWORTH & Co.,
Rochdale, for the Applicant.