Fishing Rods.
Year: 1887

page_text: Fishing Rods.
I JOSEPH EDGAR WARNER of Hewell Works Redditch in the County of Worcester
Fishing Tackle manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object improvements in the means for fastening winches or
reels to fishing rod which admits of their easy attachment or removal besides their
adaptability to winches or reels of various lengths.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practice I have appended hereto a sheet of drawings upon which is illustrated several
examples thereof and from which there will be no difficulty in adapting the invention
to the necessities of each case.
Figure 1. is a side view of a portion of the handle of a fishing rod with a winch or
reel holder attached thereto.
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Figure 2. is a perspective view of the same handle and holder in the same
position.
Figure 3. is a plan of the same handle and holder.
Figure 4. is a cross section on the line C. D. looking towards the left or bottom end
of the handle.
Figure 5. is a cross section on the line A. B looking towards the right or top end
of the rod.
Figure 6. is a longitudinal section on line E. F. showing the details of the
construction of the back saddle and foundation plate.
Figure 7. is a plan showing a slight modification of the device when made so as to
be attached in one piece the former six figures illustrating the device in two main
pieces.
It will be seen that in Figures 1. 2. 3 the rod or handle H has attached thereto a
ixed or front saddle K and a back or sliding saddle M. The saddle K is composed of
bent plate which is turned up at k¹ and with a slight curl or to form a dovetail or
evel flange. The screws or nails and k secure this plate in position. The
addle M is composed of the top plate curled or bent at m' and m² and it is secured to

page_text: the foundation plate N by the under plate or washer m³ by the rivets m* and m³ so
that it shall be firin and steady and yet capable of sliding along the foundation plate N
which has the slot n' to allow the shanks of the rivets m³ and m³ to miss. At the end
of the washer plate m³ I fix a screw m which enables the saddle to be fixed in any
position by means of the thumb or other nut m' but it will be evident that such details
may be somewhat varied such for instanco as cutting a screw on a shank fast to the
nut a thread being carried in the plate m³. The plate N is secured to the handle H by
screws n² and n³. Now the Winch or Reel is placed between the saddle K and Mone
end being held in K and the other in M by means of any suitable flanges k¹ and ³
and m and m².
These saddles may be varied and the flanges also indeed one flange at each end
would do as shown by saddle P, Figure 8 9 & 10 in which case winches with any
width ends would pass under flange p' with ease and the saddles would bind it one
saddle may be as I and the other as K or M. Figure 7 merely shows the end or
saddle united to the plate N by which the whole device is in one piece and in some
case this would be preferable.
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 :-
The improved mode of fastening winches or recls to fishing rods by means of two
saddles K and M or P or a combination of either with one saddle capable of sliding
upon the plate N and constructed so as to set up firmly in any position by means of a
nut substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 91st day of Anril 1987