IMPROVED CONSTRUCTIONS OF WINCH HOLDERS FOR FISHING RODS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOSEPH RICHARDSON trading as G. Little and Company'at 15 Fetter Lane in
the city of London Fishing Tackle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention for IMPROVED CONSTRUCTIONS OF WINCH HOLDERS FOR FISHING
RODS, to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct winch holders to be attached
permanently or temporarilly to fishing rods as to enable any size reel or any size
"recl scoop" or sizes within certain limits to be fitted thereto.
For the purpose of my invention I form by casting, stamping or otherwise a
frame which can be attached by screws or other means of fastening to the surface
of the rod.
The contral portion of the frame is hollowed out or recossed and according to ono
method I arrange a screw or threaded rod lengthwise in it, said rod having a head
by which it can be turned.
I arrange a fixed socket of tapered shape on one portion of the frame and a
correspondingly shaped socket on a threaded collar which can move along the
threaded rod when it is turned either to draw the movable socket closer to the
fixed one or away from it so that the two sockets can be adjusted to suit
the "scoop" which has to be fitted in them. The head can be locked by a sliding
plate and the reel be fixed securely by it. Instead of the rod being rotated the
head may be caused to travel on it and so move the socket.
According to another arrangement I notch or ratchet-tooth one or both edges or
other part of the slot or recess of the frame and arrange the movable socket to
slide in said slot or recess and be controlled by a catch (spring or other) so as to
hold it firmly in position or I notch or ratchet-tooth a bar within the slot or recess
and fit a paul attached to the movable socket to ride over the teeth or projections
so as to lock it at any desired position.
The sockets are tapered internally and preferably externally also, but in every
case the internal taper permits of a narrow or a wide reel scoop to be inserted and
be held firmly and securely therein.
It is not necessary to cut the butt away to fix the holder in place but such may
be done if found convenient.

page_text: I JOSEPH RICHARDSON trading as G. Little and Company at 15 Fetter Lane in
the City of London, Fishing Tackle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of my said invention for "IMPROVED CONSTRUCTIONS OF WINCH HOLDERS FOR
FISHING RODS," and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to construct winch holders to be attached
permanently or temporarily to fishing rods as to enable any size reel or any size
or sizes within certain limits to be fitted thereto.
recl scoop
"
My invention is clearly shown in the annexed drawings.
A is a frame formed by casting stamping or otherwise so that it can be attached
by screws or other means of fastening to the surface of a fishing rod.
The central portion of the frame A is hollowed out or recessed and according to
une method which is represented at Figure 1, I arrange a screw or threaded rod B
lengthwise in it said rod B having a head C by which it can be turned.
I fix a socket D of tapered shape on one portion of the frame A and fit a
correspondingly shaped socket. E on the threaded rod B by a collar or guide plate
so that it can move along on the threaded rod when the head C is turned either to
draw the moveable socket E closer to the fixed one D or away from it, to enable
the "scoop" F of the line reel or winch to be fitted in them.
The head C can be locked by a sliding plate G. or other appliance and the reol
be fixed securely by it.
Figure 2 shows a slight modification of Figure 1, the moveable socket E, having
a free sliding motion but capable of being fixed by the nut or head C, the screw
threaded rod B being a fixture in the framic A.
According to another arrangement which I show at Figure 3 I notch or ratchet-
tooth on one or both edges or other part of the slot or recess or of the frame A and
arrange the moveable socket E to slide in said slot or recess and be controlled by a
catch (spring or other) so as to hold it firmly in position or I notch or ratchet-
Looth a bar B as at Figure 4 within the slot or recess and fit a part I attached to
the moveable socket E to ride over the teeth or projections and into one or other of
them so as to lock the socket E at any desired position.
The sockets D E are tapered internally and preferably externally also but in
every case the internal taper permits of a narrow or a wide reel "scoop " F to be
inserted and be held firmly and securely therein.
At Figure 6 I show a plate containing a right and left handed screw threaded
rod B which can be turned by the head C to move not only the socket D but the
socket E also, these travel either closer together or apart simultaneously.
At Figure 7 the sockets DE can be moved independently of each other by
the nuts or heads C C, the sockets being preferably on a right and left handed
screw rod.
Instead of forming a slot or recess in the plate frame A I can make it plain and
aflix one of my tapered sockets D thereto to receive one scoop end and arrange a
sliding ring Las at Figure S to engage over the other to secure the winch to the
rod K or instead of a plain sliding ring said ring may have the socket E fixed to it
in which case the fixed socket D could be secured to the rod as at Figure 9.
It is not necessary to cut the butt of the fishing rod away to fix the reel holder
in place but such may be done if found convenient.
The position of the holder with a winch J attached is clearly represented at
Figure 5 attached to a rod K.

page_text: 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
First. The apparatus shown at the several figures on the annexed drawings
whether permanently or temporarily affixed to a fishing rod as a means of
securing line winches or line reels thereto as setforth.
Secondly. The tapered sockets D E their method or methods of adjustment with
the facility of taking "scoops" of different sizes of winches or line-reels as
heroinbefore describod.