Improvements in Fishing Reels and other Winches for the Reducing of Friction and Improving the Facility of Manufacture.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 11th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Reels and other Winches for the Reducing
of Friction and Improving the Facility of Manufacture.
FORSTER HARDY of Alnwick in the County of Northumberland Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to the application of a fixed inner barrel upon which the
weight to be heaved is taken through the medium of ball bearings, and has for its
primary object the reduction of wear and tear and the facility of manufacture.
My improvements consist of making an inner fixed barrel upon which outer discs
revolve on ball bearings fixed in the inner barrel, or outer disc or other appliancos
supporting either the discs or barrel.
The design of rim consists of a cavity or series of cavities, curves or grooves,
which by mechanical applianco are made to fit or lie on balls which facilitate the
movement of revolution of the outer disc. These balls also form a medium by their
application for fixing the aforesaid discs to the barrel, so that whilst free to revolve
the discs are securely hold in place.
1 also claim for this invention the use of only two discs instead of four, and the
making of the aforesaid machine or real without screws or distance pieces, and the
combining of outer and inner discs of the ordinary reel into two moveable discs which
do the same as the aforesaid dises and cover plates.
The improvement also includes a method of regulating the action of the barrel
or discs motion so that it may travel very freely or otherwise at users discretion, by
making the inner barrel to contract or expand by the twining of a screw ratchet or
other appliance; and the idea of introducing balls into grooves or cavities through
holes cut in the barrel or discs which when in position hold the article together.
Dated this Thirteenth day of December 1888.
FORSTER HARDY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Reels and other Winches for the Reducing
of Friction and Improving the Facility of Manufacture.
I FORSTER HARDY of Hope Lodge, Alnwick, Northumberland Extra 1st Class
Marine Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to a mechanical arrangement, in a fishing reel, winch, or other
machine by means of which the friction is distributed, centrifugal force destroyed, &
manufacture facilitated the whole of the parts of this machine, winch, or reel, being,
inner barrel or drum, outer shell, balls, handle, & cover or cap for admitting balls to
their place.
1st. The revolving drum runs on balls, rollers, or other suitably shaped pieces of
substance, so that the drum is kept in position longitudinally but is free to move
circumferentially, these balls reducing friction & tending to easy motion of the wearing
parts.
2nd. The shell or drum has cut in it, curves, grooves, recesses, or channels, holes or
part holes, so that these pieces of substance may revolve or run in it.
3rd. An aperture is made in the shell or drum, so that these pieces of substance
may be put through it into its place, this is made by cutting or drilling a hole, which
is filled by a fitting piece or by removing some part of the reel, that when put in its
place makes up the whole.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a side elevation of reel complete, O being the fixed shell the sectioned
part of which shows ball lying loose in half holo or groove at B, this section also
shows groove in drum D, in which in this case balls A run E shows cap, covering
aperture through which balls are inserted into half holes, or grooves, this cap is
fastened to D by a screw or other appliance, H shows a hollow perforated tubo
connecting drum ends, through which the air can circulate, F is the handle by
which the drum is revolved, G shows palm or soating to keep shell C in
position.
Fig. 2. is front elevation of Fig. 1. top section shows ball in groove or half hole
in C&B, bottom section shows groove only at B', the half holo in C not being shown,
the right hand plate shews shell C & part of drum D, F being handle, & palm or
seating, aperture for balls, & N holes for lightness.
D
Fig. 3. shows front elevation & section of shell C & half holos B into which the balls
are placed.
Fig. 4. shews another method of shell & drum in which are two grooves & two
half holes.
Fig. 5. another method, shell C & drum D in which drum D has a half hole or
groove B in which the balls run in its side.
Fig. 6. another method of shell C & drum D, where the groove or half holes are on
the outer part of shell C.
Fig. 7. shews front view of plate similar to Fig. 4. but the hole for ball to run in
is cut right through the shell (, & the balls touch & bear upon each other, drum D
having two corresponding grooves for balls.
Fig. 8. method where shell C & drum D have curves & a hole in shell to suit four
balls.
Fig. 9. shews differont shaped pieces of substance than can be substituted in place
of A.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is: 1
1st. The mechanical arrangement of making a rool, winch, or other machine's axis
on the drum's maximum radius, instead of at its centre thereby destroying centrifugal
force.
2nd. The application of balls or other suitably shaped pieces of substance to a
fishing reel, or other machine, upon which the drum revolves, thereby reducing
friction, & distributing the wear & tear, around the whole circumference of the
drum.
3rd. The mechanical arrangement of grooves, curves, or channels, suitable to
the pieces of substance used as bearings for drum, thereby using two plates instead of
two or more.
4th. The mechanical arrangement of an aperture in the shell or drum, through
which to pass the pieces of substance acting as bearings.
5th. The mechanical arrangement of perforating the drum or hollow connecting
spindle, thereby allowing a current of air to circulate amongst the heaving line.
FORSTER HARDY.