An Improved Joint or Fastening for Connecting Landing-net Handles to their Rings and the Parts of Fishing Rods, and for other purposes where such Joints are required.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 16th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Joint or Fastening for Connecting Landing-net Handles
to their Rings and the Parts of Fishing Rods, and for other
purposes where such Joints are required.
I, STANLEY YEATMAN CLARK, of 7, St. Laurence Villas, Canterbury, in the
County of Kent, Colonel in Her Majesty's Army, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved joint or fastening for connecting a landing-
net handle to its ring, or the parts of a fishing rod, or for other purposes where
such joints are required, the object of the invention being to provide a joint which
is simple in construction, which effectively prevents one part turning on the other
and which ensures the rigidity of the two parts joined, at the same time providing
for wear and tear.
My improved joint comprises a shank of square or other polygonal shape adapted
to fit into a correspondingly shaped socket, the aperture in which is of greater
depth than the shank. Projecting from the said shank is a lug and in one side of
the socket is a recess adapted to receive the said lug, the said recess being of
sufficient depth to allow the lug to be drawn down therein. On the exterior of the
socket is a screw collar having a flange adapted to engage with the lug in such a
manner that, when the collar is turned in the proper direction, the shank will be
drawn more or less into its socket. The pitch of the thread of the socket is
advantageously such that less than one revolution of the screw collar will suffice for
the tightening. A slot is formed in the flange of the collar to allow the lug on the
shank to pass therethrough.
When my improved joint is applied to landing nets the shank is formed upon the
ring, the part of which, adjacent to the shank, forms a kind of shoulder which
when the shank is secured in the socket is drawn firmly against the end of the said
socket.
When the joint is to be used for connecting the parts or lengths of a fishing rod
a socket is formed integral with the shank to receive the end of one length and the
socket is provided with an extension to receive the other length.
My improved joint is especially applicable for use in connection with adjustable
collapsing landing nets as it not only serves for securing the ring firmly to the
handle but also for adjusting the shape of the ring.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Joint or Fastening for Connecting Landing-net Handles
to their Rings and the Parts of Fishing Rods, and for other
purposes where such Joints are required.
I, STANLEY YEATMAN CLARK, of 7, St. Laurence Villas, Canterbury, in the
County of Kent, late Colonel in Her Majesty's 17th Lancers, 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 an improved joint or fastening for connecting a landing-
net handle to its ring, or the parts of a fishing rod, or for other purposes where such
joints are required, the object of the invention being to provide a joint which is

page_text: simple in construction, which effectively prevents one part turning on the other and
which ensures the rigidity of the two parts joined, at the same time providing for
wear and tear.
My improved joint comprises a shank of square or other polygonal shape adapted
to fit into a correspondingly shaped socket, the aperture in which is of greater
depth than the shank. Projecting from the said shank is a lug, and in one side of
the socket is a recess adapted to receive the said lug, the said recess being of
sufficient depth to allow the lug to be drawn down therein. On the exterior of the
socket is a screw-collar having a flange adapted to engage with the lug in- such
a manner that, when the collar is turned in the proper direction, the shank will be
drawn more or less into its socket. The pitch of the thread of the socket is
advantageously such that less than one revolution of the screw-collar will suffice
for the tightening. A slot is formed in the flange of the collar to allow the lug on
the shank to pass therethrough.
When my improved joint is applied to landing-nets the shank is formed upon the
ring, the part of which, adjacent to the shank, forms a kind of shoulder which,
when the shank is secured in the socket, is drawn firmly against the end of the said
socket, an extension on the socket serving to receive one end of the handle.
My improved joint is especially applicable for use in connection with adjustable
collapsing landing-nets as it not only serves for securing the ring firmly to the
handle but also for adjusting the shape of the ring.
When the joint is to be used for connecting the parts or lengths of a fishing rod
a socket is formed integral with the shank to receive the end of one length and the
screw-threaded socket is provided with an extension to receive the other iength, as
herein before described.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is an elevation of a part of a landing-net handle and its ring shewing
my improved joint applied thereto :
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same:
Figures 3 and 4 are respectively views of the parts of the said ring and handle
detached from one another:
Figure 5 is an elevation of the part illustrated by Figure 3 but shewn at right
angles thereto :
Figure 6 is a plan of the part illustrated by Figure 4; and,
Figure 7 is an elevation of the same but with a part removed:
Figures 8 and 9 are sectional elevations at right angles to each other, illustrating
the application of my invention to a landing-net having an expansible ring; and,
Figures 10 and 11 are views at right angles to each other of part of the
expansible ring:
Figures 12 and 13 are views shewing the application of my improved joint to a
fishing rod.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a, indicate parts of the landing-net ring and a handle respectively, and
c indicates a square shank which is formed integral with or attached to the part a
and which has a shoulder d, and a pin e projecting from the side. On the handle b
I fix a socket or ferrule having an exterior screw-thread g, and in the ferrule f
is a central square hole h, adapted to receive the shank e of the ring, and a notch i
to receive the pin e. The screw-thread 9 is provided with a screw-collar having
flanges k, at its ends, the flange k having a notch which can, by turning the
collar, be caused to coincide with the notch in the ferrule f, as shewn in
Figures 4 and 6, thus allowing the shank c and its pin e to be moved into or out of
engagement with the ferrule. The flange k, which may be turned in after the
collar is applied to the ferrule, serves to prevent the collar; from becoming
unscrewed or removed from the said ferrule f
From the arrangement hereinbefore described it will be obvious that, by turning
the screwed-collar j when the shank c and its pin e are in engagement with the

page_text: ferrule, the flange & will be moved over and caused to press upon the said pin e and
force it down until the shoulder d of the shank c abuts against the adjacent end
of the ferrule f, as shewn clearly in Figure 2, thereby making a rigid joint. The
notch is made of greater depth than is actually necessary in order to allow for
wear and tear.
The application of my improved joint to a landing-net having a collapsible ring
will be understood by reference to Figures 8 to 11. Such collapsible ring, as is well
known, is made in two parts adapted to be connected at their free ends and pivoted
at their other ends to the part a, as shewn in Figures 10 and 11, the pivoted ends
being flattened as at a², a¹. According to my invention the part a is provided with
When the shank is
a square shanke having a pin e as hereinbefore described.
applied to the ferrule and secured therein the surfaces a', a will be drawn into
close contact with the end of the ferrule and expand the ring, as shewn in Figures 8
and 9.
When my joint is to be used for connecting lengths of fishing rods, the shank c
is formed with a socket in to receive the end of a length, the ferrule f which is
constructed as hereinbefore described receiving the end of another length.
Although I have described my improved joint (which 1 propose to call "The
Clark Fastening") as applied for securing landing-net handles to their rings and
the lengths of fishing rods it is to be understood that it can be used for securing
together other parts where such joints are required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of parts forming an improved joint for connecting landing-net
handles to their rings, for fishing rods and for other purposes where such joints
are required substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated the 4th day of April 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.