Improvements in Fishing Reels.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Reels.
I, FORSTER HARDY, of Hope Lodge, Alnwick, in the County of Northumberland,.
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 improvements in reels for which Letters Patent was
granted to me on the 17th day of December 1888, numbered 18,373, in respect to
an improved method of applying balls as bearings, a hollow axis for ventilation, an
improved method of construction of the handle for rotating the reel, improved
methods of fastening revolving plate to inner barrel, & an improved arrangement of
springs tongue or click & ratchet wheel to be actuated by means of screws, levers, or
wedges, no tool being required to examine working parts.
This invention relates & consists of in the first part of forming a ridge, or pro-
jecting piece around the hole in the frame at such a distance that balls or other.
pieces of substance may be inserted between the collar or groove & the hollow axis
of revolving barrel.
Secondly The improved method of making the connecting spindle or axis
hollow, & perforated for the purposes of ventilation.
Thirdly-An improved method of construction of handle for rotating the reel,
which consists of fixing to the revolving plate a short spindle, upon which works the
handle which consists partly of the ordinary material, the lower part having a metal
collar attached to it, over which a corresponding loose cap is placed & fastened to
revolving plate.
Fourthly-The improved method of attaching the revolving plate to inner barrel
by means of a hollow screw or nut, which is brazed or cast onto revolving plate, or
by means of projecting pieces cast onto revolving plate & fitting into a recess in the
barrel.
:-
Fifthly The improved method of arrangement whereby an elongated hole
or slott is made in the click or ratchet so that it may (on a pin attached to an
improved fastening) work longitudinally & still respond when required to tooth
pressure, being kept in the various positions by a spring acting on its head; this
click or ratchet, can also be acted upon by an improved arrangement of springs
whose tension or compression is regulated by a screw, lever, nut or wedge so that
the barrel may either run freely or otherwise at the angler's discretion; the
whole of the above ratchet gear may also be disconnected from the barrel by having
a loose ratchet wheel driven by two pins, which can be released or put into gear
at will.
Sixthly The improvements whereby the angler without a single tool can take
all working parts to
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shows end elevation of reel, A being the frame, B revolving plate, Da
screw connecting B to inner barrel F, C ivory or other substance of handle, X metal
collar, V cap for keeping the whole in place, & E screw for applying pressure to
ratchet spring.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation & section of reel complete, the above parts having
similar letters, but showing a short spindle upon which the handle works & the
method of connection between the parts. The shape of the frame A is also shown

page_text: through or at either side of a bridge piece brazed into hollow axis M. Fig. 3 also
shows a method where a short tubular screw N is cast or brazed onto revolving
plate B, which screws into a corresponding thread on the inside of the hollow
axis M. Fig. 6 embraces yet another method where a half groove is made in M,
the corresponding half being in or formed by a ridge on the frame A, part of this
ridge at R is made removeable so that when taken away an opening is formed
through which to insert the balls T thus preventing the barrel falling out of
frame A.
The holes M in M & outer plates are for the purposes of ventilation.
Fig. 3 as well as shewing the method of fastening, includes loose driving
pins P shewing the springs to which pins are attached one being out & the other
in gear.
Fig. 5 is front elevation with revolving plate off shewing section of screw N.
M is the hollow axis around which balls T lie, at the other side of balls is pro-
jection from frame A, around which ratchet wheel K is placed & free to move when
used as a loose ratchet, otherwise it can be fastened to the revolving plate, Q are
the engaging holes for pins P, engaging the teeth of K is the ratchet or click G,
held in place by H (shown separately with G in Fig. 4) a spring S acts on the head
of G in such a way that it can never deadlock when at right angles or otherwise
with the teeth, I is a metal spring acting on either side of G, but on the bottom
side a metal strip U acts as a guide & the screw E can be set by turning to such
an extent that the pressure applied thereby on the spring I can be such that the
ratchet G is either out of gear & the reel ready for spinning, or regulated to such
a fineness or otherwise, that any size of fish can be struck off the reel without risk
to
gut, this
pressure can also be applied to spring as shewn in Fig. 7, by nut, wedge
or lever E.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The application of a flange, ridge or projecting piece, or half hole to a reels
frame, whereby the novelty of balls may be used as bearings.
2nd. The method of using a hollow perforated spindle & inner guide plates for
the purposes of ventilation.
3rd. The method of applying handle to revolving plate substantially as & for the
purposes hereinbefore described on the accompanying drawings.
4th. The methods of fastening revolving plate to inner barrel substantially as
& for the purposes hereinbefore illustrated & described on the accompanying
drawings.
5th. The methods & novel construction of a loose ratchet wheel with moveable
driving pins; the ratchet or click with clongated hole, with strap or cover &
small spring for same; & the means whereby pressure is applied from the larger
spring to click or ratchet substantially as & for the purposes hereinbefore illustrated
& described on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 10th day of January 1891.
FORSTER HARDY.

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr, 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Reels.
I, FORSTER HARDY, of Hope Lodge, Alnwick, in the County of Northumberland,
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 improvements in reels for which Letters Patent was
granted to me on the 17th day of December 1888, numbered 18,373, in respect to
an improved method of applying balls as bearings, a hollow axis for ventilation, an
improved method of construction of the handle, for rotating the reel, improved
methods of fastening revolving plate to inner barrel, & an improved arrangement of
springs tongue or click & ratchet wheel to be actuated by means of screws, levers, or
wedges, no tool being required to examine working parts.
This invention relates & consists of in the first part of forming a ridge, or pro-
jecting piece around the hole in the frame at such a distance that balls or other
pieces of substance may be inserted between the collar or groove & the hollow axis
of revolving barrel.
Secondly: The improved method of making the connecting spindle or axis
hollow, & perforated for the purposes of ventilation.
Thirdly: An improved method of construction of handle for rotating the reel,.
which consists of fixing to the revolving plate a short spindle, upon which works the
handle which consists partly of the ordinary material, the lower part having a metal
collar attached to it, over which a corresponding loose cap is placed & fastened to
revolving plate.
Fourthly-The improved method of attaching the revolving plate to inner barrel
by means of a hollow screw or nut, which is brazed or cast onto revolving plate, or
by means of projecting pieces cast onto revolving plate & fitting into a recess in the
barrel.
Fifthly The improved method of arrangement whereby an elongated hole
or alott is made in the click or ratchet so that it may (on a pin attached to an
improved fastening) work longitudinally & still respond when required to tooth
pressure, being kept in the various positions by a spring acting on its head; this
click or ratchet, can also be acted upon by an improved arrangement of springs
whose tension or compression is regulated by a screw, lever, nut or wedge so that
the barrel may
either run freely or otherwise at the angler's discretion; the
whole of the above ratchet gear may also be disconnected from the barrel by having
a loose ratchet wheel driven by two pins, which can be released or put into gear
at will.
Sixthly:-The improvements whereby the angler without a single tool can take
all working parts to pieces.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shows end elevation of reel, A being the frame, B revolving plate, D a
screw connecting B to inner barrel F, C ivory or other substance of handle, X metal
collar, V cap for keeping the whole in place, & E screw for applying pressure to
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page_text: through or at either side of a bridge piece brazed into hollow axis M. Fig. 3 als
shows a method where a short tubular screw N is cast or brazed onto revolving
plate B, which screws into a corresponding thread on the inside of the hollow
axis M. Fig. 6 embraces yet another method where a half groove is made in M
the corresponding half being in or formed by a ridge on the frame A, part of this
ridge at R is made removeable so that when taken away an opening is formed
through which to insert the balls T thus preventing the barrel falling out of
frame A.
The holes M in M & outer plates are for the purposes of ventilation.
Fig. 3 as well as shewing the method of fastening, includes loose driving
pins P shewing the springs to which pins are attached one being out & the other
in gear.
Fig. 5 is front elevation with revolving plate off shewing section of screw N.
M is the hollow axis around which balls T lie, at the other side of balls is pro-
jection from frame A, around which ratchet wheel K is placed & free to move when
used as a loose ratchet, otherwise it can be fastened to the revolving plate, Qare
the engaging holes for pins P, engaging the teeth of K is the ratchet or click G,
held in place by H (shown separately with G in Fig. 4) a spring S acts on the head
of G in such a way that it can never deadlock when at right angles or otherwise
with the teeth, I is a metal spring acting on either side of G, but on the bottom
side a metal strip U acts as a guide & the screw E can be set by turning to such
an extent that the pressure applied thereby on the spring I can be such that the
ratchet G is either out of gear & the reel ready for spinning, or regulated to such
a fineness or otherwise, that any size of fish can be struck off the reel without risk
to gut, this pressure can also be applied to spring as shewn in Fig. 7, by nut, wedge
or lever E.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The application of a flange, ridge or projecting piece, or half hole to a reels
frame, whereby the novelty of balls may be used as bearings.
2nd. The method of using a hollow perforated spindle & inner guide plates for
the purposes of ventilation.
3rd. The method of applying handle to revolving plate substantially as & for the
purposes herein before described on the accompanying drawings.
4th. The methods of fastening revolving plate to inner barrel substantially as
& for the purposes hereinbefore illustrated & described on the accompanying
drawings.
5th. The methods & novel construction of a loose ratchet wheel with moveable
driving pins; the ratchet or click with elongated hole, with strap or cover &
small spring for same; & the means whereby pressure is applied from the larger
spring to click or ratchet substantially as & for the purposes hereinbefore illustrated
& described on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 10th day of January 1891.

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Reels.
I, FORSTER HARDY, of Hope Lodge, Alnwick, in the County of Northumberland,
· 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
☐
5 This invention relates to improvements in reels for which Letters Patent was
granted to me on the 17th day of December 1888, numbered 18,373, in respect to
an improved method of applying balls as bearings, a hollow axis for ventilation, an
improved method of construction of the handle for rotating the reel, improved
methods of fastening revolving plate to inner barrel, & an improved arrangement_of
10 springs tongue or click & ratchet wheel to be actuated by means of screws, levers, or
wedges, no tool being required to examine working parts.
This invention relates & consists of in the first part of forming a ridge, or pro-
jecting piece around the hole in the frame at such a distance, that balls or other
pieces of substance may be inserted between the collar or groove & the hollow axis
15 of revolving barrel.
Secondly-The improved method of making the connecting spindle or axis
hollow, & perforated-for-the-purposes of ventilation...
Thirdly-An improved method of construction of handle for rotating the reel,.
which consists of fixing to the revolving plate a short spindle, upon which works the
20 handle which consists partly of the ordinary material, the lower part having a metal
collar attached to it, over which a corresponding loose cap is placed & fastened to
'revolving plate.
--
Fourthly-The improved method of attaching the revolving plate to inner barrel
by means of a hollow sorew or nut, which is brazed or cast onto revolving plate, or
#251 by means of projecting pieces cast onto revolving plate & fitting into a recess in the
barrel.
-
Fifthly: The improved. method of arrangement whereby an elongated hole
or slott is made in the click or ratchet so that it may (on a pin attached to an..
improved fastening) work-longitudinally & still respond when required to, tooth
pressure, being kept in the various positions by a spring acting on its head; this
click or ratchet, can also be acted upon by an improved arrangement of springs.
whose tension or compression is regulated by a screw, lever, nut or wedge so that
the barrel may either run freely or otherwise at the angler's discretion; the
whole of the above ratchet gear may also be disconnected from the barrel by having
35 a loose ratchet wheel driven by two pins, which can be released or put into gear
at will
40
Sixthly:The improvements whereby the angler without a single tool can take.
all working parts to pieces.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shows end elevation of reel. A being the frame. Brevolving plate. D a

page_text: through or at either side of a bridge piece brazed into hollow axis M. Fig. 3 also
shows a method where a short tubular screw N is cast or brazed onto revolving
plate B, which screws into a corresponding thread on the inside of the hollow
axis M. Fig. 6 embraces yet another method where a half groove is made in M,-
the corresponding half being in or formed by a ridge on the frame A, part of this
ridge at R is made removeable so that when taken away an opening is formed
through which to insert the balls T thus preventing the barrel falling out of
frame A.
'
The holes M in M & outer plates are for the purposes of ventilation.
Fig. 3 as well as shewing the method of fastening, includes loose driving
pins P shewing the springs to which pins are attached one being out & the other
in gear.
Fig. 5 is front elevation with revolving plate off shewing section of screw N.
M is the hollow axis around which balls T lie, at the other side of balls is pro
jection from frame A, around which ratchet wheel K is placed & free to move when 1
used as a loose ratchet, otherwise it can be fastened to the revolving plate, Q are
the engaging holes for pins P, engaging the teeth of K is the ratchet or click G,
held in place by H (shown separately with G in Fig. 4) a spring S acts on the head
of G in such a way that it can never deadlock when at right angles or otherwise
with the teeth, I is a metal spring acting on either side of G, but on the bottom 2
side a metal strip U acts as a guide & the screw E can be set by turning to such
an extent that the pressure applied thereby on the spring. I can be such that the '
ratchet G is either out of gear & the reel ready for spinning, or regulated to such
a fineness or otherwise, that any size of fish can be struck off the reel without risk
to gut, this pressure can also be applied to spring as shewn in Fig. 7, by nut, wedge. 2
or lever E.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. The application of a flange, ridge or projecting piece, or half hole to a reels-30
frame, whereby the novelty of balls may be used as bearings.
2nd. The method of using a hollow perforated spindle & inner guide plates-for..
the purposes of ventilation. *|***
3rd: The method of applying handle to revolving plate substantially as & for the
purposes herein before described on the accompanying drawings.
4th. The methods of fastening revolving plate to inner barrel substantially.
& for the purposes hereinbefore illustrated & described on the accompanying
drawings...
5th: The methods & novel construction of a loose ratchet wheel with moveable
driving pins; the ratchet or click with elongated hole, with strap or cover & 40
small spring for same; & the means whereby pressure applied from the larger
spring to click or ratchet substantially as & for the purposes hereinbefore illustrated
& described on the accompanying drawings.
. Dated this 10th day of January 1891