IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR MODE OF AFFIXING OR CONNECTING WINCHES OR REELS TO FISHING RODS
Year: 1884

page_text: I CHARLES LAIGHT, of Upper Grove Street, Redditch, in the County of
Worcester, Fishing Tackle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR MODE OF AFFIXING OR
CONNECTING WINCHES OR REELS TO FISHING RODS" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein after described by means of
which the winches or reels as applied to fishing rods may be connected in a more
simple and efficacious manner than hitherto.
The winch or reel is constructed with the rod plate, that is the plate upon which
the winch or reel is affixed and by means of which it is connected to the rod
having two projections which fit into the usual groove or slide being the same
as hitherto employed.
The bottom of the rod or approaching thereto being that part held by the hand
I construct hollow sufficient to receive an helical or india rubber spring secreted
therein, the one end of the said spring being secured to the highest part of the
hollow in the rod, the other end of spring being secured to a pin which passes
through a ferrule which slides externally, and by means of which the winch or
reel is connected or disconnected, the said sliding ferrule being held in position
and controlled by its pin working in two slots one on each side.
But in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying Drawings
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, is a view in elevation with winch or reel connected.
Fig. 2. the same in section

page_text: a, is the rod, b, the winch or reel, c, the rod plate with projections, d, is the
groove into which c, slides e, is the hollow forming a receptacle for the spring f
g, is the ferrule which slides along a, engaging upon c, h, is the pin to which is
connected the one end of the spring f, the other end of f, being secured to the
pin h', which passes through the rod; the pin h, works freely in the slot i.
In Fig. 1 I illustrate the winch or reel as secured to the rod a, arrived at by
applying an inward pressure to g, as Fig. 3. shewing the winch or reel b, in position
for placing in the groove d; when g, the sliding ferrule is released from the
pressure the power of the spring f, brings the ferrule g, upon the projecting end
of the rod plate c, as illustrated by Fig. 1; Fig. 2, Fig. 5, and is then secured
released only by the action being reversed.
I would observe that I do not mean or intend to confine myself rigidly to the
precise arrangement or construction of parts herein shewn and described as they
may be varied without departing from the nature and object of my Invention.
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 means or mode of affixing or connecting winches or reels to fishing rods in
which the spring "f" Fig. 6 or its equivalent "f" Fig. 8, is secreted in the fishing
rod and connected to a sliding-ferrule in combination or arrangement with parts
as above explained or any mere modification thereof.