Improvements in and connected with Fishing. Rods and similar Fishing Implements.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1889.
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Fishing. Rods and similar
Fishing Implements..
HENRY WHITTY 15 Basnett Street Liverpool do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in forming the several joints in the various descriptions of
fishing rods and other fishing implements by means of a protuberance bossed out
of each ferrule in spiral form.
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To carry out my said invention I form a special tool hereinafter described by
which on the ends of two ferrules I form a bossed out spiral thread preferably of
large pitch so that the one ferrule enters into & engages with the other in the
manner hereinbefore described.
My special tool consists of a bar screwed in a portion of its length and mounted
in a tapped block in which when revolved it moves longitudinally.
At one end of my bar and at right angles therewith I form in any convenient
manner such protuberance as shall correspond with the dimensions of the thread
I require. At the other end I form any convenient handle or gear.
In practice I rotate my bar and thus cause the said protuberance to enter the
ferrule and move therein in a spiral direction so bossing out from the inner
periphery of the ferrule the protuberance hereinbefore described.
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Two ferrules thus treated will engage with each other and form a. rigid joint
without materially reducing the strength of the metal or increasing the weight of
the implement.
Dated this Eleventh day of April 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Fishing Rods and similar
Fishing Implements.
HENRY WHITTY 15 Basnett Street Liverpool Fishing Tackle manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to he
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention consists in forming the several joints of fishing rods and similar
fishing implements by means of special ferrules engaging with each other and
formed by a special tool.
My special ferrules consists of a pair of tubes the one smaller in diameter than
the other and made to engage therewith by means of a spiral bulge forced out on
its exterior and by revolutions of the tube entering into a corresponding bulge
forced out from the interior of the other. I have thus formed a joint which may
be mounted in any convenient manner on the parts of a fishing rod or other fishing
implement to be jointed which joint has the advantage of lightness and rigidity
and of not being liable to wear loose as ordinary threaded joints.
My special tool consists in a mandrel carrying at one end a protuberance at
right angles to it, at the other end any convenient handle or gear and a spiral
thread preferrably of large pitch on a portion between its ends. I mount this mandre!
on a tapped block corresponding therewith & so arranged that by rotating the
mandrel the same is forced in any desired direction. The end of the mandrel
carrying the protuberance is formed to a diameter slightly less than that of the
tube to be acted upon and the protuberance thereon is formed by a screwed bar
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page_text: entering a tapped hole so that by rotating it, the protuberance may be increased
or diminished according to the required depth of the spiral recess I wish to form.
In practise, my mandrel is made to enter the tube and is by rotary motion, by
means of the handle or gear forced forward so that the protuberance thereon moves
in a spiral direction and forces out from the inner periphery of the tube the named
spiral bulge. By the use of slotted ferrules I may increase at will the diameter
of the portion of the mandrel which enters the tube.
To further elucidate my meaning I will refer to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 illustrates portion of a fishing implement with the ferrules treated
according to my invention. A is the ferrule of smaller diameter on the exterior of
which is a spiral bulge. B is the ferrule of larger diameter from the interior of
which a corresponding bulge has been formed in the manner described.
Figure 2 illustrates my special tool. C is the protuberance. D the handle, and
E&F the screwed portion. G is the tapped block in which E-F engages, while
His the portion whose diameter is formed to enter the tube to be treated.
Figure 3 illustrates one of any number of the slotted ferrules named. K is the slot
which permits of the protuberance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. The manufacture & use of fishing rods & similar fishing implements, with
their several parts jointed in the manner described.
2nd. The manufacture & use of the tool as, and for the purpose described.
Dated this Twenty-third day of December 1889.
HENRY WHITTY.