Improvements in the Locking of the Joints of Fishing and other Rods of every description.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Locking of the Joints of Fishing and other
Rods of every description.
BERNARD JOSEPH MALONEY 60 Princes Street Edinburgh Watchmaker. I do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention consists of an improved method of locking, fishing rod & other
joints of a like nature, together. At the end of one section (section No. 1) of the
rod, etc. is an open tube for receiving section No. 2. From the top of and on one
side of section No. 1, I make a short downward cut or slot. At bottom of this slot
I make a slight cut or slot to the right and drill or cut a hole or slot on the upper
side of this second mentioned cut or slot. In section No. 2 and near top of tube
I drill a hole through brass & wood and fix a stud or screw therein, of a size
suitable to pass freely through the slots or cuts in in section No. 1. A bottom of
section No. 1 a spiral or other spring or rubber pad is fixed or placed. When
section No. 2 is pressed jently home in section No. 1 and turned to the right the
resistance of the spiral spring or rubber pad locks the stud or screw firmly in the
slot prepared for it.
A slight downward pressure and turn to the left, relieves and automatically
pushes section No. 2 out of section No. 1.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1895.
BERNARD JOSEPH MALONEY.
Improvements in the Locking of the Joints of Fishing and other
Rods of every description.
BERNARD JOSEPH MALONEY 60 Princes Street Edinburgh Watchmaker, 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:-
The two metal tubes for each joint or coupling are fitted one in the other similar
to those in a well made telescope. The joint or coupling is formed of two tubes, the
larger No. 1 has slot cut in the metal downwards, across to the right or left and
slightly upwards. The tube No. 2 has a pin or stud screwed into tube & rod and
projecting at one side, which pin fits the slot in No. 1-in the end of tube No. 2 is
fitted a short spiral spring, when tube No. 2 is inserted in tube No. 1 pushed gently
downwards and turned to right or left the spiral spring acts when the stud is
opposite the upward cut in tube No. 1, pressing it into said cut and thus locking
the joint or coupling in such a manner that no accident can release the tubes from
one another. A slight downward push and turn unlocks the joint or coupling.
This joint or coupling as shewn in Figs. 9 and 12 can be put together or taken to
pieces in damp heat or cold as easily as a telescope can be opened or closed.
When it is desirable (as in the case of hollow butt rods, or couplings for hose
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page_text: pipes) the same locking action may be attained by placing the spiral spring No. 10
on outside of tube No. 2.
A metal ring or tube, No. 3 is soldered or fitted on outside of tube No. 1. to
bind the tube when the slot No. 8 is cut, the ring or band No. 3 may cover whole
or part of said cut No. 8.
The spiral spring No. 7. is fastened in the wood or rod
covered by tube No. 2 in the following manner. The spring is left with a piece
(at one end as shewn at Fig. 7) which acts as a steady pin for said spring No. 7.
A hole is made in the wood or rod (which is within an inch or thereabouts from
bottom of tube No. 2) to admit this steady pin, the tube No. 2 is cut as at No. 5,
and the piece so cut is folded over the first ring of spiral spring (leaving it as shewn
at No. 4) and thus securing it firmly in position. The spring for locking stud or
pin in slot or position may be of any other form than spiral.
Fig. 1 shews tube with slot cut in outline & covered with ring or tube No. 3.
Fig. 2 shews tube fitted with pin or stud No. 6.
Fig. 5 shews cut in tube.
Fig. 4 shews spiral spring fitted in tube and ready to be locked in tube Fig. 1.
Fig. 7 shews spiral spring before being fitted in tube No. 2.
Fig. 8 shews cut or slot enlarged.
Fig. 9 shews joint or coupling locked.
Fig. 10 shews spiral spring fixed on outside of rod or coupling.
Fig. 11 is practically the same as Fig. 1. with the exception that the rod or tube
is hollow throughout.
Fig. 12 shews Fig. 10. & Fig. 11. locked in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be applied, I declare that what I
claim is
The joint or coupling as described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Fig. 1 & 2 shew the two metal tubes. Fig. 3 the metal band fixed over & cut in
tube No. 1. Fig. 4 shews spiral spring (Fig. 7) fixed in position. Fig. 5 shews
tube cut to fold over spring. Fig. 6 shews the stud or pin. Fig. 7 shews form of
spring No. 4 before being fastened in position. Fig. 8 shews cut or slot enlarged.
Fig. 9 shews the joint locked. Fig. 10 shews spring fastened at one end on outside
of tube. Fig. 11 shews other half of this joint, but is hollow throughout. Fig. 12
shews this joint locked and in position.
In the case of joint Fig. 1 & 2, the spiral spring Fig. 4 is left long enough to
press against the wood fitted in tube Fig. 1, the resistance so obtained causes the
stud Fig. 6 to lock itself in the upward cut of slot Fig. 3. In the case of joint
Fig. 10 & 11 this same locking is obtained by the pressure of spiral spring Fig. 10
on outside top edge of tube Fig. 11. this pressure is relieved when the stud or pin is
turned as far in the slot as the upward cut.
In witness whereof I, the said Bernard Joseph Maloney have hereunto set
my hand and seal the Eighteenth day of November in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
BERNARD JOSEPH MALONEY.