Self Striking Rod Rest for Use in Bottom Fishing.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 17th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Self Striking Rod Rest for Use in Bottom Fishing.
We, FRED WAITE, of 32 Mount Pisgah, Otley, in the County of York,
Printer's Engineer, and JOHN THOMAS CHIPPINDALE of 82 Clifton Terrace,
Otley in the aforesaid County, Spoke Cutter do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
In bottom fishing, when the angler has a bite, which is generally indicated by a
slight pulling or tugging at the line, by the fish, it is considered necessary, by
most fishermen, to accelerate the hooking of the fish, by taking hold of the thick
end of the fishing rod, and jerking, or striking, the thin end upwards, and by this
strike, as it is commonly termed, the fish is generally successfully hooked. The
rod should be struck upwards, while the fish is biting, and to do this, strict attention
is required.
By our invention, the necessity for constant attention is dispensed with, as the
fish, by the slight pull or jerk, given to the line while in the act of biting, releases
a spring, and the thin end of the rod, is struck up automatically.
For this purpose, we employ a metal rod, pointed at one end, which, when in use,
is stuck into the ground, in an upright position. At the top end, is a lever, mounted
on a horizontal pivot. The pivot may be any distance from the ends of lever, but
preferably about midway.
Fixed on the lever, (henceforward termed "the crossbar"), are holders, adapted
to grasp the thick end of the fishing rod.
A catch, and an adjustable stop, are provided to regulate the movement of the
cross bar, so that the fishing rod, may be struck up long or short distances, as
desired.
One end of the crossbar, is forced up against the stop by a spring. This end
may be thrust down, the distance it is desired to strike the fishing rod, and held in
that position by a catch.
As it would require more power to release the catch, than small fishes would
apply to the line, when biting, we use a small weight, or its equivalent, arranged in
such a manner, that it may be lifted up a distance, and there held, by one end of a
small lever, being placed under it. By this method of weight and lever, the lever
can be set, so that, a very slight pull of the lever, lets the weight fall. The weight
is so arranged, that it falls and engages with the catch, and by its weight and
momentum, releases it; when the crossbar springs back to the stop.
When the self striker is in use, it is stuck into the ground, and one end of the
crossbar, forced down and held by the catch.
The fishing line is thrown into the water, and the thick end of the rod placed
into the holders on the crossbar, the long thin end of the rod, overhanging that end
of the crossbar which is held down by the catch.
The weight is lifted up, and the lever adjusted to bear it.
The fishing line is then put round the lever, in such a manner that any pull
given to the line, will at once act on the lever, and release the weight, which will
then fall and release the catch, and the thin end of the fishing rod, will be struck
up by the action of the spring.
If desired a bell may be so attached, that it will ring when the rod is struck.
The weight may be operated by any suitable method equivalent to the lever.
Dated thin Fifteenth day of Annil 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Self Striking Rod Rest for Use in Bottom Fishing.
We, FRED WAITE, of 32, Mount Pisgah, Otley, in the County of York,
Printer's Engineer, and JOHN THOMAS CHIPPINDALE, of 82, Clifton Terrace,
Otley, aforesaid, Spoke Cutter, 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 appliance for use in "bottom" fishing with
rod and line and its object is to provide an automatic "striker" adapted to support
a fishing rod and automatically "hock" a fish in the act of "biting."
"
Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part of
this Specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a side elevation of our improved apparatus set ready for
striking with a portion of a fishing rod shown mounted in position.
Figure 2, represents a similar view after a strike has been made thereby.
Figure 3, represents a view of Figure 1 (without the rod) looking towards the
right hand side.
Figure 4, represents a plan view of Figure 1 also without the rod.
The upright A is provided with a spike piece B at the bottom adapted to be
driven into the ground to support the upright. And to make the apparatus more
portable the spike may be detachable. In the drawing the head of the spike is
represented as fitted into a socket C in the base of the upright and is clamped
therein by the thumb screw D. The head E of the upright is bifurcated and the
lever F is pivoted therein by means of the screw G. The lever F forms a cross bar
and is provided at one end with curved pieces H, H' forming a rest for the rod
and the other end J is more or less reduced or cut away to adapt it to receive the
eye or clip K lashed or secured in any convenient manner to the rod L. A light
spring M is secured by the rivets N, N to the rear of F and has a projecting pin
or catch O, provided to prevent the eye K accidentally slipping off J.
An arm P projects from the underside of the lever F, which arm is arranged to
be normally held by the strap or detent R, in the position shown in Figure 1, so as
to keep F approximately at right angles to A. And a spiral spring S, stretched
between one of the holes T (formed in F) and the lug U projecting from the base
of the upright A, tends immediately the strap R is disengaged from P to instan-
taneously draw the rear end of the lever F down, as shown in Figure 2, and thus
raise the free end of the rod in a similar manner to striking by hand. The strap
or detent R is lightly pivoted by the pin or rivet V to the lug U.
To enable the strap to be automatically disengaged from P the sliding weight W
is provided loosely mounted upon the upright A. This weight is raised to the
position shown in Figure 1 and is there supported by one arm a of the trigger or
bell-cranked lever X pivoted upon F. The fishing line Y is passed from the reel Z
between the rod L and the curved piece H and back again round the arme of the
trigger which is notched to receive it. The trigger is adjusted with sufficient
delicacy that when a "bite" takes place the slight pull on the line releases it from
the weight and the latter immediately falling drops upon the strap R and dis-
engages it from P leaving it free for the spring to instantaneously operate the
lever and raise the free end of the rod in a similar manner to striking by hand.
The lever X is represented in the drawings as pivoted upon the lug i pressed or
stamped out of F and bent at right angles thereto.
The arm e of the lever X is formed with several notches so as to enable the
pull or leverage and delicacy of the trigger to be adjusted to a certain extent. A
number of holes T are provided in F to receive the end of the spring S and thus

page_text: enable the power of the spring to be regulated within the range allowed by the
holes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
1. An automatic striker for bottom fishing forming a rod rest in which the
striker is brought into operation by means of a falling weight released by a trigger
or its equivalent operated by the fishing line, substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. The combination with the upright A, the lever F with means for catching or
locking it, the spring S, the weight W and the trigger X, substantially as herein
shown and described.
Dated this 15th dox of Lonu 1001
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.