Improved Means for Connecting the Parts or 'Joints' of Fishing Rods.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 8th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 26th Feb., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Connecting the Parts or 'Joints' of Fishing Rods.
We, WILLIAM HARDY and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County of
Northumberland, trading as Hardy Brothers, Fishing Tackle Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved means for locking together the 'joints' or
lengths into which fishing-rods are commonly divided, the risk of their working
loose and coming apart whilst the rod is in use being thus provided against.
According to one mode of carrying out our invention, the stem is furnished with
a longitudinal projection formed with a lateral catch which, upon the stem being
pushed honie in the socket and rotated, engages with a stud formed on the side
of the socket. Upon the stem is mounted a sliding sleeve, having a portion cut
away for the reception of the longitudinal projection and a notch for the reception
of the stud upon the socket.
When the parts are in the locked position the catch at the extremity of the longi-
tudinal projection engages over the stud upon the socket and prevents the two
lengths of the rod being pulled apart whilst the notch in the sleeve engages with
the said stud and prevents the one length being rotated in relation to the other.
According to an alternative method of construction, the socket is furnished with
a ring capable of being rotated. The ring is provided with an annular ridge which
is cut away at one point. The stem is furnished with a longitudinal projection,
the under side of which is formed with a notch adapted for the reception of the
annular ridge with which the ring is provided. By rotating the ring upon the
socket until the cut in its ridge arrives opposite the longitudinal projection upon
the stem, the latter may be pushed home in the socket, whereupon the ring is
turned so that its ridge engage in the notch formed in the under side of the afore-
said projection. The two lengths of the rod can then be neither turned the one
upon the other nor pulled apart.
According to a further modification, the locking of the stem in the socket is
effected by means of a stud which projects from the under side of a plate formed
of spring metal the said stud entering holes formed in the stem and socket respec-
tively. A sliding ring embraces the socket and the spring plate and when moved
into its operative position holds the stud in the holes provided for its reception,
thus locking the stem and socket together.

page_text: Improved Means for Connecting the Parts or 'Joints' of Fishing Rods.
We, WILLIAM HARDY and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County of
Northumberland, trading as Hardy Brothers, Fishing Tackle Manufacturers, 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 improved means for locking together the joints or
lengths into which fishing-rods are commonly divided, the risk of their working
loose and coming apart whilst the rod is in use being thus provided against.
The accompanying drawings represent in elevation various methods of joining
fishing-rods according to the present invention; Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 representing 1
the joints open, while Figs. 14, 2, 3 and 4* represent the respective joints closed
or locked.
According to one mode of carrying out our invention, illustrated in Figs. 1 and 14,
the stem or male ferrule a is furnished with a longitudinal projection or finger b
formed with a lateral catch 6, while the circumference of the socket or female 1
ferrule c is provided with a stud or projection e¹; the latter, when in the act of
joining the parts of the rod together, being turned so as to pass the catch 6. Upon
the stem or ferrule a being pushed home in the socket c and rotated slightly the
stud may be caused to enter the angular recess formed by the catch b¹ on the
rib b. Upon the stem a is mounted a sliding sleeve d having an L-shaped open- 2
ing for the reception of the finger and of the stud c. If desired a spiral spring c
may be used to assist the action of the sleeve d.
When the parts are locked in position as shown in Fig. 14, the catch ¾¹ in con-
junction with the opening in the sleeve d encloses the stud c¹ and secures the two
lengths of the rod against being pulled asunder or the one length being rotated in :
relation to the other.
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According to an alternative method of construction, illustrated in Figs. 2 and 2+,
the socket or female ferrule is furnished with a rotatable ring c whereon is
formed an annular ridge which is cut away at 3. The stem or male ferrule a
is furnished with a finger b the under side of which is formed with a notch b° (shown
dotted in Fig. 2) adapted for the reception of the milled ridge . The part
provided with a flange for retaining the ring in position thereon; a gap
being made in the said flange to permit the finger to pass when putting the parts
of the rod together. In performing this latter function, the stem or male
ferrule a is first inserted in the socket c and the ring c¹ rotated until the gaps
and c³ coincide and are in alignment with the longitudinal projection or finger b:
whereupon the male ferrule is pushed home in the socket c and the ring c¹ turned
so that its ridge engages in the notch 6° formed in the under side of the finger b.
The two lengths of the rod can then be neither turned the one upon the other
nor pulled apart.
Figs. 3 and 3 represent a further modification, wherein the locking of the stem
or male ferrule a in the socket or female ferrule c is effected by means of a stud f
projecting from the under side of a plate f¹ formed of spring metal, the said stud
entering holes formed in the stem and socket respectively and which coincide when
the two parts are put together. A sliding sleeve or ring 9 embraces the parts c and
the spring plate and when moved into its operative position (Fig. 3) holds the
stud f in the holes provided for its reception, thus locking the two ferrules a and c
together. In order to facilitate the bringing the holes in the ferrules into true
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page_text: coincidence with each other, a register may be provided consisting of a pin a¹ on
the ferrule a and a small notch c at the mouth of the ferrule c.
Figs. 4 and 4 illustrate a mode of applying a locking sleeve to a
spiral lock
jointed rod. The sleeve & terminates in a spiral edge and is furnished with a pro-
jection d. The longitudinal arm b is notched in its under side in order to engage
with the spiral thread c on the female ferrule c; a gap e being made in this thread
for admitting the projection d³ when the parts of the rod are closed as shown in
Fig. 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we claim :-
1. The improved means for locking together the joints or lengths of fishing-
rods substantially as herein described and comprising a sliding locking sleeve
adapted to prevent the parts being pulled asunder or the one part being turned
axially within or upon the other.
2. The improved joint for fishing-rods comprising a male and female ferrule
whereof the former is furnished with a sliding sleeve and a finger having a lateral
catch, and the latter with a stud, which, upon the two parts being placed together,
engages the catch on the finger; the finger and the stud being housed in an open-
ing in the sleeve, substantially as herein described.
3. The improved joint for fishing-rods comprising a male and female ferrule
whereof the former is furnished with a finger having a notch in its under side,
and the latter with a rotatable ring having a gap for the passage of the finger when
putting the ferrules together, the said finger occupying a gap on the female ferrule
and engaging by means of its notch, the rotatable ring, substantially as herein
described.
4. In a joint for fishing-rods, the combination, with male and female ferrules,
of a stud f, spring plate f¹, and sleeve 9, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
5. In a joint for fishing-rods, the combination, with a spiral locking joint, of a
locking sleeve d and catch &, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 4th day of December 1897.