Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 4th Mar, 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 6th Apr, 1889
I JOHN BROWN MOSCROP of Lorne Villa, Urmston in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows
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This invention relates 1st to improvements in Reels for which Letters Patent was
granted to me on the 27th day of February 1888, Numbered 2900, in respect of an
improved adjustable pivot or centre and 2nd to a novel construction of handle for
rotating the reel The first part of my invention consists in forming the pivot or
centre hollow to contain a spiral or other spring holding in tension two friction plates
one bearing on the outside of the case and the other on the reel
One of these friction plates has a screwed pivot taking into a nut carried in the
spring aforesaid and is milled on its edge By adjusting this screw more or less
frictional resistance can be interposed to the turning of the reel and the drag on the
said reel can be adjusted to the greatest nicety
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One of these friction plates may carry a projecting peg which by taking into a
series of holes on the reel may serve as a click" or ratchet and as a substitute for
the present arrangement of ratchet and pawl
The second part of my invention relates to an improved construction of handle or
knob for rotating the reel and consists in forming the handle in one piece preferably
of brass with a projecting collar of larger diameter -A corresponding washer is
placed over the collar and pinned, soldered or otherwise secured to the reel allowing
the handle to rotate freely between the ring and the face of the reel
This construction of handle is simpler and less hable to derangement than the old
pattern
These improvements are applicable wholly or in part to the existing construction of
reals
JOHN G WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant

page_text: I JOHN BROWN MOSOROP of Lorne Villa, Urmston in the county of Lancaster,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement
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This invention relates to improvements in that description of Fishing Reel for
which Letters Patent were granted to me on the 27th day of February 1888
numbered 2900 and consists in the novel application thereto of a spiral spring holding
in tension a pair of friction discs or plates one bearing on the outside of the case and
the other on the reel for the purpose of adjusting the drag on the reel-to the greatest
nicety as hereinafter described
On the accompanying drawing Fig 1 is a side view and Fig 2 a transverse section
of a Fishing Reel embracing my present improvements
In both views a is the frame or casing of the reel constructed with a hollow boss
or axis e for supporting the reel d and which is capable of being drawn off side-
ways as in my former invention In carrying out my present improvements I
dispense with the wire ring and annular grooves in the bearing surfaces previously
employed for securing the reel in position and I substitute a pair of friction discs f
and 9 (illustrated in separate view Fig 3) at either end of the hollow axis-the
inner face of this disc being in touching contact with the outside of the reel d
whilst the other disc g presses upon the outside of the frame as illustrated more
clearly in Fig 2
Between these two discs is interposed a spiral springh which is connected at one
extremity to a boss on the disc fand which is prevented turning upon its axis by
having a projecting pin entering a slot formed to receive it in the said hollow axıs
Projecting from the corresponding boss of the other disc g is a screw which screws
into a nut fixed in the other extremity of the spiral spring / By having a milled
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edge formed upon this disc g a convenient means is afforded of turning it upon its
axis and thus of drawing out or extending the spiral spring / to any desired extent
In this manner the tension between the two friction plates is increased and thus more
or less frictional resistance can be interposed to the turning of the reel d and the drag
upon the reel can be adjusted to the greatest nicety
I find that a convenient and effective means of securing the extremities of the
spiral spring to the boss of the disc plate fat one end and to the nut, at the other is
to form a spiral groove upon such boss and nut to correspond with the inside of the
coils of the spiral spring hand whereby I am enabled to screw one into the other to
the extent of two or three coils and thus to effect a connection which only becomes
taghter the more the spiral spring is extended
It will be apparent that this my improved friction mechanism is applicable to other
classes of fishing reel having a hollow axis

page_text: In my Provisional Specification I described an improved construction of handle
or knob for rotating a fishing reel but I do not desire to embrace the same in the
present Specification
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
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1st The improved mode of securing the reel in position upon its axis substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing
2nd In Fishing Reels the employment of a pair of friction discs in combination
with a spiral spring and adjusting screw all mounted and operating substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing