AN IMPROVED FISHING ROD WINCH
Year: 1884

page_text: I, CHARLES FARLOW, of 191 Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer
of Fishing Tackle, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED FISHING ROD WINCH" to be as follows:→
My Invention relates to the winches of fishing rods, upop or from which the line
is wound up and allowed to run out, and is designed to effect a silent and adjustable
check upon the revolving reel, so that any desired resistance may be offered to the
running out of the line."
My apparatus consists of a piece of metal, preferably of tempered steel, forming
a friction lever attached at one end to the outside frame of the winch, and situated
between the said revolving plate of the reel and the fixed plate of the frame.
This friction lever is pierced in the centre to allow the axis of the reel to pass
through it and the end of the friction lever farthest from the fixed hinge rests
the end of a screw, tapped and fixed in the said plate of the reel.
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The central part of the friction lever presses upon the fixed boss of the frame,
and thus serves by its frictional pressure to retard the rotation of the reel or
winch.
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The elastic pressure of the spring may be used to give the maximum frictional
pressure upon the revolving winch which may be relieved or released by the action
of the before described screw, upon the end of the friction lever check; or vice versa,
the frictional pressure may be produced by the action of the screw upon the end of
the friction lever check.
I preferably make the head of my adjusting screw of a mushroom shape and
fairly flush with the plate of the winch, providing a slot, transversely across the
screw head, of suitable width to take the edge of a coin, by which the screw may
be thus at any time readily adjusted.
I may if desired in combination with this silent frictional check employ on the
other face of the winch the ordinary ratchet check which is not capable of
adjustment as to the amount of check, but which would thus give an audible
indication of the revolution of the winch.
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1444
Dated this 19th day of January AD 1904

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, CHARLES FARLOW, of 191 Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer
of Fishing Tackle, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED FISHING ROD WINCH" and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed and to the
letters and Figures marked thereon that is to say :-
My Invention relates to the winches of fishing rods upon or from which the line
is wound up and allowed to run out, and is designed to effect a silent and adjustable
check upon the revolving reel, so that any desired resistence may be offered to the
running out of the line. In order that my Invention may be better understood
I now proceed to describe the same with reference to the Drawings hereto annexed
and to the letters and Figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1. is an outside elevation of my improved winch. Fig. 2 is a transverse
section through the same. Fig. 3 is an interior view with the exterior plate
removed showing friction break spring.
My apparatus consists of a piece of metal A preferably of tempered steel,
forming the friction lever, attached at one end B by a screw, to one of the outside
plates of the winch C, and situated between the said revolving plate C of the
reel D and the fixed frame E of the winch. This friction lever A is pierced in the
centre (Fig. 3) to allow the axis F of the reel to pass through it, and the end of
the friction lever, farthest from the fixed hinge, rests upon a screw G attached to
and fixed in the said plate C of the reel.
The centre part of the friction lever A presses upon the fixed boss of the frame E
and thus serves, by its frictional pressure to retard the rotation of the reel or
winch D.
The elastic pressure on the spring brake A may be used to give the maximum
frictional pressure upon the revolving winch, or it may be relieved or released by
the action of the before described screw G upon the end of the friction lever check
as shown, or vice versâ a frictional pressure may be produced by the action of the
screw G upon the end of the said friction lever check.
I preferably make the head of my adjusting screw G of a mushroom shape, and
fairly flush with the plate of the winch, providing a slot transversely across the
screw head, and of suitable width to take the edge of a coin, by which the screw
may be at any time readily adjusted.
The winch D is constructed in the usual manner with two cheeks HH revolving
just clear of the side frames E E¹ the external winch plate C being provided with
a handle K to effect the desired rotation of the winch D. The frames E E¹ of the
winch are held together by the distance bolts L L and by the piece M for the
attachment of the winch to the rod,
I may if desired in combination with this silent frictional check, employ on the
other face of the winch, the ordinary ratchet check N N (Fig. 1) which is not
capable of adjustment as to the amount of check, but which would thus give an
indication of the revolution of the winch,

page_text: Having now described and ascertained the nature of my Invention and the
method of carrying the same into effect, be it known that what I consider novel
and claim is :-
1 In a fishing rod winch the combination of the revolving reel D with the
spring friction lever A adjustable by a screw G to regulate the frictional resistance
of the said reel to rotation. substantially as described.
2nd In a fishing rod winch the combination with the said reel and said spring
lever check of the ordinary ratchet check N N substantially as described.
FELL & WILDING.