IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINT FITTINGS FOR FISHING RODS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I FREDERICK JOHN WILLIAMS of the firm of F. T. Williams and Co of 10 Great
Queen Street in the county of Middlesex Fishing rod and tackle Manufacturers
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINT
FITTINGS FOR FISHING RODS to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to an improved joint fitting for fishing rods, for locking
the joints of the sections of the rod together rendering the joint watertight, and for
avoiding the turning of the sections of the rod out of line in fitting together.
The socket of the joint has a screw thread formed thereon to receive a cap.
The cap is fitted so as to turn freely around and upon the plug (above the tang)
portion of the joint between collars or stops thereon.
When the joint is fitted together tightly the screw cap will be screwed down into
position holding all tight from throwing out and secure from moisture, and the
fittings remain at all times in line as first adjusted.
Dated thin 10th 1
1001
WALTER A. BARLOW,
6, St. Paul's Churchyard, E.C.

page_text: I FREDERICK JOHN WILLIAMS of the firm of F. T. Williams and Co of 10 Great
Queen Street in the county of Middlesex Fishing rod and tackle Manufacturers
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINT
FITTINGS FOR FISHING RODS" 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 joint fitting for fishing rods for locking the
joints of the sections of the rod together rendering the joint water-tight and for
preventing the turning of the sections of the rod out of line in fitting together and
when in use.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Figs 1 and 2 respectively illustrato
portions of the lower and upper ends of two sections of a rod provided with
the improved screw joint fittings constructed according to this invention Fig 3
represents similar parts of a rod when fitted together as in use and Fig 4 is a
longitudinal section of the saine.
The lower end of each section of the rod (as in Fig 1) is fitted with a metal
ferulo or sleeve A having a collar or stop piece a formed thereon to serve as a
stop.
A cylindrical or other cap c formed with an internal screw thread is fitted to
turn freely upon and around the aforesaid ferule or sleeve A, between the collar
or stop piece a and the wire or other binding e. The said cap c is further provided
on its external surface with a milled rim that same may be readily screwed or
unscrewed when the rod is to be fitted together or taken apart.
The upper end of each section of the rod is provided (as in Fig 2) with a tubular
socket B, having a screw thread b, formed thereon for receiving the screw thread
formed within the cap c; and when the sections of the rod are adjusted and fitted
tightly together the scrow cap c will be screwed down into position as shown in
Figs 3 and 4, so holding all tightly and secure from moisture and the fittings will
remain at all times in line as first adjusted.
The screw cap c instead of being cylindrical on its outer surface or milled on its
edge may be hexagonal, octagonal, or of any other section in which case a small
screw key may be employed if desired for tightening or unscrewing the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
The improvements in joint fittings for fishing rods consisting of the screw thread
on the socket B at one end of a section of a rod and a scrow piece c fitted loosely
above the stop piece a upon the sleeve A at the opposite extremity of another
section of the rod, the whole combined and operating as and for the purpose herein
set forth.
Date: 7012 1
3004