An Improved Fishing Line Winder.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fishing Line Winder.
I JOHN PYNDAR WRIGHT of 38 St. Peters Road Croydon Surrey Bank Clerk
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An improved method of constructing a winder or reel on which a fishing line can
be wound after use for the purpose of readily drying it.
In one modification of my invention I form a winder of 2 frames each formed of
wire bent into an oblong parallelogram with about half an inch of the ends folded
back upon themselves and having loops made in the wire for the reception of a
central pivot on which the frames may revolve. In one of the two frames a portion
of the cut end of the wire is turned up at right angles so as to form a handle by
which the winder can be rotated and the loose ends of the wire in both frames are
united by soldering.
The frames when the winder is in use are set so as to intersect each other at right
angles, forming a skeleton wheel with 4 radial arms. They are held in the required
position preferably by a piece of wire attached at each end to the side of one of the
frames and bent so as to form a notch or catch into which the side of the other
frame fits when in the required position.
When not in use the frames can be folded together so as to occupy very little
space.
The pivot on which the frames revolve is attached to a clamp capable of being
temporarily fixed on a fishing rod by means of a binding screw the part of the clamp
which grasps the rod being made of V shape so as to hold with equal firmness rods
of varying diameter.
In another modification instead of the loops in the wire frames I use metal discs
having central holes for the pivot to pass through and holes at opposite points in
their edges into which the wires of the frame bent in other respects as above
described are secured.
Instead of the screw clamp above described I may use a device for fixing the
winder in the rod ferrule, consisting of a square or half round piece of metal bar
into which the end of the pivot is screwed and which can be inserted in the ferrule
to which it is to be temporarily fixed. A piece of metal preferably of U or semi-
circular section and of such a size that its 2 edges shall bear on the outside of the
rod ferrule opposite the points where the 2 angles of the metal bar bear on the
inside is attached to the pivot in such a manner that it can be caused to grasp
the ferrule firmly by means of a screw.
The construction described prevents any tendency to crush or deform the rod
ferrule while permitting the winder to be attached to ferrules of any ordinary
diameter. As an additional security the groove of the Ụ piece is fitted with an
inside strip of india rubber or a short piece of rubber tube is drawn over it.
Dated this Twelfth day of June 1891.
J. P. WRIGHT.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fishing Line Winder.
JOHN PYNDAR WRIGHT of 38 St. Peters Road Croydon Surrey Bank Clerk
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
5 be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the winder with the 2 frames A & A' set at
right angles to each other ready for use.

page_text: Figure 2 shews one of the frames A' with the loops D and the catch H, H¹ & I.
Figure 3 is a side view of the clamp K the binding screw L and the pivot E.
In one modification of my invention I form a winder Fig. 1 of two frames A & A¹
each formed preferably of a single piece of wire bent into an oblong parallelogram
with about half an inch of its ends B Figs. 1 & 2 folded back upon themselves so
that a fishing line when wound on the cross bars C may be prevented from slipping
The frames A & A¹ have loops D formed in the wire in the middle of their
length for the reception of a central pivot E on which the frames may revolve. In
one of the frames A Figure 1 a portion say an inch of the end of the wire is turned
up at right angles to form a handle F by means of which the winder can be rotated.
The other end G of the wire is then united to it by soldering.
off.
In the other frame A¹ Figures 1 & 2 the two ends of the wire composing it may
be soldered together at any convenient point say at G'.
The frames A and A¹ when the winder is in use are set so as to intersect each
other at right angles as shewn in Figure 1 and are held in the required position
preferably by a piece of wire H attached at its ends H' to the side of one of the
frames and bent so as to form a notch or catch I into which the side of the other
frame fits when in the required position. The flexibility of the wire is sufficient to
hold the above catch in position and it can be released by a slight side pressure
when the frames can be folded together so as to occupy very little space.
The pivot E is attached to a clamp K which is capable of being temporarily fixed
on a fishing rod by means of a binding screw L the part K' of the clamp K which
grasps the fishing rod being made internally of V shape so as to hold with equal
firmness rods of varying diameter. It is obvious that the clamp K may also be
used for temporarily attaching the winder to a table or other object but the
most convenient way of using the above winder will be to attach it by means
of the clamp K and binding screw L to the butt end of a fishing rod in order
that the line may be wound directly from the winch or reel as generally
used on to the winder thus affording a convenient means of drying the line
after use.
In another modification instead of the loops D formed in the wire of the
frames A and A' I use metal discs M Figure 4 of suitable thickness say about
inch having central holes N for the pivot C to pass through and holes O at
opposite points in their edges into which the side wires of the frames A and A' in
all respects except as to the loops D bent or formed as above described may be
secured.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
(1) The method of forming wire frames for use as parts of a fishing line winder
by bending the ends of the said frames back upon themselves as shewn at B
Figures
and 2 and providing loops D in the wire in the middle of their length
through which a pivot may pass substantially as above described.
(2) In combination with the frames A and A¹ the catch H Hand I the pivot E
the clamp K and the binding screw L substantially as described.
(3) In combination with the frames A and A¹ the metal discs as shewn in
Figure 4.
Dated this 11th day of March 1892
J. P. WRIGHT.