Improvements in Fishing Reels.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan.. 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 24th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Reels.
We, WILLIAM HARDY and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County
of Northumberland, trading as Hardy Brothers, Fishing Rod Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to reels for fishing rods and which carry the running line;
our primary object being to provide a reel which owing to the strength of its
construction preserves its accuracy of form and consequent freedom in working.
A reel made in accordance with the present invention comprises a drum rotating
between two-plates-a front plate and a back plate. The drum is mounted on a
rotating spindle supported by a bearing at each end. To one extremity of the
spindle is secured a revolving plate carrying the handle or handles. The revolving
plate is recessed to receive the front plate. The inner sides of the front and back
plates are also recessed to receive the sides of the drum. The front and back
plates are secured together by screws arranged equidistantly round their margins;
these screws passing through distance tubes placed between the plates. The two
lowest tubes may form part of the piece by means of which the reel is attached to
the rod. One end of the spindle works in a plain bearing in the front plate.
That part of the spindle projecting through the bearing is reduced in diameter so
as to leave a shoulder; the reduced part having a screw thread cut upon it. The
revolving plate is screwed on the projecting or reduced part of the spindle until a
boss in the centre of the plate comes into contact with the shoulder on the spindle.
This revolving plate is held by a lock-nut screwed on the extremity of the spindle.
An oil-hole is drilled through the front plate; this hole being covered by the
revolving plate. The back plate contains a boss projecting outwardly. A centre
pin is screwed through this boss; the point of the pin engaging with a centre in
the inner extremity of the spindle. The centre pin is locked by a cap screwed on
the end of the same and fitting the boss. The bearing formed by the centre pin
is oiled by means of a hole drilled through the back plate near the boss; this hole
being covered by the cap. The centre pin can be readily adjusted to the greatest
nicety, so that the freedom with which the drum rotates is completely under
control. A wheel with V-shaped teeth is secured to that side of the drum adjacent
to the back plate; a movable spring-actuated check of the ordinary kind being
mounted on the back plate. This check can be thrown into and out of gear in the
usual manner by a thumb-piece outside the back plate.
Although we have described a plain bearing at one end of the spindle and a
centre-point bearing at the other end, we do not limit ourselves to these particular
bearings, as a conical, ball or roller bearing may be substituted at either end of the
spindle if preferred.
Dated this 18th day of January 1894.
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agent.

page_text: We, WILLIAM HARDY, and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County
of Northumberland, trading as Hardy Brothers, Fishing Rod 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 reels for fishing rods and which carry the running line;
our primary object being to provide a reel which owing to the strength of its
construction preserves its accuracy of form and consequent freedom in working.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a transverse vertical section of a reel made in accordance with the
present invention.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the inner face of the back plate.
Fig. 3 is a corresponding view of the adjacent side of the drum.
Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views hereinafter more particularly referred to.
A is a drum rotating between two plates-a front plate B and a back plate C.
The drum A is mounted on a rotating spindle D supported by a bearing at each
end. To one extremity of the spindle is secured a revolving plate E carrying the
handles F. The revolving plate E is recessed to receive the front plate B. The
inner sides of the front and back plates are also recessed to receive the sides of
the drum. The front and back plates are secured together by screws arranged
equidistantly round their margins; these screws passing through distance tubes G
placed between the plates. Or, the frame in which the drum works may be cast in
one solid piece. The two lowest tubes G* form part of the piece H by means of
which the reel is attached to the rod. One end of the spindle D works in a plain
bearing B' in the front plate. That part of the spindle projecting through the
bearing is reduced in diameter so as to leave a shoulder; the reduced part d having
a screw thread cut upon it. The revolving plate E is screwed on the projecting or
reduced part d of the spindle until a boss e in the centre of the plate comes into
contact with the shoulder on the spindle D. This revolving plate is held by a
lock-nut ex screwed on the extremity of the spindle. An oil-hole b is drilled
through the front plate; this hole being covered by the revolving plate. The
back plate is provided with a boss c projecting outwardly. A centre-pin c¹ is
screwed through this boss; the point of the pin engaging with a centre in the
inner extremity of the spindle D. The centre-pin is locked by a cap c* screwed
on the end of the said pin and fitting the boss c. The bearing formed by the
centre-pin is oiled by means of a hole drilled through the back plate near the
boss; this hole being covered by the cap c*. The centre-pin c¹ can be readily
adjusted to the greatest nicety, so that the freedom with which the drum A rotates
is completely under control. A wheel A¹ with V-shaped teeth is secured to that
side of the drum adjacent to the back plate; a movable spring-actuated check C¹
of the ordinary kind being mounted on the back plate. This check can be thrown
into and out of gear in the usual manner by a thumb-piece C* outside the back
plate.
Although we have shown a plain bearing at one end of the spindle D and a
centre-point bearing at the other end, we do not limit ourselves to these particular
bearings, as a conical, ball or roller bearing may be substituted at either end of the
spindle if preferred.
In order to prevent the indentation of the plates E and C in the event of their
being accidentally struck against any hard surface, the rims of the plates may be
U-shaped and have rubber bands J cemented or otherwise fastened to them, as

page_text: illustrate in Fig. 4. Or, the rims may be of the form shown in Fig. 5; rubber
bands J* of corresponding shape being employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we claim :-
1. A fishing reel constructed substantially as described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
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2. A fishing reel comprising front and back plates and a drum furnished with a
spindle, a centre-point or bearing on the back plate supporting one side of the
drum, the spindle projecting from the other side of the drum passing through
bearing in the front plate, the end of the spindle carrying a plate provided with a
handle or handles, substantially as herein described.