Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Parts of Fishing Reels.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Parts of Fishing Reels.
I, HENRY HALLADAY, of Globe Works, Burbury Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in and in the manufacture of parts of
fishing reels, and consists first, in means for rapidly releasing the reel from its
carrier bracket on the said reel requiring to be removed therefrom; secondly, in
means for putting on the drag so as to prevent the reel from over-running the line,
and thirdly, in making the reels from sheet metal whereby the manufacture of the
same is simplified.
In carrying out the said invention, the reel is mounted upon a fixed axis standing
out from the middle of the inside face of an upright and preferably circular carrier
bracket, concaved about its middle and provided with an attachment foot over
which the sliding rings of a rod take in securing the said reel to a rod.
The said carrier bracket with its attachment foot part is preferably made from a
single blank of sheet metal fashioned into shape, and has a shallow flange around
its edge, which, when the reel is in position, is presented or comes contiguous to
the edge of the inner flange of the said reel.
Fitted within the middle part or within the concave of the inside face of the
carrier bracket, is a locking or catch plate, jointed at one end by a pin and pulled
back or kept to its normal locking position by a coiled or other spring at its other
end. The said last-named end has an outwardly directed knob, whose neck passes
through a curved slot made through the wall of the bracket which is of a length
sufficient to allow for the catch part of the plate being brought clear of the locking
means.
The knob is presented upon the outer side of the bracket, so that when forced
down by the finger, the reel is released by a middle clearance in the plate being
taken from over the neck part or from the back of a cone-fronted collar carried at
the middle part of the inner face of the reel.
A supplementary clearance is also made in the middle of the plate to admit of
the said plate working clear of the central axis which has an impingement collar, or
washer at its inner or shank end against which the end of the coned collar impinges,
and by this washer, which is made of leather, cork or like material, grating of the
contact parts is prevented.
The check or drag consists of an advancing and retiring screw pin, carried by a
slide and with its shank passing through a clearance slot in the carrier bracket and
its fore part screwing through the locking or catch plate, whilst its extreme tip or
inner end is made to impinge upon the inner presented face or the inner presented
coned face of the reel, so that when the reel is unfastened for disconnection by the
pushing down of the plate the checking means is or may be carried with the catch
plate.
The locking collar of the reel is sufficiently coned to admit of the same being
self-locking on being pressed home.
The reel is made up of two thin sheet metal component parts or hat-shaped
sections preferably concaved inwardly at the crowns and these sections are placed
back to back or crown to crown so as to bring the flanges outwards, and then by a
hollow bush, eyelet or the like through the middles of them, the same are united.
The termination of the inner side of the bush is provided with a coned collar
having an annular groove at the back of it into which the catch plate snaps.

page_text: When the component parts of the reel are clamped and secured together, they
take a figure alike unto a sheave pulley.
The reel is provided with the usual handle or turn upon the outer face of it.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1894.
HENRY HALLADAY,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Parts of Fishing Reels.
I, HENRY HALLADAY, of Globe Works, Burbury Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturer, 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 improvements in, and in the manufacture of, parts of
fishing reels, and consists first, in means for rapidly releasing the running part of
the reel from its carrier bracket on the said reel part requiring to be removed
therefrom; secondly, in means for putting on the drag so as to prevent the running
reel from over-running the line, and thirdly, in making the running reels from sheet
metal, whereby the manufacture of the same is simplified.
In carrying out the said invention, the running reel part is mounted upon a fixed
axis, standing out from the middle of the inside face of a hanging and preferably
circular carrier bracket, concaved about its middle, and provided with an attach-
ment foot, over which the sliding rings take in securing the said reel to a rod.
The said carrier bracket, with its attachment foot part, is preferably made from
a single blank of sheet metal fashioned into shape, and has a shallow flange around
its edge, which, when the running reel is in position, is presented or comes
contiguous to the edge of the inner flange of the said reel.
Fitted within the middle part or within the concave of the inside face of the
carrier bracket, is a locking or catch plate, jointed at one end by a pin, and pulled
back or kept to its normal locking position, by a coiled or other spring at its other
end. The said last-named end has an outwardly directed knob, whose neck passes
through a curved slot made through the wall of the bracket, which is of a length
sufficient to allow for the catch part of the plate being brought clear of the locking
means.
The knob is presented upon the outer side of the bracket, so that when pushed
back by the finger, the running reel is released by a middle-clearance in the plate
being taken from over the neck part, or from the back of a cone-fronted collar
carried at the middle part of the inner face of the running reel.
A supplementary clearance is also made in the middle of the plate to admit of
the said plate working clear of the central axis, which has an impingement collar
or washer at its inner or shank end, against which the end of the coned collar
impinges, and by this washer, which is made of leather, cork or like material,
grating of the contact parts is prevented.
The check or drag consists of a screw pin, carried by a slide and having its
shank passing through a clearance slot in the carrier bracket, and its fore part
screwing into the locking or catch plate, or its extreme tip or inner end may be
made to impinge upon the inner presented coned face, of the running reel.
The locking collar of the reel part is sufficiently coned to admit of the same
being self-locking on being pressed home.
The running reel part is made up of two thin sheet metal component parts or
hat-shaped sections, preferably concaved inwardly at the crowns, which sections
are placed back to back, or crown to crown so as to bring, the flanges outwards,

page_text: and then united by a hollow bush, eyelet or the like passing through the middles
of them.
The termination of the inner side of the bush is provided with a coned collar,
having an annular groove at the back of it, into which the catch plate snaps.
When the compound parts of the running reel are clamped and secured together,.
they take a figure alike unto a sheave pulley.
The reel is provided with the usual handle or turn upon the outer face of it.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents, in side elevation, a fishing
reel constructed, arranged and made according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same, and Figure 3. represents a like view as
Figure 2, but with the attachable and detachable component parts separated.
Figure 4 represents an elevation of the inside of the carrier bracket, with the
running reel part removed, showing the fitting attachment for releasing and
attaching the running reel from and to its carrying axis, and the means for putting
drag upon the said running reel, so as to prevent the same racing the line.
Figure 5 represents a like view as Figure 4, but with the locking or catch plate
placed in the position which it takes on the running reel part requiring to be
removed from the carrier bracket part.
Figure 6 represents a cross section through the dotted lines - Figure 4.
Figure 7 is an edge view of the running reel part separately, and Figure 8 is a
back elevation thereof, showing the coned collar for locking the same to the bracket
carrier.
Figure 9 represents the dished components of the running reel part separately,
Figure 10 is the snap-collared bush, and Figure 11 represents the metal blanks
from which one half of the running reel part is made.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawings.
a is the running reel part, consisting of two half shells a', a², having a handle a³,
and being united together by a snap-collared bush a, a, which takes upon a fixed
axis, standing out from the middle of the inside face of the hanging carrier
bracket b, having a concaved flange 62, at its periphery and a foot or attachment b³, at
its topside, for the sliding rings to take over on the same being connected to &
fishing rod.
The said shells or halves a¹, a², of the running reel part, are fashioned from a
blank of sheet metal as in Figure 11.
Fitted within the middle and hollow part &, of the carrier bracket b, is a locking
or catch plate c, jointed at one end by a pin c', whilst its other end has a stud ²,
whose neck passes through a curved slot 6, formed within the outer walls of the
carrier bracket b, which stud is for the purpose of turning the said locking or catch
plate upon its pivot pin, so as to bring the clearance of middle piercing c³, clear of
the shoulder a, of the inclined collar a', in order to detach the running reel part
from the fixed carrier bracket part.
d is a brake pin, coming upon the outer side of the carrier bracket, and with its
neck passing through a slot 66, made through its walls, in order to admit of the
said pin traversing with the catch plate, into a screw box c, in which, its screwed
end d', takes.
This catch plate, besides having a movement in the direction of the reel, is also
capable of having a small lateral movement imparted to it, which is effected by the
screwing up of the brake pin d, and is for the purpose of bringing the opposed
part co, of the plate c, up to the collar, and so impart greater or less retarding
pressure to the reel, whose coned end is forced against a leather or other yielding
washer e, threaded upon the shank of the fixed pivot b'.
fis a coiled spring for bringing back the catch plate to its fastening position.
Assuming that the parts of the reel are in their normal positions, as represented
in Figures 1, 2 and 4, and that the running part of the reel is required to be
removed, release the same from its carrier bracket b, by sliding the knob or stud c²,
in the direction of the arrow in Figure 4, when the locking catch plate c, will be

page_text: moved into the position represented in Figure 5, and the coiled spring f, distended,
and when in the said position, the running reel part can be removed.
On releasing the stud or knob, c, the parts are taken back to their normal
positions, and in order to replace the running part again into position upon the
bracket or frame, thread the said reel part upon the fixed axis and press the same
home, when the coned collar a³, coming against the inside boundary edge or leads
formed on the locking or catch plate, presses the said plate back and allows the
collar to snap upon the back of it, hence the self-locking of the running reel to the
carrier bracket or frame, although the locking may be accomplished by the pulling
of the catch plate upon one side on the reel being pushed home upon the axis.
To put drag upon the running reel part, to prevent the same racing the line,
adjust the pressure of the cone end a, upon the washer e, by turning the screw d,
which deflects or adjusts the position of the catch plate c, by the end d', screwing
in the screw box c¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
First. In the fittings of fishing reels, the means of releasing and locking the
running reel from and to the carrier bracket or frame, substantially as described
and set forth.
Secondly. In the fittings of fishing reels, putting drag or brake upon the running
reel part by the drawing of a contact plate onto a movable part of the reel by a
screw, or by the impingement of the end of a screw, substantially as described and
set forth.
Thirdly. In fishing reels, the general construction, arrangement and combination
of the parts, substantially as, and for the purpose as, described and set forth.
Fourthly. In the running parts of fishing reels, making the same from two
hat-shaped metal blanks, placed back to back or crown to crown, and united
together by a hollow rivet, eyelet or bush, substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 16th day of October 1894
HENRY HALLADAY,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.