Fishing Tackle and for other like Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Fishing Tackle and for other like Purposes.
I, GEORGE MOORE, of National Works, Redditch, Worcestershire, Fishing Tackle
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention has reference to counter-cases or boxes for holding and displaying
certain articles of fishing tackle such as fish hooks with guts or gimp attached, flies
and spinning tackle which if not kept orderly are liable to become tangled together,
the said counter-cases or boxes being applicable for other like purposes such as for
holding and displaying silks in skeins and for other like uses.
As an example I will describe my invention as applied to a counter-case or box for
holding and displaying fish hooks.
For the purposes of this invention I provide to project from the bottom of the
counter-case or box, which may he of any ordinary form as used for other purposes, a
series of partitions preferably parallel with each other leaving a space between each
wide enough to take say a dozen guts or gimps. At or near the ends of the partitions
and opposite to the spaces between them are provided spring clips preferably formed
of metal which stand up from the bottom of the counter-case or box and each consist
of a pair of spring fingers the free ends of which can be sprung apart and when
released will meet together again. The fish hooks with gut or gimp attached are
placed say in dozens between the partitions, each dozen being of a different size or
kind. The fish hooks proper of each dozen are placed between the spring clips at one
end of the partitions and the guts are held between the spring clips at the other end
of the partitions thus keeping the hooks in order and enabling several sizes or kinds
to he displayed at once and one or more hooks of either or any size or kind to be
removed without disturbing the others.
Instead of the said spring clips a series of pegs or other clips may be used for
holding the hooks between the partitions, or instead of clips or pegs, cross bars or
other means may be employed and in some cases the partitions are altogether
dispensed with.
001
M L 1000
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Counter-cases or Boxes for Holding and Displaying
Fishing Tackle and for other like Purposes.
I, GEORGE MOORE, of National Works, Redditch, Worcestershire, Fishing Tackle
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 has referenco to counter-cases or boxes for holding and displaying
certain articles of fishing tackle such as fish hooks with guts or gimps attached, flies
and spinning tackle which if not kept orderly are liable to become tangled together,
the said counter-cases or boxes being applicable for other like purposes such as for
holding and displaying silks in skeins and for other like uses.
As an example I will describe my invention as applied to a counter-case or box for
holding and displaying fish hooks.
For the purposes of this invention I provide to project from the bottom of the
counter-case or box, which may be of any ordinary form as used for other purposes,
a series of partitions preferably parallel with each other leaving a space between
cach wide enough to take say a dozen guts or gimps. At or near the ends of the
partitions and opposite to the spaces between them are provided spring clips
preferably formed of metal which stand up from the bottom of the counter-case
or box and each consist of a pair of spring fingers the free ends of which can be
sprung apart and when released will meet together again. The fish hooks with gut
or gimp attached are placed say in dozens between the partitions, each dozen being
of a different size or kind. The fish hooks proper of each dozen are placed
between the spring clips at one end of the partitions and the guts are held between
the spring clips at the other end of the partitions thus keeping the hooks in order
and enabling several sizes or kinds to be displayed at once and one or more hooks
of either or any size or kind to be removed without disturbing the others.
In order that the invention may be well understood the invention is further
described more particularly and with reference to the accompanying drawings which
shews what is considered to be the best way for carrying the said invention into
practice but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise
details shewn.
Fig. 1 is a general view of a counter-case or box constructed according to my
invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross sectional part of the same shewing the clips in
detail; Fig. 3 is a cross section through part of the partitions of the same and Fig. 4
illustrates a modification of my invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in the several
figures of the drawing.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, a is the counter-case or box
having the series of parallel partitions 6 projecting from the bottom thereof. These
partitions are by preference made V shaped as shewn which is readily done by bending
a piece of cardboard to and fro in parallel lines as shewn in detail by Fig. 3. The
spring clips for holding the guts or gimps are marked c and are arranged to project
from the bottom of the box in a row at one end of the partitions the clips being

page_text: opposite to the spaces. Each of these clips is by preference formed of a strip of metal
or wire bent so as to form the base c' and two upwardly projecting fingers marked c, c,
as shewn more clearly by Fig. 2. These clips are by preference fixed in position by
their bases being soldered or otherwise attached to a metal plate d fixed to the bottom
of, and extending across, the box and which is covered by the cardboard or other
covering e. The spring clips for holding the fish hooks proper are marked f and are
arranged at the other ends of the partitions opposite the spaces and are similar to the
clips c and may be fixed in a similar way.
The fish hooks with gut or gimp attached are placed say in dozens between the
partitions 6 each dozen being of a different size or kind the fish hooks proper being
held by the clips and the guts or gimps being held by the spring clips c thus
keeping the hooks in order and separate from each other and enabling several sizes or
kinds to be displayed at once and one or more of either or any size to be removed
without disturbing the others.
Instead of the spring clips c and f, clips of other kinds may be used for holding the
hooks between the partitions, or instead of clips, cross bars or other means may be
employed, and in some cases the partitions are altogether dispensed with as shewn for
instance by Fig. 4 which illustrates part of a box or case in which the partitions are
dispensed with and instead of rows of clips c or f, two cross bars g, h, are employed
having vertical slots or notches, marked respectively i and j, in which the fish hooks
and guts or gimps can lie where they are held by the upwardly projecting spring
fingers kone of which is fixed at the side of each of the slots and so as to
hold the hooks and gimps or guts in position and allow of their being readily removed
or replaced.
The counter-case or box above described can be similarly used for holding flies or
other like fishing tackle or for holding and displaying silks in skeins and for other
like uses.
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 :-
1st. In counter-cases or boxes for holding and displaying fishing tackle and for
other like uses, the employment of two or more series of upwardly projecting spring
clips for the purposes and substantially as set forth.
2nd. In counter-cases or boxes for holding and displaying fishing tackle and for
other like uses, the combination with one or more longitudinal partitions, of a series
of upwardly projecting spring clips at or near each end of the said partition or
partitions and in or opposite to the spaces between the same, for the purposes and
substantially as set forth.
3rd. In a counter-case or box, the combination of the partitions b and the upwardly
projecting spring clips c, f, for the purposes and substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawing.
4th. The spring clips c and constructed and applied in the manner substantially
as herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and of the accompanying
drawing.
5th. In a counter-case or box, the combination of the cross bars g, h, having
upwardly extending notches i, j, and spring fingers k, all for the purposes and
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 4 of the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 19th day of December 1888.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.