Improvements in the Construction of Trout and other Fishing Reels.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 1st Feb., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Trout and other Fishing Reels.
I WILLIAM HENRY HUDSON of 244 Manchester Street, Oldham in the County
of Lancaster, Turner, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention which is particularly applicable to Trout reels is
improvements whereby the reel can be more readily removed from the frame-work say
for lubricating purposes than heretofore and this without removing any screws and
whereby at the same time the requisite friction may be applied to the reel to prevent
the over running of the same without the clicking noise which accompanies the toothed
or ratchet mechanism hitherto employed.
In performing my invention I employ a sliding catch upon the inside of the foot plate
the front extremity of which not only secures the reel in position upon its spindle by
entering a groove but also being pressed up constantly by a spring exerts the necessary
friction upon the axis of the reel to prevent the same over-running, the rear extremity
of this catch extends through the casing to the outside to enable the same to be drawn
back when removing the reel.
The advantages claimed for this reel are lightness, durability and quickness in
getting the fish under command when hooked. The apparatus being self contained
and the frame being all rivetted together. Such is the lightness of this reel that the
fisherman using it is enabled to fish the dry fly day after day without the wrist being
fatigued.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Trout and other Fishing Reels.
I WILLIAM HENRY HUDSON of 244 Manchester Street, Oldham, in the County of
Lancaster, Turner, do hereby declare the nature of my invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The object of this invention which is particularly applicable to Trout reels is
improvements whereby the reel can be more readily removed from the frame work say
for lubricating purposes than heretofore and this without removing any screws and
whereby at the same time the requisite friction may be applied to the reel to prevent
the over running of the same without the clicking noise which accompanies the toothed
or ratchet mechanism hitherto employed.
On the acompanying drawing Fig. 1. is a perspective view of the frame (shewing
the reel removed) of my improved fishing reel. Fig. 2. is a sectional view of the
reel complete and Fig. 3. a sectional view of the reel separately and all having my
improvements applied thereto.
the
In performing my invention I employ a sliding catch a. upon the inside of the foot
plate b. the front extremity c. of which not only secures the reel d. in position upon its
spindle e. by entering a groove f. formed in the boss of the reel as illustrated but also
being pressed up constantly by a spring g. so exerts the necessary friction upon
axis of the reel to prevent the same over running. The rear extremity h. of this catch
extends through the casing to the outside to enable the same to be drawn back say by
the insertion of the thumb nail beneath the projection . when removing the reel d.
The advantages claimed for this reel are lightness, durability and quickness in
getting the fish under command when hooked-the apparatus being self-contained and
the frame (which forms however no part of the present invention) being all rivetted
together. Such is the lightness of this reel that the fisherman using it is enabled to
fish the dry fly day after day without the wrist being fatigued.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved construction of Trout and other fishing reels consisting essentially of
the sliding catch engaging with a groove in the boss of the reel and pressing there-
upon substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on
the accompanying drawing.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.