Improvement in the Manufacture of Fishing Reels.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th May, 1894-Accepted, 16th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Fishing Reels.
We, ALBERT STRATTON, Woodside Redditch, Manager of Works and
SAMUEL ALLCOCK, trading as S. Allcock & Co., Standard Works Redditch,
Fishing Tackle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
us follows:-
The object of this invention is to manufacture fishing reels similar to the
The
wooden Nottingham pattern-but in metal in a cheap and efficient manner.
method by which we propose to carry out the invention is as follows. The drum
or spool of the reel upon which the line is wound, is made by stamping it in two
halves, both sides being alike, the stamping leaving a small hole in the centre.
The two halves being placed together in proper position, a short tube is passed
through the central holes, which, when soldered, fastens the two sides of the drum
together and also acts as a bushing to carry the drum on the spindle or axle.
The two halves of the drum may also be held together by screwing a thread on
the outside of the short tube, then passing it through the central holes and
fastening them together with two small nuts.
A wire ring to form a guard for the line may be attached to the plate of
the reel. Drawings of this invention will be supplied with the Complete
Specification.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1894.
SAMUEL ALLCOCK.
ALBERT STRATTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Manufacture of Fishing Reels.
We, ALBERT STRATTON, Woodside, Redditch, Manager of Works, and
SAMUEL ALLCOCK, trading as S. Allcock & Co. Standard Works, Redditch,
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:-
The object of this invention is to manufacture fishing reels similar to the
wooden Nottingham pattern, but in metal and in a cheap and efficient manner, and
the method by which we carry out the invention is as follows.
The drum or spool of the reel upon which the line is wound, is made by stamping
out of sheet metal, two disks precisely alike in form. The form of these will be
well understood by referring to section Fig. 1. wherein the two disks are. denoted
by A. B. C. D and E. F. G H respectively, and are shown in the position in which
they are intended to be put together and fixed. And it will be observed that in
the centre of each disk there is a projection pierced with a hole and denoted in
each by the same letter of reference I. and this is produced by the stamping
operation above mentioned.
And the object of this central projection is to provide a firm bearing for a
hollow, or tube axle, to be described later on.
Now the two disks or halves of the drum or spool being placed together so
that the part B. C. of the one shall coincide with the part F. G of the other, a
short tube, (see Fig. 2) is passed through the central holes of both and this tube

page_text: when soldered in, holds the two disks together and forms also a hollow axle, or
bushing, for the drum of the reel.
Or the two disks may be fastened together by providing the hollow, or tube
.axle, with a screw thread at each end, and after passing it through the centre holes,
bringing the disks close together with nuts fitting on the screw-thread.
This drum or spool fitted with its hollow, or tube axle, revolves upon a pin,
which at one end is rivetted into an upright called the "back" and is provided at
the other end with a screw-thread and a nut.
The "back," just mentioned, is stamped out of the same piece of sheet metal as
the rod plate, and at the same operation, and the form of the two combined, at this
stage of the manufacture, will be seen in Fig. 3. wherein K denotes the part which
forms the "back," and L. L. the rod plate in this last is a slot M, into which the
line-guard is to be fixed, while N denotes the hole in which the pin mentioned above
is to be rivetted.
The "back" is then bent so that it shall stand upright, and at a right angle to
the face of the rod plate as shewn in Fig. 4. which is a section on the dotted
'line OK Q.
The line-guard is also stamped out of sheet metal, and at this stage has the
form shown in Fig. 5. the part marked P being shaped to fit into the slot M
(Fig. 3.) above mentioned. This line-guard when fixed, is brought to a curve so
as to project about one-quarter of an inch in front of the circumference of the
drum or spool, or instead of this kind of line-guard, a wire ring may be attached
'to the rod-plate to serve the same purpose.
And the various parts above described, of the fishing reel are put together as
follows. The pin being fixed in the hole N of the "back" in its upright position
Fig. 4 (section) and the line-guard (Fig. 5) curved and fixed in the slot M Fig. 3,
the drum or spool is by means of its tube-axle, passed on to the pin in the "back,"
and secured in place by a nut screwed on to the end of the pin.
And by this simple arrangement of parts stamped out of sheet metal, and the
methods of combining them, we manufacture an inexpensive and nevertheless
efficient fishing reel, the general appearance of which is seen in Fig. 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1st. The method as applied to fishing reels, of manufacturing out of sheet metal
by a stamping process, a drum or spool of two disks having central projections for
the purpose of gaining a better bearing for the tube axle or bushing passing
through them as herein described.
2nd. The hollow or tube axle as applied for the purpose of connecting the two
disks, and forming a bushing for the drum or spool as herein described.
3rd. The combination of the stamped disk with tube axle or bushing for forming
the drum or body of the reel, to be used with, or without, a line-guard affixed to
the rod plate, all substantially as herein described.
Dated this 11th dow of Mar 1901
SAMUEL ALLCOCK.
ALBERT STRATTON.