AN IMPROVED FISHING REEL
Year: 1884

page_text: I SAMUEL HOWARTH of Station Street Burton on Trent in the County of Derby
and of N° 77 Colmore Row Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Fly Tier,
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN IMPROVED FISHING
REEL" to be as follows, that is to say -
This Invention has for its object "An Improved Fishing Reel which can be
instantaneously and most simply adjusted without the use of a screw driver as is
the case with some recls now in the market.
My improved Fishing reel is fitted upon a spindle which may be either fast to
the standard or it may pass through the standard and the reel may be either hung
directly upon the spindle or upon a barrel which is hung upon the standard a pin
passing through the barrel. In the case of the spindle being fast with the standard
and with the spindle only without the barrel. After placing the reel upon the said
plain spindle I place on a washer of felt or other flexible material which will be
capable of exerting a soft pressure similar to that of the finger. I then place on
a metal washer which may have a D or other shaped hole and next a régulating
nut which may at any moment be screwed up so as to produce any desired
pressure.
In case the barrel is used so as to have the regulating nut on the standard side
after placing the reel over the barrel I pass the pin through the said barrel with
the screwed end of the pin on the standard side. I then place a flexible washer at
the handle end of the reel and the metal washer outside the flexible washer.
Before passing the pin into its place I drop over its front end a spiral or other
spring which serves to measure or regulate the friction brought upon the reel. The
screw nut is now placed on the pin outside the standard and may be regulated to
the greatest nicety so that anglers may cause their reel to run either very easy or
very heavily and this may be varied at any moment without any tool being
Decessary.
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for the Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.

page_text: SAMUEL HOWARTH Fishing Tackle Maker, 184 & 5 Station Street Burton on
Trent late of Colmore Row, Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for AN IMPROVED FISHING REEL, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
An adjustable check by means of a nut or screw & two washers one of felt, cloth
or leather the other of metal.
My improved Fishing reel is fitted with a spindle E which may be either fast to
or pass through the standard G and the revolving part of the reel D may either be
hung directly on the spindle E or upon a barrel I which is fast to or hung upon the
standard G.
In the case of the spindle E being fast with the standard G and with the spindle
only without the barrel after placing the revolving part of reel D on the said
spindle E I place on a washer of felt or other flexible material C which will be
capable of exerting a soft pressure similar to that of the finger. I then place on
a metal washer B, which may have a D or other shaped hole, and next a regulating
nut A which may at any moment be screwed up so as to produce any desired
pressure.
In case the barrel is used so as to have the regulating nut on the standard side
I first pass on the pin E the metal washer B, then the flexible washer C & lastly the
spring H, the revolving part of reel D is now placed on the barrel I, fast to or hung
on the standard G, the said barrel passes through the stationary part of reel F
which is screwed to the standard G, the pin E is now passed through the barrel I,
and standard G; the regulating nut A is now screwed on to spindle E outside the
standard G; by screwing up the nut A the reel can be made to run easy or stiff at
pleasure the spring H taking off the friction when the pin E is released by nut A,
this may be varied at any moment without any tool being necessary.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st The application of felt or cloth as a check upon Fishing Reel.
2nd The manner of applying such a check.