US282270A

US282270A - Fishing-reel

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Publication number: US282270A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-07-31
Anticipated expiration: 1900-07-31

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(No Model.) T. H. CHUBB.

FISHING REEL. No.' 282,270. Patented July 31. 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. cnonn, or Pos'rMILLs, vnnnonr.

FISHING-REEL.

' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters PatentNo. 282,270, dated July 31, 1883,

Application filed April 20, 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'IHos. H. GHUBB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Post Mills, in the county of Orange and State of I Fig. 6 is a view AA arethe sides or frame-plates of the fishing-reel, which are connected and supported at a suitable distance apart by braces 01' standards 13 B B, screwed or otherwise secured to the side plates. "V

G isthe axis of the spool, having journals '0; c in the side plates, and providedwith heads or flanges D D, preferably of sheetmetal, struck up so as to be concave on thesifdes next the platcsA'A. M1,

The cross-plate or reel-seat for attaching the reel to the rod is made in two parts, F F, in dependently pivoted to the side plates and adapted to be folded within the circumference of the latter. I thus obviate the former awkward shape of the reel, and I am enabled to pack it within a round case of convenient shape and size for the pocket. Preferably these seats F are mounted upon pi'nsf, ex-

tending from one frame-plate to the other, and

I screwed, riveted, or otherwise secured to said plates. Hollow sleeves or bearings f on the seats F surround pins f, making a hinge. Other methods may, however, be employed for mounting the seats F pivotally-'as, for in stance, short screws passing through the side plates A A, and entering the seatsF far enough to give thema pivotal bearing, and I do not limit myself to the exact method shown. By this method, however, I more effectually connect the side plates, A A, the sleeves f being long enough to' properly space said plates, and the pins f holding them together by pivot.

the pin-head and a countersunk nut, f Preferably, for greater steadiness and strength, I so shape the seats F that they shall abut against one another at their rear ends when in position to be attached to the rod.

Atension or steadying spring formed of a single piece of wire is situated between plate A and flange D of the spool, the middle of the wire being coiled around the, axis 0 to form a collar, 0, which presses against flange D, and the ends 0 6 being extended oppositely from said coil to bear against plate A. This is a very convenient and effectual means of preventing any play and rattling of the spool within the supporting-frame, and is 'much simpler and cheaper than those hereto fore used. I

plates A and D, and a pawl, H, which isheld in a position radial to the axis 0 by a spring,

tates in either. direction.

., I, and is adapted to click as the spool. 1 0-;

The spring I, subs stantially circular in shape, is soldered to plate A, that method being much better and cheaper if it can be done securely. To insure this I make a depression or circular rabbet, a, in said plate, of substantially the depth of the spring and of not much larger circumference. Against.

the wall or shoulder a of the rabbet, at apoint opposite the pawl H, the middle of the spring I is placed, coinciding with the wall a for a distance, and may in this position be soldered inplace so sccurelythatthere is no risk .of detachment by wear or vibration, the strain and operation of the spring being in line with The pawl or click H perience that the jolting and working of the pawl wears upon the pin to such an extent that it is liable to break off ina comparativel short time. To obviate this difficulty I have made the pawl H and pin h rigid with one an- WVhen so made, I have found by ex may be made with a boss of .any desired thickness to give the pin a longer bearing. On the outside the head of the pin h is riveted or eX- panded to keep the pawl in place. of the pawl, when the ends of spring I bear upon it, are preferably grooved to keep the spring in engagement.

I am aware that pawls engaging radially with the toothed wheel controlled by a substan tially circular spring engaging with its opposite sides, and adapted to click in either direction, are old, and I do not claim such as my invention.

What I claim isv 1. In a fishing-reel, a reel-seat constructed to be arranged longitudinally of the rod, and

. engaging with one side only thereof, said reelseat being adapted to be folded for transportation, substantially as set forth.

2. In a fishing-reel, a reel-seat arranged longitudinally of the rod and engaging with one side only thereof, said seat being divided and adapted to be folded for transportation, substantially as set forth.

8. In a fishing-reel, the combination, with the side frame-plates, of the reel-seat hinged to the same on axes parallel to the axis of the reel, and folding within the frame of the reel, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the side frameplates, of the folding reel-seat having sleeves of a length equal to the distance between said The sides plates, and pins passing through said sleeves and connecting the frame-plates, substantially as set forth.

5. In a fishing-reel, the combination, with the reel-frame, of areel-seat made in two parts,

coinciding with the wall of the rabbet and se cured at its middle to the frame-plate, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with the side plates, A A, and the spool of the reel, of the spring 6 e e, of one piece of wire, coiled about the axis of the reel and pressing against plates A D, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof IaffiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS HENRY OHUBB. \Vitnesses:

WV. 13. CHUBB, E. G. SIMoNs.