US839104A

US839104A - Fishing-rod.

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Publication number: US839104A
Application number: US31948704A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry W Buschemeyer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-12-05
Filing date: 1904-12-05
Publication date: 1906-12-25
Anticipated expiration: 1923-12-25

Description

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WITNESSES.

m: NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON. n. c.

Ill/MENTOR.

7 wwy is to lessen the friction of the To all whom it may concern:

; UNITE sTATEs PATENT- OFFICE. HENRY w. BUSCHEMEYER, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

' FISHING-ROD. I

Specification of Letters Patent,

r mmed Dec. 25, 1906.

Be it known that I, HENRY W. Busonn- MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fishing-Rods, for which I desire protection by Letters Patent from the United States of America, and whereof the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the guide-rings which are attached to fishing-rods in greater or lesser number and which heretofore. have been always set on its upper side. Through these rings the line is passed and kept straight and inposition when the catch is pulled in. I would state that this invention is applicable also to rods furnished with a separate line and landing-hook, such as I have invented and for which in the year 1903 I took out a patent from the United States, numbered 760,181, issued May 17, 1904that is, such separate'line can be provided with its own guide-rings of the kind herem described.

My object in the newly-shaped guide-rings ine against the silk wrap ing of the rod, which arises when I stand for the same parts.

the line a ways runs along the same part of the rods surface, as it now does, which friction not only wears out the wrapping, but also may result in the breaking loose of the fish; also, to distribute the weight of. the

catch over the whole rod instead of letting it bear on the tip, and by having the whole rod bend in a well-rounded curve instead of a sharp bend near the tip, so as to prevent the breaking of the-latter. I attain these ends by the construction of these rings in a form or forms shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings, the figures on which are made part hereof.

The same letters in the different figures Figure 1 is a section of the guide-ring with a single opening for the line; Fig; 2, the same with two such openings, both 111 the plane of the ring. Fig. 3 is a view in a plane vertical to the ring both of the ring and of a tube holdingit to .the rod. Fig. 4 is a-guide-ring with two crescents and with pin-holes.

Ris in each figure the circular opening through which the rod is passed.

L is a crescentshaped opening with rounded ends to receive the line. 2 and 4 there are two such openings, one on each side of the circular hole. That which is placed on the nether side of the rod is marked L It will be seen from the drawings that the points of the crescents-are blunt or rounded.

('il indicates a sleeve closely grasping the r0 P P mark the pin-holes, also the pins set in them in Fig. 4. i 1

As the fishing-rod always tapers, the several guide-rings will differ in size according to their position on the rod. The tube may be separately formed and brazed to the guidering, or it may be struck out from the sheet of metal of which this ring is formed. Pins stuck through the pin-holes P P on opposite sides of the rod or of its circular hole may also serve the purpose of the tube T if the covering of the rod is wrapped around them, thus forming a tube.

In operation the fishing-line would be laid through the crescent-shaped openings of the guide-rings and would naturally fall into one or the other corner, and thus lie at the right or the left side of the rod instead of lylng upon its upper surface. This would diminish the friction and prevent the tearing up of the wrapping and t e general wear and tear of the rod also prevent its being bent sharply near the tip. When the rings .with two crescent-shaped openings are used, the fishingline could be laid alternately in one or the other of these openings, with this beneficial result: The wood of the rod, not being perfectly elastic, will naturally assume aperma nent curve, if it is always weighted in the same direction, and the result will be avoided by alternating the weight from one surface of the rod to the opposite one. This wouldbe most advisable where the catches are heavy or frequent. A great advantage of the line laid at the side of the rod is this: that the hook and bait may be thrown out to a greatdistance without dangerof wounding or killing the minnow or frog which is used for bait.

What I claim as new herein, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is v 1. A line-guide for fishing-rods comprising a sleeve for embracing the rod, and having a circular plate secured thereto, said plate being provided with crescent-shaped openings In Figs. 7

on opposite sides of the sleeve, whereby the In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my line may be used on either side of the pole hand in the presence of the two Witnesses 1o substjinltially as defscriflloeid. hereto subscribed.

2. ineuide or S1lIl I'OdS com risin 7 ,7 w

5 a sleeve for embracing the 1 od, and haFving Z HENRS BUSCHEMIQ' circular plate secured thereto, said plate be- Witnesses: ing provided with a crescent-shaped opening, LEWIS l DEMBITZ, substantially as described. A. LINCOLN DEMBITZ.