US996258A

US996258A - Bass-reel.

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Publication number: US996258A
Application number: US57900410A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry Kenward
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-08-26
Filing date: 1910-08-26
Publication date: 1911-06-27
Anticipated expiration: 1928-06-27

Description

H. KBNWARD.

BASS REEL;

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26. 1910.

Patented Jun 27, 1911.

' Attorneys HENRY KENWARD, 0F ONESIBORO, ARKANSAS.

BASS-REEL. Y

To all whom i! mag concern:

1 Be it known that I, 'HENRY KENWARD, a

'citizen of the United States, residing at Jonesboro, in the county of Craighead and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Bass-Reehof which the followmg is a specification.

This invention has relation to reels especially adapted to be used for bass" fishing and consists in the novel construction and arrangement of. its parts as hereinafter shou'indescribed and claimed. I

The object of the invent-ion is to prsvide in a' reel structure a rot-or having upon one side an abnormally projecting hub, which is especially adaptedto be used as a brake for controlling the rotary movement of the rotor when the line is cast. An advantage gained by soconstructing the rotor is that the rod and the reel may be held and controlled in t he one hand, leaving the other a hand free for otherpurposes.

A. further object of the invent-ion. is to soconstruct and assemble the parts that a rotor of unusual diameter-may beem'ployed without adding materially to the weight of the reel.

In the accompanying 'dralwings:-Figure 11s a plan vlew of a portion of a rod showing the reel. applied thereto and\in section Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rotor.

The reel includes 'an attaching plate 1 which is adapted to be applied to the side of a rod. 2 and which is secured in position thereon by means of a ring 3 or equivalent securing device. A spindle 4 projects from theplate 1' andt-he axis of the said splndle is pitched atan acuteangle to the bearing surface of the plate. fThe inner; portion of. thespindled is of greater diameter as at. '5 than the outer portion of the said splndle forming ais'h oulder 6. 'A sleeveg isjournaled upon. the outer portion of th spindle- 4 and the inner end ofthe said sleeve abuts.

against the shoulderfi. A Washer 8 is 10- I cated upon the outer portion of the spindle 4 and is held in positiouthereonby means of nut 9 which is sc ew-threaded upon the outer extremity of said spindle. Y

The reel alsoincludes a rotor 10 which is preferably made of aluminum or other light metal comprising a thin, light, flat web 11 and a dished rim 15, and the said .roror 10 is provided at :the center of its- Specification of Letters Patent,

Application filed August 26, 1910. Serial No. 579,094.

atented June 27, 1911.

web 11 and at one'side thereof with a prolonged and substantially conical hub 12 'having a dished outer annular surface 13 which merges at the base of the cone into one of the faces of the web 11. The web .11 of the rotor is provided with a number of openings lwhich tend to reduce the weight of the reel. A dished rim 1:") is formed at the periphery of the web 11 of the rotor 10 and is provided with one or more perforations 16 in which the end of a line may be secured. The conical-hub 12 1s journaled upon the sleeve 7 than which it] is longer and the inner end portion of the said hub extends over the inner portion 5 of the spindle 4.

Studs 18 are riveted at 18 to the outer face ofthe web 11 of the rotor 10 and bandles 19 are journaled upon the said studs.

said rotor 10 so as to balance it. The rotor 10 isprovided the vicinity of its center and leading obliquely through the hub 12 from its outer side, with an oil hole 17 in communication with the interior of the hub The said studs 18 are two in number and 10- 'cated at the din-metrical opposite sidesof the and through whichoil may bepassed to the sleeve 7 and the adjacent parts of the reel.

The reel is operated as follows :-Presuming that a line is wound about the rotor 10 and'within the annular gro0ve'15 thereof and it is desired to cast the line a distance of approximately 30 or 40 feet; when the cast is made, the rotor 10 will revolve at a comparatively slow rate of speed and the operator may check the rotation of the rotor '10 by placing his thumb upon the smaller portion of the dished surface 13 of the hub '12 at or about the point a, Thus the rotation. of the rotor .10 is easilystopped. If however i it'is. desired to cast the bait and the line a distance of approximately 50 to 75 feet,

when the cast is' made the operator will check'the rotation of the .rotor 10 by placing histhumb on the large portion of the surface 13. approximately at the po nt I). As the .hub is ofgreater diameter at the line orpoint 1) than it is at the line or point'a the rotor tvill be. easily stopped notwithstanding the fact that it "is subjected to greater momentum by reasong of additional force in casting the line a greaterdistance. "In makinga cast'of the;line, for a distance of approximately one hundred or one hundred V .and fifty' feet the rotor lOassumes a hi h' rate of rotary speed and is sometimes di cult-totcheck and control. In this case the operator places his thumb upon the side of the web' 11' still farther from the axis and approximately at the point c and his fore finger upon any part of the hub 12 between theends thereof. Thus the thumb and forefinger may be employed. for checking the movement of the rotor and-for interrupting the'rotation of the-same. By reason of the fact-that the spindle 4 is so positioned that while that portion of the periphery of the.

rotorlO adJacent the hand of the operator is sufiiciently spaced from the rod 2 to perv mit'theoperator to, grasp and to manipulate the reel in the mannerindicated'herein.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secu'reby Let- I ters Patent'is, .7 I,

A fishing reel" comprising an attaching plate provided with a spindle arranged obliquely thereto and having a shoulder adjacent to its inner end, a sleeve on the spindle bearing 'at 'i-tsinner end against the shoulder and terminating with the outer end of the spindle, a rotor embodying a counterbored' conical hub engaging the sleeve and the shoulder, a thin web and a dished rim, the

baseof the hub being-disposed against the web to provide space for the insertion ,of

thethumbof the user; between the web and the "attaching plate, andgmeans' for holding the rotor and spindle"assembled.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. HENRY Witnesses: I

HENKEnPnwE'r'r, J. T. Emou.

KENWARD; v