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  FISHERIES. 
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  speed 
  of 
  the 
  spool-shaft, 
  and 
  the 
  object 
  is 
  rapidly 
  to 
  draw 
  in 
  the 
  line 
  when 
  

   catching 
  game 
  fish, 
  such 
  as, 
  for 
  example, 
  black 
  bass, 
  which 
  if 
  they 
  get 
  

   a 
  slack 
  line 
  are 
  apt 
  to 
  jump 
  and 
  break 
  it. 
  The 
  bell 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  stationary 
  

   bell, 
  and 
  serves 
  as 
  an 
  alarm 
  to 
  be 
  sounded 
  from 
  the 
  fish-line 
  upon 
  the 
  

   spool. 
  The 
  belbhammer 
  is 
  mounted 
  upon 
  a 
  pivoted 
  lever, 
  which 
  is 
  

   thrown 
  back 
  and 
  forth 
  by 
  a 
  sliding 
  device. 
  When 
  this 
  device 
  is 
  pushed 
  

   in, 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  lever 
  enters 
  a 
  notch 
  which 
  leaves 
  the 
  bell-hammer 
  

   relatively 
  nearer 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  bell. 
  When 
  the 
  device 
  is 
  pulled 
  out, 
  

   it 
  throws 
  the 
  bell-hammer 
  and 
  its 
  shank 
  back 
  toward 
  the 
  gear-wheel 
  on 
  

   the 
  counter- 
  shaft, 
  which 
  meshes 
  with 
  the 
  gear-wheel 
  on 
  the 
  spool-shaft. 
  

   The 
  gear-wheel 
  on 
  the 
  counter-shaft 
  has 
  small 
  studs 
  upon 
  its 
  sides, 
  and 
  

   the 
  rear 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  shank 
  of 
  the 
  bell-hammer 
  when 
  pulled 
  out 
  comes 
  in 
  

   contact 
  with 
  the 
  studs 
  when 
  the 
  gear-wheel 
  is 
  turned, 
  thus 
  sounding 
  

   the 
  hammer. 
  As 
  the 
  wheels 
  must 
  be 
  revolved 
  when 
  the 
  lines 
  are 
  pulled 
  

   out, 
  the 
  pulling 
  of 
  a 
  fish 
  upon 
  the 
  line 
  will 
  sound 
  the 
  hammer. 
  A 
  spring 
  

   fastened 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  plate 
  of 
  the 
  cap 
  acts 
  as 
  a 
  brake. 
  A 
  pin 
  upon 
  the 
  

   spring 
  passes 
  through 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  plate, 
  aud 
  when 
  not 
  forced 
  away 
  

   rests 
  against 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  spool, 
  thus 
  serving 
  as 
  a 
  brake 
  to 
  retard 
  the 
  

   progress 
  of 
  the 
  spool, 
  but 
  the 
  spring 
  may 
  be 
  forced 
  away 
  by 
  a 
  sliding 
  

   wedge 
  pushed 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  outside. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1 
  . 
  The 
  combination, 
  in 
  a 
  fishing-reel, 
  with 
  the 
  gear-wheels 
  thereof, 
  

   one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  mounted 
  on 
  the 
  spool-shaft 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  the 
  crank- 
  

   shaft 
  without 
  any 
  direct 
  connection 
  between 
  them, 
  of 
  a 
  crank 
  and 
  a 
  

   crank-shaft, 
  the 
  latter 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  mounted 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  bearing 
  directly 
  

   in 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  bearings 
  of 
  the 
  spool-shaft, 
  but 
  entirely 
  separated 
  

   therefrom, 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  specified. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  in 
  a 
  fishing-reel, 
  with 
  a 
  bell, 
  of 
  a 
  bell-hammer, 
  

   a 
  lever 
  which 
  is 
  adapted 
  to 
  throw 
  said 
  hammer 
  into 
  or 
  out 
  of 
  operative 
  

   position, 
  awheel, 
  and 
  studs 
  on 
  said 
  wheel, 
  which 
  operate 
  to 
  vibrate 
  the 
  

   bell-hammer 
  when 
  in 
  operative 
  position, 
  and 
  thereby 
  ring 
  the 
  bell, 
  all 
  

   substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  254025. 
  

  

  (Louis 
  A. 
  Kiefer, 
  Indianapolis, 
  Ind. 
  ; 
  patented 
  February 
  21, 
  1882; 
  reel-lock. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  LIII.) 
  

  

  A 
  metallic 
  plate, 
  curved 
  to 
  fit 
  the 
  rod, 
  is 
  secured 
  thereto. 
  The 
  plate 
  

   is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  flat 
  fixed 
  button 
  cut 
  away 
  on 
  one 
  side. 
  The 
  device 
  

   containing 
  the 
  locking 
  mechanism 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  reel 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  attached 
  

   forms 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  reel-frame. 
  The 
  said 
  device 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  metal- 
  

   lie 
  block 
  having 
  a 
  boss 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  side, 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  circular 
  

   seat 
  for 
  the 
  button 
  of 
  the 
  metallic 
  plate, 
  the 
  front 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  boss 
  

   being 
  cut 
  away 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  device 
  to 
  be 
  passed 
  over 
  the 
  button 
  in 
  a 
  

   longitudinal 
  direction. 
  The 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  button 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  diameter 
  some- 
  

  

  