﻿[43] 
  PATENTS 
  TSSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1017 
  

  

  what 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  circular 
  seat, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  device 
  may 
  be 
  turned 
  easily 
  

   upon 
  the 
  button. 
  A 
  flat 
  spring 
  is 
  secured 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  to 
  the 
  block. 
  The 
  

   free 
  end 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  an 
  angular 
  plate, 
  which 
  rests 
  when 
  in 
  a 
  normal 
  

   position 
  in 
  the 
  opening 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  or 
  cut-away 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  boss. 
  A 
  

   transverse 
  strip 
  of 
  metal 
  is 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  plate, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  

   can 
  be 
  manipulated 
  to 
  unlock 
  the 
  device. 
  The 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  device 
  

   is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  block 
  F 
  is 
  passed 
  longitudinally 
  backward 
  over 
  the 
  button 
  D, 
  

   the 
  head 
  entering 
  the 
  opening 
  at 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  boss, 
  the 
  plate 
  K 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  automatically 
  pressed 
  upward 
  and 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way. 
  When 
  the 
  block 
  

   F 
  has 
  been 
  thus 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  button 
  it 
  is 
  turned 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  at 
  right 
  

   angles 
  to 
  its 
  longitudinal 
  position, 
  when 
  the 
  straight 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  plate 
  

   K 
  will 
  engage 
  the 
  straight 
  or 
  cut-away 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  button 
  and 
  lock 
  the 
  

   parts 
  lirmly 
  together. 
  To 
  remove 
  the 
  device 
  the 
  plate 
  K 
  is 
  elevated 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  the 
  strip 
  L, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  clear 
  the 
  straight 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  button, 
  

   and 
  the 
  block 
  is 
  then 
  turned 
  to 
  its 
  longitudinal 
  position, 
  when 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  

   removed 
  by 
  sliding 
  it 
  longitudinally 
  forward. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  metallic 
  plate 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  button 
  

   cut 
  away 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  of 
  the 
  metallic 
  block 
  having 
  a 
  boss 
  and 
  recess, 
  

   the 
  boss 
  being 
  cut 
  away 
  in 
  front 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  device 
  to 
  be 
  passed 
  over 
  

   the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  button, 
  and 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  angular 
  plate 
  attached 
  

   thereto, 
  and 
  the 
  transverse 
  strip 
  for 
  operating 
  the 
  same, 
  all 
  constructed 
  

   and 
  arranged 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  specified." 
  

  

  No. 
  259935. 
  

  

  (Franklin 
  R. 
  Smith, 
  Syracuse, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  assignor 
  of 
  one-half 
  to 
  Willis 
  S. 
  Barnmn, 
  of 
  

   safene 
  place 
  patented 
  June 
  20, 
  1882; 
  fisherman's 
  reel. 
  See 
  Plates 
  LIV 
  and 
  LV.) 
  

  

  This 
  invention 
  relates 
  to 
  improvements 
  in 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  fishermen's 
  

   feels 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  spool 
  is 
  caused 
  to 
  automatically 
  wind 
  up 
  the 
  line 
  by 
  

   the 
  medium 
  of 
  spring-actuated 
  gearings 
  connected 
  with 
  said 
  spool, 
  and 
  

   has 
  more 
  particular 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  reel 
  for 
  which 
  a 
  patent 
  was 
  granted 
  

   this 
  inventor 
  July 
  26, 
  1881, 
  No. 
  244828. 
  The 
  invention 
  consists, 
  first, 
  

   in 
  detachably 
  connecting 
  the 
  line-spool 
  with 
  its 
  actuating 
  mechanism 
  to 
  

   admit 
  of 
  readily 
  interchanging 
  spools 
  provided 
  with 
  lines 
  specially 
  

   adapted 
  for 
  the 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  to 
  be 
  caught 
  ; 
  secondly, 
  in 
  con- 
  

   necting 
  the 
  line-guide 
  to 
  the 
  attachiug-arm 
  eccentrically 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  

   the 
  pivot 
  of 
  the 
  spool, 
  and 
  having 
  its 
  free 
  end 
  extending 
  across 
  the 
  

   periphery 
  of 
  the 
  spool, 
  whereby 
  it 
  serves 
  the 
  additional 
  function 
  of 
  a 
  

   brake 
  for 
  limiting 
  the 
  movement 
  of 
  the 
  spool 
  ; 
  thirdly, 
  in 
  the 
  construc- 
  

   tion' 
  of 
  the 
  line-guide 
  with 
  a 
  lateral 
  inlet 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  thereof 
  for 
  the 
  in- 
  

   troduction 
  and 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  said 
  eye; 
  fourthly, 
  in 
  

   the 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  case 
  inclosing 
  the 
  spring, 
  of 
  a 
  plate 
  secured 
  to 
  

   the 
  free 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  case 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  concentric 
  gearing, 
  said 
  plate 
  

  

  