﻿1020 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONED 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [46] 
  

  

  intern 
  ally-toothed 
  ring 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  frame, 
  a 
  spur-wheel 
  upon 
  the 
  

   spool, 
  a 
  rotary-handle 
  plate, 
  and 
  a 
  pinion 
  pivoted 
  to 
  the 
  handle-plate 
  

   and 
  engaging 
  with 
  said 
  wheel 
  and 
  toothed 
  ring 
  and 
  adapted 
  to 
  be 
  re- 
  

   volved 
  around 
  said 
  wheel, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  rotated 
  on 
  its 
  axis 
  by 
  

   reason 
  of 
  its 
  engagement 
  with 
  said 
  ring, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  3. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  spool 
  of 
  a 
  multiply 
  in 
  g-reel 
  and 
  a 
  

   handle 
  geared 
  therewith 
  to 
  rotate 
  slower 
  than 
  said 
  spool, 
  of 
  a 
  ratchet- 
  

   wheel, 
  a 
  coiled 
  spring 
  having 
  an 
  attached 
  pawl 
  or 
  tooth 
  engaging 
  with 
  

   said 
  ratchet-wheel, 
  and 
  a 
  friction-box 
  containing 
  said 
  spring, 
  the 
  said 
  

   box, 
  spring, 
  pawl, 
  and 
  ratchet-wheel 
  being 
  interposed 
  between 
  said 
  

   spool 
  and 
  handle, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  being 
  and 
  operating 
  substantially 
  as 
  

   described. 
  

  

  " 
  4. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  spool 
  of 
  a 
  multiplying 
  reel, 
  of 
  a 
  wheel 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  rotate 
  therewith 
  and 
  having 
  in 
  it 
  a 
  friction-box, 
  a 
  ratchet- 
  

   wheel 
  adapted 
  to 
  rotate 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  direction, 
  but 
  at 
  slower 
  speed 
  than 
  

   said 
  spool, 
  and 
  a 
  spring 
  coiled 
  in 
  said 
  friction-box, 
  and 
  having 
  at 
  its 
  

   inner 
  end 
  a 
  pawl 
  or 
  tooth 
  for 
  engaging 
  with 
  said 
  ratchet-wheel, 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  264092. 
  

  

  (George 
  H. 
  Matthews 
  and 
  John 
  T. 
  Ostell, 
  Montreal, 
  Quebec, 
  Canada; 
  patented 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  12, 
  1882; 
  fishing-reel. 
  See 
  Plate 
  LVII.) 
  

  

  Upon 
  the 
  ordinary 
  plate 
  by 
  which 
  a 
  reel 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  rod 
  are 
  

   mounted, 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  solid 
  side 
  disks, 
  two 
  rings 
  connected 
  by 
  

   radial 
  arms 
  with 
  centers, 
  in 
  which 
  is 
  carried 
  the 
  spindle. 
  Upon 
  the 
  

   spindle 
  are 
  secured 
  rigidly 
  two 
  rings 
  similarly 
  constructed, 
  and 
  of 
  some- 
  

   what 
  less 
  diameter 
  than 
  the 
  fixed 
  rings 
  and 
  revolving 
  just 
  inside 
  them. 
  

   These 
  inner 
  rings 
  carry 
  on 
  their 
  radial 
  arms 
  transverse 
  bars, 
  upon 
  which 
  

   the 
  line 
  is 
  wound, 
  set 
  equidistant 
  from 
  the 
  center. 
  At 
  opposite 
  points 
  

   in 
  the 
  fixed 
  outer 
  rings 
  are 
  placed 
  transverse 
  bars 
  in 
  pairs, 
  the 
  line 
  

   passing 
  between 
  them. 
  Thus 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  diminution 
  in 
  weight 
  without 
  

   any 
  lessening 
  of 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   the 
  line 
  by 
  passing 
  between 
  the 
  bars 
  F 
  F 
  or 
  F' 
  F", 
  even 
  with 
  but 
  little 
  

   tension, 
  is 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  freed 
  from 
  the 
  water 
  imbibed 
  by 
  it 
  during 
  

   immersion, 
  and 
  also 
  that 
  as 
  the 
  core 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  wound 
  allows 
  

   air 
  to 
  come 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  its 
  inner 
  coils, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  equally 
  

   exposed 
  to 
  evaporation, 
  the 
  line 
  can 
  at 
  once 
  be 
  wound 
  on 
  the 
  reel 
  and 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  dry 
  there 
  without 
  risk 
  of 
  becoming 
  rotten. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  

   this 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  bars 
  surrounding 
  the 
  spindle, 
  it 
  

   is 
  declared, 
  enables 
  the 
  line 
  to 
  be 
  wound 
  up 
  almost 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  by 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  a 
  " 
  multiplier," 
  and 
  with 
  less 
  trouble 
  and 
  risk 
  of 
  breakage. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  In 
  a 
  fishing-reel, 
  the 
  inner 
  open 
  revolving 
  rings, 
  both 
  mounted 
  

   on 
  and 
  connected 
  l>y 
  a 
  central 
  spindle, 
  and 
  also 
  connected 
  by 
  a 
  series 
  

  

  