﻿[47] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1021 
  

  

  of 
  parallel 
  bars, 
  each 
  placed 
  equidistant 
  from 
  the 
  central 
  spindle, 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  u 
  2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  stationary 
  open 
  rings, 
  of 
  the 
  connect- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  parallel 
  guide-bars 
  placed 
  in 
  pairs 
  near 
  the 
  periphery 
  of 
  said 
  

   wheels, 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  3. 
  The 
  combination, 
  in 
  a 
  fishing-reel, 
  of 
  stationary 
  open 
  rings 
  with 
  

   parallel 
  guide-bars, 
  a 
  spindle, 
  and 
  inclosed 
  revolving 
  open 
  rings 
  with 
  

   connecting 
  parallel 
  bars 
  equidistant 
  from 
  spindle 
  on 
  which 
  said 
  rings 
  

   are 
  mounted, 
  all 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  speci- 
  

   fied." 
  

  

  No. 
  271166. 
  

  

  (Edward 
  C. 
  Vom 
  Hofo, 
  Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  ; 
  patented 
  January 
  23, 
  1883 
  ; 
  fishing-reel. 
  

  

  See 
  Plate 
  LVIII.) 
  

  

  To 
  enable 
  the 
  fisherman, 
  while 
  operating 
  the 
  reel 
  with 
  one 
  hand, 
  to 
  

   control 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  click 
  with 
  the 
  thumb 
  of 
  the 
  hand 
  which 
  holds 
  

   the 
  fishing-rod, 
  the 
  frame 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  bearings 
  for 
  the 
  axle 
  of 
  the 
  

   reel 
  has 
  a 
  handle 
  for 
  turning 
  the 
  reel, 
  mounted 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   frame, 
  and 
  a 
  ratchet-wheel 
  and 
  a 
  movable 
  click 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side. 
  

   Springs 
  act 
  on 
  the 
  click 
  to 
  retain 
  it 
  in 
  position 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  gear^with 
  

   the 
  ratchet-wheel 
  and 
  also 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  thrown 
  out 
  of 
  gear. 
  The 
  frame 
  

   forms 
  the 
  bearings 
  for 
  the 
  axle 
  of 
  the 
  reel, 
  which 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  

   flange 
  for 
  securing 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  fishing-rod. 
  The 
  reel 
  is 
  operated 
  by 
  a 
  

   handle 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  frame, 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  instance 
  on 
  a 
  separate 
  

   shaft, 
  which 
  is 
  geared 
  with 
  the 
  reel-shaft 
  by 
  a 
  multiplying 
  gear; 
  but 
  

   the 
  handle 
  may 
  be 
  mounted 
  directly 
  on 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  reel-shaft. 
  On 
  

   the 
  opposite 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  frame 
  is 
  mounted 
  a 
  click, 
  which 
  engages 
  with 
  a 
  

   ratchet-wheel 
  on 
  the 
  reel-shaft. 
  The 
  click 
  is 
  secured 
  to 
  a 
  pin, 
  which 
  

   projects 
  through 
  a 
  radial 
  slot 
  in 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  frame, 
  and 
  is 
  secured 
  

   to 
  a 
  button 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  This 
  button 
  is 
  in 
  such 
  

   position 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  manipulated 
  by 
  the 
  thumb 
  of 
  the 
  hand 
  which 
  

   holds 
  the 
  fishing 
  rod, 
  and 
  by 
  moving 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  radial 
  direction 
  the 
  click 
  is 
  

   thrown 
  in 
  or 
  out 
  of 
  gear 
  with 
  the 
  ratchet-wheel. 
  Thus, 
  the 
  fisherman 
  

   can 
  throw 
  the 
  " 
  ratchet 
  drag 
  " 
  in 
  or 
  out 
  of 
  operation 
  while 
  he 
  retains 
  

   control 
  of 
  the 
  reel. 
  The 
  click 
  swings 
  on 
  its 
  pin 
  and 
  is 
  subjected 
  to 
  the 
  

   action 
  of 
  two 
  springs 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  click 
  in 
  the 
  patent 
  granted 
  this 
  in- 
  

   ventor 
  September 
  2, 
  1879, 
  No. 
  219328 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  click 
  

   is 
  arrow-shaped, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  Figs. 
  2 
  and 
  3, 
  and, 
  furthermore, 
  the 
  pin 
  

   which 
  supports 
  the 
  click 
  is 
  mounted 
  in 
  the 
  sliding 
  button. 
  When 
  the 
  

   button 
  is 
  moved 
  inward 
  to 
  the 
  position 
  shown 
  in 
  Figs. 
  3 
  and 
  5 
  the 
  

   springs 
  catch 
  behind 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  click 
  (Fig. 
  3), 
  and 
  retain 
  the 
  click 
  

   in 
  gear 
  with 
  the 
  ratchet-wheel, 
  the 
  button 
  being 
  thereby 
  prevented 
  

   from 
  moving 
  out 
  spontaneously 
  ; 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  button 
  is 
  moved 
  out 
  to 
  

   the 
  position 
  shown 
  in 
  Figs. 
  2 
  and 
  4, 
  the 
  springs 
  bear 
  upon 
  the 
  inclined 
  

  

  