﻿[57] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES 
  1031 
  

  

  iug 
  it 
  from 
  rotating 
  when 
  sufficient 
  line 
  has 
  been 
  paid 
  out. 
  This 
  spring- 
  

   catch 
  is 
  conveniently 
  located 
  to 
  be 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  thumb 
  or 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   fingers 
  of 
  the 
  hand 
  holding 
  the 
  case, 
  while 
  the 
  reel 
  may 
  be 
  rotated 
  by 
  

   the 
  other 
  hand 
  actuating 
  the 
  crank-handle. 
  The 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  device 
  is 
  

   made 
  very 
  strong 
  and 
  light. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  a 
  line-reel 
  the 
  combination 
  with 
  the 
  shaft 
  b 
  of 
  the 
  plain 
  flange 
  c 
  

   secured 
  to 
  one 
  end 
  thereof, 
  and 
  the 
  flange 
  c' 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  end, 
  

   and 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  lug, 
  c 
  2 
  , 
  projecting 
  inwardly 
  therefrom 
  adjacent 
  to 
  

   the 
  shaft 
  b, 
  and 
  to 
  which 
  is 
  attached 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  line, 
  substantially 
  

   as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  hereinbefore 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  In 
  combination, 
  the 
  inclosing-case 
  d 
  d'f, 
  the 
  gear-wheel 
  h, 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  the 
  crank-handle 
  j, 
  the 
  line-reel 
  b 
  c 
  c', 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  

   pinion, 
  and 
  the 
  bell-crank 
  spring-catch 
  fc, 
  having 
  its 
  outer 
  end 
  lying 
  

   along 
  the 
  inclosing 
  case, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  303186. 
  

  

  (Henry 
  F. 
  Price, 
  Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y.; 
  patented 
  August 
  5, 
  1884 
  ; 
  reel-fasten 
  iug 
  for 
  fishing- 
  

   rods. 
  See 
  Plate 
  LXIX.) 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  is 
  more 
  generally 
  to 
  adapt 
  rods 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  varying 
  sizes 
  

   of 
  seats 
  of 
  reels. 
  Sliding 
  bands 
  of 
  different 
  diameters 
  arc 
  nested 
  on 
  

   the 
  rod. 
  These 
  are 
  employed 
  respectively 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  

   reel-seat, 
  and 
  are 
  applied 
  to 
  hold 
  either 
  or 
  both 
  ends 
  of 
  reel-seat 
  rod. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  "1. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  a 
  rod, 
  a 
  reel-seat, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  separate 
  

   sliding 
  nested 
  bands 
  or 
  rings, 
  whereby 
  a 
  reel-seat 
  of 
  varying 
  size 
  may 
  

   be 
  securely 
  clamped 
  to 
  a 
  rod, 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  a 
  rod, 
  a 
  reel-seat, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  connected 
  

   sliding 
  nested 
  bands 
  or 
  rings, 
  said 
  reel- 
  bands 
  being 
  so 
  constructed 
  that 
  

   they 
  shall 
  -not 
  separate 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  longitudinally 
  by 
  what 
  is 
  known 
  

   as 
  a 
  "bayonet-fastening," 
  whereby 
  a 
  reel-seat 
  of 
  varying 
  size 
  may 
  be 
  

   securely 
  clamped 
  to 
  a 
  rod, 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  303347. 
  

  

  (Archer 
  Wakeman, 
  Capo 
  Vincent, 
  N. 
  Y.; 
  patented 
  August 
  12, 
  18S4 
  ; 
  fishing-tackle. 
  

  

  See 
  Plato 
  LXX.) 
  

  

  A 
  device 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  fishing-lines 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  twirling 
  or 
  

   rotating 
  the 
  line, 
  and 
  with 
  it 
  the 
  fly 
  or 
  bait 
  at 
  its 
  end. 
  A 
  rotary 
  disk 
  

   or 
  head 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  line 
  or 
  gimp 
  is 
  attached 
  is 
  connected 
  with 
  a 
  crank, 
  

   or 
  with 
  automatically-operating 
  mechanism 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  line 
  may 
  be 
  

   rotated. 
  Ordinarily 
  the 
  device 
  will 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  pole 
  or 
  rod, 
  and 
  

  

  