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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [58] 
  

  

  inay 
  be 
  used 
  iu 
  connection 
  with 
  a 
  reel 
  for 
  winding 
  in 
  the 
  line. 
  The 
  line 
  

   B, 
  or 
  so 
  much 
  thereof 
  as 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  reel 
  to 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  tubu- 
  

   lar 
  guide 
  a, 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  gimp, 
  or 
  of 
  other 
  material 
  having 
  sufficient 
  stiff- 
  

   ness 
  to 
  turn 
  without 
  buckling 
  or 
  twisting 
  to 
  any 
  material 
  extent, 
  yet 
  

   capable 
  of 
  being 
  readily 
  wound 
  upon 
  the 
  reel. 
  The 
  line 
  being 
  provided 
  

   with 
  the 
  usual 
  liy 
  or 
  bait, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  allowed 
  to 
  hang 
  from 
  

   the 
  rod 
  and 
  thereby 
  to 
  straighten 
  the 
  line, 
  it 
  will 
  bo 
  seen 
  that 
  rotation 
  

   imparted 
  to 
  the 
  shell 
  or 
  cylinder 
  by 
  the 
  train 
  E 
  will 
  be 
  transmitted 
  to 
  

   the 
  line 
  I>, 
  and 
  through 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  bait 
  or 
  fly, 
  the 
  swivel 
  of 
  the 
  bait 
  being 
  

   made 
  sufficiently 
  tight 
  to 
  prevent 
  rotation 
  therein 
  until 
  a 
  fish 
  is 
  hooked 
  ■, 
  

   and 
  resistance 
  thereby 
  offered 
  to 
  the 
  rotation 
  of 
  the 
  bait. 
  A 
  brake, 
  F, 
  

   is 
  provided 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  cylinder 
  or 
  shell 
  against 
  rotation, 
  

   and 
  the 
  reel 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  square 
  stem, 
  /, 
  to 
  receive 
  a 
  handle 
  or 
  

   key 
  by 
  which 
  to 
  turn 
  i> 
  and 
  wind 
  in 
  the 
  line. 
  The 
  brake 
  is 
  arranged 
  

   to 
  enter 
  a 
  hole 
  or 
  notch, 
  g, 
  which 
  is 
  so 
  located 
  as 
  to 
  stop 
  the 
  shell 
  with 
  

   the 
  stem 
  /'in 
  proper 
  position 
  for 
  operation. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  In 
  combination 
  with 
  a 
  fishing 
  line 
  or 
  gimp, 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  fly 
  or 
  

   bait, 
  a 
  rotary 
  wheel 
  or 
  body 
  connected 
  with 
  said 
  line 
  or 
  gimp, 
  and 
  

   serving 
  to 
  impart 
  a 
  rotary 
  or 
  twirling 
  motion 
  thereto. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  In 
  combination 
  with 
  a 
  fishing-line 
  or 
  gimp, 
  a 
  wheel 
  or 
  body 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  therewith, 
  and 
  a 
  spring 
  driven 
  train 
  connected 
  with 
  said 
  wheel 
  

   or 
  body 
  and 
  arranged 
  to 
  rotate 
  the 
  same, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "3. 
  The 
  herein-described 
  device 
  for 
  imparting 
  rotary 
  motion 
  to 
  fish- 
  

   ing-bait, 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  shell 
  C, 
  having 
  tubular 
  journal 
  b, 
  and 
  internal 
  

   reel 
  D, 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  means, 
  substantially 
  such 
  as 
  described, 
  where- 
  

   by 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  rotated 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "4. 
  In 
  combination 
  with 
  a 
  bait-twirling 
  mechanism, 
  a 
  fly 
  or 
  bait 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  a 
  tight-fitting 
  swivel, 
  such 
  as 
  described, 
  whereby 
  the 
  bait 
  is 
  

   caused 
  to 
  turn 
  with 
  the 
  line 
  or 
  gimp 
  until 
  resistance 
  is 
  offered, 
  where- 
  

   upon 
  the 
  friction 
  is 
  overcome 
  and 
  the 
  line 
  or 
  gimp 
  permitted 
  to 
  turn 
  

   independently 
  of 
  the 
  bait." 
  

  

  No. 
  306162. 
  

  

  (John 
  Kopf, 
  Brooklyn, 
  N.Y., 
  assignor 
  of 
  one-half 
  to 
  Thomas 
  B. 
  Mills, 
  of 
  same 
  place; 
  

   patented 
  ( 
  >ctoher 
  7, 
  1884 
  : 
  fishing-reel. 
  Sen 
  Plate 
  LXXI.) 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  point 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  appearance 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   designed 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  finished 
  reel. 
  Panels 
  of 
  vulcanite 
  are 
  let 
  into 
  the 
  

   viids 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  held 
  by 
  rims 
  or 
  bezels, 
  and 
  the 
  cap-nut 
  over 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  spool 
  journal 
  was 
  devised, 
  it 
  is 
  intimated, 
  to 
  do 
  duty 
  

   as 
  mi 
  assistant 
  in 
  this 
  respect. 
  

  

  The 
  inventor 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  claim 
  as 
  of 
  my 
  invention 
  a 
  reel 
  having 
  its 
  plates 
  or 
  heads 
  

  

  