﻿[61] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1035 
  

  

  No. 
  252008. 
  

  

  (George 
  P. 
  Andrews, 
  Staffordville, 
  Conn.; 
  patented 
  January 
  10, 
  18S2 
  ; 
  fishing-rod. 
  

  

  See 
  Plate 
  LXX1V. 
  ) 
  

  

  The 
  sections 
  or 
  lengths 
  of 
  the 
  fish-pole 
  are 
  hinged, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  

   rigid 
  by 
  thimbles 
  which 
  slip 
  over 
  them. 
  The 
  thimbles 
  have 
  eyes 
  for 
  

   the 
  line. 
  Within 
  the 
  but-end 
  of 
  the 
  lowest 
  section 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  steel 
  

   balance, 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  pole 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  graduated 
  scale 
  for 
  the 
  pointer 
  of 
  

   the 
  balance. 
  The 
  end 
  can 
  be 
  closed 
  by 
  a 
  cap 
  when 
  the 
  balance 
  is 
  not 
  

   in 
  use, 
  it 
  is 
  said. 
  What 
  the 
  balance 
  is 
  for, 
  or 
  how 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  used, 
  is 
  

   not 
  stated. 
  It 
  is 
  presumed 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  weigh 
  fish, 
  to 
  be 
  hung 
  on 
  the 
  

   eye 
  or 
  little 
  hook 
  after 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  cap. 
  The 
  rod 
  is 
  folded 
  by 
  throw- 
  

   ing 
  up 
  the 
  thimbles 
  and 
  laying 
  the 
  hinged 
  lengths 
  together. 
  They 
  are 
  

   held 
  so 
  by 
  a 
  spiral 
  spring 
  fast 
  to 
  the 
  butt. 
  In 
  folding 
  the 
  sections, 
  the 
  

   spring 
  H 
  is 
  grasped 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  and 
  straightened 
  out 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  come 
  together. 
  Upon 
  its 
  release 
  it 
  will 
  spring 
  once 
  or 
  twice 
  

   around 
  the 
  folded 
  sections. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "The 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  tishing-pole 
  composed 
  of 
  lengths 
  or 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  hinged 
  together, 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  fastening 
  device 
  H, 
  for 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  specified." 
  

  

  No. 
  258902. 
  

  

  (Hiram 
  Eggleston, 
  Manchester, 
  Vt., 
  assignor 
  to 
  Charles 
  F. 
  Orvis, 
  of 
  same 
  place; 
  pat- 
  

   ented 
  June 
  G, 
  1882; 
  reel-seat 
  for 
  fishing-rods. 
  See 
  Plato 
  LXXV.) 
  

  

  A 
  spring 
  is 
  fastened 
  centrally 
  in 
  a 
  recess 
  in 
  the 
  rod. 
  Fixed 
  bauds 
  

   project 
  over 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  recess. 
  The 
  reel-seat 
  plate 
  is 
  slid 
  with 
  one 
  

   end 
  under 
  one 
  baud, 
  and 
  then 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  under 
  the 
  other, 
  so 
  

   that 
  both 
  sides 
  will 
  be 
  under 
  the 
  bauds, 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  held 
  up 
  against 
  

   the 
  bauds 
  by 
  the 
  spring. 
  The 
  seat 
  may 
  as 
  readily 
  be 
  detached 
  as 
  at- 
  

   tached, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  obvious. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "In 
  a 
  reel-seat 
  for 
  fishiug-rods, 
  a 
  spring 
  clamping 
  seat, 
  &, 
  in 
  combi- 
  

   nation 
  with 
  the 
  rod 
  having 
  the 
  fixed 
  ring 
  bands, 
  substantially 
  as 
  de- 
  

   scribed." 
  

  

  No. 
  263484. 
  

  

  (Thomas 
  H. 
  Chuhh, 
  Post 
  Mills, 
  Vt. 
  ; 
  pateuted 
  August 
  29, 
  1882; 
  tie-guide 
  for 
  fishing 
  

   rods. 
  See 
  Plate 
  LXXVI.) 
  

  

  The 
  tie-guide 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  line 
  passes 
  is 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  rod 
  by 
  

   cords 
  or 
  wire 
  wound 
  around 
  the 
  rod 
  and 
  the 
  points 
  of 
  the 
  guide, 
  or 
  by 
  

   ferrules 
  or 
  bands 
  slipped 
  upon 
  the 
  rod 
  over 
  the 
  points 
  of 
  the 
  guide. 
  

   The 
  guide-blank 
  is 
  cut 
  from 
  sheet 
  metal 
  with 
  points, 
  inclined 
  side 
  edges 
  

   leading 
  inward 
  from 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  points, 
  aud 
  curved 
  recesses 
  be- 
  

  

  