﻿[63] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1037 
  

  

  the 
  rod 
  C 
  that 
  the 
  rod 
  will 
  be 
  free 
  to 
  bend 
  from 
  end 
  to 
  end, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   strain 
  and 
  spring 
  will 
  be 
  uniform 
  throughout 
  its 
  entire 
  length, 
  the 
  rod 
  

   coming 
  into 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  butt 
  only 
  at 
  its 
  ends. 
  The 
  aperture 
  

   through 
  the 
  forward 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  butt 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  lit 
  the 
  rod 
  exactly, 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  rod 
  steady. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  "The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  cap 
  E, 
  having 
  a 
  central 
  screw 
  on 
  the 
  inside, 
  

   a 
  hollow 
  handle, 
  B, 
  having 
  a 
  central 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  butt, 
  aud 
  the 
  fishing- 
  

   rod 
  C, 
  having 
  an 
  end 
  open 
  tubular 
  cap 
  working 
  on 
  said 
  screw, 
  as 
  shown 
  

   and 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  277230. 
  

  

  (Thomas 
  H. 
  Chubb, 
  Post 
  Mills, 
  Vt. 
  ; 
  patented 
  May 
  8, 
  1883 
  ; 
  fishing-rod 
  tip. 
  See 
  Plato 
  

  

  LXXIX.) 
  

  

  The 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  funnel-top 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  annular 
  groove 
  

   for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  tube 
  of 
  the 
  funnel-head. 
  A 
  center 
  hole 
  is 
  

   drilled 
  in 
  the 
  back 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  for 
  entry 
  into 
  it 
  of 
  a 
  round 
  swaging 
  

   tool. 
  The 
  tube 
  of 
  the 
  funnel-head 
  is 
  then 
  pushed 
  into 
  the 
  annular 
  

   socket, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  swaging-tool 
  is 
  driven 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  center 
  hole 
  

   to 
  expand 
  the 
  central 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  metal 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  circumscribed 
  by 
  

   the 
  seat, 
  and 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  flaring 
  or 
  spread 
  configuration 
  to 
  such 
  

   seat, 
  and 
  a 
  corresponding 
  figuration 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  tube. 
  Af- 
  

   ter 
  the 
  funnel-top 
  has 
  been 
  formed, 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  hole 
  made 
  through 
  it 
  for 
  

   the 
  line. 
  By 
  this 
  construction 
  the 
  tube 
  is 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  by 
  a 
  

   dovetailed 
  joint, 
  and 
  if 
  this 
  joint 
  should 
  become 
  loose 
  or 
  spring 
  inward 
  

   it 
  can 
  readil} 
  T 
  be 
  tightened 
  by 
  driving 
  the 
  swaging-tool 
  into 
  the 
  center 
  

   hole. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  As 
  an 
  improved 
  article 
  of 
  manufacture, 
  the 
  funnel-top 
  for 
  a 
  fish- 
  

   ing-rod 
  herein 
  described, 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  C, 
  provided 
  Avith 
  the 
  

   deep 
  annular 
  groove 
  or 
  seat 
  b 
  at 
  its 
  inner 
  end, 
  and 
  inclined 
  opening 
  g, 
  

   made 
  through 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  tube 
  I), 
  having 
  its 
  outer 
  end 
  inserted 
  in 
  

   the 
  annular 
  groove 
  b 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  secured 
  thereto 
  by 
  the 
  dovetailed 
  

   joint 
  h, 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  tapering 
  tube 
  1), 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  C, 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  the 
  opening 
  g, 
  annular 
  groove 
  b, 
  and 
  central 
  hole 
  c, 
  sub- 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  described, 
  whereby 
  the 
  dovetail 
  joint 
  can 
  be 
  expanded 
  

   when 
  sprung 
  inwardly, 
  as 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  279988. 
  

  

  (Richard 
  Smith, 
  Sherbrooke, 
  Quebec, 
  Canada; 
  patented 
  June 
  26, 
  1883; 
  tension 
  equal- 
  

   izer 
  for 
  fishing-rods. 
  Sec 
  Plate 
  LXXX.) 
  

  

  A 
  device 
  for 
  equalizing 
  the 
  tension 
  and 
  compression 
  arising 
  from 
  

   strains 
  incidental 
  to 
  fishing-rods 
  when 
  in 
  use. 
  Hitherto 
  in 
  the 
  ordi- 
  

  

  