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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [64] 
  

  

  nary 
  jointed 
  rod 
  the 
  resistance 
  to 
  strains, 
  both 
  tension 
  and 
  compression, 
  

   which 
  arise 
  in 
  bending, 
  have 
  been 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  inherent 
  elasticity 
  of 
  

   the 
  rod. 
  But 
  as 
  the 
  rod 
  cannot 
  be 
  uniformly 
  elastic, 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  bend 
  

   equally, 
  nor 
  have 
  a 
  uniform 
  curve, 
  but 
  will 
  assume 
  a 
  sharper 
  curve 
  in 
  

   the 
  less 
  stiff 
  portions. 
  Hence 
  the 
  rod 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  sprung 
  or 
  broken 
  

   when 
  undue 
  strain 
  is 
  exerted. 
  Even 
  in 
  the 
  split-bamboo 
  rod, 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  several 
  parts 
  comprising 
  joints 
  are 
  adjusted 
  and 
  arranged 
  to 
  over- 
  

   come 
  the 
  defect 
  arising 
  from 
  the 
  unequal 
  strength 
  of 
  several 
  individual 
  

   pieces, 
  full 
  success 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  attained. 
  To 
  overcome 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  

   tbe 
  unequal 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  parts 
  comprising 
  a 
  rod, 
  or 
  in 
  case 
  

   the 
  rod 
  is 
  integral, 
  to 
  overcome 
  a 
  like 
  defect 
  which 
  would 
  exist, 
  there 
  is 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  or 
  top 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  a 
  small 
  steel 
  jointed 
  wire. 
  

   This 
  wire 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  fixed 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  to 
  the 
  tip, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  extremity 
  

   to 
  the 
  but-end 
  of 
  the 
  rod. 
  The 
  rear 
  end 
  has 
  attached 
  to 
  it 
  a 
  head 
  or 
  

   button, 
  which 
  actuates 
  a 
  coiled 
  spring 
  fitting 
  within 
  a 
  small 
  double 
  

   cylinder 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  butt. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  L 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  a 
  fishing-rod, 
  of 
  a 
  tension 
  wire 
  or 
  cord 
  

   secured 
  thereto, 
  and 
  an 
  elastic 
  connection, 
  which 
  permits 
  the 
  wire 
  or 
  

   cord 
  to 
  accommodate 
  itself 
  to 
  the 
  varying 
  curvature 
  of 
  the 
  rod, 
  for 
  the 
  

   purposes 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  A 
  fishiug-rod 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  back-bone 
  or 
  support, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   a 
  continuous 
  or 
  linked 
  wire 
  or 
  cord 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  and 
  but-ends 
  of 
  

   said 
  rod, 
  the 
  rear 
  end 
  being 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  butt 
  indirectly 
  by 
  a 
  coiled 
  

   or 
  other 
  spring 
  contained 
  and 
  carried 
  within 
  a 
  tube 
  screwing 
  within 
  

   another 
  tube 
  or 
  cylinder 
  attached 
  securely 
  to 
  the 
  but, 
  substantially 
  as 
  

   herein 
  described. 
  

  

  "3. 
  In 
  a 
  fishing-rod, 
  the 
  individual 
  joints 
  furnished 
  with 
  a 
  wire 
  link 
  

   attached 
  thereto 
  by 
  suitable 
  devices, 
  and 
  when 
  united 
  forming 
  an 
  en- 
  

   tire 
  rod 
  with 
  a 
  continuous 
  linked 
  wire, 
  the 
  latter 
  adjustable 
  to 
  the 
  cur- 
  

   vature 
  of 
  said 
  rod, 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  spring 
  to 
  equalize 
  and 
  distrib- 
  

   ute 
  strains 
  brought 
  upon 
  any 
  weak 
  point, 
  substantially 
  as 
  stated. 
  

  

  "4. 
  A 
  fishing-rod, 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  a 
  wire 
  or 
  cord 
  extending 
  along 
  

   its 
  upper 
  or 
  top 
  portion, 
  an 
  adjustable 
  coiled 
  spring 
  to 
  which 
  said 
  wire 
  

   is 
  attached, 
  and 
  a 
  movable 
  tube 
  which 
  incloses 
  said 
  spring, 
  said 
  wire 
  

   accommodating 
  itself 
  to 
  the 
  bending 
  of 
  the 
  rod 
  by 
  the 
  yielding 
  of 
  the 
  

   .spring, 
  substantially 
  as 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  " 
  o. 
  In 
  a 
  fishing 
  rod, 
  A, 
  the 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  continuous 
  or 
  linked 
  

   wire 
  B, 
  whose 
  tension 
  is 
  adjustable 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  coiled 
  spring, 
  /, 
  with 
  

   the 
  closed 
  movable 
  cylinder 
  E, 
  screwing 
  within 
  a 
  primary 
  cylinder 
  or 
  

   tube, 
  D, 
  securely 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  but-end 
  of 
  the 
  rod, 
  substantially 
  as 
  

   stated." 
  

  

  