US422786A - Ernest holzmann - Google Patents

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E. HOLZMANN.

- FISHING REEL.

ivo. 422,786.

Patented Mar. 4, 1890.

WIM/58858:

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ERNEST HOLZMANN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AUGUST H. DIRKES, OF SAME PLACE.

FISHING-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,786, dated March 4, 1890.

Application filed June 13,1889.

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ERNEST HOLZMANN, of the city, county, and State of New York, a citizen ot the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to improvements'in fishing-reels5 and the object of my invent-ion is to provideareel which is simple in construction, can be readily taken apart without requiring the use of implements, and which is provided with attachments that serve as a drag or brake for the line while the same is being unwound while casting or trolling.

The invention consist in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described'hereinafter, and finally be pointed out in the claims.

v In the accompanying drawings, Figure 'l is a vertical transverse sectional view of my improved reel on the line oo w, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an inner face view of the detachable end plate. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 'y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The casing of the reel is composed of two flanged rings A A', united by posts B B'. To

4said flanged rings A and A' the end plates C and C' are attached, the., former one permanently and the latter detachably, said plates forming the bearings for the spindle or shaft D of the pulley or reel proper D. Said reel is provided at one end with a pinion E, that engages a cogwheel F,mounted on the inner end of a shaft F', journaled in the detachable end plate O' and provided with the usual handle G for turning it.

The detachable end plate' O is provided with three undercut segmental grooves Il, into which the headed studs J that project from the ring A', can pass, said undercut grooves being each provided at one end with an enlargement to permit of inserting the heads of said studs. To attach the plate C to the casing, the heads of the studs are passed through the enlargements of the grooves ll, and then said plate is turned to the right until the studs are at the opposite ends of the grooves, thus forming a bayonet-lock. A

Serial No. 314,175. (No model.)

screw I is screwed through the plate O into the ring A' to prevent accidental turning and loosening of said plate C'. In a recess K 1n the inner surface of the detachable plate C' p a brake-lever L is pivoted, which is provided posed between said lever Vand the bottom of the recess, and which presses said end of the lever outward, thereby pressing the brakehead L in ya direct-ion from the end plate ot the reel proper.

Part of the cross-bar B' ofthe trame of the reel is made tubular, and in the same a sliding rod N is mounted, the ends of which are rounded. One of said ends rests against the shorter end of the lever L, and on the other the beveled inner end of a sliding` push-pin O in said cross-bar B can act. By pressing the push-pin O inward the beveled inner end of the same acts on the inner end of the sliding rod N and pushes said sliding rod N to the right, whereby the shorter end ot the lever K is pressed to the right and the head L' of said lever is pressed against the outer surface of the one end plate of the reel proper D, and thus acts as a brake or drag.

On that end of the reel opposite the one on which t-he pinion E is mounted the ratehet wheel P is afixed, with which a pawl Q can engage, hat is pivoted on the inner surface of the end plate A, said pawl having a squared offset Q', against which a spring R rests, which spring is secured on the end plate C. A disk S, having teeth on its edge, is pivoted in the flange ot' the ring A and is provided with a recess S', into which a prong Q2 of the pawl Q projects. The disk S is provided with a stop-pin S2, which can strike against one of the crossposts of the frame or casing. By means of the thumb, which is placed on the serrated projecting edge ot the disk S, said disk S is rotated' in the direction of the arrow 0c until the pin S2 strikes against the post B', as shown in Fig. a.

Q is brought Vin engagement with the ratchet` wheel l?, and when the line is unwound by a fish pulling on it the reel D and the ratchetwheel P are turned iu. the direction of the Thereby the pawl IOO arrow x2, Aand this pawl and ratchet-wheel serves as a drag to prevent the iish from un- Winding the line too rapidly, and also produces a clicking noise, calling the attention of the fisherman to the fact that a fish is pulling on the line.

As soon as the fisherman begins to turn the handle G to `wind up the line, the direction of rotationV of the reel D and ratchetwheel P are reversed, and a tooth of vthe ratchet-wheel acting on the pawl throws the same out of engagement with the ratchetwheel, and at the same time the prong Q2, acting on the disk S, turns the same slightly in the inverse direction of the arrow l0c. Whenever the pawl is to be thrown into engagement with the ratchet-wheel, it is only necessary to turn the disk S by means 0f the thumb in the direction of the arrow x', and as soon as the reel is turned to wind up the line the pawl is automatically thrown out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel, and no adj usting or setting of this ratchet is thus required.

The reel is provided with the usual arm T for securing it to the end of thepole. My improved reel is very simple in construction, not apt to get out of order, and requires no manipulation to set the drag,'and by simply pressing` the thumb on the push-pin O the fisherman is at all times enabled to control the line when the same is being unwound for casting or by the fish.

Having thus described my invention,- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a fishing-reel, the combination, with a frame composed of two flanged rings and cross-bars uniting them, of a fixed end plate on one iianged ring, a detachable end plate on the other flanged ring, a reel mounted in said end plates, and gearing in the detachable end plates for operating Athe reel, substantially as set fort-h.

2. In a fishing-reel, the combination, with two flanged rings united by cross-bars, of a fixed end plate on one flanged ring, a detachd able end plate on thc other flanged ring,

headed studs projecting from one flanged ring, undercut grooves on the inner surface of the detachable end plate, a reel mounted to turn between said end plates, and gearing in the detachable end plates for operating said reel, substantially as set forth.

3. In a fishing-reel, the combination, with a frame, of a reel mounted to rotate in the same, a brake mounted in one of thc end plates of the reel-frame, a push-pin in one of the crossbars of the frame, and a sliding' rod which transmits motion from the push'pin to the brake, substantially as set forth.

Ll. In a fishing-reel, the combination, with a frame, of a reel .mounted to rotate in the same, 'a brake-lever pivoted in one of the end plates of the reel, a spring .acting on said brake-lever, a sliding rod in one of the crossbars of the frame,'which sliding rod can act on the brake-lever, and a push-pin insaid cross-bar, which push-pin acts on the sliding rod, substantially as set forth.

5. In a fishing-reel, the combinationwith a reel casing or frame, of a reel mounted in the same and provided with a ratchet-wheel, a pawl pivoted on one of the end plates of the frame and adapted to engage said ratchetd wheel, and a serrated disk pivoted in the rim of the frame and having anotch for receiving aprong of the pawl, and of a spring acting on said pawl, substantially as set forth,-

6. In a iishing-reel,the combii1ation,-wit.li a easing or frame, of a reel mounted in the same, a ratchet-wheel on said reel, a pawl pivoted on one of the end plates,- a serrated disk mounted in the edge of the'frame and having a recess into which a prong of the pawl passes, and also having a stop-lug, and of a spring acting on said pawl, substantially as Set forth. p

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

l ERNEST I-IOLZMANN; Witnessesi v OsoAR F. GUNZ, J oHN ALONZO STRALEY'.

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