The Fishing Reel Patent Archive

The mechanical heart of American angling

Kentucky-style reel

Patent drawing of a fishing reel showing a spooled reel frame with a metal brake plate mounted above it, engaging beveled reel heads, alongside detail views of the brake mechanism and a spring-loaded pivoted variant.LINE-REEL BRAKECharles H. Briggs · November 3, 1885Patent drawing sheet showing nine views of a multiplying fishing reel, including a perspective view with crank handle, side and end views revealing internal gears, and enlarged detail sections of the eccentric stud and tie-plate construction.FISHING-REEL.Charles K. Bradford · May 21, 1889Patent drawing of a 19th-century fishing reel showing exterior views (Figs. 1-2) with crank and spool, and internal gear mechanism views (Figs. 3-10) illustrating the spur gears, cam-piece, locking pins, and sliding plate used to engage, disengage, and lock the spool.FISHING-REEL.Alphonso F. Boardman · January 26, 1892Patent drawing sheets showing cross-sections and elevations of a spring-actuated fishing reel with a hollow rod handle housing a coiled spring, gear train, friction brake wheel, and a detachable reel plate with labeled parts A through W and section views Fig.1 through Fig.6.FISHING-REELJoseph Singer · February 14, 1893