The Fishing Reel Patent Archive

The mechanical heart of American angling

Multiplier reel

Patent drawing of a 19th-century multiplying fishing reel showing an assembled perspective view with crank handle, an internal gear view, a cross-section revealing the spool and pinion, and a detached bridge plate.IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-REELS.Silas B. Terry · November 14, 1871Patent drawing showing a cutaway side view of a fishing reel with crank handle and internal gears (Fig. 1), and a front view of the reel's back plate exposing a set of interlocking gear wheels labeled H, I, J, K (Fig. 2).IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-REELSCharles W. MacCord · February 10, 1874Patent drawing of a round fishing reel showing five figures: a side view with mounting foot, a front cross-section revealing the crank, spool-drum, and driving-shaft, two internal gear-train sections labeled with letters a through n, and a small circular detail of the click mechanism.IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-REELSL. Taylor Dickson · April 22, 1879Patent drawing of a fishing reel showing a circular geared reel mounted in-line with a rod stock, with a side crank handle, gear wheel, pinion, and spring mechanism labeled with letters A through E.FISHING-REEL.John Dreiser · August 14, 1883Patent drawing showing a wood-handled fishing reel mounted between two rod sections, with side views revealing internal star-shaped and toothed gears, a crank handle, and a cross-sectional diagram labeling the spindle, gears, and slide mechanism.FISHING-REEL.Anton Lang · August 21, 1883Patent drawing sheets showing a fishing reel's internal spring barrel, planetary gear train, friction brake wheels, and toothed rings, with a side elevation of the assembled reel mounted on a rod handle and hand crank.FISHING-REEL.Elbert Ball Porter · December 6, 1887Patent drawing sheets showing a cylindrical fishing rod handle with a detachable multiplying reel, exploded and sectioned views revealing internal gearing, click wheel, spring drag, and threaded sockets connecting handle segments.COMBINED REEL-HANDLE AND FISHING-REEL.Abraham Coates · March 20, 1888Patent drawing of a fishing reel showing the winding drum with crank handle, an internal grooved cylinder mechanism for laying line evenly, and separate detail views of the tension yoke, guide bar, and pinion gearing.FISHING-REEL.Joseph Patrick Costigan · January 22, 1889Patent drawing sheet showing a fishing reel's internal gear train, spiral spring barrel, ratchet mechanism, brake levers, and the reel mounted on a fishing rod, with hand-labeled parts and inventor's signature.FISHING-REEL.Frank Carey · May 7, 1889Patent 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 a spring-powered fishing reel with internal planetary gear train, cam-actuated clutch disk, hand crank, brake lever with wire line guard, and exploded views of individual gears and pinions.FISHING-REEL.Elbert Ball Porter · July 12, 1892Patent drawing showing a fishing reel mounted on a rod, with a spoked bobbin wheel, a lever-and-spindle brake mechanism, and several small detail views of the friction plates, collar, nut, and spring components.FISHING-REEL.James H. Mount · November 1, 1892Patent drawing of a fishing reel with an automatic line guide, showing internal cog wheels, a pivoting arm, and an adjustable slotted arm mounted on the reel's side plate, alongside plan and sectional views of the gear mechanism.AUTOMATIC REEL-GUIDE.J. Farnum Wellington · March 20, 1894Patent drawing sheet showing six figures of a fishing reel: a front elevation with crank handle and end plates, an end view revealing internal gears and pinion, a cross-section through the spool and grooved shaft, a detail of the reversely grooved shaft with a sliding guide, a small forked guide ring, and a simple crank handle.FISH-LINE REEL.Nelson H. McGregor · June 26, 1894Patent drawing sheet showing a round fishing reel viewed face-on (Figs. 1 and 3) with internal gears, a pinion, sliding arm, click pawl and crank handle, plus corresponding cross-section views (Figs. 2 and 4) revealing the pivot, pulley hub, gear-wheel and mounting plate attached to a fishing rod, and a small detail view (Fig. 5) of the retarding pawl mechanism.FISHING-REEL.Thomas J. Halleck · December 3, 1895Patent drawing of a Kruschke fishing reel showing an exploded perspective view with crank handle, internal gears, spool shaft, cam cylinder, and level-wind guide arm, alongside cross-sectional and detail views of the brake and gear mechanisms.FISHING-REEL.Rudolph C. Kruschke · June 8, 1897Patent drawing sheets showing a circular fishing reel housing with internal gear train, crank-arm, dual brake jaws, a spring-loaded indicator dial, and a curved segmental line guide, accompanied by detail views of gears, jaws, and spool disks.FISHING-REELHerman W. Martin · November 30, 1897Patent drawing sheet showing five figures of a fishing reel head-plate mechanism: a front face view with spool and handle, a rear view revealing a pivoted bridge, gears, hooks and a coil spring, a cross-sectional side view, another rear view with the gears removed showing the manually operated lever and arc-shaped arms, and a small cross-section detail.THROW-OFF MECHANISM FOR FISHING-REELS.Louis M. Sanders · June 5, 1917