Automatic Fishing Device

George Cook

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1863

Birthplace

Louisville, Kentucky

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Automatic Fishing Device

Born in 1863 in Louisville, KY, George Cook was a cook for Buffalo Bill Cody and a chef on a private dining car of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He was known as "Honest Mister Cook."

In 1899 Cook received a U.S. patent for an “Automatic Fishing Device” (US Patent No. 625829). The device featured a trip lever activated by tension on the fishing line. This would release a spring-loaded carriage that slid back on short rails within the frame of the device immediately and also would also ring an alarm gong by releasing a spring-actuated striker. The carriage contained a spring-driven reel which then takes up the line.

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Automatic Fishing Device

George Cook

Black Inventors, Black Inventions, African American Inventors, African American Inventors, African American Newspaper, Black Newspaper, African American Magazine, Black Magazine, African American History, Black History, African American Wealth, Black Wealth, African American Health, Black Health, African American Economics, Black Economics, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN Books, KINDR'D Magazine, Black Lives, Black Lives Matter, African American Art, Black Art, African American Politics, Black Politics, African American City, Black City, African American People, Black People, Allegory, Segregation, Racism, Reparations

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Born in 1863 in Louisville, KY, George Cook was a cook for Buffalo Bill Cody and a chef on a private dining car of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He was known as "Honest Mister Cook."

In 1899 Cook received a U.S. patent for an “Automatic Fishing Device” (US Patent No. 625829). The device featured a trip lever activated by tension on the fishing line. This would release a spring-loaded carriage that slid back on short rails within the frame of the device immediately and also would also ring an alarm gong by releasing a spring-actuated striker. The carriage contained a spring-driven reel which then takes up the line.

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Born – 1863

Birthplace – Louisville, Kentucky

U.S. Patent(s)US625829

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