Hi everybody,
I, quite a long time ago, asked about the possible patent of the Royalmatic reels made by Bronson. Someone answered that he wondered if these reel had been US made.
Quite unexpectedly I recently acquired from the bay a boxed True Temper Aristomatic that was clearly , if not Royal, at least an Aristocratic copy made by Bronson.The only clear difference is the back plate screw , which is larger on the True Temper version.The documents are the same, with a change in the name of the reel.
So, I took the three Royalmatic I own out of their boxes... (green, burgundy and gold).
Much to my surprise, I saw that two of them had their reel foot clearly stamped "made in the U.S.A." !
This settles the matter, even if one of them isn't stamped.
However, I'm still looking for a patent of this reel and its light cousin, the Royalite
Hope this will be of some interest for Automatics collectors...
Bronson Automatic reels
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Re: Bronson Automatic reels
ORCA's Bronson website has a link to about 100 patents that were assigned to the Bronson Reel Co. However, none involve an automatic reel. They might not have held any patents for their versions.
Mark
Mark