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US 10,091,977 B2Granted
Fishing line reel with in-line payout control
AssigneeAms AG
InventorsJeff Braun, Tim Morines
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Abstract
A reel for fishing line or the like provides for extremely rapid payout by releasing the line to unwind by sliding rapidly around a guide surrounding the line spool and by rotation of the line spool itself. A handle extending rearwardly from the reel controls a line guide preventing sliding of the fishing line around the guide and providing controllable friction and locking of rotation of the line spool only when actuated by the user to permit retraction of the line or controlled tensioning of the line.
Claims11
A fishing line reel providing rapid line payout comprising:
- a housing supporting:
- a crank mechanism operable by a user for rotating a first shaft extending along an axis with respect to the housing;
- a line spool rotatable about the first shaft;
- a winder attached to rotate with the first shaft and having a line guide for catchin a fishing line so that the fishing line winds about the line spool with rotation of the first shaft when the line guide is in an extended position and for freeing the fishing line so that the fishing line does not wind about the line spool with the rotation of the first shaft when the line guide is in a retracted position;
- a handle extending from a rear of the housing substantially along the axis and operable by the user to move the line guide from the retracted position to the extended position when the handle moves between a released position and an actuated position;
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- a bias spring biasing the handle mechanism to move the line guide to the released position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.