Spinning type fishing reel with bi-directionally rotating rotor and drag control to prevent line twist
OwnerThomas Sandstrominventor
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Abstract
A fishing spinning reel that eliminates problems associated with line twist by providing a rotor adapted for both forward and reverse rotation wherein a drag assembly applies drag to the rotor using an adjustable cam mechanism to prevent the rotor from imparting twist on the line when in the winding mode. By enabling the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction with the application of drag the present invention prevents line twist when fighting a fish by allowing the rotor to rotate in a reverse direction to let out line and/or to remain stationary as the handle is cranked thereby preventing the rotor from imparting twist on the line.
Claims6
A spinning reel comprising:
- a body and a hand crank rotatably connected thereto;
- a spool;
- a spool shaft connected to said spool, said spool shaft coupled to said hand crank and configured to axially reciprocate in response to rotation of said hand crank;
- a rotor disposed in concentric relation with said spool, said rotor rotatably mounted on a rotor shaft;
- said rotor shaft disposed in radially outward concentric relation with said spool shaft, said rotor shaft coupled to said hand crank and configured to rotate in response to rotation of said hand crank;
- a drag assembly adapted to apply drag force to said rotor said drag assembly including a plurality of drag plates and drag washers disposed in alternating face-to-face relation, wherein axial compression of said drag assembly applies drag force to said rotor;
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- a drag adjustment mechanism configured to adjust drag force applied by said drag assembly to said rotor.
A spinning reel comprising:
- a body and a hand crank rotatably connected thereto;
- a spool;
- a spool shaft connected to said spool, said spool shaft coupled to said hand crank and configured to axially reciprocate in response to rotation of said hand crank;
- a rotor disposed in concentric relation with said spool, said rotor axially rotatably mounted to a rotor shaft by a pair of axially disposed bearings;
- said rotor shaft disposed in radially outward concentric relation with said spool shaft, said rotor shaft coupled to said hand crank and configured to rotate in response to rotation of said hand crank;
- a drag assembly adapted to apply drag force to said rotor, said drag assembly including a plurality of axially aligned friction disks disposed in face-to-face relation, with at least one of said disks rotationally fixed relative to said rotor and another one of said disks rotationally fixed relative to said rotor shaft;
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- a drag adjustment mechanism configured to adjust drag force applied by said drag assembly to said rotor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.