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US 11,632,941 B2Granted
Bottle-style reel bow-fishing reel out of plane bottle axis
AssigneeAms AG
InventorsJeff Braun, Tim Morines, Mathew Schillinger
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Abstract
A bottle-style reel for bow-fishing and the like provides a retriever bottle that is tipped out of the vertical plane defined by the crank axis and the rotation of interengaging wheels that grip the fishing line and push it into the retriever bottle. In this way the retriever mechanism of the interengaging wheels can be aligned with the bow grip for reduced torque and simplified mounting.
Claims19
A fishing reel comprising:
- a housing supporting:
- a release actuator operable by a user to pay out fishing line forwardly along a line axis in a first state and wind in fishing line rearwardly along the line axis in a second state;
- a crank arm providing a handle for rotation of the crank arm about a crank axis by a user to wind in the fishing line;
- and
- a line guide guiding the fishing line in through a rear opening of the line guide and out through a front opening of the line guide along the line axis wherein the rear opening of the line guide is continuous with a front of the housing and wherein the front opening of the line guide has a width no greater than half an extended length of the line guide.
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A fishing reel comprising:
- a housing;
- a release actuator to pay out fishing line forwardly along a line axis in a first state and wind in fishing line rearwardly along the line axis in a second state;
- a crank arm providing a handle for rotation of the crank arm about a crank axis by a user to wind in the fishing line;
- and
- a line guide guiding the fishing line in through a rear opening of the line guide and out through a front opening of the line guide along the line axis wherein the front opening of the line guide has a width no greater than half an extended length of the line guide
- wherein the line guide is a radial flange that tapers from the rear opening to the front opening.
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A fishing reel comprising:
- a housing;
- a release actuator to pay out fishing line forwardly along a line axis in a first state and wind in fishing line rearwardly along the line axis in a second state;
- a crank arm providing a handle for rotation of the crank arm about a crank axis by a user to wind in the fishing line;
- a first wheel communicating with the crank arm allowing rotation of the first wheel;
- a second wheel movable between an engaged position operating to compress the fishing line between the second wheel and the first wheel at a contact point, and within a plane perpendicular to the crank axis with rotation of the first and second wheels, and a disengaged position separating the first and second wheels to release the fishing line therebetween;
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- a line guide guiding the fishing line in through a rear opening of the line guide and out through a front opening of the line guide along the line axis wherein the front opening of the line guide has a width no greater than half an extended length of the line guide.
4 more elements
A fishing reel comprising:
- a housing;
- a release actuator to pay out fishing line forwardly along a line axis in a first state and wind in fishing line rearwardly along the line axis in a second state;
- a crank arm providing a handle for rotation of the crank arm about a crank axis by a user to wind in the fishing line;
- and
- a line guide guiding the fishing line in through a rear opening of the line guide and out through a front opening of the line guide along the line axis wherein the front opening of the line guide has a width no greater than half an extended length of the line guide;
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- a blade held within a shroud having a cut-out partially exposing the blade and adapted to receive a width of the fishing line for cutting.
4 more elements
A fishing reel comprising:
- a housing;
- a release actuator to pay out fishing line forwardly along a line axis in a first state and wind in fishing line rearwardly along the line axis in a second state;
- a crank arm providing a handle for rotation of the crank arm about a crank axis by a user to wind in the fishing line;
- a line guide guiding the fishing line in through a rear opening of the line guide and out through a front opening of the line guide along the line axis wherein the front opening of the line guide has a width no greater than half an extended length of the line guide;
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- a bottle receiving the fishing line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.