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US 12,471,585 B2Granted
Fly fishing reel with brake assembly and methods
OwnerCary Hogan Jones, George Sticklerinventors
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A fishing reel and related method include a housing, a spool, and a brake assembly. The housing includes an external circumferential surface and an internal circumferential surface. The spool is configured to have a length of fishing line wound thereon, and is rotatable relative to the housing about a rotation shaft. The brake assembly is mounted to and rotatable with the spool. The brake assembly includes a plurality of pivotally mounted pawls. The plurality of pawls each include a contact surface arranged facing the internal circumferential surface. Rotation of the fishing reel upon the fishing line being pulled out of the fishing reel when a fish pulls on the fishing line causes a centrifugal force that moves the contact surface of the plurality of pawls into contact with the internal circumferential surface to reduce a rotational speed of the spool relative to the housing.
A fishing reel comprising:
A fishing reel comprising
A method of operating a fishing reel, the fishing reel comprising a housing, a spool, and a brake assembly mounted to the spool, the brake assembly including a plurality of pivotally mounted pawls, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.