Bow Fishing Reel with Reduced Friction Payout
AssigneeAms AG
InventorsJeff Braun, Tim Morines
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Abstract
A reel suitable for bow fishing and the like provides a cowling covering a reel with a wide opening to reduce frictional restraint on high-speed paying out of the line with the flight of the arrow. An optional guide arm may be used to minimize line diversion and hence friction during line payout while absorbing forces when the line is retracted permitting use of a lighter cowling design without loss of strength. A high torque bevel gear transmission and safety lighting is further provided.
Claims17
A fishing line reel providing rapid line payout comprising:
- a frame adapted for attachment to a bow;
- a line spool rotatable with respect to the frame about a first axis to wind fishing line on the line spool around the first axis;
- a winder having a crank arm rotatable by a user to rotate the line spool around the first axis;
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- a cowling supported by the frame and surrounding the line spool, the cowling having an opening at a first end to allow payout of the fishing line along the first axis;
- wherein the line spool provides a front rim extending radially about the first axis and the fishing line passes over the front rim during payout of the fishing line and wherein the opening is substantially equal in diameter to a diameter of the front rim.
The fishing line reel of claim I wherein the opening has a diameter within 10 percent of the diameter of the front rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.