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US 4,077,587 AGranted
Spin casting reel
AssigneeYoshiya Nishizaki
InventorSueo Ueda
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AssigneeYoshiya Nishizaki
InventorSueo Ueda
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A spin casting reel which has a bobbin and a rotor adjacent thereto is provided with a rotor shaft connected to and extending from the rotor for rotating the latter upon rotation of the rotor shaft. A rotary drive shaft has a handle connected thereto for manually rotating the same and is supported not only for rotation but also for axial displacement between high and low speed positions. An input gear coaxially surrounds the drive shaft and is rotated thereby in both positions thereof. A change-gear transmission extends between the input gear and rotor shaft to transmit rotation from the input gear to the rotor shaft, this change-gear transmission including a clutch which has high and low speed positions in which the change-gear transmission respectively has high and low speed transmission ratios between the input gear and the rotor shaft. A cam structure is connected to the drive shaft for axial movement therewith and is connected with the clutch to displace the latter between its high and low speed positions when the drive shaft is displaced between its high and low speed positions. In this way while the operator can by way of the handle continue to rotate the drive shaft the latter can at the same time be displaced between its high and low speed positions to change the transmission ratio from the drive shaft to the rotor shaft.
In a spin casting reel having a bobbin and a bobbin rotor adjacent thereto, a rotor shaft connected with and extending from said rotor, a rotary drive shaft means having a handle connected thereto for manually rotating the same, support means supporting said drive shaft means for rotary movement as well as for axial movement between high and low speed positions, an input gear coaxially surrounding said drive shaft means and supported by said support means for rotary movement, said drive shaft means being operatively connected with said input gear for rotating the same in both positions of said drive shaft means, change-gear transmission means extending between and operatively connected with said input gear and rotor shaft for transmitting rotation from said input gear to said rotor shaft when said input gear is rotated upon turning of said drive shaft means, said change-gear transmission means including a clutch means having high and low speed positions in which said transmission means respectively provides high and low speed transmission ratios from said input gear to said rotor shaft, and cam means operatively connected to said drive shaft means for axial movement therewith and connected with said clutch means for respectively placing the latter in said high and low speed positions thereof when said drive shaft means is axially displaced between said high and low speed positions thereof.
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