Latching means for a free spool retrieval and spin type casting reel
OwnerRalph Thielinventor
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Abstract
A turntable pole mount for a fishing reel for converting the spool thereof from a fixed disposition on a drive shaft parallel to a fishing pole during spin type casting of a fishline into a free spool disposition on the shaft turned to a transverse disposition on the fishing pole and the spool in driving engagement with the hand crank operated gear arrangement of the reel for normal free spool retrieval of the fishline on the spool; together with a spring loaded thumb actuated lever pivotally mounted on the pole mount for normally latchingly securing the turntable in either of its two limits of movement; and for applying a braking action to the spool when it is disposed in spin casting position and the thumb actuated lever is depressed during spin casting of a fishline from the reel.
Claims3
A fishing reel for use of a fishing pole said reel being convertable from a fixed spool casting reel to a free spool retrieval reel comprising in combination:
- (1) a pole mount;
- (2) a turntable pivotally secured to said pole mount;
- (3) a gear housing secured to said turntable radially of the pivotal center thereof;
- (4) a gear arrangement within said housing;
- (5) means on said gear housing for turning said gear arrangement;
- (6) a sleeve shaft having one end secured to said gear housing and extending therefrom radially of and above said pivotally mounted turntable;
- (7) a spool journaled for free rotation on said sleeve shaft;
- (8) a drive shaft journaled as a free floating axle within said sleeve shaft and adapted to have drive connection with said gear arrangement within said gear housing;
- (9) means at the free end of said drive shaft for connecting the latter to said spool;
- (10) stop means on said turntable at right angles relative to each other, one below the free end of said drive shaft diametrically opposite said gear housing and the other at 90.degree. therefrom;
- (11) a thumb actuated lever pivotally mounted on said pole mount on an axis transverse of the pole;
- (12) a thumb depressable pad on one end of said thumb actuated lever overlying the pole;
- (13) a tooth member on the opposite end of said thumb actuated lever adapted to engage said stop means on said turntable for limiting rotative movement of said turntable between a spin casting position with said sleeve shaft extending parallel to said pole and a reel retrieval position with said sleeve shaft transverse to said pole;
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- (14) a brake shoe on opposite end of said thumb actuated lever adapted to engage said spool when said sleeve shaft is disposed in spin casting position and the thumb pad depressed during spin casting of the fish line from the spool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.