Fishing reel
OwnerLenord H. Turnerinventor
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Abstract
A fishing reel apparatus having a line spool and spool shaft mounted on a casing and having one or more bearings supporting the spool to the casing. Improvements in the bearings and spool brake include a bearing having a polymer bushing encased in metal except for a small protruding portion which sets against a ledge on the spool shaft and a brake member made of a solid lubricant polymer and working with the bearing to vary the tension on the line spool.
Claims6
A fishing reel, comprising in combination:
- a casing;
- a line spool mounted to said casing and having at least one shaft protruding therefrom, said shaft having a ledge formed thereon;
- a pair of bearings being positioned on said shaft on said line spool and supporting said spool in said casing;
- each said bearing having a cylindrical solid lubricant polymer bushing having an aperture therethrough encased in a metal casing having an aperture therethrough, said polymer bushing having an aperture smaller than said metal casing aperture;
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- line spool tension means including a solid polymer spool tension member for varying the spool tension of said spool in said casing by changing the pressure applied to said solid polymer line spool tension member.
The apparatus in accordance with claim, 2, in which each said bearing has a pair of cylindrical cup shaped metal casings having apertures therein, one having an outside diameter to fill the inside diameter of the other, whereby the two metal casings can be attached together to encase the solid polymer lubricant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.