Disengageable locking mechanism in a fishing reel

In a fishing reel having rotatable parts, a hand crank and transmission means comprising a plurality of rotatable members and connected to be driven by the hand crank and to rotate said parts, a device comprising a disengageable anti-reverse mechanism for a rotatable member, such as a line pick-up member in a non-rotary type reel, said rotatable member being rotatable by said hand crank via said transmission means (2, 3, 4), said anti-reverse mechanism comprising a ratchet (5) rotatable by means of the hand crank, a pawl (7) and an actuating means (20) for shifting said pawl between an operative position for cooperation with said ratchet and a free position in relation to said ratchet, said ratchet, in the operative position of the pawl (7), being rotatable in a first rotational direction but being locked by the pawl against rotation in a second opposite direction of rotation, said actuating means (20) comprising a link arm (21) connected at one end to the pawl, and a friction clutch means frictionally actuated by one of said rotatable parts of the fishing reel and connected to said link arm for pivoting the pawl out of engagement with said ratchet when driven by the hand crank;

• said friction clutch means comprising a clutch member connected in a sliding clutch engagement to one of said rotatable transmission members, pivot means (26, 27) connected to said link arm (21) at the other end of the latter to said clutch member (23) in a manner to permit pivotal movement and a restricted lost motion therebetween, and elastic means (22) connecting said clutch member and said link arm and yieldably acting against any lost motion between said link arm (21) and said clutch member, whereby said link arm and said pawl in said operative position of the latter in engagement with said ratchet (5) permits a restricted rotational movement back and forth of said clutch member (23) without causing any shifting of said pawl.