Selective anti-reverse mechanism

In a spinning reel having a body portion of a deck plate with a first portion having a cylindrical wall projecting transverse to the deck plate and a second portion having a cylindrical wall projecting from the deck plate opposing the first portion, spaced apart aligned bearing means mounted in the cylindrical wall of the second portion and extending from the interior of the wall to the exterior of the wall, and a crank assembly rotatably mounted in the bearing means and extending therebetween having a crankshaft operable by a crank handle, and a gear mounted upon the shaft whereby rotation of the crank handle turns the gear to retrieve or to pay out fishing line, a selective anti-reverse device comprising:

• a ratchet mounted upon the shaft for rotation therewith;
• pawl means mounted upon the deck plate to pivotally engage the ratchet and prevent the pay out of fishing line and disengage the ratchet to permit both retrieval and pay out of the fishing line;
• an anti-reverse drag means pivotally mounted upon the shaft having a lug in contact with the pawl means to pivot the pawl means in response to the pivoting of the anti-reverse drag means, and having a pair of diverging first and second arms;
• an actuator means extending through the first portion between the first and second arms, the actuator means having a cam contacting the second arm to pivot the anti-reverse drag means in response to operation of the actuator means which, in turn, pivots the pawl means for engagement and disengagement of the ratchet;
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• bias means interconnected between the shaft and the first arm to bias the pivoting of the anti-reverse drag means in the direction of shaft rotation thereby maintaining the engagement between the cam and the second arm.