Spinning reel housing with an access opening and removable cap therefor
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorJohn W. Puryear
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Abstract
A closed face spinning reel has a housing with an opening affording access to the reel mechanism. The opening is closed by a removable cap. The cap is seated on a radial flange in the opening and has flexible legs on its inner surface which engage cap locking surfaces on the inner face of the flange.
Claims9
In a closed face spinning reel having a body, a reel mechanism supported by said body, a front cover and a back housing connected with said body and forming an enclosure for said mechanism, and a rear wall on the back housing, the improvement comprising:
- an opening centrally located in the rear wall affording access to the reel mechanism;
- a removable cap for the opening, the opening has an inwardly directed radial flange on which the cap is seated, with cap locking surfaces on the inner face of the flange, and the cap has an inner surface with locking lugs for engagement with the cap locking surfaces, the locking lugs are outwardly directed flexible elements, spaced inwardly from the inner surface of the cap and the cap locking surfaces include a boss and recess peripherally spaced, one boss and recess for each of the lugs, rotation of the cap moving the lugs over a boss into and out of the associated recess.
In a closed face spinning reel having a body, a reel mechanism supported by the body, a front cover and a back housing connected with the body and forming an enclosure for the mechanism, the improvement comprising:
- an opening in the enclosure affording access to the reel mechanism;
- a removable cap for the opening, the opening has an inwardly directed radial flange on which the cap is seated, cap locking surfaces on the inner face of the flange, and the cap has an inner surface with locking lugs for engagement with the cap locking surfaces, the opening is defined by a lip on the surface of the rear wall of the back housing, with an annular wall extending axially inwardly and having the radial flange at the inner extremity of the wall, the cap having a thickness less than the axial length of the annular wall so that the cap, when seated on the flange, is recessed inside the lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.