Three speed drive mechansim for fishing reel
OwnerStephen D. Zuckermaninventor
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Abstract
A fishing reel is disclosed herein having a frame or cage rotatably supporting a spool for fishing line storage via a turning shaft provided with a driven spool gear. The frame further supports a gear housing having at least three drive gears of varying diameters in mesh with the spool gear and a rotatable crank plate carrying a crank handle which is selectively engageable with a desired one of said drive gears depending upon the speed of spool rotation desired. Limit stops are provided for limiting the extent of crank plate rotation so as to align the crank handle with a desired drive gear and a detent mechanism operates with the crank plate to indicate location of the crank handle with respect to a drive gear having a one-to-one drive ratio with respect to the spool gear.
Claims8
A fishing reel adapted to be secured to a support comprising:
- a frame including housing plates spaced apart substantially parallel to each other;
- a spool shaft rotatably carried on said housing plates;
- a gear housing mounted on one of said housing plates having a gear chamber provided therein adjacent to and closed by said one of said housing plates;
- a pinion gear carried on said spool shaft within said gear chamber;
- drive gears of different diameters rotatably mounted on said housing within said gear chamber and in constant mesh with said pinion gear;
- crank handle means rotatably carried on said gear housing adapted to be alternatively and detachably coupled with a selected one of said drive gears to vary the speed of rotation of said shaft;
- indexing means operably connected between said crank handle means and said housing for registering said crank handle means with said selected one of said drive gears;
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- limiting means operably connected between said crank handle means and said housing for restricting the extent of crank handle means rotation with respect to said housing so as to align said crank handle means with said selected one of said drive gears.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.