Silent, anti-reverse actuator mechanism
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorJohn W. Puryear
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Abstract
An anti-reverse actuator mechanism having an actuator (50) associated with a center shaft (15) by mounting on a member (20,70,90) rotatable with the center shaft and having parts frictionally engaging said member whereby there is a yieldable drive connection between the member and actuator and with the driving force therebetween being independent of the force of a control spring associated with the center shaft. The actuator is formed of spring wire and has a pair of sections (65,66) in opposed relation for engaging the member and with an arm (67) extending therefrom into engagement with the anti-reverse device.
Claims14
In a spin cast type reel having a longitudinally-movable center shaft (15) operable to control operation of the reel and a control spring (54) surrounding said shaft for yieldably holding the center shaft in one position, a selectively-operable anti-reverse device (40), an actuator (50) associated with said center shaft for rotation about the rotation axis of the center shaft for actuating said anti-reverse device in response to rotation of the center shaft, the improvement comprising:
- means (70,80,90,65,66) for yieldably holding said actuator in rotatable association with said center shaft with a force which is independent of the force of said control spring (54).
In a spin cast type reel having a rotatable center shaft (15) operable to control operation of the reel, a control spring (54) surrounding the shaft for yieldably holding the center shaft in one position, an anti-reverse device (40) to hold said center shaft against rotation in one direction, and an actuator (50) associated with said center shaft for yieldably imparting rotation of the center shaft to said anti-reverse device, a member (20,70,90) fixed to said center shaft for rotation therewith, the improvement wherein said actuator at least partially surrounds and frictionally engages the periphery of said member with a force which is independent of the force of the control spring (54), said actuator having an arm (67) extended into engagement with said anti-reverse device.
A spin cast type reel having a longitudinally-movable center shaft (15) operable to control operation of the reel and having a motion-transmitting gear (20) thereon, a control spring (54) surrounding said shaft for yieldably holding the center shaft in one position, a selectively-operable anti-reverse device (40), and an actuator (50) associated with said center shaft for actuating said anti-reverse device in response to rotation of the center shaft, the improvement comprising:
- a spacer (70,90) keyed to said shaft and positioned between said gear and said control spring, said spacer (90) having a T-shape with sections of two different diameters;
- the section (92) of larger diameter abutting said control spring and the section (91) of lesser diameter defining an annular exterior surface;
- said actuator (50) having means (65,66) to frictionally grip said annular exterior surface for maintaining a yieldable drive connection therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.