Fishing reel

A fishing reel, comprising:

• (a) first and second housings secured together in a spaced relation,
• (b) a hollow drive shaft rotatably mounted between said housings,
• (c) a spool coaxially, rotatably, but axially non-slidably, mounted on said shaft drive,
• (d) a friction coupling for variable coupling of said spool and said drive shaft, said friction coupling comprising first and second parts, said first coupling part axially slidably, slightly tiltably, and non-rotatably mounted on said drive shaft and in opposed relation to said second coupling part which is affixed to said spool, said friction coupling adjacent said first housing,
• (e) a pressure adjuster for varying the coupling of said friction coupling by axial urging of said first coupling part along said drive shaft, said pressure adjuster mounted on said second housing, and
• (f) an operating connection between said pressure adjuster and said first coupling part, said operating connection including:
• (i) a plurality of pressure pins, each of said pressure pins slidably journalled through said first housing, having first and second ends, and oriented parallel to said drive shaft,
• (ii) a thrust bearing between and engaging said pressure pins' first ends and said first coupling part, said engagement of said pressure pins' first ends and said thrust bearing characterized by slidable and tiltable contacts of said pressure pins on said thrust bearing,
• (iii) a draw rod slidably extending through said hollow drive shaft and connected to said pressure adjuster adjacent to said second housing,
• (iv) an adjustment member threaded onto said draw rod adjacent to said first housing and extending to the exterior of said first housing for manipulation, and
• (v) an annular pressure disk spring having outer and inner boundaries, said pressure disk being between and engaging said pressue pins' second ends and said adjustment member, said engagement of said pressure pins' second ends and said pressure disk spring characterized by slidable and tiltable contacts of said pressure pins on said pressure disk spring near the outer boundary of said pressure disk spring, and said engagement of said pressure disk spring and said adjustment member characterized by slidable and tiltable contact of said adjustment member on the entire inner boundary of said pressure disk spring so that slight precession of said thrust bearing about the axis of said drive shaft causes axial oscillation of said pressure pins and similar precession of said pressure disk spring without disengaging any of said pressure pins' first ends from said thrust bearing, said pressure pins' second ends from said pressure disk spring, or said pressure disk spring inner boundary from said adjustment member.