US 4,560,118 AGranted

Drive mechanism for fishing reel

AssigneePenn Fishing Tackle Mfg. Co.

InventorsJohn A. Weber, Herbert O. Henze

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Abstract

A drive mechanism for fishing reels is disclosed which includes a spool supported on bearings and a shaft, carried in spaced side plates of a reel frame. The reel includes a cam operated brake mechanism which includes a plurality of stops, with an axially slidable spool shaft. One of the bearings carries a shaft supporting a bearing and drive mechanism which includes a handle, positioning pin and gears slidably mounted on shafts, which upon selective manipulation will engage one of two sets of gears, thereby determining the drive ratio available to the handle for varying the speed of spool rotation as desired. The gear ratios are selected to provide that upon backward or counterclockwise handle rotation against the stops, the teeth of the gears of the lower ratio will always be angularly aligned with the internal teeth of the ring gear to provide for gear shifting.

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Dependent claims

A fishing reel having spaced side plates, a spool interposed between said plates, a spool shaft journaled in a bearing at one end in one of said plates and on which said spool is carried, said spool shaft at its other end being journaled in a bearing carried in said other end plate, and drive means for rotating said spool in one direction comprising:

two gears of different diameter in side by side arrangement fixedly mounted to said spool shaft adjacent said first mentioned end plate;
a stud shaft journaled in a bearing carried by said first mentioned end plate;
a radial arm mounted to said stud shaft by a handle nut;
a crank rod mounted to said arm;
a knob mounted to said crank rod for rotation thereof;
gear means carried by said stud shaft,
said gear means comprising
at least one gear fixedly mounted to said stud shaft,
a rotatably mounted gear means carried by said stud shaft;
ring gear means engaged with said one of said spool shaft gears and with said stud shaft rotatably mounted gear means;
and
means for axially positioning said stud shaft for selectively engaging the stud shaft gear with said ring gear, and said other of said gears carried by said spool shaft.

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