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US 4,728,053 AGranted
Drag mechanism for a spinning fishing reel
AssigneeShimano Industrial Company Limited
InventorYasuhiro Hitomi
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Abstract
A drag mechanism for applying a braking force against rotation of a spool with respect to a spool shaft of a spinning fishing reel. The drag mechanism is provided with a first adjuster for setting a minimum braking force and a second adjuster for adjusting the minimum braking force to a maximum braking force. As a result the braking force is easy to adjust while compensating the minimum braking force.
Claims14
A spinning reel comprising:
- a spool shaft,
- a spool rotatably supported at a lengthwise front portion of said spool shaft, and
- a drag mechanism, said drag mechanism comprising:
- (a) spool-side braking members supported to rotate with said spool relative to said spool shaft,
- (b) spool shaft-side braking members fixed non-rotatably relative to said spool shaft,
- (c) a first adjuster means mounted on a front end portion of said spool shaft, for setting a minimum braking force applied against rotation of said spool relative to said spool shaft,
- (d) a second adjuster means mounted on said spool shaft and interposed between said first adjuster means and said spool, for adjusting said braking force applied by said first adjuster means up to a predetermined maximum braking force, and
- (e) a transmission member supported non-rotatably and axially movable relative to said spool shaft to transmit to said spool-side braking members and said spool shaftside braking members said braking force applied by said first adjusting means.
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