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US 4,732,348 AGranted
Handle assembly with adjustable drag for fishing reel
AssigneeCharles C. Worth Corporation
InventorJohn N. Young
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Abstract
In a fishing reel, there is a main drive shaft rotatably on the reel body. A separable input shaft, which may be selectively coupled to either end of the main drive shaft, has a handle free rotatable thereon. A drag disc is slidable on, but splined to the input shaft and a pressure member squeezed a friction member between the drag disc and the handle to adjust the torque that may be transmitted from the handle to the input shaft and, hence, the main drive shaft.
Claims5
A fishing reel comprising:
- a reel body;
- a drive shaft rotatable on said reel body;
- an input shaft;
- a handle freely rotatable on one end of said input shaft;
- a drag disc slidable but not rotatable on said input shaft;
- ratchet teeth around said drag disc;
- a first anti-reverse pawl on said handle and engageable with said drag disc ratchet teeth, normally to cause said drag disc and said handle to rotate together in a reverse, unwinding direction and to enable free forward rotation of said handle;
- a second anti-reverse ratchet fixed on said drive shaft;
- a second anti-reverse pawl on said body engaging said second anti-reverse ratchet to prevent reverse rotation of said drive shaft;
- a drag mechanism interposed between said handle and said drag disc operative to impart forward rotation of said handle to said drag disc;
- and
- complementary releasable coupling means on each end of said drive shaft and on the other end of said input shaft to enable rotation of said shafts together, with said input shaft and handle on either end of said drive shaft.
9 more elements
A fishing reel comprising:
- a reel body;
- a drive shaft rotatable on said reel body;
- an input shaft;
- a handle freely rotatable on one end of said input shaft;
- complementary releasable coupling means on each end of said drive shaft and on the other end of said input shaft to enable rotation of said shafts together with said input shaft and handle on either end of said drive shaft;
- a drag disc slidable but not rotatable on said input shaft;
- an anti-reverse ratchet fixed on said drive shaft;
- a second anti-reverse pawl on said body engaging said second anti-reverse ratchet to prevent reverse rotation of said drive shaft;
- a drag mechanism interposed between said handle and said drag disc operative to impart forward rotation of said handle to said drag disc;
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- mutually engageable means on said handle and said drag disc selectively operable to prevent relative rotation thereof in either direction.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.