US 4,733,830 AGranted

Fishing reel

OwnerWilliam J. Hollanderinventor

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Abstract

Disclosed herein is a fishing reel having as its principal features a manually adjustable, automatic, drag differential which applies greater resistance to rotation of the line spool in the line letting out rotation than in the winding up direction; a closely related manually engageable brake for selective added resistance to spool rotation in the letting out direction; a dynamically balance free-standing spindle and removable line spool combination wherein the two are interlocked for joint rotation, while spools may be easily and rapidly interchanged in a spindle as desired; and the structure in the spool side walls with an arrangement of cutout portions which provide dynamic balance and substantially vibrationless high speed rotation and lightness in weight and ventilation of the spool, without the requirement for addition of counter weights for balancing the spool.

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Dependent claims

In a fishing reel having a support and a spool for holding a fishing line, said spool being mounted on said support for rotation about an axis in opposite directions for letting out and winding up respectively of said line, the improvement comprising:

means providing a circular braking surface positioned coaxially with said axis and secured for rotation with said spool;
a brake member mounted on said support for movement to and from said surface;
a lever secured to said brake member and having a pivot arcuately spaced therefrom relative to said axis of rotation;
a spring biasing said brake member to said surface whereby the frictional retarding force applied by said brake member to said surface increases and decreases depending upon the direction of rotation of said spool;
a manually engageable screw carried by said support and connected to said spring for selectively setting said pressures and the amount of drag;
and
a manually engageable plunger mounted concentrically of said screw and connected to said braking member and being manually engageable for applying selective added pressure of said brake member against said surface to provide selective braking of said spool in addition to said drag.

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