Fishing reel
OwnerAlbert V. Sievert, Steven A. Sievertinventors
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Abstract
A fishing reel adapted to be mounted on a fishing pole and having a housing which rotatably mounts a clutch, a spool and a handle. The housing further mounts an adjustable disc brake which is operable to impart frictional resistance to the spool when it is rotated in a line dispensing direction. The fishing reel is operable to be rotatably urged in a line retrieval direction by the handle which moves a pair of pivotally mounted dogs into engagement with the spool. The handle is adapted immediately to disengage from the spool when it is rotatably urged in the line dispensing direction.
Claims11
A fishing reel adapted to be mounted on a fishing pole comprising:
- a housing adapted to be mounted on the fishing pole and mounting a shaft substantially centrally thereof having a longitudinally disposed channel therein;
- a spool rotatably mounted on the housing and adapted to be rotated alternatively in a first direction and in a second direction, said spool further having a channel which has a first and second end, said first end mounting a pair of teeth and the second end mounting a race;
- clutch means mounted on the housing and engaged by the pair of teeth;
- a first bushing, a second bushing, and a handle for imparting rotational movement to the spool in the first direction, said first and second bushings slidably borne on the shaft and dimensioned slidably to be received internally of the channel, said first bushing matingly non-rotatably engaging the second bushing and said second bushing mounts an annular flange which mounts a pair of pivotally mounted dogs operable to next pressure on the race, and the handle is screw-threadably secured to the second bushing, said handle mounting a cam which is operable, when the handle is rotated in the first direction, to engage the pair of pivotally mounted dogs and urge them into pressure applying positions relative to the race to cause rotational movement of the spool in the first direction;
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- means for imparting adjustable frictional resistance to the spool when it is moved in the second direction.
A fishing reel adapted to be mounted on a fishing pole comprising:
- a housing adapted to be mounted on the fishing pole;
- a shaft mounted on the housing in an attitude substantially centrally thereof said shaft having a longitudinally disposed channel;
- releasable locking means mounted internally of the longitudinally disposed channel;
- first bushing means slidably borne on the shaft, said first bushing means mounting a gear;
- rotational locking means mounted on the housing and engageable with the gear, said rotational locking means operable to allow rotation of the first bushing in a first direction and preventing rotation of the first bushing in a second direction;
- adjustable drag means mounted on the housing;
- clutch means slidably borne on the first bushing means, said clutch means engageable by the drag means and operable to rotate freely when rotatably urged in the first direction;
- handle means mounting a cam for transmitting force to the first bushing in the first direction;
- second bushing means affixed to the handle and operable to engage the first bushing means, the second bushing mounting a pair of pivotally mounted dogs, said dogs engaged by the cam and movable between a first position and a second position;
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- a spool rotatably borne on the first and second bushing means, said spool having a first end mounting means engageable with the clutch means, and having a second end mounting a race, said race disposed to have pressure applied thereto by the pair of pivotally mounted dogs such that when the handle means is rotated in a first direction, the pair of dogs applies said pressure to the race thus imparting rotational movement to the spool in the first direction, and when the spool is rotatably urged in the second direction, the dogs are urged into the second position and the adjustable drag means imparts frictional resistance to the spool.
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