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US 4,883,238 AGranted
Fly fishing reel with a line retainer
AssigneeThe Orvis Company, Inc.
InventorJohn R. Harder
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Abstract
A fly fishing reel having an integral line retainer is described. A stud and an elastomeric member are mounted on the reel providing a convenient line retainer which will not injure line.
Claims14
In a fly fishing reel comprising:
- a frame having a mounting means for attaching said frame to a fly rod and a spindle;
- a spool having an axis, said spool comprising a first side wall having a periphery, a second side wall having a periphery and a hub adapted to rotate about said spindle;
- a handle having a fixed mass located on one of said side walls;
- the improvement comprising;
- a line retainer located on the said one of said side walls at a position diametrically opposed to said handle, said line retainer having a fixed mass related to the mass of said handle in approximately inverse proportionality to the relationship between the distance from the spool axis to the line retainer and the distance from the spool axis to the handle to afford balanced rotational movement of the spool;
- wherein said line retainer comprises a metallic stud having an enlarged head portion secured to said one side wall and having resilient gripping means which, along with said head portion, defines a groove adapted to grip a fishing line below said head portion.
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In a fly fishing reel comprising:
- a frame having a mounting means for attaching said frame to a fly rod and a spindle;
- a spool having an axis, said spool comprising a first side wall having a periphery, a second side wall having a periphery and a hub mounted on and adapted to rotate about said spindle;
- the improvement comprising:
- a line retainer comprising a stud mounted on said reel, said stud comprising a cylindrical intermediate shank portion fixed to one of said side walls and having a shank diameter and a stud axis and an enlarged head portion having an inner surface, said line retainer further comprising an annular resilient rubber-like member surrounding and retained on said shank portion and fitted tightly between said inner surface of said head portion and said one side wall and defining with said inner surface a radially outwardly opening and flaring annular groove therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.