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US 4,927,095 AGranted
Planetary gear drive for fishing reel
AssigneeCharles C. Worth Corporation
InventorJohn N. Young
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Abstract
A planetary gear drive system for a fishing reel wherein a spool shaft and a handle shaft are coaxial, the handle shaft carrying a ring gear and the spool shaft carrying a driven pinion. Planetary gears rotatable on a planetary gear carrier engage both the ring gear and the driven pinion at equal angles around the driven pinion. Friction brake means as well as free spool cam means operate directly on the common axis of the handle shaft and spool shaft.
Claims5
A drive system for a fishing reel comprising:
- a main frame;
- a spool shaft rotatable on said frame and carrying a spool for a fishing line;
- a driven pinion;
- a handle shaft rotatable on said frame in axial alignment with said spool shaft;
- a ring gear driven by said handle shaft;
- a planetary gear carrier;
- a plurality of planetary gears rotatable on said carrier engaging said ring gear and said driven pinion;
- said planetary gears being equally spaced around said pinion;
- means holding said planetary gear carrier against rotation on said main frame;
- means for selectively keying said driven pinion onto one end of said spool shaft;
- a coaxial recess in said handle shaft of a size to receive said driven pinion freely;
- yieldable means biasing said driven pinion into driving engagement with said spool shaft;
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- free spool cam means for engaging said driven pinion and shifting it axially into said recess to disengage said driven pinion from said spool shaft.
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