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US 5,308,020 AGranted
Fishing reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorYuzo Kawabe
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Abstract
A fishing reel has a handle shaft, a movable member movable along an axis of the handle shaft, and a handle projectable and retractable relative to the movable member in a direction normal or substantially normal to the shaft axis. The reel further includes a handle-length adjusting mechanism engageable or pressure-contactable with the movable member or a further member movable relative to the movable member when the movable member is moved along the shaft axis thereby to prevent a projecting/retracting movement of the handle.
Claims5
A fishing reel comprising:
- a spool for winding a fishing line thereabout, and a reel body;
- a rotor rotatable about said spool to wind the fishing line on the spool;
- a drive mechanism including a handle shaft, a handle, a drive gear, a pinion gear and a cylinder shaft and operable to transmit a force from said handle to said rotor, said handle shaft having a terminal end, and a slot located at said terminal end;
- a movable member movable along an axis of said handle shaft;
- a sleeve provided on said handle shaft;
- said handle being provided between said movable member and said sleeve and being projectable and retractable relative to said movable member in a direction substantially normal to said axis of said handle shaft;
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- a handle-length adjusting mechanism including said movable member, said sleeve, said handle shaft, a pin and engagement means, said pin being connected to said movable member and inserted into said slot located at said terminal end of said handle shaft said engagement means having a projection and a concave portion both provided between portions of said movable member and said handle, and wherein said movable member and said handle press against each other, and wherein, as said handle shaft is pulled toward said reel body along said axis of said handle shaft, said handle shaft moves said pin which moves said movable member to place said movable member and sleeve in pressure-contact with said handle, and also to place said projection and said concave projecting/retracting movement of said handle relative to said handle shaft.
5 more elements
A fishing reel comprising:
- a spool for winding a fishing line thereabout;
- a rotor rotatable about said spool to wind the fishing line on the spool;
- a drive mechanism including a handle shaft, a handle, a drive gear, a pinion gear and a cylinder shaft and operable to transmit a force from said handle to said rotor;
- a movable member movable along an axis of said handle shaft;
- said handle being projectable and retractable relative to said movable member in a direction substantially normal to said axis;
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- a handle-length adjusting mechanism including said movable member and a sleeve, and means for placing said movable member and sleeve in pressure-contact with said handle, said mechanism further including engagement means located between said movable member and said handle, said engagement means including a projection and a concave portion, said reel being arranged such that the pressure-contact between said movable member, said sleeve and said handle, and the engagement between said projection and said concave portion cooperate to prevent a projecting/retracting movement of said handle;
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- wherein said movable member includes a pin which is inserted into a slot defined at one terminal end of said handle shaft, said movable member and said sleeve releasably securing said handle relative to said handle shaft, said means for placing said movable member and sleeve in pressure contact pulling said handle shaft towards said reel body along said axis of said handel shaft, said movable member and said handle being rendered pivotable about said pin to allow said handle to be pivoted for storage by release of the pulling force of said handle shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.