# US 5,348,245 A · Drag structure for fishing reel

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- Number: US 5,348,245 A
- Document ID: US5348245A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/796,832
- Filed: 1991-11-25
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1990-11-27
- Inventors: Kenichi Sugawara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5348245A

## CPC

- A01K 89/027: with pick-up {, i.e. for reels with the guiding member rotating and the spool not rotating during normal retrieval of the line}
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

A drag structure for a fishing reel comprising a drag assembly, and a drag control element for contacting said drag assembly to produce a drag force. The drag control element is adjustably movable toward and away from said drag assembly and switchable between an operational position in which to vary the drag force and an inoperational position in which not to produce the drag force. The drag control element includes means for informing the angler that the drag control element is switched to the inoperational position.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A drag structure for a fishing reel comprising:
a drag assembly; and
a drag control element for contacting said drag assembly to produce a drag force, said drag control element being adjustably movable toward and away from said drag assembly to switch between an operational position in which to vary the drag force and an inoperational position in which not to produce the drag force;
wherein said drag control element includes means for informing the angler that the drag control element is switched to the inoperational position; and
wherein said drag control element further includes a drag knob for pressingly contacting said drag assembly to produce the drag force, and a drag movable element mounted inside the drag knob; and
wherein said informing means includes a click spring and an engaged groove defined in an outer periphery of said drag movable element, said click spring having opposite ends shrunk to snap into said engaged groove when the drag knob moves away from the drag assembly, thereby to produce a click sound.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A drag structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein said drag movable element axially defines a plurality of engaged grooves in outer peripheries thereof engageable with the opposite ends of said click spring, said drag movable element being axially relatively movable thereby to cause said click spring to produce a click sound.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A drag structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a hook portion screwed to a forward end of a spool and having an engaging portion extending therefrom to said drag knob, said engaging portion having an extreme end engageable with a flange of said drag knob, thereby to prevent said drag knob from falling off the spool when slackened too much.

### Claim 4

A drag structure for a fishing reel comprising:
a drag assembly; and
a drag control element for contacting said drag assembly to produce a drag force, said drag control element being adjustably movable toward and away from said drag assembly to switch between an operational position in which to vary the drag force and an inoperational position in which not to produce the drag force;
wherein said drag control element includes means for informing the angler that the drag control element is switched to the inoperational position; and
wherein said drag control element further includes a drag knob for pressingly contact said drag assembly to produce the drag force, and a drag movable element mounted inside the drag knob; and
further comprising a hook portion screwed to a forward end of a spool and having an engaging portion extending therefrom to said drag knob, said engaging portion having an extreme end engageable with a flange of said drag knob, thereby to prevent said drag knob from falling off the spool when slackened too much.