Fishing reel having one-way brake
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorJun Sato
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Abstract
A fishing reel comprising a reel body, a spool for taking up a fishing line, a handle for transmitting drive to the spool, a transmission shaft for transmitting drive from the handle to the spool, and a one-way brake for preventing rotation of the transmission shaft in a fishing line feeding-out direction. The one-way brake is a rolling type and includes a rolling element disposed between an inner race and an outer race. The outer race is unrotatably supported by the reel body, while the inner race is rotatably fitted on said transmission shaft. The fishing reel further comprises an engageable member operable in an axial direction of the transmission shaft, thereby to select between a connecting position to engage the inner race to be integral with the transmission shaft and a separating position to move away from the inner race.
Claims8
A fishing reel comprising:
- a reel body;
- a spool for taking up a fishing line;
- a handle for transmitting drive to said spool;
- a transmission shaft for transmitting drive from said handle to said spool;
- a one-way brake for preventing rotation of said transmission shaft in a fishing line feeding-out direction, said one-way brake including a rolling element disposed between an inner race and an outer race, said outer race being unrotatably supported by said reel body, said inner race being rotatably fitted on said transmission shaft;
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- an engageable member movable in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of said transmission shaft between a connecting position wherein said engageable member connects said inner race to rotate integrally with said transmission shaft and a separating position wherein said inner race rotates relative to said transmission shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.