Fishing reel with line tensioning device
AssigneeMitchell Sports
InventorsJean Bernard, Alain Plestan
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Abstract
A fishing reel with a fixed spool and line recovery device comprises a flyer rotated about an axis and carrying a line recovery bail. The bail and the flyer comprise respective pinch surfaces which are pressed together when the bail is in a line recovery position. The fishing line is engaged and pinched between the pinch surfaces and is therefore tensioned between the spool and the recovery device from the start of line recovery. This improves the regularity with which the line is wound around the spool.
Claims10
Fishing reel with fixed spool and rotary line recovery device wherein a rotary flyer rotated about an axis by a crank carries a line recovery bail articulated to the flyer to pivot between a retracted position releasing the fishing line to enable it to be unwound out of said spool and a recovery position around said spool to recover and guide said line and to wind it onto said spool as said flyer rotates, said line being progressively engaged around a first end of said bail, in which reel:
- near said first end of said bail a said bail and said flyer comprise respective pinch surfaces shaped to be pressed together when said bail is in a recovery position so that on rotation of said flyer to recover said line the latter is engaged and pinched between said pinch surfaces and is therefore tensioned between said spool and said recovery device.
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