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US 5,865,387 AGranted
Fishing reel brake device providing adjustable brake force through adjustable brake shoe
AssigneeDaiwa Seiko, Inc.
InventorKazuo Hirano
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Abstract
In a centrifugal force-operated brake device for a fishing reel, brake shoes (20) are slidably mounted on supporting rods (19) which are turned together with the spool. The brake shoes are brought into sliding contact with the inner cylindrical surface (15a) of a brake cylinder (15) by centrifugal force, thereby braking the spool. The supporting rods (19) are swingably supported by a supporting member (17), so that their angular position relative to the supporting member is changeable.
Claims9
In a fishing reel having a reel body and a spool rotatably supported by said reel body, a brake device comprising:
- a brake cylinder, having an inner cylindrical surface, provided in said reel body;
- a supporting member rotatable with said spool;
- a supporting rod, swingably supported by said supporting member, such that an angular position of said supporting rod relative to said supporting member is changeable;
- a brake shoe, slidably coupled to said supporting rod such that said brake shoe is brought into sliding contact with said inner cylindrical surface of said brake cylinder when said supporting member rotates with said spool.
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