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US 5,875,986 AGranted
Fishing reel of double bearing type having improved fishline releasing characteristic
AssigneeDaiwa Seiko, Inc.
InventorsTakeo Miyazaki, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A fishing reel of the double bearing type is provided which enhances the ability of releasing a fishline. The fishing reel of the double bearing type includes a spool (5) rotatably supported on a reel body, and this spool includes a fishline-winding barrel portion (50), and a pair of flanges (51). D is not more than 50 mm, and (d/D) is 50.about.80% where D represents an outer diameter of the spool, and d represents a diameter of a bottom of the fishline-winding barrel portion of the spool.
Claims37
A double bearing type fishing reel comprising:
- a reel body having a pair of opposite side plates;
- a spool having a fishline-winding barrel portion and a pair of flanges, and rotatably mounted between said opposite side plates, said fishline-winding barrel portion having a minimum outer diameter (d) and at least one of said flanges having a maximum outer diameter (D);
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- a clutch mechanism for switching said spool between a fishline-winding condition and a fishline-releasing condition;
- wherein:
- said outer diameter (D) of said one of said flanges is not more than 50 mm;
- and
- a ratio (d/D) of said outer diameter (d) of said fishline-winding barrel portion relative to said outer diameter (D) of said one of said flanges is 50.about.80%.
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A double bearing type fishing reel comprising:
- a reel body having a pair of opposite side plates;
- a spool shaft having a spool and a first engagement portion;
- a pair of first support bearings disposed on respective end portions of said spool shaft for rotatably supporting said spool with respect to said reel body through said opposite side plates;
- a clutch mechanism disconnectably coupling said spool shaft to a drive gear rotatable through rotation of a handle, said clutch mechanism including:
- a pinion meshing with said drive gear, said pinion being formed with a second engagement portion engageable with and disengageable from said first engagement portion by an axial motion of said pinion;
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- a pair of second support bearings disposed on respective end portions of said pinion for rotatably and axially movably supporting said pinion with respect to said reel body, one second support bearing of said pair of second support bearings being located radially outward from the first engagement portion, said one support bearing of said pair of second support bearings rotationally supporting the pinion against a radial load placed on the pinion.
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A double bearing type fishing reel comprising:
- a reel body having a pair of opposite side plates;
- a spool shaft having a spool and a first engagement portion;
- a pair of first support bearings disposed on respective end portions of said spool shaft for rotatably supporting said spool with respect to said reel body through said opposite said plates;
- a clutch mechanism disconnectably coupling said spool shaft to a drive gear rotatable through rotation of a handle, said clutch mechanism including:
- a pinion meshing with said drive gear, said pinion being formed with a second engagement portion engageable with and disengageable from said first engagement portion by an axial motion of said pinion;
- and
- a second pair of support bearings disposed on respective end portions of said pinion for rotatably and axially movably supporting said pinion with respect to said reel body;
- wherein one of said first support bearings and one of said second support bearings, being disposed adjacent to said one of said first support bearings, are supported by a single integral cylindrical portion of said side plate.
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A double bearing type fishing reel comprising:
- a spool, having a fishline-winding barrel portion and a pair of flanges, rotably mounted between opposite side plates of a reel body;
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- a clutch mechanism for switching said spool between a fishline-winding condition and a fishline-releasing condition;
- wherein said spool has outer diameter D which is not more than 50 mm, said fishline-winding barrel portion of said spool has a diameter d, and a ratio (d/D) of said diameter d and said outer diameter D is 50.about.80%;
- and
- a brake device for preventing backlash of a fishline due to an excessive of said spool.
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A double bearing type fishing reel comprising:
- a spool rotatably supported between right and left frames of a reel body through a spool shaft, and rotated by rotating a handle;
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- a clutch mechanism for switching said spool between a fishline-winding condition and a fishline-releasing condition, wherein:
- said clutch mechanism includes an engagement portion formed on one side of said spool shaft, a pinion which is in mesh with a drive gear driven by said handle, and is movable into and out of engagement with said engagement portion, and a support member supporting said pinion in such a manner that said pinion is rotatable independently of said spool shaft, and is axially movable into and out of engagement with said engagement portion;
- said spool has a cylindrical outer peripheral surface defining a fishline-winding barrel portion, and two flanges formed respectively at opposite ends of said cylindrical outer peripheral surface;
- at least one of said flanges has an outer diameter D and said cylindrical outer peripheral surface has an outer diameter d;
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- a ratio (d/D) of said outer diameter d to said outer diameter D is 50.about.80%.
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A double bearing type fishing reel comprising:
- a spool shaft, having a spool, which is rotatably supported between opposite side plates of a reel body;
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- a clutch mechanism in which an engagement recess, formed in a pinion meshingly engaged with a drive gear rotated by operating a handle, is brought into and out of engagement with an engagement projection on said spool shaft, thereby switching said clutch mechanism between a winding condition and a spool-free condition;
- wherein
- said spool shaft has an outwardly-extending end portion extending outwardly past a support bearing disposed inside of said side plate on which said handle is provided;
- said engagement projection is formed on said outwardly-extending end portion;
- said pinion, having said engagement recess for engagement with said engagement projection, is supported by a support portion, mounted in said side plate of said reel body, for rotation and sliding movement and for rotationally supporting said pinion against a radial load placed on said pinion;
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- said support portion being located radially outward from the engagement projection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.