Magnetic system for controlling the position of a fishing reel spool
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorRobert Leon Carpenter
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Abstract
A fishing reel is provided having a frame and an operating mechanism on the frame. The operating mechanism includes a line carrying spool that is mounted on the frame for rotation around a first axis. The frame has first and second frame parts spaced axially relative to the first axis. The line carrying spool has a shaft with a first end that is supported for rotation on the first frame part. The operating mechanism includes a first magnet on the first frame part and a second magnet on the spool. The first and second magnets are arranged to one of a) attract and b) repel each other to thereby exert a force on the spool and urges the spool axially relative to the frame as the spool is rotated.
Claims24
A fishing reel comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- an operating mechanism on the frame,
- said operating mechanism comprising a line carrying spool that is mounted on the frame for rotation around a first axis,
- said frame having first and second frame parts spaced axially relative to the first axis,
- the line carrying spool having a shaft with a first end that is supported for rotation on the first frame part,
- said operating mechanism further comprising a first magnet on the first frame part and a second magnet on the spool, causing the spool to be consistently urged axially relative to the frame to a predetermined position,
- said first and second magnets being arranged to one of a) attract and b) repel each other to thereby exert a force on the spool that urges the spool axially relative to the frame as the spool is rotated.
A fishing reel comprising:
- a frame;
- and
- an operating mechanism on the frame,
- said operating mechanism comprising a line carrying spool that is mounted on the frame for rotation around a first axis,
- said operating mechanism further comprising a first magnet on the frame and a second magnet mounted on the spool to rotate with the spool,
- said first and second magnets being arranged to one of a) attract and b) repel each other to thereby exert a force on the spool that urges the spool axially relative to the frame as the spool is rotated.
A fishing reel comprising:
- a frame having first and second laterally spaced frame parts;
- and
- an operating mechanism on the frame,
- said operating mechanism comprising a line carrying spool that is mounted to the frame for rotation around a first axis extending laterally through the first and second frame parts,
- said operating mechanism further comprising a first means for generating one of a) a magnetic attractive force and b) a magnetic repulsive force between the first frame part and the spool and a second means for generating one of a) a magnetic attractive force and b) a magnetic repulsive force between the second frame part and the spool.
A fishing reel comprising:
- a frame having first and second laterally spaced frame parts;
- and
- an operating mechanism on the frame,
- said operating mechanism comprising a line carrying spool that spans between the first and second frame parts and is mounted on the first and second frame parts for rotation around a first axis,
- said operating mechanism further comprising first means on the frame for generating one of a) a magnetic attractive force and b) a magnetic repulsive force between each of the first and second frame parts and the spool that biasably urges the spool toward a desired lateral position relative to the first and second frame parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.