Fly-fishing reel
OwnerSilvano Caprainventor
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Abstract
A fly-fishing reel is equipped with a primary braking system, operated by actuating means separate from a handle allowing the fisherman to rotate the spool in a direction for winding the line, and an ancillary braking system, operable in addition to the primary braking system by means of the handle of the spool. The ancillary braking system comprises a pair of brake shoes which are eccentrically pivoted on the handle and which, upon rotation of the handle in direction opposite to that required for winding the line, are caused to pivot on the handle itself so that an outer edge frictionally engages the wall of a housing provided in the spool.
Claims5
A fly-fishing reel including:
- a line spool;
- a frame on which said spool is rotatably mounted so as to allow pay out and winding of the line;
- means for securing frame to a fishing rod;
- a handle for rotating the spool in a first direction in order to wind the line on the spool;
- primary braking means arranged to exert a first braking action on said spool and equipped with actuating means operated independently from said handle, the primary braking action being adjustable so as to make said spool and said handle integral for rotation in said first direction or to let the spool rotate relative to the handle when the line is being paid out;
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- ancillary braking means operable in addition to said primary braking means to exert a second adjustable braking action on said spool, said second ancillary braking means being operatively connected to said handle so as to be operated by said handle upon rotation thereof in a second direction, opposite to the first one.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.