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US 7,017,845 B2Granted
Drag material and apparatus for fishing reels
AssigneePenn Fishing Tackel Manufacturing Co.
InventorChad Clark
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Abstract
A drag mechanism in a fishing reel has a friction material impregnated with a phenolic resin before it is laminated to a drag plate. The material is 30% phenolic coated 99+% carbon fabric.
Claims10
A fishing reel having a drag mechanism using a friction imparting material, said material having the following characteristics:
- a) a plain weave-construction having a weave count of filaments, wherein the weave count of a warp is substantially in the range of 9–10.6 per centimeter and the weave count of a fill is substantially in the range of 7.1–7.9 per centimeter;
- the base weight is substantially in the range of 270–300 grams per square meter;
- the thickness is substantially in the range of 675–825 microns;
- and the filament properties are:
- diameter 7.5 microns;
- density substantially in the range of 1.75–1.77 grams per cubic centimeter;
- tensile strength 192.5 thousands of newtons per square centimeter;
- tensile modulus 26.6 millinewtons per square centimeter;
- and
- the carbon content of the material is at least 99%.
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A friction imparting material for use in a fishing reel, said material having the following characteristics:
- a) a plain weave-construction having a weave count of filaments, wherein the weave count of a warp is substantially in the range of 9–10.6 per centimeter and the weave count of a fill is substantially in the range of 7.1–7.9 centimeter;
- the base weight is substantially in the range of 270–300 grams per square meter;
- the thickness is substantially in the range of 675–825 microns;
- and the filament properties are:
- diameter 7.5 microns;
- density substantially in the range of 1.75–1.77 grams per cubic centimeter;
- tensile strength 192.5 thousands of newtons per square centimeter;
- tensile modulus 26.6 millinewtons per square centimeter;
- and
- the carbon content of the material is at least 99%.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.