Method for manufacture of a fishing reel
AssigneeInnovative Reel Technologies
InventorsGregory A. Header, Timothy A. Wiest
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Abstract
This invention is a method for manufacturing a spinning reel from an extrusion and in particular the frame or housing of a spinning reel, the method comprises the steps of providing a single long bar single extrusion, the extrusion includes two regions, a first region comprises a hollow, tube-like portion and a second region comprises a filled portion, the filled portion extending exterior of the hollow portion and transverse to the longitudinal axis of the second region, cutting a blank from the end of the extrusion to form a blank and machining the blank to provide a frame or housing of a spinning reel. The invention is also directed to a spinning reel frame formed by an extrusion.
Claims17
A method for producing a spinning reel frame, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a long bar extrusion of a metal, the extrusion including a hollow, tube-shaped portion that extends coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the extrusion and a filled portion unitary therewith and having a generally T-shaped configuration, the filled portion extends exterior of the hollow portion and in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the extrusion and comprises a cross member and a neck member, the neck member extends from the tube-shaped portion to the cross member, the cross member extends generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the neck member;
- b) cutting a blank from an end of the long bar extrusion, the cut blank having a length corresponding to the width of the spinning reel frame;
- c) machining at least the exterior surface of the filled portion to provide spinning reel frame having an integral leg adapted for connection to a fishing reel rod.
A spinning type fishing reel frame, said frame comprising:
- a) a blank cut from a length of a long bar aluminum extrusion, the cut extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of said extrusion, said blank having a hollow, tube-shaped portion formed from a circumferential wall member and a filled portion integral therewith, said tube shaped portion and said filled portion have the same width, said filled portion having a generally T-shaped configuration and extending exterior of said tube-shaped portion and comprises a cross member and a neck member, said neck member extends from said tube-shaped portion to said cross member, said cross member extends generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of said neck member to provide a leg member for supporting said frame on a fishing rod.
A method for producing a spinning reel frame, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a long bar extrusion of a metal, the extrusion including a hollow, tube-shaped portion that extends coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the extrusion and a filled portion unitary therewith and having a generally T-shaped configuration, the filled portion extends exterior of the hollow portion and in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the extrusion and wherein the interior of the hollow portion includes at least one rib member extending the length thereof;
- b) cutting a blank from an end of the long bar extrusion, the cut blank having a length corresponding to the width of the spinning reel frame;
- c) machining at least the exterior surface of the filled portion to provide spinning reel frame having an integral leg adapted for connection to a fishing reel rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.