Patent · US Expired

Closed face fishing reel having speed cone

US4961547A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1989
Grant dateOct 9, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01K89/0102
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A closed face fishing reel having a body providing means for attachment to a fishing rod, a spool supported to the body, a winding drum rotatably supported at the forward end of the spool which may be rotated for winding line onto the spool and which may be axially advanced, a speed cone supported to the body forwardly of the spool, and a winding drum having a passageway therethrough, the internal shape of which defines a line confining envelope, a separate housing secured to the body and encompassing the spool, winding drum and speed cone, and a fishing line received through the speed cone passageway and at least partially wound on the spool, the configuration of the body being independent of the line confining envelope provided by the speed cone.

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