Patent · US Expired

Spinning reel with a spool disengageable from a rear-mounted drag

US5121888A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
8References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 1, 1990
Grant dateJun 16, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 1, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01K89/0113
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fishing reel with disengageable spool is disclosed comprising a first groove and a second groove formed in the vicinity of the front end of the spool support shaft. The spool comprises a resilient key engageable in one or other of the first and second grooves. When the spool is engaged in the first groove, a key of the shaft is engaged in a passage in a rear wall of the spool, preventing relative rotation of the spool on the shaft. When the resilient key is engaged in the second groove, the transverse key swivels freely in a space of the spool, allowing the spool to rotate on the shaft. Disengagement of the spool is obtained by axial translation of the spool on the shaft.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.