One-way clutch for a fishing reel with an improved contact surface configuration
US5370330A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K89/0114
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A one-way clutch of a fishing reel including an outer race; a plurality of rollers; and a retainer provided in the outer race for retaining the rollers inside of the outer race. The present invention is characterized in that an inner circumferential surface of the outer race is shaped as a polygon; free rotation spaces, in which the rollers are freely rotated, are defined on nook portions of the inner circumferential surface; and the other portions of the inner circumferential surface have rotation hindrance facets with which the rollers are put into contact so that the rollers are hindered from being rotated.
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