Fishing reel with staged release of lure and line
US5695139A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 22, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01K89/0102
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wheel, journalled on supports atop the reel housing has a slot formed therein. Limbs attached to both the wheel, and the reel thumb actuator, cause the wheel to rotate in common with depression of the actuator, and dispose the slot rearwardly. The slot latchingly receives the hook of a lure, with the fishing rod bent into an energy-stored, strained disposition. With release of the thumb actuator, the lure flies outwardly in a substantially flat trajectory. Also, the cone is only slidably coupled to the reel housing, so that line will not be released until the cone, biasingly held to the housing, returns into full engagement with the housing.
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