Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Reeling device – Fishing rod reel
Patent
1992-01-27
1993-11-09
Matecki, Katherine
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Reeling device
Fishing rod reel
242317, A01K 89016
Patent
active
052595668
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fly reel, comprising a reel body portion, a line holder journalled to the body portion and rotatable relative thereto, a rotating linkage, as well as a transmission system between the rotating linkage and the line holder for transmitting the rotating motion of the transmission linkage into the rotating motion of the line holder whenever a fly fisher is in a power-transmitting contact with the rotating linkage for the rotating motion of the line holder.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The reels for fly fishing rods include a line holder or a spool rotatable by means of a crank around a horizontal center axle thereof. The reels are usually designed in a manner that the line holder is rotatable around an axle mounted in the middle of a left-hand end plate included in the reel. A crank for rotating the line holder is fastened to a right-hand end plate included in the reel and the crank movement is transmitted through the intermediary of gears fitted between the right-hand end plate of the reel and the line holder into the rotating motion of said line holder. The crank rotates as line is unwound from the reel.
When a lure has caught a large fish, such as a salmon, such a fish may swim at a speed of up to 100 km/h upstream or downstream carrying the lure along. The line runs out of a reel at the same speed and, therefore, the crank of a reel rotates at such a high speed that a grip must be released from the crank. The rotating crank is also easily caught by a piece of clothing, and, if the fisherman is rowing a boat, for example, by the boot legs. It also strikes fingers when handling the reel. The result is often breakage or tangling of the line.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the fly reel of the present invention the above drawbacks are avoided by providing the rotating linkage with means for disconnecting the transmission as the application of a force is stopped. When the line is reeled in a line holder, a force producing the rotating motion of the line holder includes, in addition to a component force acting on the crank and in the direction of rotating motion, a component force which is perpendicular to the plane of rotating motion and , in the present example, acts towards the reel body portion. When the grip is released, a return spring included in the rotating linkage serves to return the pivoted lever to a neutral position to stop rotation of the crank and, thus, to facilitate handling of the fishing tackle.
The invention will now be described with reference made to the accompanying drawings, in which
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 shows reel according to the present invention partially cut away at a right-hand end plate;
FIG. 2 shows the reel of FIG. 1 in a side view; and
FIG. 3 shows the reel of FIG. 1 in a side view and with an end plate opened .
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring to FIGS. 1-3, a fly reel of the present invention includes in the present embodiment as main components a reel body portion 1 having a line holder 2 fitted inside of it. The reel portion is provided with left-hand and right-hand reel end plates 3 and 4 which, by virtue of the arched shape thereof, provide a box-like assembly together with line holder 2. The reel is designed in a manner that the line holder 2 is rotatable around an axle 5 mounted in the middle of left-hand end plate 3. A crank comprising handle 8 and lever arm for rotating the line holder is fastened to right-hand end plate 4 of the reel through the intermediary of an auxiliary block 10. The movement of crank handle 8 is transmitted through the intermediary of this rotating linkage A journalled to the body portion and a transmission system B fitted between right-hand end plate 4 of the reel and line holder 2 into the rotating motion of line holder 2.
The line holder 2 includes two circular and flat holder walls 21 and 22 which are perpendicular to axle 5 and spaced from each other. The walls are connected to each other by means of a sleeve-like member, a line holder shaft
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