Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Reeling device – Fishing rod reel
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-09
2002-05-07
Marcelo, Emmanuel M. (Department: 3653)
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Reeling device
Fishing rod reel
C242S249000, C242S279000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06382541
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a winder of fishing rod, and more particularly to a winder of fishing rod, in which the reel unit is stably located and the fishing line can be evenly wound on the reel.
FIGS. 7
to
9
show a conventional winder of fishing rod. The top end of the housing
8
of the winder is disposed with a reel unit
89
. A linking mechanism
82
is disposed in the housing
8
. The linking mechanism
82
includes a crank
83
drivingly engaged with a first gear
84
which is engaged with a second gear
85
. The second gear
85
is formed with a slot
851
in which a linking block
86
is positioned. The linking block
86
has a projection
861
inserted in a travel groove
871
of a rocking block
87
. The rocking block
87
is fixed with a mandrel
88
. By means of rotating the crank
83
, the first and second gears
84
,
85
are driven to make the projection
861
of the linking block
86
slide within the travel groove
871
of the rocking block
87
. Accordingly, the reel
891
of the reel unit
89
drivingly connected with the mandrel
88
is reciprocally moved up and down so as to wind the fishing line on the reel
891
.
However, such winder is operated by means of simple harmonic movement. At the upper and lower dead ends of the travel groove
871
of the rocking block
87
and the second gear
85
, the operation consumes longer time than other positions. Therefore, more loops of fishing line is wound on the top and bottom ends of the reel
891
so that the fishing line can be hardly evenly wound on the reel
891
. This affects the using effect of the fishing rod.
Moreover, when used with a longer reel
891
, the up and down reciprocating travel of the mandrel
88
must be enlarged. However, the second gear
85
is positioned in the housing
8
and the second gear
85
must be enlarged to elongate the travel of the rocking block
87
. This leads to increment of the volume of the housing
8
. Accordingly, the length of the reel
891
is quite limited and is not applicable to a large-size winder.
FIGS. 10 and 11
show a second type of existent winder of fishing rod which is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,941,470. A reel unit
91
and a linking mechanism
92
are disposed in the housing
9
of such winder. The linking mechanism
92
includes a crank
921
drivingly coupled with a gear
93
. The gear
93
meshes with a spiral rod
94
fixed with a mandrel
95
. The outer circumference of the mandrel
95
is formed with travel grooves
951
which are interlaced in reverse directions. A projection
961
of a slide block
96
is inserted in the travel grooves
951
. The other side of the projection
961
is drivingly connected with the reel unit
91
, whereby the reel
911
of the reel unit
91
can be up and down reciprocally moved to wind the fishing line on the reel
911
.
The slide block
96
is movable along the travel grooves
951
of the mandrel
95
to make the fishing line evenly wound on the reel
911
. However, only the projection
961
of the slide block
96
contacts with the travel grooves
951
and the entire reel unit
91
is driven thereby. When wound, the fishing line will exert a drawing force onto the reel
911
. Therefore, as shown in
FIG. 11
, the reel unit
91
often swings due to insufficient supporting force or even clogs due to severe swinging. This makes it impossible to further use the fishing rod.
Furthermore, when it is necessary to use a longer reel
911
, the up and down reciprocating travel of the mandrel
95
must be enlarged. Under such circumstance, the reel unit
91
will even more severely swing.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a winder of fishing rod in which the sleeve of the linking mechanism is fitted with the mandrel drivingly coupled with the reel and an engaging member of the sleeve is reciprocally movable within the travel grooves of the mandrel. Therefore, the entire sleeve will share the force applied to the mandrel to make the reel unit stably located without swinging and ensure the engagement between the engaging member of the sleeve and the travel grooves of the mandrel. The engaging member is guided by the sleeve to smoothly move and make the fishing line evenly wound on the reel unit.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide the above winder of fishing rod, which can easily change the reciprocating travel of the reel.
The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:
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Marcelo Emmanuel M.
Rosenberg , Klein & Lee
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