Fishing reel with trip link for repositioning a bail assembly

Details Fishing reel with trip link for repositioning a bail assembly Fishing reel with trip link for repositioning a bail assembly

1998-11-05

2000-05-02

Walsh, Donald P.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Reeling device

Fishing rod reel

242232, A01K 8901

Patent

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06056220&

ABSTRACT:
A fishing reel having a frame and an operating mechanism on the frame. The operating mechanism includes a line carrying spool, a rotor that is rotatable around a first axis relative to the frame, a bail assembly on the frame which is changeable between a cast position and a retrieve position, a rotor operator, and a drive train through which the rotor is rotatable around the first axis in response to operation of the rotor operator. The operating mechanism further includes a trigger that is repositionable relative to the frame between first and second positions. The trigger causes the bail assembly to be changed from the retrieve position into the cast position as the trigger moves from the first position into the second position. A trip link on the rotor is repositionable from a retracted position into an extended position as an incident of the bail assembly changing from the retrieve position into the cast position. A trip link actuator is repositionable between first and second positions. With the trip link in the extended position, the trip link traces a predetermined path as the rotor rotates around the first axis. With the trip link actuator in the first position for the trip link actuator, the surface of the trip link actuator resides in the predetermined path traced by the trip link. With the trip link actuator in the second position for the trip link actuator, the surface of the trip link actuator resides substantially outside of the predetermined path traced by the trip link.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4921187 (1990-05-01), Yamaguchi et al.
patent: 5667159 (1997-09-01), Carpenter et al.
patent: 5669565 (1997-09-01), Zurcher et al.

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