CA1166222A - Line trap for spin cast reels - Google Patents
Line trap for spin cast reelsInfo
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- CA1166222A CA1166222A CA000390000A CA390000A CA1166222A CA 1166222 A CA1166222 A CA 1166222A CA 000390000 A CA000390000 A CA 000390000A CA 390000 A CA390000 A CA 390000A CA 1166222 A CA1166222 A CA 1166222A
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Abstract This invention comprehends a closed face spin casting style fishing reel that has a front cover, a reel body and a rear cover. A spinner head assembly is mounted on a center shaft and includes a pickup pin mechanism for extending and retracting a pickup pin radially of the spinner head assembly. A radially in-wardly directed means is provided in the front cover that defines a forwardly facing shoulder which overlaps with the outer end of the extended pickup pin so as to hold a line being retrieved onto a spool in a confined path whereby the line is instantaneously trapped for retrieval and cannot jump or distort outward beyond the end of the pickup pin.
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Description Line Trap for Spin Cast Reels Technical Field This invention relates to fishing reels and, more particularly, relates to a closed face spin cast-ing style fishing reel with a positive line trap re-trieval structure.
Backqround Art Many different spin casting style fishing reels have been provided with line pickup mechanisms to guide the line onto the spool. One such structure is shown in U. S. Pat. No. 3,481,554 to Hull, issued December 2, 1969, wherein two pickup pins are extended from a spinner head to catch the line and to guide the line onto the spool. Another structure is shown in U. S. Pat. No. 3,900,167 to Hull, issued August 19, 1975,wherein the spinner head has a scalloped or corrugated rear edge which would catch the line in one of the scallops or corrugations to guide the line onto the spool. Other such structures are known and used, but in each and every structure the space between the ends of the pins and the front cover is relatively wide to afford freedom for the line to be discharged from the spool during casting. The large space presents a problem on initial line retrieval in that the slack in the line may hold the line along the inside surface of the cover so that several turns of the spinner head can be made without picking up the line and guiding the line onto the spool. The result of the unproductive turns of the spinner head is to lose time in retrieving the line and possibly losing the fish.
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The present invention is directed to over-coming one or rnore of the problems as set forth above.
Disclosure of Invention This invention relates to closed face spin casting style fishing reels and comprehends a smoothly operating, instantaneous line pickup structure during line retrieval. A confining means in the form of a shoulder is provided inside the rear portion of the front cover. The confining means holds the line in close to the spool and to the spinner head flange, both during casting and during retrieval. A pickup pin mechanism is provided which is located in a plane forward of the shoulder so that the pickup pin, when radially extended, will overlap with the shoulder with the end of the pin radially outboard of the inwardly facing surface of the confining means. The line is con-fined or trapped in close to the surface of the spinner head flange so that the extended pickup pin immediately, on the first pass, will pick up the line and start the rewind on the spool.
Delays in initially trapping the line are eliminated. The overlapping shoulder assures that the line will not jump or loop over beyond the end of the pin, causing uneven line retrieval.
Brief Description of Drawinqs Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a reel embodying the invention;
Fig. lA is a rear perspective of the gear and ratchet of the crankshaft;
Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 3; and hZ
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3:of Fig. 2.
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Best Mode for Carrving'Out the Invention Referring first to Fig. 1, there is shown a reel, including a closed face housing 10, having a two-part front cup-shaped cover 11 and a rear cup-shaped cover 12. The front cover 11 has a ring or cylindrical-ly-shaped first part lla and a cone-shaped second part llb. The ring or cylindrically-shaped first part lla Of the front cover 11 is molded rom a high impact strength plastic, such as ABS. The cone-shaped second part llb of the front cover 11 is formed of metal, such as aluminum. The rear cover 12 can be formed of a platable grad~ ~BS with a chrome or nickel plating. The cone-shaped second part llb has a generally annular rear-ward edge portion engaging in a forwardly facing lock ing groove 17 (Fig. 2) formed on the first part lla of the cover 11. The cylindrical-shaped first part lla and the cone-shaped second part llb have cooperating means ~not shown) for rigidly locking the two parts together.
The cone-shaped second part llb of the cover 11 has a conical front portion 13 including a circular line opening which mounts an annular line guide 16 in a known manner. The cylindrical first part lla of the front cover 11 has helical threads 14 formed on the rearmost internal surface thereof and has knurled gripping portions 15 formed on the external surface thereof.
A reel body 20 is provided and includes a circular mounting plate or deck plate 21 which ha~ a forwardly extending cylindrical sleeve portion 22 in-tegrally formed around the outer periphery thereof.
The reel body 20 may be made of plastic material, such as ABS or a glass filled polycarbonate. The forward edge of the sleeve 22 has a flange 23 extending radial-ly outwardly beyond the outer surface of the sleeve portion 22. The cylindrical first part lla of the front cover 11 is undercut forward of the internal thread 14 to provide a rearwardly facing shoulder 24 axially spaced from the end of the internal thread 14.
The reel body 20 with the radially extending flange 23 is inserted in the rear opening of the front co~er 11 with the flange 23 bearing against the shoulder 24 in the undercut portion. The rear cover 12, which has on its forwardly facing end portion an external thread 19, is threaded into the internal thread 14 of the front cover 11 until the forwardly facing edge of the rear cover 12 engages the radially outwardly extending flange 23 to trap the reel body 20 between the front cover 11 and the rear cover 12. The rear cover 12 has an integral-ly molded, radially extending stem 25 with a mounting foot 26 on the outer end thereof for attachment to the appropriate part of a fishing rod. The mounting foot 26 is to be attached to the upper surface of a fishing rod for use.
The rear cover 12 has a rearwardly facing opening 28 that is substantially rectangular in shape extending through a sloped upper portion and vertical rear portion thereof. A one-piece thumb button 29 has a shape substantially mating with the shape of the open-ing 28 in the rear cover 12 and has a pair of sidewardly extending pivots 30 on the upper forward side edges thereof which snap into slotted pivot opening 31 formed in the adjacent side walls 32 of the opening 2~3. A
pair of sidewardly extending tabs 33 are formed on the lower side edges of the thumb button 29 such that with the thumb button 29 assembled from the inside of the rear cover 12, the sidewardly extending pivots 30 will snap into the slotted openings 31 in the walls 32 of the rear cover 12 with the sidewardly extending tabs 33 abutting a vertical inner surface of the rear cover 12 adjacent the opening 28. The tabs 33 prevent the thumb button 29 from pivoting rearwardly out of the opening 28 in the rear cover 12.
A central hub 35 is carried by and projects forward of the deck plate 21 concentric with the sleeve 22 with a drag plate 210, back spool washer 230, back flat drag washer 233, spool assembly 130, front flat dray washer 235, front spool washer 237, all retained on the hub 35 by means of spool retainer clip 240 which fits into a groove (not shown in Fig. 1) aligned with a shoulder separating the hub 35 from a reduced diameter front portion 241 of hub 35.
A center shaft 251 is mounted in a sleeve bearing 269 seated in a center hole 37 extending through the deck plate 21 and hub 35, with a spinner head assembly 242 threaded onto the forward threaded end of the shaft 251. The spinner head assembly 242 partially surrounds the forward flange of the spool assembly 130 with a supply of fishing line 99 being wound on a spool 131 of the spool assembly 130. The line 99 is wound or unwound from the spool 131 over the spinner head assem-bly 242 and through the line guide 16 in the front cover 11 .
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The center shaft 251 is slidably and rotatably mounted in the sleeve bearing 269 in hub 35 of the deck~
plate 21. A pinion gear 260 is splined on a reduced diameter spined portion 252 of the center shaft 251 and is re-sil.iently maintained i.n a forward position against thedeck plate 21 by a center shaft spring 265. The spring 265 bears against an abutting end 255 on the center shaft 251 to urge the pinion gear 260 against the deck plate 21 and to urge the center shaft 251 in a rearward direc-tion relative to the deck plate 21. The splined con-nection between the pi.nion gear 260 and center shaft 251 permits the axial sliding motion of the shaft 251 rela-tive to the pinion gear 260 while at the same ti.me ro-tation of the pinion gear 260 will rotate the center shaft 251.
Depressing the thumb button 29 rnoves the cen-ter shaft 251 and spinner head assembly 242 forward relative to the hub 35. As the spinner head assembly 242 moves forward, a pickup pin mechanism 243, mounted on spinner head assembly 242, will move forward of and will disengage from the front portion 241 of the hub 35 and from a cam 244 on the axial face of the front por-tion 241 of the hub 35 thereby retracting a pickup pin 245 from its extended position radially outwa~d of the spinner head assernbly 242. With the thumb button 29 fully depressed, a line brake me~ber (not shown in Fig.
1) on the forward face of the spinner head assembly 242 will be urged against the inside of the cone-shaped part llb of the front cover 11 to trap the line 99 there-between to prevent casting of the line from the reel..
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Releasing the pressure on -the thumb button 29 will maintain the spinner head assembly 242 in a for-ward casting position, but the spring 265 will retract the center shaft 251 and the spinner head assembly 242 enough to unclamp the line 99 whereby the spinner head assembly 242 wi.ll not interfere with the fishiny line 99 which can then be cast freely from the reel.
The deck plate 21 also includes a rearwardly projecting boss 40 having spaced apart legs 39 with aligned transverse openings 41 therethrough for receiv-ing, in a concentric manner, a crankshaft 42 surrounded, in part, by a cylindrical post 43. The boss 40 has a slot 44 between the legs 39, which slot 44 extends trans-verse to the axis of the Opening 41. The slot 44 aligns with a slot (not shown in Fi.g. 1) in the deck plate 21 with a slide drag actuator 247 positioned in the slots and being threadably engaged with a threaded portion 45 of the post 43. The drag actuator 247 extends through the aligned slots and forward of the declc plate 21 and is moved by rotation of the post 43 i.n a di.rection along the axis of the post 43 between the spaced apart legs 39 of the boss 40. The degree of drag braking pressure applied to the spool 131 through the drag actuator 247 is selectively and precisely controllable through a star wheel 50 mounted on the post 43 where the post 43 projects outward of the boss 40. The post 43 has spaced bearing surfaces 51 and 53 which seat i.n the open-ings 41. ~ retainer cl.ip 54 engages in a slot 55 at the junction between the bearing surface 53 and the threads 30 45 on the post 43, which slot 55 aligns with one wall of the slot 44 so that the star wheel 50 and post 43 can be rotated r~lative to the boss 40 without the post ~3 mov-ing axially relative to the boss 40.
The projècting contact head 248 o~ the drag actuator 247 engages with an arcuately curved extended ramp56 on the drag plate 210. The drag plate 210 has an anchoring tab 57 located diametrically opposite the ca~ 56, which tab 57 engages in a recess (not shown in Fig. 1) in the front surface of the dec~ plate 21. A
cantilever arm 5~3 has a peripheral connection with the drag plate 210 and extends along an arc parallel to a peripheral portion of the drag plate 210. The canti-lever arm 5~ has an axially facing tip 59 engaging with serrations 60 on the axially facing surface oE one flange 15 61 of the spool 131. The drag plate 210 bears against the back spool washer 230, bàck flat drag washer 233, spool assembly 130, front flat drag washer 235, front spool washer 237, all of which are backed against the fixed retainer clip 240. The contact head 248 of the 20 drag actuator 247 engages with the cam 56 and, as it is moved radially outward of the drag actuator 247, the pressure or drag on the spool 131 will be increased and, as the drag actuator 247 is moved radially inward on the cam 56, the pressure or drag on the spool 131 will be decreased. The drag actuator 247 is advanced or moved radially inward (decreased drag) by rotating the star wheel 50 in one direction and is retracted or moved radially outward (increased drag) by rotating the s-tar wheel 50 in the opposite direction.
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The crankshaft 42, with a gear 313 attached at one end, is inserted through the post 43 in the boss 40 and has a handle 332 attached by means of a rJut 333 to the other end of said crankshaft 42. The year 313 meshes with the pinion gear 260 on the center shaft 251 so that rotation of the crank handle 332 will rotate the center shaft 251 and spinner head assembly 242.
An anti-reverse assembly 330, which is associ-ated with the crankshaft 42, includes a ratchet 336, shown in Fig. lA, fixed on the back of the gear 313 for rotation with the gear 313 and crankshaft 42. The anti-reverse assembly 330 further includes a pivotable pawl 321 having a pivot tab 322, a pawl tooth 323, and a pawl actuator 324. The pawl pivot tab 322 extends into a slot 325 formed in deck plate 21, the slot 325 having one wall in alignment with the one wall 329 which is offset radially inward toward the center shaft 251 from the end face 331 of the boss 40. The pawl actuator 324 has a pair of bifurcated legs 326 which grip the surface of the crankshaft 42 with sufficient force that the pawl actuator 324 will rotate with the crankshaft 42, but will slide relative to the crankshaft 42 when the grip-ping force is exceeded. ~n actuator tab 327 extends transverse to the plane of the pawl actuator 324 and engages in a recess 328 in the midportion of the pawl 321. The pawl 321 with the pivot tab 322 in the slot 325 will have one face of the pawl 321 against the wall 329 of the boss 40 and will have the pawl tooth 323 aligned with the ratchet 336. The crankshaft 42, when telescoped in the post 43 and boss 40, will locate the i6~Z
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pawl actuator 324 between the ratchet 336, fi~ed on the back face of gear 313, and the end face 331 of the boss 40 in the vicinity of the opening 41 in the boss 40, so that the pawl actuator 324 is offset slightly from the pawl 321 with the transverse actuator tab 327 engaged in the recess 328 of the pawl 321. Rotation of the crank handle 332 in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 1, will pivot the crankshaft 42 and the pawl actuator 324 in a counterclockwise direction whlch will pivot the pawl 321 in a clockwise direction around pawl pivot tab 322 to move the pawl tooth 323 out of alignment with the teeth of the ratchet 336. The crank handle 332 will, therefore, be permitted to be rotated in that direction without interference. The gripping resistance between the pawl actuator 324 and the crankshaft 42 will be overcome as soon as the pawl 321 pivots to its extreme position, whereupon the crank-shaft 42 continues to rotate relative to the pawl actuator 324. Rotation of the handle 332 in the clock-wise direction moves the pawl actuator 324 in the clock-wise direction with the tab 327 pivoting the pawl 321 in a counterclockwise direction to move the pawl tooth 323 into the path of the ratchet teeth to stop further rotation of the crankshaft 42 and handle 332 in that direction.
Referring particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, a fishing line 99 is shown extending from the spo~ 131, across the cylindrical surface of the spinner head assembly 242 and out 'heline guide 16 at the apex of the cone-shaped front cover 11. The ring-shaped first part 6ti~
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lla of the cover 11 has a cylindrical front portion 356 which has some radial depth defining an inner cylindrical surface 357. The cone-shaped second part llb has a cylindrical rear portion 359 which has a rear edge that interfits and locks with the annular groove 17 in the ring-shaped first part lla. The internal diameter of the cylindrical portion 357 of the ring-shaped first part lla is less than the internal diameter of the cylindrical rear portion 359 of the cone-shaped second part llb so as to define a forwardly facing shoulder 361.
The pickup pin 245 of the pickup pin mechan-ism 243, when in the extended position, as shown in Figs.
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Description Line Trap for Spin Cast Reels Technical Field This invention relates to fishing reels and, more particularly, relates to a closed face spin cast-ing style fishing reel with a positive line trap re-trieval structure.
Backqround Art Many different spin casting style fishing reels have been provided with line pickup mechanisms to guide the line onto the spool. One such structure is shown in U. S. Pat. No. 3,481,554 to Hull, issued December 2, 1969, wherein two pickup pins are extended from a spinner head to catch the line and to guide the line onto the spool. Another structure is shown in U. S. Pat. No. 3,900,167 to Hull, issued August 19, 1975,wherein the spinner head has a scalloped or corrugated rear edge which would catch the line in one of the scallops or corrugations to guide the line onto the spool. Other such structures are known and used, but in each and every structure the space between the ends of the pins and the front cover is relatively wide to afford freedom for the line to be discharged from the spool during casting. The large space presents a problem on initial line retrieval in that the slack in the line may hold the line along the inside surface of the cover so that several turns of the spinner head can be made without picking up the line and guiding the line onto the spool. The result of the unproductive turns of the spinner head is to lose time in retrieving the line and possibly losing the fish.
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The present invention is directed to over-coming one or rnore of the problems as set forth above.
Disclosure of Invention This invention relates to closed face spin casting style fishing reels and comprehends a smoothly operating, instantaneous line pickup structure during line retrieval. A confining means in the form of a shoulder is provided inside the rear portion of the front cover. The confining means holds the line in close to the spool and to the spinner head flange, both during casting and during retrieval. A pickup pin mechanism is provided which is located in a plane forward of the shoulder so that the pickup pin, when radially extended, will overlap with the shoulder with the end of the pin radially outboard of the inwardly facing surface of the confining means. The line is con-fined or trapped in close to the surface of the spinner head flange so that the extended pickup pin immediately, on the first pass, will pick up the line and start the rewind on the spool.
Delays in initially trapping the line are eliminated. The overlapping shoulder assures that the line will not jump or loop over beyond the end of the pin, causing uneven line retrieval.
Brief Description of Drawinqs Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a reel embodying the invention;
Fig. lA is a rear perspective of the gear and ratchet of the crankshaft;
Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 3; and hZ
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3:of Fig. 2.
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Best Mode for Carrving'Out the Invention Referring first to Fig. 1, there is shown a reel, including a closed face housing 10, having a two-part front cup-shaped cover 11 and a rear cup-shaped cover 12. The front cover 11 has a ring or cylindrical-ly-shaped first part lla and a cone-shaped second part llb. The ring or cylindrically-shaped first part lla Of the front cover 11 is molded rom a high impact strength plastic, such as ABS. The cone-shaped second part llb of the front cover 11 is formed of metal, such as aluminum. The rear cover 12 can be formed of a platable grad~ ~BS with a chrome or nickel plating. The cone-shaped second part llb has a generally annular rear-ward edge portion engaging in a forwardly facing lock ing groove 17 (Fig. 2) formed on the first part lla of the cover 11. The cylindrical-shaped first part lla and the cone-shaped second part llb have cooperating means ~not shown) for rigidly locking the two parts together.
The cone-shaped second part llb of the cover 11 has a conical front portion 13 including a circular line opening which mounts an annular line guide 16 in a known manner. The cylindrical first part lla of the front cover 11 has helical threads 14 formed on the rearmost internal surface thereof and has knurled gripping portions 15 formed on the external surface thereof.
A reel body 20 is provided and includes a circular mounting plate or deck plate 21 which ha~ a forwardly extending cylindrical sleeve portion 22 in-tegrally formed around the outer periphery thereof.
The reel body 20 may be made of plastic material, such as ABS or a glass filled polycarbonate. The forward edge of the sleeve 22 has a flange 23 extending radial-ly outwardly beyond the outer surface of the sleeve portion 22. The cylindrical first part lla of the front cover 11 is undercut forward of the internal thread 14 to provide a rearwardly facing shoulder 24 axially spaced from the end of the internal thread 14.
The reel body 20 with the radially extending flange 23 is inserted in the rear opening of the front co~er 11 with the flange 23 bearing against the shoulder 24 in the undercut portion. The rear cover 12, which has on its forwardly facing end portion an external thread 19, is threaded into the internal thread 14 of the front cover 11 until the forwardly facing edge of the rear cover 12 engages the radially outwardly extending flange 23 to trap the reel body 20 between the front cover 11 and the rear cover 12. The rear cover 12 has an integral-ly molded, radially extending stem 25 with a mounting foot 26 on the outer end thereof for attachment to the appropriate part of a fishing rod. The mounting foot 26 is to be attached to the upper surface of a fishing rod for use.
The rear cover 12 has a rearwardly facing opening 28 that is substantially rectangular in shape extending through a sloped upper portion and vertical rear portion thereof. A one-piece thumb button 29 has a shape substantially mating with the shape of the open-ing 28 in the rear cover 12 and has a pair of sidewardly extending pivots 30 on the upper forward side edges thereof which snap into slotted pivot opening 31 formed in the adjacent side walls 32 of the opening 2~3. A
pair of sidewardly extending tabs 33 are formed on the lower side edges of the thumb button 29 such that with the thumb button 29 assembled from the inside of the rear cover 12, the sidewardly extending pivots 30 will snap into the slotted openings 31 in the walls 32 of the rear cover 12 with the sidewardly extending tabs 33 abutting a vertical inner surface of the rear cover 12 adjacent the opening 28. The tabs 33 prevent the thumb button 29 from pivoting rearwardly out of the opening 28 in the rear cover 12.
A central hub 35 is carried by and projects forward of the deck plate 21 concentric with the sleeve 22 with a drag plate 210, back spool washer 230, back flat drag washer 233, spool assembly 130, front flat dray washer 235, front spool washer 237, all retained on the hub 35 by means of spool retainer clip 240 which fits into a groove (not shown in Fig. 1) aligned with a shoulder separating the hub 35 from a reduced diameter front portion 241 of hub 35.
A center shaft 251 is mounted in a sleeve bearing 269 seated in a center hole 37 extending through the deck plate 21 and hub 35, with a spinner head assembly 242 threaded onto the forward threaded end of the shaft 251. The spinner head assembly 242 partially surrounds the forward flange of the spool assembly 130 with a supply of fishing line 99 being wound on a spool 131 of the spool assembly 130. The line 99 is wound or unwound from the spool 131 over the spinner head assem-bly 242 and through the line guide 16 in the front cover 11 .
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The center shaft 251 is slidably and rotatably mounted in the sleeve bearing 269 in hub 35 of the deck~
plate 21. A pinion gear 260 is splined on a reduced diameter spined portion 252 of the center shaft 251 and is re-sil.iently maintained i.n a forward position against thedeck plate 21 by a center shaft spring 265. The spring 265 bears against an abutting end 255 on the center shaft 251 to urge the pinion gear 260 against the deck plate 21 and to urge the center shaft 251 in a rearward direc-tion relative to the deck plate 21. The splined con-nection between the pi.nion gear 260 and center shaft 251 permits the axial sliding motion of the shaft 251 rela-tive to the pinion gear 260 while at the same ti.me ro-tation of the pinion gear 260 will rotate the center shaft 251.
Depressing the thumb button 29 rnoves the cen-ter shaft 251 and spinner head assembly 242 forward relative to the hub 35. As the spinner head assembly 242 moves forward, a pickup pin mechanism 243, mounted on spinner head assembly 242, will move forward of and will disengage from the front portion 241 of the hub 35 and from a cam 244 on the axial face of the front por-tion 241 of the hub 35 thereby retracting a pickup pin 245 from its extended position radially outwa~d of the spinner head assernbly 242. With the thumb button 29 fully depressed, a line brake me~ber (not shown in Fig.
1) on the forward face of the spinner head assembly 242 will be urged against the inside of the cone-shaped part llb of the front cover 11 to trap the line 99 there-between to prevent casting of the line from the reel..
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Releasing the pressure on -the thumb button 29 will maintain the spinner head assembly 242 in a for-ward casting position, but the spring 265 will retract the center shaft 251 and the spinner head assembly 242 enough to unclamp the line 99 whereby the spinner head assembly 242 wi.ll not interfere with the fishiny line 99 which can then be cast freely from the reel.
The deck plate 21 also includes a rearwardly projecting boss 40 having spaced apart legs 39 with aligned transverse openings 41 therethrough for receiv-ing, in a concentric manner, a crankshaft 42 surrounded, in part, by a cylindrical post 43. The boss 40 has a slot 44 between the legs 39, which slot 44 extends trans-verse to the axis of the Opening 41. The slot 44 aligns with a slot (not shown in Fi.g. 1) in the deck plate 21 with a slide drag actuator 247 positioned in the slots and being threadably engaged with a threaded portion 45 of the post 43. The drag actuator 247 extends through the aligned slots and forward of the declc plate 21 and is moved by rotation of the post 43 i.n a di.rection along the axis of the post 43 between the spaced apart legs 39 of the boss 40. The degree of drag braking pressure applied to the spool 131 through the drag actuator 247 is selectively and precisely controllable through a star wheel 50 mounted on the post 43 where the post 43 projects outward of the boss 40. The post 43 has spaced bearing surfaces 51 and 53 which seat i.n the open-ings 41. ~ retainer cl.ip 54 engages in a slot 55 at the junction between the bearing surface 53 and the threads 30 45 on the post 43, which slot 55 aligns with one wall of the slot 44 so that the star wheel 50 and post 43 can be rotated r~lative to the boss 40 without the post ~3 mov-ing axially relative to the boss 40.
The projècting contact head 248 o~ the drag actuator 247 engages with an arcuately curved extended ramp56 on the drag plate 210. The drag plate 210 has an anchoring tab 57 located diametrically opposite the ca~ 56, which tab 57 engages in a recess (not shown in Fig. 1) in the front surface of the dec~ plate 21. A
cantilever arm 5~3 has a peripheral connection with the drag plate 210 and extends along an arc parallel to a peripheral portion of the drag plate 210. The canti-lever arm 5~ has an axially facing tip 59 engaging with serrations 60 on the axially facing surface oE one flange 15 61 of the spool 131. The drag plate 210 bears against the back spool washer 230, bàck flat drag washer 233, spool assembly 130, front flat drag washer 235, front spool washer 237, all of which are backed against the fixed retainer clip 240. The contact head 248 of the 20 drag actuator 247 engages with the cam 56 and, as it is moved radially outward of the drag actuator 247, the pressure or drag on the spool 131 will be increased and, as the drag actuator 247 is moved radially inward on the cam 56, the pressure or drag on the spool 131 will be decreased. The drag actuator 247 is advanced or moved radially inward (decreased drag) by rotating the star wheel 50 in one direction and is retracted or moved radially outward (increased drag) by rotating the s-tar wheel 50 in the opposite direction.
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The crankshaft 42, with a gear 313 attached at one end, is inserted through the post 43 in the boss 40 and has a handle 332 attached by means of a rJut 333 to the other end of said crankshaft 42. The year 313 meshes with the pinion gear 260 on the center shaft 251 so that rotation of the crank handle 332 will rotate the center shaft 251 and spinner head assembly 242.
An anti-reverse assembly 330, which is associ-ated with the crankshaft 42, includes a ratchet 336, shown in Fig. lA, fixed on the back of the gear 313 for rotation with the gear 313 and crankshaft 42. The anti-reverse assembly 330 further includes a pivotable pawl 321 having a pivot tab 322, a pawl tooth 323, and a pawl actuator 324. The pawl pivot tab 322 extends into a slot 325 formed in deck plate 21, the slot 325 having one wall in alignment with the one wall 329 which is offset radially inward toward the center shaft 251 from the end face 331 of the boss 40. The pawl actuator 324 has a pair of bifurcated legs 326 which grip the surface of the crankshaft 42 with sufficient force that the pawl actuator 324 will rotate with the crankshaft 42, but will slide relative to the crankshaft 42 when the grip-ping force is exceeded. ~n actuator tab 327 extends transverse to the plane of the pawl actuator 324 and engages in a recess 328 in the midportion of the pawl 321. The pawl 321 with the pivot tab 322 in the slot 325 will have one face of the pawl 321 against the wall 329 of the boss 40 and will have the pawl tooth 323 aligned with the ratchet 336. The crankshaft 42, when telescoped in the post 43 and boss 40, will locate the i6~Z
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pawl actuator 324 between the ratchet 336, fi~ed on the back face of gear 313, and the end face 331 of the boss 40 in the vicinity of the opening 41 in the boss 40, so that the pawl actuator 324 is offset slightly from the pawl 321 with the transverse actuator tab 327 engaged in the recess 328 of the pawl 321. Rotation of the crank handle 332 in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 1, will pivot the crankshaft 42 and the pawl actuator 324 in a counterclockwise direction whlch will pivot the pawl 321 in a clockwise direction around pawl pivot tab 322 to move the pawl tooth 323 out of alignment with the teeth of the ratchet 336. The crank handle 332 will, therefore, be permitted to be rotated in that direction without interference. The gripping resistance between the pawl actuator 324 and the crankshaft 42 will be overcome as soon as the pawl 321 pivots to its extreme position, whereupon the crank-shaft 42 continues to rotate relative to the pawl actuator 324. Rotation of the handle 332 in the clock-wise direction moves the pawl actuator 324 in the clock-wise direction with the tab 327 pivoting the pawl 321 in a counterclockwise direction to move the pawl tooth 323 into the path of the ratchet teeth to stop further rotation of the crankshaft 42 and handle 332 in that direction.
Referring particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, a fishing line 99 is shown extending from the spo~ 131, across the cylindrical surface of the spinner head assembly 242 and out 'heline guide 16 at the apex of the cone-shaped front cover 11. The ring-shaped first part 6ti~
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lla of the cover 11 has a cylindrical front portion 356 which has some radial depth defining an inner cylindrical surface 357. The cone-shaped second part llb has a cylindrical rear portion 359 which has a rear edge that interfits and locks with the annular groove 17 in the ring-shaped first part lla. The internal diameter of the cylindrical portion 357 of the ring-shaped first part lla is less than the internal diameter of the cylindrical rear portion 359 of the cone-shaped second part llb so as to define a forwardly facing shoulder 361.
The pickup pin 245 of the pickup pin mechan-ism 243, when in the extended position, as shown in Figs.
2 and 3, projects radially outward through a peripherally elongate slot 258 in a rearwardly extending annular 15 flange 257 of the spinner head assembly 242. The pickup pin 245 has an outer end portion 245(a) extend-ing beyond the internal cylindrical portion 357 of the first part lla in overlapping relationship to the shoulder 361. The pickup pin 245 lies in a plane parallel to the shoulder 361 and displaced axially for-ward of the shoulder 361.
The annular flange 257 of the spinner head assembly 242 telescopes within the ring-shaped first part lla and is spaced radially inward from the inter-nal cylindrical portion 357 of said first part lla. Asis well known, and as is described generally herein-above, the spinner head assembly 242 is movable axially relative to the front cover 11 between a forward posi-tion wherein a brake ring 246 on the forward face of the 30 spinner head assembly 242 traps the line 99 against the r ~` ~
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inner surface of the cone-shaped front cover 11 and a rearward position (as shown in Fig. 2) wherein the rear edge of the flange 257 overlaps the midportion of the spool 131. In all positions of the spinner head assem-5 bly 242, the flange 257 has a portion telescoped within the first part lla. When the spinner head assembly 242 is fully forward, or just slightly rearward of fully forward, the pickup pin 245 is retracted within the flange 257 and with the spinner head assembly 242 in the slightly rearward of the fully forward position, the line 99 can be cast and has a clear, but defined path of travel from the spool 131 to the line guide 16.
That is, the line 93 traverses a path between the cylindrical portion 357 of the first part lla and the flange 257 of the spinner head assembly 242, passes between the spir,ner head assembly 242 and the inside surface of the second part llb and on out the guide 16.
The line 99 is confined to a clear path without undue oversized cavities, such as prevailed heretofore radially outward of the spool. The oversized cavities of the prior art pennitted the line to bulge at the oversized location and, under certain conditions, caused the line to foul within the reel. The confined, but clear, passageway herein provided avoids the line fouling problem caused by the oversized cavity.
For retrieving the line 99, the crank is turned, the spinner head assembly 242 is retracted and the pickup pin mechanism 243 is operated to extend the pickup pin 245 radially outward with the end portion 245a radially overlapping the shoulder 361 on the first 1 ~-5/4 3 -Z~
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part lla of the front cover 11. The line 99 is posi-tively trapped by the pickup pin 245 on the first pass whereupon retrieval of the line 99 proceeds promptly.
Since the line 99 is held in a path close to the flange 257 on the spinner head assembly 242 and, since the pickup pin 245 overlaps the path of the line 99, the pickup pin 245 cannot possibly miss the line 99 on the first pass for instantaneous start up of line re-trieval.
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The annular flange 257 of the spinner head assembly 242 telescopes within the ring-shaped first part lla and is spaced radially inward from the inter-nal cylindrical portion 357 of said first part lla. Asis well known, and as is described generally herein-above, the spinner head assembly 242 is movable axially relative to the front cover 11 between a forward posi-tion wherein a brake ring 246 on the forward face of the 30 spinner head assembly 242 traps the line 99 against the r ~` ~
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inner surface of the cone-shaped front cover 11 and a rearward position (as shown in Fig. 2) wherein the rear edge of the flange 257 overlaps the midportion of the spool 131. In all positions of the spinner head assem-5 bly 242, the flange 257 has a portion telescoped within the first part lla. When the spinner head assembly 242 is fully forward, or just slightly rearward of fully forward, the pickup pin 245 is retracted within the flange 257 and with the spinner head assembly 242 in the slightly rearward of the fully forward position, the line 99 can be cast and has a clear, but defined path of travel from the spool 131 to the line guide 16.
That is, the line 93 traverses a path between the cylindrical portion 357 of the first part lla and the flange 257 of the spinner head assembly 242, passes between the spir,ner head assembly 242 and the inside surface of the second part llb and on out the guide 16.
The line 99 is confined to a clear path without undue oversized cavities, such as prevailed heretofore radially outward of the spool. The oversized cavities of the prior art pennitted the line to bulge at the oversized location and, under certain conditions, caused the line to foul within the reel. The confined, but clear, passageway herein provided avoids the line fouling problem caused by the oversized cavity.
For retrieving the line 99, the crank is turned, the spinner head assembly 242 is retracted and the pickup pin mechanism 243 is operated to extend the pickup pin 245 radially outward with the end portion 245a radially overlapping the shoulder 361 on the first 1 ~-5/4 3 -Z~
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part lla of the front cover 11. The line 99 is posi-tively trapped by the pickup pin 245 on the first pass whereupon retrieval of the line 99 proceeds promptly.
Since the line 99 is held in a path close to the flange 257 on the spinner head assembly 242 and, since the pickup pin 245 overlaps the path of the line 99, the pickup pin 245 cannot possibly miss the line 99 on the first pass for instantaneous start up of line re-trieval.
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Claims (8)
1. In a closed face spinning reel including a cylindrical reel body having a transverse deck plate, a spool supported on a hub projecting forwardly of the deck plate, a center shaft extending axially through the center of the hub, a crank drive mechanism mounted in the reel body for rotating the center shaft, a spinner head carried by the forward end of the center shaft, a front cover means closing off the front face of the reel body and a rear cover means closing off the rear face of the reel body, the improvement comprising:
pickup pin moving means in the spinner head selectively moving a pickup pin radially outward beyond the periphery of the spinner head or radially inward within the confines of the spinner head, shoulder means extending radially inward from the inside surface of the front cover means to form a forwardly facing shoulder inside the front cover means, the pickup pin lying in a plane spaced axially forwardly of the forwardly facing shoulder when the pickup pin is radially extended, an outer end of the pickup pin extending radially outward in an overlapping manner with respect to the shoulder, a line being retrieved through an opening in the front cover means and being wound on the spool is engaged by the extended pickup pin and is prevented from escaping over the end of the pin by the radially overlapping shoulder.
pickup pin moving means in the spinner head selectively moving a pickup pin radially outward beyond the periphery of the spinner head or radially inward within the confines of the spinner head, shoulder means extending radially inward from the inside surface of the front cover means to form a forwardly facing shoulder inside the front cover means, the pickup pin lying in a plane spaced axially forwardly of the forwardly facing shoulder when the pickup pin is radially extended, an outer end of the pickup pin extending radially outward in an overlapping manner with respect to the shoulder, a line being retrieved through an opening in the front cover means and being wound on the spool is engaged by the extended pickup pin and is prevented from escaping over the end of the pin by the radially overlapping shoulder.
2. In a closed face spinning reel as claimed in claim 1 wherein said shoulder is formed by a two-part front cover means, one part extending radially inward with respect to a second part to form the forwardly facing shoulder.
3. In a closed face spinning reel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first part is a ring member and the second part is a cone-shaped member interfitting with the ring member, the ring member is radially thick-er than the cone-shaped member and extends radially inward relative to an inner surface of the cone-shaped member to form the forwardly facing shoulder.
4. In a closed face spinning reel as claimed in claim 3 wherein the ring member is a molded plastic and the cone member is metal, the ring member forming the forwardly facing shoulder.
5. In a closed face spinning reel including a cylindrical reel body having a transverse deck plate, a spool supported on a hub projecting forwardly of the deck plate, a center shaft extending axially through the center of the hub, a crank drive mechanism mounted in the reel body for rotating the center shaft, a spinner head carried by the forward end of the center shaft, a front cover means closing off the front face of the reel body and a rear cover means closing off the rear face of the reel body, the improvement including:
pickup pin moving means in the spinner head selectively moving a pickup pin radially outward beyond the periphery of the spinner head or radially inward within the confines of the spinner head, the front cover means comprising a first part, a second part interfitting with the first part to form the cover means, the first part extending radially in-ward from the inside surface of the second part to form a forwardly facing shoulder inside the front cover means, the pickup pin extending in a plane spaced axially forwardly of the forwardly facing shoulder when the pickup pin is radially extended, an outer end of the pickup pin extending radially in overlapping manner with respect to the shoulder, so that a line being retrieved through an opening in the front cover means and being wound on the spool is engaged by the extended pickup pin and is prevented from escaping over the end of the pin by the radially overlapping shoulder.
pickup pin moving means in the spinner head selectively moving a pickup pin radially outward beyond the periphery of the spinner head or radially inward within the confines of the spinner head, the front cover means comprising a first part, a second part interfitting with the first part to form the cover means, the first part extending radially in-ward from the inside surface of the second part to form a forwardly facing shoulder inside the front cover means, the pickup pin extending in a plane spaced axially forwardly of the forwardly facing shoulder when the pickup pin is radially extended, an outer end of the pickup pin extending radially in overlapping manner with respect to the shoulder, so that a line being retrieved through an opening in the front cover means and being wound on the spool is engaged by the extended pickup pin and is prevented from escaping over the end of the pin by the radially overlapping shoulder.
6. In a closed face spinning reel as claimed in claim 5 wherein the first part is made of molded plastic and extends radially inward from the inner sur-face of the second part.
7. In a closed face spinning reel as claimed in claim 6 wherein the second part is formed of metal.
8. In a closed face spinning reel as claimed in claim 3 wherein said first part has a forwardly opening annular groove and said second part has a rear edge that interfits and locks with the annular groove in said first part.
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