CA1170235A - Pickup pin assembly for a fishing reel - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract A spinning reel has a sequential line brak-ing--pickup pin retracting assembly including a reel body having a deck plate for supporting the operative parts of the reel. A front cover and a rear cover interfit to trap and secure the reel body therein. A
center shaft supports a spinner head in the front cover with the shaft and spinner head being urged rearwardly relative to the rear cover. A thumb button may be depressed to urge the center shaft and spinner head forward. A novel pickup pin assembly is mounted in the spinner head and has a rotatable means on an arm contacting a mating cam on a fixed hub for extending the pickup pin when required. Interfitting stop means are provided between the arm and the spinner head for supporting the pickup pin free of contact with the spinner head.

Description

-~ 1 7~ :~;Z35 Description Pickup Pin AssemblY for a Fishinq Reel Technical Field This invention relates to spinning style fishing reels and, more particularly, relates to an improved extending and retracting mechanism for a pick-up pin assembly.

Backqround Art Spinning reels have used various means for guiding the line onto the spool during retrieval of the line. Some such means are shown in U. S. Pat. No.
3,900,167 to Hull, issued August 19, 1975, wherein a scalloped rear edge was provided on the spinner head for catching and guiding the line onto the spool. Th~
scallops failed to positively catch the line so that uneven and jerky winding of the line resulted.
Another line guide means was provided in U. S. Pat. NoO 3,020,666 to Hull, issued February 13, 1962, wherein breaks were provided in the edge of a spinner head for guiding the line, and U. S. Pat. No.
3,088,691 (Fig. 3) to Hull, issued May 7, 1963, wherein projections were provided on the spinner head for guiding the line. It was found that the structure of the two patents occasionally caught the line when cast-ing, thereby creating problems.
A third line guide means was provided inU. S. Pat. No. 3,481,554 to Hull,~ lssued December 2, 1969, and U. S. Pat.~ No. 4,156,510 to Hull, issued May 29, 1979, wherein pickup pins are provided in the spinner head. The pickup pins are extended by contact :
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between a planar cam follower sliding on a cam lobe. The limit of movement of the pickup pin was dictated, in part, by the pickup pin engaging an edge of a slot in the spinner head. The cam sliding motion subjected the cam follower and cam lobe to wear and to occasional hang ups. In addition, contact of the pickup pins with other parts resulted in wear and/or rough spots on the pickup pins which resulted in the line catching on the rough spots with resulting problems.
Th~ present invention is directed to overcoming one or more of the problems as set forth above.
Disclosure o_ Invention The invention broadly pertains in one aspect to a spinning reel of the type including a reel housing having front and rear covers, the housing having a deck plate with a hub extending transverse to the deck plate. A center shaft is axially movable in the hub and a rotatable, axially displaceable spinner head is on the center shaft. A pickup arm is mounted on the spinner head with a wear resistant pickup pin carried by the pickup arm and projectable radially through an opening in the spinner head. Cam means on the hub have circumferentially facing portions for selectively pivoting the pickup arm on the spinner head for projection of the pickup pin. The improvement in the pickup arm is characterized by the arm being elongate and being pivoted near the periphery of the inside of a front wall of the~spinner head and extending generally across the front wall. Follower means including a roller is rotatably supported on the~pickup arm and spring means urge the pickup arm and foIlower means toward the center of the ~spinner head for retracting the pickup pin when the spinner head is displaced forward of the cam means. Mean~ are provided for rotating the spinner head to engage the roller with only the circumferentia~ly facing~portions of the cam means to extend the pickup pin radially through the opening in the spinner head.
More particularly, ths pickup pin assembly has a body portion pivoted within the confines of the spinner head and is urged toward the turning or rotational axis of the spinner head. A roller-type cam follower is carried by the body portion and engages with a cam on the center 3~

shaft when the center shaft is initially rotated to retrieve a line. The cam follower roller rolls up the lobe of the cam to extend the pickup pin to a pick-up position exterior of the periphery of the spinner head. The pickup pin assembly also included means for limiting inward and outward extension of the pickup pin without placing any loads on the pickup pin itself. The pickup pin limiting means, in one preferred form, in- `-` cludes an extension of the pivot pin used for the cam follower roller coacting with the opposite sides of an aperture in the transverse wall of the spinner head.
The sides of the aperture limit the movement of the pivot pin and, therefore, movement of the pickup pin assembly between an extended position of the pickup pin and a retracted position all without the pickup pin contacting the walls of the slot in the spinner head through which the pickup pin extends, thereby eliminat-ing wear and roughness on the sides of the pickup pin.
The prior art pins engaged the walls of the slot, creating wear spots that served as burrs to hang up the line when being retrieved. As an alternative, rivets in the transverse wall of the spinner head are exposed sufficiently that one of them can serve to abut the body portion of the assembly to provide the inner limit position for the pickup pin. The cam follower roller pivot pin and the apertures,~previously des-cribed, provide the outer limit position of the pi~ckup pin.
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likely to wear and, therefore, has longer useful life and provides more trouble-free operatlon. The means for limiting the extended and retracted position of t"e pick-up pin without relying on contact between the pickup pin and the spinner head likewise adds to the useful life of the reel and to longer trouble-free operation thereof.

Brief Description of Drawinqs-Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a reel embodying the invention;
Fig. lA is a rear perspective of tne gear and ratchet of the crankshaft;
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 3;
Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the spinner head assembly and pickup pin mechanism removed from the center shaft;
Fig. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view, similar to Fig. 4, only viewed from the opposite direction;
Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 7-7 of Fig. 4;

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Fig. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view taken in front of the pickup pin mechanism along the plane of the transverse wall of the spinner head, the pickup pin mechanism being shown in dotted lines to indicate its relative location;
Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 9-9 of Fig. 4;
Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 2 only with the thumb button partially depressed;
Fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 11-11 of Fig. 10 shown in the pickup pin mechanism ~eing extended; and Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 12-12 of Fig. 11.

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~est Mode for Carrying 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 cylindrically-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 from 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 grade ABS with a chrome or nickel plating. The cone-shaped second part llb has a generally annular rearward edge portion engaging in a forwardly facing locking groove 17 formed on the first part lla of the cover 11. The cylindrically-shaped first part lla and the cone-shaped second part llb have cooperating means for rigidlylocking 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 has a forwardly extendlng cylindrical sleeve portion 22 integrally formed around the outer periphery thereof.
The reel body 20 may be made of plastic materi-al, such ~.~7( i~35 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 cover 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 portio~ 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 ehereof which snap into slotted plVOt opening 31 formed ' .. . .
in the adjacent side walls 32 of the opening 28. A
pa'r 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 drag 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 assembly~242 and through the line guide 16 in the front cover I1.

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- The center shaft 251 is slidably and rotatably mounted in the sleeve bearing 269 in 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-siliently maintained in 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 direction xelative to the deck plate 21. The splined connection between the pinion gear 260 and center shaft 251 permits the axial sliding motion of the shaft 251 relative to the pinion gear 260 while at the same time rotation of the pinion gear 260 will rotate the center shaft 251.
Depressing the thumb button 29 moves the center - shaft 251 and spinner head assembl~ 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 dis-engage from the front portion 241 of the hub 35 and from a cam 244 on the axial face of the front portion 241 of the hub 35 thereby retracting a pickup pin 245 from its : extended position radially outward of the spinner head : 25~ assembly 242. ~T~ith the thumb button 29 fully depressed, : ~ a line brake~member (not shown in Fig. 1) on the forward facé 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~therebetween to pre-vent casting of the line from the reel. :Slightly ~: :
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releasing the pressure on the thumb button 29 will main-tain the spinner head assembly 242 in a forward 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 will not interfere with the fishing 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 10 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 3g, which slot 44 extends trans-verse to the axis of the opening 41. The slot 44 aligns with a slot (not shown in Fig. 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 o~ the deck plate 21 and is moved by rotation of the post 43 in a direction 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 in the open-ings 41. A retainer clip 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 ~ ' ' : . ~

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the slot 44 so that the star wheel 50 and post 43 can be rotated relative to the boss 40 without the post 43 mov-ing axially relative to the boss 40.
The projecting contact head 248 of the drag actuator 247 engages with an arcuately curved extended ramp cam 56 on the drag plate 210. I'he drag plate 210 has an anchoring tab 57 located diametrically opposite the cam 56, which tab 57 engages in a recess (not shown in Fig. 1) in the front surface of the deck plate 21. A
cantilever arm 58 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 cantilever arm 58 has an axially facing tip 59 engaging with ser-rations 60 on the axially facing surface of one flange 61 of the spool 131. Tile drag plate 210 bears against the back spool washer 230, back 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 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 13~1 will be increased and, as the drag actuator 247 is moved radially inward on the cam 56, the pressure or drag on the spool ]31 will be decreased. The drag actuator 247 is advanced or moved radially inward (decreased drag~ ~y rotatlng the -~
star wheel 50 in one direction and is retracted or moved radially outward (increased drag) by rotating the star 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 nut 333 to the other end of said crankshaft 42. The gear 313 meshes with the pinion gear 260 on the center shaft 251 so that rotation of the crank handle 332 wili 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 tah 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 radialIy 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. An 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~3:23 : aligned with the ratchet 336. The crankshaft 42, when telescoped in the post 43 and boss 40, wl11 locate the :: :: : ~

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pawl actuator 324 between the ratchet 336, fixed 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 which 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.

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Re~erring specifically to Figs. 2-10, the pickup pin mechanism or assembly 243 is shown mounted in the spinner head assembly 242, which spinner head assembly 242 is screwed onto the threaded end 253 of the center shaft 251 through a threaded retainer element 250 staked or otherwise secured to a transverse wall 254 of the spinner head assembly 242. A brake ring 246 is secured to the periphery of the forwardly facing sur-face of the transverse wall 254 through an intercon-nection with the threaded retainer 250. As shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the spinner head assembly 242 includes a rearwardly extending annular flange 257 having a peripherally elongate slot 258 formed therein. The transverse wall 254 has two spaced apart apertures 261, 262 therethrough with aperture 261 being larger in diameter and being located closer to the center of the wall 254 than aperture 262. ~perture 261 lies on a radius of the flange 257 that is angularly spaced from a radius of the flange 257 intersecting the smaller aperture 262.
The pickup pin mechanism or assembly 243 com-prises the pickup pin 245 carried in a molded support arm 263, which arm 263 is pivoted to the transverse wall 254 by a pivot pin 26~ passing through a bushing 266, through an aperture 267 in the one end portion 268 of arm 263 and through aperture 262 in the transverse wall 254 wherein the pin is staked or otherwise fixed to said wall~ A closely wound torsion spring 270 is supported in a groove 266a in said bushing 266 with one 3~ free end 270a bearing ~gai~st the ~ er surf~ce of the : -r ~ 3~

flange 257, and its other free end 270b acting against the edge of a shoulder 271 formed by an offset midpor-tion 272 of said arm 263. Since there is a natural tendency of the spring ends 270a and 270b to diverge, the spring 270 provides a constant biasing of the arm 263 in a direction radially inward toward the center of the spinner head assembly 242.
The midportion 272 of the molded support arm 263 of the pickup pin mechanism or assembly 243 is in-set at 274 on the underside of the arm 263 and has a pin 275 projecting transverse to the inset. The pin 275 passes through a cam roller or follower 276 and extends into the aperture 261 in the transverse wall 254 with the end of the pin 275 being substantially coplanar with the front surface of the wall 254. The cam roller or follower 276 is free to rotate on the pin 275 and the pin 275 engages opposite side walls of the aperture 261 to limit the pivotal movement of the arm 263 about the pivot pin 264. The dimensions of the aperture 261 and pin 275 are such that a full ran~e of movement of the arm 263 from contact of the pin 275 with one wali of the aperture to contact of the pin 275 with the opposite wall of the aperture will sweep the pickup pin 245 from one end portion to the other of the slot 258 without the pin 245 contacting the ends of the slot 258.
As a result of the pin 245 not rubbing or contactlng the wall of the slot 258, wear on the pin 245 w~ l be avoid-ed and discontinuities on the pin 245 that can act as a burr or hang up point f;or the line 99 are eIiminated.~
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and pin 275 relationship moves the cam roller or fol-lower 276 from a position forward of and axially align-ed with a portion of the end of the hub 35 to a position that permits the cam roller or follower 276 to ride S freely on the peripheral surface of the front portion 241 of the hub 35.
In one modified form of the invention, the support arm 263 has its pivot pin 264 located in a position such that one of the three rivet heads 277, which are used to locate the brake ring 246 to the front transverse wall of the spinner head assembly 242, lies in the path of movement of the support arm 263, such that when the support arm 263 contacts the rivet head 277, inward movement of the pickup pin 245 is stopped. In this way, the inward position of the pickup pin 245 is provided by the rivet head 277 and the outward movement of the pickup pin 245 is provided by the pivot pin 275 engaging one wall of the aperture 261 in the spinner head assembly 242.
The cam roller or follower 276 of the pickup pin mechanism or assembly 243 is adapted to engage the cam 244, Figs. 11 and 12, formed on the outer end of the hub 35. As shown in Figs. 4 and 11, the cam 244 has a high portion 278, which substantially aligns with the sur-face of the front portion 241 of the hub 35, and a low portion 279 with arcuate curved portions therebetween.
When the cam roller or follower 276 of the pickup pin mechanism or assembly 243 are out of contact with the cam 244, the pickup pin 245 will be withdrawn from the slot 258 to a position within the conflnes of the spinner -:
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head assembly 242 by the spring 270, see Figs. 11 and 12. However, when the cam roller or follower 276 en-gages the cam 244 and rides up the curved portion to the high portion 278, the pickup pin 245 will be pro-jected through the periphery of the spinner head flange257 into an active line retrieval position, Figs. 2, 4 and 6.
A leaf spring 34 (Fig. 2) is mounted at one end to the inner portion of the thumb button 29 and has its other end resiliently urged forward in spaced relation-ship to a contact portion 38 of said thumb button 29, for a purpose to be described hereinafter.
When the thumb button 29 is in a normal posi-tion with no thumb pressure thereon (Fig. 3), the leaf spring 34 will bear against the rearward end 255 of the center shaft 251 to hold the thumb button 29 in position with the tabs 33 bearing against the inside edge of the rear cover 12. Depressing the thumb button 29 first depresses the leaf spring 34 until it bottorns against the contact portion 38 and then starts to move the center shaft 251 and spinner head assembly 242 forward, see Fig. 10.
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is imparted to the center shaft 251 through rotation of the crank handle 332 attached to the crankshaft 42 which -is mounted for rotation in the boss 40. The crankshaft - .
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initially forwardly displace the center shaft 251 and the spinner head assembly 242 until the cam roller or follower 276 of the pickup pin 245 drops off the end of the forward portion 241 and cam 244 to retract the pick-up pin 245 and to securely clamp the line 99 betweenthe brake ring 246 and the inside surface of the cone-shaped front cover 11. As the rod and reel are swung forward, thumb pressure is maintained on the button 29 to keep the line 99 braked until the instant that pay out is desired. Release o~ thumb pressure will permit the center shaft spring 265 to retract the center shaft 251 and spinner head assembly 242 to release the brake ring 246 from the line. While the line 99 is being drawn off the spool under the forward momentum of the lure, the spinner head assembly 242 and the center shaft 251 will be held in a forward position by engagement of the cam roller or follower 276 either with the axial end of the cam 244 or with the axial end of the front portion 241 of the hub 35, as shown in Fig. 11.
Retrieval of the line 99 is effected simply and efficiently by rotating the crank handle 332 to rotate the center shaft 251 through the gear 313 and pinion gear 260. At initial rotation, the cam roller or follower 276 will engage one of the arcuate portions of the cam 244~and will be guided therealony to the high portion 278 of the cam 244 under the comblned influence of the rotation of the center shaft 251 and the rearward - displacement thereof caused by the bias of center shaft spring 265. As the cam roller or follower 276 rldes up the arcuate portlon of the cam 244,~the arm 263 will be 7(~ 3S

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pivoted about pin 264 to urge the pickup pin 245 radially outward through the slot 258 to catch the line 99 on its next pass and to thereafter guide the line 99 onto the spool 131. The cam roller or follower 276, being a freely rotatable roller, operates substantially friction ~ree, reducing resistance to initial retrieval of the line 99 and reducing wear and the potential mal-functions associated with wear. The pickup pin 245 is extended a substantial distance to assure positive pick up of the line 99 and, due to the pin not contacting any surface except the line, wear on the pin that can cause line hang up is eliminated.
The drag on the line 99 can be controlled by -use of the star wheel 50 and the direction of rotation of the crank handle 332 is controlled by the anti-reverse assembly 330.
It should be understood, of course, that the specific forms of the invention illustrated and des-cribed herein are intended to be representative only, as certain changes and modifications may be made with-out departing from the scope`of the teachings herein disclosed. -Accordingly, reference should be made to the appended claims in ascertaining the full scope of the invention.

Claims (11)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. In a spinning reel of the type comprising, a reel housing having front and rear covers, the housing having a deck plate with a hub extending transverse to the deck plate, a center shaft axially movable in said hub, a rotatable, axially displaceable spinner head on said center shaft, a pickup arm mounted on the spinner head; a wear resistant pickup pin carried by the pickup arm and projectable radially through an opening in the spinner head; and cam means on said hub having circumferentially facing portions for selectively pivoting the pickup arm on the spinner head for projection of the pickup pin, the improvement in the pickup arm characterized by:
(a) the arm being elongate and being pivoted near the periphery of the inside of a front wall of the spinner head and extending generally across said front wall;
(b) follower means including a roller rotatably supported on the pickup arm;
(c) spring means urging the pickup arm and follower means toward the center of the spinner head for retracting the pickup pin when the spinner head is displaced forward of the cam means; and (d) means for rotating the spinner head to engage the roller with only the circumferentially facing portions of the cam means to extend the pickup pin radially through the opening in the spinner head.

2. In a spinning reel as claimed in claim 1 wherein stop means are provided on the front wall of the spinner head, the arm having means engaging with the stop means to limit movement of the pickup pin without the pickup pin contacting the spinner head.

3. In a spinning reel as claimed in claim 2 wherein the stop means is an aperture in the front wall of the spinner head and wherein the means on the arm engaging the stop means is a pin extending into the aperture, the pin engaging opposite walls of the aperture to limit movement of the arm and of the pickup pin.

4. In a spinning reel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the spring means is a torsion spring wrapped around a bushing carried by a pivot pin about which the arm pivots, said spring engaging the spinner head and the arm to urge the arm and the follower means radially toward the center of the spinner head.

5. In a spinning reel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pickup arm has an inset portion, a pivot pin extending from the arm through the inset portion and engaging stop means on the spinner head, the follower means being rotatably mounted on the pivot pin for rotatable contact with the cam means during rotation of the center shaft.

6. In a spinning reel comprising a deck plate having interfitting front and rear covers enclosing the deck plate, a hub on the deck plate extending transverse to the deck plate, a center shaft axially and rotatably mounted in said hub, a spinner head mounted on the center shaft for axial and rotatable movement with said center shaft; a pickup arm pivotally mounted on said spinner head; a wear resistant pickup pin carried by said pickup arm and projectable radially through an opening in said spinner head; and cam means on the hub having circumferentially facing portions selectively contacted by the pickup arm for projection of the pickup pin, the improvement in the pickup arm characterized by:
(a) the arm being pivoted at one end near the periphery of a front wall of the spinner head and extending generally across the front wall of the spinner head;
(b) follower means including a roller rotatably mounted on the pickup arm in selective alignment with the cam means on the hub;
(c) spring means for pivoting the pickup arm to move the follower means toward the center of the spinner head for retracting the pickup pin when the spinner head is displaced forward of the cam means;
(d) the roller rolling on the circumferentially facing portions only of the cam means to extend the pickup when the spinner head is selectively rotated; and (e) stop means on the spinner head engaging means on the arm for limiting movement of the pickup pin relative to the spinner head.

7. The spinning reel as claimed in claim 6 wherein the stop means on the spinner head is an aperture in the front wall of the spinner head, and wherein the means on the arm engaging the stop means is a pin extending from the arm into said aperture whereby movement of the arm is limited by the extent of movement allowed by the pin in the aperture.

8. The spinning reel as claimed in claim 6 wherein the means urging the pickup arm is a torsion spring acting between the spinner head and the arm to urge the roller toward the center of the spinner head.

9. In a spinning reel of the type comprising, a reel housing having a deck plate with a hub extending transverse to the deck plate, a center shaft axially movable in said hub, a rotatable, axially displaceable spinner head on said center shaft, a pickup arm mounted on the spinner head; a wear resistant pickup pin carried by the pickup arm and projectable radially through an opening in the spinner head; and cam means on said hub having circumferentially facing portions for selectively pivoting the pickup arm on the spinner head for projection of the pickup pin, the improvement in the pickup arm characterized by:
(a) the arm being elongate and having a first portion pivotally connected near the periphery of the inside surface of a front wall of the spinner head, a second portion adjacent the first portion and offset therefrom to form a shoulder on one side of the arm, the second portion also including a roller support pin disposed on the other side of the arm and extending through an aperture in the front wall of the spinner head and a third portion adjacent the second portion upon which is disposed the pickup pin;
(b) a roller rotatably disposed on the roller support pin and adapted to selectively engage the cam means;
(c) a spring contacting both the shoulder and an annular flange of the spinner head to urge the arm toward the center of the spinner head for retracting the pickup pin when the spinner head is displaced forward of the cam means;
(d) the roller engaging and rolling over only the circumferentially facing portions of the cam means to extend the pickup pin when the spinner head is selectively rotated; and (e) the roller support pin engaging a first portion of the wall of the aperture of the front wall of the spinner head to limit outward movement of the pickup pin when the spinner head is selectively rotated.

10. In a spinning reel as claimed in claim 9 wherein the roller support pin engages a second portion of the wall of the aperture to limit inward movement of the pickup pin when the spinner head is displaced forward of the cam means.

11. In a spinning reel as claimed in claim 9 further including a stop surface on the inside surface of the front wall of the spinner head to limit inward movement of the pickup pin when the spinner head is displaced forward of the cam means.