765,161. Fishing reels. SHAKESPEARE CO. April 5, 1954 [Dec. 28, 1953], No. 9879/54. Class 48 A spinning reel comprises either a line wind member 38, having an end wall, a spindle 30 axially retained in the end wall, and rotatable wear rings 46, 47 at the ends of an inwardly extending cylindrical flange 45 on the end wall, or a spool 12 including a hub 13 and inner and outer circular flanges 19, 23, a thin flexible guard plate 63 secured to the inner side of the outer flange 23 to project therebeyond, and a retaining spring 64 pressed against the inner side of the guard plate 63 and having an axially bowed outer portion, yieldably bearing at its outer edge against the guard plate. The guard plate is made of plastic and engages the interior of the cylindrical flange 45 of the line wind member 38 to prevent the line from passing between the outer flange 23 and the cylindrical flange 45. The wear rings 46, 47 are snapped over annular beads on the ends of the cylindrical flange 45 into annular grooves therein. A lost motion driving connection between the spindle 30 and the line wind member 38 is formed by a radial pin 44 on the spindle and a bayonet slot 42, 43, Fig. 5, in a hub portion of the line wind member 38, the pin being retained against axial movement in the peripheral part 43 of the slot by a nut 37 screwed to the end of the spindle and lightly abutting against the outer end of the line wind member. A line pick-up 51 is pivoted to the line wind member and is urged inwardly by a spring 54 so that its inner edge is located in the peripheral part 43 of the bayonet slot in the hub to be engaged by the radial pin 44 on initial rotation of the spindle 30 in the line-winding direction. The pin 44 pushes the pick-up outwardly so that an axial flange 52 thereon is projected through a slot 53 in the cylindrical flange 45 of the winding member and a pin 56 on the axial flange 52 engages the line. The outward movement of the pick-up is limited by a part 55A thereof engaging the inside of the cylindrical flange 45 and inward rotation of the pick-up part the axial part 42 of the bayonet slot is prevented by a notch 55 in the pick-up engaging the hub of the line wind member. A fixed plate 61 underlies the axial flange 52 of the pick-up and has a recess 62 on its underside to permit retraction of the pick-up on rotation of the spindle in the opposite direction. The jerk caused by the sudden stopping of the line wind member, when the axial flange 52 enters the recess 62, rotates the wear rings 46, 47 slightly. The spindle 30 has a non-circular part passing through a non-circular aperture in a pinion 27 rotated by a gear 26 and the end of the spindle remote from the line wind member 38 carries an arcuately slotted block 32 receiving a pin 34 projecting from the gear 26, the arrangement effecting rotation and reciprocation of the spindle and line wind member 38. The crank shaft for rotating the gear 26 carries ratchet teeth adapted to be engaged with a one way ratchet clutch ring to ensure that the shaft can be rotated in only one direction, but the ring can be held in withdrawn position against spring action to allow rotation in either direction. The hub 13 of the spool is rotatably held by a snap ring 16 on a bushing 14 sleeved over a bearing support 11 projecting forwardly from a casing 1 enclosing the gears and provided with a reel seat 10, the bushing being held against rotation by a pin projecting from the gear casing into a longitudinal slot in the bushing. The retaining spring 64 pressing on the guard plate 63 is of annular axially dished shape and the outer spool flange 23, guard plate 63 and retaining spring 64 are clamped against a shoulder on the spool hub 13 by a bead on the end of the hub. The spool inner flange 19 is of greater diameter than the spool outer flange 23 and is offset at its periphery to form a friction surface 20 co-acting with a friction ring 21 carried by a tubular drag member 22 threaded on an annular flange 8 on the gear casing 1. The line wind member 38 is enclosed in a casing 57 having a cylindrical rear end frictionally fitting within the drag member 22 and a conical forward end with a line guide at the apex thereof. The casing has an inwardly projecting bead 60 preventing the reach of the line from sticking to the inner surface of the casing clear of the pick-up pin 56. A click wheel on the spool hub 13 co-acts with a spring pressed detent on the gear casing. Specification 765,162 is referred to.