769,532. Fishing reels. SHAKESPEARE CO. June 23, 1954 [March 5, 1954], No. 18439/54. Class 48 A spinning reel comprises either (1) a frame element 8 having a forwardly projecting bearing support 16, a spool rotatably mounted on the support 16, and a cylindrical housing 10 threadedly engaged with the frame element 8 and surrounding the spool, the housing having a flange or a plurality of inwardly struck segmental flanges 39 frictionally engaging a flange 30 of the spool or (2) a support 16 with a rotatable spindle 20 projecting axially therethrough, a spool mounted on the support, a line guide member 46 rotatably mounted on the spindle 20 and embracing the front of the spool, means forming a lost motion driving connection between the spindle 20 and the line guide 46 and including a pick-uo finger 61 carried by the spindle 20 and projectable through the line guide 46 and means forming a frictional connection between the line guide 46 and the spool. The spool comprises front and rear flanges 29, 30 secured to a hub 28 rotatably mounted on a bushing 18 surrounding the support 16 and held against rotation by a pin 26 extending through the frame 8 into a slot 27 in the bushing. A flexible plate 34 is held against the inner side of the front flange 29 of the spool by an annular dished spring member 35 and the periphery 36 of the plate projects beyond the edge of the front flange 29 and rubs against the inside surface of a cylindrical flange 58 on the line guide 46. The rear flange 30 is rearwardly offset at its periphery to form an annular friction surface 37 which coacts with friction faces 38 mounted on the rear sides of the inwardly struck flanges 39 on the housing 10. A spring finger secured to the frame 8 and projecting through a slot therein bears against the rear edge of the housing 10 to retain the housing in adjusted position. The spindle 20 is rotatably supported on bearings 19 in the support 16 and its rear end is secured to a pinion 7 meshing with a gear 6 on the end of a shaft 4 rotated by a crank 5. A bushing 43 is sleeved on to the forward end of the spindle and is made to rotate. therewith by coacting flats on the sleeve and spindle. The exterior of the bushing 43 forms a bearing for a hub part 45 of the line guide 46 and the inner end of the bushing has a line pick-up arm 49 secured thereto. A line pick-up member 52 is pivotally supported on the rear face of the pick-up arm 49 on a pin 51 secured to the pick-up arm 49 eccentrically with respect to the spindle 20 and the outer end of the line pick-up member 52 constitutes the pick-up finger 61 and projects through arm opening 60 in the cylindrical flange 58 of the line guide 46. A shoulder 62 on the pick-up member 52 adjacent the finger 61 engages the inside of the' cylindrical flange 58 to limit the outward movement of the finger when the spindle 20 is rotated in line winding direction and a lug 54 on the pick-up arm 49 is bent into the plane of the pick-up member 52 and engages the side thereof opposite the shoulder 62 to limit the inward movement of the finger on reverse rotation of the spindle so that the finger engages the trailing edge of the opening 60 in the cylindrical flange 58. The pick-up member 52 also has a notch 53 which, when the pick-up finger retracts, engages one edge 25 of a segmental projection 24 on-the fixed bushing 18 to stop abruptly reverse rotation of the spindle 20. The means forming a frictional connection between the line guide 46 and the spool comprises a spring arm 63, Fig. 6, secured at one end to the line guide 46 and carrying at its other end a friction pad 65 which rubs against the front flange 29 of the spool. A hardened and polished ring 59 is rotatably mounted around the forward edge of the cylindrical flange 58 of the line guide 46. The housing 10 comprises a conical forward end with a guide eye 11 at the apex. A spring biased pivoted detent mounted on the frame 8 coacts with 'a serrated click wheel 31 on the spool. In a modification, Fig. 7, the cylindrical flange 58A of the line guide member has a plurality of openings 60A with inwardly struck lugs 160 at their leading edges. The pick-up arm 49A is a rectangular plate and the pick-up member 52A eccentrically pivoted thereon has a finger 61A adapted to project through any one of the openings 60A on forward rotation of the pick-up arm or to retract within the flange 58A and cam over the lugs 160 on reverse rotation of the pick-up arm. The outer end of the pick-up member 52A is notched to bridge the lugs 160 and to provide an outward stop 62A. Specification 769,533 is referred to.