The present invention relates to a fishing reel of the multiplier type, comprising a frame, a shaft rotatably mounted in the frame, a device for braking the shaft, a line spool mounted on the shaft, a handle which is arranged to rotate by a drive mechanism the line spool in a direction of retrieval for rewinding onto the line spool a part, paid out from the line spool, of a line wound onto the same.
In prior-art fishing reels of this type, the brake device usually consists of a friction brake, whose braking effect is adjustable by means of an adjusting knob to achieve the desired braking of the shaft and, thus, of the line spool which is non-rotatably mounted thereon. The purpose of the braking is to prevent the line spool, during casting, from rotating at such a high speed that the line cannot be paid out at the same rate but instead rises, forming a so-called bird nest. In the subsequent retrieving for rewinding of the paid-out part of the line onto the line spool, i.e. when the shaft and the line spool rotate in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation during casting, the direction of retrieval, the shaft and the line spool are braked in the same manner by the brake device if the adjusting knob is not operated to reduce or cancel the braking effect of the brake device. However, such operation is so difficult to perform while fishing that the angler normally does not change the braking effect of the brake device after casting. As a result, the line spool is braked also during retrieval, which reduces the angler's capacity for detecting and flexibly parrying the movements of a fish that has taken the bait attached to the end of the line, thus also reducing the angler's possibility of taking up the fish.
The object of the invention therefore is to provide a fishing reel, in which the line spool can be braked during casting so as to prevent the line from rising and in which the effect of the brake device on the line spool is automatically cancelled when retrieving the line.
According to the invention, this object is achieved by a fishing reel, which is of the type stated by way of introduction, the line spool being rotatably mounted on the shaft, a freewheeling hub being arranged between the line spool and the shaft so as to allow rotation of the line spool relative to the shaft in the direction of retrieval but prevent rotation of the line spool relative to the shaft in the opposite direction.
As a result, the line spool rotates with the braked shaft during casting, but rotates freely in relation to the braked shaft in retrieval, which increases the angler's possibilities of taking up fish.
In a preferred embodiment, the line spool is rotatably mounted on the shaft by two axially spaced-apart ball bearings, between which the freewheeling hub is placed.
The invention will now be described in more detail by way of a preferred embodiment and with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The fishing reel shown in
The left end of the shaft 4 is inserted into a cup-shaped bearing housing 7, which is attached to the left side plate 2. The shaft 4 is rotatably mounted in the bearing housing 7 by a ball bearing 8 and rests with its end face against a friction washer 9, which abuts against the bottom of the cup-shaped bearing housing 7.
The right end of the shaft 4 extends through a sleeve-shaped bearing housing 10, which is attached to the right side plate 3, into a cup-shaped adjusting knob 11, which is screwed on the bearing housing 10. The shaft 4 is rotatably mounted in the bearing housing 10 by a ball bearing 12 and rests with its end face against a friction washer 13, which abuts against the bottom of the cup-shaped knob 11. The friction washer 13, which is slightly yieldable, is placed over a shallow recess 14 in the bottom of the knob 11.
The two friction washers 9 and 13 together form a mechanical brake, which is arranged to brake the rotation of the shaft 4 and whose braking effect on the shaft is adjustable by turning of the knob 11.
The line spool 5 is rotatably supported on the shaft 4 by two ball bearings 15 and 16, which are mounted a distance into the line spool 5 in a through center hole 17 in the same.
A clutch means in the form of a clutch sleeve 18 provided with external gear teeth is rotatably and axially displaceably mounted on the shaft 4. The right end of the clutch sleeve 18 meshes with a driving gear 19, which is non-rotatably mounted on a drive shaft 21 rotatable by a handle 20 which is only partly shown.
The clutch sleeve 18 is shown in
When, after a cast has been made, the angler starts turning the handle 20 for rotation of the line spool 5 in the direction of retrieval A (see
The line spool 5 is supported on the shaft 4 not only by the two axially spaced-apart ball bearings 15, 16 but also by a freewheeling hub 22, which is placed between these ball bearings. The freewheeling hub 22, which is shown in more detail in
The grooves 24 have a rear portion seen in the clockwise direction A (with regard to
When a cast is to be made, the braking effect of the mechanical brake 9, 13 on the shaft 4 is adjusted by the knob 11 to the desired value. During casting, the line spool 5 rotates in the counterclockwise direction B, which means that the housing 23 and the ball holder 25 of the freewheeling hub 22 immediately take the position relative to each other shown in
When the handle 20 is then turned and rotates the line spool 5 in the clockwise direction A, i.e. the direction of retrieval, the housing 23 and the roll holder 25 of the freewheeling hub 22 take the position relative to each other shown in
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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0400331-5 | Feb 2004 | SE | national |