Claims
- 1. A spinning reel comprising:
- (a) a reel body;
- (b) a spool mounted on said reel body;
- (c) a rotor attached to said reel body, said rotor having an axis of rotation, said rotor comprising
- (i) a base end portion, and
- (ii) opposed arm portions;
- (d) balancer means affixed to said rotor, said balancer means comprising a plurality of weights each having a mass, each of said weights being affixed to said rotor at a distinct location,
- wherein said rotor in combination with said balancer means has a rotational imbalance less than 60 g-mm;
- (e) a balanced handle for rotating said rotor, said handle being attached to said reel body; and
- (f) means for transmitting force from said handle to said rotor.
- 2. The spinning reel of claim 1 wherein said balanced handle comprises a pair of arm portions of equal length, said arm portions each having an end, and a pair of grip portions of equal weight, one of said grip portions being affixed to each of said arm portions at said end thereof.
- 3. The spinning reel of claim 1 wherein said balanced handle comprises
- (i) an arm portion having an end, said arm portion having a weight,
- (ii) a grip portion affixed to said end, said grip portion having a weight, and
- (iii) a balancer affixed to said balanced handle opposite said grip portion and offsetting the combined weights of said arm portion and said grip portion.
- 4. The spinning reel of claim 1 wherein the mass and location of said plurality of weights are selected such that said rotational imbalance is less than 60 g-mm.
- 5. The spinning reel of claim 1 wherein the location of said two arm portions and the mass and location of said plurality of weights are selected such that said rotational imbalance is less than 60 g-mm.
- 6. The spinning reel of claim 1 wherein said first and second arm portions of said rotor are displaced relative to said axis of rotation.
Priority Claims (4)
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3-33214 |
May 1991 |
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3-184988 |
Jul 1991 |
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3-184989 |
Jul 1991 |
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3-298634 |
Nov 1991 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of pending application Ser. No. 08/355,191, filed on Dec. 8, 1994, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/881,790, filed on May 12, 1992 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,379,957.
US Referenced Citations (9)
Continuations (2)
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