Patent ID: 9743651
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A fishing reel with drag system comprising; a) a reel housing; b) a shaft having first and second ends, the first end of the shaft is secured to the reel housing; c) a reel spool mounted on the shaft, the spool having at least one spool face, the spool being rotatable in first and second opposite directions; d) a crank, the crank is operatively engaged with the spool at all times, the crank rotates with the spool in the first direction; e) an anti-reversing mechanism, the anti-reversing mechanism prevents the crank from rotating with the spool when moving in the second direction; f) the crank is secured to the second end of the shaft and is adjacent the spool face and adapted to lever axially toward and away from the adjacent spool face; and g) a wave washer, the wave washer is provided on the shaft and between the crank and the spool face whereby when the spool is moving in the second direction and the crank is levered toward the spool face by a user, the wave washer is caused to be compressed to generate drag on the rotating spool.