Patent ID: 6254021
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
For a double-bearing reel having a reel housing and a spool rotatably supported within the reel housing, a centrifugal braking device for applying centrifugal braking force to the spool, the centrifugal braking device comprising:a rotor coupled to the spool for rotation therewith;a circumferentially spaced plurality of brake member support means formed on said rotor;brake members pivotally supported on said brake member support means such that when the spool rotates said brake members pivot under centrifugal force radially outward with respect to said rotor;braking contact portions disposed on each of said brake members such that each contact portion is in a different position axially relative to the spool;a cylindrical brake housing lined with a brake liner and non-rotatably supported in said reel housing; andmeans for selectively axially shifting said brake housing between a retracted position wherein the brake liner is apart from each of said contact portions such that none comes into braking contact with the brake liner when said brake members pivot under centrifugal force, and a contact position wherein at least one of said contact portions comes into braking contact with the brake liner when said brake members pivot under centrifugal force.