Patent ID: 6264125
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing reel, comprising:(a) a housing;(b) a line carrying spool,(c) a rotor mounted for rotation relative to said housing and for directing the line onto said spool;(d) a rotatable crank handle for operating said rotor;(e) a shaft within said housing,said shaft defining a longitudinal axis of said housing,said shaft being reciprocatively movable in a fore and aft direction relativeto said housing along said longitudinal axis, and,said shaft communicating reciprocating motion to said spool when said shaft is moved reciprocatively;(f) a drive gear, said drive being urged by said crank handle into rotational motion when said crank handle is rotated;(g) a protrusion formed on a periphery of said drive gear; and,(h) a guide engaged with said shaft remotely from said spool,said guide containing an asymmetric guide slot therein,said guide slot being engaged with said protrusion for converting said rotation of said crank handle into reciprocation of said shaft and spool along said longitudinal axis, and,said guide slot having an upper terminus and a lower terminus, said upper terminus being substantially linear and said lower terminus being curved, said upper terminus and said lower terminus each being operable to impart a different particular velocity profile to said spool reciprocating motion.