Patent ID: 6830209
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing reel comprising:side walls; a spool shaft rotatably supported between the side walls; a spool supported on the spool shaft for holding fishing line; a handle shaft; a driving gear on the handle shaft; a pinion on the spool shaft for selectively engaging the driving gear for winding in the fishing line upon the spool; and a level wind, the level wind comprising a multipart-part transverse shaft rotatably secured between the side walls in front of the spool, the transverse shaft having a longitudinal axis and being adapted to be rotated about its axis by the driving gear, the transverse shaft being formed with a single continuous helical groove along the length thereof extending approximately 180Â° about the shaft in a first direction and then approximately 180Â° about the shaft in an opposite direction, and a line guide comprising a block mounted to the transverse shaft and having a pawl for engaging the continuous groove and an eyelet through which the fishing line is threaded; whereby the line guide oscillates back and forth in front of the spool upon rotation of the transverse shaft by the driving gear so that when fishing line is reeled in it is wound evenly along the length of the spool.