Patent ID: 6416001
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing reel comprising:a frame formed with a fixed annular frame portion; a spool including a fixed rotating shaft which is journalled on said frame; and a braking member including a rotary ring sleeved fixedly on said rotating shaft and disposed within said annular frame portion of said frame, a plurality of angularly equidistant rods extending integrally, radially and outwardly from said rotary ring, each of said rods having an inner radial area that is proximate to said rotary ring, and an outer radial area that is distal to said rotary ring, wherein each of said rods is formed with an inner projection unit and an outer projection unit which are aligned with and which are spaced apart from each other in a radial direction of said rotary ring, said inner projection units being proximate to said rotary ring, said outer projection units being distal to said rotary ring, said inner radial areas being defined between said rotary ring and said-inner projection units, said outer radial areas being defined between said inner and outer projection units, and a plurality of annular braking elements sleeved respectively and movably on said rods, each of said braking elements having an engagement portion which is disposed slidably on said inner radial area of a respective one of said rods and which is movable forcibly to said outer radial area of the respective one of said rods, where said braking element is brought into contact with said annular frame portion of said frame by virtue of centrifugal force during rotation of said spool on said frame, thereby braking said spool, each of said braking elements having an inner surface which is formed with an integral tongue that constitutes a respective one of said engagement portions, said tongue units being disposed between said rotary ring and said inner projection units so that said braking elements are spaced apart from said annular frame portion of said frame, said braking elements being movable forcibly, radially and outwardly on said rods so as to move said tongue units of said braking elements past said inner projection units to said outer radial areas between said inner and outer projection units.