Patent ID: 6446895
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
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 including a drive pin; 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 generally transverse shaft including a star wheel for receiving the drive pin 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 central portion that is at an oblique angle with respect to the axis of the transverse shaft, a member having an eyelet associated therewith through which the fishing line is threaded, the obliquely-oriented portion of the transverse shaft being rotatably captured by the eyelet-carrying member; whereby the member and eyelet oscillate back and forth in front of the spool upon rotation of the transverse shaft by the drive pin engaging the star wheel so that when fishing line is reeled in it is wound evenly along the length of the spool.