Patent ID: 6382541
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A winder of a fishing rod, comprising:a housing having an upward opening, the housing having a grip on one side for a user to hold, a bearing seat being disposed on a top section of the housing, the bearing seat being formed with a central axial hole in which a bearing is positioned, two sides of the bearing seat being respectively formed with two transverse holes; a reel unit having a reel; and a linking mechanism disposed in the housing and including a crank and a mandrel, the crank being coupled with a gear, the mandrel being passed through the axial hole of the bearing seat, an outer circumference of the mandrel being formed with first and second travel grooves which are interlaced with each other in reverse directions, top and bottom ends of the first and second travel grooves communicating with each other, the top section of the mandrel being fitted with the reel, said winder being characterized in that the linking mechanism further includes a sleeve having a spiral rod section engaged with the gear, a middle section of the sleeve being formed with a hole, an engaging member being positioned in spring biased manner in the hole within the bearing of the bearing seat, a bolt section being formed at a top end of the sleeve for fixing a line winding rack, the mandrel being fitted in the sleeve and passed through the line winding rack, a projection of the engaging member being engaged in the first and second travel grooves of the mandrel, the reel of the reel unit being driven by the mandrel to reciprocally move up and down, when rotating the crank, the reel unit being simultaneously drivingly rotated and reciprocally moved up and down.