Patent ID: 6056223
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
In a spin-cast fishing reel comprising:a reel body, said body having a deck plate, a fixed hub supported by and projecting forward of said deck plate, a rotatable line carrying spool supported on said hub, said spool having annulary disposed serrations about the rearward wall, a non-rotatable disk drag having a forward face, and said disk drag acts against said rearward wall of said spool as adjusted by a drag adjusting means, the improvement comprising:said disk drag having a spool rotational alert spring mounted thereto, andsaid spring having a free end, and whereinsaid disk drag supported on said hub, andsaid free end of said spring having preset pressure against said serrations, and whereinsaid forward face of said disk drag applying drag pressure to said rearward wall of said spool, andsaid preset spring pressure remains constant against said serrations as drag pressure is increased and decreased.