Abstract:
The object of this invention is to mechanically jig a fish lure with a bait casting reel without using the fishing rod to jig the lure. Normally to jig a fish lure one must move the fishing rod either vertically, horizontally, or jerk the fishing line by hand. The jigging action of this bait cast reel (how rapid and how long in distance the jig will travel) will determine the desired intensity and resonance of the rattle used in the lure to attract fish. A jigging action in this fishing reel is accomplished by simply cranking the reel crank  14  on the jig reel.

Description:
BACKGROUND 
   1. Field of Invention 
   This invention relates to a mechanical jigging mechanism for bait casting fishing reel. 
   2. Prior Art 
   To my knowledge, this bait cast reel possesses all the functions of all other current bait cast reels on the market. But the bait cast reels that are on the market today don&#39;t have a mechanical jigging function, as this jig reel has. 
   Many fish lures in today&#39;s market have rattles in them. The rattles in the lures are used to attract fish. A fisherman is always looking to do a jig in a short distance and make the rattle sound as loud as possible. The rapid rotation of pawl spring drive acetal housing assembly  FIG. 1  is essential for increasing the volume of the rattle in the lure in order for the fish to hear it from a long distance. To jig a lure with a rattle and to use a fishing rod to make the rattle sound loud by wiping or jerking the rod would not accomplish as short a jig that this bait cast jig reel would. 
   U.S. Pat. No. 6,220,538 B1 to Durson discloses an electronic jig automating the reeling jigging of a fishing line. It functions along with display lights indicating the current status of the reel with fish bite indicators. The cost of this reel would not be affordable to many. A father wishing to buy his child a jigging bait cast reel would not start with an electronic one but rather with a mechanical one that would be cheaper and easy to use. This would be affordable, easy to use and fun for a child or adult. 
   I could not find any other bait cast reel that had any mechanical mechanism related to jigging a fish lure in the patent library or on the Internet. 

   
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     In the drawings, closely related Figures have the same number but different alphabetic suffixes. 
       FIG. 1  shows the fishing reel with the jigging apparatus in accordance with one embodiment. 
       FIG. 2-A  and  2 -B show the reel structure and how pawl spring  39  is fastened to the reel with another embodiment 
       FIG. 3  shows cover band  31  with lever  43  and shaft  44  for jigging or retrieving with another embodiment. 
       FIG. 4-A  and  4 -B shows how to assemble the pawl spring drive acetal housing with another embodiment. 
       FIG. 5  shows gear ratio with another embodiment. 
       FIG. 6  shows the disengagement of pawl spring  39  with another embodiment. 
       FIG. 7  shows the engagement of pawl spring  39  with another embodiment. 
     
       
         
               
             
               
               
               
             
           
               
                   
               
               
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                 11. 
                 Reel Housing 
               
               
                   
                 13. 
                 Main Spiral Gear 
               
               
                   
                 14. 
                 Reel Crank 
               
               
                   
                 15. 
                 Pinion Spiral Gear 
               
               
                   
                 16. 
                 Spiral Spring Drive Plate 
               
               
                   
                 18. 
                 Adjustable Rotary Cam 
               
               
                   
                 19. 
                 Spiral Spring 
               
               
                   
                 20. 
                 Pawl Spring Drive Acetal Housing 
               
               
                   
                 21. 
                 Pin 
               
               
                   
                 22. 
                 Inner Loop 
               
               
                   
                 23. 
                 Spring Drive Pin 
               
               
                   
                 24. 
                 Outer Loop 
               
               
                   
                 26. 
                 Slotted Screws 
               
               
                   
                 28. 
                 Plate 
               
               
                   
                 29. 
                 Cover 
               
               
                   
                 30. 
                 Direction of the line Spool Jig 
               
               
                   
                 31. 
                 Cover Band 
               
               
                   
                 32. 
                 Acetal Springs 
               
               
                   
                 33. 
                 Pin Cage 
               
               
                   
                 35. 
                 Drive Pin 
               
               
                   
                 36. 
                 Line Spool 
               
               
                   
                 37. 
                 Reel Flange 
               
               
                   
                 38. 
                 Center Shaft 
               
               
                   
                 39. 
                 Pawl Spring 
               
               
                   
                 40. 
                 Cam Pad 
               
               
                   
                 41. 
                 Cam Lobe 
               
               
                   
                 42. 
                 Ratchet Step 
               
               
                   
                 43. 
                 Lever 
               
               
                   
                 44. 
                 Shaft 
               
               
                   
                 46. 
                 Slot 
               
               
                   
                 47. 
                 Pallet 
               
               
                   
                 48. 
                 Acruate Slots 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
   FIG.  1 —Preferred Embodiment 
   One embodiment on the jigging reel is illustrated in  FIG. 1 . A housing assembly  FIG. 1  of a jigging bait cast fishing reel consists of four parts: spiral spring drive plate  16 , spiral spring  19 , pawl spring drive acetal housing  20 , and adjustable rotary cam  18 . Reel crank  14 , which is connected to main spiral gear  13  and meshes with pinion spiral gear  15  in  FIG. 5 , is the main power drive for pawl spring drive acetal housing assembly as shown in  FIG. 1 . Spiral spring drive plate  16 , rotary cam  18 , spiral spring  19  and housing  20 , shown in 2× scale, are part of  FIG. 1  when assembled. 
   Housing  20  has a pin  21  pressed in the wall of the housing to accommodate inner loop  22  of the spiral spring  19 . Spring drive pin  23 , which is part of drive plate  16 , accommodates outer loop  24  in spiral spring  19 . As shown in  FIG. 4-B , drive pin cage  33  is engaged over drive pin  35  on line spool  36 . When assembling, line spool  36  goes into reel housing  11 ; housing assembly in  FIG. 1  would then go on center shaft  38  and engage drive pin  35  in the pin cage  33 . 
   In  FIG. 1  housing assembly, there are the acetal springs  32  spaced 120 degrees apart on the outside diameter to accept spiral spring drive plate  16  as part of the unit of housing assembly shown in  FIG. 1 . Housing  20 , which is made of acetal plastic (noted for its spring characteristics) is an ideal material to be used for a spring application. At present, I contemplate the use of acetal for the spring; other materials that would also be suitable.  FIG. 1  shows how three springs  32  accept drive plate  16  into housing  20 . Once assembled, drive plate  16  will turn freely so drive plate  16  can energize spiral spring  19 . 
   Phantom portion in  FIG. 1 , not shown in detail, exists only to show how to disengage pin cage  33  from pin  35  so the fisherman can cast the lure. 
   In  FIG. 2-A  pawl spring  39  is fastened to reel flange  37  with screws. When assembled, pawl spring  39  will straddle housing  20 . At this point, housing  20  is locked in position with line spool  36 . When spring drive pin  23  is engaged in outer loop  24 , it is free to wind and energize spiral spring  19  to whatever distance is set on adjustable rotary cam  18 ; this is what determines the length of the jig. Pawl spring  39  has a cam pad  40  affixed to it, as showing in FIG.  2 - b , which comes in contact with cam lobe  41 . Cam  18  then rotates in the direction of line spool jig  30 , while lobe  41 , on cam  18 , rises pawl spring  39 . Lobe  41  on cam  18  determines how much pallat  47  will rise to clear ratchet step  42 . When the spiral spring  19  is energized in the housing assembly in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7  and released by pawl spring  39 , housing  20  rotates rapidly to execute the jig on the line spool, as shown in  FIG. 6  in direction  30  of  FIG. 4-A . 
     FIG. 3  shows cover band  31  with lever  43  in two positions 90 degrees apart. Lever  43  is used to engage or disengage the pawl spring  39  as shown in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7   
     FIG. 4-A  and  4 -B illustrates spiral spring  19 , spiral spring drive plate  16 , adjustable rotary can  18 , and housing  20  to be assembled to make the housing assembly. The weight of the assembly is essential to provide momentum for a rapid spin of the reel spool; caused by the energy released from spiral spring  19   
     FIG. 5  shows main spiral gear  13  and pinion spiral gear  15  with a gear ratio of approximately five to one. Other Fish Bait cast reels on the market have varied gear ratios. This bait cast reel has been designed to make five jigs per one revolution on crank  14 . Timing between each jig is a split second. This is an important factor for the fishermen to be able to jig his fish lure several times to a short distance in a short period of time as a small live bait would do. 
     FIG. 6  shows the disengagement of a ratchet step  42  on pawl spring  39  from housing  20  and the start of the jig after cam lobe  41  raises pawl spring  39  by engaging cam pad  40 . The means of adjusting the length of a jig can be achieved by loosening slotted screws  26  and rotating rotary cam  18  one way or the other as shown in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7 . It also shows the mounting of Pawl spring  39  to the flange of a fishing reel  37  in  FIG. 2A . And it shows lever  43  in position to lift shaft  44  when engaged in slot  46  to hold pawl spring  39  in the up position. This frees assembly  20  to spin with the line spool  36  so that the fisherman can retrieve the lure. This retrieving mode applies to most bait cast reels on the market today. 
     FIG. 7  shows the engagement of pawl spring  39 , housing  20 , and adjustable rotary cam  18 . A jigging mode will occur when shaft  44  is lowered; which engages slot  46  in pawl spring  39  and over housing  20 . Slotted screws  26  shown in arcuate slots  48  are for adjusting rotary cam  18  to different lengths of the jig. 
   CONCLUSION, RAMIFICATIONS AND SCOPE 
   Accordingly, the reader will see that the jigging bait cast reel of the various embodiments can be used to mechanically cause the jigging mode. In addition, the jigging bait cast reel can go from jigging to a retrieve mode with just the flick of the lever  43 . 
   Furthermore, the jigging reel has the additional advantages in that: 
   
       
       
         
           It permits the fisherman to constantly jig the fish lure without raising the end of the fishing rod. Because of the water resistance on the lure there is only a split second between the jigs. This means there is no slack in the line. When the fish inhales the lure the chance of hooking the fish are almost 100 percent because you don&#39;t have to set the hook with the rod. 
           It permits the jig to be in a variety of lengths. The person using the reel can also change the length of the jig; which can be changed when the fisherman disassembles the reel to do so 
           It permits the change from jigging to retrieving to occur quickly and easily 
           It permits any person who fishes, regardless of the ability level, to jig a lure with confidence. 
         
       
     
  
   I decided to make this improvement to a bait cast reel so that anyone of any age could fish using a jigging motion right from the reel. When I was eight years old, to go fishing meant using a drop line. However, with the jigging bait cast reel, my grandson, Zion, can jig a lure just like a professional Bass Pro fisherman. 
   Although the description above contains much specificity, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiment. They merely provide illustrations of some of the presently preferred embodiments. Thus, the scope of the embodiment should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents, rather than by the examples given.