Patent GB-786870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a non-rotatable spool type of reel, for fishing
IPC: A01K89/01
Filed: 1955-09-21
Abstract: 786,870. Fishing reels. VICTORY PRODUKTER AKTIENBOLAG. Sept. 21, 1955 [Sept. 21, 1954], No. 27025/55. Class 48. In a non-rotatable spool type fishing reel comprising a head 9 rotatably mounted on a frame 1, a line pick-up 11 supported on the head at diametrically opposed positions and rockable through 180 degrees between closed and open positions, a latch 42, Fig. 3, adapted to retain the pick-up in open position against the action of a spring 39 and to be released by rotation of the head, an axially reciprocating spool 14 coaxial with the rotatable head 9 and a crank drive 27 for driving the head and spool simultaneously, the rotatable head 9 has an outer ring 30 rotatable thereon and coupled by gearing 34 to a pivot 35 of the pick-up, and a trip lever 49 is adapted when operated by a finger to rotate the ring 30 so that the pick-up is shifted from closed to open position. The ring 30 surrounds the lower portion of the rotatable head 9 carrying the pick-up 11 and is rotatably mounted thereon by means of an internal flange 33 on the ring and an annular retaining plate 31 secured by screws to the head. The gearing 34 comprises a toothed segment on the upper edge of the ring 30 engaging a gear on the pivot 35 of the pick-up. The ring is urged into the position corresponding to the closed position of the pickup by the two coiled springs 39, Fig. 3, which extend between the ring and pins 40 on the underside of the rotatable head 9. The latch 42 for holding the ring in the open position of the pick-up is pivoted on the underside of the rotatable head 9 and spring-urged into a notch 45 in the flange 33 of the ring. The latch 42 can be released from the notch 45 to allow the pick-up to swing into closed position by the camshaped end 60 of the latch striking a pin 58 fixed to the reel frame when the head 9 is rotated. The latch can also be released from or prevented from entering the notch 45 by a finger-operated lever 61 swingably mounted in the ring 30 and engaging the pawl. The ring 30 can be rotated from the closed to the open position of the pick-up by gripping the periphery of the ring or by pressing the trip lever 49 which is mounted on a pivot 50, Fig. 4, on a ring 48 rotatably mounted in an annular recess in a further ring 46 secured by screws 47, Fig. 1, to the frame 1. The lever 49 has a tooth 51, Fig. 4, which engages teeth 52 on the inside of the lower portion of the ring 30 and a pressure arm 53 which bears against a spring-released catch 54 extending radially through the fixed ring 46 to engage a serration 55 provided on a skirt on the inner portion of the rotatable head 9 and hold the rotatable head against rotation. Further pressure on the lever 49 carries the ring 30 and the ring 48 in rotative manner whilst the pressure arm 53 slides over the catch 54. On release of the lever 49 the ring 48 is returned by two coiled springs 57. The spool 14 is mounted on the upper end of a spindle 12 extending through the tubular shaft 6 of the rotatable head 9 into the frame 1. The spindle 12 is reciprocated by a mechanism comprising an eccentric pin on the driving gear engaging a transverse groove in a block secured to the spindle. A friction clutch between the spool and the spindle 12 comprises an annular flange 16 on the spool, a felt ring 17 resting on the flange 16 and a ring 18 non- rotatably but axially movably disposed on the spindle 12. A wing nut 19 screwed on to the end of the spindle 12 adjusts the clutch and is held in adjusted position by a resilient finger 20 laterally mounted on the wing nut and adapted to engage depressions in the ring 18. The degree of compression of the clutch is indicated on a graduated cup-shaped ring 21 non-rotatably but axially movably disposed on the spindle 12 between rings 17, 18. The tubular shaft 6 of the rotatable head carries a bevel gear 8 in mesh with the driving gear. The end of the pick-up opposite the end having the gear carries a pulley 29 and is secured to an arm 38 pivoted to the rotatable head 9.