Patent CA-3098218-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DUHAIME LYLE
IPC: B65H49/20
Filed: 2020-11-05
Abstract: What is provided herein is a method and device for spooling line onto a fishing rod and reel assembly. Fishermen are constantly required to reline their reels with fresh line due to a number of factors including aging of the line, tangling of the line, weight of line required, etc. The invention disclosed provides for an elegant solution to spooling line onto any rod and reel assembly. FIELD OF INVENTION [002] This invention relates to spooling line onto a fishing rod and reel assembly. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention described herein, without limiting the scope of the invention, is described in relation to existing methods and devices for spooling line onto a reel. Typically old line is manually removed from the reel simply by hand as there is no consideration for tangling or tension or symmetry of the line when it is removed. Typically after removal of the old line a person will simply tie new line to the reel barrel and begin the arduous task of relining the reel, taking into account that the new line has to be kept at tension, spooled without tangling and with a need for symmetry, i.e. the line has to be evenly distributed over the entire barrel of the reel and not wound into a single large entity or bundle on a small portion of the reel. This is critical, as for the reel to function properly the line must be able to be released quickly and efficiently with minimal friction loss due to overlap and or bundling and or tangling of the line on the barrel which is also why reels are all designed with the function that provides for the barrel to oscillate back and forth while the line is being spooled or reeled, providing for an even and symmetrical placement of the line on the reel barrel as long as there is tension on the line. The invention herein will now be discussed with respect to the prior art. Typically bait and fish shops will provide a relining service wherein they will remove and replace the line on one's reel for a fee. Typically this is done mechanically with a powered assembly that quickly and efficiently both removes the old line and spools new line, however this is not always convenient for outdoors people who at many times find themselves far from such services for example on the ocean or lake and yet in need of installing new line on a reel quickly and efficiently and properly. Prior art exists, such as CA2912661, which provides for a powered means, such as a drill, to both remove and replace line on a reel. However, as noted, outdoors people are not always able to access a power source and or are also unlikely to carry a bulky power tool with them. Several other pieces of prior art disclose similar solutions, for example U57748657 and U57909280 also utilize a power drill to spool new line onto a reel. [006] However none of the prior art anticipates the need for an elegant portable solution that provides the capability to efficiently and properly, manually, spool new line onto a rod and reel assembly. The invention disclosed herein provides for such means by providing; A portable device for spooling line onto a rod and reel assembly; said device comprising a rod attaching means for mounting and locating a line spool to a rod; said attaching means providing an alignment means for aligning the spool with the reel assembly and said device providing a line tensioning means to maintain line tension while spooling.