Patent ID: 8240590

Claim:
A fishing reel, comprising a crank, a spool connected to said crank, a pull-off brake mechanism and a chassis, the pull-off brake mechanism and the crank being interconnected such that a pretension of the pull-off brake mechanism increases as the crank is moved in a reeling-in direction, wherein the pretension of the pull-off brake mechanism also increases as the crank is moved in a direction opposite to the reeling-in direction, wherein the pull-off brake mechanism comprises a torque converter comprising a crown and a control sleeve said crown and said control sleeve being provided with cooperating protrusions, wherein surfaces between said protrusions of the control sleeve are provided with grooves and surfaces on tops of the protrusions of the crown are provided with equal grooves and wherein balls are positioned between said grooves of the crown and said grooves of the control sleeve.