Patent ID: 7438248

Claim:
A fishing reel, comprising a drag adjust knob ( 1 ), a brake device ( 2 ), a spool ( 3 ), a turning support device ( 4 ), and a main shaft ( 5 ), wherein said spool ( 3 ) comprises a front lid ( 31 ), a core ( 32 ) having a cavity ( 323 ), and a skirt ( 33 ); said front lid ( 31 ), said core ( 32 ) and said skirt ( 33 ) being connected by a connecting element ( 34 ); a pin ( 51 ) is disposed on the main shaft ( 5 ); a front portion of the main shaft ( 5 ) is threaded ( 55 ), the main shaft ( 5 ) is set in a bore ( 521 ) on a core shaft ( 52 ), the pin ( 51 ) is embedded in a key slot ( 525 ) on a flange ( 524 ) of the core shaft ( 52 ); the brake device ( 2 ) disposed in the middle of the cavity ( 323 ) between the core shaft ( 52 ) and core ( 32 ) comprises a large spring ( 21 ), a drag washer stack ( 22 ), a small spring ( 23 ) and a front actuator ( 24 ); the rigidity of the small spring ( 23 ) is smaller than the rigidity of the larger spring ( 21 ); the turning support device ( 4 ) comprises a second bearing ( 42 ) disposed between the skirt ( 33 ) and the core shaft ( 52 ), and a first bearing ( 41 ) disposed between the front lid ( 31 ) and the front actuator ( 24 ); the turning support device ( 4 ) keeps the spool constantly supported as a freely supported beam; the main shaft passes through the core shaft ( 52 ), brake device ( 2 ) and turning support device ( 4 ); the central thread of the drag adjust knob ( 1 ) screws on the thread ( 55 ) of the main shaft ( 5 ); and the drag adjust knob ( 1 ) then presses upon the front actuator ( 24 ).