Patent ID: 7278599

Claim:
A double disc brake for a fishing reel, comprising in combination a) a fishing reel assembly having an axle, b) two rotatable discs carried by the axle to rotate therewith, as fishing line is wound or payed out, said discs located proximate opposite ends of the reel, c) brake pads at and spaced from opposite ends of the reel with two pads at opposite sides respectively of each disc to be engaged with said opposite sides of each disc as the discs and pads are relatively closed into engagement, at said opposite ends of the reel, d) and including means for effecting disc and pad engagement at one end of the reel, prior to disc and pad engagement at the opposite end of the reel, in response to movement of a brake actuator, said means including springs for biasing said discs in an axial direction or directions generally parallel to the direction of disc and pad relative closing, e) and wherein the spring or springs biasing one disc has or have a greater spring rate or rates than the spring or springs biasing the other disc.