CA1044678A - Casting fishing reel - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A fishing reel for free casting purposes. The reel is mounted in a rotatable fitting attached to a fishing rod so that the axis of the reel may be rotated to lie parallel to the attached rod, when casting, or rotated to be perpendicular to the rod when reeling in the fishing line of the reel.

Description

SU~MARY OF THE I~VE~TION
My in~ention is a fishing reel for free casting - 10 purposes. The reel is mounted in a rotatable fltting attached to a fishing rod so that the axis of the reel may be rotated to lie parallel to the attached rod, when casting, or rotated to be perpendicular to the rod when reeling in the fishing line of the reel.

BRIEF DESCRIPrION OF THE DRAWINGS
The ob~ects and features of the invention may be understood with reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, taken together with the accompanying drawlngs in which:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of the reel attached to a rod for reeling in the line;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the reel attached to '' .

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the rod for casting purposes; and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the reel.
: . ;' . DESCRIPTION OF THE PREF~RRED EMBODIh~NT - - - ~ -Turnins now descriptively to the drawings, in which imilar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1-3 illustrate the reel lO which may be mounted on a fishing rod ll so - - - ~- ~
that the axis X-X of the reel lO is perpendicular to the ;;
axis o~ the attached fishing rod ll as shown in FIG. l for reeling purposes, or parallel to the~axis o~ the rod ~: 11 for casting purposes as shown in FIG. 2.
-Reel lO is formed with a rotatable hollow `.
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~^. spindle 21 on which line~may be wound, with spindle 21 . mounted on axle 22 mounted on bearings 23 ~ixed to the ~- 6pindle 21 and with spindle 21 fixed to the reel housing . .
24, by a threaded end member 27 which mates with a screw ~:
~thread 28 at one end~of axle 22. End member 27 is :
rictionally engaged to a side 29 of splndle 21 by a flat spring 30, which provides a variable drag on the rotation ~~ 20 o~ spindle 21. A~gear 32 on one end of spindle 21 , engages a spur gear 33 mounted on an axle 34 attached to an external rotatable hand-le 26. Housing 24 is formed with a curved support member 37 that is rotationally in a sleeve member 38 fitted with curved strap means 39 .

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to fnsten to a fishing rod ll. Sup~ort member 37 is of a size and .shape, in relation to handle 26, so that hand1.e ~6 may ~reo]y rotate without striking the attached `.: rod tl when the axis X-X the reet 10 is aligned parallel to tl)c axis Or ntt,~ e(l r~ lp~ort 37 is formed ; at its free end 41 as a cylindrical plug of a ~ize to ~ rotate Ln hollow ~1eeve 3~, with two perpendicularly ;--.:~ . oriented holes 19 in p1ug section 41 serving alternately ~ .-.
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as a stop, engageable by spring mounted pin 44 held by a compression sprin~ 45 against plug section 41 and fitted in sleeve 38. ...
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For casting purposes, pin 44 is manually lifted . ~ ~ .... .
;... ~ out or enga~,emen~ wlth pll-~ hole t9 and the entire reel - lO is rotated about the axis of plug 41 in sleeve 38 so ~t'~.~ ' that the axis X-X of the reel is aligned with the a~is .of the attached rod ll and the pin 44 is allowed to enga8e i . .the proper plug hole 19 to hold the reel in the casting:
alignment. In this position, shown ln i~'IG. 2, tne .
~, handle 36 o& the rod rotates freely, aiehout catching, .
ag line is paid out of the spindle in casting. :~
s ~. When the user desires to reel the line in on.the '~ spindle, the process is reversed and the reel is rotated into the conventional orientation shown in FIG. l.
Since obvious changes may be made in:the specific ~;,i, ~ . . : ,.. ..
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Claims (3)

The embodiments in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A fishing reel fitted with a support arm for fastening to a fishing rod, with means to rotate the reel in the attached position to a first position in which axis of the spindle of the reel is oriented parallel to the axis of the rod for casting purposes, or alternately to rotate the reel to a second position in which the axis of the spindle of the reel is oriented perpendicular to the axis of the rod for reeling purposes, said means serving to positively latch the reel in either the said first position or the said second position, with the support arm of the reel formed with a cylindrical plug member rotationally engaged in a sleeve member fitted to a member that is attachable to a fishing rod, said cylindrical plug member formed with a pair of recessed holes the axis of which are in a common plane, perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical plug member, with said sleeve member fitted with a detent member slidably mounted on a through hole of the sleeve member, the axis of said detent and hole being in the plane of the axes of the holes in the plug in the assembled mode, said detent of a length to project both externally of the sleeve member and internally into one of the holes of the plug member when the-plug member is rotated so as to align a plug hole with the detent member.

2. The combination as recited in claim 1 in which the detent member is spring-biased with relation to the sleeve member so as to bear against the plug member.

3. The combination as recited in claim 1 in which the plug member is slidably removable from the sleeve member when the detent member is released from engagement with the plug member.