Shakespeare Company. LLC

Columbia Products Company

Bob G Shepherd

Philippe Hardy-The McLain

An open face fishing reel having a line spool with a flyer mounted to rotate concentrically of the line spool. A finger is fixedly supported from the flyer and is curved in general conformity with the outer periphery of the line spool and is inclined axially with respect to the spool in order to project over a selected portion thereof. Rotation of a crank rotates the flyer and causes the finger to pick up and direct retrieved line onto the spool. Means are provided to limit retrorotation of the crank, and limited retrorotation effects optimum axial displacement of the line spool with respect to the flyer, and thereby the pick up finger which is itself moved to a predetermined position circumferentially of the line spool by virtue of the aforesaid limited retrorotation, in order to facilitate unfettered removal of the line from the spool during casting.

Open face spinning reel

A level wind mechanism for a spinning reel having a flyer (32) (132) rotatable on the spool shaft (26) (126) with a notch (37) (137) for catching and winding the line on the spool (33) (133). The shaft is axially movable to open the spool and release the line for casting. The spool is axially reciprocated to level wind the line by a key (40) (140) slidable in the spool shaft and eccentrically connected to the drive gear (18) (118).

Level wind for fishing reel

An open face type fishing reel having a flyer (24) rotatable on the spool shaft (14) and having an inclined peripheral notch (34) for catching and winding the line on the spool (15), rotation of the flyer causing the notch to pick up and direct the line onto the spool. Limited retrorotation of the flyer axially displaces the spool to casting position, and means (38) (44) are provided to lock it in casting position, and to release and return the spool to closed position when the flyer is rotated to retrieve the line.

Open face spinning reel with notched flyer

Disclosed is a spooling apparatus that can be threaded on the fly to anchor, controllably twist and wind filament onto a receiving spool. A receiving spool is non-rotatably mounted on a spool shaft for axial reciprocation. A lead-in pulley, whose rotational axis is perpendicular to the receiving spool axis, is spaced axially outboard with respect to the receiving spool. A flier is mounted to rotate concentrically about the receiving spool and presents a pick-up head adapted to engage the feed run of the filament as it passes between the lead-in pulley and an orienting pulley located in proximity to the inboard end of the receiving spool. The orienting pulley is canted such that the tailing run of the filament cannot be engaged by the pick-up head as it rotates with the flier although the canting of the orienting pulley disposes the feed run such that it will be engaged by the rotating pick-up head when the spool reaches a predetermined position along its range of axial reciprocation. The feed run extends through a cutting mechanism which severs the tailing run therefrom shortly after the pick-up head engages the feed run. Means are provided to grip the severed end of the feed run after severance and until such time as it becomes anchored thereto by successive overwraps. Means are also provided to assure that the twist imparted to the filament by rotation of the flier about the receiving spool will be transmitted across the pick-up head with the filament as it is wound onto the spool.

Apparatus for automatically anchoring, twisting and winding filament, or

The attached disclosure is directed to a fishing rod handle assembly onto which a reel and a rod portion can be simultaneously, or individually, clamped by virtue of a combined actuating mechanism. The rod section is secured to the handle by a collet having a socket into which the butt portion of the rod section is received. The peripheral wall of the socket is selectively compressible radially inwardly against the butt portion of the rod section by a camming interaction between the collet and collet nut threadably received on the handle. A clamping pawl is pivotally attached to the rear of the collet and extends from the collet to an offset reel seat on the handle where it is adapted to embrace the toe of a reel mounting foot upon selective rotation of the collet nut. In one embodiment of the invention disclosed, the collet nut and the collet also interact to provide a positive disengagement of the clamping pawl from the reel.

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West Columbia, SC, United States of America

Bob G Shepherd