Zebco Corporation

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Dennis E Roberts

Richard J Robbins

Hyunkyu Kim

Robert L Carpenter

Steven M Tipton

A fishing reel having a line-carrying spool, structure for directing line onto the spool, structure for selectively placing the fishing reel in cast and retrieve modes, line control structure for allowing the line to pay freely off of the spool with the reel in its cast mode and for preventing the line from freely paying off of the spool with the reel in its retrieve mode, structure for maintaining the fishing reel in its cast mode, and structure for selectively 1) preventing the maintaining structure from maintaining the fishing reel in the cast mode with the preventing structure in an 'on' position and 2) allowing the maintaining structure to maintain the fishing reel in the cast mode with the preventing structure in an 'off' position.

Mechanism to inhibit latching of trip mechanism on a bait cast fishing

Baitcast reel

A reciprocating/oscillating structure for a reel of the type having a housing, a line carrying spool, a rotor mounted for rotation relative to the housing for directing line onto the spool, a rotatable crank handle for operating the rotor, and structure for reciprocating/oscillating the spool along a line with respect to the housing as the crank handle and rotor are operated to thereby direct line onto the spool. The center shaft is movable cyclically--in one of the fore and aft directions through a first part of the cycle and in the other of the fore and aft directions through a second part of the cycle. The reciprocating/oscillating structure causes the center shaft to move at a first velocity through the first cycle part and at a second velocity through the second cycle part for a given rotational velocity of the crank handle, with the first and second velocities being different.

Spool oscillation structure for fishing reel

An improved fishing reel of the type having a first shaft with a rotational axis and a free end, a gear with a bore therethrough and mountable on the first shaft by direction of the first shaft free end through the gear bore and sliding of the gear axially in a first direction relative to the first shaft, at least one drag washer having a bore through which the first shaft extends and movable axially along the first shaft, a drag actuator rotatable in a first direction for advancing at least part of the drag actuator in the first direction to increase drag by moving the gear and one drag washer axially towards each other and rotatable oppositely to the first direction to decrease drag by allowing the gear and one drag washer to move away from each other. The improvement consists of structure separate from the drag actuator for blocking axial movement of at least one of the gear and one drag washer relative to the first shaft in a direction opposite to the first direction to thereby prevent escape of the one of the gear and one drag washer by axial movement relative to the shaft off of the free end of the first shaft.

Drag stack retainer

An improved fishing reel of the type having a frame, a line-carrying spool carried by a shaft and mounted for rotation relative to the frame about a first axis, a crankshaft mounted for rotation relative to the frame about a second axis, a crank handle for rotating the crankshaft, and means including a drag apparatus for transmitting rotational movement of the crankshaft about the second axis into rotational movement of the spool shaft and spool about the first axis. The drag apparatus is adjusted by a drag-adjusting knob coaxially mounted on the crankshaft. The improvement resides in structure for signaling, audibly or by feel, that the drag on the spool is being changed either by increasing or decreasing the drag setting when the drag-adjusting knob is turned relative to the crankshaft.

Click mechanism for drag adjustment on a fishing reel

A covering apparatus is set forth to overlie an existing covered opening such as found in window and door environments. The apparatus includes a continuous elongate strip secured to a window or door frame opening with a companion strip receivable therein integrally secured and formed as a perimeter of a flexible transparent covering membrane for the window or door opening.

Storm window and door covering apparatus

A fishing reel includes a housing rotatably mounting a spool. A clutch is mounted on the housing for generally linear movement to effect free rotation of the spool. An actuator member is mounted on the housing for manual engagement and for linear movement oblique to the linear movement of the clutch. A bell crank is connected by lost motion means between the clutch and the actuator for linearly moving the clutch in response to linear movement of the actuator.

Clutch mechanism for bait casting fishing reel

A brake system for use in a fishing reel of the type having a housing and a spool mounted for rotation relative to the housing about an axis. The brake system consists of a brake surface on the housing, a brake arm having a brake pad, with a brake surface press fit structure for retaining the brake arm in operative position on the spool for rotation therewith, and structure mounting the brake pad on the brake arm so that the brake surface on the brake pad moves biasably against the housing brake surface under a predetermined centrifugal force developed through rotation of the spool.

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Owasso, OK, United States of America

Dennis E Roberts