Mitchell S.a.

Jean Ruin

A fixed spool fishing reel which comprises a rotatable drum with at least one support member mounted thereon spaced from the outer periphery of the drum, a fixed spool for holding line and having a skirt which surrounds the drum, and a pick-up arm pivotally mounted on the support member for movement between an open and a closed position. A release device is provided for moving the pick-up arm from the open to the closed position when the drum is rotated. The release device is cooperable with a stationary stop behind the spool and comprises a double lever constituted by a shaft transverse to the rotational axis of the drum, the shaft having first and second arms. The first arm is cooperable with the stationary stop and the second arm is pivotally connected to one end of a connecting rod, the other end of which is pivotally associated with the pick-up arm. The pivotal connection between the connecting rod and the second arm is always on the same side of a line passing through the pivot axis of the double lever and the pivotal connection between the connecting rod and pick-up arm.

Fishing reels

A fishing reel which has a control device for operating an audible warning device. The control device comprises an operating member located externally of the reel and rotatably mounted thereon by means of an extension of the operating member. The operating member co-operates by means of a profiled extension thereof with an elongate resilient member which can co-operate with the audible warning device. The elongate resilient member is supported within the reel by a part of the member fitted freely and parallel to the axis of said extension on a support on the inner side of the wall. The profiled extension of the operating member is integral with the extension to the operating member and has a terminal radial flange which extends over at least a portion of the periphery of the profiled part. The flange is in facing relationship with a first part of the resilient member, which first part is shaped to co-operate with the radial flange. The dimension of the radial flange is such that it passes freely through an aperture in the wall of the reel which houses the extension of the operating member and the distance between the radial flange and the inner side of the wall of the reel is just sufficient to accommodate the first part of the resilient member.

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Thyez, France

Jean Ruin