Zebco Corporation

Contico International LLC

Continental Sprayers International, Inc.

Zebco Div. of Brunswick Corporation

Continental Afa Dispensing Company

John A Zurcher

Robert L Carpenter

Hyunkyu Kim

John W Puryear

Donald D Foster

Martin S Laffey

Steven M Tipton

Richard J Feehan

John W Chapman

The present invention pertains to a trigger sprayer which is connectable to two container volumes containing separate liquids. The sprayer has a trigger that is manipulated to draw the separate liquids into two separate pump chambers and then supply the two separate liquids from the pump chambers to a discharge passage of the sprayer. In the discharge passage the two separate liquids are mixed together prior to their being dispensed from the discharge passage as a spray.

Dual component trigger sprayer which mixes components in discharge passage

A fishing reel is provided having a frame, a rotor mounted to the frame for rotation about a first axis, a line storage spool, a structure for rotating the spool, a bail assembly on the rotor having first and second bail arms mounted to the rotor for pivoting movement between a first position wherein the bail assembly is in (a) a retrieve position so that the bail directs line onto the line storage spool as the rotor is rotated and (b) a second position wherein the bail assembly is in a cast position, a trip link mounted to the rotor for movement relative to the rotor between third and fourth positions, cooperating structure on the bail assembly and trip link for moving the trip link from its third position into its fourth position as an incident of the bail assembly moving from its first position into its second position, and a trip link actuator on the reel frame and defining a shoulder that intercepts the trip link with the trip link in its fourth position and the rotor rotating in a first rotational direction about its axis and moves the trip link from its fourth position towards its third position. The cooperating structure on the bail assembly and trip link includes a structure for moving the bail assembly from its cast position towards its retrieve position as an incident of the trip link moving from its fourth position into its third position. The trip link structure allows repositioning of the trip link relative to the rotor in the event that the trip link encounters the trip link actuator as the trip link moves from its third position towards its fourth position to thereby prevent jamming of the trip link by the trip link actuator and allow the trip link to move fully into its fourth position.

Anti-jamming mechansim for bail assembly on fishing reel

A fishing reel having a frame, a rotor mounted to the frame for rotation about a first axis, a line storage spool, structure for rotating the rotor, a bail assembly on the rotor having first and second bail arms mounted to the rotor for pivoting movement between (a) a first position wherein the bail assembly is in a retrieve position so that the bail directs line onto the line storage spool as the rotor is rotated and (b) a second position wherein the bail assembly is in a cast position, a trip link mounted to the rotor for movement relative to the rotor between third and fourth positions, cooperating structure on the bail assembly and trip link for moving the trip link from its third position into its fourth position as an incident of the bail assembly moving from its first position into its second position, and a trip link actuator on the reel frame and defining a shoulder that intercepts the trip link with the trip link in its fourth position and the rotor rotating in a first rotational direction about its axis and moves the trip link from its fourth position towards its third position. The cooperating structure on the bail assembly and trip link includes a structure for moving the bail assembly from its cast position towards its retrieve position as an incident of the trip link moving from its fourth position into its third position. The trip link structure allows repositioning of the trip link relative to the rotor in the event that the trip link encounters the trip link actuator as the trip link moves from its third position towards its fourth position to thereby prevent jamming of the trip link by the trip link actuator and allow the trip link to move fully into its fourth position.

Trip system for a bail assembly on a fishing reel

A fishing reel having a frame, a rotor mounted to the frame for rotation about an axis, a line storage spool, structure for rotating the rotor, structure on the rotor for directing line onto the line storage spool as an incident of the rotor being rotated about its axis and including a bail assembly having first and second bail arms mounted to the rotor for pivotable movement between (a) a first position wherein the bail assembly is in a retrieve position and (b) a second position wherein the bail assembly is in a cast position, a bail actuator connected to at least one of the frame and rotor for movement between (a) a first position wherein the bail assembly is in a retrieve position and (b) a second position wherein the bail assembly is in a cast position, a bail actuator connected to at least one of the frame and rotor for movement between rest and operating positions, cooperating structure between the bail actuator and bail assembly for movement of the bail assembly from its retrieve position into its cast position as an incident of the bail actuator moving from its rest position into its operating position, and line holding structure for selectively preventing line from freely paying off of the line storage spool with the bail assembly in a cast position. The line holding structure includes a third arm pivotably attached to the rotor for movement between third and fourth positions and a fourth arm pivotably attached to the third arm. At least one of the third and fourth arms is engageable with line projecting off of the spool with the bail assembly in a cast position to thereby prevent line from freely paying off of the line storage spool.

Fishing reel with line holding feature

A fishing reel having a frame, a rotor rotatable relative to the frame about a first axis, a line storage spool, a structure for rotating the rotor to thereby direct line onto the line storage spool and including a bail assembly having first and second bail arms pivotably mounted to the rotor for movement between (a) first position wherein the bail assembly is in a retrieve position and (b) a second position wherein the bail assembly is in a cast position, a bail actuator, and structure responsive to operation of the bail actuator for exerting a force on both of the bail arms to pivot the bail arms from their first position towards their second position.

Fishing reel with trigger-actuated bail assembly

A fishing reel having a frame with a front and rear, a rotor having a body with an annular wall bounding an internal space and a first wall within the internal space and having axially oppositely facing surfaces, with the rotor being mounted to the frame for rotation about a first axis, a line storage spool, a bail assembly mounted to the rotor for pivoting movement between a first retrieve position and a second cast position, a bail actuator, and a structure responsive to operation of the bail actuator for exerting a force on the bail assembly to pivot the bail assembly from its retrieve position into its cast position. The force exerting structure has a plate assembly with an annular actuation plate having an axis substantially aligned with the rotor axis and first and second posts connected to and projecting axially from the annular plate. The first wall has first and second bores to receive the first and second posts to guide translatory movement of the annular plate from a retracted position axially forwardly to an extended position. The force exerting structure includes cooperating structure on the bail assembly and plate assembly for moving the bail assembly from its retrieve position into its cast position as the actuation plate moves from its retracted position into its extended position. There is cooperating structure on the bail actuator and plate assembly for moving the actuator plate into its extended position as the bail actuator is operated. The plate assembly resides at least partially within the internal rotor space with the annular plate in its extended position.

Force transmission plate assembly for actuation of a bail assembly on a

Bottle adapter for dual piston trigger sprayer

Trigger sprayer

An improved fishing reel of the type having a fixed frame/housing, a line carrying spool, a rotor for directing line onto the spool as the rotor is operated, structure for mounting the spool for reciprocating movement as the rotor is operated to cause even distribution of line on the spool during line retrieval, a reciprocating shaft for effecting reciprocating movement of the spool, a slider block movable with the reciprocating shaft, a rotatable crank handle for operating the rotor, and structure for converting rotary motion of the crank handle into reciprocating movement of the slider block and in turn the shaft and spool. The improvement relates to structure for connecting the slider block to the reciprocating shaft, which structure consists of alignable openings in each of the slider block and shaft, a locking pin having a head and a body with the body being extendable by movement in a first direction through the aligned openings in the slider block and shaft into assembled position with the head in a first orientation so that the pin body holds the slider block and shaft in operative relationship, and structure on the block for cooperating with the pin head in a second orientation for preventing the pin from moving out of its assembled position by movement oppositely to the first direction.

Oscillator slider retainer lock

A spinning-type fishing reel is provided with a rear-actuated front drag. Concentric shafts are provided with a spool freely rotatable on one shaft. Drag members operate on the spool to provide drag to the spool. A drag knob on the rear of the reel operates on one of the shafts to shift the one shaft axially relative to the other, thereby applying pressure to the drag members and to the spool to increase the drag on the spool. In one form, the spool may be freely rotatable on a spool carrier which is keyed to one of the shafts. A spool cap attached to one of the shafts operates through the drag members to apply drag to the spool. The spool is urged against an abutment carried by the other shaft such that moving one shaft relative to the other by turning the rear-mounted drag knob either increases or decreases the drag on the spool.

Spinning reel with rear-actuated front drag

A line-carrying spool assembly is provided for a fishing reel and consists of a spool having (a) a hub with a central axis and an annular surface around which line can be wound and (b) first and second flanges spaced axially with respect to the hub and extending radially outwardly from the annular hub surface so that the first and second flanges and hub surface cooperatively bound a line storage space, a line depth setting pin mounted to the spool for movement relative to the spool between (a) an operative position wherein the line depth setting pin extends through the line storage space between the first and second flanges radially outwardly of the annular hub surface and (b) a retracted position wherein substantially the entire line depth setting pin resides outside of the spool storage space, and structure for selectively maintaining the line depth setting pin in each of its operative and retracted positions.

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St. Charles, MO, United States of America

John A Zurcher