Berkley Corporation

Abu Aktiebolag

Abu Garcia Produktion Ab

Abu Garcia Produktion Aktiebolag

Lars-Olof Carlsson

Bengt-ANGke Henriksson

James T Rumbaugh

Arne Johansson

Karl-Gunnar Lassi

Bradley J Benit

A modular spinning reel is made with a modular gearbox that includes a one piece gearbox shell that encloses a drive gear within. The modular gearbox permits components subject to wear and damage to be readily replaced without disassembling the precision gears while also providing a drive component that can be manufactured in quantity with high precision.

Reel with one piece gearbox shell

Fishing reel foot

Fishing reel frame

Fishing reel frame housing

A dragging device in a fishing reel of the fixed-spool type having a housing accommodating a spool shaft rotatably mounted therein. A line spool is non-rotatably mounted on the end of the spool shaft projecting from the reel housing. The reel also comprises a transmission for transforming the movement of a handle into a movement of rotation of a member for winding up the fishing line on the line spool. The dragging device consists of a bait drag which is adapted, when fishing with a live bait, to adjustably brake the line spool for conforming to the size of the live bait. The dragging device is arranged for directly or indirectly acting on the spool shaft and for being engaged or disengaged by an outer slide and drag control disposed on the reel housing.

Dragging device for a spinning reel

Detachable foot for fishing reels

The present invention relates to fishing reels of the type having a crank-operated rotor supporting a bail pivotable thereon between a position for winding up the fishing line on the line spool and an open position for permitting the fishing line to run out from the spool which is now rotating during casting, the bail being pivotable manually by finger operation of an operating arm pivotably supported on the rotor and connected to the bail for pivoting the latter from its line winding position into the open position thereof for casting. To facilitate this finger operation the operating arm is pivotably movable in a plane parallel to the rotor axis about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to the rotor axis and is connected to the bail for pivoting the latter into said open position through an intermediate link actuatable by said operating arm for actuating said bail, said link and said operating arm having cooperating guiding and engaging means for pulling the link rearwards in parallel with the rotor axis when the operating arm is pivoted in a direction radially of the rotor; and in that, on the one hand, a radius from the pivot axis of one end of the bail relative to the rotor to the pivot axis of the link relative to this bail end and, on the other hand, the path of movement of the guiding and engaging means carried by said operating arm form an obtuse angle relative to one another.

Bail operating mechanism for fishing reels

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Asarum, Sweden

Lars-Olof Carlsson