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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alain Nepote, Cluses, FR;
Assignee:
The Garcia Corporation, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 / ; 60584 ; 188 724 ; 242219 ;
Abstract
A fishing reel, of the type having a rotating line spool, includes an hydraulic braking system for the spool. The braking system comprises a manually operable lever associated with a piston in a first hydraulic cylinder through which fluid forces are applied to a second piston operating friction plates bearing upon the reel spool. A third, spring loaded, piston is located in a second cylinder in fluid connection with the first cylinder.