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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:
Sep. 04, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bob G Shepherd, West Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Shakespeare Company, Columbia, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 / ;
Abstract
A level wind mechanism for a spinning reel having a flyer (32) (132) rotatable on the spool shaft (26) (126) with a notch (37) (137) for catching and winding the line on the spool (33) (133). The shaft is axially movable to open the spool and release the line for casting. The spool is axially reciprocated to level wind the line by a key (40) (140) slidable in the spool shaft and eccentrically connected to the drive gear (18) (118).