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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:
May. 24, 1988
Filed:
May. 27, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Junichi Toda, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Shimano Industrial Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 / ; 242220 ;
Abstract
The reel is provided with a rotary frame for winding a fishing line onto a spool and a drag mechanism for applying a resistance to rotation of the spool. The reel is further provided with a changeover control mechanism which changes over the drag mechanism between an operating state thereof and an operation releasing state in which the spool is freely rotatable.