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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:
Oct. 18, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1987
Osamu Yoshikawa, Sakai, JP;
Shimano Industrial Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A drag adjusting device for a closed-face type fishing reel is provided which has a spool rotatably supported at the front of a reel body, a mounting leg below the spool, a brake plate provided between the spool and the reel body and a drag actuating plate extending at both ends radially of the spool for urging the brake plate in one direction to apply a braking force to the spool. A drag setting thumb nut is operatively engaged with one lengthwise end of the drag actuating plate to change the position thereof with respect to the spool in order ot set the braking force to be applied to the spool. An adjusting member in operative engagement with the other lengthwise end of the drag actuating plate adjusts the braking force set by the setting thumb nut.
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