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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1984
John W Puryear, Tulsa, OK (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Skokie, IL (US);
Abstract
A fishing reel having a housing with side frames spaced apart by a plurality of spacers and connecting rods. A spool shaft is rotatably supported in the side frames and has a spool thereon having an axis common with the axis of the shaft and lying transverse to the planes of the side frames. A drive is provided for rotating the spool about the axis of the shaft, with a clutch apparatus for releasing the drive from the spool. An anti-backlash assembly is included for resisting the rotation of the spool when the spool is disconnected from the drive. The anti-backlash assembly has an actuator with a pair of cams facing in a direction parallel to the axis of the shaft. The cams on the actuator engage a pair of cams on a bracket and mounting plate lying in planes transverse to the axis of the shaft. A plurality of magnets are carried by the mounting plate which create lines of magnet force with the spool for resisting rotation of the spool. The cams on the actuator and the cams on the bracket each have at least two high points, with the two high points of each cam being spaced apart circumferentially by not more than 180.degree. for maintaining the magnets in a common plane parallel to the side face of the spool.