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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:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis E Roberts, Owasso, OK (US);
Assignee:
Zebco Corporation, Tulsa, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242289 ;
Abstract
A brake system for use in a fishing reel of the type having a housing and a spool mounted for rotation relative to the housing about an axis. The brake system consists of a brake surface on the housing, a brake arm having a brake pad, with a brake surface press fit structure for retaining the brake arm in operative position on the spool for rotation therewith, and structure mounting the brake pad on the brake arm so that the brake surface on the brake pad moves biasably against the housing brake surface under a predetermined centrifugal force developed through rotation of the spool.