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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1989
Karl L Carlsson, Asarum, SE;
Abu Garcia Produktion AB, Svangsta, SE;
Abstract
A bail mechanism in an open-face fishing reel of the fixed-spool type having a rotor and a line spool which is coaxial with the rotor and oscillating in the axial direction, includes a bail for winding a line onto the line spool. By means of two mounting elements, the bail is mounted on two attachments disposed on the rotor diametrically opposite each other. The bail is pivotable about a bail axis at right angles to the axis of the rotor, between a folded-in line winding position and a folded-out position in which the bail is released of the line. One attachment defines an open chamber and has a cover plate detachably mounted over the chamber for closing it. The cover plate has a through hole whose center is located on the bail axis, and carries on its inside a rotary disc having a center pin extending through the hole in the cover plate and carrying the associated mounting element on the outside of the cover plate. A tension spring is provided in the chamber and mounted between an eccentric pin on the rotary disc and a pin on the cover plate. The rotary disc is rotatable against the action of the tension spring between two positions corresponding to the folded-out position and the folded-in position of the bail.