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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1989
Borje Moosberg, Morrum, SE;
Abu Garcia Produktion AB, Svangsta, SE;
Abstract
A gear unit for a multiplier type fishing reel is arranged to drive the line spool of the fishing reel. The gear unit has a main shaft rotated by a handle. Two driving gears of different diameters are rotatably mounted on and frictionally coupled thereto by two sets of friction washers. The larger driving gear meshes with the gear drive of the line spool. Two adjusting knobs are provided for setting the frictional force exerted on the larger driving gear at a first value, and the frictional force exerted on the smaller driving gear at a second value exceeding the first value. Two driven gears of different diameter are rotatably mounted on a first spindle parallel to the main shaft and biased toward each other by a spring. The smaller driven gear meshes with the larger driving gear, and the larger driven gear meshes with the smaller driving gear. Cam surfaces are formed at the ends of the driven gears facing each other and are so designed that when the smaller driven gear rotates relative to the larger driven gears in one direction, they disengage the two driven gears from each other by urging them axially away from each other, and when the larger driven gear rotates relative to the smaller driven gear in this direction, they drivingly couple the two driven gears with each other.