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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1991
Scott James, Edison, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A fishing reel has a frame assembly with an inwardly directed, frame teeth arrangement. The reel also has a spindle rotatably mounted on the frame assembly coaxially with the frame teeth arrangement. Also included is a spool having at least one flange and a cylindrical core rotatably mounted on the spindle. The spindle comprises a clutch disk having near its periphery an annular row of axially projecting disk teeth arranged to ratchet with the frame teeth arrangement. The annular row of disk teeth being positioned to the outside of the cylindrical core of the spool. The spindle also includes a brake pad mounted between the clutch disk and the spool for frictionally engaging and resisting relative motion between them.