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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1992
Robert L Carpenter, Tulsa, OK (US);
John A Zurcher, Spirit Lake, IA (US);
John W Puryear, Bay St. Louis, MS (US);
Hyunkyu Kim, Broken Arrow, OK (US);
Zebco Corporation, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A fishing reel having a frame with a front and rear, a rotor having a body with an annular wall bounding an internal space and a first wall within the internal space and having axially oppositely facing surfaces, with the rotor being mounted to the frame for rotation about a first axis, a line storage spool, a bail assembly mounted to the rotor for pivoting movement between a first retrieve position and a second cast position, a bail actuator, and a structure responsive to operation of the bail actuator for exerting a force on the bail assembly to pivot the bail assembly from its retrieve position into its cast position. The force exerting structure has a plate assembly with an annular actuation plate having an axis substantially aligned with the rotor axis and first and second posts connected to and projecting axially from the annular plate. The first wall has first and second bores to receive the first and second posts to guide translatory movement of the annular plate from a retracted position axially forwardly to an extended position. The force exerting structure includes cooperating structure on the bail assembly and plate assembly for moving the bail assembly from its retrieve position into its cast position as the actuation plate moves from its retracted position into its extended position. There is cooperating structure on the bail actuator and plate assembly for moving the actuator plate into its extended position as the bail actuator is operated. The plate assembly resides at least partially within the internal rotor space with the annular plate in its extended position.