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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1995
Randy Lee Atherton, Tulsa, OK (US);
Kent Lee Zwayer, Tulsa, OK (US);
Zebco Div. of Brunswick Corporation, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A rotor assembly that is operable to wrap fishing line around a spool. The rotor assembly has a body with a circumference and a central axis about which the rotor assembly rotates in operation, a first bail ear and a second bail ear on the body, a bail assembly including first and second bail arms and a bail wire, first structure for mounting the first bail arm to the first bail ear for pivoting movement of the first bail arm relative to the first bail ear about a first axis, and second structure for mounting the second bail arm to the second bail ear for pivoting movement of the second bail arm relative to the second bail ear about a second axis. The first and second bail ears have first and second circumferential center lines extending axially of the body. The first center line makes a first acute angle with a first plane containing both a line parallel to the first axis and the central axis of the body. The second center line makes a second acute angle with a second plane containing both a line parallel to the second axis and the central axis of the body.