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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Young J Kang, Tulsa, OK (US);
John Wayne Chapman, Franksville, WI (US);
Zebco Division of Brunswick Corporation, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A fishing reel having a frame and an operating mechanism on the frame including a line carrying spool, a first element for directing line onto the line carrying spool, first structure cooperating between the first element and frame for mounting the first element for rotation relative to the frame in a first direction about a first axis as an incident of which line is wrapped around the line carrying spool, and second structure selectively preventing the first element from rotating oppositely to the first direction around the first axis. The second structure includes a clutch assembly having inner and outer rings, third structure cooperating between the first element and one of the inner and outer rings for keying the one of the inner and outer rings to the first element so that the one of the inner and outer rings is fixed against rotation relative to the first element around the first axis, fourth structure cooperating between the inner and outer rings for a) permitting rotation of the other of the inner and outer rings relative to the inner and outer rings in one direction around the first axis and b) preventing rotation of the other of the inner and outer rings relative to the one of the inner and outer rings oppositely to the one direction around the first axis, and fifth structure cooperating between the frame and clutch assembly for selectively c) limiting rotation of the other of the inner and outer rings relative to the frame and d) permitting continuous rotation of the other of the inner and outer rings relative to the frame.