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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1996
Kent Zwayer, Tulsa, OK (US);
Dale Davis, Tulsa, OK (US);
Zebco Division of Brunswick Corporation, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A fishing reel having a line carrying spool and an operating mechanism for directing line onto the spool. The operating mechanism includes a first shaft that is rotatable about a first axis and a second shaft that is rotatable about a second axis that is transverse to the first axis. The first and second shafts are each rotatable in forward and reverse directions around the first and second axes. The operating mechanism further includes an anti-reverse system with a ratchet element on the second shaft, an actuator, and first structure cooperating between the first shaft and actuator for causing the actuator to follow movement of the first shaft between a) a first position resulting from the first shaft rotating in the reverse direction wherein the actuator does not interfere with rotation of the second shaft in the reverse direction and b) a second position resulting from the first shaft rotating in the reverse direction wherein the actuator cooperates with the ratchet to limit rotation of the second shaft in the reverse direction. The actuator is rotatable about the first axis between the first and second positions.