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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7878438 | Dual-bearing reel sound producing device The spool sound producing mechanism includes a collar member, an operation member, a convexo-concave member, a sound producing member and urging members. The collar member has first and second overlapping apertures. The operation member has a shaft portion that is m... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7757989 | Teaser reel with alarm A teaser reel with an audible alarm and line guide provides awareness and protection while trolling for fish. The teaser reel alerts boat personnel that the dredge is being struck by fish and allows quick action to be taken to protect the dredge from damage or loss.... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7431232 | Fly reel drag mechanism A fishing reel including a housing and a nonrotatable main shaft fixed to the housing. A spool including a one-way clutch having a central bore rotatable about the main shaft is also provided. The reel further includes a sleeve located coaxial to and extending along... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7401748 | Spool assembly for spinning reel An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily attach a sound producing mechanism to a spool of a spinning reel and to compactly dispose the spool. An annular attachment member to which a hitting member of a sound producing mechanism is attached... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7234661 | Drag adjustment device for a dual-bearing reel A drag adjustment device for a dual-bearing reel that adjusts the drag force of a lever drag mechanism includes a drag adjustment lever, an intermediate positioning mechanism and a drag adjustment sounding mechanism. The drag adjustment lever is pivotably attached t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226013 | Fishing reel having improved pay out clicking mechanism A fishing reel includes a clicking mechanism that produces an audible indication when fishing line is payed out from a rotatable line spool. The audible indication is created by the interaction of a clicking member and a flexibly mounted tab. The clicking mechanism ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222810 | Magnetic fishing reel clicker A clicker mechanism for a fishing reel is described. A typical fishing reel has a spool defining an orifice and a shaft passing through the orifice. A component having an irregular surface, such as a gear-like component with teeth or a ring defining a serrated inner... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7188795 | Fishing reel A fishing reel including a spool (5) for storing and dispensing line, and a winding mechanism for winding the line onto the spool (5) about a winding axis, the spool (5) is releasably secured in any one of a plurality of positions, each eccentri... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175121 | Spinning reel sounding mechanism A second sounding mechanism includes a first member, a plurality of concave/convex portions that are formed on an inner peripheral surface of the first member to be spaced apart in the circumferential direction, a second member that is non-rotatably mounted on a spo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168647 | Fly reel drag mechanism A fishing reel including a housing having a central hub and a main shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the main shaft being non-rotatably fixed to the central hub at its proximal end. A spool having a central recess is releasably secured to the main shaft ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7104485 | Spinning-reel sounding mechanism A spinning-reel sounding mechanism for emitting sound when a spool spins in a fishing-line reel-out direction includes a spool shaft, an annular member, a tubular first sounding part, a second sounding part and a rotation-restricting member. The annular member is no... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077350 | Modular fly fishing reel A modular fly fishing reel includes a frame with a side wall, a generally cylindrical axle cartridge removably mounted in a mounting socket of the frame side wall and also having an outer rotatable axle tube, and a spool having a hub removably secured on the axle tu... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6971601 | Spinning reel sound producing mechanism A sound producing mechanism for a spinning reel includes a first sound producing portion that is coupled to a spool shaft and has an attachment portion and a plurality of saw tooth portions that are formed in a saw tooth shape circumferentially apart on an outer per... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957788 | Sound generating mechanism for a fishing reel A sound generating mechanism 60 includes a sounding member 61, a retaining member 62, a sounding pin 64, and a coil spring 65. The sounding member 61 includes a disk portion 61a formed into a ring shape, a plur... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6938847 | Spool for a fishing reel A spool has a cylindrical body, a central hole and two recesses. The central hole is defined through the cylindrical body to define two openings respectively at two ends of the cylindrical body. The line recesses are defined in the outer surface of the cylindrical b... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6827306 | Push to turn locking preset knob for fishing reel A locking preset mechanism for a fishing reel is provided by interlocking in the preset knob with a bridge plate. Spring-biased pins engage depressions in the mating face of an axially moveable means in the mechanism. By depressing the knob, the knob can be rotated.... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6688545 | Fishing-reel sounding device First sounding mechanism, which issues sound when spool rotates relative to spool shaft, is furnished with sound-emitting member, pawl member, and plate spring. Sound-emitting member is non-rotatably mounted on spool shaft, and has multiple jags radially ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6409112 | Dual-bearing reel having control knob for adjusting braking force A dual-bearing reel has a control knob for adjusting a braking force applied to a spool shaft. The reel includes a spring-biased click pin inside the control knob. The click pin is movably biased against a plate having concave grooves held within the cont... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6382544 | Fishing reel In a fishing reel, a spool (200) can be easily and firmly assembled with a housing (100) and is not unexpectedly separated from the housing after assembled, and the rotation of the spool in one direction can be braked without moving a main shaft (110) rel... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6354526 | Single bearing fishing reel and sounding mechanism A fishing reel includes a spool that includes a cylindrical spool drum 15, a disk-shaped inner flange 16 mounted on or alternatively formed at one end of the spool drum 15, and outer flange 17 mounted by four bolts 17a to the spool drum 15. Inner flange 1... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6296200 | Fly fishing reel A fly fishing reel includes a fishing-rod connecting member, a main shaft, a spool, a retaining member, a brake device, and a drag adjustment device. The main shaft exetends rotatably through a central hole in the connecting member, and has a left end, a ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6196489 | Umbrella wire-winding device An umbrella wire-winding device includes a casing fixed to a shank of an umbrella. A crank arm is manually operable and has an axle rotatable received in an opening defined in the casing. The axle defines a central bore for drivingly receiving a reel shaf... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6189822 | Double bearing reel A double bearing reel that facilitates operating the braking and sounding mechanisms while fishing. A reel includes a reel body having a handle (2), a spool (15), a clutch mechanism (21), a frictional braking mechanism (26), a sounding mechanism (27), a s... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6116531 | Fishing reel drag mechanism A fishing reel drag mechanism includes a spool for a fishing line, a brake drum attached coaxially to the spool, and a resilient circular brake shoe positioned inside the brake drum. The outer diameter of the brake shoe is slightly smaller than the inner ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6056223 | Drag mounted spring for spin-cast reels A spool rotational alert spring mounted to a disk drag, for use in a fishing reel of the spin-cast type, having a body with a fixed hub for supporting a line carrying spool. The disk drag supported non-rotatably on the hub is a unitary device that perform... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6003800 | Fishing reel provided with a sound mechanism The fishing reel comprises a spool for winding in fishing line and a fixed support having an axis of rotation for said spool. The fixed support comprises an upright which is in the immediate vicinity of and parallel to one of the lateral cheekplates of th... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5692692 | Clicker element for fishing reel A fishing having a frame, with a reel operating mechanism on the flame. The reel operating mechanism includes a line carrying spool, first structure for directing line onto the line carrying spool, and a settable drag mechanism for allowing line to be dra... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5544832 | Brake device for use in a fishing reel In a brake device for use in a fishing reel which is used to apply a brake force to a spool and is also adjustable, a spring member used not only to maintain the moderation of the rotational direction of an adjust member but also to prevent the adjust mem... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5518194 | Fishing reel with sound generator A fishing reel with a drag sound generating portion produces click sounds when a fish has been hooked. In the drag sound generating portion, a drag cap has spring holder rods for a plate spring. For positive click generation by a click spring in a spool o... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5374002 | Fishing reel A fishing reel capable of generating click sound with rotational operation of an adjustment member for applying resistance to a spool shaft in adjustment of casting or drag resistance. The reel includes a click spring retained within a spring receiver bar... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5297757 | Buzzer mechanism in a fishing reel A fishing reel has a frame and a line spool rotatably mounted therein. The frame has a side plate with a circumferential flange formed with a circumferentially directed slot. A buzzer meachnism is mounted in the fishing reel. The buzzer mechanism has a ge... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5279477 | Sound producing apparatus for spinning reel A round producing apparatus for a spinning reel includes a sound producing piece in the form of a leaf spring attached to a disk mounted on a spool shaft, and an annular toothed element supported by a spool for acting on a distal end of the sound producin... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5265824 | Two-bearing reel with click mechanism A two-bearing reel includes a handle shaft, a drag control member relatively rotatable to the handle shaft, and a click mechanism disposed between a member provided in the handle shaft and a member provided in the drag control member and supporting the dr... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5149009 | Fishing reel A fishing reel capable of generating click sound with rotational operation of an adjustment member for applying resistance to a spool shaft in adjustment of casting or drag resistance. The reel includes a click spring retained within a spring receiver bar... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5007602 | Click mechanism in a fishing reel A click mechanism in a fishing reel is adapted to produce a click sound on relative rotation between a shaft having a first member non-rotatably connected thereto, and a second member which is rotatably mounted on the shaft. The click mechanism comprises ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4988057 | Drag device for a spinning reel A drag device for a spinning reel, which is provided with first and second drag mechanisms for applying a rotational resistance to a spool shaft carrying a spool on which a fishing line is wound and with adjusting members of the drag mechanisms which are ... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4598879 | Drag mechanism for a spinning reel A drag mechanism for a spinning reel is disclosed positioned parallel to the shaft of the reel. A reel shaft has mounted thereon a reel proper with a spool member positioned on the shaft on one side of the reel proper and a braking mechanism on the other ... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4591108 | Dragging device for a spinning reel A dragging device for a spinning reel, which applies a rotational resistance to a spool shaft carrying a spool. The dragging device includes a first drag mechanism including first dragging members non-rotatable relative to the reel body, second dragging m... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4548367 | Bait clicker for fishing reel A bait clicker that can be simply slip-fit into a bore in the reel housing. The clicker consists of an external control knob formed integrally with an elongate bifurcated body which secures the clicker with the housing. The legs are deformed by the housin... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4523726 | Anti-reverse mechanism An improvement in an anti-reverse assembly of the type having a pivotable, planar pawl with a tooth engaging a ratchet associated with a rotatable crankshaft to prevent reverse rotation of the crankshaft. A pocket is provided by spaced walls integrally ca... | 06/18/1985 |
