Abstract: The spool shaft of a spinning-type fishing reel is provided with a friction brake. The brake has plural disks axially biased against a stationary housing part by a spring to normally hold the spool shaft from rotating except upon an application of force applied against the spool, e.g. by a fish, beyond desired level. The force of the spring determining the brake force is adjusted by turning a knob at the rear of the reel. However, this adjustment can be modified by a second brake adjustment in the form of a manually operated level which enables the angler to control instantaneously the unwinding of the spool independently of the first brake adjustment. The second brake adjustment may act through mechanical linkage or a combination of linkage and a fluid system.

Abstract: This invention relates to structure for converting a spin-cast style reel between left-hand and right-hand operation. A crank handle is selectively, threadably mounted at the ends of a crank shaft which has a face gear in mesh with a pinion gear on a center shaft associated with a spinner head assembly. The invention also contemplates the provision of separate drag actuators through which drag braking pressure can be applied, from either side of the reel, depending upon from which side the reel is operated. A still further aspect of the invention is the provision of a removable boss used to support one end portion of the crank shaft.The boss is slidably associated with the reel body. By removing the boss, placement and removal of the crank shaft with its associated gearing is facilitated.

Abstract: A backlash preventing device for a fishing reel which comprises a spool, a non-magnetic component provided with said spool, magnets for applying magnetic fluxes of a predetermined strength to said non-magnetic component for generating a braking torque at the initiation of the reel usage; there being an adjustor for controlling the strength of the magnetic flux to be exerted. A clutch mechanism is provided for the spool and with there being a timing control element for maintaining said braking force in spool rotational restraining condition for a period determined adequate to prevent backlashing.

Abstract: An improved modular building (10) is disclosed, the building (10) comprising sidewall modules (11), and ceiling modules (12). The sidewall modules (11) comprise a primary frame (19) to which a secondary frame of furring strips (26) is attached. The sidewall modules (11) further comprise foam insulation (27) molded around the primary and secondary frame to define exterior and interior planar surfaces (28, 29). The ceiling modules (12) comprises frame means supporting a plurality of ceiling joists (67), and foam insulation (27) dispersed within the frame means and between the ceiling joist (67) so as to define upper and lower ceiling surfaces (68, 69). In one embodiment, floor modules (14) are also provided. A method for fabricating the various modules of the present invention is also disclosed.

Abstract: A high, self-supporting smokestack or tower having a structure constructed by stacking precast reinforced concrete sections one upon the other, the cross-sectional area of the structure being larger at the bottom than at the top and concentrated reinforcement being provided along the length of the structure to bear the horizontal forces acting upon the smokestack or tower. The structure exhibits ribs provided with concentrated reinforcement and extending longitudinally on the outside of the structure at least along its lower portion, the radial extent of these ribs increasing from the top to the bottom at least so as to correspond essentially to the bending moment progression resulting from the horizontal stress. A mould device for producing precast reinforced concrete parts for such smokestacks or towers, in which mould sections are provided which are radially adjustable for fashioning the front surfaces of the ribs.

Abstract: A hand-held fishing reel having a line spool rotatably mounted on a frame and a handle extending from the frame outward from the spool's rotational axis to enable the user to hold the handle in one hand above the frame and behind the spool's rotational axis. A transverse extension on the outer end of the handle supports a line guide in front of the handle and outward from the periphery of the spool. The line guide is far enough in front of the handle to avoid interference between the hand holding the handle and the line but close enough that the user can extend the index finger of that hand in front of the handle and engage the line for sensing a strike on the line.

Abstract: An automatic armature winding machine that is capable of winding straight and skewed stack armatures of various diameters and lengths and of achieving high percentages of slotfill is disclosed. A transfer plate for directing a plurality of wires for winding the core of the armature to a winding area in preparation for the winding operation is mounted in translational relationship to the armature core to be wound. The wires within the concentration area are simultaneously wound into the slot of the armature core by moving the wires through the armature core so that the wires are forced into the slots of the armature core. Upon completing the first winding stroke, hydraulic actuated forming blocks are radially activated to push the wires further into the slots of the armature core to make space for the subsequent turns to be wound. Thereafter, the winding stroke is repeated by moving the wires back through the armature core, after which the blocking function is repeated.

Abstract: Endless strips, of film or the like, arranged in concentric inner and outer coils thereof (at least two, but possibly more) are provided as tightly wound coils with substantially no space between turns of a coil, but with radial space between the coils with a separate carriage element carrying the coils for independent rotation at different speeds but with a common velocity of the outermost turn of the outer coil and innermost turn of the inner coil corresponding to the velocity of a length of strip therebetween (moving through a film projector or other external usage means for the strip). The inner coil preferably rotates faster than the outer coil and is played out completely so that new inner coils are formed from time to time by infeed from the outer coil(s).

Abstract: An arbor for winding an electrical coil on a winding form or bobbin utilizes a centrifugally actuated pin. The pin is initially in place so that the first lead-in wire is formed with a strain relief loop. As the arbor is rotated for winding of a coil, the pin is centrifugally removed thereby eliminating any stress that would break a fine wire during winding.

Abstract: A downrigger UP stop for powered downriggers used primarily in fishing in which a nonconductive link is located in a cable line to the weight, mass or cannonball. A flow of current through the cable, water and boat is sensed by a sensing control circuit and the sensing of water when the circuit is directed to lift the cable functions until the nonconductive link breaks that continuity. The winch then stops and in a selected position by the fisherman. On dropping the weight again into the water, the atuomatic UP stop is in operating control. The UP motion can always be manually stopped by energizing the DOWN button and it can be restarted for automatic ascent.

Abstract: A level winder for a double-bearing reel for a fishing rod consists of a traverse cam shaft held between portions of frame bases on side walls in front of a spool. The cam shaft is rotated by a driving gear mounted on a handle shaft and includes a guide cylinder mounted around an outer portion of the traverse cam shaft, and rotatably supported between the frame bases. A slidable member is mounted around the guide cylinder and moves reciprocally along the guide cylinder in a lateral direction.

Abstract: Friction drag washers for the drag assemblies of fishing reels are provided. The washers are made of a phenolic fiber material which is impregnated under vacuum with oil or an oil and STP oil additive solution. The viscosity of the oil can be changed to accommodate the general conditions of intended use of the reel (i.e. high drag setting--high speed withdrawal--low viscosity oil). The impregnation of the washer affords a self-lubricating lifetime washer which does not need to be changed during the life of the reel. The impregnated washers are easier and quicker to install since they do not need to be greased as they are installed.

Abstract: A thumb button is disclosed for use in a fishing reel having a rotatable spinner head retained within a housing, the spinner head being displaceable axially by depressing the thumb button. Stops are associated with the thumb button to confine rearward rotation of the button away from a depressed position. Pivots are operatively associated between the thumb button and the housing, the thumb button being pivotable about the pivots. A spring tab is molded as an integral part of the thumb button for engaging the inside of the housing to constantly maintain the spring means and, thereby, the thumb button under loaded condition.

Abstract: An inductor coil comprises a main winding of insulated wire on the barrel of a bobbin having two axial lugs salient from one of the bobbin's end flanges, and having two recesses formed in the outer surface of the other of such flanges. A coaxial array of such bobbins is mounted on a rotatable spindle axially salient from a rotatable driving head such that the bobbins are, by such lugs and recesses, mechanically coupled together and to said head. The head is rotated to produce through such lugs and recesses a rotation of such bobbins utilized to form such main windings thereon. The lugs of each such bobbin supported elongated plastic arms having bifurcated outer ends around which are formed wire windings providing terminals for the main winding of the coil.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coil winder of the type so-called "in line", wherein the coil supports are carried by a plurality of parallel, rotating spindles, and the wireguides for feeding and distributing the wire to the coils are mounted on a single support bar, adopted to be moved according to the three cartesian axes. According to the invention, the bar is supported at its two ends by two identical support and guide heads, subjected to a single movement control system on the three axes.

Abstract: A method for determining yarn number and thickness deviations for yarn connecting processes in automatic open-end spinning machines includes producing a yarn connection at a yarn connection point, subsequently automatically measuring one of the yarn number, yarn thickness and yarn mass per unit length in a yarn section of limited length upstream of the yarn connection point with the yarn running to produce a measured value, comparing the measured value with a comparison value, and inducing a signal with an indication regarding the spinning unit in the case of a deviation between the measured and comparison values with a predetermined magnitude, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.

Abstract: Apparatus for prestressing a concrete structure or the like by wrapping tensioned wire around the peripheral wall of the same includes a carriage which travels about the periphery of the structure, a device mounted on the carriage for paying off wire from a wire supply, a wire tensioning mechanism which includes at least one pair of stress wheels each of which the wire at least partially encircles, a tensiometer, a tensioned wire payout device which is adjustable to pay out wire at selectable heights relative to the carriage, a slip clutch linked to at least one of the stress wheels and being adjusted to slip when torque transferred from the tension in the wire is applied to the clutch and exceeds a predetermined torque value thereby allowing the tension in the wire to be controlled, and a driving motor mounted to the carriage to propel the carriage about the periphery of the structure.

Abstract: A heavy-duty reel includes a free-wheeling retrieve crank which is movable on a spindle to engage bosses or recesses carried on the spool for retrieval or control of the line. A brake or drag is formed on the crank and is engaged by pressing the crank against the adjacent side of the spool. A band-type drag is operated through a one-way clutch mechanism, and is mounted for control on two levers, one for adjusting the tension in the band for setting a predetermined drag, and the other for immediately applying and releasing the drag. The clutch incorporates a spring-operated shock absorber or strain relief which permits the spool to pay some line out prior to engagement of the set drag.

Abstract: An improvement in a fishing reel having a first plurality of gears concentrically disposed on a rotatable shaft wherein respective teeth of said gears can intermesh between respective teeth of any of a second plurality of gears, with said pluralities shiftable and ratioed between each other for speed and power action on a fishing line. The improvement comprises a gear alignment adjustment means comprising a limitedly rotatable disc selectively so rotatable and fixable at any position so rotated. This disc is in slidable communication with a drive plate fixedly engaged with the rotatable shaft and having a plurality of stop means which permit continuous drive plate rotation in one direction only. Reverse rotation of the drive plate engages the stop means at sites which approximate intermeshing of the gear pluralities. Slight rotation of the disc accomplishes precise intermeshing which is maintained when said so-rotated disc is fixed in the so-rotated position.

Abstract: A winding apparatus for winding an element through a form which loads a coil of element through the form in a first direction to generate layers of the element in the coil, and unwinds the element from its layers in the coil and winds it under tension about the form in the opposite direction to wind a final coil. The apparatus uses a releasable retention mechanism responsive to a predetermined tension applied by the element for sequentially releasing successive portions of unwinding layers of the element as it is paid out from the loading coil to wind tightly about the form in response to an advancing region of maximum tension between the outer periphery of the final coil and the advancing point of separation of the element from the inner periphery of the loading coil.