Abstract: A spinning reel for fishing in which a drag adjusting knob produces an increased engaging force (holding force) so that it is prevented from escaping that may be caused when it is loosened, and which makes it possible to finely and reliably control the drag that may require a weak force of control.

Abstract: A braking device for the spool of a fishing rod is disclosed which contains two separate braking adjustments. The first braking adjustment adjusts the coarse breaking force. The second braking adjustment adjusts a finer braking force. The embodiment discribed uses two springs to bias braking boards to friction boards, the two springs being adjustable separately. The first spring is adjustable by varying the linear displacement of an adjusting cylinder which is threaded into a portion of the fishing spool apparatus. A second adjusting mechanism uses a cam with a varying radius pending on the location of the cam. This varying radius is biased against a leaf spring, thus varying the displacement of the one end of the lead spring depending on the location of the variable cam.

Abstract: A fishing reel having a rotatable spool for winding thereon a fishing line, a Hall-effect sensor for detecting the spool rotation, and a microcomputer including an up/down counter for receiving signals from the sensor to count the number of spool revolutions during paying out and winding up of the fishing line. Calculation is provided by the microcomputer for determining the lengths of the paid out portion and the wound up portion of the fishing line with there being a display unit for displaying the calculated lengths. A memory associated with the microcomputer provides for selection from one of a plurality of formulas for calculation of line lengths corresponding to various line diameters. A control is provided for resetting the displayed value to 0 when the line is completely wound up.

Abstract: A clutch mechanism for use in a fishing reel of the type wherein a pinion is operated by a clutch cam and a clutch lever, and a spool shaft is operated by a handle is disclosed. The mechanism comprises contact means provided for the clutch cam and operating means interposed between the clutch cam and a ratchet wheel. The operating means is spring-biased in a direction to mesh with the ratchet wheel, but is held by the contact means to disengaged from the ratchet wheel when the clutch cam is at its ON state. The operating means is released from the contact means and engages with the ratchet wheel when the clutch cam is turned to its OFF state, whereas, when the clutch cam is at its OFF state, the operating member pushes the contact means upon the forward rotation of the ratchet wheel to return the clutch cam to its ON state.

Abstract: A coil winding machine with a coil clamping and rotating mechanism for a coil to be clamped-in horizontally which is to be so constructed that the finished-wound coil with great length and/or great weight can be easily removed from above by means of a crane or a trolley hoist and then carried away. This is achieved in that the winding material feed devices (12, 13, 14) are arranged at a common bearer (10) and are pivotally supported together with the bearer about an axis (11) disposed to the rear of the coil rotating axis (15) in such a manner that the transfer or guide rollers (16, 17, 18) are adapted to be pivoted out of the space (20) that exists vertically above the coil (19), and the coil (19) can then be removed vertically in the upward direction.

Abstract: A drag adjusting device for a closed-face type fishing reel is provided which has a spool rotatably supported at the front of a reel body, a mounting leg below, the spool, a brake plate provided between the spool and the reel body, and a drag actuating plate extending at both ends radially of the spool for urging the brake plate in one direction to apply a braking force to the spool. A drag setting thumb nut is operatively engaged with one lengthwise end of the drag actuating plate to change the position thereof with respect to the spool in order to set the braking force to be applied to the spool. An adjusting member in operative engagement with the other lengthwise end of the drag actuating plate adjusts the braking force set by the setting thumb nut.

Abstract: A winding apparatus has a rotating unit on which a video head having a through hole is mounted. A wire is fed through the through hole and drawn taut. The video head is pivoted 180.degree. by the rotating unit so that the wire stretched is wound around the head. Then, a first wire feeding unit clamps the end portion of the wire, is pivoted 180.degree. and moved to the vicinity of the head to direct the end of the wire to the through hole. Thereafter, the first feeding unit feeds the wire trough the through hole from one end thereof, and the wire is stretched thereby winding the wire around the head. The head is then pivoted 180.degree. by the rotating unit to wind the wire around the head. Thereafter, a second wire feeding unit clamps the end portion of the wire and is pivoted 180.degree. and moved to the vicinity of the head to direct the end of the wire to the through hole. The second feeding unit then feeds the wire through the through hole.

Abstract: The structure is intended for incorporation into a conventional type fishing reel having a spool for retaining a supply of line, a crank handle and a drive train operable through the crank handle to direct line onto the spool. The drive train has at least one rotatable member which coacts with a clicker that is mounted on the reel movably between a first position wherein a portion of the clicker contacts the one rotating element of the drive train to produce an audible noise and a second position wherein the portion of the clicker is spaced from the drive train elements. An actuator associated with one of the rotating elements of the drive train, upon being rotated in a first direction, shifts the clicker to its first position in contact with one of the elements of the drive train. Upon the rotating element associated with the actuator being rotated oppositely to the first direction, the actuator causes the clicker to shift to its second position so that no sound will be produced as the reel is operated.

Abstract: A cartridge including a cylindrical hub attached to a housing, which hub has a central opening and a slot extending axially across the width of the hub and communicating with the central opening, and an endless length of magnetic tape having a major portion wrapped about the hub to form a coil and a minor portion extending from the innermost wrap of the coil, through the slot and around the side surface of the coil to the outermost wrap of the coil. Means on the housing define a tape path for the minor tape portion including a spring biased guide pin that is moved by changing tension in the minor portion, and is connected to a cam which upon movement of the guide pin will move a portion of the hub to adjust the length of and thereby the tension in the minor tape portion.

Abstract: A vacuum assembly for unwrapping electrical wire from an electrical post of a logic panel and preventing the loss of broken wire on the panel. The assembly having a housing surrounding a wire wrap removal tool and drawing a vacuum therearound when the end of the removal tool engages and unwraps the wire from the post.

Abstract: A well pump includes a string of risers composed of a plurality of releasably coupled risers, a hollow upright, and a drive mechanism releasably mounted on the upright. The corresponding erecting rig consists of a mast adapted to be supported by the upright, a deflecting device arranged at the upper end of the mast, and a pulling element passing around the deflecting device and formed at its one end for suspension of a riser and at its other end for suspension of a lifting device. The erecting rig is much lighter in weight and simpler and, therefore, may be transported and assembled more easily than lifting tackle used so far of the same lifting height and capacity.

Abstract: A winding apparatus has a rotating unit on which a video head having a through hole is mounted. A wire is fed through the through hole and drawn taut. The video head is pivoted 180.degree. by the rotating unit so that the wire stretched is wound around the head. Then, a first wire feeding unit clamps the end portion of the wire, is pivoted 180.degree. and moved to the vicinity of the head to direct the end of the wire to the through hole. Thereafter, the first feeding unit feeds the wire through the through hole from one end thereof and the wire is stretched thereby winding the wire around the head. The head is then pivoted 180.degree. by rotating unit to wind the wire around the head. Thereafter, a second wire feeding unit clamps the end portion of the wire and is pivoted 180.degree. and moved to the vicinity of the head to direct the end of the wire to the through hole. The second feeding unit then feeds the wire through the through hole. Thereafter, the apparatus is continually driven in the above steps.

Abstract: Spinning device for producing a twisted thread of spinning fibers, the device having two friction elements rotatable in the same rotary direction and with mutually parallel rotational axes, and a position varying device for permitting the friction elements to be brought temporarily into another position relative to one another for cleaning purposes and including constructive members in the position varying device for assuring constant parallelism of the rotational axes.

Abstract: A winding apparatus has a rotating unit on which a video head having a through hole is mounted. A wire is fed through the through hole and drawn taut. The video head is pivoted 180.degree. by the rotating unit so that the wire stretched is wound around the head. Then, a first wire feeding unit clamps the end portion of the wire, is pivoted 180.degree. and moved to the vicinity of the head to direct the end of the wire to the through hole. Thereafter, the first feeding unit feeds the wire through the through hole from one end thereof and the wire is stretched thereby winding the wire around the head. The head is then pivoted 180.degree. by the rotating unit to wind the wire around the head. Thereafter, a second wire feeding unit clamps the end portion of the wire and is pivoted 180.degree. and moved to the vicinity of the head to direct the end of the wire to the through hole. The second feeding unit then feeds the wire through the through hole.

Abstract: A combination fishing reel wherein fish line is retrieved and wound upon a spool rotating about its normal axis and is cast from the spool in a spinning manner over the nonrotating spool open end. Line twisting is eliminated by simultaneously rotating the spool about an axis transverse to its normal axis of rotation during line retrieval, and by utilizing different rates of spool rotation about its two axes of movement during line retrieval automatic level crisscross winding of the line on the spool is achieved, successive windings being circumferentially spaced to minimize line binding and wedging and eliminate line entanglement during casting. Automatic indexing means orient the spool to its supporting housing for casting, and a bail may be used to augment line handling during retrieval.

Abstract: A fly-fishing reel comprising a stationary housing mounted on a fishing rod and a rotatable spool having a clicker gear engaged by a pivoted pawl which can apply resistance to the rotation of the spool with the aid of a pair of spring devices. A single knob on the exterior of the housing is provided with a connection with an adjustment device having two eccentric pins in contact connection with the spring devices. Rotating or moving the knob changes the relative positions of the spring devices with respect to the pawl, thus changing the resistance exerted on the spool and allowing fishermen to more easily sense the movement of a hooked fish.

Abstract: An antibacklash splined shaft (14) is formed by first machining splines (22) in the end of the shaft, thereafter forming an axial bore (26) in the shaft, and thereafter forming slots (28) in the shaft that extend from between the spline into the bore. When the slots are formed, the teeth flex slightly outwardly to relieve the internal stresses in the shaft. Thus, when the splined shaft (14) is inserted into an internally splined member, the teeth are biased outwardly so as to firmly and intimately engage the internal splines, providing a coupling that exhibits no backlash.

Abstract: A fishing reel having a spool supported rotatably to a reel body. A drag mechanism including a drag disc opposite to a flange of the spool transmits a driving force to the spool. A cylindrical member extends axially outwardly from the outer periphery of the flange to enclose the outer periphery of the drag mechanism. A cover shields an opening at the utmost end of an extension of the cylindrical member, and an annular projection or an annular groove guides water downwardly toward the bottom of the reel body, which water enters the reel body by way of a gap btween the outer periphery of the flange and the annular inner surface at the reel body opposite thereto. A drain is provided for draining to the exterior the water which collects at the bottom of the reel body.

Abstract: A spinning reel is disclosed and has a housing with a center shaft upon which a spool is mounted for holding a fishing line. A handle and gear train assembly are provided for rotatably driving a rotor which is coaxially mounted on the shaft. The rotor has bail ears upon which bail arms carrying a bail are mounted with the bail being movable between a closed retrieving position and an open casting position. A unique bail actuating mechanism is provided which rapidly moves the bail from the retrieving position to the casting position. The bail actuating mechanism has an overcenter spring apparatus which operates on one bail arm for holding the bail in the line retrieving position and, when manually moved beyond a certain point, drives the bail rapidly to the open casting position.

Abstract: A fishing reel is provided with a spool and a magnetic brake for reducing overrun of the spool. The spool has a frame member which rotatably supports the spool, a cylindrical electric conductor rotatable together with the spool, and a magnet holder having at least one magnet positioned at one side of the holder radially of the conductor and opposite thereto. The holder has a support unit which supports the holder to the frame member so that the magnet can be adjusted radially toward or away from the conductor to thereby adjust the braking of the conductor. The support means includes a control member which controls the holder to move toward the position where the magnet is adjusted.