Abstract: A fishing reel can include a reel frame and a spool shaft extending through the reel frame and rotatably supported about the reel frame. A crankable handle can be mechanically coupled to the spool shaft such that a rotation of the handle causes a rotation of the spool shaft. A non-rotating pivotable bail can be coupled to the reel frame. A spool can be mechanically coupled to the spool shaft and configured to rotate with the rotation of the spool shaft relative to the bail.

Abstract: A fishing reel eliminates line twist as the fishing line is taken on or off of the spool by utilizing a non-rotating nose member and line pick-up member in combination with a rotational spool and a line-engaging control mechanism which at the beginning of the cast retracts the nose member against a forward end of the housing to capture the fishing line therebetween and, toward the end of the cast, a separate release mechanism manually releases the nose member to permit the fishing line to play freely off of the spool. The release mechanism may be a manual or automatic casting control mechanism which is mounted just forwardly of the handle portion of a fishing rod and is operable to return the nose member to an open position in response to a forward casting motion of the rod and reel.

Abstract: A tape back-tension mechanism for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus provides an instantaneous and secure braking force during mode shifting. In the mechanism, a take-up reel table includes a reel gear and a reel disk coupled to the reel gear and frictionally rotated by the reel gear. A predetermined force is applied to the take-up reel disk to prevent a magnetic tape from becoming loose due to the inertia created when a reel gear of a supply reel table stops during the shifting of the operational mode. Each of the reel disks accommodate a reel of a tape cassette. Further, the mechanism includes a fixed gear constantly engaged with a take-up reel gear, a floating gear constantly engaged with the fixed gear, the floating gear alternatively engaging and disengaging the take-up reel gear, and a connection lever for connecting the fixed gear and the floating gear.

Abstract: A line bail is pivotally mounted on a reel part rotatable about the longitudinal axis of a fishing reel. The line bail is formed of a fiber reinforced plastics material and is elongated in the direction of the longitudinal axis, that is, in its pivoting direction. As compared to its sides extending in the elongated direction, the ends of the bail are narrow. A fishing line on the reel glides over one end of the bail as the bail pivots from a released position to a line capturing position. The one end is rounded with a radius of curvature which is as large as possible and it is formed of a smooth surfaced wear resistant plastics material.

Abstract: A bail of light weight construction for a spinning reel, including a metal tube having an internal opening extending therethrough and being partially or entirely filled with a synthetic resin.