Abstract: A capstan winch (10) includes a reel assembly comprising a reel (12), which rotates, and two generally annular floating flanges (20) which are supported so that the planes in which they rotate converge towards one another, which has the effect of creating an apparent axial movement of the flanges with respect to the reel as they rotate together. The cylindrical surface of the reel (12) is provided with alternating lands (19) and grooves (18) and the floating flanges (20) have formed on them alternating inclined faces (26 and 24) which correspond with lands (19) and grooves (18). The inclined faces (24 and 26) are angled so that the faces (26) which correspond to each land (19) on the reel (12) are generally parallel to one another. The inclined faces (24) which correspond to each groove (18) converge. Consequently, substantial lateral forces are exerted on a cable being wound onto the reel (12) only when the cable overlies the grooves (18) and frictional forces on the cable are minimized.

Abstract: A spinning reel rotor is rotatably mounted on a reel unit of a spinning reel for winding a fishing line onto a spool. The rotor includes a rotor unit, a bail arm, and an inertia-imparting ring. The rotor unit has a cylindrical portion that is rotatably mounted on the reel unit, and first and second rotor arms that extend forward from the rear edge of the cylindrical portion. The bail arm is pivotably mounted on the front tips of both arms, and guides the fishing line onto the spool. The inertia-imparting member is a member for providing inertia and is detachably mounted on the rotor unit. The rotor is designed to be lightweight, and can be utilized in both situations where the rotational feel is a priority, and where powering efficiency is a priority.

Abstract: A spinning reel rotor whose portions that are liable to contact other objects are kept from being damaged. The rotor 3 has a rotor body 15, a bail arm 16, and a rotor cover 17. The rotor body 15 has a cylindrical section 20 that is rotatively fitted to the reel body 2, and that has a ring-like large-diameter portion 20a diametrically larger than the rest, and a pair of rotor arms 21 including a pair of connecting sections 21a extending diametrically outward from opposing circumferential surface positions rear-endwise on the large-diameter portion 20a and a pair of arms 21b extending forward spaced apart from the cylindrical section 20. The bail arm is pivotally fitted tip-endwise to the pair of rotor arms 21, and is for guiding and fishing line onto the spool. The rotor cover 17 is a member fitted so as to cover the large-diameter portion and external exposed surfaces of the pair of connecting sections, and to allow detachment from and reattachment to the rotor body 15.

Abstract: A spincast fishing reel has a reel frame to which front and rear covers are attached. The rear cover includes a pivotable thumb button which is depressed by a user when fishing line is to be cast. The front cover closes the face of the reel, but defines a forward opening through which the fishing line extends. A normally nonrotatable line spool is located inside of the front cover on a mounting hub of the reel frame. Fishing line is wound onto the line spool by a rotatable pickup head located forward of the line spool. An annular shroud element at least partially covers the outer circumferential surface of the pickup head when fishing line is being wound. As a result, the fishing line will travel between the pickup head and the inside surface of the shroud element to facilitate engagement thereof by the pickup head.

Abstract: A spinning reel comprises a reel body, a rotor and a spool having a front flange portion. The reel body and the spool are constructed such that a ratio (A/L) of a diameter (A) of the front flange portion of the spool to an axial length (L) of part of the reel body, positioned behind a rear end portion of the rotor, is in a range of 115% to 200%.

Abstract: A fishing reel cover comprising: (a) a first cover piece having an exterior and (b) a second cover piece having a second piece wall. The second piece wall includes at least one aperture provided therethrough. The second cover piece is positionable over the first piece such that the exterior of the first cover piece is visible through the second piece aperture. The second cover piece preferably includes a plurality of apertures through which the exterior of the first cover piece is visible. Most preferably, the second cover piece includes a plurality of such apertures arranged to form a gripping structure.

Abstract: A fishing reel comprises a rigid housing, made from the assembly of several parts, and covered with a waterproof flexible casing, except for the openings for access for mechanical parts and the foot. A cover pinches the casing around the front opening for access for the main reel shaft. The foot pinches the casing around a fastening tenon for the foot. Some plugs ensure waterproofing by pinching the casing around the openings for access for the crank shaft. Therefore, the housing provides effective waterproofing by protecting the gear mechanism in the cavity of the housing.

Abstract: A fishing reel front section includes a support shaft extending along an axis and configured for reciprocal movement along the axis, a spool supported by the support shaft and a drum rotatably supported about the spool. The spool includes a peripheral groove configured to store fishing line, a front flange on a first side of the groove, a rear flange on a second opposite side of the groove and a rear skirt extending from the rear flange and terminating at a rear edge. The drum includes a body, first and second diametrically opposed retrieval arms extending forward from the body and a bail arm coupled to ends of the first and second retrieval arms. Each retrieval arm has a base proximate the body and an opposite end. The first and second retrieval arms define a fishing line retrieval side and a fishing line casting side on opposite sides of a plane parallel to the axis and intersecting the first and second retrieval arms.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved spinning reel having a reel body of unitary sidewall construction. More specifically, the present invention provides a spinning reel having a reel body of unitary sidewall construction with a front or a back opening and an associated plate that removably attaches to the reel body opening to thereby enclose and hold the internal mechanisms and parts of the spinning reel. The use of the present invention allows a fisherman to substantially assemble and/or disassemble the spinning reel of the invention without the aid of tools, such as screwdrivers, wrenches, and the like.

Abstract: A rotor assembly for a fishing reel, which rotor assembly has a rotor with a first rotational axis and forward and rear ends spaced axially relative to the first axis. The rotor assembly further has a bail assembly that is repositionable relative to the rotor between cast and retrieve positions. The bail assembly has a first arm that is pivotable around a second axis relative to the rotor as the bail assembly moves between the cast and retrieve positions. The rotor assembly further has a trigger that is movable relative to the rotor around a third axis between normal and actuated positions. The bail assembly is movable from the retrieve position towards the cast position as an incident of the trigger moving from the normal position to the actuated position. The third axis is spaced forwardly of the second axis.

Abstract: A modular spinning reel is made with a modular gearbox that includes a one piece gearbox shell that encloses a drive gear within. The modular gearbox permits components subject to wear and damage to be readily replaced without disassembling the precision gears while also providing a drive component that can be manufactured in quantity with high precision.

Abstract: A fishing reel body includes a first side; a second line retrieval handle side opposite the first side; a bridge extending between the first and second sides, the bridge supporting a thumb rest portion; a convex surface on the second side configured to extend into the user's palm and an arcuate elevated contour on the second side and configured to extend within the notch between the user's thumb and index finger. The arcuate elevated contour preferably extends substantially adjacent to the thumb rest portion so as to support the user's thumb on the thumb rest portion away from the user's fingers.

Abstract: A spinning reel for mounting on a fishing rod includes a reel body having a reel body section and a mounting leg member with a rod attachment member, a rotor, and a spool disposed on the rotor. A guard arm is disposed between the mounting leg member and the rotor.

Abstract: To make a reel body compact, a fishing reel is mounted on a fishing rod with a cylindrical portion 30, and is provided with a rotatable rotor 3, a reel body 2, a spool shaft 20, a spool 4, a handle shaft 7, a pinion gear 14, and a oscilating mechanism 6. The reel body 2 has a rotor support portion 10c for rotatably supporting the rotor, and a flange portion 10d formed so as to cover a rear end portion of the cylindrical portion 30 outside the rotor support portion 10c. A housing of the reel body 2, has a lateral width rearward of the flange portion 10d that is in the range of 20 to 60% of a diameter of the flange portion 10d. The spool shaft 20 is reciprocatingly rotatably supported for back and forth movement within the housing of the reel body 2. The spool 4 is fixed to an end of the spool shaft 20 such that the fishing line may be guided by a fishing line guiding portion and wound around an outer circumference of the spool.

Abstract: An improved fishing reel with a main shaft support system that holds the main shaft in reduced frictional isolation from the pinion. More specifically, a radial support members to hold the main shaft concentric to the pinion and frictionally isolated therefrom. This system thus reduces the friction between a main shaft and a pinion to yield a more efficient fishing reel. A method is further provided to retrofit conventional fishing reels with the isolation support system of the present invention.

Abstract: An oscillation assembly for a fishing reel comprising: an elongate member; a transmission body having a side face; and a reciprocating assembly for imparting reciprocating movement to the transmission body. The transmission body includes a groove formed in the side face for receiving the elongate member. The elongate member can be placed in the groove by delivering the elongate member laterally into the side of the fishing reel.

Abstract: A fishing reel having a frame and an operating mechanism on the frame. The operating mechanism includes a line canying spool with a first structure operable for directing line onto the spool. Settable structure on the spool can be placed selectively in at least first and second different states which are each detectable by a user. The settable structure is placeable selectively in the first state to give a user a detectable indication that a first type of line is on the spool and in a second state to give the user a detectable indication that a second type of line is on the spool.

Abstract: A thumb pad for a fishing reel cushions the thumb of a user during repeated use. The fishing reel has a front cover, a back cover, a spool, and a spool engaging rod. The thumb pad includes a generally rectangular shell pivotally mounted within an opening in the back cover where the shell is formed from material having a first predetermined hardness. The shell has a generally sloping face portion and side portions depending from the face portion. The face portion of the shell includes a receiving portion for receiving a cushioning formation where the cushioning formation has a contour configured to receive the thumb of the user. The cushioning formation is integrally formed with the shell from material having a second predetermined hardness where the second predetermined hardness is substantially less hard than the first predetermined hardness to provide a soft surface against which the thumb of the user is placed.

Abstract: A spinning reel includes a reel main body having a rod attachment portion, a handle shaft rotatably supported by the reel main body, a spool, a rotor, a rotor shaft, a pinion gear, a face gear, and a reciprocating mechanism. The face gear includes a disc portion and an annular ring portion axially extending from the disc portion. The annular ring portion includes gear teeth disposed on an axial surface of the annular ring portion. The pinion gear is disposed on the rotor shaft, and engages the face gear and is coupled to the rotor. The reciprocating mechanism includes a screw shaft which is rotated by the pinion gear. The distance between the axial center of the face gear and an attachment face of the rod attachment portion is set to be no more than 85 mm, and an outer diameter of the face gear is no less than 40% of this distance. An inner diameter of the face gear is no less than four times the distance between the axial center of the pinion gear and the axial center of the face gear.

Abstract: A spinning reel for fishing includes: a cylindrical drive shaft into which a spool shaft is inserted, rotated being linked with a handle; a front and a rear bearing to rotatably support the cylindrical drive shaft, arranged in a support section formed on the front side of a reel body; and a rotor attached to the cylindrical drive shaft, the rotor having a fishing line guide section to wind a fishing line round a spool arranged at the front section of the spool shaft. At least one of the front and the rear bearing is made up of a rolling bearing, outside portions of both the front and the rear bearing are fixed to and supported by the support section of the reel body in the axial direction, an inner race of one of the front and the rear rolling bearing is fixed to and supported by the cylindrical drive shaft in the axial direction, and an inside portion of the other of the front and the rear rolling bearing is movably arranged with respect to the cylindrical drive shaft in the axial direction.

Abstract: A fishing reel has a main body and a mounting assembly for connecting the fishing reel to a fishing rod. At least one cushion member is provided on the mounting assembly that has an exposed, compressible surface that is engageable by a user grasping the fishing reel with the fishing reel in an operative position on a fishing rod.

Abstract: A spinning reel frame structure for a spinning reel having a spool, a rotor and a handle coupled to the rotor for rotating the rotor includes a frame assembly and a cover. The frame assembly rotatably supports the handle and rotor, and supports the spool, and has a side in which an opening is defined. The cover includes a cover member that is detachably affixed to the frame assembly and that covers the opening in the frame assembly, and a mounting leg member which projects from the cover member and which has a distal end provided with a rod mounting member.

Abstract: A fishing reel having a front and rear, a top and bottom, and laterally spaced sides. The fishing reel has a deck plate with a forwardly facing surface and an opening extending in a fore and aft direction. A reel operating mechanism is provided, with there being first structure for mounting at least a portion of the reel operating mechanism to the deck plate. A housing encases at least a portion of the reel operating mechanism and has laterally oppositely facing side walls and a rear wall. Second structure is provided for mounting the housing with the operating mechanism thereon to a fishing rod. A one-piece subassembly defines at least a part of each of a) the deck plate, b) one of the side walls, and c) the rear wall, with there being a rearwardly facing, undercut surface in the deck plate part on the subassembly extending around the deck plate opening.

Abstract: A wheel, journalled on supports atop the reel housing has a slot formed therein. Limbs attached to both the wheel, and the reel thumb actuator, cause the wheel to rotate in common with depression of the actuator, and dispose the slot rearwardly. The slot latchingly receives the hook of a lure, with the fishing rod bent into an energy-stored, strained disposition. With release of the thumb actuator, the lure flies outwardly in a substantially flat trajectory. Also, the cone is only slidably coupled to the reel housing, so that line will not be released until the cone, biasingly held to the housing, returns into full engagement with the housing.

Abstract: A fishing spinning reel which is compact, yet operates stably even when exposed to unfavorable conditions. A part of a rotor (16) provided around a rotary shaft (16J) of the rotor is formed into a cylindrical protrusion (16C). The cylindrical protrusion (16C) is so arranged that, at least when a spool (18) is retracted to the rearmost position, the cylindrical protrusion (16C) of the rotor enters the spool from behind. The front end portion of a reel housing (10) is similarly formed into a cylindrical protrusion (10M). The cylindrical protrusion (10M) of the reel housing (10) is set within the cylindrical protrusion (16C) of the rotor. At least essential parts (e.g., a transverse cam shaft 24 and a slider 26) of a mechanism for moving the spool (12) back and forth are provided in an available space between a handle shaft (14) to which a handle (12) is connected and a front wall of the cylindrical protrusion (10M).

Abstract: A spinning reel includes a reel body unit having an opening; a rotor that covers a part of the space above the opening in the reel body unit; a master gear that is removable from the opening in the reel body unit; a first cover unit that blocks a part of the opening in the reel body unit without overlapping with the rotor and is removable from the opening; and a second cover unit that blocks the remaining part of the opening not blocked by the first cover unit. The second cover unit is movable to a non-blocking position which permits the master gear to be removed from the opening in the reel body unit.

Abstract: A fishing reel reversal preventive device in which mounting of a switching operation shaft for operating a reversal preventive claw can be simplified to thereby facilitate the production of the reversal preventive device. The reversal preventive claw engageable with a reversal preventive ratchet wheel for preventing a fishing line from being played out is journaled on a reel casing, and the switching operation shaft having a cam part and an operation part for operating the claw to engage with or disengage from the ratchet wheel is held and supported rotatably between two support portions formed respectively on a main body and a cover member which constitute the reel casing.

Abstract: A spinning reel has a detachable cover for closing a side of a reel body. The reel body includes engaging pieces, while the cover includes engageable elements.The cover is movable between a first position for tight contact with the reel body to close an interior of the reel body, and a second position rotated a predetermined angle from the first position about a lateral axis of the reel body. The engaging pieces are engaged with the engageable elements when the cover is in the first position, to realize the cramping of the cover with the reel body, to assure the closed condition of the reel body, and disengaged from the engageable elements when the cover is in said second position, to allow the cover to separate from the reel body. And the reel have a locking system to maintain the cover in the first position.

Abstract: In a fishing reel, an elastically deformable cap side engagement of an annular cap is elastically engaged with a main body side engagement portion on a rear projection portion formed in a reel main body rotatably supporting a rotary shaft and accommodating therein a take-up drive mechanism, in order to retain the cap on the projection portion with simple manner.

Abstract: A fishing reel having a frame including a housing defining a receptacle for an operating mechanism and having a front and rear and opposite side walls, a rotor mounted to the reel frame for rotation about a fore and aft axis, a line carrying spool, a bail assembly mounted to the rotor for movement selectively between a cast position and a retrieve position, and structure for moving the line carrying spool in a reciprocating path in a fore and aft direction to cause the bail assembly to evenly direct line onto the line carrying spool as the rotor is operated with the bail assembly in its retrieve position. The frame housing has first and second housing parts. One of the first and second housing parts defines a rear wall to support a portion of the spool moving structure. The other of the first and second parts has a first section defining at least a portion of one of the side walls. There is a second section formed integrally with the first section to cover at least a part of the rear wall.

Abstract: A fishing reel includes a guide sleeve which is disposed around the reciprocating cam shaft of the fishline flat winding mechanism of the reel. A support member includes arc-shaped support portions on which the inner surface of the sleeve is fitted at one end thereof, and fitted support portions fitted in a support hole of a body of the reel and having side surfaces flush with those of the former support portions. The sleeve is accurately and securely supported concentrically to the cam shaft by the support member and the reel body so that the slider can smoothly slide back and forth on the sleeve.

Abstract: An extended cover (11), in the shape of a deep bowl, is disconnectably mounted on a reel casing (1) such that an axial distance (A) from a rotor (4) to a fishing line guide hole (10) is greater than the axial dimension (B) of the rotor (4). Consequently, a fishing line (20) moving between an outer periphery of the rotor (4) and the fishing line guide hole (10) makes smaller bends. This increases the flying range and simultaneously reduces wear on the fishing line (20.

Abstract: A fishing reel of the spin-cast type, having a body supporting a line-carrying spool, a line wind/release rotor and mounting foot for attachment to a fishing rod. An accessorial convertible front-shield having a part A and a part B which allows the rapid and convenient change of the casting characteristics of a reel, without alteration of the reel mechanism; without the requirement to un-thread and re-thread the fishing line on the rod; and without cutting or otherwise parting the line or removing the lure.

Abstract: A spinning reel comprising a reel body including a rear wall and a side wall, a handle attached to the reel body, a spool connected to a forward portion of the reel body through a spool shaft to be reciprocable fore and aft relative to the reel body, and an oscillating mechanism mounted in the reel body. The oscillating mechanism includes a screw shaft driven by the handle, the screw shaft being insertable into the reel body through the rear wall, a slider engaged with a helical groove formed on the screw shaft and connected to the spool shaft, the slider being operable to convert rotation of the screw shaft to a reciprocating motion in a fore and aft direction of the reel body for transmission to the spool shaft, and guide rods fixed to the reel body for prohibiting displacement of the slider transversely of the screw shaft, the guide rods being insertable into the reel body through the rear wall.

Abstract: A spinning reel includes a reel body, a rotor disposed at a forward position of the reel body, an arm cam pivotably attached to one of a pair of portions of the rotor and a pivotable arm pivotably attached to the other arm portion. A bail is interposed between a line roller of the arm cam and the pivotable arm. A balancer, which is provided to the pivotable arm, has a configuration projecting on a side opposite to the bail and outwardly of the pivotable arm with respect to a direction along a pivot axis of the pivotable arm.

Abstract: A closed face fishing reel comprises a body and a housing detachably secured to the body. The housing includes an aperture for permitting fishing line to pass through. The shape of the aperture is selectively alterable from a configuration which imparts a jerking motion to the line as it is wound into the reel to a configuration which imparts little or no jerking motion to the line as it is wound into the reel. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the reel includes a body, a housing segment attached to the body, a cover attached to the housing segment and a rotatable member position between the housing segment and cover. The cover and member each include apertures which cooperate one with the other to define a line passageway of variable shape.

Abstract: A spinning reel comprising a reel body, a handle operable to take up a fishing line on a spool, and an oscillating mechanism. The oscillating mechanism is mounted in the reel body, and includes a screw shaft rotatable by drive from a transmission line leading from the handle, an insert piece engaging a helical groove defined on the screw shaft, a transmission member for transmitting a moving force of the insert piece to a spool shaft, and a cushioning device for mitigating shocks imparted from a position forwardly of the spool shaft. The cushioning device is disposed in a portion extending from a position of the reel body for supporting the screw shaft through the insert piece to an intermediate position of the spool shaft.

Abstract: A drag adjustment mechanism in a fishing reel having a housing, a deck plate and a line-carrying spool at least partially within the housing. The drag adjustment mechanism includes a structure for imparting drag forces of varying magnitude upon the line-carrying spool to resist rotation of the line carrying spool. A drag screw is rotatably axially movable to selectively determine the degree of resistance on rotation of the line-carrying spool applied by the drag imparted structure. An axially enlarged portion of the drag screw arrests axial movement of the drag screw by abutting the deck plate. An internally threaded drag adjustment knob threadably receives the drag screw to move the drag screw axially through rotation of the drag knob. The drag adjustment knob has a recess therein coaxial with an axis about which the drag screw is mounted. A spring activated retaining cup extends between the recess in the drag adjustment knob and a recess in the inside surface of the fishing reel housing.

Abstract: A fishing reel consisting of a housing defining a line snubbing surface with structure at least partially within the housing for a) retrieving and storing a supply of fishing line and b) paying line out of the supply. A movable spinner head bears the line against a part of the line snubbing surface on the housing to thereby prevent payout of line from the fishing reel as a rod with the reel thereon is cocked for a cast. The part of the line snubbing surface has integrally formed texturing. The texturing accounts for a relatively high friction surface against which fishing line can be snubbed by the spinner head so that the line can be positively trapped against the surface to facilitate the performance of a cast without potentially damaging pressure being applied to the line.

Abstract: A fishing reel of the spincast type has a suitable internal mechanism carried within an improved housing including a front cover, a rear cover and a stem and mounting foot thereon for mounting to a fishing rod. The front cover has two parts, the first part (11a) being cylindrical with a front and rear edge and the second part (11b) having a conical forward portion and a cylindrical rearward portion. The front edge portion of the first part has two cylindrical flanges forming an annular groove (58) therebetween. The inner of the flanges has spaced apart cutouts (60) therein. The front edge portion of the inner of the flanges has at least one notch (64) in alignment with one of the cutouts contained therein.

Abstract: A fishing reel having a reel body, a rear cover defining a receptacle for the reel body, a front cover, structure for releasably connecting the front and rear covers for maintaining the reel body captively within the rear cover receptacle, and structure for releasably connecting the reel body to one of the front and rear covers.

Abstract: A spin casting fishing reel is provided with a key slideably mounted within the frame for providing release of the spindle shaft assembly from the reel frame. The key is slideable from a first key position, which operatively retains the shaft assembly within the frame, to a second key position, which releases the shaft assembly, so that the entire spindle shaft assembly can be removed from the frame. Once released from the frame, the entire spindle shaft assembly can be easily disassembled into its component parts for repair or readjustment. With the spin casting fishing reel reassembled to its normal operating position, it operates as any conventional spin casting fishing reel.

Abstract: A line control device for axial delivery casting reels of the type that include a spool and a line pick-up (44) having a bail and a line guide or roller (42). The device comprises a mechanical finger (16) pivotally supported and having a pivotal axis approximately parallel with the reel spool axis. The finger is positioned to move in front of the line guide. Thus, the finger catches and holds casting line (50) extending from the guide as the finger moves to a line engaged position. Included are means operated by the thumb of the user for moving the finger to the line engaged position. A spring (40) urges the finger toward a line disengaged position so that the line can be instantly released for a cast. The device can also serve with open face driven spool reels (52) in a dual role; as a line pickup for winding and as a line release finger for casting.

Abstract: A closed face fishing reel having a body providing means for attachment to a fishing rod, a spool supported to the body, a winding drum rotatably supported at the forward end of the spool which may be rotated for winding line onto the spool and which may be axially advanced, a speed cone supported to the body forwardly of the spool, and a winding drum having a passageway therethrough, the internal shape of which defines a line confining envelope, a separate housing secured to the body and encompassing the spool, winding drum and speed cone, and a fishing line received through the speed cone passageway and at least partially wound on the spool, the configuration of the body being independent of the line confining envelope provided by the speed cone.