Combination spinning and fly reel

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION CRANK-OPERATED SPINNING AND FLY REEL WHICH COMPRISES, A STATIONARY SPOOL HAVING A TUBULAR HUB TERMINATING AT BOTH ENDS IN RADIAL FLANGES DEFINING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVE WITH SAID HUB, A FIRST SHAFT JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION COAXIALLY OF THE HUB OF THE STATIONARY REEL LEAVING AN ANNULAR SPACE THEREBETWEEN, DISK-SHAPED BAIL CARRYING MEANS ATTACHED TO ONE END OF THE FIRST SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO ONE OF THE RADIAL FLANGES OF THE STATIONARY SPOOL, BAIL MEANS CARRIED BY SAID BAIL-CARRYING MEANS FOR RADIAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSTION LYING WHOLLY INSIDE THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF ONE OF THE RADIAL FLANGES ON THE STATIONARY SPOOL AND AN EXTENDED POSITION PROJECTING BEYOND SAID PERIPHERAL EDGE, SPRING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID BAIL-CARRYING MEANS AND BAIL MEANS BAISING THE LATTER INTO RETRACTED POSTION, CENTRALLY-SPERTUED COVER MEANS ENCLOSING THE STATIONARY SPOOL POSTIONED AND ADAPTED TO DIRECT THE LINE AXIALLY THEREOF, A SLEEVE MOUNTED ON THE FIRST SHAFT FOR ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE THEREOF AND RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT AXIALLY THEREOF, A ROTATABLE SPOOL HAVING A CENTRAL HUB SPLINED TO THE SLEEVE TO PERMIT CONJOINT ROTATIONAL AND RELATIVE AXIAL MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN, A CAM DISK MOUNTED ON THE SLEEVE FOR ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT THEREWITH IN AXIALLY-SPACED RELATION TO THE HUB OF THE ROTATABLE SPOOL, SAID CAM DISK BEING POSITIONED AND ADAPTED IN AN EXTENDED AXIAL POSITION OF THE SLEEVE TO MOVE THE BAIL MEANS FROM RETRACTED TO EXTENDED POSTION UPON ROTATION OF THE FIRST SHAFT, AND SAID CAM DISK IN A RETRACTED AXIAL POSITION OF THE SLEEVE RELEASING SAID BAIL MEANS FOR MOVEMENT INTO RETRACTED POSITION, COMPRESSION SPRING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE SLEEVE BETWEEN THE CAM DISK AND THE HUB OF THE ROTATABLE SPOOL NORMALLY BIASING SAID SLEEVE INTO EXTENDED POSITION, BAIL-RETRACTION MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE SLEEVE ADAPTED UPON ACTUATION TO SHIFT SAID SLEEVE AXIALLY FROM EXTENDED TO RETRACTED POSTION, A SECOND SHAFT JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO THE FIRST SHAFT, A HAND CRANK CONNECTED TO THE SECOND SHAFT, FIRST AND SECOND AXIALLY-SPACED GEARS CARRIED BY THE SECOND SHAFT A THIRD GEAR CARRIED BY THE HUB OF THE ROTATABLE SPOOL IN A COMMON PLANE WITH TEH FIRST GEAR, A FOURTH GEAR CARRIED BY THE FIRST SHAFT IN A PLANE COMMON WITH THE SECOND GEAR, AND CLUTCH-FORMING MEANS OPERATIVE TO SELECTIVELY INTERCONNECT THE HAND CRANK WITH THE ROTATABLE SPOOL OR THE BAIL-CARRYING MEANS, SAID CLUTCH-FORMING MEANS COMPRISING A ROCKER ARM CARRYING A FIFTH GEAT IN THE PLANE OF THE FIRST AND THIRD GEARS AND A SIXTH GEAR IN THE PLANE OF THE SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS, SAID ROCKER ARM IN THE FIRST OPERATIVE POSTION THEREOF COMPLETING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THIRD GEARS WITH THE FIFTH GEAR WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DISCONNECTING THE SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS, AND SAID ROCKER ARM IN A SECOND OPERATIVE POSTION COMPLETING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SECOND AND FURTH GEARS WITH THE SIXTH GEAR WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DISCONNECTING THE FIFTH GEAR FROM ONE OF THE FIRST AND THIRD GEARS.