Electric fly reel

Claim 1

An electric fly reel comprising a body, a spool rotatably mounted on said body, handle means mounted on said spool for manually rotating said spool, a miniature electric motor mounted on said body within said spool, drive means drivingly connecting the output shaft of said motor to said spool to rotate the spool when the motor is energized while leaving the spool free to be rotated by said handle means when the motor is deenergized, battery chamber means mounted on said body, means electrically connecting said battery chamber means to said motor, said lastmentioned means including switch means mounted on said body in position to be actuated by the fishermen for controlling the energization and deenergization of said motor, said body being a molded body having battery chambers formed therein for containing the batteries concealed from view, said body having a cylindrical wall surrounding said spool with an arcuate portion projecting outwardly along a portion of the periphery of said cylindrical wall, said battery chambers extending parallel to the axis of rotation of said spool and opening on one end face of said arcuate portion, and an arcuate covering plate closing off the open ends of said chambers to conceal and retain the batteries therein and to enable the batteries to be inserted and removed without disassembling the spool from the body.