Spinning reel brake

Claim 1

A drag adjusting device for a spinning reel comprising: a cylinder rearwardly projecting from a housing of a spinning reel and provided at its inner peripheral surface with an axial groove; a spool slide shaft having a spool fixed to the end thereof and projecting into said cylinder through the the bottom end of said cylinder; a braking member comprising a washer fitting said spool slide shaft within said cylinder and rotatable as a unit with said spool slide shaft and a non-rotatable washer fitting said spool slide shaft and engaging said groove of said cylinder; an adjusting sleeve screwed to the outer end opening of said cylinder so as to be able to move back and forth relatively to the latter; a spring acting between the inner bottom surface of said adjusting sleeve and the rear end surface of said braking member and adapted to press said braking member to provide a drag braking force, a handle sleeve coaxially positioned about said adjusting sleeve, said adjusting sleeve and said handle sleeve together defining two cooperating members which are circumferentially adjustable relative to each other to provide a plurality of different ranges of drag braking force, said adjusting sleeve having a range of movement relative to said cylinder corresponding to each of said plurality of ranges of drag braking force, one of said cooperating members being provided with projection means and the other of said cooperating members being provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced recess means, whereby to permit said adjusting sleeve to be detached from said handle sleeve when in one circumferential position relative to said handle sleeve and to be re-attached to said handle sleeve when in another circumferential position relative to said handle sleeve, and thus whereby to position said adjusting sleeve relative to said cylinder and to said spring to provide a different desired range of drag braking force in said another circumferential position than in said one circumferential position, and cooperating means carried by said cylinder and by said handle sleeve to limit the rotation of said handle sleeve to not more than one rotation of said handle sleeve in any one of said ranges.