Fishing reel

Claim 1

A fishing reel comprising a rotatable line drum and actuating means for rewinding the fishing line onto said drum, said actuating means comprising an actuating pulley on which a flexible cable is wound, said flexible cable being adapted to allow manually pulling the same to rotate said pulley, a return device coupled to said pulley for rotating the same back into a rest position subsequently to said pulling of said cable, and a unidirectional clutch device adapted to temporarily couple said actuating pulley to said line drum for rewinding the cable, said clutch device further comprising a radially extending cam member secured to said actuating pulley, a hollow member secured to said line drum having a cylindrical inner surface coaxially surrounding said cam member, at least two rollers freely placed on the peripheric surface of said cam member and roller guiding means for maintaining said rollers in parallel relationship with the axis of said line drum and in substantially constant spacing from each other, the shape and the dimensions of said cam member and the respective diameter of said cylindrical surface of said hollow member and of said rollers being adapted to cause the rollers to take up a wedging position for coupling said actuating pulley to said line drum when the cam member is rotated in a first direction, and to cause the rollers to move into an inoperative position, allowing free rotation of said line drum, when the cam member is rotated in the second, i.e. opposite direction, said clutch device further comprising a cylindrical spring member arranged in the space between said rollers and said cylindrical inner surface of said hollow member, so as to contact said hollow member only in the coupled state of the clutch device, said cylindrical spring member having a supporting member adapted to maintain the same in coaxial relationship with respect to the line drum and to prevent rotation of said cylindrical spring member except in the direction in which the coupling occurs.