US PATENT SUBCLASS 242 / 286
.~.~.~ Unwinding speed regulator (e.g., anti-backlash brake)

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242 /   HD   WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING

370  DF  REELING DEVICE {11}
223  DF  .~ Fishing rod reel {8}
285  DF  .~.~ With brake {8}
286.~.~.~ Unwinding speed regulator (e.g., anti-backlash brake) {3}
287  DF  .~.~.~.~> Line tension responsive actuator
288  DF  .~.~.~.~> Magnetic
289  DF  .~.~.~.~> Centrifugal

DEFINITION

Classification: 242/286

Unwinding speed regulator (e.g., anti-backlash brake):

(under subclass 285) Subject matter wherein the brake acts to variably regulate unwinding of line in response to conditions in the line or reel during the casting of a weighted line.

(1) Note. Due to factors such as spool inertia, an unwinding spool may accelerate too rapidly or continue to rotate in the unwinding direction after the line ceases to be pulled from the spool resulting in loosened turns of line "backlash". Brakes provided for in this and the indented subclasses coordinate spool rotation with the acceleration, deceleration and termination phases of line demand during casting without requiring concurrent user adjustment.