Drag braking force measuring mechanism for double-bearing fishing reel

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A main object of the invention is to provide a double bearing fishing reel which can reliably measure and check an accurate braking force preset by the drag mechanism corresponding to a kind of a fish to be caught.
Another object of the invention is to provide a double bearing fishing reel which can always put the adjuster in the position where the optimum braking force is preset and measured, in other words, which can accurately and easily return the adjuster to the position where the optimum braking force is again obtained even when the adjuster is shifted for adjustment from the position where the preset optimum braking force is obtained.
The present invention is characterized in that, in a double bearing fishing reel provided with a reel body having a pair of side frames, a spool shaft having a spool and supported rotatably to the reel body, a drive mechanism for winding a fishing line onto the spool, and a drag mechanism for applying a braking force against rotation of the spool with respect to the drive mechanism, the drag mechanism is provided with an adjuster for adjusting the braking force and a braking force measuring mechanism for measuring the braking force set by the adjuster.
The braking force measuring mechanism is provided with an elastic member interposed between a braking force acting member subjected to the braking action exerted by the drag mechanism and a braking force non-acting member rotatable with respect to the braking force acting member, a pointer provided at one of the braking force acting member and the braking force non-acting member, and a display provided at the other and for displaying the braking force of the drag mechanism corresponding to the pointer.
The double bearing fishing reel of the invention can adjust an optimum braking force by the adjuster and measure it by reading a scale of the display coincident with the pointer.
In other words, one of the braking force acting member and the braking force not-acting member is rotated relative to the other so as to measure the braking force