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Ball-bearing reel

Patent drawing sheet showing a wooden fishing reel assembly in cross-section (Fig. 1-2) mounted on a fishing pole with a stud, cones, and ball-bearing races, plus detail views (Fig. 3-11) of the crank-plate, adjusting cones, nuts, collars, and stamped sheet-metal ball-race components.

BALL-BEARING FISHING-REEL.August F. Meisselbach, William Meisselbach · March 9, 1897

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