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Dual brake-shoe

Patent drawing of a fishing reel mounted on a rod, showing the crank, spool, and two spring-loaded brake arms with a thumb button on a cross-bar, plus enlarged cutaway views of the brake-shoe mechanism.

FISHING-REEL BRAKE.Henry W. Howe · April 25, 1899

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