| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 242224000 | Axial unwinding (i.e., spinning reel) | 70 |
| 20080257996 | HANDLE KNOB AND HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A FISHING REEL - A handle assembly has a handle arm, a knob shaft and a handle knob that includes a tubular portion and a substantially spherical knob portion. The tubular portion is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the knob shaft. The knob portion is unitarily formed with the tubular portion. The knob portion has a first knob with a substantially spherically shaped outer peripheral surface and a second knob that is disposed on a side of the first knob opposite the handle arm. The second knob has a substantially spherically shaped outer peripheral surface with a diameter larger than a diameter of the first knob. The second knob is unitarily linked with the first knob at a junction a distance from the outermost radial portion at a region of the knob portion opposite the tubular portion. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100243781 | HANDLE ARM MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR FISHING REEL - A handle arm mounting structure for a fishing reel includes a fastening section and a washer member. The fastening section has a first non-circular hole configured to engage non-rotatably with a non-circular section of a handle shaft. The washer member has a circular disk-like section and an engaging protrusion and is configured to be mounted in an axial direction on the handle shaft. The circular disk-like section has a second non-circular hole that engages with the non-circular section. The engaging protrusion protrudes toward the first non-circular hole from a periphery of the second non-circular hole. The engaging protrusion has an inside surface configured to engage with the non-circular section and an outside surface having a first tapered surface that tapers toward a tip end and engages with the first non-circular hole. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110042500 | SPINNING REEL SPOOL COUPLING STRUCTURE - A spinning reel spool coupling structure has a pin insertion portion, an anti-rotation pin, a retainer, and an anti-rotation groove. The pin insertion portion has a through hole passing through the spool shaft. The anti-rotation pin includes a first anti-rotation portion, a fitting portion, and a second anti-rotation portion. The fitting portion adjoins the first anti-rotation portion, and fits into the pin insertion portion. The second anti-rotation portion extends from the fitting portion and has a diameter greater than that of the pin insertion portion. The retainer member prevents the anti-rotation pin from being detached from the spool shaft, is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the first anti-rotation portion, and has an axial length such that the retainer member contacts the spool shaft. The anti-rotation groove is formed to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to a length of the spool shaft, and engages the second anti-rotation portion. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110233316 | MASTER GEAR ASSEMBLY - A spinning reel master gear assembly is rotatably attachable to a reel unit of a spinning reel. The spinning reel master gear assemble includes a master gear shaft being rotatably attachable to the reel unit, and a master gear fixed to the master gear shaft in an integrally rotatable state. The master gear shaft includes an attachment portion. The attachment portion has a male threaded portion at least partially on an outer peripheral surface thereof. The master gear includes a female threaded portion screwed onto the male threaded portion, and a centered portion including an axis appropriately aligned by the attachment portion. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20140077017 | SPINNING REEL - A spinning reel basically includes a housing, an oscillating mechanism, a retaining member and a first bolt member. The oscillating mechanism includes a traverse camshaft that is disposed in inside of the housing and a slider that slides along the traverse camshaft. The retaining member is arranged at a rear side of the traverse camshaft to retain the traverse camshaft in the housing. The bolt member fixes the retaining member to the housing by being screwed into the housing. A part of the shaft portion of the first bolt member is arranged at a prescribed spacing from the slider in an orthogonal direction to a sliding direction of the slider while the slider slides to a rear end portion of the traverse camshaft. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140203131 | SPINNING REEL - A spinning reel includes a handle, a reel unit, a rotor, a spool, a spool shaft, and an oscillating mechanism. The oscillating mechanism includes a traverse cam and a slider including a slider body, a through hole, an engaging member, a first bearing, and a retainer member. The slider body is coupled to the spool shaft. The engaging member has a shaft part and an engaging part. The engaging part is mounted to a tip end of the shaft part to be engaged with helical grooves. The first bearing has a fitted part, a protruding part, and a support hole. The fitted part is fitted into the through hole. The protruding part has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the fitted part. The fitted part includes a stepped surface on an end thereof abutting the protruding part. The retainer member retains the first bearing at the stepped surface. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140263791 | RATCHET WHEEL FOR FISHING REEL - A ratchet wheel is provided for a fishing reel (e.g., a spinning reel or a dual-bearing reel). The ratchet wheel is mounted onto a first component of the fishing reel. The ratchet wheel being engagable with a claw member pivotally mounted to a second component of the fishing reel. The second component is configured to be rotatable relatively to the first component. The ratchet wheel has a mounting part and a plurality of teeth. The mounting part is configured to be mounted onto the first component. The teeth are radially disposed on one of an outer peripheral portion of the mounting part and an inner peripheral portion of the mounting part. The teeth extend from the one of the outer and inner peripheral portions. The teeth are configured such that two adjacent ones of the teeth selectively engage the claw member. | 09-18-2014 |
| 242227000 | Spool rotatable to wind | 7 |
| 20100006686 | SPOOL BRAKING DEVICE FOR FISHING REEL - A spool braking device and a spool braking method for increasing spool braking capability. The spool braking device includes a reel attached to a fishing rod in a detachable manner. A rotatable spool is arranged in the reel. A fishing line is wound to the spool. A brake mechanism electronically brakes rotation of the spool. An acceleration sensor detects swing acceleration produced when the fishing rod is swung and generates an acceleration signal. A brake control unit determines whether or not the spool needs to be braked based on the acceleration signal and drives the brake mechanism. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20120104135 | FISHING REEL - A fishing reel that achieves the smooth winding and unwinding of a fishing line is provided. The fishing reel includes a line guide provided with fishing line guide hole which is formed into a rectangular shape viewed from the front of the guide body and a pillar movable in a vertical direction in the vicinity in the anterior posterior direction of the line guide. The pillar is provided with fishing line guide member extending along the axis and the pillar is configured to be movable between a first position where the fishing line is held in the center portion and a second position retracted from the first position. The pillar may assume the first position by moving downwardly for a fishing line winding operation so as to cause the fishing line guide member to guide the fishing line to the center portion of the fishing line guide hole. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20150136889 | SPINNING REEL - The present spinning reel includes a reel body unit, a spool shaft, a spool, a drag mechanism, and a seal member. The spool includes a line winding cylinder part and a front flange. The drag mechanism includes a spool braking unit and a drag adjuster. The seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member protrudes from the drag adjuster side toward the front flange so as to close a space that is formed between the front flange and the drag adjuster. The seal member is configured to abut the front flange disposed on the front side of the line winding cylinder part. | 05-21-2015 |
| 242228000 | With guide shiftable between wind and unwind positions | 1 |
| 20080203206 | FISHING SPINNING REEL - A fishing spinning reel of the invention includes a spool wound with a fish line, a rotor rotatable through a pinion gear brought in mesh with a drive gear rotated by a winding operation of a handle, a switch mechanism including a switch lever capable of operating to switch a restricting state of restricting rotation of the spool and a free state of making the spool free, and a return mechanism for returning the switch mechanism brought into the spool free state to the restricting state by the winding operation of the handle. The return mechanism includes a connecting gear brought in mesh with a gear driven by the drive gear, and a kick member rotatably supported centering on the connecting gear, and a center of a mesh portion of the gear and the connecting gear is arranged on a side of the drive gear relative to an axis center of the pinion gear. | 08-28-2008 |
| 242229000 | Spool pivotal between wind and unwind positions | 3 |
| 20100059615 | Fishing reel - A fishing reel including a spool shaft extending through a reel frame with a handle crank attached thereto with a non-rotating spool collar and spool positioned about the spool shaft, and a rod mount connected to the reel frame pivotable 90 degrees from a first position with respect to the reel frame to a second position. When the rod mount is in the first position, and the handle crank is rotated, the spool oscillates in and out with respect to the reel frame and the spool rotates about the spool collar in a manner such that fishing line positioned on the line guide is spooled onto the spool when being reeled in, and when the rod mount is in the second position, the spool is generally parallel to the rod mount to allow line to be cast out from the spool. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100133371 | SPINNING REEL WITH SPOOL STEERING ARRANGEMENT - A spinning reel includes a holder base having two racks, an accommodation space defined between the racks and two axle holes in communication with the accommodation space at two sides, two transmission shafts respectively mounted in the axle holes, slide blocks at two sides of the holder base, a steering mechanism, which comprises two swivel brackets pivotally mounted in the accommodation space and biasable relative to each other, a skirted spool mounted in between the swivel brackets, a driving mechanism coupled to one transmission gear and adapted for rotating the skirted spool by means of a driving gear set and a rotating device coupled to the other transmission shaft and adapted for moving the slide blocks through a drive gear set and a follower gear set to force one transmission shaft into engagement with one end of the skirted spool and to bias one swivel bracket and the skirted spool between a horizontal position and a vertical position. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20120001007 | Fishing reel with dual spool spin axes - A fishing reel with dual spool spin axes includes a housing, a rotor assembly rotatably mounted on the housing, and a spool shroud assembly including a fishing line spool gimbal mounted on the rotor assembly. The shroud assembly is movable between a casting position with a spool axis parallel to a rod axis and a retrieve position with the spool axis perpendicular to the rod axis. The spool is geared to the housing in such a manner that rotation of the rotor assembly about a rotor axis to retrieve the line causes the spool to spin about the rotor axis and simultaneously about a spool axis to counteract twist in the line caused by the manner of casting the line or by line pay-out by a hooked fish. | 01-05-2012 |
| 242230000 | With winding guide on rotor rearward of spool | 22 |
| 20100187345 | ROTOR FOR SPINNING REEL - A rotor includes a rotor body, first to third cover members, and first and second mounting brackets. The rotor body includes a tubular member and first and second rotor arms. The first and second rotor arms extend forward from first and second sides of the rear end of the tubular member. The rotor arms are also spaced apart from the outer periphery of the tubular member. The first and second cover members cover a portion of the outside of the first and second rotor arms. The third cover member is coupled to the rear ends of the first and second cover members, and covers the rear end of the tubular member. The first and second mounting brackets are disposed in front of the third cover member so as to be covered by the first and second cover members. The first and second mounting brackets are used for mounting the third cover member to the rotor body by way of screw members. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100327097 | FISHING SPINNING REEL - A fishing spinning reel that includes a rotor having a pair of opposing arms on both sides of a rotor body, wherein one of the pair of arms is provided with, at a forefront end thereof, a supporting member including a fishing line guide; a spool configured to wind up a fishing line through the fishing line guide; and a stiffening member extending from each of fore portions of the pair of the arms towards a rear portion of the rotor body. In one embodiment, the stiffening member is formed to be more spaced apart from the pair of the arms as approaching butt ends of the pair of the arms. In one embodiment, a portion of the stiffening member apart from the pair of arms may be connected to the rotor body. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110095118 | SPINNING-REEL FISHING LINE GUIDE MECHANISM - In a bail arm of a spinning reel, a first bail support member includes a through hole penetrating therethrough toward an inner periphery of the roller from outside. A cap member made of a synthetic resin is attached to the through hole. The cap member includes a lubricating port to supply a lubricant therethrough. Further in the bail arm of a spinning reel, a first lubricating port is formed in a first rotation support portion configured to be exposed to the outside in a fishing line release posture of the first bail support member. The first lubricating port continuously penetrates inner and outer peripheries of the first rotation support portion. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110174909 | SPINNING REEL FOR FISHING - A spinning reel for fishing includes: a reel body including a front portion; a handle provided in the reel body; a cap-shaped cover body including a surrounding wall mounted in the front portion of the reel body; a spool on which a fishing line is to be wound; a rotor including a fishing line guide part, the rotor being rotated by the rotational manipulation of the handle to wind the fishing line on the spool; a driving part passing through the cover body and transmitting the rotation of the handle to the rotor; a support part provided in the front portion of the reel body and supporting the driving part; and a magnetic seal device mounted in the cover body and including a magnet, a cylindrical magnetic body forming a magnetic circuit between the magnetic body and the magnet and magnetic fluid maintained between the magnet and the magnetic ring. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120067992 | Casting Post - This invention provides a means to utilize the spring capability of the rod to launch a fishing lure. We provide an area on the bail of the reel, the Casting Post, to locate the lure on the closed bail when bending the rod into a position to launch the lure. The lure is launched by releasing the bail to the open position. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20130020424 | Spinning reel - A fishing spinning reel having a housing and rotatably carrying a shaft between a crank handle and a main gear. The main gear drives a pinion gear shaft rotatably carried on one end by the housing. On the other end of the housing is mounted a rotor. Mounted on the housing, between the housing and the rotor, is a cup washer with male threads on the outside and a notch in the cup end facing the rotor. A clutch sleeve, non-rotatably attached to the rotor, around which a one way roller clutch locks, instantly engages a braking disc as the rotor rotates backwards and releases as the rotor turns forward. A frictioning disc is located on either side of the braking disc. A washer with a cleat is pushed towards the housing against the frictioning disc by a spring washer and is kept from rotation by the cleat inside the notch on the cup washer. The spring washer is pulled toward the housing by a tension adjusting drum. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20140346265 | FISHING REEL - Various embodiments provide a fishing reel having a light-weight, compact and easy-to-assemble magnetic seal mechanism which allows greater freedom in material selection of the rotating member. A fishing reel according to one embodiment comprises a rotating body rotatably supported via a ball bearing and a magnetic seal mechanism for sealing the ball bearing. In one aspect, the magnetic seal mechanism comprises a magnet disposed in parallel with either a magnetic inner or outer ring of the ball bearing, and magnetic fluid disposed between the magnet and said inner or outer ring, magnetic fluid being retained by a magnetic circuit formed therebetween to seal space defined between the magnet and said inner or outer ring. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20160073619 | LINE ROLLER - A line roller for guiding fishing line onto a spool of a spinning reel, includes a bearing member, a retaining member and a guide member. The bearing member includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a rolling body. The retaining member abuts both ends of the outer ring. The guide member includes a guide surface for guiding the fishing line, is disposed radially outside of the retaining member, and engages the retaining member. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160106082 | Spinning Reel with Variable Gear Ratio Transmission - A spinning reel includes a variable gear ratio device provided between a handle and a line guiding rotor. The variable gear ratio device includes outer and inner worm wheels rotatably sleeved on a rotary shaft. The outer worm wheel has a ring of outer gear teeth meshing with a worm. The inner worm wheel is nested in the outer worm wheel and has a ring of inner gear teeth surrounded by the outer gear teeth and meshing with the worm. An adjusting unit enables rotation of the rotary shaft to be transmitted to the worm via a selected one of the outer and inner worm wheels and enables idle rotation of the other one of the outer and inner worm wheels relative to the rotary shaft. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160150769 | LINE ROLLER UNIT AND FISHING LINE GUIDE MECHANISM | 06-02-2016 |
| 242231000 | Guide shiftable on rotor | 12 |
| 20090152389 | FISHING LINE GUIDING MECHANISM OF SPINNING REEL - A bail arm is provided in a spinning reel for guiding a fishing line to a spool and is mounted to a rotor that includes a first rotor arm and a second rotor arm opposed to the first rotor arm. The bail arm includes a first bail support member | 06-18-2009 |
| 20110210197 | SPINNING REEL FISHING LINE GUIDE MECHANISM - A spinning reel fishing line guide mechanism for guiding a fishing line onto a spool is provided. The spinning reel fishing line guide mechanism includes first and second bail support members pivotably attached to first and second rotor arms respectively, a fixation shaft fixed to the first bail support member, a fixation shaft cover, a line roller, and a bail guiding the fishing line to the line roller through the fixation shaft cover. The fixation shaft cover includes a cover body disposed onto an axial end of the fixation shaft wherein the cover body is separate from the first bail support member, and an engagement groove on a lateral portion of the cover body. The lateral portion extends to the fixation shaft. The bail has a rod portion having a rod shape, and a plate portion attached to the rod portion. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110259987 | Bail for spinning reel - A bail assembly is provided for a spinning reel of the type having a spool mounted for reciprocal and rotational movement with respect to a body, a drag system, a rotor with a line pickup generally surrounding the spool, and a handle drive mechanism for reciprocating the spool and rotating the rotor thereabout to wind line onto the spool. The bail assembly has a bail wire formed of spring tempered stainless steel wire stock and is bent in an arc with first and second ends respectively attached to the rotor by generally diametrically opposed first and second end mounts. The arcuate bail wire exerts spring tension and the end mounts are cooperatively configured so that the bail wire is manipulable in spring toggle motion from an open position permitting line to play freely off the spool to a closed position directing line to the line pickup for collecting line on the spool. The arcuate bail wire also biases the bail assembly to remain in one of the open and closed positions until manipulated to the other position. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120145817 | Fishing Reel - A fishing reel can include a reel frame and a spool shaft extending through the reel frame and rotatably supported about the reel frame. A crankable handle can be mechanically coupled to the spool shaft such that a rotation of the handle causes a rotation of the spool shaft. A non-rotating pivotable bail can be coupled to the reel frame. A spool can be mechanically coupled to the spool shaft and configured to rotate with the rotation of the spool shaft relative to the bail. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130292503 | Fishing Reel - A fishing reel can include a reel frame and a spool shaft extending through the reel frame and rotatably supported about the reel frame. A crankable handle can be mechanically coupled to the spool shaft such that a rotation of the handle causes a rotation of the spool shaft. A non-rotating pivotable bail can be coupled to the reel frame. A spool can be mechanically coupled to the spool shaft and configured to rotate with the rotation of the spool shaft relative to the bail. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140054403 | FISHING REEL HOUSING WITH ADJUSTABLE LINE RETAINER ASSEMBLY - A fishing reel housing for attachment to a rod along a longitudinal rod axis. The housing has a shaft for accepting a central bore of a line dispensing spool and an adjustment mechanism for selectively adjusting the shaft in position transversely away from the rod axis while maintaining its position along the rod axis. The fishing reel housing includes an adjustable line retainer assembly which moves a line retainer radially outwardly from the shaft as the adjustment mechanism is selectively adjusted. A fishing reel comprises the adjustable line retainer and reel housing with a spool with a central bore mounted thereon. | 02-27-2014 |
| 242232000 | Guide shifted to wind position by rotor drive | 6 |
| 20090166458 | FISHING SPINNING REEL - A fishing spinning reel includes a bail support member having a line guide portion which is supported in such a manner as to rotate reversibly between a line winding position and a line releasing position on an arm portion of a rotor linked with a handle provided on a reel main body in such a manner as to rotate as a result of the handle being operated to turn, and a switching lever which can be switched between an anti-reverse state in which the rotor is prevented from rotating backwards and a rotation enabling state in which the rotor is enabled to rotate forwards and backwards. The bail support member is restricted from reversing from the line winding position to the line releasing position when the switching lever is in the rotation enabling state. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110000995 | Bail for spinning reel - A bail assembly is provided for a spinning reel of the type having a spool mounted for reciprocal and rotational movement with respect to a body, a drag system, a rotor with a line pickup generally surrounding the spool, and a handle drive mechanism for reciprocating the spool and rotating the rotor thereabout to wind line onto the spool. The bail assembly has a bail wire formed of spring tempered stainless steel wire stock and is bent in an arc with first and second ends respectively attached to the rotor by generally diametrically opposed first and second end mounts. The arcuate bail wire exerts spring tension and the end mounts are cooperatively configured so that the bail wire is manipulable in spring toggle motion from an open position permitting line to play freely off the spool to a closed position directing line to the line pickup for collecting line on the spool. The arcuate bail wire also biases the bail assembly to remain in one of the open and closed positions until manipulated to the other position. | 01-06-2011 |
| 242233000 | Guide shifted to unwind position by discrete manual operator | 4 |
| 20080308663 | REEL UNIT FOR SPINNING REEL - A reel unit | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090250540 | BAIL RELEASE MECHANISM FOR SPINNING REELS - A bail assembly for a spinning-type fishing reel is disclosed that includes a first bail arm, a second bail arm, a bail wire disposed between the first bail arm and the second bail arm, and a readily releasable attachment device disposed on the first bail arm to readily releasably attach the first bail arm to the reel. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20120292416 | Spinning Type Fishing Reel with Manual Bale Lock and Bale Release Mechanisms - The invention relates to a spinning-type reel with a bail release mechanism and a manually manipulated bail lock mechanism. The bail release mechanism permits detachment of a bail wire from a rotor mount without the use of a tool such that a fishing line can pass between the bail wire and the rotor mount. The bail lock mechanism permits the bail wire to be locked into an open position. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20160174536 | SPINNING REEL | 06-23-2016 |
| 242234000 | With winding guide on rotor forward of spool | 10 |
| 20130256438 | SPINNING REEL FISHING LINE GUIDE MECHANISM AND SPINNING REEL - A spinning reel fishing line guide mechanism for guiding a fishing line onto a spool includes a support member and a fixation member. The spinning reel fishing line guide mechanism is attached to a tip of a rotor arm and is pivotable between a fishing-line guide position and a fishing-line release position. The support member is attached pivotably to the tip of the rotor arm. The support member includes an outer member made of metal and an inner member made of synthetic resin. The inner member is fixed to an inner surface of the outer member. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130327870 | SPINNING REEL AND SPINNING-REEL REEL UNIT - The reel unit includes a chassis, a lid member, a guard member, a tubular part, and a screw member. The chassis includes a mechanism attachment space at a lateral side thereof, a first opening extending through a front edge of the chassis, and a second opening extending through a rear edge of the chassis. The guard member includes a boss being inserted into the second opening from the rear edge of the chassis. The guard member is attached to the chassis and the lid member from behind to cover the chassis and the lid member. The tubular part is disposed between the first opening and the second opening within the mechanism attachment space and arranged to be liquid-tight. The screw member passes through the first opening and being screwed into the boss. The screw member includes a head being held inside the tubular part. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140175205 | SPINNING REEL - A spinning reel for delivering fishing line has a spinning reel body, a handle, a rotor, and a spool. A rotor body of the rotor has a cylindrical coupling portion, a first rotor arm, and a second rotor arm. A first cover member of the rotor is removably attached to the rotor body covering a radially outer side of the first rotor arm. A first guard member of the rotor is removably attached to the rotor body and has a first guard portion covering a boundary between an outside surface of the coupling portion and a rear end surface of the coupling portion. A second guard member of the rotor is removably attached to the rotor body and has a second guard portion that covers the boundary between the outside surface and the rear end surface at a position opposing the first guard portion. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140175206 | SPINNING REEL AND SPINNING REEL SPOOL - A spinning reel spool according to a first aspect of the present invention is a spinning reel spool that delivers fishing line forward. The spinning reel spool comprises a spool body and a ring member. This spool body has a body portion and a protruding portion. The protruding portion is integrally formed on a front side of the body portion. The protruding portion is annularly arranged and protrudes from the body portion in an axial direction of the spool body. The ring member is disposed on an outer circumferential portion of the protruding portion of the spool body. The ring member is held between the body portion and a plastically deformed part of the protruding portion. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140183292 | FISHING REEL - The fishing reel includes a spool | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140231569 | SPINNING REEL LINE CLIP AND SPINNING REEL SPOOL USING THE SAME - A spinning reel line clip includes an attachment portion and a clip body. The attachment portion is configured to be attached to a spool of a spinning reel. The clip body is provided for clipping a fishing line. The clip body is attached to the attachment portion. The clip body includes a line guide portion and a bulged portion. The line guide portion is formed on at least a part of a first surface of an outer circumferential part of the clip body. The first surface is opposed to the spool. The bulged portion is formed on at least a part of a second surface of the outer circumferential part. The bulged portion is opposed to the line guide portion. The second surface is oppositely disposed relative to the first surface. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140312153 | LINE ROLLER AND FISHING LINE GUIDE MECHANISM USING SAME - A line roller basically includes a bearing member and a guide member. The bearing member includes: an inner race having a cylindrical shape; an outer race having a cylindrical shape and a plurality of rotting elements. The outer race is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the inner race. The rolling elements are circumferentially aligned at intervals between the inner race and the outer race. The guide member is made of a material of the same kind as that of the outer race. Further, the guide member is a tubular member having a guide surface for guiding a fishing line on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The guide member is firmly fixed to the bearing member on the outer peripheral surface of the bearing member. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140346266 | SPINNING REEL - A spinning reel includes a handle, a reel unit, a rotor, a spool, a rotor drive mechanism, and an anti-reverse mechanism. The reel unit has a fishing rod attachment portion and a mount portion. The rotor drive mechanism includes a drive gear and a pinion gear. The pinion gear is disposed in the through hole. The pinion gear is meshed with the drive gear. The anti-reverse mechanism is configured to prevent the rotor from rotating in a fishing-line releasing direction. The anti-reverse mechanism includes a one-way clutch assembly. The one-way clutch assembly is detachably attached to the mount portion of the reel unit. The rotor drive mechanism includes a seal member. The seal member is configured to seal a clearance between the pinion gear and the through hole while being disposed at a rear end of the one-way clutch assembly in the back-and forward direction. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150373961 | FISHING SPINNING REEL - Provided is a fishing spinning reel in which biting or entanglement of a fishing line in components disposed inside a rotor can be prevented and with which a fine fishing operability can be provided. A fishing spinning reel includes a reel body | 12-31-2015 |
| 242236000 | With manual actuator to shift guide to unwind position | 1 |
| 20140332615 | FISHING LINE REEL WITH RAPID LINE PAYOUT - A reel for fishing line or the like provides for extremely rapid payout by releasing the line to unwind by sliding rapidly around a guide surrounding the line spool and by rotation of the line spool itself. A lever controls a line guide preventing sliding of the fishing line around the guide and providing controllable friction and locking of rotation of the line spool only when actuated by the user to permit retraction of the line or controlled tensioning of the line. | 11-13-2014 |
| 242241000 | With level-winding mechanism | 8 |
| 20080302899 | SPINNING REEL - A spinning reel includes a body, which has two sliding plates coupled to two opposite lateral sides of the base thereof, a spool holder, which has a U-shaped frame pivotally mounted in the base of the body and a spool pivotally coupled to the U-shaped frame, a spool rotating mechanism, which has two pins axially movable to engage the spool and a gear set mounted on one pin for rotating the spool to take up a fishing line, and a spool biasing mechanism, which has a drive gear set, a operating bar for operation by a person to rotate the drive gear set, a driven gear set coupled to the drive gear set and rotatable to move the sliding plates in moving the pins of the spool rotating mechanism into engagement with spool or away from the spool, and a transmission device coupled between the driven gear set and the spool holder for causing the spool holder to be biased between a horizontal position and a vertical position upon rotation of the drive gear set by the operating bar. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100044488 | DOUBLE-GEAR DRIVING MECHANISM FOR A REEL UNIT - A double-gear driving mechanism for a reel unit comprises a reel chamber in which a rotor drive shaft is disposed longitudinally and a master gear shaft is disposed laterally. A main gear is formed around a periphery of the drive shaft, and a first master gear is fixed on one end of the master gear shaft. A crank handle is connected to a male thread portion of the master gear shaft. The inner teeth around a periphery of the first master gear engage the teeth of the main gear. An idle pinion provided on the other side of the drive shaft in parallel and it engages the main gear. On the other end of the master gear shaft is fixed a second master gear, inner teeth of which engage the teeth of the idle pinion. The present invention provides a double-gear drive mode of the rotor drive shaft by using the idle pinion. This increases the lifting capability of the rotor drive shaft while the original strength of the pinion teeth still remaining unchanged. Meanwhile, the double-gear driving mechanism of the present invention features a high specific speed, at the same time it is easy to manufacture and exhibits good mating conditions. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110180646 | SPINNING REEL SPOOL SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A retainer member has a retainer portion, a through hole, and non-circular cross section. A bearing section is disposed on an outer periphery of the retainer portion. The through hole has a circular axial cross section and an inner periphery, which is axially penetrated by a non-circular portion of a spool shaft from back to front. The non-circular cross-sectional portion is formed by cutting out a front end of the retainer portion by machining. The non-circular cross-sectional portion has a non-circular axial cross section that engages the non-circular portion of the spool shaft. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20140138469 | FISHING REEL WITH INTERCHANGEABLE LINE-GUIDING SYSTEM - A fishing reel with interchangeable line-guiding system includes a body, a fishing reel, and an automated winding component. A lateral cover is fixed to the body. The body has therein the fishing reel. The fishing reel has therein a spindle. A toothed axle is disposed on the outer wall of the spindle inside the lateral cover, flanked by two first intermediate gears, and adapted to mesh with a big gear meshing with the two first intermediate gears. The automated winding component has a second intermediate gear fixed to the body. The second intermediate gear meshes with a line-guiding shaft gear. The line-guiding shaft gear is fixed to the end of a line-guiding shaft. The line-guiding shaft is disposed inside a line-protecting axle. A slider movable laterally is disposed on the outward wall of the line-guiding shaft to enable upward and downward casting. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20150048192 | SPINNING REEL - A spinning reel includes a reel body, a handle, a spool shaft, a spool, a rotor, a rotor driving mechanism, and an oscillating mechanism configured to rotate in conjunction with the handle and cause the spool to reciprocate via the spool shaft. The oscillating mechanism includes a threaded shaft having a spiral groove and is configured to rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the handle. A slider is engaged with the spiral groove of the threaded shaft, and is configured to reciprocate in conjunction with rotation of the threaded shaft. A guide shaft has a rear end disposed in the through-hole arranged in the rear portion of the reel body, and is locked so as to prevent the shaft from disconnecting from by the reel body, and is configured to guide the reciprocation of the slider. An annular elastic member is disposed between the through-hole and the guide shaft. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150090819 | FISHING SPINNING REEL - The present invention provides a fishing spinning reel in which handle operation in high load winding is smooth. Specifically, the fishing spinning reel includes: a pinion gear having a rotor fixed on an end of the pinion gear and meshing with a drive gear rotationally driven by rotational operation of a handle rotatably supported on the reel body; a spool shaft inserted through the pinion gear and having a spool mounted on a front end thereof, the spool holding a fishing line wound therearound; and an oscillation mechanism configured to reciprocate the spool shaft back and forth in accordance with drive of the drive gear, wherein the spool shaft is not supported at a region from a meshing region between the drive gear and the pinion gear to a rear end of the spool shaft where the spool shaft is supported by a slidable body of the oscillation mechanism. | 04-02-2015 |
| 242242000 | Eccentric cam reciprocates spool | 2 |
| 20100187346 | TRAVERSE CAMSHAFT FOR FISHING REEL AND RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT MECHANISM FOR FISHING REEL EMPLOYING THE TRAVERSE CAMSHAFT - In a spinning reel, a traverse camshaft | 07-29-2010 |
| 20150090820 | RECIPROCATING MECHANISM FOR A FISHING REEL - An oscillating mechanism includes a traverse camshaft, an engaging unit, and a slider body. The traverse camshaft includes a spiral groove. The traverse camshaft rotates in conjunction with the winding operation of a handle attached to the reel main body. The engaging unit includes an engaging claw configured to engage the spiral groove. The slider body includes a supporting hole rotatably supporting the engaging unit. A groove extends in the penetration direction of the supporting hole, and is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the supporting hole of the slider body. | 04-02-2015 |
| 242243000 | With brake | 16 |
| 20090200412 | FISHING SPINNING REEL - The present invention has a spool mounted on a spool shaft and rolled thereon with a fishline, a rotor rotated by a rolling operation of a handle and enabling to roll the fishline round the spool via a fishline guiding part, and a changeover mechanism installed between the spool and the spool shaft for changing over the spool to the dragging operation state and the dragging free state, characterized in that the spool is rotated in an opposite direction to a fishline drawing direction when the spool is under a spool dragging condition, thereby to release a connecting state of the changeover mechanism and to change over the spool under a dragging free state. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100006687 | DRAG ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR DUAL-BEARING REEL - A drag adjusting mechanism for a dual-bearing reel comprises a drag adjusting lever, a cam mechanism, and a rotation restricting portion. The drag adjusting lever rotates about a spool shaft between a drag release position and a maximum drag position. The cam mechanism has a cam surface that converts rotation of the drag adjusting lever into axial movement of the drag mechanism along the axial direction of the spool shaft. The rotation restricting member is provided on the cam surface and regulates rotation of the drag adjusting lever to the drag release position. The rotation restricting member has a protrusion with an apex, a first slanted surface extending from the apex toward a first position corresponding to a drag release position, and a second slanted surface extending from the apex in the direction opposite to the drag release position. The angle of the first slanted surface is smaller than the angle of the second slanted surface. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100308148 | SPINNING REEL DRAG SWITCH DEVICE - A spinning-reel drag switch device includes a return mechanism. The return mechanism includes a first arm, a second gear member, and a press member. The first arm is configured to pivot in conjunction with the operation member. The second gear member rotates about an axis that is positioned to interpose the rotation shaft between the axis and a spool such that a distance between the axis and a fishing-rod attachment is greater than a distance between a handle rotation shaft and the fishing-rod attachment. The second gear member is configured to receive rotation force from the first gear member. The press member is mounted to the second gear member to press the first arm. The return mechanism presses the first arm in conjunction with rotation of the handle in a fishing line winding direction to return the operation member to a first position from a second position. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20130161433 | DUAL-BEARING REEL DRAG REGULATION MECHANISM - A dual-bearing reel drag regulation mechanism includes a drag regulation lever including an attachment potion configured to pivot about a rotation axis of the spool between a free position and a maximum position, an operating portion extending from the attachment portion to a tip of the drag regulation lever, and an intermediate positioning mechanism including a positioning member. The positioning member is retractably attached to the lateral surface of the reel unit at an intermediate position between the free position and the maximum position. The positioning member is arranged to be in a protruding state or a retracting state. The intermediate positioning mechanism is configured to cause the positioning member to make contact at the intermediate position with a contact portion of the operating portion in pivoting the drag regulation lever, when the positioning member is in the protruding state. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20140361110 | SPINNING REEL FOR FISHING AND A BRAKING OPERATION LEVER FOR THE ROTOR BRAKING DEVICE - A braking operation lever includes a lever main body, an operating section, a brake shoe, and an elastic member. The lever main body has a first end part and a second end part, and is rotatably supported by the reel body. The operating section is configured to cause a braking operation, and is disposed on the first end part of the lever main body. The brake shoe is disposed on the second end part of the lever main body, and is configured to be pressed by the rotor while operating the operating section. The elastic member is disposed between the brake shoe and the lever main body. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140374523 | SPINNING REEL FOR FISHING AND A BRAKING OPERATION LEVER FOR THE ROTOR BRAKING DEVICE - A braking operation lever for a rotor braking device of a spinning reel for applying a braking force to the rotation of a rotor rotatably supported by a reel body, the braking operation lever includes a lever main body, an operating section, a brake shoe, an elastic member, and a fall out prevention mechanism. The lever body is rotatably supported by the reel body. The operating section is configured to perform a braking operation, and is disposed on a first end part of the lever main body. The brake shoe is disposed on a second end part of the lever main body, and is configured to be pressed against the rotor by operation of the operating section. The elastic member is disposed between the brake shoe and the lever main body. The fall out prevention mechanism prevents the elastic member from falling out of the brake shoe. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150090821 | ROLLER CLUTCH FOR FISHING REEL AND SPINNING REEL - A roller clutch includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a roller, a first spring member, a retainer, and a protrusion portion. The roller is disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring and is movable between a transmitting position and a non-transmitting position. The retainer has a roller holding space holding the roller and a support section supporting the first spring member. The protrusion portion is configured to regulate the movement of the roller, and resist the biasing force of the first spring member at a predetermined position. | 04-02-2015 |
| 242244000 | Continuously applied | 5 |
| 20100301149 | SPINNING REEL DRAG KNOB - A spinning reel drag knob screwed onto a distal end of a spool shaft has a knob member, a nut member and a sealing member. The knob member presses a drag washer of a drag mechanism, and includes a circular rimmed portion and a cylindrical outer periphery. The rimmed portion has a knob portion on a front surface of the rimmed portion to regulate drag force. The outer periphery is formed on a back side of the rimmed portion. The nut member is disposed in the knob member and is unitarily rotatable with the knob member. The sealing member includes an attachment portion, a first sealing portion, and a second sealing portion. The attachment portion is attached to the outer periphery. The first sealing portion contacts an inner peripheral surface of the spool, and the second sealing portion makes contact with a radial outward part of the back side. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20130161434 | BRUSH BRAKE DEVICE FOR A FISHING REEL - Disclosed is a fishing reel. A brake dial is provided in the side of an outer cover outside of a spool cover. An externally controllable brake device is provided between the brake dial and the spool cover such that the brake device is operated according to adjustment of the brake dial. A brush-type brake unit is fixed to the externally controllable brake device in the side of an inner surface of the spool cover so as to control the rotary force of the spool while laterally moving in response to actuation of the externally controllable brake device. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20140151483 | DRAG KNOB AND FISHING REEL USING THE SAME - A drag knob for regulating drag force of a drag mechanism configured to brake rotation of a spool rotatably mounted to a reel unit of a fishing reel includes an operating member, a coil spring, a receiver member, and a slide member. The operating member is rotatably mounted to the reel unit. The coil spring extends and contracts in a rotary axis direction of the operating member in conjunction with rotation of the operating member. The receiver member is configured to receive urging force of the coil spring and apply drag force to the spool. The slide member is disposed between the coil spring and the receiver member in the rotary axis direction. The slide member has a friction coefficient less than a friction coefficient of the receiver member. | 06-05-2014 |
| 242246000 | Between spool and spool shaft | 2 |
| 20080290202 | SPOOL FOR SPINNING REEL - A spool of a spinning reel includes a support member, a spool body, a drag mechanism, a first sealing member, and a second sealing member. The support member is detachably connected to a spool shaft. The spool body includes a housing recess that is frontally open and rotatably attached to the support member. The drag mechanism decelerates the spool body and includes a front friction portion that has a press washer with an inner peripheral surface opposed to an outer peripheral surface of a front portion of the support member. The press washer contacts a drag regulation member. The housing recess accommodates the friction portion. The first sealing member seals a gap created between the inner peripheral surface of the press washer and the outer peripheral surface of the support member. The second sealing member seals the gap created between the outer peripheral surface of the press washer and the housing recess. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090065620 | DRAG SYSTEM FOR A SPINNING REEL - A drag system for a spinning reel comprised of a spool assembly | 03-12-2009 |
| 242247000 | Positive | 4 |
| 20090057461 | ROLLER CLUTCH - A roller clutch arranged to transmit rotation in only one direction includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rollers, a retainer, a cam surface, and a plurality of spring members. The inner ring is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring. The rollers are disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring in a circumferential direction and are allowed to frictionally engage the outer and inner rings. The retainer includes a plurality of holding portions disposed among the rollers, and shaft portions that protrude from the holding portions toward the rollers. The cam surface is an oblique surface on the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and arranged to contact the outer peripheral surface of the rollers. The spring members are disposed on the outer peripheral side of the shaft portions and urge the rollers to frictionally engage the cam surface. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20110315801 | One-way clutch for fishing reel - A one-way clutch for a fishing reel includes an outer race, an inner race, a first roller, a second roller, and a cam surface. The first roller is disposed between the outer race and the inner race, and is disposed to make contact with the outer race and the inner race. The second roller is disposed between the outer race and the inner race, and is disposed to make contact with the outer race and the inner race. The cam surface is disposed on either an inner peripheral surface of the outer race or an outer peripheral surface of the inner race, and is disposed to allow the first roller and the second roller being stuck with the cam surface. The first roller has a coefficient of friction greater than a coefficient of friction of the second roller. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20160088824 | ANTI-REVERSE DEVICE FOR FISHING SPINNING REEL - An anti-reverse device for a fishing reel according to an embodiment includes an anti-reverse gear provided on a rotator rotated by a handle operation, an anti-reverse pawl to be engaged with the anti-reverse gear, and a cam controlling engagement and disengagement of the anti-reverse pawl with the anti-reverse gear in accordance with a rotational direction of the rotator. The cam includes a friction clip attached to the rotator and rotating together with the rotator with a friction force between the rotator and the friction clip, and a bias member biasing the friction clip in a direction in which a clamping force of the clip member is increased. The friction clip includes two clip members clipping the rotator, a connecting portion connecting the two clip members so as to be openable and closable, and an engaging portion formed in one of the two clip members to engage with the anti-reverse pawl. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20190141971 | ROLLER CLUTCH FOR FISHING REEL | 05-16-2019 |
