Spinning reel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10010061-B2
Application number	US-201615046689-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2016
Priority date	Mar 18, 2015
Publication date	Jul 3, 2018
Grant date	Jul 3, 2018

Abstract

A spinning reel includes a rotation transmission mechanism that transmits a rotation of a handle to a rotor. The rotation transmission mechanism includes a drive shaft and a drive gear. The drive shaft is mounted to the reel unit so as to be rotatable about an axis arranged skew to the spool shaft. The drive gear is mounted to the drive shaft so as to be unitarily rotatable therewith. The spinning reel includes a rotation control mechanism mounted between the handle and the drive shaft. The rotation control mechanism transmits the rotation of the handle to the drive shaft only when the handle is rotated in a direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction. The rotation control mechanism includes a handle brake that applies a braking force to the rotation of the handle when the handle is rotated in a reverse direction relative to the direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spinning reel configured to forwardly reel out a fishing line, the spinning reel comprising:
a reel unit;
a handle rotatably mounted to a lateral part of the reel unit;
a spool shaft mounted to the reel unit so as to be movable back and forth;
a spool for winding the fishing line, the spool mounted to a front part of the spool shaft;
a rotor that winds the fishing line onto the spool, the rotor mounted to the reel unit so as to be rotatable about the spool shaft in both a fishing-line winding direction and a fishing-line releasing direction;
a rotation transmission mechanism configured to transmit a rotation of the handle to the rotor, the rotation transmission mechanism including a drive shaft, a drive gear and a pinion gear, the drive shaft mounted to the reel unit so as to be rotatable about an axis arranged skew to the spool shaft, the drive gear mounted to the drive shaft so as to be unitarily rotatable therewith, the pinion gear mounted to the spool shaft so as to be rotatable thereabout, the pinion gear meshed with the drive gear; and
a rotation control mechanism mounted between the handle and the drive shaft, the rotation control mechanism configured to transmit the rotation of the handle to the drive shaft only when the handle is rotated in a direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction,
the rotation control mechanism including a handle brake portion, the handle brake portion configured to apply a braking force to the rotation of the handle when the handle is rotated in a reverse direction relative to the direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction.

2. The spinning reel according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation control mechanism includes a one-way roller clutch, the one-way roller clutch configured to transmit the rotation of the handle to the drive shaft only when the handle is rotated in the direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction.

3. The spinning reel according to claim 2 , wherein the one-way roller clutch includes
an inner race mounted to one of the drive shaft and the handle so as to be unitarily rotatable therewith,
an outer race mounted to the other of the drive shaft and the handle so as to be unitarily rotatable therewith,
a plurality of rollers disposed between the inner race and the outer race, the rollers circumferentially aligned at intervals, each of the rollers circumferentially movable in a transmission allowed position for allowing a transmission of the rotation and a transmission prevented position for preventing the transmission of the rotation, and
a holding member arranging the rollers to be circumferentially aligned at intervals.

4. The spinning reel according to claim 3 , wherein
the one-way roller clutch is constructed such that the inner race is mounted to the drive shaft so as to be unitarily rotatable therewith, and the outer race is mounted to the handle so as to be unitarily rotatable therewith, and
the handle brake portion includes
a pawl member pivotably mounted to the holding member,
a spring member including a curved part and a hook part, the curved part frictionally engaged with the reel unit, the curved part rotatable about a rotational center of the handle, the curved part configured to be loosened when the handle is rotated in the direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction, the curved part configured to be tightened when the handle is rotated in the reverse direction relative to the direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction, the hook part disposed on one end of the curved part, the hook part hooked to a tip of the pawl member,
a brake member having a ring shape, the brake member mounted to the reel unit so as to be rotatable about the drive shaft, the brake member including a plurality of internal teeth enabling the tip of the pawl member to be engaged therewith, and
an elastic ring disposed between the reel unit and the brake member, the elastic ring causing the brake member to be frictionally engaged with the reel unit.

5. The spinning reel according to claim 4 , wherein the reel unit includes a spring holding member having an armular shape, the spring holding member including a first annular groove enabling the curved part of the spring member to be frictionally engaged therewith.

6. The spinning reel according to claim 5 , wherein the reel unit includes an annular member, the annular member disposed on an outer peripheral side of the spring holding member, the armular member including a second annular groove on an outer peripheral surface thereof, the second annular groove enabling the elastic ring to be mounted thereto.

7. The spinning reel according to claim 6 , wherein
the rotation control mechanism includes a handle stopper portion, the handle stopper portion configured to stop the rotation of the handle at a predetermined rotational phase when the handle is rotated in the reverse direction relative to the direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction, and
the handle stopper portion includes a protruding part, the protruding part protruding from the annular member to an inner peripheral side so as to be contactable to the pawl member.

8. The spinning reel according to claim 6 , wherein
the reel unit includes
a reel body including a mechanism accommodation space in an interior thereof, and
a lid member for dosing the reel body, and

the spring holding member and the annular member are non-rotatably and detachably mountable to any one of the reel body and the lid member from outside. direction.

9. The spinning reel according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation control mechanism includes a handle stopper portion, the handle stopper portion configured to stop the rotation of the handle at a predetermined rotational phase when the handle is rotated in the reverse direction relative to the direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction.

10. The spinning reel according to claim 1 , wherein the handle brake portion is a spring member mounted between the rotation control mechanism and the reel unit.

11. The spinning reel according to claim 10 , wherein the spring member is made of a metallic spring wire rod.

12. The spinning reel according to claim 11 , wherein the spring member includes
a curved part frictionally engaged with one of the rotation control mechanism and the reel unit, the curved part configured to be tightened when the handle is rotated in the reverse direction relative to the direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction, the curved part configured to be loosened when the handle is rotated in the direction corresponding to the fishing-line winding direction, and
a spring hook part bending from the curved part, the spring hook part hooked to the other of the rotation control mechanism and the reel unit.

13. A method of manufacturing a spinning reel that forwardly reels out a fishing line, the method comprising:
rotatably mounting a handle to a lateral part of a reel unit;
mounting a spool shaft to the reel unit, the spool shaft movable back and forth;
mounting a spool to a front part of the spool shaft, the spool for winding the fishing line;
mounting a rotor to the reel unit, the rotor rotatable about the spool shaft in both a fishing-line winding direction and a fishing-line releasing direction, the rotor for winding the fishing line onto the spool;
mounting a drive shaft to the reel unit, the drive shaft rotatable about an axis arranged skew to the spool shaft;
mounting a drive gear to the drive shaft, the drive gear unitarily rotatable therewith;
mounting a pinion gear to the spool shaft,

Assignees

• Shimano Kk

Inventors

• Saito Kei

Classifications

• A01K89/027

  with pick-up {, i.e. for reels with the guiding member rotating and the spool not rotating during normal retrieval of the line} · CPC title

• A01K89/0117

  Anti-reverse mechanisms · CPC title

• A01K89/01 Primary

  with pick-up, i.e. with the guiding member rotating and the spool not rotating during normal retrieval of the line (A01K89/027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A01K89/006 Primary

  Hand crank features · CPC title

• A01K89/0189 Primary

  Coaxial of spool · CPC title