Single-bearing reel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10349645-B2
Application number	US-201715495553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2017
Priority date	Jun 1, 2016
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A single-bearing reel includes a reel unit, a spool shaft, a support unit, a spool, a first restriction member, a second restriction member, a pair of first seal members, a second seal member, and a third seal member. The pair of first seal members is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the support unit. One of the pair of first seal members seals between the support unit and the first restriction member. The other of the pair of first seal members seals between the support unit and the second restriction member. The second seal member seals an inner peripheral part of the support unit from an inner peripheral part of the first restriction member. A third seal member seals the inner peripheral part of the support unit from an inner peripheral part of the second restriction member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A single-bearing reel, comprising:
a reel unit including a shaft support part;
a spool shaft supported as a cantilever by the shaft support part;
a support unit having a tubular shape, the support unit rotatable with respect to the spool shaft;
a spool mounted to the support unit, the spool rotatable with respect to the spool shaft, a fishing line to be wound about an outer periphery of the spool;
a first restriction member having an annular shape, the spool shaft penetrating through the first restriction member, the first restriction member at least partially mounted to an outer peripheral part of the support unit on a first end side of the support unit, the first restriction member restricting the spool from moving in an axial direction;
a second restriction member having an annular shape, the spool shaft penetrating through the second restriction member, the second restriction member at least partially mounted to the outer peripheral part of the support unit on a second end side of the support unit, the second restriction member restricting the spool from moving in the axial direction;
a pair of first seal members disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the support unit, one of the pair of first seal members sealing between the support unit and the first restriction member, the other of the pair of first seal members sealing between the support unit and the second restriction member;
a second seal member sealing an inner peripheral part of the support unit from an inner peripheral part of the first restriction member; and
a third seal member sealing the inner peripheral part of the support unit from an inner peripheral part of the second restriction member.

2. The single-bearing reel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a drag mechanism including a drag knob for adjusting a drag force, the drag knob disposed on an inner peripheral side of the second restriction member, wherein
the third seal member seals between the inner peripheral part of the second restriction member and an outer peripheral part of the drag knob.

3. The single-bearing reel according to claim 1 , wherein the second seal member seals between the inner peripheral part of the first restriction member and an outer peripheral part of the shaft support part.

4. The single-bearing reel according to claim 1 , wherein
the spool includes a boss having a tubular shape,
the support unit is disposed inside of the boss, and
the boss is interposed between the first restriction member and the second restriction member and is restricted from moving in the axial direction by the first restriction member and the second restriction member.

5. The single-bearing reel according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of first seal members is a pair of O-rings.

6. The single-bearing reel according to claim 1 , wherein the support unit includes a pair of bearings and a roller clutch, and the pair of bearings support the spool, the roller clutch disposed between the pair of bearings, the roller clutch configured to transmit or block a rotation of the spool along a rotational direction of the spool.

7. The single-bearing reel according to claim 1 , wherein the spool includes a plurality of through holes.

8. The single-bearing reel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rotor including a recess;
a fixation screw disposed in the recess and on an axial end of the spool shaft; and
a fourth seal member sealing between the rotor and the fixation screw.

9. A single-bearing reel, comprising:
a reel unit including a shaft support part;
a spool shaft supported as a cantilever by the shaft support part;
a support unit having a tubular shape, the support unit rotatable with respect to the spool shaft;
a spool mounted to the support unit, the spool rotatable with respect to the spool shaft a fishing line to be wound about an outer periphery of the spool;
a drag shaft penetrating an interior of the shaft support part and an interior of the spool shaft;
a first restriction member having an annular shape, the spool shaft penetrating through the first restriction member, the first restriction member at least partially mounted to an outer peripheral part of the support unit on a first end side of the support unit, the first restriction member restricting the spool from moving in an axial direction;
a second restriction member having a closed-end cylindrical shape, the second restriction member at least partially mounted to the outer peripheral part of the support unit on a second end side of the support unit, the second restriction member restricting the spool from moving in the axial direction;
a pair of first seal members disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the support unit, one of the pair of first seal members sealing between the support unit and the first restriction member, the other of the pair of first seal members sealing between the support unit and the second restriction member;
a second seal member sealing an inner peripheral part of the support unit from an inner peripheral part of the first restriction member; and
a third seal member sealing between an inner peripheral part of the spool shaft and an outer peripheral part of the drag shaft.

10. The single-bearing reel according to claim 9 , wherein the second seal member seals between the inner peripheral part of the first restriction member and an outer peripheral part of the shaft support part.

11. The single-bearing reel according to claim 9 , wherein
the spool includes a boss having a tubular shape,
the support unit is disposed inside of the boss, and
the boss is interposed between the first restriction member and the second restriction member and is restricted from moving in the axial direction by the first restriction member and the second restriction member.

12. The single-bearing reel according to claim 9 , wherein the pair of first seal members is a pair of O-rings.

13. The single-bearing reel according to claim 9 , wherein the support unit includes a pair of bearings and a roller clutch, the pair of bearings supports the spool, the roller clutch disposed between the pair of bearings, the roller clutch configured to transmit or block a rotation of the spool along a rotational direction of the spool.

14. The single-bearing reel according to claim 9 , wherein the spool includes a plurality of through holes.

15. A single-bearing reel, comprising:
a spool shaft;
a reel unit including shaft supporting means for supporting the spool shaft;
a spool;
spool supporting means for rotatably supporting the spool with respect to the spool shaft;
first restricting means for restricting the spool from moving in an axial direction;
second restricting means for restricting the spool from moving in the axial direction;
first sealing means for sealing between the spool supporting means and the second restricting means;
second sealing means for sealing an inner peripheral part of the spool supporting means from an inner peripheral part of the first restricting means;
third sealing means for sealing the inner peripheral part of the spool supporting means from an inner peripheral part of the second restricting means; and
drag adjusting means for adjusting a drag force, the third sealing means sealing between the inner peripheral part of the second restricting means and an outer peripheral part of the drag adjusting means.

16. The single-bearing reel according to claim 15 , wherein
the spool includes a boss having a tubular shape,
the spool supporting means is disposed inside of the boss, and
the boss is interposed between the

Assignees

• Shimano Kk
• Shimano Components My Sdn Bhd

Inventors

• Kitajima Keigo
• Chew Chun Wee
• Misseri Muhamad Aidil Bin
• Lee Wen Yin

Classifications

• A01K89/027 Primary

  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

• A01K89/01928 Primary

  with line or water shields · CPC title

• A01K89/016

  Fly reels {, i.e. with a stub shaft support} · CPC title

• A01K89/033 Primary

  with {a} rotary drum {, i.e. for reels with a rotating spool (antibacklash devices A01K89/0155)} · CPC title

• A01K89/01931

  Spool or spool shaft details (spool details in reel with pick-up A01K89/0111) · CPC title