Spinning reel for fishing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10412946-B2
Application number	US-201715820697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2017
Priority date	Jan 19, 2017
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A spinning reel for fishing includes: a rotor including a cylindrical portion and a pair of support arms; a spool including a bobbin trunk, a front flange and a rear flange disposed on front and rear ends of the bobbin trunk respectively; and a line safety guard configured to prevent entry of a fishing line into the spool. The line safety guard has a base end portion, connecting frames proximally extending radially outward from the base end portion, and an annular portion consecutively connected to the distal ends of the connecting frames. The annular portion has an outer peripheral surface that is disposed to face an inner peripheral surface of the rear flange, and a gap is open between the inner peripheral surface of the rear flange and the outer periphery of the annular portion, in an axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spinning reel for fishing, comprising:
a rotor including a cylindrical portion and a pair of support arms protruding from the cylindrical portion and supporting a bail arm;
a spool supported by a spool shaft and including a bobbin trunk, a front flange and a rear flange disposed on front and rear ends of the bobbin trunk respectively, the spool to move in accordance with a rotation of the rotor reciprocally in an axial direction of the spool shaft; and
a line safety guard configured to prevent entry of a fishing line into the spool,
the line safety guard including
a base end portion supported by the spool shaft so as to be rotatable around the spool shaft and movable together with the spool in the axial direction of the spool shaft;
connecting frames proximally extending radially outward from the base end portion; and
an annular portion consecutively connected to distal ends of the connecting frames, the annular portion having an outer peripheral surface that is disposed to face an inner peripheral surface of the rear flange with a gap between the inner peripheral surface of the rear flange and the outer peripheral surface of the annular portion, the gap being open in the axial direction of the spool shaft, wherein
the annular portion has a circumferential groove extending on the outer peripheral surface in a circumferential direction of the annular portion.

2. The spinning reel for fishing according to claim 1 , wherein the annular portion has a rear end face that is located rearward of a rear end surface of the rear flange of the spool.

3. The spinning reel for fishing according to claim 1 , wherein the annular portion has an engaging portion that protrudes radially outward therefrom and is to be engaged with at least one of the support arms of the rotor.

4. The spinning reel for fishing according to claim 3 , wherein one of the connecting frames extends in a longitudinal direction, the engaging portion extends in the longitudinal direction, and the engaging portion is offset from the one of the connecting frames in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

5. The spinning reel for fishing according to claim 4 , wherein the annular portion has another engaging portion that is offset from the one of the connecting frames in a direction opposite to the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

6. The spinning reel for fishing according to claim 1 , wherein the circumferential groove includes a front portion rising radially and a rear portion inclined as a tapered surface.

7. The spinning reel for fishing according to claim 1 , wherein the circumferential groove includes an inclined front rising portion and an inclined rear rising portion.

Assignees

• Shimano Kk

Inventors

• Hirayama Hirokazu

Classifications

• A01K89/01931

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

• A01K89/01928 Primary

  with line or water shields · CPC title

• A01K89/0117 Primary

  Anti-reverse mechanisms · CPC title

• A01K89/01925

  Reel supports, e.g. reel feet · CPC title

• 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