Patent ID: 11937592
Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A spinning reel comprising:
a reel main body;
a spool including a spool shaft extending in an axial direction;
a cylindrical member disposed on an outer periphery of the spool shaft;
a rotor disposed at a front of the cylindrical member; and
a waterproof structure including a seal member configured to waterproof an entire circumference in an area between the cylindrical member and the rotor, the seal member including a main lip that is in liquid-tight contact at a contact portion in the axial direction,
wherein at least one of the rotor or the cylindrical member has an annular wall portion, the annular wall portion configured to cover the contact portion along an entire circumference of an outer peripheral side of the contact portion; and
wherein the seal member further includes an auxiliary lip extending in the axial direction of the spool shaft with a gap axially provided between the cylindrical member and the rotor, the auxiliary lip disposed radially between the contact portion and the annular wall portion.