Patent ID: 9510576
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A spinning reel for forwardly casting a fishing line, comprising: a reel body unit; a spool shaft having a distal end and being supported by the reel body unit so as to be movable longitudinally; a spool including a line winding cylinder part having a front side, and a front flange disposed on the front side of the line winding cylinder part and being attached to the spool shaft, the line winding cylinder part being configured to have the fishing line wound to an outside thereof, the front flange comprising a flange portion and a connecting portion, and at least one of the flange portion and the connecting portion comprising a projection, a distal end portion of the projection being bent toward the spool shaft; a drag mechanism comprising a braking member housed inside of the spool and being configured to brake a rotation of the spool, and a drag adjuster attached to the distal end of the spool shaft and being configured to adjust a frictional coupling force of the braking member; and a seal member having a drag adjuster side and being configured to be elastically deformed, the seal member protruding from the drag adjuster side toward the front flange so as to seal a space formed between the front flange and the drag adjuster, and being configured to abut the front flange.