Patent ID: 9737061
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A clutch mechanism for a dual-bearing reel, being capable of allowing or preventing rotation transmitted thereto from a handle through a drive gear to be or from being transmitted to a spool rotatable about a spool shaft with respect to a reel unit, the clutch mechanism comprising: a clutch portion configured to be rotated in conjunction with the spool; and a pinion gear having an engaging part and a gear part, and being disposed so as to be rotatable about an axis of the spool shaft and be movable in a direction of the axis of the spool shaft, the engaging part being disposed on a first end, as a spool-side end, of the pinion gear and being configured to engage with and disengage from the clutch portion, the gear part being configured so as to be disposed farther away from the spool than the engaging part is disposed, and being configured to mesh with the drive gear, the gear part having helical teeth enabling the pinion gear to be urged toward the spool by the drive gear when the pinion gear receives transmission of rotation of the handle in a fishing-line winding direction from the drive gear, and the engaging part having a bottom and a first wall, the first wall extending from the bottom toward the first end and tilting in the same direction as the helical teeth with respect to the spool shaft such that the pinion gear is configured to be urged oppositely to the spool by the clutch portion when the first wall of the engaging part is engaged with the clutch portion and receives transmission of rotation in a fishing-line releasing direction from the spool.