Patent ID: 6572041
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing-line guiding mechanism for use in a spinning-reel having a spool, a reel body, and a rotor with first and second rotor arms, said fishing-line guiding mechanism being provided on spool side ends of the first and second rotor arms of the rotor, said fishing-line guiding mechanism being pivotable between a line-guiding posture and a line-releasing posture, said fishing-line guiding mechanism guiding a fishing-line onto the spool when in the line-guiding posture, said fishing-line guiding mechanism comprising:first and second bail-support members respectively fitted pivotally to the spool side ends of the first and second rotor arms; a line roller provided on a spool side end of said first bail-support member, for guiding the fishing line onto the spool; a stationary shaft projecting from the said spool side end of said first bail-support member, for rotatively carrying said line roller; a stationary shaft cover having a larger outer diameter than an outer diameter of said liner roller, said stationary shaft cover being provided on a spool side end of said stationary shaft; a bail interconnecting said stationary shaft cover and said second bail-support member, for guiding the fishing line onto said line roller; and a line-slack preventing part provided on said first bail-support member on a side from which said stationary shaft projects, such that said line-slack preventing part projects from said stationary shaft side of said first bail-support member, said line-slack preventing part having a fishing-line piloting surface for piloting the fishing line toward said line roller.