Patent ID: 7175121
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A sounding mechanism of a spinning reel that produces sound by relative rotation between a spool shaft and a spool that winds up and releases fishing line, the sounding mechanism comprising: a first sounding portion that is non-rotatable with respect to one of the spool and the spool shaft, and has a plurality of concave/convex portions that are formed spaced apart in a circumferential direction on a surface of the first sounding portion; and a second sounding portion that is non-rotatable with respect to the other of the spool and the spool shaft, the second sounding portion having a pawl member that is pivotably arranged to be contactable with the concave/convex portions, and a pair of urging members that are arranged on both sides of the pawl member to urge the pawl member from both sides thereof, the second sounding portion producing sound when the concave/convex portions contact the pawl member as the spool rotates relative to the spool shaft, the pair of compression springs not being put into tension as the spool rotates relative to the spool shaft.