Patent ID: 6460792
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A spinning-reel rotation transmission device for use in a spinning reel including a handle assembly having a handle and a face gear, a reel unit having a reciprocative shifting mechanism, a rotor, and a spool, said spinning-reel rotation transmission device being for transmitting rotation of the handle to the reciprocative shifting mechanism for reciprocatingly shifting back-and-forth the spinning-reel spool fitted to the reel unit frontward of the rotor, the spinning-reel rotation transmission device comprising:a pinion gear extending along an axis that is skew relative to a rotational axis of the handle, said pinion gear being adapted to receive rotation transmitted from the handle by meshing with the face gear; a linking shaft disposed along an axis skew relative to said pinion gear and being adapted to link the reciprocative shifting mechanism and said pinion gear; a first bearing component fixed to be attachable to and detachable from the reel unit, for rotatively supporting one end of said linking shaft; a second bearing component provided in the reel unit, for rotatively supporting the other end of said linking shaft; a first gear provided on said linking shaft, for meshing with said pinion gear; a second gear provided on said linking shaft in a different location from said first gear; and a third gear that is linked to the reciprocative shifting mechanism, for meshing with said second gear.