Patent ID: 6394380
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A spinning-reel reciprocating device for use in a spinning reel having a rotor driving mechanism, said rotor driving mechanism having a master gear shaft provided in a reel body of the spinning reel, a master gear for rotating unitarily with the master gear shaft, and a pinion gear for meshing with the master gear, said reciprocating device being disposed along an axis skew with the master gear shaft for reciprocating a spool shaft, back and forth in cooperation with rotation of a handle, a spool being fitted to a forward end of the spool shaft, said spinning reel reciprocating device comprising:a drive gear provided non-rotatably on the master gear shaft, said drive gear being disposed facing the master gear with the pinion gear disposed therebetween; a worm superficially into which intersecting helical grooves are formed, disposed substantially paralleling the spool shaft; a driven gear to which rotation of the drive gear is transmitted, provided non-rotatably on the worm; and a slider onto which the spool shaft is fitted immovably at least back-and-forth, said slider fitted reciprocatingly in the reel body and having an engagement member for engaging with said helical grooves.