Patent ID: 7083133
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing line guide mechanism, for guiding fishing line onto a spool of a spinning reel, the fishing line guide mechanism being adapted to be mounted to front ends of a first rotor arm and a second rotor arm so as to be pivotable between a line-guiding posture and a line-releasing posture and comprising: a first bail support member and a second bail support member that are adapted to be respectively pivotably mounted to the front ends of the first rotor arm and the second rotor arm, the first bail support member including a first engaged portion; a fixed shaft one end of which is coupled to the first bail support member, the fixed shaft including a shaft portion and a first engaging portion that is formed at an end of the shaft portion, the first engaging portion non-rotatably engaging with the first engaged portion; a fixed shaft cover that is fixedly attached to another end of the fixed shaft so as to be spaced apart from the first bail support member; a line roller that is rotatively supported by the fixed shaft, the line roller having on its outer peripheral surface a guiding portion for guiding the fishing line, the line roller being supported on an outer periphery of the shaft portion; and a bail that is curved outward in a circumferential direction of the spool to guide the fishing line onto the line roller via the fixed shaft cover, one end of the bail being fixedly attached to the second bail support member, the fixed shaft cover and the bail being integrally formed from a metal such that the exteriors thereof are smoothly and continuously connected, the fixed shaft cover being formed separately from the fixed shaft, the fixed shaft including a second engaging portion formed at least partially on an outer periphery of an end of the fixed shaft, and the fixed shaft cover including a second engaged portion that is formed at least partially on an end of the fixed shaft cover, the second engaged portion being non-rotatably engaged with the second engaging portion.