Patent ID: 6170773
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A spinning reel comprising:a reel body casing;a rotational frame member mounted on the reel body casing so as to be rotatable by means of a handle means supported on the reel body casing;a spool shaft slidably mounted on the rotational frame member;a spool secured to one end portion of the spool shaft;an oscillator means secured to another end portion of the spool shaft;an oscillator gear mounted on the reel body casing so as to be rotatable by said handle means; anda rotational member being rotatable together with said oscillator gear and movable relative to said oscillator gear, said rotational member being provided with a first projection engaging with a cam groove having a substantially elliptical shape, which is formed on an inner surface of the reel body casing, which faces the oscillator gear and with a second projection being connected with said oscillator means, andsaid first projection having a central axis shifted from a central axis of said second projection, the largest dimension of said rotational member being greater than the distance between the central axis of said second projection and the central axis of said oscillator gear, movement of said first projection along said cam groove, which is caused by rotation of said oscillator gear, causing said rotational member to move relative to said oscillator gear.