Patent ID: 6227474
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A spinning reel comprising:a reel body having a front side and a rear side, the front side facing a front side of a fishing rod and the rear side facing a rear side of the fishing rod when the spinning reel is mounted on the fishing rod;a spool positioned at the front side of the reel body for winding therearound a fishing line, the fishing line extending from the spool toward the front side of the fishing rod;a rotor rotatably supported on the front side of the reel body;a bail arm assembly provided to the rotor and circularly movable around the spool; and,a line roller mechanism provided to the bail arm assembly comprising:a first tension roller having a first fishing line contact face;a second tension roller having a second fishing line contact face confronting the first fishing line contact face, the first tension roller and the second tension roller each having a front end side positioned towards the front side of the fishing rod and a rear end side positioned towards the rear side of the fishing rod, the first fishing line contact face and the second fishing line contact face providing a fishing line guide groove therebetween, a distance between the first fishing line contact face and the second fishing line contact face at the rear end sides being smaller than a distance therebetween at the front end sides, the fishing line being introduced form the front side of the fishing rod into a front end side of the fishing line guide groove and the fishing line being guidedly directed to the spool while being pressed by the first fishing line contact face and the second fishing line contact face at a rear end side of the fishing line guide groove during a fishing line winding operation; anda biasing member urging at least one of the first tension roller and the second tension roller to reduce a distance between the first fishing line contact face and the second fishing line contact face.