Patent ID: 6729568
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A bail tripping device for use in a spinning reel having a spinning reel unit having a braking member attached thereto and a rotor having a bail arm, the bail arm being pivotable about a pivot axis and fitted to the rotor pivotably between a line-guiding posture and a line-releasing posture, the rotor being rotatably attached to the spinning reel unit, said bail tripping device being for returning a bail arm from the line-releasing posture to the line-guiding posture in cooperation with rotation of the rotor in its line-guiding direction, said bail tripping device comprising:a shifting mechanism provided in the rotor for shifting between a first position and a second position when the bail arm pivots, the first position corresponding to the line-guiding posture, the second position corresponding to the line-releasing posture, said shifting mechanism having a protruding portion that protrudes toward a front portion of the reel unit when said shifting mechanism is in the second position; a switching portion arranged at the front of the reel unit, said switching portion being for contacting said protruding portion of said shifting mechanism when said shifting mechanism is at its second position and shifting said shifting mechanism toward the first position when the rotor rotates in the line-guiding direction; and a revolving member provided on a portion of one of said shifting mechanism and said switching portion, said revolving member having an end portion that is adapted to contact the braking member to generate a braking force, and a roller portion that is attached adjacent to said end portion, such that said roller portion rolls against said switching portion.