Patent ID: 6626385
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A01K,Y10T

Abstract:
A spinning reel for fishing comprising:a reel main body; a rotor rotatably supported by the reel main body; a handle shaft rotatably supported at opposite ends thereof by the reel main body; a handle adapted to be detachably attached to each of the ends of the handle shaft; a drive gear mounted on and integrally rotated with the handle shaft; a pinion gear engaged with the drive gear for transmitting rotating force of the drive gear to the rotor; a spool shaft extending to cross with the handle shaft in the interior of the reel main body; and a spool mounted on the spool shaft on which a fishing line is wound by rotation of the rotor, wherein the handle shaft includes a small diameter portion at a part of the handle shaft crossing with the spool shaft which has a smaller diameter than those of the handle shaft, and wherein a part of the handle which is connected to the handle shaft does not traverse a portion where the spool shaft crosses the handle shaft.