Patent ID: 6405955
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
For a spinning reel, a fishing line guiding mechanism fitted to leading ends of first and second rotor arms to allow pivoting between a line-guiding position and a line-release position and for guiding a fishing line onto the spinning reel spool, the spinning reel fishing line guiding mechanism comprising:first and second bail support members respective fitted pivotably to the leading ends of the first and second rotor arms; a stationary shaft fixed at one end to said first bail support member; a stationary shaft cover provided on the other end of said stationary shaft, spaced at an interval from said first bail support member; a line roller supported rotatively on said stationary shaft and formed with a guiding portion whose circumferential surface guides the fishing line; and a bail disposed curving outward in the spool circumferential direction, fixed at either end to the second bail support member and to at least one of either said stationary shaft and said stationary shaft cover, for guiding the fishing line onto said line roller via said stationary shaft cover; wherein an outer peripheral portion of said first bail support member lies inside a sphere whose radius is given by a first distance where span between the outer peripheral portion and a predetermined reference point becomes the maximum, and said outer peripheral portion is formed into a curved surface such that the distance between said outer peripheral portion and said reference point becomes, heading outward, gradually smaller than the first distance.