Patent ID: 6019301
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A device for preventing the reverse rotation of a spinning reel, said device being adapted to be installed in a spinning reel in which a rotor that is used to guide a fishing line onto a spool is mounted on a reel main body so that said rotor is free to rotate, said device being useful to prevent the reverse rotation of said rotor in the line pay-out direction, said device comprising:(i) an outer ring having an outer circumferential portion;(ii) a frame which supports said outer circumferential portion of said outer ring, said frame and said outer ring being in spaced relationship thereby defining a gap between said frame and said outer ring;(iii) an inner ring which is adapted to rotate relative to said outer ring;(iv) a plurality of rollers which are installed between said outer ring and said inner ring, and which are adapted to assume operating positions in which said rollers engage with said inner and outer rings, and non-operating positions in which said rollers are positioned between said inner and outer rings;(v) a plurality of driving members which include(a) supporting elements which are supported directly on said frame, and(b) torsion coil springs which extend inward from said supporting elements and which drive said plurality of rollers toward said operating positions, said torsion coil springs consisting of coils which are supported on said frame, and arms having tips, said arms extending inward from said coils so that said tips of said arms contact said rollers;(vi) a switching member which has a disk-form main body and a plurality of projecting elements which project in the axial direction from said main body and which are disposed directly between each of said plurality of rollers; and(vii) an operating mechanism which moves said plurality of rollers between said operating positions and said non-operating positions by causing said switching member to rotate circumferentially.