Patent ID: 7793878
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing reel comprising: a cylindrical handle shaft rotatably retaining a high-speed gear and a low-speed gear, the handle shaft having a handle; a switching shaft fitted inside the handle shaft in a slidable manner in an axial direction of the handle shaft; a switching member selectively engageable with the high-speed gear for high-speed winding or the low-speed gear for low-speed winding in response to an axial movement of the switching shaft, the switching member having, at its end adjacent to the handle, an axial portion axially extending inside the handle shaft such that at least a part of an outer periphery of the axial portion faces an inner periphery of the handle shaft; and a pair of spring members, wherein each of the pair of spring members is disposed inside the handle shaft, wherein the pair of spring members bias via the axial portion the switching member in both axial directions of the handle shaft.