Patent ID: 6050511
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: A01K,F16D

Abstract:
A spinning reel used for fishing including a rotor rotatable in accordance with rotation of a handle, said rotor supporting a bail supporting member having a fishing line guide so that said bail supporting member is able to swing between a fishing line winding position and a fishing line releasing position, said bail supporting member being biased by a spring member holding said bail supporting member at each of said fishing line winding position and said fishing line releasing position,wherein said bail supporting member engages with buffer means before said bail supporting member is returned from said fishing line releasing position to said fishing line winding position to thereby absorb and relax a backward return force produced when said bail supporting member is returned to said fishing line winding position,wherein said buffer means includes highly viscous fluid material absorbing and relaxing the backward return force, andwherein said highly viscous fluid material absorbs said backward return force only during a latter portion of a movement of said bail supporting member when said bail supporting member is returned from said fishing line releasing position to said fishing line winding position.