Patent ID: 7163167
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A one way clutch arranged on a rotor rotatably mounted on a reel unit of a spinning reel, comprising: a ring shaped ratchet wheel fixed to the rotor and having a plurality of saw-tooth shaped ratchet teeth formed on an inner peripheral surface of the ratchet wheel; a ratchet pawl pivotally arranged between a mesh position in which the ratchet pawl meshes with the ratchet teeth and a mesh release position in which the ratchet pawl is separated from the ratchet teeth; an urging member that urges the ratchet pawl to at least the mesh position; and a vibration absorption member interposed between the ratchet wheel and the rotor, the rotor and either the reel unit or the reel component being linked only when the rotor rotates in a line-release direction.