Patent ID: 7090160
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A sound generating device for a dual bearing reel that generates sound by rotation of a spool for winding line that is rotatively mounted on a reel unit of the dual bearing reel, the sound generating device comprising: a disk shaped serrated member that is relatively unrotatable with the spool, the serrated member having a plurality of projections formed on its outer periphery so as to be spaced apart; an operation member that is adapted to be mounted on the reel unit, the operation member being movable toward and away from the serrated member; a sounding member that is pivotably mounted on the operation member, the sounding member being movable in accordance with movement of the operation member between a sound generation position in which a tip of the sounding member can contact the projections of the serrated member and a release position in which the tip of the sounding member cannot contact the projections; a first urging member that urges the sounding member so that the tip of the sounding member is pointed substantially toward a center of the serrated member when the sounding member is in the sound generation position; and a second urging member that applies a greater urging force to the sounding member when the spool rotates in a line-releasing direction than when the spool rotates in a line-winding direction, while the sounding member is in the sound generation position, the sounding member including a support portion that is pivotably supported by the operation member, an engagement portion that extends radially outward from the support portion and is engaged with the first urging member, and a pawl portion that extends radially outward from the support portion in a direction that is different from a direction in which the engagement portion extends.