Patent ID: 6971599
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A spinning reel rotor braking device for braking a rotor that is rotatably mounted on a reel unit in accordance with a pivot of a bail arm that is pivotable between a line-winding posture and a line releasing posture, the reel unit having a mounting groove on an outer periphery of a front end portion thereof, the spinning reel rotor braking device comprising: a moving member that is provided on the rotor and movable between a first position and a second position as the bail arm moves between the line-winding posture and the line releasing posture, the first position corresponding to the line-winding posture and the second position corresponding to the line-releasing posture, the moving member having a protruding portion that protrudes toward the mounting groove when the moving member is in the second position; a braking member that is mounted on the mounting groove of the reel unit, the braking member having a drag portion that generates a braking force by frictionally sliding against one of the reel unit and the protruding portion of the moving member when the moving member is in the second position; and a restriction mechanism that is formed on an inner periphery of the braking member and on an outer periphery of the mounting groove, the restriction mechanism restricting backward movement of the braking member relative to the reel unit so that the braking member does not come into contact with a rear end portion of the mounting groove.