Patent ID: 7077349
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing line guide mechanism adapted to be mounted to front ends of a first rotor arm and a second rotor arm of a rotor of a spinning reel, said line guide mechanism being adapted to be pivotable between a line-guiding posture and a line-releasing posture and comprising: a first bail support member and a second bail support member respectively pivotably mounted to front ends of the first rotor arm and the second rotor arm; a line roller rotatively supported by said first bail support member to guide fishing line on its outer peripheral surface; a bail disposed between said first bail support member and said second bail support member to lead fishing line to said line roller, said bail including a mounting member having a first end portion, said first end portion being configured to be fixedly coupled to said first mounting recess of said bulging portion such that said bail is fixedly arranged to said first bail support member; and a fixed shaft cover portion arranged spaced apart from said first bail support member, said fixed shaft cover portion having a second mounting recess formed at a tip end surface potion of said fixed shaft cover portion so as to open toward said bulging portion, said mounting member further having a second end portion, said second end portion being configured to be fixedly coupled to said second mounting recess of said fixed shaft cover portion.