Patent ID: 6412719
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A dual-bearing reel comprising:a rotatable pinion having an inner periphery defining a hole and the pinion having an enlarged groove in the inner periphery; a handle; a gear train connected between the pinion and the handle for driving the pinion in the same direction when the handle is rotated; and a rotatable spool shaft having a large diameter portion, a stepped portion and a small diameter portion interposed between the large diameter portion and stepped portion, the spool shaft movable within the hole of the pinion such that when the large diameter portion and stepped portion are in contact with the inner periphery of the hole, the rotation of the pinion is translated to the spool shaft; and, when the stepped portion is positioned inside the enlarged groove in the pinion, the spool shaft is released from the pinion and the spool shaft is idly rotatable.