Patent ID: 6682007
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A spinning reel comprising:a reel body having a front portion; a shaft sleeve rotatably supported by the reel body; a handle shaft insertedely mounted in the shaft sleeve and rotatable integrally with the shaft sleeve; a handle connected to the handle shaft; a master gear coaxially and integrally provided on the shaft sleeve; a spool shaft extending in a frontward/rearward direction of the reel body and oscillatingly movably supported on the reel body; a spool fixed to the spool shaft and having a fishing line winding portion; a rotor positioned at the front portion of the reel body and rotatably supported by the reel body; a fishing line guide portion provided to the rotor for winding a fishing line over the fishing line winding portion upon rotation of the rotor; a pinion gear provided integrally with the rotor and meshingly engaged with the master gear; a traverse camshaft rotatably supported in parallel with the spool shaft by the reel body and formed with a cam groove; a slider member fixed to the spool shaft and having a pawl engaged with the cam groove, the slider member being movable in a lengthwise direction of the traverse camshaft upon rotation of the traverse camshaft; a driving spiral gear fixedly provided on the shaft sleeve at a position separated from the master gear; a driven spiral gear fixedly provided on the traverse camshaft; and at least one intermediate spiral gear for transmitting rotation of the driving spiral gear to the driven spiral gear.