Patent ID: 7137585
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing line guide mechanism for a spinning reel comprising: first and second rotor arms; a first bail support member pivotably mounted to a front end of the first rotor arm, and having an annular first projecting portion; a second bail support member pivotably mounted to a front end of the second rotor arm; a fixed shaft in which one end thereof is fixed to the first bail support member; a fixed shaft cover formed on another end of the fixed shaft in a spaced relationship with the first bail support member; a line roller rotatably supported by the fixed shaft, and including a guide portion configured to guide fishing line and a flange portion that projects radially outward from an end portion of the guide portion closest to the first bail support member, the flange portion covering an outer periphery of the first projecting portion of the first bail support member, at least part of an outer peripheral portion of the flange portion being exposed on a radially outer side of the first bail support member; and a bail having an end fixed to the second bail support member and another end fixed to at least one of the fixed shaft and the fixed shaft cover, the bail being curved outward in a circumferential direction to guide the fishing line to the line roller.