Patent ID: 6412721
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A spinning reel reciprocating device for reciprocating a spool back and forth in cooperation with rotation of a handle furnished on a spinning-reel reel unit to which a fishing-line-guiding rotor is rotatively fitted, the handle being rotatable about a first axis, the spinning reel reciprocating device comprising:a drive gear for rotating about a second axis in cooperation with rotation of the handle, the second axis being skew relative to the first axis; a stepped gear unit including a larger-diameter gear meshing with the drive gear, and a smaller-diameter gear disposed concentric with the larger-diameter gear and rotating unitarily with the larger-diameter gear; and a shifting means having a driven gear meshing with the smaller-diameter gear, for reciprocating the spool by rotation of said driven gear.