Patent ID: 6971601

Claim:
A sound producing mechanism for use in a spinning reel having a reel unit and a spool that is disposed around a spool shaft, a fishing line being adapted to be wound around and released from the spool, the sound producing mechanism being designed to produce sound by relative rotation between the spool and the reel unit, the spinning reel sound producing mechanism comprising: a first sound producing portion having an attachment portion mounted to the spool shaft, and a plurality of saw tooth portions that are formed in a saw tooth shape circumferentially apart on an outer peripheral surface of the attachment portion; and a second sound producing portion that is mounted to the spool, and has a front end portion that is configured to come into contact with the saw tooth portions of the first sound producing portion, the first sound producing portion being mounted to the spool shaft so as to be rotatable relative to the second sound producing portion and unrotatable relative to the spool shaft when the spool rotates in a line releasing direction, and unrotatable relative to the second sound producing portion and rotatable relative to the spool shaft when the spool rotates in a line winding direction.