Patent ID: 7871030

Claim:
A spinning reel, comprising: a base unit, said base unit comprising a holder base, said holder base comprising two racks respectively disposed at front and rear sides thereof, an accommodation space defined between said two racks and two axle holes axially aligned at left and right sides thereof, two transmission shafts respectively axially movably mounted in said axle holes and two slide blocks respectively arranged on the left and right sides of said holder base and movable back and forth relative to said holder base to move said transmission shafts axially in said axle holes between an engaging position and a disengaging position, each said slide block comprising a transverse sliding slot for the passing of said transmission shafts; a steering mechanism, said steering mechanism comprising a first swivel bracket and a second swivel bracket pivotally mounted in said accommodation space inside said holder base and biasable relative to each other, said first swivel bracket and said second swivel bracket each comprising a U-notch located on a middle part thereof, and a skirted spool set between said first swivel bracket and said second swivel bracket for the winding of a fishing line and biasable with one for said first swivel bracket and said second swivel bracket relative to the other of said first swivel bracket and said second swivel bracket between a horizontal position and a vertical position, said skirted spool comprising two pivot axles respectively extended from two opposite ends thereof for positioning in the U-notch of said first swivel bracket and the U-notch of said second swivel bracket respectively, each said pivot axle of said skirted spool having an axial hole for the engagement of one said transmission shaft to hold the associating pivot axle of said skirted spool in the U-notch of one of said first swivel skirt and said second swivel skirt; a driving mechanism, said driving mechanism comprising a driving gear set and a gear shaft rotatable by said driving gear set, said gear shaft being connectable to one said transmission shaft for enabling said skirted spool to be rotated by said driving gear set, and a driving gear set adapted to rotate said gear shaft; and a rotating mechanism pivotally mounted in said holder base adjacent to one side of the other said transmission shaft, said rotating mechanism comprising a drive gear set, a pull rod assembly for rotating said drive gear set and a follower gear set meshed with said drive gear set and adapted to reciprocate said slide blocks in moving said transmission shafts for biasing said first swivel brackets, said second swivel bracket and said skirted spool.