Patent ID: 7878438

Claim:
A dual-bearing reel sound producing device configured to produce sound in conjunction with rotation of a fishing-line winding spool attached to a reel body of a dual-bearing reel in a rotatable state, comprising: a collar member made of elastic material, the collar member attached into an elongated aperture passing through a lateral part of the reel body and having a roughly oval outline, the collar member including a first aperture having a roughly circular outline, and a second aperture having a roughly circular outline, the first and second apertures communicating with each other while partially overlapping each other in a center part of the collar member, an outer shape of the collar member nearly corresponding to an inner shape of the elongated aperture; an operation member including a shaft portion having a front end and distal end opposite the front end, and movably attached to and positioned in either the first aperture or the second aperture of the collar member, and an operation portion disposed on the front end of the shaft portion, the operation portion exposed on a lateral outer side of the reel body; a disc-shaped convexo-concave member configured to rotate in conjunction with rotation of the spool, the convexo-concave member including a plurality of convexes on an outer periphery thereof, the plurality of convexes circumferentially arranged at predetermined intervals; a sound producing member attached to the distal end of the shaft portion of the operation member in a pivotable state, the sound producing member configured to move to either a sound activation position or a sound deactivation position in conjunction with movement of the operation member to either the first aperture or the second aperture, the sound activation position allowing a tip of the sound producing member to be disposed between any two adjacent convexes of the plurality of convexes of the convexo-concave member, the sound deactivation position allowing the tip of the sound producing member to be separated away from said any two adjacent convexes of the plurality of convexes of the convexo-concave member; and urging members configured to urge the sound producing member to direct the tip of the sound producing member towards the rotation center of the convexo-concave member.