Dual-bearing reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsHiroki Oogose, Akira Niitsuma
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Abstract
A dual-bearing reel includes a spool, a spool shaft, a spool supporting portion, a reel body, a rotating member, and a retaining member. The spool supporting portion is configured to support an end side of the spool shaft. The rotating member is disposed between the reel body and the spool supporting portion. The rotating member is rotatably arranged with respect to the spool supporting portion to detachably attach the spool supporting portion to the reel body. The retaining member is disposed between the spool supporting portion and the spool axis. The retaining member is configured to engage the spool supporting portion and the rotating member and prevent the rotating member from detaching from the spool supporting portion.
Claims11
A dual bearing reel, comprising:
- a spool around which a fishing line is capable of being wound;
- a spool shaft disposed at a rotational center of the spool;
- a spool supporting portion configured to support an end side of the spool shaft;
- a body portion onto which the spool supporting portion is detachably mounted;
- a rotating member disposed between the body portion and the spool supporting portion and rotatably arranged with respect to the spool supporting portion so as to detachably mount the spool supporting portion to the body portion;
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- a retaining member disposed between the spool supporting portion and the rotational center, configured to engage the spool supporting portion and the rotating member, and prevent the rotating member from detaching from the spool supporting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.