Spinning reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsAkira Niitsuma, Atsushi Kawamata
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Abstract
A spinning reel, includes a reel body, a spool shaft supported by the reel body, a reciprocating mechanism having a slider mounted on the spool shaft and a worm shaft configured to rotate to move the spool shaft and the slider back and forth, and a torque-limiting mechanism that includes the worm shaft, a worm shaft gear that is supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the worm shaft, and a frictional force-generating member disposed between the worm shaft and the worm shaft gear and that is configured to contact the worm shaft or the worm shaft gear to generate a frictional force in a circumferential direction and to permit or cancel transmission of torque from the worm shaft gear to the worm shaft by the frictional force.
Claims8
A spinning reel, comprising:
- a reel body;
- a spool shaft supported by the reel body;
- a reciprocating mechanism having a slider mounted on the spool shaft, a worm shaft configured to rotate to move the spool shaft and the slider back and forward reciprocally, and a worm shaft gear supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the worm shaft;
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- a torque-limiting mechanism including a frictional force-generating member disposed between the worm shaft and the worm shaft gear and configured to contact the worm shaft or the worm shaft gear to generate a frictional force in a circumferential direction and to permit or cancel transmission of torque from the worm shaft gear to the worm shaft by the frictional force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.