Spinning reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorHirokazu HIRAOKA
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Abstract
A spinning reel for delivering fishing line has a spinning reel body, a handle, a rotor, and a spool. A rotor body of the rotor has a cylindrical coupling portion, a first rotor arm, and a second rotor arm. A first cover member of the rotor is removably attached to the rotor body covering a radially outer side of the first rotor arm. A first guard member of the rotor is removably attached to the rotor body and has a first guard portion covering a boundary between an outside surface of the coupling portion and a rear end surface of the coupling portion. A second guard member of the rotor is removably attached to the rotor body and has a second guard portion that covers the boundary between the outside surface and the rear end surface at a position opposing the first guard portion.
Claims15
A spinning reel for delivering fishing line in a forward direction, the spinning reel comprising:
- a spinning reel body;
- a handle rotatably supported by the reel body;
- a rotor supported by the reel body to rotate around a longitudinal axis that is offset from an axis of rotation of the handle;
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- a spool supported by the reel body to move in a longitudinal direction of the longitudinal axis, the spool being arranged to have the fishing line wound thereon by the rotor,
- the rotor including
- a rotor body having a cylindrical coupling portion that is rotatably supported by the reel body, a first rotor arm extending forward from a rear end portion of the coupling portion, the first rotor arm being spaced apart from the coupling portion and having a pair of first side portions, and a second rotor arm extending forward from the rear end portion of the coupling portion, the second rotor arm being spaced apart from the coupling portion and having a pair of second side portions, the first and second rotor arms being located on diametrically opposite sides of the coupling portion,
- a first cover member removably attached to the rotor body and covering a radially outer side of the first rotor arm,
- a first guard member removably attached to the rotor body, the first guard member having a first guard portion that covers at least a portion of a boundary between an outside surface of the coupling portion and a rear end surface of the rear end portion of the coupling portion,
- a second guard member removably attached to the rotor body, the second guard member having a second guard portion that covers at least a portion of the boundary between the outside surface and the rear end surface of the coupling portion at a position that opposes the first guard portion, and
- a fishing line guide portion pivotally coupled to extreme ends of the first rotor arm and the second rotor arm, the fishing line guide portion being arranged to wind the fishing line onto the spool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.