Dual-bearing reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorAtsushi KAWAMATA
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Abstract
An electric reel includes a reel unit, a spool, a level wind mechanism and a plate member. The reel unit includes a fishing rod attachment leg and a frame. The frame includes a first side plate disposed on the same side as a handle and a second side plate disposed opposite the first side plate so as to enable the spool to be disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate. The spool is rotatable with respect to the reel unit. The level wind mechanism includes a fishing line guide that is disposed forward of the spool and is reciprocatable along a spool shaft as a rotation shaft of the spool. The plate member is a plate-shaped member disposed between the spool and the fishing line guide along the axial direction of the spool shaft, and is attached to the reel unit from a side lateral to the frame.
Claims18
A dual-bearing reel being attachable to a fishing rod and being configured to forwardly reel out a fishing line, comprising:
- a handle disposed on a first side of the dual-bearing reel;
- a reel unit including a fishing rod attachment leg and a frame, the fishing rod attachment leg enabling the fishing rod to be attached thereto, the frame having a first side plate and a second side plate, the first side plate being disposed on the first side, the second side plate being disposed on a second side of the dual-bearing reel, the second side being opposite the first side, so as to enable a spool to be disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate;
- the spool being rotatable with respect to the reel unit and being capable of winding the fishing line thereabout;
- a level wind mechanism including a fishing line guide, the fishing line guide being disposed forward of the spool and being reciprocatable along a rotation shaft of the spool;
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- a plate member, the plate member being disposed between the spool and the fishing line guide along an axial direction of the rotation shaft, the plate member being attached to the reel unit from a side lateral to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.