Fishing reel
AssigneeGloberide, Inc.
InventorIssei MIYAMOTO
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Abstract
A fishing reel of the present invention comprises a battery box that accommodates a replaceable battery in a side plate on a side opposite to a handle of a reel main body, a holding member that is movable integrally with a clutch operation member and holds a detection target unit, and a detection sensor that is disposed in the battery box and detects the moving detection target unit to determine whether a clutch mechanism is in an ON state or an OFF state. The holding member is engaged with a guide portion formed around the battery box, and the detection target unit is guided by the guide portion together with the holding member and moves when the clutch operation member moves.
Claims7
A fishing reel, comprising:
- a spool rotatably supported between left and right side plates of a reel main body;
- a handle that rotationally drives the spool;
- a battery box that is provided on a side plate on a side opposite to the handle between the left and right side plates and accommodates a replaceable battery;
- a clutch mechanism comprising a clutch operation member that switches the spool between a free rotation state and a fishing line winding state;
- a holding member that is integrally movable with the clutch operation member and holds a detection target unit;
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- a detection sensor that is disposed in the battery box and detects the moving detection target unit to determine whether the clutch mechanism is in an ON state or an OFF state,
- wherein the holding member is engaged with a guide portion formed around the battery box, and
- the detection target unit moves together with the holding member while being guided by the guide portion when the clutch operation member moves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.