Dual-bearing reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorKohei NAKAMURA
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Abstract
A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a handle, a spool shaft, a spool, a clutch mechanism, and a level winding mechanism. The clutch mechanism switches between a clutch-on state and a clutch-off state. The level winding mechanism has a line guide unit, a moving part, and a switching mechanism. The line guide unit moves along an axial direction of the spool shaft. The moving part moves along the axial direction of the spool shaft. The switching mechanism switches between a coupled state in which the line guide unit and the moving part are coupled, and a decoupled state in which the line guide unit and the moving part are decoupled, in accordance with the switching between the on state and the off state.
Claims5
A dual-bearing reel, comprising
- a reel body;
- a handle configured to rotate relative to the reel body;
- a spool shaft supported by the reel body so as to be rotatable;
- a spool configured to rotate together with the spool shaft and around which a fishing line is capable of being wound;
- a clutch mechanism configured to switch between an on state in which rotation of the handle is transmitted to the spool, and an off state in which the transmission of the rotation of the handle to the spool is not transmitted;
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- a level winding mechanism configured to evenly wind the fishing line onto the spool,
- the level winding mechanism including
- a line guide unit configured to guide the fishing line and move along an axial direction of the spool shaft,
- a moving part configured to move along the axial direction of the spool shaft, and
- a switching mechanism configured to switch between a coupled state in which the line guide unit and the moving part are coupled, and a decoupled state in which the line guide unit and the moving part are decoupled, in accordance with the switching between the on state and the off state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.