Fixing structure for line slack prevention and spinning reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsTakafumi TSUJI, Koji OCHIAI
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Abstract
A fixing structure for line slack prevention to be disposed on a bail support member of a spinning reel for fishing, the fixing structure includes a line slack prevention member having a cylindrical mounting portion to be inserted into a mounting hole on the bail support member and a fin portion extending radially outward from the mounting portion, and an expanding member to be inserted in a through-hole in the mounting portion of the line slack prevention member to fix the mounting portion of the line slack prevention member to the bail support member in an expanded state.
Claims5
A fixing structure for line slack prevention configured to be disposed on a bail support member of a spinning reel for fishing, the fixing structure comprising:
- a line slack prevention member having a cylindrical mounting portion configured to be inserted into a mounting hole provided on the bail support member and a fin portion extending radially outward from the mounting portion;
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- an expanding member configured to be inserted in a through-hole in the mounting portion to fix the mounting portion to the bail support member in an expanded state.
A spinning reel for fishing, comprising:
- a spool configured to wind a fishing line;
- a rotor having a rotor arm configured to wind the fishing line onto the spool;
- a bail support member configured to turn with free up-and-down movement relative to the rotor arm of the rotor;
- a line roller disposed on the bail support member and configured to guide the fishing line to the spool;
- a line slack prevention member having a cylindrical mounting portion configured to be inserted into a mounting hole provided on the bail support member and a fin portion extending radially outward from the mounting portion and facing the line roller;
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- an expanding member configured to be inserted into a through-hole in the mounting portion of the line slack prevention member to expand the diameter of the mounting portion of the line slack prevention member to fix the line slack prevention member to the bail support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.