Click sound generator for spinning reel

A click sound generator for a spinning reel having a reel body rotatably supporting an anti-reverse lever shaft, mounted on an anti-reverse lever, moveable in first and second directions for selectively engaging a means for preventing the backward rotation of a rotor in a reverse rotation prevention position and for allowing reverse rotation of a rotor in a reverse rotation enabling position, respectively, comprising:

• a clicking toothed wheel selectively engageable with a clicking claw concentrically mounted on the anti-reverse lever shaft, said clicking claw being operable in conjunction with an anti-reverse lever cam for selective engagement with and disengagement from said clicking toothed wheel;
• a spring for biasing said clicking claw into contact with said clicking tooth wheel in the reverse rotation prevention position;
• wherein said spring is concentrically mounted on the anti-reverse lever shaft and said clicking claw is mounted on the anti-reverse lever shaft for axial movement therealong, and wherein said spring biases said clicking claw in a first axial direction along the anti-reverse lever shaft and said anti-reverse lever cam moves said clicking claw in a second axial direction opposite to said first axial direction along the anti-reverse lever shaft;
• said anti-reverse lever cam concentrically provided on the anti-reverse lever shaft in parallel alignment with said clicking claw, said anti-reverse lever cam configurated to include a projection for contacting said clicking claw to disengage said clicking claw from said clicking tooth wheel to effect said reverse rotation enabling position;
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• whereby upon selectively rotating said anti-reverse lever in said second direction said clicking claw moves against the bias of said spring and out of contact with said clicking toothed wheel to said reverse rotation enabling position.