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US 5,207,396 AGranted
Fishing reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorYoshiyuki Furomoto
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Abstract
A fishing reel is formed of a reel body, a spool, a support shaft for supporting the spool for rotating in unison therewith, a sleeve loosely fitted on the support shaft for free rotation, and a bearing. The bearing includes an inner race fitted on the sleeve. The support shaft is supported by the reel body through the bearing.
Claims12
A fishing reel comprising:
- a reel body;
- a spool (3);
- a support shaft (9) for supporting said spool (3) and rotating in unison therewith;
- a sleeve (20) which is separate from said support shaft, said sleeve being loosely fitted on said support shaft (9) so as to be slidably rotatable with respect to said support shaft (9);
- and
- a bearing (21) having an inner race fitted on said sleeve (20);
- wherein said support shaft (9) is supported by said reel body through said bearing (21).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.