US 5,312,063 AGranted

Stopper apparatus for a spinning reel

AssigneeShimano Inc.

InventorYasuhiro Hitomi

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Abstract

A stopper apparatus for a spinning reel has a first stopper mechanism for stopping a rotary frame in a fixed phase, a second stopper mechanism for stopping the rotary frame in a plurality of phases, and a stopper switching mechanism for switching the first and second stopper mechanisms. The first stopper mechanism includes a first pawl, and a tooth formed on a rotary element rotatably mounted on a spool shaft. The second stopper mechanism includes a second pawl, and teeth formed on an inner peripheral wall of the rotary frame. The stopper switching mechanism includes a cam plate disposed between and engageable with the first pawl and second pawl and attached to a forward end of a shaft rotatable by a control knob. The cam plate is rotatable between a first position to operate only the first stopper mechanism, a second position to operate at least the second stopper mechanism, and a third position to render the first and second stopper mechanisms inoperative.

A spinning reel comprising:

a reel body;
a spool shaft extending forwardly from said reel body;
a spool provided on said spool shaft;
a rotor for winding a fishing line on said spool, said rotor being provided forwardly of said reel body, said rotor having an interior surface;
an anti-reverse mechanism for restricting rotation of said rotor, said anti-reverse mechanism including:
(A) a first stopper for restricting rotation of said rotor at a single position, said first stopper including:
(a) a first engaging portion including a single outwardly directed tooth, wherein said first engaging portion rotates with said rotor;
and
(b) a first engaging pawl supported on said reel body, said first engaging pawl being displaceable such that said first engaging pawl and said first engaging portion are selectively engageable and disengageable;
and
(B) a second stopper for restricting rotation of said rotor at a plurality of positions, said second stopper including:
(a) a second engaging portion including a plurality of inwardly extending teeth defined on said interior surface of said rotor and surrounding said first engaging portion, and wherein said second engaging portion rotates with said rotor;
and
(b) a second engaging pawl supported on said reel body, said second engaging pawl being displaceable such that said second engaging pawl and said second engaging portion are selectively engageable and disengageable;
and
switch over means for controlling said first engaging pawl and said second engaging pawl, said switch over means being switchable between first, second and third positions;
wherein said first stopper is operable and said second stopper is inoperable, with said second engaging pawl being disengaged from said second engaging portion, when said switch over means is in said first position;
wherein said second stopper is operable and said first stopper is inoperable, with said first engaging pawl being disengaged from said first engaging portion, when said switch over means is in said second position;
and wherein said first and second stoppers are both inoperable, with said first and second engaging pawls both being disengaged from said first and second engaging portions, when said switch over means is in said third position.

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Facts

Application

07/883,356Filed 15 May 1992

Priority

JP 3-036669[U]23 May 1991

Granted

17 May 1994

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Classification5 codes

A01K 89/027
Brake devices for reels: with pick-up , i.e. for reels with the guiding member rotating and the spool not rotating during normal retrieval of the line
A01K 89/01
Reels: with pick-up, i.e. with the guiding member rotating and the spool not rotating during normal retrieval of the line
A01K 89/0122
With pick-up, i.e. with the guiding member rotating and the spool not rotating during normal retrieval of the line: with unwinding indicators,…
A01K 89/01087
Guiding members on rotor forward of spool: with manual actuator to shift guiding member to unwind position

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