Spinning reel having a device for preventing backward rotation of a rotor

A spinning reel comprising:

• a bail;
• a rotor supporting said bail and defining a plurality of teeth on an inner peripheral wall thereof;
• a pawl supported in a forward position of a reel body for engaging said teeth;
• and
• a position switching mechanism operable in response to drive in a line winding direction of a drive system for retracting said pawl from said teeth, and in response to drive in a line unwinding direction of said drive system for allowing said pawl to engage one of said teeth, wherein said plurality of teeth and said pawl constitute a one-way clutch, wherein said one-way clutch includes control means for retracting said pawl from said teeth when said rotor rotates in the line winding direction, and allowing said pawl to engage one of said teeth when said rotor rotates in the line unwinding direction, wherein said one-way clutch further includes a stopper for contacting said pawl to hold said pawl out of engagement with said teeth, thereby allowing free rotation in the line unwinding direction of said rotor, and wherein said rotor is formed of a plastic and includes a metal forming part of said teeth for balance of rotation.

A spinning reel comprising:

• a bail;
• a rotor supporting said bail and defining a plurality of teeth on an inner peripheral wall thereof;
• a pawl supported in a forward position of a reel body for engaging said teeth;
• a spring for biasing said pawl toward said teeth;
• a position switching mechanism operable in response to drive in a line winding direction of a drive system for retracting said pawl from said teeth, and in response to drive in a line unwinding direction of said drive system for allowing said pawl to engage one of said teeth;
• said position switching mechanism comprising;
• a cam switchable between a rotation allowing position for contacting said pawl to disengage said pawl from said teeth, and a rotation stopping position for allowing said pawl to engage one of said teeth, and frictional control means disposed between said cam and said drive system for switching said cam to said rotation allowing position when said rotor rotates in said line winding direction, and to said rotation stopping position when said rotor rotates in said line unwinding direction, said spring having a biasing force weaker than an operating force of said frictional control means occurring when said rotor rotates in said line winding direction, and stronger than a position retaining force of said frictional control means occurring when said rotor stops rotating in said line winding direction.

A spinning reel comprising:

• a reel body;
• a rotor rotatably supported forwardly of said reel body;
• a one-way clutch mechanism for restricting a rotation of said rotor in a line releasing direction, said one-way clutch mechanism including:
• a plurality of teeth formed on an interior surface or said rotor,
• a pawl member pivotably supported on said reel body such that said pawl member is capable of pivoting about a pivotal axis, said pivotal axis having a direction along a rotational axis of said rotor, said pawl member having an engageable portion extending from said pivotal axis to said plurality of teeth, a controllable portion extending from said pivotable axis in a substantially opposite direction to said engageable portion and an operable portion, said pawl member being pivotable between a first position in which said engageable portion is engaged with one of said plurality of teeth and a second position in which said engageable portion is disengaged;
• a position switching mechanism for switching said pawl member to said second position when said rotor rotates in a line-winding direction and to said first position when said rotor rotates in said line-releasing direction;
• and
• a stopper element defined on said reel body, said stopper element being pivotable by an operation from an exterior portion of said reel body to act on said operable portion of said pawl member so as to move said pawl member to said second position regardless of the rotational direction of said rotor.