Fishing reel with one-way clutch

A fishing reel comprising:

• a reel body;
• a spool supported by the reel body and rotatable for taking up a fishing line and including a projecting portion projecting from one outer lateral face to the spool;
• a transmission mechanism including a handle shaft, a spool shaft rotatable in unison with said spool, a drive gear, and a pinion gear for transmitting drive to said spool in a direction for taking up the fishing line;
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• a one-way clutch including an inner race, an outer race, a plurality of rollers located between said inner and outer races, a plurality of engaged portions mounted on said outer race, and an engaging element mounted on said reel body;
• said inner race being secured to said projecting portion of said spool,
• said engaging element being urged toward the engaged portions by an elastic member,
• wherein said one-way clutch is not mounted on any member of said transmission mechanism, said one-way clutch is operable to engage said engaging element mounted on the reel body with said engaged portion to completely prevent rotation of said outer race, thereby preventing said spool from rotating in a fishing line feed-out direction.

A fishing reel comprising:

• a reel body;
• a spool supported by the reel body and rotatable for taking up a fishing line and including a projecting portion projecting from one outer lateral face of the spool;
• a transmission mechanism including a handle shaft, a spool shaft rotatable in unison with said spool, a drive gear, and a pinion gear for transmitting drive to said rotary member in a direction for taking up the fishing line, a one-way clutch including an inner race, an outer race, a plurality of rollers located between said inner and outer races, a plurality of engaged portions mounted on said outer race, and an engaging element mounted on said reel body;
• said inner race being secured to said projecting portion of said spool;
• said engaging element being urged toward the engaged portions by an elastic member;
• said engaging element including a control pin for moving the engaging element away from the engaged portions;
• the fishing reel further comprising a control plate having a control element, said clutch being switchable, in response to an operation of said control plate, between a clutched condition for transmitting force from said handle shaft to said spool and an un-clutched condition for breaking the force transmission;
• wherein said one-way clutch is not mounted on any member of said transmission mechanism;
• said one-way clutch being operable such that when said control plate is operated for switching said clutch to said clutched condition, said one-way clutch engages said engaging element mounted on the reel body with said engaged portion to completely prevent rotation of said outer race, thereby preventing said spool from rotating in a fishing line feed-out direction,
• said one-way clutch being operable such that when said control plate is operated for switching said clutch to said un-clutched condition, said one-way clutch disengages said engaging element from said engaged portion as said control element comes into contact with said control pin, thereby to render said outer race and said spool freely rotatable.