Baitcasting reel having openable and closable lid

A baitcasting reel comprising:

• a rotary member for taking up a fishing line thereto;
• right and left side bodies arranged on opposite sides of said rotary member for supporting said rotary member therebetween;
• an opening defined in one of said side bodies for allowing said rotary member to be removed therethrough;
• an openable and closable case for exposing and closing said opening;
• a lid movably mounted on said case, and means formed on said lid and said one of said right and left side bodies for retaining said case in a closed position which corresponds to a retaining position of said lid;
• a lock mechanism for locking said lid in said retaining position, including engaging means and engaged means;
• said engaging means being provided to said lid;
• said engaging means being provided on said one of said side bodies and being engageable with and disengageable from said engaging means to selectively lock said lid in said retaining position;
• an unlock control member on said lid movable from a storing position to an operable position to act on said engaging means to disengage said engaging means from said engaged means, thereby to allow said lid to be moved from said retaining position to a release position which corresponds to an exposed position of said case;
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• a spring-ball mechanism and a recess portion provided between said lid and said unlock control member, said spring-ball mechanism and said recess portion being engageable with each other, thereby to maintain said unlock control member in said storing position.

A baitcasting reel comprising:

• a rotary member for taking up a fishing line thereto;
• right and left side bodies arranged in opposite sides of said rotary member for supporting said rotary member therebetween, each of said side bodies having a frame and a case;
• said frame being disposed adjacent to said rotary member;
• said case enclosing an outer side of said frame and being held by a shaft member extending from a reel body parallel to an axis of the rotary member, said case being pivotable about said axis of the shaft member and movable away from said frame in an axial direction of said shaft member under an urging force of a first spring without falling off said shaft member;
• an opening defined in one of said side bodies for allowing said rotary member to be removed therethrough;
• a rotatable lid held by said case to be attachable to and detachable from said frame and urged to move away from said frame by a second spring, said lid being attached to said frame thereby to attach said case to said frame, said lid being removed from said frame thereby to move said case away from said frame in which said case is pivoted about the axis of said shaft member to expose said opening;
• a lock mechanism including engaging means and engaged means;
• said engaging means provided to said lid for locking said lock mechanism in a locking position thereof;
• said engaged means provided to one of said side bodies and engageable with and disengageable from said engaging means;
• an unlock control member operable to act on said engaging means to disengage said engaging means from said engaged means, thereby to move said lock mechanism from said locking position to an unlocking position.

A baitcasting reel comprising:

• a side body including a frame and a case;
• a fixing mechanism for fixing said case to said frame;
• a lock mechanism for maintaining a fixed position between said case and said frame established by said fixing mechanism;
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• an unlock control member operable to move in one direction to place said fixing mechanism in the fixed position thereby to attach said case to said frame, while being operable to move in the opposite direction to unlock the fixed position and place said fixing mechanism in a release position thereby to select between a first position to allow said case to be removed from said frame and a second position to prevent said unlock control member from moving between the fixed position and the release position;
• wherein said lock mechanism is interlocked with said unlock control member to select between an unlocking position at the first position and a locking position at the second position.