Spinning reel with removable master gear cover unit
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsYasuhiro Hitomi, Seiichi Aratake, Kenichi Sugahara
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Abstract
A spinning reel includes a reel body unit having an opening; a rotor that covers a part of the space above the opening in the reel body unit; a master gear that is removable from the opening in the reel body unit; a first cover unit that blocks a part of the opening in the reel body unit without overlapping with the rotor and is removable from the opening; and a second cover unit that blocks the remaining part of the opening not blocked by the first cover unit. The second cover unit is movable to a non-blocking position which permits the master gear to be removed from the opening in the reel body unit.
Claims28
A spinning reel comprising
- (a) a reel body unit that has a side in which an opening is defined and that is mounted on a fishing rod;
- (b) a handle shaft that is rotatably supported on said reel body unit;
- (c) a spool that is reciprocatably supported on said reel body unit;
- (d) a rotor that is rotatably supported on said reel body unit, guides a fishing line to the outer periphery of said spool, and overlaps a part of said opening in said reel body unit;
- (e) a master gear that is housed in said reel body unit, is fixed to said handle shaft and rotates said rotor, and is removable from said opening of said reel body unit;
- (f) a cover unit that blocks a part of said opening in said reel body unit without being overlapped by said rotor, rotatably supports one end of said handle shaft, and is removable from said opening;
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- (g) a flange-shaped cover that blocks the remaining part of said opening not blocked by said cover unit, and is movable to a non-blocking position which permits said master gear to be removed from said opening.
A spinning reel comprising
- (a) a reel body unit having an opening;
- (b) a handle shaft that is rotatably supported on said reel body unit;
- (c) a spool that is reciprocatably supported on said reel body unit;
- (d) a rotor that is rotatably supported on said reel body unit and overlaps a part of said opening in said reel body unit;
- (e) a master gear that is housed in said reel body unit, is fixed to said handle shaft and rotates said rotor, and is removable from said opening of said reel body unit;
- (f) a first cover unit that blocks a part of said opening in said reel body unit without being overlapped by said rotor, rotatably supports one end of said handle shaft, and is removable from said opening;
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- (g) a second cover unit that blocks the remaining part of said opening not blocked by said cover unit, and is movable to a non-blocking position which permits said master gear to be removed from said opening.
A method for removing a master gear from a spinning reel that comprises a reel body unit having an opening, a rotor that overlaps a part of said opening in said reel body unit, a master gear that is removable from said opening of said reel body unit, a first cover unit that blocks a part of said opening in said reel body unit without overlapping with said rotor and is removable from said opening, and a second cover unit that blocks the remaining part of said opening not blocked by said first cover unit, and is movable to a non-blocking position which permits said master gear to be removed from said opening, said method comprising the steps of:
- (i) removing said first cover unit from said reel;
- (ii) moving said second cover unit to said non-blocking position;
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- (iii) removing said master gear from said reel body unit through said opening.
A method for making a spinning reel comprising a reel body unit having an opening, a rotor that overlaps a part of said opening in said reel body unit, and a master gear,
- said method comprising the step of blocking said opening of said reel body unit by fixing to said reel body unit (i) a first cover unit that blocks a part of said opening in said reel body unit without overlapping with said rotor and is removable from said opening and (ii) a second cover unit that blocks the remaining part of said opening not blocked by said first cover unit, and is movable to a non-blocking position which permits said master gear to be removed from said opening,
- wherein said second cover unit is fixed to said reel body unit prior to fixing said first cover unit to said reel body unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.