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US 5,848,757 AGranted
Spinning reel with improved bail mounting member
AssigneeDaiwa Seiko, Inc.
InventorsTomoyuki Amano, Eiji Shinohara
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Abstract
A fishing spinning reel with a supporting member for supporting a line roller and a bail mounting member for connecting a bail to the supporting member. The bail mounting member has guide walls that prevent the fishing line from being twined around the bail mounting member and that disengage twined line from the bail mounting member. A hollow space is defined between the guide walls for reducing the weight of the bail mounting member to facilitate balancing of the fishing reel.
Claims6
A fishing spinning reel comprising:
- a reel body;
- a spool supported on said reel body;
- a rotor rotatably supported on said reel body for winding a fishing line around said spool;
- a bail supporting member connected to the rotor and movable between a fishing line take-up position and a fishing line let-out position;
- a line roller for guiding the fishing line onto said spool, said line roller being rotatably mounted on said bail supporting member;
- a bail for retrieving the fishing line;
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- a bail mounting member for connecting said bail to said bail supporting member, said bail mounting member having a first end connected to said bail and a second end connected to said bail supporting member, wherein
- said bail mounting member comprises:
- guide walls for guiding the fishing line from said bail to said line roller, a hollow space being defined between said guide walls for reducing the weight of said bail mounting member to facilitate balancing of the fishing spinning reel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.