Reel unit for spinning reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsYasuhiro Hitomi, Tomohiro Nishikawa
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Abstract
A reel unit has a housing unit, a first lid, a second lid, and a rod-attachment portion. The housing unit has an accommodation space formed in the interior thereof that accommodates and supports a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism has a master gear non-rotatably coupled to a master gear shaft. The first lid is made of a metal and is fixedly coupled to the housing unit to interpose the master gear with the housing unit. The second lid is made of a synthetic resin and is fixedly coupled to the housing unit to close the accommodation space. The rod-attachment portion is formed integrally with the housing unit and can be mounted onto a fishing rod.
Claims16
A reel unit for a spinning reel being adapted to be mounted to a fishing rod and configured to transmit rotation of a handle to a rotor to wind fishing line onto a spool, said reel unit comprising:
- a housing unit made of a magnesium alloy and having a mechanism accommodation space in an interior thereof;
- a master gear non-rotatably coupled to a master gear shaft and disposed inside said mechanism accommodation space for transmitting rotation of the handle to the rotor;
- a first lid made of an aluminum alloy and detachably and reattachably coupled to said housing unit so as to close said mechanism accommodation space and interpose said master gear with said housing unit, said first lid rotatably supporting said master gear shaft;
- a second lid made of a synthetic resin and detachably and reattachably coupled to said housing unit so as to close said mechanism accommodation space;
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- a rod-attachment portion being formed integrally with one of said housing unit and said first lid, said rod-attachment portion being adapted to be attached to the fishing rod.
A spinning reel being adapted to be mounted to a fishing rod, said spinning reel comprising:
- a handle;
- a reel unit rotatably supporting said handle and being adapted to be mounted to the fishing rod, said reel unit including
- a housing unit made of a magnesium alloy and having a mechanism accommodation space in an interior thereof,
- a drive mechanism being arranged inside said mechanism accommodation space, said drive mechanism having a master gear non-rotatably coupled to a master gear shaft,
- a first lid made of an aluminum alloy and detachably and reattachably coupled to said housing unit so as to close said mechanism accommodation space and interpose said master gear with said housing unit, said first lid rotatably supporting said master gear shaft,
- a second lid made of a synthetic resin and detachably and reattachably coupled to said housing unit so as to close said mechanism accommodation space, and
- a rod-attachment portion being formed integrally with one of said housing unit and said first lid, said rod-attachment portion being adapted to be attached to the fishing rod;
- a rotor rotatably mounted on a front of said reel unit, said drive mechanism being for transmitting rotation of said handle to said rotor;
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- a spool disposed on a front of said rotor to move front and rear relative to said reel unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.