Handle assembly for a spinning reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsTomohiro Nishikawa, Koji Ochiai
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Abstract
A handle assembly is detachably screwed onto a master gear shaft, on which a master gear is provided. The handle assembly includes an approximately T-shaped handle grip, a handle arm on which the handle grip is rotatively mounted, and a handle shaft on which the base of the handle arm is mounted. The handle shaft has a three piece structure including a tubular main shaft unit, a first shaft portion that is screwed onto one end of the main shaft unit and the master gear shaft, and a second shaft portion that is mounted on the other end of the main shaft unit and the base of the handle arm. In a screw type handle assembly for a spinning reel, it is possible to maintain rigidity of the handle shaft at a high level while reducing the overall weight of the handle shaft.
Claims24
A handle assembly that is detachably screwed onto a master gear shaft of a spinning reel, the handle assembly comprising:
- a handle shaft adapted to be detachably screwed onto a tip of the master gear shaft, the handle shaft being concentrically disposed with the master gear shaft when mounted thereon;
- a handle arm extending from the handle shaft, a base end of the handle arm being mounted to the handle shaft;
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- a handle grip that is mounted to a tip of the handle arm so as to be rotatable around an axis that is approximately parallel to the handle shaft;
- wherein the handle shaft includes a tubular main shaft unit, a first shaft portion that is adapted to be threadedly coupled to one end of the main shaft unit and the tip of the master gear shaft, and a second shaft portion that is adapted to be mounted to the other end of the main shaft unit and the base end of the handle arm.
A spinning reel, comprising:
- a reel unit having a handle assembly that is detachably screwed onto a master gear shaft;
- a rotor rotatively supported on a front of the reel unit;
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- a spool disposed on a front of the rotor so as to be movable forward and backward,
- the handle assembly including
- a handle shaft adapted to be detachably screwed onto a tip of the master gear shaft, the handle shaft being concentrically disposed with the master gear shaft when mounted thereon;
- a handle arm extending from the handle shaft, a base end of the handle arm being mounted to the handle shaft;
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- a handle grip that is mounted to a tip of the handle arm so as to be rotatable around an axis that is approximately parallel to the handle shaft;
- wherein the handle shaft includes a tubular main shaft unit, a first shaft portion that is mounted to one end of the main shaft unit and threadedly coupled to the tip of the master gear shaft, and a second shaft portion that is separately structured from the handle arm, threadedly coupled to the other end of the main shaft unit, and mounted to the base end of the handle arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.