Reel unit for spinning reel
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorTaisei Morise
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Abstract
A spinning-reel reel unit includes a rod-attachment leg and a reel body having a main piece and a lid member. The lid member is integrally formed with the rod-attachment leg and is attachably/detachably fitted to the main piece. The main piece and the lid member are shaped so that a joint forms a curved seam on the rod-attachment leg side. The joint is formed so as to bulge downward on a side of the main piece away from the rod-attachment leg. The joint is formed so as to be tilted upward on the rod-attachment leg aside toward the front. In the spinning-reel reel unit, the overall size of the reel is reduced while the strength of the reel unit is kept high.
Claims18
A spinning-reel reel unit adapted to be mounted onto a fishing rod and from which fishing line can be reeled out frontward, the reel unit comprising:
- a rod-attachment leg portion adapted to be mounted onto the fishing rod;
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- a reel body at which the rod-attachment leg portion is arranged, including
- a main piece having a housing space and an opening through which the housing space is open, and
- a lid member detachably/reattachably fitted to the main piece so as to cover the opening in the main piece, the reel body being shaped so that a joint between the main piece and the lid member forms a curved seam on a side of the main piece closer to the rod-attachment leg portion, the joint being formed so as to bulge downward in a direction away from the rod-attachment leg portion.
A spinning reel adapted to be mounted onto a fishing rod, comprising:
- a handle;
- a reel unit which rotatably supports the handle, the reel unit including
- a rod-attachment leg portion adapted to be mounted onto the fishing rod;
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- a reel body at which the rod-attachment leg portion is arranged, including
- a main piece having a housing space and an opening through which the housing space is open, and
- a lid member detachably/reattachably fitted to the main piece so as to cover the opening in the main piece, the reel body being shaped so that a joint between the main piece and the lid member forms a curved seam on a side of the main piece closer to the rod-attachment leg portion, the joint being formed so as to bulge downward in a direction away from the rod-attachment leg portion;
- a rotor rotatably arranged at a front of the reel unit;
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- a spool arranged at a front of the rotor for winding fishing line around its outer peripheral surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.