US 11,716,981 B2
Spinning reel
Akira Niitsuma, Osaka (JP); and Atsushi Kawamata, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Shimano Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/869,416.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-154456 (JP), filed on Sep. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0087009 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 89/01 (2006.01); A01K 89/015 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 89/0186 (2015.05) [A01K 89/01143 (2015.05)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spinning reel, comprising:
a reel body;
a spool shaft supported by the reel body;
a reciprocating mechanism having a slider mounted on the spool shaft, a worm shaft configured to rotate to move the spool shaft and the slider back and forward reciprocally, and a worm shaft gear supported so as to be rotatable with respect to the worm shaft; and
a torque-limiting mechanism including a frictional force-generating member disposed between the worm shaft and the worm shaft gear and configured to contact the worm shaft or the worm shaft gear to generate a frictional force in a circumferential direction and to permit or cancel transmission of torque from the worm shaft gear to the worm shaft by the frictional force.