US 11,696,574 B2
Spinning reel
Foong Wei Kang, Johor (MY); Chan Yik Hui, Johor (MY); and Mohd Hisyamuddin Bin Kamn, Johor (MY)
Assigned to SHIMANO COMPONENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD., Johor (MY)
Filed by SHIMANO COMPONENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD., Johor (MY)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/740,913.
Claims priority of application No. JP2021-098830 (JP), filed on Jun. 14, 2021; and application No. JP2021-123205 (JP), filed on Jul. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394967 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 89/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 89/0114 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spinning reel, comprising:
a reel body;
a handle shaft rotatably supported with respect to the reel body;
a spool shaft movably supported in a front-rear direction with respect to the reel body;
a reciprocator including a first gear configured to rotate in a first direction of rotation in conjunction with rotation of the handle shaft, a second gear including a gear body configured to mesh with the first gear and a first boss portion protruding from the gear body and configured to rotate in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation, and a slider mounted on the spool shaft and including an engagement groove with which the first boss portion is configured to engage; and
a limiter disposed between the reel body and the second gear and being configured to limit the rotation of the second gear in the first direction of rotation.