US 11,697,568 B2
Reciprocating mechanism for spinning reel and spinning reel having the same
Yik Hui Chan, Johor (MY); and Md Shahid Bin Sowarni, Johor (MY)
Assigned to Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD., Pontian (MY)
Filed by Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD., Johor (MY)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/510,604.
Claims priority of application No. JP2020-215828 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204308 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 89/01 (2006.01); B65H 54/28 (2006.01); A01K 89/00 (2006.01); A01K 89/015 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 54/2812 (2013.01) [A01K 89/006 (2013.01); A01K 89/0183 (2015.05); B65H 2701/355 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reciprocating mechanism for a spinning reel, comprising:
a first gear configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of a handle shaft;
a second gear including a gear body configured to mesh with the first gear and a boss protruding from the gear body;
a slider having an engagement groove where the boss engages, the slider configured to move a spool shaft in a front-rear direction as the boss moves along the engagement groove; and
an annular elastic body attached to the boss so as to contact an open end of the engagement groove, the open end of the engagement groove having a maximum distance in the front-rear direction, the maximum distance being larger than a distance between wall surfaces of the engagement groove in the front-rear direction at where a tip of the boss is positioned in the engagement groove.