Shimano Inc.

Shimano Industrial Co., Ltd.

Takafumi Harada

Toshihiko Yasui

Isamu Tokuda

Nobuyoshi Utsuno

Norio Hamayasu

Kiyohiko Matsumoto

Kimihiro Tsuchie

A fishing rod includes a tubular rod, an inner rod, and fishline guides. The inner rod has a fishline guiding passage therethrough, and is fitted in or detached from the tubular rod. The fishline guides project toward a center axis in the fishline guiding passage, and are fitted in or detached from the tubular rod. When the inner rod and the fishline guides are attached in the tubular rod, fishline is held by the fishline guides within the tubular rod, and it is drawn out or pulled back through an opening at the tip of the rod. When the inside of the rod is to be cleaned, the inner rod and the fishline guides are taken out of the tubular rod, and they are easily cleaned.

Inner rod for a hollow collapsible fishing rod

A rear hub for a bicycle, in which a cylindrical bearing member is mounted to a hub shell axially outwardly of one of flanges thereof, the cylindrical member is provided at its outer periphery with a plurality of first and second engaging grooves extending axially of the cylindrical member, at least one connector insertable into the first engaging grooves connects a plurality of sprockets with spacers so as to form a multi-stage sprocket assembly, and each sprocket at the assembly holds pawls in mesh with the second engaging grooves respectively, so that the assembly may be detachably mounted to the cylindrical bearing member.

Rear hub for a bicycle

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Sakai, Japan

Takafumi Harada