Shimano Inc.

Tomokazu Kitazaki

Koji Ochiai

Kei Saito

Yoshiyuki Furomoto

Tomohiro Nishikawa

Fishing reel rotor arm

Drag adjustment knob adjusts the braking force applied to a spool mounted on a spool shaft that has a single-thread first male screw on its front end. The drag adjustment knob includes first and second adjustment units, a transmission unit, and a pressing unit. The first adjustment unit includes a first female screw that screws onto the first male screw. The transmission unit is non-rotatably but axially movably mounted onto the spool shaft to be in contact with the first adjustment unit, and includes a multi-thread second male screw. The second adjustment unit includes a second female screw, which screws onto the second male screw and has a greater screw lead than that of the first female screw. The pressing unit is disposed between the second adjustment unit and the drag mechanism so as to come into contact with both, and is non-rotatable but axially movable with the spool shaft.

Drag adjustment knob for a spinning reel

A rotor of a spinning reel includes a rotor unit, and a fishing line guide portion. The rotor unit has a body portion that is rotatably mounted on the reel unit, and first and second rotor arms that each extend forward from opposing positions on the outer peripheral surface of the body portion. The fishing line guide portion is mounted only on the first rotor arm. The first and second rotor arms are formed such that a line Ldrawn along the pivot center axis of the fishing line guide portion of and a line Ldrawn through the width-wise center of the second rotor arm and substantially parallel to the first line Lare on opposite sides of the rotational axis X of the body portion. A spinning reel rotor having a fishing line guide portion arranged on only one rotor arm can maintain rotational balance.

Rotor for a spinning reel

Fishing reel

Rotor arm of fishing reel

Cover member of the fishing reel

Growing community of inventors

Osaka, Japan

Tomokazu Kitazaki