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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Shimano, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHIMANO INC., Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 89/01 (2006.01); A01K 89/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 89/011221 (2015.05); A01K 89/01 (2013.01); A01K 89/015 (2013.01); A01K 89/0117 (2013.01); A01K 89/01928 (2015.05);
Abstract
A fishing reel that includes a reel body, a housing part that defines an opening part, a driving member that includes a pinion that is supported by the reel body and extends through the opening part of the housing part, and a magnetic seal device affixed to the housing part that includes a central opening through which the pinion extends. The magnetic seal device includes first and second magnetic plates that maintain a magnet therebetween and a magnetic fluid that is maintained at a gap between the driving member and at least one of the first and second magnetic plates.