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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1984
Hideo Noda, Sakai, JP;
Shimano Industrial Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fishing reel comprising a pair of side frames, a spool rotatably supported therebetween, and a drive mechanism having a handle and a drag mechanism. Rotary operating force of the handle can be transmitted to the spool through the drive mechanism. A tubular shaft which has an axis parallel to that of the spool supports a drag washer of the drag mechanism and a master gear of the drive mechanism. The tubular shaft is rotatably supported between the side frames. The handle shaft of the reel handle is selectively insertable into the tubular shaft at either end, so that the fishing reel having only one drive mechanism can be arranged in either left-handle type or right-handle type.