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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1993
Filed:
May. 06, 1992
Takeshi Oi, Sakai, JP;
Shimano, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A handle fixing structure for a spinning reel which comprises a fixing bolt for compatibly maintaining a handle lever in an operational position and a handle shaft. The structure facilitates pivotal movement for folding the handle lever and reliably prevents slack of the bolt. The handle fixing structure is formed of a reel body, a sleeve shaft rotatably supported inside the reel body, a handle support shaft detachably fitted into and supported by the sleeve shaft for torque transmission, a handle lever foldably and pivotably supported by the handle support shaft, a fixing bolt inserted into the sleeve shaft from an end thereof opposite to the end for attaching the handle support shaft to be fixedly screwed to an inserting end of the handle support shaft, thereby to maintain the handle lever in a fixed operational position. The fixing bolt can be loosened to permit the handle lever to be foldably pivotable. An anti-slack element made of resin material is disposed between the sleeve shaft and the fixing bolt. The anti-slack element is unrotatable and axially slidable relative to the sleeve shaft, and threadedly receives the fixing bolt.