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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1992
Shinichi Morimoto, Sakai, JP;
Shimano, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fishing reel having a spool, a handle for taking up a line, a clutch mechanism pivotable about an axis for breaking force transmission between the handle and the spool thus rendering the spool freely rotatable and a clutch control member for actuating the clutch mechanism. The invention's reel further includes an intermediate member disposed between the clutch control member and a controlled portion of the clutch mechanism and a guide mechanism for guiding, in association with an operation of the clutch control member, the intermediate member along the axis or along an arcuate moving path centering about a further axis displaced from the first-mentioned axis or adjacent the arcuate moving path.