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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242232 ; 242241 ;
Abstract
A spinning reel includes a reel body, a handle, a spool supported in a forward position of the reel body through a spool shaft, and a rotor rotatable about an axis by drive transmitted from the handle to wind a fishing line on the spool. The rotor includes a first arm and a second arm extending forwardly from peripheries of the rotor, a line guide portion mounted on the first arm to be movable substantially in fore and aft directions of the reel body, a bail extending from the vicinity of the line guide portion, and a transmission mechanism for moving the line guide portion. The transmission mechanism is disposed radially outwardly of the spool and extending in the fore and aft direction.