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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1998
Ryuichi Ohmura, Shizuoka, JP;
Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
In a top guide having a bridge, if a length of the bridge is increased and the slant of the bridge is made gentle in order to enhance the entangled fishing line release effect, the weight is increased, and it is necessary to increase the thickness of a plate to compensate for the decreased bend-resistant mechanical strength. An annular frame 7 for retaining a guide ring 5, a support leg piece 9 and bridge pieces 25 are formed integrally with each other by a metal plate, a portion other than an inner circumferential portion of the frame 7 is drawn toward the rear portion to thereby form a cylindrical portion 19 surrounding the guide ring 5, the bridge pieces 25 extend gently obliquely rearwardly from an edge 21 of the cylindrical portion 19 facing rearwardly, rear ends of the bridge pieces 25 are continuous at a position separate rearwardly from a rod insertion pipe 17, and the bridge pieces 25 are bent so that their cross-sections perpendicular to a longitudinal direction form L-shapes.