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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1997
Daiwa Seiko, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a spinning reel used for fishing including a rotor (3) rotatable in cooperation with rotation of a handle, the rotor supporting a bail supporting member (8) having a guide (10) for guiding a fishing line therewith, the bail supporting member (8) is able to swing between a fishing line winding position and a fishing line releasing position, the bail supporting member being biased by a spring member to position at each of the fishing line winding position and the fishing line releasing position. A backward return force produced when the bail supporting member returns to its prior position is absorbed and relaxed just before a return winding position at which the bail supporting member is returned from the fishing line releasing position to the fishing line winding position. An impact (noise) can be eliminated when a bail supporting member is returned from a fishing line releasing position to a fishing line winding position, and a fishing line winding position of a bail supporting member, that is, a position of a fishing line guide, can be stabilized.