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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
Tomoyuki Amano, Saitama, JP;
Shigeto Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Okamoto, Saitama, JP;
Daiwa Seiko, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bail (,) is joined to a pair of bail joining arms (,) through a pair of bail support members such that rotation and inversion of the bail (,) are permitted. One of the bail support members incorporates a swing arm (,), a line roller (,) rotatively joined to the swing arm and a fishing-line introducing portion (,) disposed adjacent to the line roller. A bail joining portion (,) to which an end of the bail can be joined is formed at the leading end of the fishing-line introducing portion to project over the leading end. The fishing-line introducing portion has a shape (a curved surface), the diameter of which is gradually reduced from the line roller to the bail joining portion. Moreover, the end and the bail joining portion arm joined to substantially the same axis by a predetermined joining means.