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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2000
Ryuichi Ohmura, Shizuoka, JP;
Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
For line guides having a frame that includes two rear support legs on its sides, if the inclination of for the rear supporting legs is reduced by lengthening the rear support legs, then the material costs and weight of the frame are increased. Thus, the invention provides a line guide, wherein the length of a rear support leg of a frame for intermediate guides is made longer than the length of a front support leg and a front mounting foot. The front support leg and the front mounting foot are cut and bent out from an area surrounded by the rear support legs. The height of the front support leg is limited to approximately one-fourth (¼) of the outer diameter of a ring holding part. Therefore, due to the low height, it is hard for the line to get tangled, and the accuracy of casting increases. The line is easily released simply by lengthening the rear support leg to reduce the inclination of the rear support legs. The increase in weight of the rear support legs can be canceled by the reduction in weight of the front support leg. In addition, the material cost does not increase, even if the rear support legs are made long since the front support leg and the front mounting foot can be formed using material from an area surrounded by the rear support legs, which is conventionally discarded.