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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2002
Ken'ichi Sugawara, Sakai, JP;
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A spinning-reel line-guiding apparatus that prevents fishing line snarl on a bail arm is provided. A spinning reel bail arm has first and second bail-support members, a stationary shaft , a stationary-shaft cover , a line roller , and a bail . The stationary shaft cover is provided on a projecting end of the stationary shaft and spaced from the first bail-support member. An apex of the stationary-shaft cover is situated in a spinning-reel rear direction and outward in a diametrical direction of a spool. The bail is plug-fastened into the second bail-support member and the apex of the stationary shaft cover . The bail is joined smoothly with a first ridgeline on the fishing-line guiding side of the stationary shaft cover , and a second ridgeline that opposes the first ridgeline in flanking the apex