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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2003
Hideki Nakajima, Sakai, JP;
Ken'ichi Sugawara, Sakai, JP;
Hideki Nakajima, Sakai, JP;
Ken'ichi Sugawara, Sakai, JP;
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A master gear shaft of a spinning reel has a through-hole having a rectangular cross-section formed on the inner periphery of the master gear shaft. A handle shaft has a head that interlocks with the right end of the master gear shaft, a trunk which extends from the head and is non-rotatively inserted into the through-hole, and a first threaded portion having a male screw projecting from the tip of the trunk. A handle arm has a boss for interlocking with the left end of the master gear shaft, a second threaded portion, which is a female screw threaded portion that engages with the first threaded portion and is provided on the boss, and an arm that extends from the boss in a direction interlocking with the master gear shaft. The handle assembly prevents a handle shaft from loosening from a master gear shaft in a spinning reel.