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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Shinichi Morimoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Mahimai Das A/l Marimuthu, Skudai, JP;
Shinichi Morimoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Mahimai Das A/L Marimuthu, Skudai, JP;
Shimano Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A sound generating mechanism of a dual bearing reel generates sound by the rotation of a spool, and includes a serrated member, an operation member, a sounding member, a first urging member, and a second urging member. The serrated member includes projections and rotates with the spool. The operation member can come into contact and be separated from the serrated member. The sounding member is pivotably movable in accordance with movement of the operation member between a sound generation position and a release position. The first urging member urges the sounding member toward the rotational center of the serrated member when the sounding member is in the sound generation position. While the sounding member is in the sound generation position, the second urging member applies a greater urging force to the sounding member when the spool rotates in the line-releasing direction than when the spool rotates in the line-winding direction.