Abstract: A fishing rod handle fixing a reel having front and rear legs is provided. The fishing rod handle includes a front coupling portion coupled to a rod body, a rear coupling portion coupled to a rear grip, a reel fixing portion defined between the front and rear coupling portions and fixing the front leg, a pressing mechanism, and a reinforcing member. The front and rear legs are seated on a seating portion of the reel fixing portion, and the seating portion is spaced downward from an upper end of the front coupling portion and an upper end of the rear coupling portion. The pressing mechanism is coupled to the reel fixing portion above the seating portion, and presses the rear leg against the seating portion. The reinforcing member is embedded in the reel fixing portion below the seating portion, and resists bending deformation of the reel fixing portion.

Abstract: A fishing line guide attached to a rod body of a fishing rod is provided. The fishing line guide includes a guide ring through which a fishing line passes, a frame supporting the guide ring, and an attachment portion coupled to the frame and attached to the rod body. The frame has, at a lower end thereof, an attachment foot extending along a longitudinal direction of the rod body. The attachment portion is coupled to the attachment foot and is composed of a resin material. The attachment portion has a through bore to which the rod body is fitted, and a fitting hole to which the attachment foot is fitted. The fitting hole is spaced apart along the longitudinal direction from one end surface of the attachment portion and is formed at an outside of the through bore separately from the through bore in a radial direction.

Abstract: A hanger for use in fishing, which is mounted on a rod body of a fishing rod and hangs a fish hook or a fishing line, is provided. The hanger includes a mounting shaft portion, a hanging portion, and a protection portion. The mounting shaft portion is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the rod body. The hanging portion is supported by the mounting shaft portion and hangs the fish hook or the fishing line. The protection portion is rotatably coupled to the mounting shaft portion and covers the hanging portion. The protection portion is rotatable to an open position where the protection portion exposes the hanging portion and a closed position where the protection portion covers the hanging portion such that the hanging portion and the protection portion pinch the fish hook or the fishing line.

Abstract: A fishing line guide guiding a fishing line is attached to a rod body of a fishing rod. The fishing line guide includes a ring holding portion and a first support leg portion extending from the ring holding portion. The ring holding portion includes an inner peripheral portion, an outer peripheral portion, and an annular portion extending in a circumferential direction between the inner and outer peripheral portions. The ring holding portion is coupled to a guide ring at the inner peripheral portion. The first support leg portion has a pair of lateral surfaces connecting with the outer peripheral portion. The ring holding portion includes a pair of twisted portions which form a portion of the outer peripheral portion and a portion of the annular portion and are twisted respectively from the annular portion toward the lateral surfaces of the first support leg portion to the outer peripheral portion.

Abstract: A fishing line threader passes a fishing line through guide rings of fishing line guides installed in a fishing rod. The fishing line threader is composed of a single metallic wire material and has a fishing line pinching portion, an elastic portion and a leading end portion. First and second pinching portions of the fishing line pinching portion connect with each other at a first end portion and form an annular shape to fit and support the fishing line. The elastic portion forms a rhombus shape and has first and second elastic portions respectively extending from the first and second pinching portions. First and second leading end portions of the leading end portion extend respectively from the first and second elastic portions to a second end portion and are adjacent to each other. The first and second leading end portions are joined to each other by a joining portion.

Abstract: A component fixing tool and a component fixing method, which fix a fishing rod component to a rod body, are provided. The component fixing tool includes a wrapping portion which wraps an attachment foot of the component and the rod body and is composed of a single twist yarn. The single twist yarn is wound around the attachment foot and the rod body by a multiple number of winding turns in a state of being stretched by a tension force. A one-turn wound portion and another one-turn wound portion of the single twist yarn form an angle with respect to each other. Two adjacent one-turn wound portions of the single twist yarn are at least partially overlapped with each other. A flat outer surface portion of the wrapping portion is partially defined by outer surfaces of the two adjacent one-turn wound portions of the single twist yarn.

Abstract: A debarking machine is provided with a plurality of rotors disposed in parallel, and a gap between the rotors is blocked by a comb-tooth shape partition plate. The debarking machine is further provided with a log accommodating body, rotors rotatively mounted inside the log accommodating body and provided with debarking plates, a comb-tooth shape partition plate base disposed at a space between the rotors, a comb-tooth shape partition plate detachably mounted on the comb-tooth shape partition plate base, and a fixer for fastening the comb-tooth shape partition plate to the comb-tooth shape partition plate base. The comb-tooth shape partition plate is composed of partition plate elements divided along the axial directions the rotors, and each partition plate element is detachable separately. Thus the comb-tooth shape partition plates can be rebuilt and replaced easily.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a fishing line guide including a ring portion through which a fishing line passes and an attachment foot extending from the ring portion and attached to a fishing rod. The attachment foot may have stepped portions each formed on each of two side portions in a cross section of the attachment foot in a width direction of the attachment foot orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the attachment foot.

Abstract: A hanger for use in fishing, which is mounted on a rod body of a fishing rod and hangs a fish hook or a fishing line, is provided. The hanger includes a mounting shaft portion, a hanging portion, and a protection portion. The mounting shaft portion is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the rod body. The hanging portion is supported by the mounting shaft portion and hangs the fish hook or the fishing line. The protection portion is rotatably coupled to the mounting shaft portion and covers the hanging portion. The protection portion is rotatable to an open position where the protection portion exposes the hanging portion and a closed position where the protection portion covers the hanging portion such that the hanging portion and the protection portion pinch the fish hook or the fishing line.

Abstract: A fishing line guide attached to a rod body of a fishing rod is provided. The fishing line guide includes a guide ring through which a fishing line passes, a frame supporting the guide ring, and an attachment portion coupled to the frame and attached to the rod body. The frame has, at a lower end thereof, an attachment foot extending along a longitudinal direction of the rod body. The attachment portion is coupled to the attachment foot and is composed of a resin material. The attachment portion has a through bore to which the rod body is fitted, and a fitting hole to which the attachment foot is fitted. The fitting hole is spaced apart along the longitudinal direction from one end surface of the attachment portion and is formed at an outside of the through bore separately from the through bore in a radial direction.

Abstract: A fishing line threader passes a fishing line through guide rings of fishing line guides installed in a fishing rod. The fishing line threader is composed of a single metallic wire material and has a fishing line pinching portion, an elastic portion and a leading end portion. First and second pinching portions of the fishing line pinching portion connect with each other at a first end portion and form an annular shape to fit and support the fishing line. The elastic portion forms a rhombus shape and has first and second elastic portions respectively extending from the first and second pinching portions. First and second leading end portions of the leading end portion extend respectively from the first and second elastic portions to a second end portion and are adjacent to each other. The first and second leading end portions are joined to each other by a joining portion.

Abstract: A fishing line guide member is formed in a ring shape, and has a curve surface curved from an inner circumferential side toward an outer circumferential side in a cross-sectional view with respect to a cross-section of the fishing line guide member taken along a cut plane including an axis line of the fishing line guide member. In an inner circumferential side part of the curve surface, R1 is larger than R2, in which R1 denotes a curvature radius of an axial center side part of the curve surface and R2 denotes a curvature radius of an axial end side part of the curve surface.

Abstract: A fishing line guide guiding a fishing line is attached to a rod body of a fishing rod. The fishing line guide includes a ring holding portion and a first support leg portion extending from the ring holding portion. The ring holding portion includes an inner peripheral portion, an outer peripheral portion, and an annular portion extending in a circumferential direction between the inner and outer peripheral portions. The ring holding portion is coupled to a guide ring at the inner peripheral portion. The first support leg portion has a pair of lateral surfaces connecting with the outer peripheral portion. The ring holding portion includes a pair of twisted portions which form a portion of the outer peripheral portion and a portion of the annular portion and are twisted respectively from the annular portion toward the lateral surfaces of the first support leg portion to the outer peripheral portion.

Abstract: A fishing line guide which is attached to a fishing rod and guides a fishing line. The fishing line guide includes a guide ring through which a fishing line passes, a support leg connected to the guide ring at an upper end, and an attachment foot extending from a lower end of the support leg and configured to be attached to a fishing rod. The attachment foot has a base end adjoining the lower end of the support leg and a leading end located opposite the base end. The attachment foot includes a slit portion and a pair of convex portions. The slit portion is perforated in the attachment foot along a central axis of the attachment foot from the base end toward the leading end. A pair of the convex portions are located at the slit portion and protrude toward the central axis respectively.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a fishing line guide including a ring portion through which a fishing line passes and an attachment foot extending from the ring portion and attached to a fishing rod. The attachment foot may have stepped portions each formed on each of two side portions in a cross section of the attachment foot in a width direction of the attachment foot orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the attachment foot.

Abstract: A fishing line guide including an attachment foot having a thin thickness, a shorter length and a high strength. The fishing line guide includes at least one support leg, an attachment foot located at a distal end of the support leg, and a reinforcement groove formed in the attachment foot. The attachment foot has a lower surface making contact with a portion of a fishing rod, an upper surface located opposite the lower surface in a thickness direction, one end connected to the distal end of the support leg, and an opposite end located opposite the one end in a longitudinal direction. The reinforcement groove extends along the longitudinal direction of the attachment foot from the one end toward the opposite end in the lower surface of the attachment foot. A portion of the support leg and the attachment foot are made of a metallic material.

Abstract: A fishing line guide includes an attachment portion, a support leg frame, a support leg portion and a guide ring portion. The support leg frame extends from a base end of the attachment portion and is integrally formed with the attachment portion. The attachment portion and the support leg frame are made of a metallic material. The support leg portion extends from the base end of the attachment portion and is composited with the support leg frame throughout the overall length of the support leg frame. The guide ring portion is located at a tip end of the support leg portion. A fishing line passes through the guide ring portion. The support leg portion and the guide ring portion are partially or wholly made of a plastic material. A sectional area of the support leg frame gradually decreases toward the tip end of the support leg frame.

Abstract: An attachment tube for a top guide has a central axis extending in a longitudinal direction, a first insertion opening provided at one end in the longitudinal direction, a rectangular second insertion opening provided at the opposite end in the longitudinal direction, and an inclined surface provided at the opposite end. A tip portion of a fishing rod is inserted to the first insertion opening. An insertion leg of a frame supporting a guide ring is inserted to the second insertion opening. A rectangle center of the second insertion opening is spaced upward apart from the central axis. The inclined surface adjoins the second insertion opening and is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the central axis.

Abstract: A fishing line guide which is attached to a fishing rod and guides a fishing line. The fishing line guide includes a guide ring through which a fishing line passes, a support leg connected to the guide ring at an upper end, and an attachment foot extending from a lower end of the support leg and configured to be attached to a fishing rod. The attachment foot has a base end adjoining the lower end of the support leg and a leading end located opposite the base end. The attachment foot includes a slit portion and a pair of convex portions. The slit portion is perforated in the attachment foot along a central axis of the attachment foot from the base end toward the leading end. A pair of the convex portions are located at the slit portion and protrude toward the central axis respectively.

Abstract: A movable hood for a reel seat has a hood portion and a nut portion. A body of a reel seat passes through the hood portion. The hood portion is movable in a longitudinal direction of the body. The nut portion is connected to the hood portion to rotate around the body and is threadedly coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the body at an inner peripheral surface. The hood portion has a base end facing the nut portion and a leading end located opposite the base end. When viewing the hood portion from side, a length of an upper side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end is longer than a length of a lower side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end, and an upper contour of the hood portion has an upward convex curve line.