Abstract: A speed control device is provided for operating a bicycle derailleur via a control wire. The device includes a fixing member, an operating member supported rotatably relative to the fixing member and including a plurality of engaging portions and a passive portion, and an operating lever supported rotatably relative to the fixing member and including a transmitting portion engageable with the passive portion of the operating member to transmit an operating force supplied to the operating lever to the operating member. The operating member has one end of the control wire secured thereto. A lever spring biases the operating lever in a predetermined rotation direction, and a retaining pawl is pivoted to the fixing member and is selectively engageable with the engaging portions of the operating member. A pawl spring biases the retaining pawl in a direction of engagement with the engaging portions.

Abstract: A reel fixture is provided which includes a base cylinder, a fixed holder fixed to the base cylinder, a movable pusher movably supported to the base cylinder, and an annular ring. The base cylinder is formed of a material including a prepreg of carbon fiber impregnated with synthetic resin and a thin scrim sheet of high strength fiber impregnated with synthetic resin. The prepreg is lined at its rear surface with the scrim sheet. The material forming the base cylinder is cylindrically wound a plurality of times such that the carbon fiber is circumferentially oriented. The base cylinder is provided at the outer periphery of one of its axial ends with a screw thread screwable with a threaded ring.

Abstract: A fishing rod is provided which includes a reel fixture, a plurality of fishing line guides and a top guide. The fishing line guides each comprise a larger diameter line guide ring through which a rod body is inserted and a mounting piece extending lengthwise of the rod body from one circumferential side of the line guide ring. The mounting piece is fixed to the rod body at an intermediate position thereof between the reel fixture mounting position and a position on the rod body radially opposite to the reel fixture mounting position.

Abstract: A positioning device is provided for a bicycle derailleur, wherein a fixing member, having a bottom wall and a side wall, has a movable member movably supported thereto, with a plurality of engaging portions for setting the speed change stages of the bicycle being provided at one of the fixing member and the movable member and a retainer engageable with one of the engaging portions being provided at the other of the fixing member and the movable member. Connecting mechanisms are provided at the fixing member and movable member for connecting the positioning device to two members of the derailleur linkage mechanism which are movable relative to each other so that the positioning device is detachably mountable to the derailleur.

Abstract: A fishing rod is provided which is formed of a handle having a fishing reel mounting portion, a grip, and a rod body tapered toward its tip. The larger diameter side of the rod body includes a tubular fitting portion having a tapered portion increasing gradually in diameter at a rate of change larger than that of the rod body. The tubular fitting portion is fitted onto the outer periphery of the handle and is coupled integrally therewith. A manufacturing method is also provided for forming the rod body integrally with the tubular fitting portion.

Abstract: A speed change device for a bicycle is provided which includes a planetary gear mechanism in which a plurality of lock pawls are provided at a fixed shaft to control locking and unlocking of a plurality of sun gears. The sun gears are independently rotatably supported relative to a crank shaft. A plurality of clutch pawls corresponding to the lock pawls are provided at a control member, with the clutch pawls being actuated by driving rotation of the crank shaft. This enables the lock pawls to be controlled to move from a locking position to an unlocking position.

Abstract: A cover device for a driving chain stretched between a front chain gear and a rear chain gear of a bicycle, which is provided with a large number of first and second covers each provided with an outside cover portion for covering a space between the link plates of the chain and side cover portions in continuation of both widthwise ends of the outside cover portion for covering the side surface of each link plate. The utmost end of each of the side cover portions is bent toward the center of the width dimension of the outside cover portion to thereby form an engaging portion engageable with the widthwise edge of each link plate.

Abstract: A drag mechanism for a double-bearing fishing reel is provided, which includes drag members provided between a handle shaft and a main gear, a setting member which is operated to set a slipping rotation starting load on a spool, an adjuster which adjusts a preset optimum load within a predetermined range, a reference portion provided at one of the setting member and the adjuster, and a position setting portion corresponding to the reference portion provided at the other of the setting member and the adjuster. The adjuster can easily and accurately return, after adjustment of the load, to the position where the optimum load is set.

Abstract: A side-pull type caliper brake comprising a pair of brake arms having brake shoes respectively, a fixing member having a pivot shaft and a support arm extending from one radial side of the pivot shaft, and a return spring, so that one of the brake arms is pivoted to the pivot shaft, the other is pivoted to the support arm, and an association mechanism having an adjusting screw bolt is provided between the brake arms, wherein the pivot position for the brake arm at the support arm is displaced toward the brake shoe with respect to a horizontal line passing the axis of the pivot shaft, a straight line connecting the axis of the pivot shaft and the pivot position of the brake arm at the support arm, is inclined with respect to the horizontal line, the adjusting screw bolt is disposed perpendicularly with respect to the inclining horizontal line, and the rotary operating portion at the adjusting screw bolt is outwardly inclined with respect to the utmost end of the screw bolt, thereby facilitating operation of th

Abstract: A fishing reel is provided which includes a drag mechanism for driving a spool supported rotatably relative to a reel body on a spool shaft. A drag mechanism includes a braking member and a drag disc for transmitting a driving force from the drive mechanism to the spool. A covering mechanism includes a cover defining an inner space in which the drag mechanism is housed and includes a sealing unit for sealing the inner space at the cover. A clutch is interposed in a drive train assembly including the drive mechanism for allowing the spool to freely rotate when the clutch is disengaged. This structure provides the drag mechanism with reliable protection from water, and, when the drag mechanism is in a non-operating mode, the spool is allowed to smoothly and freely rotate.

Abstract: An adjusting mechanism which can adjust the axial portion of a chain guide at a bicycle derailleur by movement of a cylindrical holder, which is larger in diameter than a horizontal shaft supporting the chain guide, with respect to a housing at the movable member.

Abstract: A pedal for a bicycle is provided in which an utmost end portion or free end of a cantilevered pedal shaft has a reduced diameter and a pair of first and second ball bearings are provided between the utmost end of the pedal shaft and the pedal body. As a result of this structure, the pedal body can be made with a smaller thickness in comparison with conventional pedal bodies which are provided at the base or fixed side of the cantilevered pedal shaft with the first ball bearing.

Abstract: A speed-change operating lever is provided for a bicycle derailleur and includes a winding portion for a control wire connected to the derailleur, an operating portion in continuation of one side of the boss and extending outwardly therefrom, and a retaining portion for retaining one end of the wire. The boss has a winding amount changing device for changing the amount of the control wire wound on the winding portion so as to alter the operating stroke of the lever to adapt it for use with different sprocket assemblies having different distances between sprockets.

Abstract: A fishing rod is provided which includes a rod body which has a tail end portion having a grip and a fishing reel fixture mounted thereon. A cylindrical bend-correcting member is provided at the outer periphery of the rod body in front of the reel fixture. The bend-correcting member is intergral with the rod body and forwardly shifts the position of the base of a bending portion of the rod body. The bend-correcting member is made such that it is easy to hold at its outer periphery by an angler.

Abstract: A transmission mechanism which includes a rotatable driving member and a driven member. One of the driving member and the driven member includes ratchet teeth and the other supports a first transmission pawl and a second transmission pawl each having engaging portions engageable with the ratchet teeth and substantially semicircular-shaped base portions. A substantially C-shaped pawl spring is wrapped around the one of the driving member and the driven member which supports the pawls. The pawl spring biases the first transmission pawl and the second transmission pawl in a direction such that the engaging portions thereof engage with the ratchet teeth. A locking member is provided to prevent rotation of the pawl spring. The first transmission pawl is positioned such that its engaging portion is oriented toward the first free end of the pawl spring and the second transmission pawl is positioned such that its engaging portion is oriented away from the second free end of the pawl spring.

Abstract: A pedal for a bicycle is provided which includes a shaft unit supporting a tubular member to a pedal shaft through a pair of bearing members. The tubular member is held in particular rotational conditions as adjusted by a pusher and a lock member. A pedal body is detachably fitted onto the shaft unit and the tubular member is fixed to the pedal body through a lock bush which screws with the pedal body. This enables the pedal body to be mounted on the shaft unit in a readily exchangeable condition.

Abstract: The device adjusts the length of a control cable which is interposed between an operating machine, such as a derailleur, and a control device therefor. The device is provided with a temporary stop mechanism for temporarily, stepwise stopping rotation of an adjuster. The device also includes a clicking mechanism by which an operator senses a clicking action when rotating the adjuster. The stop interval for the clicking mechanism is set to be larger than the minimum incremented stroke of the control cable required for adjustment thereof one increment at a time.