Abstract: A cover locking device for a bait cast reel for easily detaching the cover which is assembled at one side of the reel body so as to rotatably receive one end of the spool shaft of a spool on which a fishing line is wound. The cover locking device comprises a first spring located in a first recess formed in the reel body, a locking member received in the first recess and biassed by the first spring to protrude outwardly from the first recess, and a button received in a second recess formed in an outer surface of the cover. A pressing member projects from the button and is inserted in a guide hole to contact the locking member which extends into a third recess in the cover. The guide hole connects the second and third recesses. A stopper on the pressing member prevents the pressing member from escaping from the third recess. When the button is pressed, the locking member is displaced from the third recess to unblock rotation of the cover and enable its unlatching from the reel body.

Abstract: A double bearing type reel for fishing, the rotational resistance of the spool of which can be decreased in the case of unwinding the fishing line, while the mechanical strength of the clutch is ensured. The outer diameter of the bearing to support the spool shaft on the clutch mechanism side is made smaller than the overall length of the clutch engaging pin, and there is provided a pin insertion groove, into which the clutch engaging pin can be inserted, in the bearing holding section of the frame to hold the bearing.

Abstract: The reel unit for a dual-bearing reel is a reel unit for a dual-bearing reel in which a fishing line is wound onto a rotating spool, and comprises a frame, first and second covers, a front cover, and a fishhook stopping component. The frame has a pair of side plates disposed to the left and right of the spool, and a plurality of linking components that link the side plates. The first and second covers are mounted so as to cover the sides of the side plates. The front cover is mounted so as to cover the front of the frame, and in it is formed an opening that is longer horizontally and that faces the fishing line guide of a level winding mechanism. The fishhook stopping component is a rod-shaped member positioned along the opening and to the outside of and at a distance from the front cover.

Abstract: A double bearing fishing reel includes: a reel body; and a level winding device adapted to wind a fishing line parallel on a spool which is rotatably supported between the right and left side boards of the reel body. In the fishing reel, the traverse shaft of the level winding device which is adapted to reciprocate a fishing line guide body of the level winding device right and left, and is turned in association with a handle is provided in the reel body together with the handle shaft secured to the handle in such a manner that it is located at the rear of the spool. The double bearing fishing reel is high in operability.

Abstract: In a double-bearing type fishing reel, a front finger-placing section (50) is provided between the side boards (2a, 2b) of the reel body (1) above the spool (3) in such a manner that, when an angler grips the reel body (1), the thick part of the end portion of the thumb abuts against the front finger-placing section. A rear finger-placing section (55) is provided between the side boards (2a, 2b) of the reel body (1) behind the spool (3) in such a manner that the base of the thumb abuts against the rear finger-placing section (55). The double-bearing type fishing reel is exhibits an improved reel gripping characteristic.

Abstract: A double bearing type reel for fishing is provided which can protect a level wind device more positively and can simplify an assembling operation. The double bearing type reel for fishing includes a reel main body having a frame body (1). The frame body (1) includes two right and left side frames (1', 2). The right and left side frames (1', 2) are formed integrally with each other by a support rod (a), a thumb placement portion (1"), a protection portion (2'), a reel leg (2s), and a fixed plate (2"), while the two side frames (1', 2) are held parallel to each other. Reel side plates (3, 4) are respectively mounted to the outer sides of the two right and left side frames (1', 2). A level wind device (A) and a spool (5) are respectively interposed between the right and left side frames (1', 2). The reel outer side plates (3, 4) respectively include in the front portions thereof extension portions (3a, 4a) which extend toward each other.

Abstract: A friction brake for a fishing reel comprises an arcuate strip of bendable plastic that is cantilevered from a fixed flange of a fishing reel and extends over and generally concentrically with a rotating flange of the reel. When braking action is required to stop or restrain the playing-out of fishing line, pressure on the free edge of the brake causes contact between a brake surface and the outer periphery of the rotating reel flange. The degree of braking depends upon the area of the brake that is brought into contact with the rotating reel flange by the fisherman and upon the magnitude of force applied by the fisherman's hand onto the brake. The brake attaches at its fixed edge to the non-moving portion of the reel by means of an adhesive layer. Alternative embodiments that contact the fishing line extend from fixed portions of the reel.

Abstract: A baitcasting reel includes right and left cases constituting a reel body, and a level wind mechanism and a spool disposed between the right and left cases. The reel body has a substantially circular configuration as seen in a direction along an axis of the spool. The axis of the spool is offset from a center of the reel body away from a fishing rod when the reel is attached to the fishing rod. The level wind mechanism is disposed on or adjacent a horizontal plane extending through the center of the reel body.

Abstract: A double-bearing type fishing reel with which the thumb of the hand holding the reel can be readily placed on a finger placing member, and a thumbing operation can be smoothly achieved by moving the thumb. In the fishing reel, a finger placing member is mounted on a reel body in such a manner that it is located behind a spool supported between two side boards of the reel body. The finger placing surface of the finger placing member is gradually larger in width toward one the side boards from the other, so that, with the thumb of the hand holding the reel body placed on the part of the finger placing surface which is larger in width, the reel is stably held, and the thumbing operation with the tip of the thumb is smoothly achieved by the natural movement of the thumb over the part of the finger placing surface which is smaller in width.

Abstract: A dual bearing type reel formed so that a spool (16), which is supported for rotation between left and right side plates (12, 13) of the reel body, can be removed by removing the side plate that is opposite the handle side of the reel. The spool is removed from the frame (10) of the reel body by passing the spool through a hole in the frame. The profile of the side plate opposite the handle coincides with that of the frame, except for at the front portion of the reel body. The periphery of the frame in the front portion extends farther in the forward direction. The dual bearing type reel provides a good feel of gripping. It also is compact, protects its side plate from frontal impacts, and has a configuration preventing dirt from entering between the frame and the side plate, so that the facility of removal and attachment of the side plate is maintained.

Abstract: A fishing reel of simple mechanical design includes an electrical drive motor, a drive shaft coupled to the electrical drive motor, and a cylindrical reel member mounted on the drive shaft. The cylindrical reel member includes a circumferential slot cut into the reel member at an angle to a centerline of the reel. An outer housing is also preferably provided to enclose the cylindrical reel member.

Abstract: In a dual bearing type reel, a one way clutch (38) is disposed so that the compactness and the balance of the reel are improved. The dual bearing type reel includes a spool (30) supported for rotation by a reel body between left and right side plates (14L, 14R). The rolling type one way clutch is provided for preventing reverse rotation of a handle (20) when the spool is rotated by a drive mechanism to wind the fishline. The rolling type one way clutch is provided within a supporting portion (36) which is disposed in a space (SP) between the left and right side plates of the reel body. In particular, the space is located radially outward from the outer surface of the spool.

Abstract: A fishing reel of the multiplier type has a frame, a line spool having a center bore and rotatably mounted in the frame, and a shaft, on which the line spool is mounted. The line spool has, at least at one of its ends, a shaft member which is inserted a distance into the center bore of the line spool from a respective end thereof so as to protrude a predetermined distance therefrom.

Abstract: A structurally improved double-bearing fishing reel is disclosed. In the fishing reel, the magnet unit is mounted in opposition to and spaced apart from the conductive wheel of the spool and radially moves relative to the conductive wheel thus adjusting the gap between the magnet and the conductive wheel and preventing backlash of the reel. The above magnet unit reduces the axial size of the reel and achieves the recent trend of being a compact and light reel. As the magnet unit is placed in a conductive wheel receiving magnetic case, the magnetic line of force is prevented from leaking. The present invention also reduces the number of parts of a holding unit, that is used for holding both a handle shaft and a spool shaft bearing, thus reducing the cost of the reel.

Abstract: A fishing reel which allows anglers to perform a reasonable spool operation according to the sizes of their hands and according to the their tastes to thereby enjoy fishing under the optimum condition. In the portions of right and left side frames provided in a reel main body respectively existing in the rear portion of the reel main body, there are formed elongated holes into which projecting portions provided in the two sides of a thumb placement member are movably inserted, respectively. A pin provided in the projecting portion of the thumb placement member is inserted into an elongated hole formed in a clutch lever of a clutch operating member, so that the thumb placement member is connected to the clutch operating member.

Abstract: In a fishing reel, a cam shaft rotatable in conjunction with handle rotation is located in front of a spool rotatably supported by side frames, a slider having an engagement member engageable with a cam groove of the cam shaft is movably mounted on the cam shaft, and a line guide portion is provided below the cam shaft. A finger rest member is provided over the slider between the side frames so that the slider is located in the vicinity of the finger rest member. A fishline delivered from the spool is protruded forwardly through the line guide portion which is disposed below the cam shaft. The cam shaft is free from sea water, moisture, dust and so on which is removed from the fishline drawn on the line guide portion. Further, the reel can be grasped securely and stably.

Abstract: A double-bearing reel which is readily disassembled and reassembled. The double-bearing reel is provided with a spool rotatably supported between side plates, the spool being rotatably geared to take-up driving mechanisms. A level winder unit is provided for guiding and winding a fishing line onto the spool in parallel. The level winder unit includes a worm shaft rotatably geared to the take-up driving mechanisms of the spool, a guide tube embracing the worm shaft and having a slit, and a fishing line guide reciprocating along the slit of the guide tube as the worm shaft rotates. A removal preventive member is provided for preventing the level winder unit from slipping off in cooperation with the side plates when the level winder unit is detachably installed in the mating openings formed in the respective side plates.

Abstract: A baitcasting reel includes right and left cases constituting a reel body, and a level wind mechanism and a spool disposed between the right and left cases. A portion of the right case adjacent the spool, the left case and components interconnecting the two cases are formed of a single material. The right and left cases define walls opposed to the spool for supporting the level wind mechanism. The left case defines an interior space larger than a spool inserting opening formed in the wall of the left case.

Abstract: A level-wind mechanism in a fishing reel of the multiplier type is, as a one-piece unit, removable from and insertable in the fishing reel frame which has two side members. This unit consists of a sleeve having a longitudinal slot, an endless screw rotatably mounted in the sleeve, a level-wind mounted on the sleeve and having a groove-follower pin which via the slot in the sleeve meshes with the endless screw in order, during rotation thereof, to move the level-wind back and forth along the sleeve, and a member for preventing the level-wind from being rotated on the sleeve. The frame has a recess in each side member. The unit is inserted in these recesses such that its sleeve extends parallel to the line-spool shaft while resting on the bottom of the recesses. The unit is retained in the recesses by means of projections on two side covers mounted on a respective side member. A radial projection is provided for preventing the sleeve from being rotated in the recesses.

Abstract: A baitcasting reel includes right and left cases constituting a reel body, and a level wind mechanism and a rotatable member disposed between walls of the right and left cases. The walls of the right and left cases and components interconnecting these walls are formed of a single material into an integral one-piece unit. A lid is attached the integral one-piece unit so that one of the cases has a space for accommodating a braking mechanism to act on a line takeup spool. The reel body has such an outer surface that outer wall surfaces of the integral one-piece unit and lid are formed on the same plane.

Abstract: A baitcasting reel includes a spool for taking up a fishing line between a pair of right and left side cases, a handle attached to either of the side cases for rotating the spool, a clutch mechanism disposed inside the side case carrying the handle and operable to allow or break force transmission between the handle and a clutch control member operable to cause the clutch mechanism to break the force transmission. The clutch control member is disposed rearwardly of the spool and supported only to the one side case carrying the handle and positioned away from the other side case.

Abstract: A reel body is manufactured by casting a light metal to form one side case and a center frame integrally. The center frame includes a connector for connecting the other side case opposed to the one side case, and annular collars disposed opposite and close to outer peripheries of side walls defining a line accommodating section of a spool. The annular collars have an opening diameter smaller than an inside diameter of an interior space of the one side case. The interior space is formed by using a core removable through an extract opening defined in a peripheral wall of the one side case.

Abstract: A fishing reel having a spool rotatable for winding a fishing line thereabout, a clutch for freely setting a revolution of the spool and a clutch control member for operating the clutch. The clutch control member is movable up and down as the reel is attached to a fishing rod held in a horizontal posture. A moving path of the clutch control member is curved concave facing a handle end of the fishing rod relative to a side view of the fishing rod held in the horizontal posture and attached with the reel.

Abstract: A gear support construction for a fishing reel. The construction includes a support shaft projectingly mounted on a reel body member, a gear loosely fitted on a leading end of the support shaft and fitted through a roller bearing on a base end of the support shaft, and a wall portion formed on the reel body member for at least partially covering the support shaft. The wall portion has a rim extending along the support shaft close to a side face of the gear.

Abstract: A fishing reel is formed of a reel body, a spool supported at opposite end portions thereof by the reel body, a thumb rest element fixed to the reel body, and a clutch for selectively setting the spool to a free rotation condition. The clutch includes a control member, and the free rotation condition of the spool is achieved by moving the control member downwardly to a lower operational position. The thumb rest and control member are positioned rearwardly of the reel body, and the control member is structured to have an upper face thereof which is lower than an upper face of the thumb rest element when the control member is in its lower operational position.

Abstract: A fishing reel in which a spool is rotatably supported to a reel body having right and left side frames and support frames, each integrally, transversely connecting the right and left side frames to each other, the fishing reel comprising an improvement wherein one of the support frame located above the spool at a front side of the reel has an inner edge bent forward as viewed from above the reel. Accordingly, a thumb of a fisherman's hand grasping a fishing reel can be easily and naturally put on a support frame.

Abstract: A two-bearing reel comprising a reel body formed of a synthetic resin, the reel body including a pair of cylindrical side frames opposed to and spaced from each other, and connecting rods rigidly interconnecting at least lower positions of the side frames, a spool rotatably supported between the side frames and including a pair of flanges opposed to and slightly spaced from inside walls of the side frames, and a pair of engaging members for engaging a suspender strap, the engaging members being arranged at upper positions of the reel body and spaced from each other in the direction in which the side frames are spaced from each other. The reel further comprises an upper connecting rod for rigidly interconnecting upper positions of the side frames, and a bridging member formed of a highly rigid material for covering the upper connecting rod and interconnecting the upper positions of the side frames.

Abstract: A fishing reel comprises right and left side cases, a spool disposed between the side cases, a handle disposed adjacent one of the side cases for taking up a fishing line, and a cover openable and closable for covering an outer lateral region of the other side case. The cover extends to a lower position of the other side case and includes a bulge swelling out at an intermediate position between an upper position and a lower edge.

Abstract: A casting type fishing reel is disclosed and includes a spool having a transverse spool shaft and a frame about the area of the spool. The frame includes a plurality of spacer posts joining a pair of side frame plates and interengaged to maintain the frame plates in conjoint alignment and to provide easy separation and assembly of the frame plates. A clutch mechanism is provided for selective actuation to move a spool pinion gear out of engagement with the spool shaft, and automatically re-engages the pinion gear in response to rotation of the reel handle. A magnetic drag mechanism is provided and recessed within a side cover of the reel. The reel handle, the main gear train of the reel and an anti-reverse ratchet-pawl mechanism all are mounted as a unitary assembly on a side cover for the reel whereby the cover can be removed from the reel for access to the gear train and other interior reel components without removing the handle.

Abstract: A low torque effect fishing reel in which an imaginary line drawn to perpendicularly intersect both the spool and handle shaft axes intersects the fishing rod axis at substantially a right angle. Additionally, the handle shaft axis is arranged so as to be nearly coincident with the reel mounting surface of the fishing rod.

Abstract: In a double bearing fishing reel, one end portion of the spool shaft rotatably supported between the right and left side frames of the reel body in such a manner as to be rotated with the handle is extended through a bearing hole formed in a male-threaded protrusion which is provided on one of the side frames, and a protrusion is formed on the cylindrical wall of a brake adjusting screw member which is threadably engaged with the male-threaded protrusion to abut against the spool shaft in the axial direction, while a retaining member is provided on the one side frame in such a manner that the protrusion and the retaining member are engageable with each other in the axial direction, whereby the brake adjusting screw member is restrained form loosening or coming off.