Fishing line guide device for a fishing reel

• US 4,772,410 A
• Filed: 03/03/1987
• Issued: 09/20/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Shimano Industrial Company Limited 77 3-Cho Oimatsu-Cho Sakai-Shi Osaka
• Original Assignee: Shimaono Industrial Company Limited (Shimano Inc)
• Inventors: Sato, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Jillions, John M.
• Application Number:
  US07/021,326
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 242/84.41, 242/84.42, 242/158.3
• US Class Current: 242/279
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 89/015 with a rotary drum , i.e. with a rotating spoolA01K89/033 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 89/01917 Reversely threaded screw

Abstract

A fishing line guide device is provided for a fishing reel. The guide device includes a tubular guide shaft, a level wind shaft having traverse grooves, and a fishing line guide which includes an outer guide member supported to the guide shaft such that it is axially movable in reciprocation thereon and an inner guide member supported to the level wind shaft such that it is axially movable in reciprocation thereon. Both guide members are coupled with each other so that they are non-rotatable with respect to the guide shaft and level wind shaft respectively. The inner guide member holds a slider having an engaging projection engageable with the traverse grooves.

Claims

1. A fishing line guide device for a fishing reel, comprising a tubular guide shaft;

a level wind shaft supported rotatably within said guide shaft and having at its outer periphery traverse grooves;

a fishing line guide comprising an outer guide member supported movably in reciprocation onto said guide shaft and having at one radial side thereof a fishing line guide unit, an inner guide member supported movably in reciprocation by said level wind shaft and comprising a cylindrical portion having a fitting bore fitted slidably onto the outer periphery of said level wind shaft and a holding portion extending from said cylindrical portion in a direction perpendicular to the axis of said fitting bore, said holding portion having a bore formed therein, and coupling means for coupling said outer guide member with said inner guide member to thereby make said outer and inner guide members non-rotatable relative to said guide shaft and level wind shaft respectively; and

a slider held in said fitting bore of said holding portion of said inner guide member and having an engaging projection engageable with said traverse grooves.

2. A fishing line guide device for a fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein said fishing line guide unit comprises linear members and an auxiliary fishing line guide member is provided at an utmost end of said fishing line guide unit, said auxiliary fishing line guide member extending in parallel to said guide shaft and having a guide groove for guiding therethrough the utmost end of said fishing line guide unit.

3. A fishing line guide device for a fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein said outer guide member is provided with a cylindrical portion having a fitting bore fitted slidably onto the outer periphery of said guide shaft and a bifurcate portion extending from one radial side of said cylindrical portion reversely to said fishing line guide unit, and said inner guide member is provided with a cylindrical portion having a fitting bore fitted slidably onto the outer periphery of said level wind shaft and a holding portion having a holding bore for said slider, said holding portion being provided at its outer periphery with partial screw threads and a pair of flat surfaces abutting against the inner surfaces of said bifurcate portion, said partial screw threads screwing with a cap holding said slider.

4. A fishing line guide device for a fishing reel according to claim 3, wherein said bifurcate portion at said outer guide member extends to a position where said cap screws with said holding portion screwable therewith at said inner guide member, so that said cap screws with said partial screw threads at said holding portion, thereby coupling said outer guide member with said inner guide member.

5. A fishing line guide device for a fishing reel according to claim 3, provided with a coupling member which has a fitting portion fitted onto the outside surfaces of said bifurcate portion at said outer guide member and a center bore into which said housing portion at said inner guide member is insertable, said coupling member being held by said cap screwable with said partial screw threads, thereby coupling said outer guide member with said inner guide member.