Bail latching and releasing mechanism for spin fishing reel

Claim 1

A bail arm latching and releasing mechanism for spinning reel, which includes a bail arm pivotally mounted at both ends on diametrically opposite sides of a rotor for swinging movement thereacross between cocked and rewind position, a kick lever, a pivot cam mounted on one end of the bail arm, a lever member mounted on the other end of the bail arm, the kick lever and the pivot cam being slidably and pivotally mounted respectively on a support housing of the rotor, a coil spring biasing the kick lever toward the pivot cam and into engagement therewith characterized by (a) the kick lever 18 having a L-shaped configuration including a radially extending upright portion 19, (b) a bail arm turn spring 14 secured at one end to the lever member 9 and at the other end to the support housing 7' to bias the bail arm 10 toward cocked and rewind positions, the spring having a dead point between bail arm cocked and rewind positions, the biasing force of the spring 14 being larger than the coil spring 26, (c) the pivot cam 8 having a first boss 16 to selectively hold the bail arm 10 in the cocked position and having a second boss 17 to urge the kick lever 18 against the biasing force of the coil spring 26, the second boss 17 being engaged with a projection 15 provided on the support housing 7 of the rotor 1 to hold the bail arm 10 in its rewind position, the first boss 16 being engaged with the kick lever 18 to prevent rearward movement thereof when the second boss 17 is engaged with the projection 15, and (d) a key plate 27 mounted to the reel body 3 and disposed in the rotational path of the upright portion 19 of the kick lever 18 when the bail arm 10 is in cocked position.