PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fishing reel that surely prevents water immersion to a drive part arranged in a storage part formed in a reel body and always obtains stable drive performance even under a severe environment in which water or the like, are liable to penetrate.SOLUTION: The fishing reel includes a storage recess 40 that is formed concavely in the reel body 1 and stores and supports a drive member 8 associatingly rotated by a handle operation, and a magnetic seal mechanism 50 that forms a magnetic circuit between the opening 42a of the storage recess 40 and the drive member 8 and holds a magnetic fluid 55 in the space so as to seal the opening 42a.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】リール本体に形成される収容部内に設けられる駆動部への浸水を確実に防止でき、水等が浸入し易い過酷な環境下においても常に安定した駆動性能を得ることができる魚釣用リールを提供する。【解決手段】本発明の魚釣用リールは、リール本体1に凹状に形成され、ハンドルの操作で連動回転する駆動部材8を収容支持する収容凹部40と、収容凹部40の開口部42aと駆動部材8との間に磁気回路を形成し、この間に磁性流体55を保持することにより開口部42aをシールする磁気シール機構50とを備える。【選択図】図2
