GB1591523A

GB1591523A - Line guide member for a fishing rod

Info

Publication number: GB1591523A
Application number: GB5097277A
Authority: GB
Original assignee: Fuji Industrial Co Ltd; Fuji Kogyo KK
Current assignee: Fuji Industrial Co Ltd; Fuji Kogyo KK
Priority date: 1977-05-25
Filing date: 1977-12-07
Publication date: 1981-06-24
Also published as: JPS5632045Y2; JPS53162092U; AU3132277A; AU516352B2

Description

(54) LINE GUIDE MEMBER FOR A FISHING ROD (71) We, FUJI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, a joint-stock company organised and existing under the laws of Japan, of No.

10-3, Minami-cho, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: This invention relates to a line guide member for a fishing rod.

A known line guide ring has supporting legs protruding from both sides of a metallic guide ring, the legs being provided at their lower ends with horizontally extending feet.

Although a line guide ring of this type may be formed of a sturdy material, such a ring Is not strong with respect to laterally-applied forces.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved line guide member for a fishing rod which is better able to withstand such forces than are the known rings. With this object in view the present invention provides a line guide member for a fishing rod comprising a body mounting or constituting a line guide ring, a front mounting foot extending from a bottom part of the body in a first or forward direction substantially parallel to the axis of the ring and adapted to be fixed to the top of a fishing rod, and a spaced-apart pair of rear support legs extending from the top of the body in a second or rearward direction substantially parallel to the axis of the ring and adapted to be fixed to the respective sides of the fishing rod at respective positions offset around the rod each by substantially 90C to the position of the front mounting foot.

The invention will be described further, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the line guide member of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side view showing the line guide member of Fig. 1 fitted to a fishing rod; and Fig. 3 is a sectional rear view corresponding to Fig. 2.

The illustrated preferred embodiment of line guide member (normally called a "boat guide") of the invention comprises a body 1 shaped to constitute a line guide ring 2, a front mounting foot 3, and a spaced-apart pair of rear support legs 4, 4' with respective rear mounting feet 5, 5'. These members are formed integrally by punching from steel plate having a thickness in the order of 1 to 2 mm. These members, thus fabricated, are very sturdy since in thickness they are wider than those of line guide rings of conventional type, and overall the entire member is prepared from thicker material.

Referring now to the respective members, a hard guide ring bush 6 is fitted into the fixed line guide ring 2. A lower portion of the body 1 connects with an integral extension which extends from the bottom part of the body 1, being bent to extend in a first or forward direction substantially parallel to the axis of the guide ring 2 to constitute the front mounting foot 3. The body 1 and the line guide ring 2 are substantially vertically formed so as to cope with forces in the vertical direction applied to the fixed line guide ring 2 due to tensile force in a fishing line (not shown) extending through the ring 2.

The rear support legs 4, 4' are designed to cope with forces applied horizontally by the fishing line, and not to apply force directly to the fixed ring. These legs are of a striplike form and extend in a second or rearward direction substantially parallel to the axis of the guide ring 2 from the top of the body 1. They curve from the top of the body 1 firstly upwardly relative to the top of the body and then downwards towards the mounting 5, 5' and are inwardly twisted by 90 degrees so that in each case the surface of the leg which is remote from the front mounting foot 3 where the leg connects with the body 1 is inwardly directed towards the other leg where it joins its respective foot 5 or 5'. The mounting feet 5, 5' are positioned to be fixed to the respective side faces of a fishin rod 7 (see particularly Fig.

2), the feet 5, 5 extending in a second direction substantially parallel to the axis of the guide ring 2 and being disposed in respective positions (see Fig. 3) offset around the axis of the rod each by substantially 90" to the position of the front mounting foot 3.

Apertures, generally indicated by the reference numerals 8, are provided so as to lessen the weights of the mounting feet 3, 5 and 5' and each of these apertures is filled with adhesive when the feet are mounted on the fishing rod 7.

The rear support legs 4, 4' are each of strip-like configuration, and as already described each is inwardly twisted through 90 degrees from the body 1 to the respective mounting foot 5, 5 ' to achieve right-angular relative dispositions relative to the single front mounting foot 3 which is positioned to correspond in location with the upper surface of the fishing rod 7.

The line guide member of the invention can withstand forces urging the fixed line guide ring 2 downwards due to tensile force in a fishing line extending through the ring 2 and also forces having a tendency to deflect the same in the horizontal direction. In addition, whenever a crosswise force (A) (see Fig. 3) is applied to the fixed line guide ring 2, the body 1 has a tendency to pivot around a point (B) on the front mounting foot 3 and a point (C) on the rear mounting foot 5, or the rear mounting feet 5, 5' have a tendency to pivot around the centre point (D) of both.

That is, the body 1 is supported by not only the force fastening each of these mounting feet 3, 5 and 5' with respect to the fishing rod 7, but also by, say, a three-point support comprising the front mounting foot 3 and rear mounting feet 5, 5'. More specifically, whenever the fixed ring 2 has a tendency to pivot around the point (B) in the direction (A), the rear mounting foot 5 is urged against the fishing rod 7. On the other hand, whenever the mounting feet 5 and 5' have a tendency to slide along the peripheral surface of the fishing rod 7, the line guide ring 2 is twisted between the feet 5, 5' and the front mounting foot 3, with the result that the line guide ring 2 increases its resistance to laterally applied forces.

The rear support legs 4, 4' protrude from the top of the body 1 and their tops are higher than the upper edge of the body 1.

Therefore, if an impact force is applied to the body 1, for example by the body 1 striking against a rock upon casting, the impact force is received by the rear support legs 4, 4' so that the fixed line guide ring 2, and the ring bush 6 fitted thereto, are prevented from suffering any damage.

As clearly shown in Fig. 2 viewed from the side in the plane of the body 1, the curves of the rear support legs 4, 4' each appear as part of a relatively large circle, to which the body forms a radius, of about 45 degrees in extent, whereby the rear support legs are effective to inhibit a line, extending to the ring 2 from a reel (not shown) from coiling itself around the body 1. Further, the rear support legs 4, 4', being twisted inwards as described, that is to say toward the line guide ring 2, have the effect of directing the line smoothly towards the guide ring 2.

As mentioned in detail as above, the line guide member of the present invention has a good capacity to resist forces applied thereto by way of the fishing line, and is, therefore, particularly suitable for a boat guide.

Although a preferred embodiment of the line guide member of invention has been described in the foregoing specification, it will, of course, be understood that various modifications and changes may be made to the details thereof within the scope of the

Claims

following claims. WHAT WE CLAIM IS:

1. A line guide member for a fishing rod comprising a body mounting or constituting a line guide ring, a front mounting foot extending from a bottom part of the body in a first or forward direction substantially parallel to the axis of the ring-and adapted to be fixed to the top of a fishing rod, and a spaced-apart pair of rear support legs extending from the top of the body in a second or rearward direction substantially parallel to the axis of the ring and adapted to be fixed to the respective sides of the fishing rod at respective positions offset around the rod each by substantially 90" to the position of the front mounting foot.

2. A line guide member as claimed in claim 1 in which each said rear support leg is of strip-like form.

3. A line guide member as claimed in claim 2, in which each of the rear support legs extends in a respective curve from the top of the body to a respective rear foot disposed for fixing to the respective side of the fishing rod, and is twisted through 90 degrees so that its surface which is remote from the front mounting foot where the support leg connects with the body is inwardly directed towards the other leg where it joins its respective foot.

4. A line guide member as claimed in claim 3 in which the curves of the rear support legs are such that they firstly curve upwardly relative to the top of the body and thereafter curve downwards to the respective feet.

5. A line guide member as claimed in claims 3 or 4 in which the curves of the rear support legs when viewed from the side in the plane of the body each appear as part of a circle to which the body forms a radius, whereby said rear support legs are effective to inhibit a line, extending to the line guide ring, from coiling around the body.

6. A line guide member as claimed in any preceding claim in which the line guide ring, the front mounting leg, and the rear support legs are integrally formed by punching from steel plate having a thickness in the order of 1 to 2 mm.

7. A line guide member, for a fishing rod, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.