JP2000157123A - Spinning reel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spinning reel of lever brake type capable of exerting a strong breakage and hence surely stopping the movement of the fish involved by employing a braking device adapted to impart a braking force to a freely rotating roller via a lever operation. SOLUTION: This reel is obtained by: forming, on the cylindrical section of a pinion gear 60 projected from the inner side of a rotator 2 or from a reel main body 10, a cylindrical brake 3 rotating in the united form therewith; mounting a braking force-applying device 5 which is allowed to detachably contact with the inner and outer side surfaces of the cylindrical brake 3 and is provided with a gripping section 51 for imparting a braking force to the rotation of the cylindrical brake 3 by gripping both the surfaces and with an operating section for detachably contacting the gripping section 51 therewith; forming a push member 6 whose pushing force is adjusted in proportion to the movement resulted from pushing the operating section to a lever 1 or the reel main body 10; and structuring a baking device B of the device 5 and push member 6 each provided with a driving means, thus generating a braking force by making the gripping section 51 in the device 5 grip the inner and outer side surfaces of the cylindrical brake 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spinning reel, and more particularly to a lever brake type spinning reel provided with a brake device for applying a braking force to the rotation of a free-rotating rotor by operating a lever.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A lever brake type spinning reel is operated by operating a lever supported on a reel body.
A brake device that applies braking force to the rotation of the rotor is linked, so if you pull the lever with the finger of the hand holding the fishing rod (usually the index finger), the brake device releases the stopper and can idle. When the finger is released from the lever, the lever returns to its original position, the brake device is released, and the rotor rotates. In this way, the fishing line is fed or wound up instantaneously in accordance with the pulling of the fish.

[0003]

A current brake device for a lever brake type spinning reel is fitted to the outside of a cylindrical portion of a pinion gear as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-322679. The disk-shaped contact body that slides in the axial direction slides toward the disk-shaped brake body provided on the rotor in conjunction with the lever, and obtains braking force by making surface contact with the brake body. I have. The brake device is configured to slide the contact body by partially pressing a part of the contact body surface formed in a disk shape at the tip of the lever.

[0004] However, in the brake device having the above-described structure, a slight play (gap) for smooth sliding of the contact body at a fitting portion between the cylindrical portion and the contact body that slides the cylindrical portion causes the contact body surface to be slid. When one part is pressed, the contact body naturally tilts, so that the contact body surface partially contacts the brake body surface. That is, originally, the contact body surface is designed to exert 100% braking force by directly facing the brake body surface, so that the contact body is inclined as described above. However, the contact of the contact body with the braking body is substantially concentrated at one point, and the contact state is closer to the point contact than the surface contact, and the braking ability has not been fully exhibited. Moreover, since the contact body and the braking body are contacted by pressing from one direction, the braking ability is originally insufficient, and therefore cannot cope with strong pulling of the fish. Often times I couldn't stop.

[0005] Further, the inclination of the contact body described above has a possibility of causing a twist in the cylindrical portion of the pinion gear.
If the cylindrical portion is twisted, the rotation of the rotor and the longitudinal movement of the spool shaft are greatly affected, and there is a concern that the operation of the spinning reel may be inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a lever brake type spinning reel provided with a brake device having better braking ability. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a lever brake type spinning reel which has a brake device having more excellent braking ability and enables the take-up rotation of the rotor even in a braking operation state.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a braking force is applied to the rotation of the free-rotating rotor by releasing the stopper by operating a lever provided on the reel body, and the braking force is released. In the lever brake type spinning reel that operates the brake device to stop or draw out the fishing line, the rotor,
Alternatively, a cylindrical brake body that rotates integrally with any one of them is provided on the cylindrical portion of the pinion gear, and the reel body can be brought into contact with and separated from the inner and outer surfaces of the cylindrical brake body, and the surface is sandwiched from both sides. A clamping portion that imparts a braking force to the rotation of the cylindrical braking member, and a braking force applying member including an operating portion that adjusts the clamping force of the clamping portion by moving the clamping portion toward and away from the clamping portion, a lever, or And a pushing body which moves in proportion to the operation amount of the lever and pushes the operation section, and the pressing force on the operation section is increased and decreased in proportion to the movement amount, and the braking force is provided on the reel body. To the applying body and the pushing body, a braking device is configured by applying an urging force in a direction in which the holding portion is always separated from the inner and outer surfaces of the cylindrical braking body, and the holding portion of the braking force applying body is formed of the cylindrical braking body. Demonstrates braking power by being sandwiched between inner and outer surfaces Is a spinning reel.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the pusher moves in proportion to the amount of operation of the lever (operation of pulling the lever upward), and also pushes the operating portion of the braking force applying body. The operation section operates the pinching section by being pushed by the pushing body. The holding portion operated by the operating portion sandwiches the inner and outer surfaces of the tubular braking body. The pinching force of the pinching portion at this time becomes a braking force against the cylindrical braking member, and the rotation of the rotor is stopped by acting on the rotor that rotates integrally with the cylindrical braking member or the cylinder portion of the pinion gear. . At this time, the rotation of the handle is impossible in both the feeding and winding directions.

The strength of the braking force is adjusted in proportion to the operation amount (pulling amount) of the lever. That is, when the operation amount of the lever is increased, the moving amount of the pusher increases accordingly, and the pushing force on the operation unit is increased. Increase power. Then, the pressing force increases the operation amount of the operation unit, and the pinching force of the pinching unit is enhanced.

When releasing the braking force and rotating the rotor, release the lever and lower the lever.
The biasing force causes the braking force applying body and the pushing body to separate the clamping portion from the cylindrical braking member, and the clamping force of the clamping portion acting on the cylindrical braking member is released. That is, the braking force acting on the rotor that rotates integrally with the cylindrical braking body or the cylinder portion of the pinion gear is released, and the rotor can rotate in both the feeding and winding directions. At this time, the handle can be rotated in both the feeding and winding directions.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cylindrical braking member which idles coaxially with the rotor instead of the rotor or the cylindrical braking member which rotates integrally with the cylindrical portion. By providing a non-return mechanism between the body and the rotor, which locks the cylindrical braking body with respect to the rotor during the rotation of the rotor, and releases the lock of the cylindrical braking body with respect to the rotor during the winding rotation of the rotor. A braking device that transmits a braking force acting on a cylindrical braking body to a rotor via a check mechanism to stop the feeding rotation, and that the check mechanism separates the braking force from the rotor to enable the take-up rotation. It is a spinning reel.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the braking force is acting on the rotor, the idling cylindrical brake body is stopped from rotating by the braking force applying body. At this time, the rotor cannot rotate since the delivery rotation is locked to the cylindrical brake body by the check mechanism of the check mechanism. Conversely, the feed rotation becomes possible because the check action of the check mechanism has been released, and the fishing line can be wound up with the brake activated.

[0014]

According to the present invention, a braking force is applied to the rotor by a pinching force applied to the inner and outer surfaces of the cylindrical braking member. In other words, the braking force is exerted by grasping the cylindrical braking member. This eliminates the shortage of braking force caused by contact from one direction in the current brake system and the reduction of the contact area due to tilting of the contact body, and demonstrates strong braking ability to reliably stop fish from running. This is a lever brake type spinning reel equipped with a completely new brake device, which has never been seen before.

Further, in addition to the above-described effects, the invention according to claim 2 has a completely new structure capable of winding the fishing line while the brake is operated, so that the lever is released every time the winding is performed. This eliminates the need for the current series of actions of releasing the lever from the lever to take up the fishing rod on the fishing rod when winding, and releasing the finger from the fishing rod and applying the lever to the lever when braking. Therefore, it is possible to operate the reel and fishing rod while always holding the finger on the lever,
The fish can be stopped and moved quickly, and it is easy for fishermen who are unfamiliar to use the lever brake type spinning reel.It is extremely used to prevent the elementary operation error of trying to wind up without releasing the brake. Spinning reel with excellent properties.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 7 show a first embodiment according to the present invention, and FIGS. Is shown. First, the first embodiment will be described.

The spinning reel A of the present embodiment has a handle 20 on a reel body 10 integrally formed with a mounting leg 14 for a fishing rod (not shown), a lever 1 for operating a brake device B described later, The rotor 2 is provided with a spool 30 disposed in a section thereof, and an ON / OFF lever 40 for switching the rotation direction of the rotor 2. A rotation transmission mechanism 50 for transmitting the rotation of the handle 20 to the rotor 2 is provided inside the reel body 10.
A conversion mechanism 51 for converting the rotation of 0 into the forward and backward movement of the spool 30 is built in.

Since the transmission mechanism 50 and the conversion mechanism 51 are well known today, the description is omitted, but the spool 61 that rotates the cylinder 61 of the pinion gear 60 to which the rotor 2 is fixed and slides inside the cylinder 61 is used. The shaft 70 is configured to move back and forth. Also, the ON / OFF lever 40
Operates a stopper (not shown) for stopping the feeding rotation of the rotor 2 and is a well-known device for switching the rotation of the rotor 2 to a winding rotation and a winding / feeding bidirectional rotation. Omitted.

The above-described brake device B includes a cylindrical brake body 3 that is rotatably fitted to a cylindrical portion 61 of a pinion gear 60 via a bearing 11, and the inside of the cylindrical brake body 3 and the rotor 2. Between the non-return mechanism 4 and the reel body 10
A braking force applying member 5 for applying braking to the cylindrical braking member 3 and a sliding force interlocking with the pulling operation of the lever 1 to push the braking force applying member 5 and to apply the braking force. And a pusher 6 for operating the body 5.

The brake device B will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the cylindrical braking body 3 is formed in a bottomed shape, and a housing recess 31 of the bearing 11 and a cylinder The portion 61 is provided with a through hole 32 penetrating therethrough.
When the bearing 11 is accommodated in the cylindrical portion 61 in a state where the bearing 11 is accommodated therein, the bearing 11 can idle.

The non-return mechanism 4 includes a non-return tooth 41 formed on the inner peripheral wall of the rotor 2, an engagement claw 42 provided on the outer bottom surface of the cylindrical brake body 3 and engaging with the non-return tooth 41. As shown in FIG. 4, when the rotation of the rotor 2 is in the feeding direction, the rotor 2 and the cylindrical brake 3 are locked, and the rotation of the rotor 2 is the rotation of the winding. Sometimes the lock is released. Reference numeral 43 denotes a spring that constantly urges the engaging claw 42 in a direction that engages with the non-return tooth.

In the present embodiment, the non-return mechanism 4 is described as having a ratchet type. However, the present invention is not limited to the ratchet type. For example, the non-return mechanism may be a roller bearing type one-way clutch. (Only in one direction), this one-way clutch is locked between the rotor and the cylindrical braking body when the rotation of the rotor is in the extension direction, the rotor and the cylindrical braking body are locked, and the rotation of the rotor is wound. A structure in which the lock is released at the time of taking rotation may be employed.

The braking force imparting member 5 has substantially the same structure as the clothespins, and has a sandwiching portion 51 sandwiching the inner and outer surfaces 33 and 34 of the cylindrical braking member 3 in the front and a sandwiching portion 51 in the rear. Operating unit 52 for operating the unit 51 toward and away from the inner and outer surfaces 33, 34 of the cylindrical braking body 3, respectively.
Are mounted by a through shaft 53 between two mounting plates 12a and 12b formed integrally with the mounting plate 12a. This through shaft 53 is
The upper and lower two members constituting the braking force applying body 5 are pivotally connected to each other.

The sandwiching portion 51 includes two members, upper and lower, and a through shaft 5.
3 is always kept slightly apart from the inner and outer surfaces 33, 34 of the cylindrical braking body 3 by a coil spring 54 disposed over the same. In addition, the inner and outer surfaces 33 and 34 are interposed by swinging about the through shaft 53. A braking force is applied to the cylindrical braking body 3 by the clamping force of the clamping portion 51. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the sandwiching portion 51 is parallel to the inner and outer surfaces 33, 34 of the tubular braking body 3 in a state of sandwiching the inner and outer surfaces 33, 34, thereby reducing the sandwiching force. This is achieved by perfect surface contact.

The pushing body 6 is formed in a substantially bullet shape with a front portion as a spherical portion 61, is slidably penetrated through a bracket 13 protruding from the inner wall of the reel body 10, and is operated by pulling the lever 1. When pressed by the push end 1A of the lever 1, the spherical portion 61 enters between the tapered inner surfaces 55, 56 of the operation portion 51 of the braking force applying body 5, and the inner surfaces 55, 56 thereof.
It comes in contact with and pushes out. Also,
Bracket 13 and holding plate 6 provided at the rear end of pusher 6
A compression spring 63 is disposed between the lever 1 and the compression spring 63, so that the spherical portion 61 of the pusher 6 is always separated from the operating portion 52, and the holding plate 62 is pressed against the push end 1A of the lever 1. It is biased to contact. That is,
When the finger is released from the lever 1, the lever 1 returns to the position before the pulling operation by the return spring (not shown), and in conjunction with this, the pressing member 6 returns to the position before being pressed in a state of contact with the pressing end 1 </ b> A. Upon returning, it is separated from the operation unit 52.

According to the brake device B configured as described above, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the lever 1 is pulled, the pushing body 6 is moved in conjunction with the operation by the braking force applying body 5.
At the same time, the inner surfaces 55 and 56 of the operation unit 52 are pushed and spread outward. Along with the expansion of the operation portion 52, the sandwiching portion 51 sandwiches the inner and outer surfaces 33, 34 of the tubular brake, and the rotation of the tubular brake 3 is stopped by the sandwiching force. Then, when the cylindrical braking body 3 comes to a stop state, the check of the check mechanism 4 acts on the rotor 2 to stop the rotation of the rotor 2 from being fed. Conversely, the take-up rotation is not effected by the check of the check mechanism 4, so that the take-up rotation can be performed while the lever 1 is being pulled (when the brake is operated). The strength of the braking force is increased or decreased by increasing or decreasing the amount of pulling of the lever 1. If the amount of pulling is increased, the pushing body 6 slides a distance proportional to the amount of pulling, and the inner surfaces 55 and 56 of the operating section 52. As a result, the push-spread amount of the operation unit 52 increases, and the pinching force of the pinching unit 51 increases. Therefore, the braking force acting on the rotor 2 increases.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10. In this embodiment, the structures of the braking force applying body and the pushing body in the first embodiment are changed. Therefore, description of other overlapping parts will be omitted.

The braking force applying member 5 'of the present embodiment has substantially the same structure as pliers, pliers, etc., and has the inner and outer surfaces 33, 34 of the cylindrical braking member 3 in front.
Are provided integrally with the reel body 10, and an operating portion 52 'for operating the holding portion 51' toward and away from the inner and outer surfaces 33, 34 of the tubular braking body 3 is provided at the rear. It is mounted between the two mounting plates 12a and 12b by a through shaft 53. This penetrating shaft 53 is provided with the braking force applying body 5 ′.
Are connected to each other so as to be swingable with each other. With this configuration, when a force for narrowing inward is applied to the operation portion 52 ′, the sandwiching portion 51 ′ is sandwiched between the inner and outer surfaces 33 and 34 of the tubular brake 3.

A tension spring 54 'is provided inside the operation portion 52', and the tension spring 54 'always holds the holding portion 51' between the inner and outer surfaces 3 of the cylindrical braking body 3.
3 and 34 are kept slightly apart. Therefore, when no force is applied to the operation portion 52 ′, the sandwiching portion 51 ′ is separated from the inner and outer surfaces 33, 34 of the tubular brake 3.

The pushing body 6 ′ includes a connecting member 64 slidably provided at an end of the lever 1, a fitting member 65 fixed to the tip thereof and fitted to the outside of the operation section 52 ′. The fitting member 65 is slid by the pulling operation of the lever 1, and the inner peripheral surfaces 651 and 651 of the member have both the outer surfaces 55 'and 56' which have the divergent shape of the operating portion 52 '.
, So that the outer surfaces 55 ', 56' are pushed inwardly.

With the brake device B constructed as described above, when the lever 1 is operated by pulling, the pusher 6 'is moved in conjunction with the operation by the operating portion 5 of the braking force applying member 5'.
While sliding toward 2 ′, the operation section 52 ′ is pushed and narrowed inward. With the narrowing of the operation portion 52 ′, the sandwiching portion 51 ′ moves the inner and outer surfaces 33 of the tubular braking body 3,
34, the rotation of the cylindrical brake 3 is stopped by the pinching force.

In the first and second embodiments described above,
Although the spinning reel has been described in which the rotation of the rotor can be wound and rotated during the operation of the brake, a spinning reel that stops the rotation of the rotor in both the feeding and winding directions during the operation of the brake may be used. For example, without providing a check mechanism, the cylindrical braking body rotor, or,
By rotating integrally with the cylindrical part, and applying the pinching force of the braking force applying body to the cylindrical braking body as described above, the braking force acts on the rotation of the rotor, so that it is impossible to feed and wind in both directions. Become. (Not shown)

Therefore, the spinning reels of all the above-mentioned examples are also provided with the brake device for applying the braking force to the rotor by the pinching force applied to the inner and outer surfaces of the cylindrical braking body. A lever brake type spinning reel in which the shortage of the braking force caused by the contact from the direction and the reduction of the contact area due to the inclination of the contact body is eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of a spinning reel according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line (3)-(3) in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line (4)-(4) in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line (5)-(5) in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view of a main part showing a brake operation state.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of a spinning reel according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway side view of a main part showing a brake operating state.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 9;

[Explanation of symbols]

A: Spinning reel B: Brake device 1: Lever 2: Rotor 3: Cylindrical brake 4: Reverse check mechanism 5, 5 ': Braking force applying body 6, 6': Pushing body 10: Reel body 5, 5 ': Braking force imparting bodies 33, 34: inner and outer surfaces 51, 51 ': sandwiching parts 52, 52': operating part 54:
Coil spring (biasing means) 54 ': tension spring (biasing means) 60: pinion gear 61: cylindrical portion 63: compression spring (biasing means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A brake device for applying a braking force to the rotation of a rotor that has been made rotatable by releasing a stopper by operating a lever disposed on a reel body, and activating a brake device that releases the braking force. In a lever brake type spinning reel that feeds and stops a fishing line, the brake device is provided with a cylindrical brake body that rotates integrally with any one of these inside a rotor or a cylindrical portion of a pinion gear protruding from a reel body. The reel body is configured to be capable of coming and going with respect to the inner and outer surfaces of the cylindrical braking body, and by sandwiching the two surfaces, a clamping section for applying a braking force to the rotation of the cylindrical braking body is moved toward and away from the clamping section. A braking force imparting body having an operating portion, a lever or a reel body, which is moved in proportion to the operation amount of the lever and pushes the operating portion, A pushing body is provided in which the pushing force against the operation unit is increased or decreased in proportion to the amount of movement, and an urging force is applied to the braking force applying body and the pushing body in a direction to always separate the pinching portion from the inner and outer surfaces of the cylindrical braking body. A spinning reel comprising a biasing means for applying the braking force, wherein a clamping portion of the braking force applying member is sandwiched between inner and outer surfaces of the cylindrical braking member to exert a braking force. . 2. The brake device according to claim 1, wherein the rotor or the cylindrical braking member that rotates integrally with the cylindrical portion is replaced with a cylindrical braking member that rotates freely on the same axis as the rotor. In the meantime, by providing a check mechanism that locks the cylindrical braking member with respect to the rotor during the rotation of the rotor and unlocks the cylindrical braking member with respect to the rotor during the winding rotation of the rotor, the cylindrical braking member is provided. Wherein the check mechanism transmits the braking force acting on the rotor to the rotor to stop the feeding rotation, and the check mechanism separates the braking force from the rotor to enable the take-up rotation. 2. The spinning reel according to 1.