JP2000333566A - Handle of spinning reel for fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect the handle arm of a spinning reel for fishing. SOLUTION: This handle arm 15 having an almost L-state shape is connected with a handle shaft 14 supported by a reel main body 9 as foldable. At the outside projecting part covering of the handle arm, a covering body 24 is mounted through a stopping screw 25, which is a fixing part, and the fixing screw 25 is concealed by the covering body 24.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spinning reel handle for fishing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Utility model registration No. 2535335 discloses a handle of a spinning reel. As shown in FIG. 12, the handle is composed of a handle shaft 2 supported by the reel body 1, a substantially L-shaped handle arm 3 connected to the handle shaft 2, and a handle knob 4 attached to the tip of the handle arm 3. And a hinge 5 provided at a place where the handle arm 3 is connected to the handle shaft 2, and a locking slider 6 provided near the hinge 5.
When the slider 6 slides to one side, the handle arm 3 is locked in an upright state with respect to the handle shaft 2, and when the slider 6 slides to the other side, the handle arm 3 can be folded about the handle shaft 2 around the hinge 5 as a fulcrum.

[0003]

However, when the handle of the conventional spinning reel is folded when the spinning reel is stored, the bent portion 3a of the handle arm 3 becomes the rotor 7 or the bail arm 8 of the spinning reel.
Therefore, it is necessary to increase the strength of the handle arm 3 because the arm 7a can support the arm 7a supporting the arm.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a handle shaft (15) having a substantially L-shaped handle arm (15) supported on a reel body (9) is provided. In a handle (12) of a fishing spinning reel foldably connected to 14), a cover body (24) is provided with a fixing portion (25, 28, 28) at a portion where the handle arm (15) protrudes outward. 30, 32, 3
3), and the fixing portions (25, 28, 3)
0, 32, 33) employs the handle of a fishing spinning reel concealed by a cover body (24).

[0005]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Embodiment 1> As shown in FIG. 1, a fishing spinning reel has a reel body 9 having legs (not shown) attached to a fishing rod, and a horizontal shaft at the front of the reel body 9. The reel 10 includes a rotor 10 rotatably supported around and a spool 11 supported at the front of the reel body 9 so as to be able to reciprocate back and forth in the axial direction of the horizontal axis.

A handle 12 is rotatably supported on the reel body 9, and a known transmission for transmitting power from the handle 12 to the rotor 10 and the spool 11 is provided in the reel body 9. When the handle 12 is turned, the rotor 10 rotates, and at the same time, the spool 11 moves back and forth.

The rotor 10 is provided with two arms 10a (only one arm is shown) so as to sandwich the spool 11, and a bail arm 13 is provided between a tip of each arm 10a. Is reversibly bridged between the two positions. When the rotor 10 is rotated by operating the handle 12, the bail arm 13 of the rotor 10 winds the fishing line on the spool 11.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the handle 12 includes a handle shaft 14 supported by the reel body 9 and a substantially L-shaped handle arm 15 connected to the handle shaft 14.
A handle knob 16 attached to the distal end of the handle arm 15; a hinge 17 provided at a place where the handle arm 15 is connected to the handle shaft 14; and a locking slider 18 provided near the hinge 17.

The handle shaft 14 integrally has a square shaft 14a, and the square shaft 14a is rotatably fitted to a main shaft 19 of a transmission in the reel body 9. By inserting the square shaft 14a from the opposite side of the main shaft 19, the handle 12 can be mounted on the opposite side of the reel body 9.

The handle arm 15 is bent in a substantially L-shape,
Hinge 17 and slider 1 are attached to one end of handle arm 15
A handle shaft 14 is connected to the handle arm 8 via a handle 8, and a handle knob 16 is rotatably connected to the other end of the handle arm 15.

The hinge 17 has one hinge piece 17a projecting from the handle shaft 14 and the other hinge piece 1 projecting from the handle arm 15 overlapping the hinge piece 17a.
7b, and a hinge pin 17c perpendicular to the handle shaft 14 for rotatably connecting the two hinge pieces 17a and 17b. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 3, the hinge pin 17c is shifted from the extension of the axis of the handle shaft 14 toward the folding side so that the handle arm 15 can be folded only on one side from the axis of the handle shaft 14. It is provided at each location. The handle arm 15 can be folded from the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 3 to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line by sliding the slider 18 to the unlock side. The tip of the hinge piece 17b on the handle arm 15 side is the handle shaft 1
When the handle arm 15 stands up, the engaging portion engages with the handle shaft 14 and the handle arm 15 stops at the upright position.

The slider 18 constitutes a locking means for the handle arm 15, and includes a first groove 20 formed inside the bent portion of the handle arm 15 and a hinge piece of the handle shaft 14 following the first groove 20. It is inserted so as to straddle the second groove 21 formed in 17a. Further, a compression coil spring 22 is inserted in the back of the first groove 20, and
The slider 18 projects from the first groove 20 side into the second groove 21 by the urging force of the compression coil spring 22. For this reason, the handle arm 15 maintains the upright position shown by the solid line in FIG. The slider 18 has a trigger portion 18a for hanging a finger, and the handle arm 15 also has a third groove 23 for guiding the trigger portion 18a. When a finger is put on the trigger portion 18a and pulled toward the back of the third groove 23 against the urging force of the compression coil spring 22, the slider 18 is separated from the second groove 21. Therefore, the handle arm 15
Is unlocked and can be rotated at the hinge 17 so that it can be folded from the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 1 to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line.

When the handle arm 15 is folded, FIG.
As shown by the two-dot chain line, the bent part of the handle arm 15 is the spinning reel rotor 10 or the bail arm 1.
1 to 3, the cover arm 24 is attached to the handle arm 15 corresponding to such a contact point.

That is, the cover body 24 is attached to the portion where the handle arm 15 protrudes outward via the set screw 25 which is a fixed part.
4 concealed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cover body 24 covers the bent outer side of the handle arm 15 over a wide range, and as shown in FIGS. As a result, the surface is flush with the surface of the handle arm 15. The cover body 24 is desirably formed of a metal material such as titanium which is harder than the handle arm 15, but may be formed of a resin material.

A screw hole into which a screw portion 25a of a set screw 25 is screwed is provided inside the cover body 24. The screw hole is formed in a boss 27 formed integrally with the cover body 24, and the boss 27 is inserted into the third groove 23.
Through laterally. The set screw 25 is inserted from the third groove 23, the screw portion 25 a is screwed with the screw hole in the boss 27, and the head 25 b is engaged with the inner wall of the third groove 23. Thereby, the cover 24 is firmly fixed on the handle arm 15, and the set screw 25 and the boss 27 are hidden under the cover 24.

In the fishing spinning reel having the above-mentioned structure, when the user places his finger on the trigger portion 18a of the slider 18 and pulls the slider 18 toward the back of the first groove 20 on the handle arm 15, the slider 18 is moved to the handle. It separates out of the second groove 21 on the shaft 14 side. This allows the handle arm 15
Is unlocked by the slider 18 and can be folded in the direction of the arrow around the hinge pin 17c in FIG. In this folded state, the handle arm 15 is
1, the handle arm 15 may come into contact with the rotor 10, but the contact point is protected by the cover body 24. Damage to the arm 15 is prevented.

A handle 12 indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
In the folded state of FIG.
3, the slider 18 slides along the tip of the hinge piece 17a and then fits into the second groove 21 as it is apparent from FIG.
2 automatically returns to the standing state.

<Embodiment 2> As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the handle 12 of the fishing spinning reel also has a cover body 24 at the same location as in the first embodiment. Is different from the first embodiment in that the handle arm 1
5 attached.

The locking piece 28 protrudes from the inner surface of the cover body 24 toward the handle arm 15 and has a projection 28a at the tip. When the cover body 24 is addressed to the handle arm 15, the locking piece 28 is slightly elastically deformed from the insertion hole 29 formed in the handle arm 15 and enters the third groove 23, and then elastically returns to project. 28 a is hooked on the edge of the insertion hole 29. As a result, the cover body 24 is firmly fixed to the handle arm 15, and the locking piece 28 is not exposed to the outside of the handle arm 15 even after fixing.

<Third Embodiment> As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a cover body 24 of the handle of this spinning reel for fishing is provided with a plurality of fixing members provided inside both side walls of the cover body 24. These projections 30 are used.
The handle arm 15 is fixed on the handle arm 15 by engagement with a plurality of engagement holes 31 formed at corresponding locations of the handle arm 15. In the third embodiment, unlike the first and second embodiments, there is no need to penetrate the handle arm 15 through the insertion hole 29, so that the strength of the handle arm 15 can be increased.

<Embodiment 4> As shown in FIG. 11, a cover 24 of a handle of this fishing spinning reel is provided.
Uses locking pieces 32, 33 provided inside both ends of the cover body 24 as fixing portions, respectively.
3 and the handle arm 15 are fixed on the handle arm 15 by engagement with an engagement hole 34 and an insertion hole 35 respectively formed in corresponding portions of the handle arm 15. One engagement piece 32 is formed in a convex shape, and an engagement hole 34 into which the engagement piece 32 is fitted is formed in a concave groove shape on the handle arm 15. The other engaging piece 33 has a projection 33a at the tip.
The insertion hole 35 in which the fitting 3 is fitted penetrates the handle arm 15 in the lateral direction. The other locking piece 33 is slightly elastically deformed and enters the insertion hole 35, and then elastically returns to hook the projection 33 a on the edge of the insertion hole 35.

[0024]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fishing spinning reel handle wherein a substantially L-shaped handle arm is foldable with respect to a handle shaft supported by the reel body. The cover body is attached to the part where the arm protrudes outward via the fixed part, and the fixed part is concealed by the cover body, so when the reel falls or other objects hit,
The handle can be protected. Further, when the handle is folded, the handle may hit the rotor or the like. In this case, the handle can be protected. Also,
Since the fixing portion of the cover does not protrude from the handle surface, the feel is good and the appearance is good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view of a fishing spinning reel having a handle according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a handle in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an elevation view of the handle arm.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the handle arm.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway plan view of a fishing spinning reel having a handle according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an elevation view showing a handle according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view taken along line XX in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing a handle according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a partially cutaway plan view of a fishing spinning reel provided with a conventional handle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 9 Reel body 12 Handle 14 Handle axis 15 Handle arm 24 Cover body 25 Set screw 28 Locking piece 30 Projection 32, 33 Locking piece

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A handle for a fishing spinning reel in which a substantially L-shaped handle arm is foldably connected to a handle shaft supported by a reel body, wherein the handle arm protrudes outward. A handle for a spinning reel for fishing, wherein a cover is attached to a portion to be fixed via a fixing portion, and the fixing portion is hidden by the cover.