JP2002171877A - Switch operation member of reel for fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve discriminating easiness of each a switch operation member in the switch operation member of a reel for fishing. SOLUTION: A counter case 4 installed on the upper part of the reel body 1 of a reel is equipped with a display composed of a liquid crystal display and the switch operation member 6 arranged around the display. The switch operation member 6 has a speed change switch and a motor switch vertically arranged in a row on the right of the display and a bottom memo switch SM (an example of the first switch operation member) and a mode switch MD (an example of the second switch operation member) vertically arranged in a row on the left thereof. The bottom memo switch SM and the mode switch MD mutually have different touch feelings by being made of different materials and having different surface roughnesses.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a switch operating member, and more particularly to a switch operating member of a fishing reel for performing various operations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a fishing reel is provided on a reel body, a spool mounted on the reel body, a handle for rotating the spool, a case member mounted on an upper portion of the reel body, and an upper surface of the case member. It has a display unit such as a liquid crystal display for displaying the shelf position, the current water depth of the device, and the like, and a switch operation member provided on the upper surface of the case member to perform various switch operations.

The switch operating members of this type include, for example, a motor operating member for turning on and off a motor, a speed adjusting switch for changing a winding speed of a spool, and a mode switch for switching various modes. And are arranged side by side around the display. In addition, characters, graphics, and the like representing functions and the like are drawn on the upper surface of the case member near the switch operation member or on the upper surface of the switch operation member.

[0004]

With the above conventional switch operating member, the angler discriminates each switch operating member by visually recognizing the characters and figures drawn around the switch operating member as described above. I have. However, since fishing reels are often used outdoors, seawater, dirt, and the like tend to adhere thereto, and characters and figures drawn around the switch operation member may be difficult to see or fade.
For this reason, it is very difficult to determine each switch operation member.

It is an object of the present invention to improve the discriminating power of each switch operating member in a fishing reel switch operating member.

[0006]

A switch operating member according to a first aspect of the present invention is a switch operating member of a fishing reel provided on the reel body for performing various operations, and a first switch operating member provided on the reel body. A switch operating member, a second switch operating member provided on the reel body and having a different tactile sensation from the first switch operating member.
A switch operation member.

This switch operating member has a first switch operating member and a second switch operating member having a different tactile sensation. Here, the switch operation members are provided so as to have different tactile sensations, so that the switch operation members can be easily identified without the angler visually recognizing the switch operation members during operation. Therefore, the discriminating power of each switch operating member can be improved.

The switch operating member according to the second aspect of the present invention is a switch operating member according to the first aspect.
, The first and second switch operation members have different functions in various operations. In this case, for example, by differentiating the tactile sensation between the switch operating member for driving the motor and the switch operating member for switching the mode, it is easy to determine each switch operating member. In the switch operation member for driving the motor, the tactile sensation of the switch operation member for turning on / off the motor and the switch operation member for changing the speed of the motor may be different.

The switch operating member according to the third aspect of the present invention is the switch operating member according to the first aspect.
Alternatively, in the second switch operating member, the first and second switch operating members have different external shapes. In this case, for example, even if the first and second switch operating members are arranged at very close positions, each switch operating member can be more clearly identified by a difference in tactile sensation and visual sense due to a difference in outer shape of the switch operating member. Can be determined.

A switch operating member according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a switch operating member according to the first aspect.
Alternatively, in the two switch operating members, the first and second switch operating members have the same outer shape. In this case, the discriminating power of each switch operating member can be improved by making the tactile sensation different while keeping the outer shape the same from a design point of view.

A switch operating member according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a switch operating member according to the first aspect.
, The first and second switch operating members are made of different materials. In this case, for example, the tactile sensations of the respective switch operating members can be easily made different by forming them from synthetic resins having different hardness.

A switch operating member according to a sixth aspect is the switch operating member according to the first aspect.
, The first and second switch operating members have different surface roughnesses.
In this case, for example, by making the surface of the switch operation member rough or smooth,
Further, the tactile sensation of each switch operating member can be easily changed.

A switch operating member according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is a switch operating member according to the first aspect.
In any one of the switch operating members of (1) to (6), a concave portion is formed in at least one of the first and second switch operating members. In this case, for example, by forming a concave portion having a substantially circular cross section on the pressing surface of the switch operating member, it is possible to make the tactile sensation different from that of the switch operating member having no concave portion.

The switch operating member according to the eighth aspect is the switch operating member according to the first aspect.
In any one of the switch operating members of (1) to (7), a projection is formed on at least one of the first and second switch operating members. In this case, for example, by forming one or a plurality of protrusions protruding with respect to the pressing surface of the switch operation member, the tactile sensation can be made different from the switch operation member having no protrusion.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, an electric reel adopting an embodiment of the present invention comprises a reel body 1 mounted on a fishing rod R, and a spool rotating provided on a side of the reel body 1. Handle 2 and reel body 1 of handle 2
And a star drag 3 for drag adjustment arranged on the side.

The reel body 1 comprises a pair of left and right side plates 7a, 7
b and a plurality of connecting members 8 for connecting them, and right and left side covers 9 covering left and right of the frame 7
a and 9b. Handle 2 side (right side in FIG. 1)
The rotating shaft of the handle 2 is rotatably supported on the side cover 9b, and the power cord 18 for connecting an external power supply PS is connected to the side cover 9a on the side opposite to the handle 2 (left side in FIG. 1). Connector 19 is provided.

Inside the reel body 1, a spool 10 connected to the handle 2 is rotatably supported. A DC-driven motor 12 that drives the spool 10 to rotate in the line winding direction is disposed inside the spool 10. An operating lever 11 of a clutch for turning on and off the drive transmission between the handle 2 and the motor 12 and the spool 10 is arranged on a side surface of the reel body 1 on the handle 2 side. When the clutch is turned on, the yarn feeding operation can be stopped during the yarn feeding by the own weight of the device.

A counter case 4 is provided above the reel body 1.
Has been fixed. The counter case 4 includes the reel body 1
And a display window is formed on the upper surface. As shown in FIG. 2, on the upper surface of the counter case 4, there is provided a display unit 5 composed of a liquid crystal display for displaying the water depth and shelf position of the device through the display window based on two references: from the water surface and from the bottom. A switch operation member 6 is provided around the display unit 5.

The display unit 5 has a four-digit seven-segment depth display area 5a arranged in the center, a three-digit bottom depth display area 5b disposed below the four-segment depth display area 5b, and a right-side depth display area 5a in FIG. And a shift stage number display area 5c arranged at In addition, the display unit 5 displays “from the bottom”, “learning”,
Eight characters of “designation”, “lower volume”, “correction”, “input”, “thread feed stop”, and “0 set” can be displayed.
The character “from bottom” is displayed when the depth display mode is the bottom mode.

The switch operating member 6 includes a transmission switch SK and a motor switch PW arranged vertically on the right side of the display unit 5 in FIG. 1, and a bottom memo switch SM (first switch operating member) arranged vertically on the left side. ) And a mode switch MD (an example of a second switch operating member).

The motor switch PW is a switch for turning the motor 12 on and off. The motor switch PW turns on the motor 12 while the motor switch PW is turned on, and the motor switch PW is turned on twice within a predetermined time. The switch is a switch capable of switching between continuous winding in which the motor 12 is rotated when operated.

The speed change switch SK is connected to the driven motor 1
2, which is a seesaw type switch having two upper and lower switches and a neutral position. When the upper switch SK1 of the speed change switch SK is pressed, the speed is increased, and when the lower switch SK2 is pressed, the speed is reduced. When the upper switch SK1 is pressed for a predetermined time or more when the motor 12 is not driven, the display mode can be switched between “from above” and “from the bottom”.

The bottom memo switch SM is a switch that is pressed when the device reaches the bottom, and the water depth at that time is set as the bottom. When the bottom memo switch SM is pressed for a predetermined time or more, the zero point of the water depth display can be set to a new position when the fishing line breaks.

The mode switch MD is a switch for setting five kinds of pincushion modes. For example, when the mode switch MD is pressed once, the learning mode is set. When pressed, the bobbin mode is set to the lower winding mode, four consecutive presses to the correction mode, and five consecutive presses to the input mode.

Bottom memo switch SM and mode switch M
D is formed of different materials, as shown in FIGS. For example, the bottom memo switch SM and the mode switch MD have the same outer shape, but the bottom memo switch SM is made of a soft synthetic resin and has a rough pressing surface, and the mode switch MD is made of a hard synthetic resin. And the pressing surface is formed smoothly. As described above, the bottom memo switch SM and the mode switch MD have different tactile sensations due to different materials and surface roughness.

At the upper part of the counter case 4, a display 5
And a reel control unit 30 that performs display control and motor control. A PWM drive circuit 31 that drives the motor 12 by PWM is arranged in a lower part in the counter case 4. A buzzer 4 is provided at the lower part of the counter case 4.
0 and a spool sensor 41 are arranged.

The reel control unit 30 includes a microcomputer including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, an I / O interface, and the like arranged in the counter case 4.
The reel control unit 30 controls the display unit 5 according to the control program.
And various control operations such as display control and motor drive control. As shown in FIG. 3, the reel control unit 30 includes various switches of the switch operating member 6, a spool sensor 41 for detecting the rotation direction and the number of rotations (rotational position data) of the spool 10, and a spool counter 42. It is connected. Further, the buzzer 40 and P
The WM drive circuit 31, the display unit 5, the storage unit 43, and other input / output units are connected.

In this electric reel, the bottom memo switch SM
And the mode switch MD are formed so as to have different tactile sensations, so that the bottom memo switch SM and the mode switch MD can be easily distinguished without the angler visually recognizing the bottom memo switch SM and the mode switch MD. .

[Other Embodiments] (a) In the above embodiment, the tactile sensations of the bottom memo switch SM and the mode switch MD are different, but other switch operating members such as the motor switch PW and the speed change switch SK. 6 may have different tactile sensations.

(B) In the above embodiment, the bottom memo switch SM and the mode switch MD have the same outer shape. However, as shown in FIG.
The outer shape of the bottom memo switch SM and the outer shape of the mode switch MD may be made different by forming the outer shape of M into a circular shape and the outer shape of the mode switch MD into a rectangular shape.

(C) In the above-described embodiment, the bottom memo switch SM and the mode switch MD have different tactile sensations due to different materials. However, as shown in FIG. A plurality of protrusions 6 are formed, each of which has a single concave shape that is circularly recessed in the pressing direction (downward) from the pressing surface of the SM and protrudes upward from the pressing surface of the mode switch MD.
By forming b, the tactile sensation of the bottom memo switch SM and the mode switch MD may be made different.

[0032]

According to the present invention, the discriminating power of the switch operating members can be improved by providing the switch operating members of the electric reel having different tactile sensations.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an electric reel employing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view around a display unit of the electric reel.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the electric reel.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of a switch operation member of the electric reel.

FIG. 5 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2 of another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 4 of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 reel body 6 switch operation member 6a concave 6b convex MD mode switch PW motor switch SK speed change switch SK1 upper switch SK2 lower switch SM bottom memo switch

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A switch operating member of a fishing reel provided on a reel body for performing various operations, comprising: a first switch operating member provided on the reel body; and a switch operating member provided on the reel body. And a second switch operation member having a different tactile sensation from the first switch operation member. 2. The fishing reel switch operating member according to claim 1, wherein the first and second switch operating members have different functions in the various operations. 3. The fishing reel switch operating member according to claim 1, wherein said first and second switch operating members have different external shapes. 4. A switch operating member for a fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein said first and second switch operating members have the same outer shape. 5. The switch operating member for a fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein said first and second switch operating members are made of different materials. 6. The fishing reel switch operating member according to claim 1, wherein said first and second switch operating members have different surface roughnesses. 7. The fishing reel switch operating member according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion is formed in at least one of said first and second switch operating members. 8. The fishing reel switch operating member according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first and second switch operating members has a convex portion.