JP2002262723A - Top guide - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a top guide capable of suitably draining water sticking to a fishing line. SOLUTION: This top guide 8 comprises a nearly cylindrical connecting member 10 fixed to the top on the tip side of a tip rod 4, and having an internal thread part on the outer peripheral surface of an end on the tip side, a cylindrical body 11 freely detachably connected to the internal thread part of the connecting member 10 and having a hole 11a formed on the peripheral surface and a coil spring 12 arranged in the interior of the cylindrical body 11. Water sticking to the fishing line L is brought into contact with the coil spring 12, cut off and drained from the hole 11a to the outside.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a top guide mounted on a tip end of a boring rod having a fishing line passage through which a fishing line can be inserted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional fishing rod, for example, has a fishing rod having a fishing line passage through which a fishing line can be inserted, a fishing rod connected to a tip side of the fishing rod and having a fishing line passage inside like the fishing rod. A tip rod connected to the tip side of the middle rod and having a fishing line passage. A reel sheet to which a reel can be attached is formed on the original rod, and a fishing line introduction hole for introducing a fishing line from the reel into a fishing line passage inside the rod body is formed on the tip side of the reel sheet. A top guide is provided at an end of the tip of the tip rod.

The top guide includes, for example, a tubular main body detachably screwed to a male screw member attached to the outer peripheral surface of the tip end of the tip rod with an adhesive or the like; It has a ceramic ring fitted therein.
Then, the fishing line from the reel is guided from the fishing line inlet to the inside of the rod body, reaches the top guide on the tip side, passes through the body of the top guide, and is led out while being supported by the ceramic ring.

[0004]

In such a fishing rod, when fishing, water adhering to the fishing line may enter the fishing rod together with the winding of the fishing line and accumulate in the rod body. is there. Such intrusion of water into the rod causes the weight of the fishing rod to increase during fishing, and water accumulated in the rod increases the resistance of the fishing line. In addition, it may cause damage to the fishing rod.

An object of the present invention is to provide a top guide capable of appropriately draining water adhering to a fishing line and preventing entry into a rod body.

[0006]

A top guide according to a first aspect of the present invention is a top guide that is connected to the tip side of a fishing rod used for fishing, and that is detachably connected to the tip end of the tip side of the tip rod. A cylindrical body having a hole formed therein, and a coil spring disposed inside the cylindrical body.

[0007] The top guide is attached to the tip end of the inner rod. Then, the fishing line is guided from the tip to the tubular body, and is passed through the coil spring inside the tubular body in the axial direction to be led out. When the fishing line to which water has adhered during fishing is wound up, the fishing line comes into contact with a coil spring in the cylindrical body of the top guide, and at this time, the coil spring cuts off the water. The water cut off from the fishing line falls into the cylindrical body and is drained to the outside through a hole in the peripheral surface. Thus, it is possible to prevent water attached to the fishing line from entering the rod body.

A top guide according to a second aspect of the present invention is the guide according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the first rigid ring member is disposed on the rod side of the coil spring inside the tubular body, and is fitted into the tip end of the tubular body. A second hard ring member.

In this case, the hard ring member supports the fishing line inserted through the cylindrical body, protects the inner surface of the cylindrical body, and reduces the drawing resistance of the fishing line. Further, it can be expected that the hard ring member cuts off water adhering to the fishing line.

A top guide according to a third aspect of the present invention is the guide according to the first or second aspect, wherein the cylindrical body has a plurality of holes formed on a peripheral surface thereof in a circumferential direction. In this case, the plurality of holes drain the water cut off from the fishing line in the cylindrical body, so that the water is drained smoothly regardless of the circumferential direction of the top guide.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a through rod adopting an embodiment of the present invention is connected to a base rod 1 having a fishing line passage through which a fishing line can be inserted, and is sequentially connected to the tip side of the base rod 1 in a swinging manner. Former pole 2, middle pole 3, head rod 4
And A reel sheet 5 on which a reel (not shown) can be detachably mounted is provided on the original rod 1, and a fishing line from the reel is introduced into a fishing line passage on the front end side peripheral surface of the reel sheet 5. Fishing line introduction hole 6 is formed. Also, the fishing line is placed on the fishing line introduction hole 6.
A fishing line introduction guide 7 for guiding the fishing line is disposed.

Further, a top guide 8 is attached to the tip of the tip of the tip rod 4. The fishing line from the reel is introduced from the fishing line introduction guide 7 and the fishing line introduction hole 6 into the fishing line passage inside the original rod 1, and is successively guided to the tip side and is led out from the top guide 8.

Each of the rods 1 to 4 is a tapered cylindrical member obtained by winding a prepreg obtained by impregnating a reinforcing fiber such as carbon fiber or glass fiber with a resin around a mandrel and firing it. The rod body located on the tip side has a smaller diameter and can be inserted sequentially into the rod body arranged on the rod base side. Further, a water-repellent and weather-resistant coating material is applied on the outer peripheral surface of each rod body, and various patterns are applied according to the product image. Further, a fishing line support projection (not shown) formed integrally with the rod body in a spiral shape may be formed in the fishing line passage inside each rod body.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the top guide 8 connected to the tip end of the tip rod 4 includes a substantially cylindrical connecting member 10 connected to the tip end of the tip rod 4. A cylindrical member 11 detachably connected to the tip side of the connecting member 10, and a coil spring 12 arranged inside the cylindrical member 11.

The connecting member 10 is a cylindrical member made of a synthetic resin, and has a thread formed on the outer peripheral surface of the end portion on the tip side to form a male screw portion. The tip of the tip of the tip rod 4 is inserted into the tip of the tip of the tip, and is fixed with an adhesive.

The cylindrical body 11 is also a cylindrical body made of synthetic resin, and is a member having an axial length of about 15 to 30 mm. A female screw portion is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the rod base side end portion, and the female screw portion is screwed to a male screw portion of the connecting member 10. In the vicinity of the axial center of the side surface, there are three holes 11 spaced apart in the circumferential direction.
a is formed (see FIG. 4). The hole 11a has a substantially elliptical shape extending in the axial direction.

A coil spring 12 is provided inside the tubular body 11.
And a first hard ring 13 arranged at the rod end side end of the coil spring 12 and a second hard ring 14 fitted to the tip end side of the tubular body 11.

The first hard ring 13 is a ring-shaped member made of hard ceramic, and is fixed at the rod-side end of the tubular body 11 with an adhesive or the like. The coil spring 12 has a diameter substantially matching the inner diameter of the cylindrical body 11, and its axial length is set longer than the axial length of the hole 11a. And it is arrange | positioned at the tip side of the 1st hard ring 13. FIG. The second hard ring 14 is also a substantially ring-shaped member made of the same hard ceramic as the first hard ring 13. In addition,
It is preferable that the inner diameter of the coil spring 12 is set to be substantially equal to or slightly smaller than the inner diameters of the first hard ring 13 and the second hard ring 14. The coil spring 12 is used for the cylindrical body 1.
1 may be directly fixed with an adhesive or the like, or may be fixed by being sandwiched between the first hard ring 13 and the second hard ring 13.

In the middle rod constructed as described above, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the fishing line L is guided from the fishing line passage inside the tip rod 4 to the connecting member 10 and the tubular body 11, is inserted through the coil spring 12 inside the tubular body 11 in the axial direction, and is led out. . When the fishing line L to which water is attached is wound up during fishing, the fishing line L is applied to the cylindrical body 1 of the top guide 8.
1. The coil spring 12 in the coil spring 1 is contacted.
2 cuts off the water. The water cut off from the fishing line L falls into the cylindrical body 11 and is drained to the outside through the hole 11a on the peripheral surface. In particular, since the plurality of holes 11a drain the water cut off from the fishing line L in the tubular body 11, the water is smoothly drained regardless of the circumferential direction of the top guide.

Further, the first hard ring member 13 and the second
The hard ring 14 supports the fishing line L passing through the inside of the tubular body 11, protects the inner surface of the tubular body 11, and reduces the lead-out resistance of the fishing line L.

[Other Embodiments] (a) Arbitrary number of hard rings are sufficient. Further, a metal member may be used instead of ceramic. (B) The shape and number of holes are not limited to the above embodiment. It is also conceivable that two places are provided in the circumferential direction. Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of circular holes separated in the circumferential direction and continuous in the axial direction may be formed. (C) In the above embodiment, a hard ring is arranged in addition to the coil spring 12, but the fishing line L may be supported only by the coil spring 12 without providing the hard ring.

[0022]

According to the top guide according to the present invention,
The water adhering to the fishing line is cut off and drained to prevent water from entering the inside of the rod body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a fishing rod employing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the top guide of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a reference view showing the vicinity of a top guide in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a top guide employing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Original rod 4 Head rod 8 Top guide 10 Connecting member 11 Tubular body 12 Coil spring

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A top guide connected to the tip side of a fishing rod used for fishing, comprising: a tubular body detachably connected to a tip side of the tip side of the tip rod and having a hole formed in a peripheral surface; A top guide including a coil spring disposed inside the tubular body. A first hard ring member disposed on the rod side of the coil spring inside the tubular body; and a second hard ring member fitted to a tip end of the tubular body. The top guide according to claim 1. 3. The top guide according to claim 1, wherein the cylindrical body has a plurality of holes formed in a circumferential surface of the cylindrical body so as to be spaced apart in a circumferential direction.