JP2003000113A - Electric reel for fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric reel for fishing enabling the fishing without anxiety while confirming the remaining life of a battery. SOLUTION: The electric reel for fishing is provided with a spool rotatably supported on a reel body and a spool motor to drive the spool and is connected to a power source in fishing. The reel body is further provided with a displaying device, an inputting means for inputting the capacity of the power source, a memory means to store the capacity of the power source inputted by the inputting means, a current detection means to detect the electric current of the power source in the driving of the reel, a clocking means to measure the current-passing period of the power source and a controlling means to calculate and accumulate the consumed current from the detection data of the current detection means and the measured data of the clocking means, calculate the remaining capacity of the power source from the total capacity stored in the memory means and display the obtained remaining capacity on the displaying device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric fishing reel for winding and driving a spool, which is rotatably supported by a reel unit, by a spool motor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an electric reel for fishing (hereinafter referred to as "electric reel") is widely used for fishing such as boat fishing for deep-sea fish layers. As is well known in the art, this electric reel rotates a spool by driving a spool motor mounted on a reel body and winds a fishing line. The electric reel is connected to a battery prepared separately to drive the spool motor. ing.

In recent years, electric reels have become more multifunctional and electronic in order to improve actual fishing operability, and spools are wound by using electric power supplied from a battery. Not only drive but also clutch mechanism is ON
The use range of the battery is expanded and the importance becomes high, such as switching operation of ON / OFF, measuring the line length of the fishing line with an ultrasonic sensor, and using electric power to drive the line by driving the spool motor when feeding the line. ing.

[0004]

By the way, although the amount of charge of the battery decreases with use in actual fishing and with the passage of time,
If the remaining capacity is significantly reduced, the spool motor will not be able to perform winding operation, but it will be impossible to perform shelving by switching the clutch mechanism, the ultrasonic sensor will not be able to measure the yarn length, or the motor will not be able to feed the yarn. The problem occurs, and for the actual fishing, the fisherman is psychologically uneasy.

[0005] In addition, it is even more difficult to know how much the battery has been used since the start of actual fishing, and it is even more so when the user is absorbed in actual fishing. The problem remains that the amount (usage capacity) cannot actually be grasped and the fisherman cannot use the electric reel with peace of mind. It is well known that the battery itself is equipped with a remaining amount check meter (remaining capacity of voltage). However, according to this conventional example, the battery is specified and restricted in use, and Due to the structure in which the meter is incorporated, the number of parts is large, and it is also not preferable from the viewpoint of maintaining watertightness.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric reel capable of fishing with peace of mind while confirming the life of the power source used.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a spool rotatably supported by a reel body and a spool motor for driving the spool. In an electric reel that is sometimes used by being connected to a power source, a display unit, an input means for inputting the capacity of the power source used, and a memory for storing the capacity of the power source used by the input means are provided on the reel body. Means, a current detecting means for detecting a current value by a power source used during electric driving, a time measuring means for measuring an energization time from the power source used, and a consumption current value from a detected value of the current detecting means and a measured value of the time measuring means. And a control means for calculating and accumulating, calculating the remaining capacity of the used power source from the capacity stored in the storage means, and displaying the remaining capacity on the display.

The invention according to claim 2 is based on claim 1.
In the electric reel described above, the control means is characterized in that the remaining capacity of the used power source is displayed on the display as a ratio to the capacity of the previously used power source.

(Operation) According to the electric reel of the first aspect, the capacity of the power source used is stored in the storage means by the input means.

Then, the current detecting means detects the current value from the power source used during the electric drive, and the current measuring time is measured by the time measuring means. The control means calculates the consumed current from the measured values of the current detecting means and the time measuring means. The values are calculated and accumulated, and the remaining capacity of the used power source is calculated from the capacity stored in the storage means and displayed on the display. Further, according to the electric reel of the second aspect, the control means causes the display device to display the remaining capacity of the used power source as a ratio to the capacity of the used power source input in advance.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an electric reel according to a first embodiment of claims 1 and 2, in which 1 is a frame of a reel main body 3, 5 and 7 are side plates attached to the left and right of the frame 1, both sides A spool 9 is rotatably supported between the plates 5 and 7 via a spool shaft.

The spool 9 is rotated by driving the spool motor 11 or winding the handle 13 to wind the fishing line.
It is housed in a motor case integrally formed with the front frame 1. Then, in front of the side portion of the side plate 7, like the electric reel disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2977978,
Increase or decrease the motor output of the spool motor 11 to adjust the spool 9
A power lever (motor output adjusting body) 15 for adjusting the rotation speed (the fishing line winding speed) of the power lever 15 is attached so as to be operable in the same direction as the rotation direction of the handle 13, and as shown in FIG. Is connected to a potentiometer 17 built in the side plate 7. Then, a control means 21, which will be described later, incorporated in the control box 19 above the reel unit 3 variably controls the current energization time rate to the spool motor 11 as the duty ratio of the pulse signal according to the operation amount of the power lever 15. From the motor stop state to the maximum value (0 to 10) through the motor drive circuit 23.
0%) is continuously driven and controlled.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a clutch lever 25 of the clutch mechanism mounted in the side plate 7 is mounted on the rear side of the side plate 7, and the clutch lever 25 is attached.
The clutch mechanism is switched ON / OFF by the operation of
The driving force of the spool motor 11 and the handle 13 to the spool 9 is transmitted / blocked. A magnet 27 is attached to one side surface of the spool 9, and a pair of reed switches 29 is attached to the frame 1 so as to face the rotation locus of the magnet 27. It functions as rotation detection means for detecting the number. As shown in FIG. 2, the reed switch 29 is connected to the control means 21 in the control box 19 mounted between the side plates 5 and 7 on the reel main body 3.

The control means 21 is composed of a microcomputer, and the ROM of the control means 21 has a ROM of JP-A-5-10.
A thread length measuring method similar to that for the fishing reel disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3567 is programmed, and the control means 21 fetches the forward / reverse determination signal of the spool 9 output from the reed switch 29 into the CPU. In addition to determining whether the fishing line is to be fed out or wound, the rotation pulse signal of the spool 9 fetched from the reed switch 29 is counted by the up / down counter, and the line length calculation formula stored in the RAM is based on this count value. Calculation is executed by the CPU.

Then, as shown in FIG. 1, the control box 1
A liquid crystal thread length indicator 33 is mounted on the operation panel 31 of 9, and the CPU is adapted to display the above-mentioned thread length measurement value on the thread length indicator 33 via the display drive circuit 35. There is. Therefore, the fisherman confirms such a display,
It is possible to feed the tackle to a predetermined water depth, and it is possible to wind the fishing line by operating the handle 13 and the power lever 15 after checking the display.

On the operation panel 31, a bottom / shelf setting switch 37, first and second reset switches 39 and 41, a mode changeover switch 43 and an input switch 45 are provided adjacent to the thread length indicator 33. As described above, the control means 21 counts the rotation pulse signals of the spool 9 fetched from the reed switch 29, and based on this count value, the length calculation formula is calculated to execute the yarn length measurement value. Although it is displayed on the thread length indicator 33, the thread length indicator 33 displays an upper color display portion 33a for displaying the position of the tackle from the water surface and the position of the tackle from the bottom / shelf position as shown in FIG. A bottom / shelf color display portion 33b is provided.

When the fishing line (appliance) is paid out from the spool 9, the control means 21 calculates the amount of fishing line to be paid out based on the rotation pulse signal from the reed switch 29,
The yarn length measurement value is displayed on the upper color display portion 33a. Then, when the fisherman operates the first reset switch 39 while the fishing line is fed from the tip of the rod to the surface of the water, the display value of the upper color display portion 33a is reset to "0.0" as shown in FIG.

After this, when the fisherman reels out the fishing line,
As shown in FIG. 4, the measured value of the thread length measured by the thread length measuring means is displayed on the upper color display portion 33a, and the bottom / shelf setting is made when the fishing line is fed out by, for example, 42.3 m and the tackle bottoms. When the switch 37 is operated, as shown in FIG.
"0.0" is displayed on the shelf color display portion 33b and the bottom position is set. After that, as shown in FIG. 6, the position of the tackle from the water surface and the position of the tackle from the bottom when the fishing line is wound are In the upper color display section 33a and the bottom / shelf color display section 33b, respectively,
It is supposed to be displayed.

When the electric reel 47 is connected to an external battery via a power cord (not shown) during actual fishing, the control means 21, the yarn length indicator 33, etc. are activated, and thereafter.
The fishing line is paid out by the clutch OFF operation of the clutch lever 25, and the fishing line is wound by the operation of the power lever 15 and the handle 13. However, as described above, this kind of electric reel has hitherto been used to a certain extent. It has been pointed out that it is difficult to know whether the battery has been used, and therefore the battery may suddenly run out during actual fishing, and the fisherman cannot use the electric reel with peace of mind.

By the way, the specified capacity of a new battery (including the case of full charge) varies from 12 Ah to 6 Ah, but generally, in this type of electric reel, the reeled-out fishing line is wound up for 1 minute. The current consumption value per fishing required for is about 6 Am, and the current consumption value of the battery is about 60 Am (1 Ah) by performing this 10 times. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the current detector 49 that detects the current value during electric driving by the battery connected to the electric reel 47.
Is mounted on the reel unit 3, and a timer (time measuring means) 51 for measuring the energization time from the battery is mounted in the control box 19. The CPU of the control means 21 controls the detected value of the current detector 49 and the timer. The current consumption value (Ah) of the battery is calculated from the measured value of 51, and this is accumulated in the RAM.

Further, the control means 21 is switched to the "thread length measuring mode (actual fishing mode)" and the "input mode" alternately by operating the mode changeover switch 43 described above, and
In the "input mode", the capacity of the used battery can be stored in the RAM by operating the input switch 45. That is, as described above, the new battery has various specified capacities such as 12 Ah and 6 Ah.
When using the battery of h, mode switch 4
When the control means 21 is switched from the yarn length measuring mode to the input mode by the operation of 3, the upper color display portion 33 is displayed as shown in FIG.
“0” is displayed in a.

When the fisherman presses the input switch 45 in this input mode, the display on the upper color display portion 33a is sequentially switched to "1", "2", "3", .... When the first reset switch 39 is operated when the display of the upper color display portion 33a becomes "6" as shown in FIG. 8, the battery capacity 6Ah is stored in the RAM of the control means 21. It is supposed to be remembered.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, on the operation panel 31 of the control box 19, a liquid crystal remaining capacity indicator 53 having a bar display mode in which six rectangular display portions 53a are partitioned and formed. Is provided along the lower edge of the thread length indicator 33, and when the specified capacity of the battery is set in the RAM of the control means 21 as described above, the CPU causes the display drive circuit 35 to display the entire display section 53a. Then, based on the detected value of the current detector 49 and the measured value of the timer 51, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, every time the battery is consumed by 1 Ah, the display section 53a is sequentially turned off from the left side. As described above, in this embodiment, the remaining capacity of the battery is displayed on the remaining capacity indicator 53 as a ratio with respect to the usable capacity (6 Ah) of the battery which is input and set in advance. Special To.

Therefore, FIGS. 11 and 12 show that the remaining capacities of the batteries are 3 Ah and 1 Ah, respectively, and when the second reset switch 41 is operated in the input mode, the remaining capacity indicator 53 displays. After reset, the battery capacity can be input again by the input switch 45.

When a battery having a specified capacity of 12 Ah is used, for example, when the fisherman stores the battery capacity of 12 Ah in the RAM of the control means 21, the CP
U is based on the detection value of the current detector 49 and the measurement value of the timer 51, and displays the display unit 53a every time the battery is consumed by 2 Ah.
Are sequentially turned off from the left side, and in this case, one of the display portions 53a displays the current consumption value of 2Ah.

Since the embodiment is configured in this way, the control means 21 and the like are activated by connecting the electric reel 47 to an external battery via the power feeding cord during actual fishing.
Then, as described above, when the battery having the specified capacity of 6 Ah is used, the control means 21 is switched to the input mode by operating the mode changeover switch 43, and the input switch 45 is pressed to display the message on the upper color display portion 33a. When the first reset switch 39 is operated at the point of "6", the battery capacity 6Ah is stored in the RAM of the control means 21, and all the display portions 53a of the remaining capacity indicator 53 are turned on as shown in FIG. To do.

Thereafter, in the yarn length measuring mode, the handle 1
3 and the power lever 15 are operated to wind the fishing line around the spool 9, the motor output is adjusted in accordance with the operation of the power lever 15, and the line length is measured as the fishing line is fed and wound up. The length measurement value is displayed on the upper color display part 33a and the bottom / shelf color display part 33b.
Based on the detected value of the current detector 49 and the measured value of the timer 51, the CPU of FIG.
The display portion 53a is sequentially turned off from the left side every time it is consumed.

Therefore, the fisherman can see such a display by
It is possible to check the remaining capacity of the battery. Then, for example, when the fisherman charges the battery in the state of the remaining capacity 3 Ah shown in FIG. 11, if the second reset switch 41 is operated in the input mode, the display of the remaining capacity indicator 53 is reset, and the input switch 45 is input again. The battery capacity can be input with.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the current remaining capacity of the battery is displayed on the remaining capacity indicator 53 on the operation panel 31 as a ratio to a preset usable capacity of the battery set in advance. According to the present embodiment, the fisherman can actually see the actual remaining capacity of the battery at the fishing spot, and as a result, there is no trouble due to sudden battery exhaustion, and the electric reel 47 can be used with peace of mind. It has become possible.

In addition, as described above, in the conventional example in which the battery itself is equipped with the remaining amount check meter, there is a problem that the battery is specified and the usage is restricted. According to the above, there is no such problem. 13 to 15 show a remaining capacity indicator mounted on an electric reel according to a second embodiment of claims 1 and 2, and in this embodiment, the remaining capacity indicator 53 is replaced with "blue". The display unit 55a made of a rectangular color liquid crystal which lights up, the display unit 55b made of a rectangular color liquid crystal lighting "yellow", and the display unit 55c made of a rectangular color liquid crystal lighting "red" are bar-shaped. The remaining capacity indicator 55 is arranged in the display form. For example, when the specified capacity 6 Ah of the battery is set in the RAM of the control means 21, the remaining capacity of the battery is 4 Ah or more due to power consumption, as shown in FIG. Display unit 55a
Lights up, the display unit 55b lights up as shown in FIG. 14 when the remaining capacity is less than 4 Ah and 2 Ah or more, and the display unit 55c lights up as shown in FIG. 15 when the remaining capacity becomes less than 2 Ah.

Then, as in the first embodiment, when the second reset switch 41 is operated in the input mode, the display of the remaining capacity indicator 55 is reset and the battery capacity can be input again by operating the input switch 45. It has become. Since the other configurations are similar to those of the first embodiment, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

Since the present embodiment is constructed in this way, the fisherman can visually recognize the actual remaining capacity of the battery through the remaining capacity indicator 55. Therefore, according to the present embodiment as well, the sudden battery There is no trouble due to breakage, and you can use the electric reel with confidence.

FIG. 16 shows a thread length indicator and a remaining capacity indicator of an electric reel according to a third embodiment of claims 1 and 2. In this embodiment, the remaining capacity indicators 53 and 55 are replaced. A circular liquid crystal remaining capacity indicator 57 is attached in the lower left of the vicinity of the thread length indicator 33, and the remaining capacity indicator 57 is
The ratio of the current remaining capacity of the battery to the preset battery capacity is digitally displayed.

FIG. 17 shows a thread length indicator of an electric reel according to a fourth embodiment of claims 1 and 2, and this embodiment shows a thread length indicator in the lower left part of the thread length indicator 33-1. A capacity display unit 59 is provided, and the remaining capacity display unit 59 digitally displays the ratio of the current remaining capacity of the battery to the preset capacity of the battery. Thus, even in each of these embodiments, as in the first and second embodiments described above, it is possible to achieve the intended purpose, and there is no trouble due to sudden battery exhaustion. It became possible to use electric reels.

In each of the embodiments described above, the ratio of the current remaining capacity of the battery to the preset capacity of the battery is displayed on the remaining capacity indicator, but the embodiment of claim 1 not shown. As described above, the current consumption value may be subtracted from the preset battery capacity and the remaining capacity of the battery may be directly displayed on the remaining capacity indicator.

[0036]

As described above, according to the inventions according to the claims, since the fisherman can actually see the actual remaining capacity of the battery at the fishing spot, there is no trouble due to sudden battery exhaustion. , It became possible to use the electric reel with peace of mind.

In addition, as described above, in the conventional example in which the battery itself is equipped with the remaining amount check meter, there is a problem that the battery is specified and the usage is restricted. According to this, such a problem does not occur.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an electric reel according to a first embodiment of claims 1 and 2. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the electric reel shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a yarn length indicator mounted on the electric reel shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a thread length indicator.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a yarn length indicator.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a thread length indicator.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of the yarn length indicator when the battery capacity is input.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of the thread length indicator when the battery capacity is input.

9 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a thread length indicator and a remaining capacity indicator attached to the electric reel shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a remaining capacity indicator.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a remaining capacity indicator.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a remaining capacity indicator.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a remaining capacity indicator attached to the electric reel according to the second embodiment of claims 1 and 2;

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a remaining capacity indicator.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a remaining capacity indicator.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of display states of a yarn length indicator and a remaining capacity indicator mounted on the electric reel according to the third embodiment of claims 1 and 2;

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a thread length indicator attached to the electric reel according to the fourth embodiment of claims 1 and 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

3 reel body 9 spools 11 spool motor 15 Power lever 19 control box 21 Control means 29 reed switch 31 Operation panel 33, 33-1 Thread length indicator 33a Upper color display 33b Bottom / shelf color display 37 Bottom / shelf setting switch 39 First reset switch 41 Second reset switch 43 Mode selector switch 45 input switch 47 electric reel 49 Current detector 51 timer 53,55,57 Remaining capacity indicator 59 Remaining capacity display

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electric reel for fishing, comprising a spool rotatably supported by a reel body and a spool motor for driving the spool, the electric reel for fishing being used by being connected to a power source during actual fishing. The main body has an indicator, input means for inputting the capacity of the power supply used, storage means for storing the capacity of the power supply used by the input means, and current detection for detecting the current value of the power supply used during electric drive. Means, a time measuring means for measuring the energization time from the power source used, a current consumption value calculated and accumulated from the detection value of the current detecting means and the measurement value of the time measuring means, and the capacity of the power source used is stored from the capacity stored in the storage means. An electric reel for fishing, comprising: control means for calculating the remaining capacity and displaying the remaining capacity on the display. 2. The electric fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein the control means causes the indicator to display the remaining capacity of the power source used as a ratio to the capacity of the power source previously input.