JP2003079286A - Fishing reel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fishing reel which can prevent penetration of water into the body of the reel and simply drains water in the body of the reel without increasing number of parts and without spoiling an appearance of the reel. SOLUTION: The main body 1a of the fishing reel 1 comprises a housing unit 60 which forms a space S for housing a drive mechanism, a lid material 62 for closing the space S of the housing unit with the outside and a plurality of fixing materials 64. A draining unit 65A perpendicular to the fixing direction of the fixing materials 64 and communicating with the space S of the housing unit 60 is formed on the supporting unit 63 of the main body 1a of the reel for receiving the fixing materials 64.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fishing reel, and more particularly, to an improvement of a water draining structure in an accommodating portion of a reel body accommodating a drive mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, the reel body of a fishing reel is
A container that forms a space for housing the drive mechanism, a lid member that closes the inside of the container to the outside, and a plurality of fixing members that fixes the lid member to the container. Is formed by. The components of the drive mechanism housed inside the container are usually lubricated with grease or the like in order to make the fishing line winding drive smooth.

Further, since the fishing reel is generally used in a harsh environment where it is exposed to seawater or fresh water, water easily enters the inside of the container of the reel body. When water enters the inside of the container, the constituent elements of the drive mechanism may be corroded, or the grease may change its quality by absorbing the water, causing a malfunction of the drive element such that the rotational movement of the drive element becomes heavy.

Therefore, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-117240, an opening / closing type cleaning hole is formed in the reel body so that the inside of the reel body can be easily cleaned and grease can be easily injected. A technique for improving maintenance is disclosed.

[0005]

However, in the structure disclosed in the above publication, water easily enters the reel main body through the cleaning hole, which requires frequent maintenance, which is very troublesome. Further, since an opening / closing mechanism for opening / closing the cleaning hole is required, there is a problem that the number of parts increases and the manufacturing cost increases. In addition, the opening / closing member may be accidentally opened, and dust or water may enter the reel unit. Further, the opening / closing member may be exposed to the outside to impair the external appearance, and the opening / closing member may restrict the reel design.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to prevent water from entering the reel body without increasing the number of parts or spoiling the appearance of the reel. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fishing reel that can prevent the above-mentioned problem and can easily discharge the water in the reel body.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a housing for forming a space for housing a drive mechanism, and a space for closing the space of the housing to the outside. In a fishing reel in which a reel body is composed of a lid member and a plurality of fixing members for fixing the lid member to the container, a receiving portion of the reel body for receiving the fixing member, It is characterized in that a drainage portion that is orthogonal to the mounting direction of the fixing member and communicates with the space of the container is formed.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the fishing reel of the present embodiment is a spinning reel 1 and includes a reel body 1a.
And a leg portion 1b extending from the reel body 1a, and a leg portion 1b.
And a rod attaching portion (not shown) formed on the end of the rod and attached to a fishing rod (not shown). Reel body 1a
A handle shaft 2 to which a handle 5 is fixed is rotatably supported therein. Drive gear 3 on the handle shaft 2
Is fixed to the drive gear 3. The drive gear 3 extends in a direction orthogonal to the handle shaft 2 and is rotatably supported by the reel body 1a via bearings 11A and 11B. Are in mesh. A rotor 8 including a bail 6 and a fishing line guide device (not shown) is integrally attached to a tip end portion of the pinion gear 13 via a rotor nut 32.

A spool shaft 9 extending in a direction orthogonal to the handle shaft 2 penetrates (fits into) the pinion gear 13. In this case, the spool shaft 9 is arranged concentrically with the pinion gear 13 and can be moved back and forth along a direction orthogonal to the handle shaft 2. A spool 10 around which fishing line is wound is attached to the tip of the spool shaft 9.

An oscillating mechanism 50 is engaged with the drive gear 3. In the oscillating mechanism, when the handle shaft 2 is rotated by rotating the handle 5, the spool shaft 9 is reciprocally driven (moves back and forth) in the axial direction.

In such a structure, when the handle 5 is rotated to rotate the handle shaft 2, the spool 10 mounted on the spool shaft 9 via the oscillating mechanism 50 reciprocates back and forth, and the drive gear is driven. The rotor 8 is rotationally driven via the 3 and the pinion gear 13. Therefore, the fishing line is evenly wound around the spool 10 via the fishing line guide device.

Further, in the front portion of the reel body 1a, there is a cylindrical shape for accommodating and holding a first bearing 11A for rotatably supporting the pinion gear 13 and a reverse rotation preventing mechanism 30 for preventing reverse rotation of the rotor 8. The support portion 31 is formed. The tubular support portion 31 supports the first bearing 11A via the collar member 47. Further, the reverse rotation preventing mechanism 30 is an inner ring 20 that is fitted into the pinion gear 13 in a non-rotating manner and rotates integrally with the pinion gear 13, and an annular ring that is arranged outside the inner ring 20 and holds a plurality of rolling members 27a. Holder 27
And an outer ring 25 arranged outside the holder 27 and fixedly attached to the tubular support portion 31 of the reel unit 1a. Since such a reverse rotation prevention mechanism (one-way clutch) is known, it will not be described in further detail.

Further, a cover-shaped (dish-shaped) first retaining member 33 for retaining and supporting the first bearing 11A is screwed to the tubular supporting portion 31 of the reel unit 1a. Specifically, the retaining member 33 is concentrically mounted by screwing a female screw 33a formed on the inner peripheral surface of the retaining member 33 into a male screw 31a formed on the outer peripheral surface of the tubular support portion 31. , While closing the opening of the cylindrical support portion 31 and pressing the first bearing 11A uniformly from the side to prevent the first bearing 11A from coming off, tilting, and rattling (this causes the pinion gear 13 Rattling is also prevented).

The reel body 1a is provided with a housing 60 that forms a space S for housing the above-described fishing line winding drive mechanism including the drive gear 3 and the pinion gear 13, and the inside of the housing 60 with respect to the outside. Cover member 62 for closing
(See FIG. 3 and FIG. 4) and the lid member 62
A plurality of fixing members 64 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) for fixing to 0 are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the fixing member 64 is, for example, a bolt, and is formed at one end of the screw portion 64a, which is a shaft member having a male screw formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof. And a head 64b that has been formed.

In order to fix the lid member 62 to the container 60 by a plurality of fixing members 64, the reel body 1a (the container 60 and the lid member 62) has a receiving portion (fixing member 64) for receiving the fixing member 64. Are provided at a plurality of locations. These receiving portions (engagement portions) 63 have a screw hole 63a formed by forming a female screw on the inner peripheral surface thereof to which the screw portion 64a of the fixing member 64 can be screwed,
It has a counterbore hole 63b having an inner diameter larger than that of the screw hole 63a and receiving the head 64 of the fixing member 64. In this embodiment, the screw holes 63 a are provided in both the container 60 and the lid member 62, and the counterbore holes 63 b are provided in the lid member 62.

Further, at least one receiving portion 63 (in this embodiment, at least two receiving portions 63 including the receiving portion 63 provided at the back portion (right end in FIG. 1) of the reel unit) has a fixing member 64. A drainage portion 65A that is orthogonal to the mounting direction (axial direction of the screw hole 63a and the screw portion 64a) and communicates with the internal space S of the container 60 is formed. In the present embodiment, the drainage portion 65A is provided on the container 60 side, and is formed as a step that is one step lower than the mounting surface (reference surface) 69 of the container 60 to which the lid member 62 abuts and is mounted. Has been done.

In such a structure, when the water accumulated in the internal space S of the container 60 is discharged, it is sufficient to remove one fixing member 64 from the receiving portion 63 (the reel body 1a can be removed if necessary). Tilt). As a result, the water accumulated in the internal space S of the container 60 has a step-like drainage portion 65A as shown by a dot-dash line in FIG.
Through to the screw hole 63a of the receiving portion 63 and is easily discharged from the screw hole 63a to the outside through the counterbore hole 63b (see FIG. 4). At this time, the other one fixing member 64
When the receiving portion 63 is removed from the receiving portion 63, the receiving portion 63 functions as an air hole, so that the moisture in the container 60 can be easily and quickly removed.

As described above, in the spinning reel 1 of this embodiment, since the housing 60 that forms the space S for housing the drive mechanism and the space S of this housing 60 are closed to the outside. The reel body 1a is constituted by the lid member 62 of FIG. 1 and a plurality of fixing members 64 for fixing the lid member 62 to the container 60.
In the receiving portion 63 of the reel body 1a for receiving the fixing member 6,
A water draining portion 65A that is orthogonal to the mounting direction of 4 and communicates with the space S of the housing 60 is formed. Therefore, in the state where the fixing member 64 is attached to the receiving portion 63, the fixing member 64 can prevent the infiltration of water from the water draining portion 65A into the internal space S of the containing body 60. Even if water enters S (such as when water is infiltrated by washing with water during maintenance),
By simply removing the fixing member 64 from the receiving portion 63, the water retained in the container 60 can be easily drained.

Further, in the present embodiment, the drainage portion 65A is provided in the existing receiving portion 63 for receiving the fixing member 64 for attaching the lid member 62 to the container 60, so that the number of parts is not increased. Water can be prevented from entering the reel body 1a and the water in the reel body 1a can be easily discharged. That is, the drainage portion 65A can be formed at low cost. Further, since a separate member is not required to form the drainage portion 65A, the appearance of the reel is not impaired (the balance of the design is not impaired).

Further, in the present embodiment, since the drainage portions 65A are provided at a plurality of places, one of them functions as a drainage and the other functions as a drainage when draining water. The water retained inside can be easily and quickly removed. In addition, in the present embodiment, a seal member may be further provided, which seals the space S of the container 60 in a watertight manner to prevent water from entering the space S.
As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent corrosion of the constituent elements in the container 60 and improve durability. Further, in the present embodiment, an identification display (display by color or shape) is provided on the fixing member 64 or in the vicinity thereof so that the fixing member 64 corresponding to the receiving portion 63 where the water draining portion 65A is located can be identified. desirable.

5 to 7 show a second embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the drainage portion 65B is
It is provided on the container 60 side and is formed as a through hole penetrating the wall portion of the container 60 from the space S of the container 60 toward the central portion of the screw hole 63a. The rest of the configuration is the same as in the first embodiment.

In such a structure, when draining the water accumulated in the internal space S of the container 60, one fixing member 64 only needs to be removed from the receiving portion 63 (if necessary, the reel body 1a is removed). Tilt). As a result, the water accumulated in the internal space S of the container 60 is drained through the through hole-shaped drain portion 65B as shown by the broken line arrow in FIG.
Through to the screw hole 63a of the receiving portion 63 and is easily discharged from the screw hole 63a to the outside through the counterbore hole 63b (see FIG. 7). Therefore, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the first embodiment.

8 to 10 show a third embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the drainage portion 65C is
The groove is provided on the container 60 side, and is formed as a groove formed on a mounting surface (reference surface) 69 of the container 60 to which the lid member 62 abuts and is mounted. The rest of the configuration is the same as in the first embodiment.

In this structure, when the water accumulated in the internal space S of the container 60 is discharged, it is sufficient to remove one fixing member 64 from the receiving portion 63 (if necessary, the reel unit 1a is removed). Tilt). As a result, the water accumulated in the internal space S of the container 60 flows to the screw hole 63a of the receiving portion 63 through the groove-shaped water draining portion 65C as shown by the broken line in FIG. It is easily discharged from 63a through the counterbore 63b (see FIG. 10). Therefore, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the first embodiment.

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to the spinning reel, but the present invention can also be applied to other types of fishing reels such as a dual bearing type reel. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the drainage portion is formed on the container side, but it may be formed on the lid member side. In addition, the drainage section,
The shape is not limited to a groove, a hole, or a step, and can have any shape.

[0030]

As described above, according to the fishing reel of the present invention, it is possible to prevent water from entering the reel body without increasing the number of parts or spoiling the appearance of the reel. At the same time, the water in the reel unit can be easily discharged.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view having a partial cross section of a fishing spinning reel according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of a reel body of the fishing reel shown in FIG.

3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of the fishing reel of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main parts of the reel body of the fishing spinning reel according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

7 is an explanatory view of the action of the fishing reel of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of a reel body of a fishing spinning reel according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view of the fishing reel of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Fishing reel 1a ... reel body 60 ... Containing body 62 ... Lid member 63 ... Receiver 64 ... Fixing member 65A, 65B, 65C ... Drainage part S ... space

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A container for forming a space for housing a drive mechanism, a lid member for closing the space of the container to the outside, and a member for fixing the lid member to the container. In a fishing reel having a reel body composed of a plurality of fixing members, the receiving portion of the reel body that receives the fixing member is orthogonal to the mounting direction of the fixing member and the space of the container. A fishing reel characterized in that a draining portion communicating with the reel is formed. 2. A container for forming a space for housing a drive mechanism, a lid member for closing the space of the container to the outside, and a member for fixing the lid member to the container. In a fishing reel in which a reel body is constituted by a plurality of fixing members, a plurality of engaging portions of the reel body engaging with the plurality of fixing members communicate with the space of the container. A fishing reel characterized in that a drainage portion is formed. 3. The fishing reel according to claim 2, wherein the drainage portion is orthogonal to a mounting direction of the fixing member. 4. The reel body comprises a seal member for water-tightly closing the space of the container to prevent water from entering the space. The fishing reel according to any one of 1.