JP2003174837A - Line guide and fishing rod furnished therewith - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a line guide enabling smooth reeling of a fishing line without deteriorating the flexibility of the rod and provide a fishing rod furnished with the line guide. <P>SOLUTION: The fishing rod is provided with a line guide 10 composed of a metallic wire 11 having a coiled part 11a wound plural turns in spiral form in the middle of the length and winding strings 12 to fix both ends of the metallic wire 11 on the circumference of the rod. The metallic wire 11 has a diameter of 0.15-0.7 mm and is spirally wound 3-6 turns at the coiled part 11a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fishing line guide which is attached to a circumferential surface of a rod body to guide fishing line from a reel and to transmit force from the fishing line to the rod body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among conventional fishing rods, a so-called outer rod is a type of rod that is generally composed of a plurality of tapered cylindrical rods, and the reel is attached to the rod peripheral surface at the most proximal position. It is composed of a base rod having a possible reel sheet, a base rod, a middle rod, and a tip rod connected to the tip side of the forward dimension rod.

A plurality of fishing line guides are fixed to the circumferential surface of each rod body at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction. This fishing line guide includes a fixed portion which is a portion fixed to the circumferential surface of the rod body, a leg portion which is continuous with the fixed portion and stands upright with respect to the circumferential surface of the rod body, and a guide which is attached to the tip of the leg portion. With a ring. The fixing portion is wound around the rod body along the rod body with a winding thread, and the winding thread is coated with a synthetic resin and fixed, or is fixed with a metallic ring member or the like. Then, the fishing line pulled out from the reel attached to the reel seat is sequentially inserted through the guide ring of the fishing line guide and guided to the tip side.

[0004]

In the conventional fishing rod, when a fish is caught in a device attached to the tip of the fishing line and the rod body bends,
The fishing line guide sometimes impaired the smooth bendability of the rod body. That is, in a conventional fishing line guide, particularly, in a fishing line guide of a type having a pair of fixing portions extending in the longitudinal direction of the rod body (both leg guides), the pair of legs serve as support rods in the longitudinal direction of the rod body. In some cases, the bending of the rod body near the mounting of the fishing line guide was obstructed. Such a partial change in the flexibility of the rod body impairs the operation of the fishing rod, which should originally be curved continuously, and impairs the so-called condition of the rod.

Further, in the conventional fishing line guide, it is premised that one guide ring is attached to one fishing line guide. Therefore, if the rod body bends significantly,
The two fishing line guides support the fishing line at one point, so to speak, so that the angle change in the traveling direction of the fishing line between the fishing line guide and the other fishing line guides adjacent thereto often becomes large.
Such a large angle change hinders the smooth winding of the fishing line on the reel.

An object of the present invention is to provide a fishing line guide and a fishing rod provided with the fishing line guide, which enables smooth winding of fishing line without impairing the flexibility of the rod body.

[0007]

The fishing line guide of the invention 1 is
A fishing line guide for guiding a fishing line attached to the circumferential surface of a rod body, which has a thin warp metal wire having a winding portion that is spirally wound a plurality of times around the center in the length direction, and both ends of the metal wire. Fixing means for fixing the respective portions to the circumferential surface of the rod body.

This fishing line guide is used by inserting a fishing line from a reel into a wound portion of a metal wire. In this state, the fishing line is supported and guided by the metal wire. When a fish is involved in a device connected to the tip of the fishing line and a large addition is applied to the fishing line, this addition is transmitted to the rod body through the fishing line guide,
The rod body bends greatly. At this time, following the bending of the rod body, a force is also applied to the metal wire of the fishing line guide in the axial direction of the rod body,
The wound portion of the metal wire acts like a coil spring to extend or contract in the axial direction of the rod body, and does not hinder the bending of the rod body. Further, since the metal wire itself bends to follow the bending of the rod body, the bending of the rod body is not hindered from this point as well. Further, even if the rod body bends, the winding portion where the metal wire is wound a plurality of times bends following this, and the plurality of rings of the winding portion continuously support the fishing line. As a result, it is possible to prevent a large angle change with respect to the traveling direction of the fishing line due to the bending of the rod body.

The fishing line guide of the invention 2 is the guide of the invention 1, wherein the fine warp metal wire has a diameter of 0.15 to 0.7 mm,
A metal wire is spirally wound for a plurality of turns in the wound portion.
In the case of a metal wire having a predetermined wire diameter, the winding portion smoothly expands and contracts while ensuring sufficient strength to support the fishing line, and does not hinder the bending of the rod body. Further, by providing a predetermined number of windings, the fishing line has a plurality of supporting points at the winding portion when the rod body is bent, and it is possible to produce the required smoothness of the angle change of the fishing line.

A fishing rod according to a third aspect of the invention is a fishing rod provided with the guide according to the first or second aspects.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a fishing rod adopting an embodiment of the present invention includes a base rod 1, a base rod 2, a plurality of middle rods 3, and a pair of tips that are connected to the base end side of the base rod 1 in a side-by-side manner. And a rod 4. The source rod 1 to the tip rod 4 are
A tapered tubular member made of a prepreg material in which reinforcing fibers such as carbon fibers are impregnated with a synthetic resin.

The base rod 1 is a rod body with a large diameter located closest to the rod base, and a reel seat 5 on which a reel can be detachably mounted is integrally formed on the peripheral surface of the rod base. . A female screw portion is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the rod-side end portion, and the buttocks 6 are removably screwed therein. Further, a plurality of fishing line guides 10 are fixed to the tip side of the reel sheet 5 of the base rod 1 and to the top rod 2 to the top rod 4 at intervals in the axial direction. Further, a top guide 7 is attached to the tip side end of the tip rod 4.

In this case, only one type of fishing line guide 10, which will be described in detail later, may be arranged on each rod body.
In particular, the fishing line guide 10 may be attached only to the tip rod 4 and the middle rod 3 which are located in a portion where the rod body bends sharply, and the other types of rod bodies may use the conventional type fishing line guide together.
Next, the fishing line guide 10 will be described.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fishing line guide 10 includes a metal wire 11 having a winding portion 11a which is spirally wound near the center in the length direction, and both end portions of the metal wire 11. Each of which is composed of a winding thread 12 for fixing each of them to the peripheral surface of the rod body (for example, the middle rod 3 in FIGS. 2 and 3). Metal wire 11
Is a fine wire member made of a metal such as steel, aluminum, or titanium, or an alloy thereof. If necessary, a shape memory alloy having superelasticity or the like may be used as the material of the metal wire 11. The metal wire 11 has a diameter of 0.15 to 0.7 mm, and more preferably a diameter of 0.25 to 0.35 mm. By setting the wire diameter to this level, the fishing line can be sufficiently supported, and smooth expansion and contraction of the metal wire as described later can be maintained. Further, it is preferable that the winding portion 11a of the metal wire 11 is wound in a spiral shape for 3 to 6 turns. From the viewpoint of preventing the weight of the entire fishing line guide from being increased and also preventing an excessive increase in sliding resistance with the fishing line, it is preferable to wind the metal wire 11 to this extent.
The spirally wound portion 11a may be in a state in which adjacent wound metal wires are in contact with each other in the axial direction, or may be in a state in which they are spaced from each other.

Both ends of the metal wire 11 are wound portions 11a.
Further, it descends to the peripheral surface side of the middle rod 3 and extends in the axial direction of the middle rod 3 so as to be in contact along the peripheral surface thereof. Then, both of the contacted ends are wound together with the middle rod 3 by the winding thread 12, respectively.
It is fixed to the peripheral surface of. After winding, wind 12 with synthetic resin
May be coated. Further, it is possible to fix the metal wire 11 by using a metal pipe or the like instead of the winding thread 12.

Further, in order to prevent the metal wire 11 from being displaced in the circumferential direction or the axial direction on the circumferential surface of the inner rod 3, a depression is provided in the circumferential surface of the inner rod 3, and the metal wire 11 is placed in the depression. Alternatively, a method may be adopted in which the metal wire 11 is fixed with the winding thread 12 or the like after housing both ends of each. Such a fishing line guide 1
In the fishing rod provided with 0, the fishing line L from the reel is sequentially inserted into the winding portion 11a of the metal wire 11 of each fishing line guide 10 and sent to the tip side, and reaches the top guide 7 of the tip rod 4. In this way, the fishing line L is supported and guided by the metal wire 11 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). When a fish is engaged in a device connected to the tip of the fishing line L and a large addition is applied to the fishing line L, this addition is transmitted to each rod body via the fishing line guide 10, and each rod body is bent greatly. At this time, following the bending of each rod body, a force is also applied to the metal wire 11 of the fishing line guide 10 in the axial direction of each rod body. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the winding portion 11a of the metal wire 11 acts like a coil spring and extends or contracts in the axial direction of the rod body.

Further, the winding portion 11a opens as the rod body bends, and the fishing line can be supported at a plurality of points in the axial direction of the winding portion 11a, thus suppressing a large angle change of the fishing line. That is, the fishing line is bent by following the bending of the rod body, but compared to the case where the fishing line is supported at about one point as in the conventional fishing line guide (see FIG. 5 (b) schematically shown). ,
Each ring of the winding part 11a around which the metal wire 11 is wound several times continuously supports the fishing line at a plurality of points, and suppresses a large angle change of the fishing line (see FIG. 5A schematically shown).

[0018]

According to the fishing line guide of the present invention, the fishing line can be smoothly wound up without impairing the flexibility of the rod body.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a view showing a fishing line guide 10.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the fishing line guide 10.

FIG. 4 is a view showing the fishing line guide 10 in a state where the rod body is bent.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram (a) showing the operation of the fishing line guide 10,
The schematic diagram (b) of the conventional fishing line guide.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 yuan pole 2 Yuanjo pole 3 middle pole 4 Ear pole 10 Fishing line guide 11 metal wire 12 winding thread

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A fishing line guide for guiding a fishing line attached to the peripheral surface of a rod body, comprising: a thin warp metal wire having a winding portion spirally wound a plurality of times around the center in the length direction. A fishing line guide including fixing means for fixing both end portions of the metal wire to the rod body peripheral surface. 2. The fine metal wire has a diameter of 0.15 to 0.7 mm.
The fishing line guide according to claim 1, wherein the metal wire is spirally wound for a plurality of turns in the wound portion. 3. A fishing rod provided with the fishing line guide according to claim 1 or 2.