JP2003265080A - Electrically driven reel for fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrically driven reel for fishing with which electrically driven winding operation by a spool motor is carried out even if trouble occurs in a controller itself for controlling various kinds of functions of a fishing line measuring device, etc. <P>SOLUTION: In the electrically driven reel equipped with a spool rotatably supported on a reel main body, the spool motor for driving the spool, a cord connection part for connecting an electricity supply cord to an external power source and a control means for controlling various functions incorporated into a memory means by electric power from the external power source, the reel body is equipped with a cord connection part for emergency to which the electricity supply cord is connected, the spool motor is directly driven by electric power supplied from the external power source through the cord connection part for emergency in place of the control by the control means. <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 an electric fishing reel equipped with a spool motor for winding and driving a spool.

[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.

By the way, in recent years, electric reels are currently becoming more and more multifunctional and electronic in order to improve the operability of fishing during actual fishing, and use electric power supplied from a battery. Not only the spool winding drive, but also the ON / OFF switching operation of the clutch mechanism, the measurement of the fishing line length by the ultrasonic sensor, and the line feed by the spool motor drive when the fishing line is fed out. Has expanded, and the importance of batteries in actual fishing has become high.

However, generally, fishing reels are used on a ship where seawater or water easily infiltrate and adhere, and there is a possibility that other objects may hit or drop during actual fishing, which makes the operating environment extremely severe. Used under some circumstances. Therefore, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-13168, a reel unit is provided so that a manual winding operation using a yarn length measuring device can be continued even when power supply from a battery is disabled due to some failure. Discloses an electric reel in which an emergency power source is built in, and the emergency power source is made to function as an operating power source of a yarn length measuring device by a switch operation.

[0005]

However, as described above, since the fishing reel is used under severe conditions of use environment, various functions (thread length) incorporated in the electric reel are actually used. A trouble may occur in the control device (IC controller) itself that controls the measuring device, the shelving device, and the like due to the influence of overvoltage, flooding, or the like.

Therefore, in the conventional example disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-13168, the winding operation by the spool motor cannot be disabled, and the yarn length measuring device cannot be used. However, there is a drawback that only manual winding operation can be performed in deep fishing areas. The present invention has been devised in view of such circumstances, and even if a trouble occurs in the control device itself that controls various functions such as the yarn length measuring device and the shelving device, the electric winding by the spool motor is performed. An object is to provide an electric reel that can be operated.

[0007]

In order to achieve such an object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a spool rotatably supported by a reel unit, a spool motor for driving the spool, and an external power source. An electric reel comprising a cord connecting portion for connecting a power feeding cord and a control means for controlling various functions incorporated in the storage means by electric power from the external power source. An emergency cord connecting portion that can be connected to the spool motor is provided, and the spool motor can be directly driven by the electric power supplied from the external power source through the emergency cord connecting portion instead of the control by the control means. The invention according to claim 2 is the electric reel according to claim 1, wherein a motor ON / OFF switch is provided in a power supply cord connected to the emergency cord connecting portion, and the motor ON / OF is provided. In operation of the switch, characterized in that the spool motor is ON / OFF.

According to a third aspect of the invention, a spool rotatably supported by the reel unit, a spool motor for driving the spool, and a cord connecting portion for connecting a power feeding cord to an external power source are provided. In an electric reel equipped with a control means for controlling various functions incorporated in a storage means by electric power from the external power source, an emergency switch is provided on the reel body, and by turning on the emergency switch,
The spool motor can be directly driven instead of the control by the control means. The invention according to claim 4 is the electric reel according to claim 3, wherein the emergency switch is continuously turned on and off, Spool motor is ON / OFF
It is characterized by doing.

(Operation) According to the invention of claim 1, even if a trouble occurs in the control means at the time of actual fishing and the drive control of the spool motor is disabled, the power cord is connected to the emergency cord connecting portion on the spot. , The spool motor is directly driven by the electric power supplied from the power supply cord.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the motor ON / O of the power supply cord connected to the emergency cord connecting portion is turned on.
The spool motor is turned on / off by operating the FF switch.
To do. According to the third aspect of the present invention, even if trouble occurs in the control means during actual fishing and the drive control of the spool motor is disabled, the spool motor can be directly operated by operating the emergency switch on the spot. Drive and also claim 4
According to the invention, the spool motor is turned ON / OFF by the subsequent ON / OFF operation of the emergency switch.

[0011]

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

The spool 9 is rotated by driving the spool motor 11 and winding the handle 13, and in this embodiment, a DC 12V motor is used. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the spool motor 11
Are housed in a motor case integrally formed with the frame 1 in front of the spool 9. Then, as in the conventional case, a planetary reduction mechanism is mounted on the left motor shaft of the spool motor 11 in the motor case, and a power transmission mechanism composed of a plurality of gears is connected to the planetary reduction mechanism in the side plate 5. The driving force of the spool motor 11 is transmitted to the spool shaft via the planetary speed reduction mechanism and the power transmission mechanism.

Thus, the spool shaft penetrates through the center of the spool 9 and the other end thereof projects into the side plate 7, and a planetary gear transmission mechanism for transmitting the driving force of the handle 13 to the spool 9 is provided on the projecting end side. A clutch mechanism, drag device, etc. are installed. A clutch lever 15 is attached between the side plates 5 and 7 at the rear of the spool 9, and the clutch mechanism is turned on / off by the operation of the clutch lever 15, and the spool motor 11 and the handle 13 for the spool shaft.
The driving force is transmitted and cut off.

On the other hand, a magnet 17 is attached to one side surface of the spool 9, and a pair of reed switches 19 is attached to the frame 1 so as to face the rotation locus of the magnet 17, and the reed switches 19 are attached to the frame 9. It functions as rotation detecting means for detecting the direction and the number of rotations. The reed switch 19 is connected to a control means in a control box 21 mounted between the side plates 5 and 7 on the reel main body 3.

The control means comprises a microcomputer, and the thread length measuring program similar to the electric reel disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-103567 is incorporated in the memory of the control means. Then, the control means fetches the forward / reverse rotation determination signal of the spool 9 output from the reed switch 19 into the CPU to determine whether the fishing line is to be fed or wound, and the rotation pulse of the spool 9 fetched from the reed switch 19. The signal is counted by the up / down counter, and based on the count value, the CPU calculates and executes the line length calculation formula stored in the memory to measure the amount of fishing line delivered. Then, the CPU causes the display 25 provided on the operation panel 23 of the control box 21 to display the measured value as the yarn length.

Further, in front of the upper portion of the side plate 7 to which the handle 13 is attached, the winding speed of the fishing line is adjusted by increasing or decreasing the motor output of the spool motor 11 as in the electric reel disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-7060. A power lever (motor output adjuster) 27 for rotating is attached rotatably at a predetermined angle in the same direction as the rotation direction of the handle 13, and the power lever 27 is connected to a potentiometer 29 built in the side plate 7. ing. Then, the control means variably controls the drive 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 27, and the motor output of the spool motor 11 from the motor stopped state to the maximum value. (0 to 100%) is continuously adjusted to increase or decrease.

The spool motor 11 is driven by an external power source of a 12V battery as a drive source. However, as described above, the fishing reel is used in a severe environment of use, so that it is affected by overvoltage and water infiltration. Therefore, there is a possibility that a trouble may occur in the control device itself, and if a trouble occurs, the motor control by the power lever 27 becomes impossible and the spool motor 11 cannot be driven.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, an emergency cord connecting portion is provided in the reel unit separately from the cord connecting portion for connecting a normal power feeding cord, and the emergency cord connecting portion is provided through the emergency cord connecting portion.
The spool motor can be directly driven by the electric power supplied from the 2V battery. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, in the electric reel 31 according to the present embodiment, in order to improve the holding property of the entire reel, a protruding portion 33 that protrudes forward of the lower portion of the reel body 3 is provided in the lower portion of the side plate 5. However, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bottom portion 3 of the protrusion 33 is
In FIG. 5, an electric receptacle (cord connection portion) 41 to which the plug 39 of the normal power supply cord 37 can be connected and an emergency receptacle 47 to which the plug 45 of the emergency power supply cord 43 shown in FIG. 3 is mounted in the front-rear direction, and as shown in FIG.
A cap 49 is detachably attached to the cover so as to cover it.

As shown in FIG. 4, a small protrusion 51 is provided on the outer periphery of the plug 45 of the emergency power supply cord 43 at the tip end side so as to project upward. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, the emergency receptacle 47 is provided with a recess 53 into which the small protrusion 51 can be inserted when the emergency power supply cord 43 is connected.
A momentary switch 55, which will be described later, is mounted in the recess 53, and the common contact 55a of the momentary switch 55 is connected to the output port of the CPU 57 as shown in FIG.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the emergency power supply cord 43
Is connected to the emergency receptacle 47, the momentary switch 5 is pressed by the pressing force of the small projection 51 inserted in the recess 53.
The break contact 55b of No. 5 is opened to disconnect the circuit between the CPU 57 and the transistor 59. FIG. 5 shows a control circuit for the electric reel 31, which includes the receptacle 4
The power supply line 61 is connected to the + terminal 41-1 of No. 1 and the ground line 63 is connected to the-terminal 41-2 of the receptacle 41.

The potentiometer 29 and the reed switch 17 are connected to the first and second input ports of the CPU 57, respectively.
Are connected. The break contact 55b of the momentary switch 55 is the base 59a of the transistor 59.
Is connected to the connector 59 of the transistor 59.
b is connected to the power supply line 61, and the emitter 59c of the transistor 59 is connected to the ground line 63 via the spool motor 11.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the emergency power supply cord 43 is provided with an ON / OFF switch 65 for the spool motor 11, and as described above, the emergency power supply cord 43 is provided in the emergency receptacle 47. When connected, the break contact 55b of the momentary switch 55 opens and the CPU
The circuit between 57 and the transistor 59 is disconnected, and thereafter, the spool motor 11 is turned on / off by operating the ON / OFF switch 65.

The power supply line 67 connected to the + terminal 47-1 of the emergency receptacle 47 is connected between the emitter 59c of the transistor 59 and the spool motor 11, and is connected to the-terminal 47-2 of the emergency receptacle 47. The ground line 69 is connected to the ground line 63 described above. In addition, in FIG. 4, 71 is a crocodile clip of the emergency power supply cord 43, 73 in FIG. 5 is a pre-down resistor, and 75 is a 12V battery of an external power source.

Since this embodiment is constructed in this way, the power feeding cord 3 is attached to the receptacle 41 as shown in FIG.
When the plug 39 of No. 7 is connected and the crocodile clip on the other end side of the power supply cord 37 is connected to the output terminal of the 12V battery 75, the break contact 55b of the momentary switch 55 is maintained in the ON state, and the CPU 57 and the transistor 59 are connected. The connection between is maintained.

Therefore, when the power lever 27 is operated, the spool motor 11 is driven by the control of the CPU 57 according to the operation amount of the power lever 27 and the CPU 57.
Is to measure the feeding amount of the fishing line based on the rotation pulse signal of the spool 9 fetched from the reed switch 19 and display the measured value as the line length on the display 25. On the other hand, when a problem occurs in the CPU 57 due to the influence of overvoltage, water immersion, or the like during actual fishing, and the spool motor 11 cannot be driven, the emergency receptacle 47
The cap 49 that covers the battery is removed, the emergency power supply cord 43 is connected to the 12V battery 75, and the small projection 51 on the emergency power supply cord 43 side is inserted into the recess 53. Then, the plug 45 is inserted into the emergency receptacle as shown in FIG. Connect to 47.

When the emergency power supply cord 43 is thus connected, the break contact 55b of the momentary switch 55 is opened by the pressing force of the small projection 51 inserted in the recess 53, and the CPU 57 and the transistor 59 are opened. Since the circuit between them is cut off, instead of the motor control by the CPU 57,
The spool motor 11 is an O provided on the emergency power supply cord 43.
By operating the N / OFF switch 65, the transistor 59 is alternately turned ON / OFF, and the spool motor 11 is turned ON / O.
It will be FF.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if a trouble occurs in the CPU 57 during actual fishing and the motor control is disabled, if the emergency power feeding cord 43 is connected to the emergency receptacle 47 on the spot, After that, emergency power supply cord 43
Since the spool motor 11 can be directly driven by the operation of the ON / OFF switch 65 provided in, there is an advantage that the winding operation by the spool motor 11 is possible and the fishing can be continued.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of the electric reel according to claim 1. As shown in the drawing, this embodiment has a protrusion 33.
Two receptacles 41, to which a plug 39 of a normal power supply cord 37 can be connected, are attached to the bottom portion 35 of the reel body 3 in the front-rear direction of the reel body 3, and one receptacle 41 is used as an emergency. Has a cap 49
Is detachably attached.

As shown in the control circuit diagram of FIG. 7, in this embodiment, the momentary switch 55 of the above embodiment is omitted, and the power supply line 77 connected to the + terminal 41-1 of the emergency receptacle 41. Is connected between the emitter 59c of the transistor 59 and the spool motor 11, and the ground wire 79 connected to the negative terminal 47-2 thereof is connected to the ground wire 63 on the other (normal) receptacle 41 side. Since other configurations are similar to those of the embodiment of FIG. 1,
The same parts are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

Since the present embodiment is configured in this way, if the power supply cord 37 is connected to the normal receptacle 41 and this is connected to the output terminal of the 12V battery 75, the spool motor 11 will operate as a power lever. Driven by the control of the CPU 57 according to the operation amount of 27,
Is to measure the feeding amount of the fishing line based on the rotation pulse signal of the spool 9 fetched from the reed switch 19 and display the measured value as the line length on the display 25.

On the other hand, when trouble occurs in the CPU 57 at the time of actual fishing and it becomes impossible to drive the spool motor 11, the cap 49 covering the emergency receptacle 41 is removed and the power supply cord 37 is connected thereto. Good. When the power supply cord 37 is connected to the emergency receptacle 41, the spool motor 11 is directly driven by the power supplied through the power supply cord 37 and the emergency receptacle 41 instead of the motor control by the CPU 57. Will be done.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the C
Even if a problem occurs in the PU 57 and the motor cannot be controlled, the spool motor 11 can be directly driven by simply reconnecting the power supply cord 37 to the emergency receptacle 41 on the spot, so that the fishing can be continued. It has the advantage that it can. 8 is a plan view of an electric reel according to one embodiment of claims 3 and 4, FIG. 9 shows a control circuit for the electric reel, and an electric reel 81 according to this embodiment is a momentary switch 55 shown in FIG. In place of the ON / OFF switch 65 and the additional circuit P shown in FIG. 9, the additional circuit P is provided in the control circuit. As shown in FIG.
An emergency switch 83 that can be pressed is attached.

In this embodiment, the emergency switch 8
3 is switched on so that the spool motor 11 can be directly driven instead of being controlled by the CPU 57, and thereafter the spool motor 11 can be turned on / off by continuous ON / OFF operation of the emergency switch 83. A single receptacle 41 for connecting the power supply cord 37 is attached to the bottom portion 35 of the protruding portion 33 provided on the fifth side.

In the additional circuit P shown in FIG. 9, in the double-pole double-throw emergency switch 83, the first make contact 83a is connected to the power supply line 59, and the first common contact 83b is connected to the secondary side. It is connected to the ground wire 63 through an electromagnet 85a of a latching relay 85 having contacts of the pole double throw. The second common contact 83c of the emergency switch 83 is the first common contact 85b of the latching relay 85 connected to the power supply line 61.
The first make contact 85c of the latching relay 85 is connected between the electromagnet 85a and the ground wire 63.

The second make contact 83d of the emergency switch 83 is connected to the trigger terminal 89a of the T-type flip-flop 89 via the chattering prevention circuit 87.
The non-inverting output of the T-type flip-flop 89 is connected to the base 59a of the transistor 59 via the resistor 91. The second break contact 85d of the latching relay 85 is connected between the resistor 91 and the transistor 59, the output port of the CPU 57 is connected to the second common contact 85e, and the monostable flip-flop 93 is further connected. The resistor 95 is connected between the common contact 83b and the electromagnet 85a and the T-type flip-flop 89, and the resistor 95 is connected upstream of the chattering prevention circuit 87 with the power line 61.

Since the other structure is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. Since the present embodiment is configured in this way, when the power feeding cord 37 is connected to the receptacle 41 and the crocodile clip on the other end side of the power feeding cord 37 is connected to the output terminal of the 12V battery 75, the break of the latching relay 85 is broken. The contact 85d is maintained in the ON state, and CP
The connection between U57 and the transistor 59 is maintained.

Therefore, when the power lever 27 is operated, the spool motor 11 is driven by the control of the CPU 57 according to the operation amount of the power lever 27 and the CPU 57.
Is to measure the amount of fishing line fed out based on the rotation pulse signal of the spool 9 fetched from the reed switch 19 and display the line length on the display 25. On the other hand, CP during actual fishing
When trouble occurs in U57 and it becomes impossible to drive the spool motor 11, the emergency switch 8
When 3 is turned on, the first make contact 83a and the first common contact 83b of the emergency switch 83 are connected and a current flows from the power supply line 61 to the ground line 63 via the electromagnet 85a. Therefore, the latching relay 85 Turns on.

Thus, the latching relay 85 is O
When it becomes N, the break contact 85d is held in the open state, and thereafter, the output port of the CPU 57 and the transistor 59 are separated from each other, and the voltage is applied from the power supply line 61 to the monostable flip-flop 93. Then, the monostable flip-flop 93 resets the T-type flip-flop 89.

After this, the emergency switch 83 is attached in accordance with actual fishing.
When the ON / OFF operation is performed, the common contact 83c and the make contact 83d are connected / disconnected, but the emergency switch 83
The chattering prevention circuit 87 removes the chattering that occurs each time the ON operation is performed, and the T-type flip-flop 89 is alternately inverted via the chattering prevention circuit 87 each time the emergency switch 83 is pressed. Then, according to this output, the transistor 59 is alternately turned ON / OFF, and the spool motor 11 is turned ON / OFF.

As described above, according to this embodiment, even if a trouble occurs in the CPU 57 during actual fishing and the motor control is disabled, the emergency switch 83 is operated on the spot to directly drive the spool motor 11. Therefore, the spool motor 11 can perform a winding operation, which has an advantage that fishing can be continued.

[0041]

As described above, according to the inventions of claims 1 and 2, even if a trouble occurs in the control means at the time of actual fishing and the drive control of the spool motor becomes impossible,
Since the spool motor can be directly driven by simply reconnecting the power supply cord to the emergency cord connecting portion on the spot, there is an advantage that fishing can be continued.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the spool motor can be turned ON / OFF by operating the ON / OFF switch provided on the power feeding cord, in addition to the above effects, the fishing operability is improved. improves. On the other hand, according to the inventions according to claims 3 and 4, even if a trouble occurs in the control means during actual fishing and the drive control of the spool motor is disabled, the spool is operated by operating the emergency switch on the spot. Since the motor can be directly driven, there is an advantage that the spool motor can perform a winding operation and fishing can be continued.

According to the invention of claim 4, the spool motor can be turned ON / OFF by the continuous ON / OFF operation of the emergency switch. Therefore, in addition to the above-mentioned effects, the fishing operability is improved. Have advantages.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a side view of the electric reel shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of an essential part of the electric reel shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an emergency power supply cord.

5 is a control circuit diagram of the electric reel shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged bottom view of an essential part of the electric reel according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a control circuit diagram of the electric reel shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an electric reel according to an embodiment of claims 3 and 4;

9 is a control circuit diagram of the electric reel shown in FIG. 8. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 reel body 9 spools 11 spool motor 27 Power lever 31,81 Electric reel 37 power cord 41 Receptacle 43 Emergency power cord 47 Emergency receptacle 51 small protrusions 55 momentary switch 65 ON / OFF switch 75 12V battery 83 Emergency switch 85 Latching relay

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A spool rotatably supported on a reel body, a spool motor for driving the spool, and a cord connecting portion for connecting a power supply cord between an external power source and electric power from the external power source. An electric fishing reel equipped with a control means for controlling various functions incorporated in a storage means, wherein the reel body is provided with an emergency cord connecting portion to which a power feeding cord can be connected, An electric reel for fishing, characterized in that the spool motor can be directly driven by electric power supplied from an external power source through the section, instead of being controlled by the control means. 2. A motor ON / OFF switch is provided on a power supply cord connected to the emergency cord connecting portion, and the motor O
The spool motor is turned on / off by operating the N / OFF switch.
The electric reel for fishing according to claim 1, which is turned off. 3. A spool rotatably supported by the reel unit, a spool motor for driving the spool, and a cord connecting portion for connecting a power supply cord between an external power source and electric power from the external power source. In an electric fishing reel equipped with a control means for controlling various functions incorporated in a storage means, an emergency switch is provided on the reel body, and control by the control means is performed by turning on the emergency switch. Instead, an electric reel for fishing characterized in that the spool motor can be directly driven. 4. The continuous ON / OFF of the emergency switch
The electric reel for fishing according to claim 3, wherein the spool motor is turned on / off by an operation.