JP2007289015A - Spinning reel having built-in light emitter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a proper spinning reel which uses light emitters such as light emitting diodes, etc., with which an emission of light is easily checked visually not only from sides but also from backward and a small-sized spinning reel that is user friendly, strong and yet is inexpensive since installation and handling of necessary components such as a cell for an emission of light, light emitters, a lead switch, an acoustic alarm, etc., are inconvenient and the solution of inconvenience is desired from long ago. <P>SOLUTION: The spinning reel having built-in light emitters has a constitution that light emitters 4 are attached to a pair of arm base end parts mounted on the rotor of the spinning reel, a cell is arranged on the head of the rotor, a lead switch 14 is disposed on the inside wall face of the rotor, a permanent magnet 15 is laid in the vicinity of the lowest part of a skirt inside of a spool to be externally fitted to the rotor and the light emitters are turned on and off by the rotation of the spool. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a fishing spinning reel having a built-in light-emitting device for clearly recognizing the area around fish.

  As a prior art document related to a conventional spinning reel, there is one in which a chemiluminescent material is accommodated on a spool head or a side surface (see Patent Document 1). In the case where the chemiluminescent material is accommodated, the chemiluminescent material is used up once after the chemiluminescent material emits light until the light emission by the chemical reaction is completed. . Furthermore, since the light emitted from the light-emitting body once emitted remains constantly emitted, it is necessary to remove it when light emission is unnecessary. In order to facilitate the removal and attachment of the chemiluminescent material, the mounting position such as the spool head and side surfaces, and the mechanism of the apparatus are greatly limited. When the light emitting portion is the spool head or the side surface, the visual recognition from the side direction is certain, but the visual recognition from the rear is not necessarily sufficient because it is not flashing light emission.

  Also, an attempt has been made to combine a light emitting body such as a light emitting diode on the side surface of the spool with a magnet so as to blink when the spool rotates (see Patent Documents 2 and 3).

  However, in the case of light emission on the side of the spool, it can be seen that light is emitted from two locations (both sides) from the rear side of the spinning reel. There is also a drawback that it is difficult to determine whether the spool is rotating or not.

  Further, in the technique of Patent Document 2, as disclosed, since the mounting position of the battery serving as the power source is provided by drilling in the inner surface of the recess at the back of the skirt of the spool, the mounting depth is not required unless the negative electrode of the battery is bent 90 degrees. There is not enough. Further, when the battery is mounted, it can be easily inserted to some extent by using a finger. However, when removing the battery, it is necessary to use radio pliers or the like, which requires troublesome work. In addition, since various workmanships are greatly restricted due to the necessity of the mounting site, for example, it is difficult to incorporate a fastening device or the like that ensures the fastening of the battery. It is easy to cause phenomena such as misalignment, and troubles such as poor contact are likely to occur. In addition, in the disclosure, a 3 mm light emitting diode is provided on the outer peripheral side surface of the skirt of the spool. However, due to the limitation of the thickness of the skirt, the light emitting diode must be protruded from the side surface of the skirt. There is a high possibility that the light emitting diode will be damaged or peeled off when subjected to external impact.

  Since the technique of Patent Document 3 also emits light on the side surface of the spool, there is a defect similar to the above. Furthermore, since most of the necessary parts such as batteries, light emitters, reed switches, and sound alarms are set in the back of the skirt inner surface of the spool, when you want to replace the spool, It is necessary to prepare a device equipped with necessary parts such as a light emitter, a reed switch, and an acoustic alarm device. Further, since the spool of the spinning reel has a structure that moves back and forth, the distance between the reed switch set at the back of the inner surface of the skirt of the spool and the magnet fixed to the spool shaft cylinder changes. Therefore, it means that the sensitivity changes due to a change in the distance between the two. In extreme cases, light may not be emitted. In order to prevent such non-light emission, a strong large magnet may be used. However, since enlargement is inevitably avoided, a limitation naturally occurs.

JP 2002-153174 A JP 2000-267189 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No.59-38770

  Without using a chemiluminescent material that can be used up once it is emitted, a light emitting device such as a light emitting diode that can be used at all times is used, and light emission that can be easily seen not only from the side of the spinning reel but also from the back It is desired. In addition, since it is inconvenient to install and handle necessary parts such as batteries, light emitters, reed switches, and sound alarms for causing light emission, the solution is desired, and the solution has been sought. In addition, a user-friendly, robust, inexpensive, and compact spinning reel has not yet emerged.

  In particular, a reed switch that operates by magnetic force is used to emit light, but there is a non-operating range in which no light is emitted even when a magnet is brought closer as a characteristic of the reed switch. However, in the prior art, no countermeasure is taken for this non-operating area, so when the magnet passes through the central portion of the glass tube, which is the non-operating area of the reed switch, due to the back and forth movement of the spool, the reed switch Since the problem of not operating and not emitting light has not been solved, the reliability of light emission is inferior.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problems, and the following items are essential.
(1) A pair of arm base ends provided on the spinning reel rotor, a light emitter on the rotor head, a battery on the rotor head, a reed switch on the rotor inner wall surface, and in the vicinity of the lowermost part of the skirt inner surface of the spool that is externally attached to the rotor A spinning reel with a built-in light emitter, wherein a permanent magnet is provided and the light emitter is blinked by rotation of a spool.
(2) The spinning reel with a built-in light emitter according to (1), wherein a lens is attached to the front surface of the light emitter.

(3) The spinning reel with a built-in light emitter according to (2), wherein a lens is attached to an arm cover detachably provided on a pair of arms.
(4) The reed switch is configured by connecting two reed switches in parallel, and the end of the other reed switch is located at a substantially intermediate position of one of the two reed switches. The spinning reel with a built-in light emitter according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the upper and lower positions are shifted to each other.

  A light emitting diode or the like is used as a light emitter, and light can be emitted at any time, and since a light emitter is provided at each of the pair of arm base ends, light emission can be easily seen not only from the side of the spinning reel but also from the rear. Made it possible. In addition, because the installation of the battery for emitting light is the rotor head, maintenance such as insertion and replacement of the battery is easy by simply removing the spool that is supposed to be removed, and handling is convenient, and Since these parts are protected by a spool that is extrapolated to the rotor head, they are highly reliable and robust against external forces such as impact. Further, since the permanent magnet is provided in the vicinity of the lowermost part of the inner surface of the skirt of the spool, the number of attached magnets is arbitrary, and the number of times of light emission can be determined by this number. Furthermore, using two lead switches in parallel and shifting the positional relationship between the two reed switches, not only succeeded in eliminating the non-operating area at the center of the reed switch, but also the sensitive area. Since it spreads, it can sufficiently follow the movement of the magnet due to the back and forth movement of the spool, and the certainty of light emission is increased.

  In addition, since the mounting position of the lead switch is the inner wall surface of the rotor, it is in a position protected by the arm and the spool, so that safety against external force is high. And since it is the structure which attaches a lens to the front surface of a light-emitting body and diffuses light, visibility is very high. Further, if the illuminant is white light and a colored lens is used for the lens, the luminescent color can be freely selected. Also, when performing light work such as feeding, fishing hooks, and knotting at night, if you rotate the light emitter to the lighting position and keep it stationary, the light emitter can be turned on continuously, It also has the utility of being able to work easily.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, since these drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited by these descriptions.

As an example of the present invention, as shown in a perspective view of the entire spinning reel A in FIG. 1, an example using a commercially available Shimano Biomaster C3000L (Shimano Co., Ltd., trade name) is shown.
The rotor 1 of the spinning reel A is rotated by rotating the handle 2 to enable the fishing line to be wound up. The spool 13 is rotatably inserted so that substantially the entire rotor 1 except for the arm 3 is wrapped from the outside. The base 1a of the rotor 1 has a pair of arms 3 projecting left and right. An arm roller 2 is provided at one end of the arm 3 and plays a role of winding the fishing line uniformly around the winding portion 13a of the spool 13 when winding the fishing line. A spinning reel A having a built-in light-emitting body 4 is formed by embedding a light-emitting body 4 such as a light-emitting diode in the base end portion 3 a of the arm 3.

  The base end portion 3a of the arm 3 refers to an outer surface in the vicinity of the apex of a curved surface in which the arm 3 protruding left and right from the base portion 1a of the rotor 1 is bent forward. By embedding the light emitter 4 at this position and emitting light, visibility from either the side or the rear side of the spinning reel A is improved, which is most preferable.

  And as shown in FIG. 4, the lens 6 for diffusing light and making light emission look large is provided in the front surface of the light-emitting body 4. As shown in FIG. In many cases, an arm cover 5 is provided around the base end 3 a of the arm 3. At that time, the light emitter 4 is embedded behind the arm cover 5 and the lens 6 is provided by perforating the arm cover 5. Like that. With such a structure, the light emitter 4 such as a light emitting diode is embedded in the arm 3, and the lens 6 is disposed in front of the light emitter 4. It can prevent reliably that a part peels.

  As the light emitter 4, a light emitting diode is preferable. As this light emitting diode, it is recommended to use a white light emitting diode. This is because the use of a colored lens 6 that diffuses light attached to the front surface of the light emitter 4 increases the visibility. For example, a red colored lens 6 is used for one white light emitting diode built in the base end portion 3a of the pair of arms 3, and a green colored lens 6 is used for the other white light emitting diode. Therefore, the visibility can be greatly improved.

  Next, as the battery 7 serving as the power source, the electric battery illustrated in FIG. 7 and the lithium battery for the tiplight can be used well, but the battery 7 is not limited to this, for example, a button Batteries and the like can be used as well. In FIG. 5, the example which installed the battery 7 in the rotor head 1c is shown. In FIG. 5, the positive electrode plates 8 and 10 and the battery support 12 are sandwiched between the battery in order to ensure the battery is fixed and can be easily attached and detached. The positive plates 8 and 10 may be made of a metal such as a stainless steel plate, and the battery support 12 may be a synthetic resin plate such as an acrylic resin plate. The side view shown in FIG. 9 is an example showing a fixed state of the battery 7, the positive plates 8, 10, and the battery supports 12, 13, but such setting is preferable.

  Further, the negative electrode side terminal is configured to be inserted into the negative electrode blocks 9 and 11 having the negative electrode side terminal insertion holes 9a and 11a having waterproofness. With such a structure, the battery can be easily attached and detached, and the movement of the battery due to an impact or the like is prevented as much as possible, and the occurrence of poor contact is suppressed. Furthermore, corrosion by seawater and shoals can be well prevented. In addition, with the structure described above, if the battery is sandwiched with fingers, pliers, etc., and a certain amount of force is applied to cause the battery to slide in an appropriate distance in the length direction of the battery, the power can be turned on and off easily. In addition, if it is necessary to install a buzzer together with the light emitter, it may be installed and connected in the vicinity of the battery of the rotor head 1c.

  FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the reed switch 14. The main body of the reed switch 14 is a glass tube that is easily damaged. In the present invention, in order to eliminate this non-operating region, as shown in FIG. 3, two lead switches 14 are arranged in parallel, and the end of the other reed switch is located at one of the substantially intermediate positions. Thus, the upper terminal 14a and the lower terminal 14b are provided by shifting the vertical position. That is, the non-operating region of the reed switch 14 can be eliminated by shifting the glass tube end of one reed switch 14 to the non-operating region of the other reed switch 14. By doing so, the existence of the non-operating area can be eliminated, and the area where the reed switch 14 is sensitive to the magnet 15 is widened, so that the spool 13 can sufficiently follow the forward and backward movement. This reliably prevents the phenomenon of no lighting.

  The reed switch 14 is embedded in the inner wall surface 1b of the rotor, and for that purpose, the necessary height and depth are cut off and attached. That is, the rotor inner wall surface 1b has, for example, a height of about 20 mm and a thickness of about 1.5 mm. This is 4mm wide, and the height is 18mm left at the upper and lower ends, respectively, so that the side surface of the rotor 1 is cut off so that it does not penetrate to the outside, and the reed switch 14 wired in the state shown in FIG. Temporarily fix with an agent or the like, wire the lower terminal 14b of the reed switch 14 and the positive electrode (anode) side terminal of the light emitting diode 4, and solder the joint.

  On the other hand, the upper terminal 14 a of the reed switch 14 passes through the positive electrode plate 8, the negative electrode block 9, the positive electrode plate 10, and the negative electrode block 11, and is connected to the negative electrode (cathode) side terminal of the light emitting diode 4 attached inside the arm 3. Wire and solder the joint.

  Although these wirings are performed as described above, they are as shown in FIG. All wiring portions are preferably filled with a groove and embedded with an epoxy adhesive or the like to ensure energization and improve disconnection, poor contact, water resistance, and the like.

  The magnet 15 for operating the reed switch 14 is preferably a permanent magnet 15 of φ4 × thickness 1 mm or φ4 × thickness 1.5 mm. The magnet 15 is attached to the lowermost part of the inner surface of the skirt 16 of the spool 13 by, for example, attaching two pieces separated by 180 degrees with a double-sided tape, and then covering the surface with an adhesive or tape. It is preferable to ensure. The magnet 15 is preferably installed at a symmetrical position in consideration of the balance of rotation of the spool 13. In addition, the magnet 15 for operating the switch is disposed at the lowermost part of the inner surface of the skirt 16 of the spool 13, but this avoids detachment from the operating range of the reed switch 14 in the range in which the spool 13 moves back and forth. It is because it is the most advantageous for this. The number of times of light emission during one rotation of the spool 13 can be determined by the number of magnets 15 attached.

  The number of times of light emission during one revolution of the spool 13 is determined by the number of magnets 15 installed. When the No. 2 line 200m is wound around the spool 13 and the diameter of the spool 13 is 4.5 cm, the spinning is about 14 cm at 360 degrees per revolution, so about 7 cm at two places at intervals of 180 degrees. The light emission is about 4.6 cm at 3 positions at 120 degrees and about 3.5 cm at 4 positions at 90 degrees. If the number of magnets is determined, the yarn drawing distance can be determined by the number of times of light emission, so that the size of the fish can be grasped by the state of light emission.

It is a perspective view of the Example of the spinning reel with a built-in light emitter of this invention. It is a partial cross section figure of the side of a rotor and a spool. It is the enlarged view which connected the reed switch in parallel. It is an enlarged view of the light emitting diode attachment part. It is a top view which shows the state which installed the battery in the rotor head. It is an enlarged front view which shows a reed switch. It is a front view of an example of the battery used by this invention. It is a wiring diagram which shows the state of a connection by this invention. It is a side view which shows the fixed state of a battery.

Explanation of symbols

A Spinning reel 1 Rotor 1a Rotor base, 1b Rotor inner wall surface, 1c Rotor head 2 Arm roller 3 Arm 3a Arm base end 4 Light emitter 5 Arm cover 6 Lens 7 Battery 8, 9 Positive electrode plate 10, 11 Negative electrode block 12 Battery support 13 Spool 14 Reed switch 15 Magnet 16 Skirt

Claims (4)

  A pair of arm base ends provided on the spinning reel rotor, a light emitter on the rotor head, a battery on the rotor head, a reed switch on the rotor inner wall, and a permanent magnet near the lowermost part of the skirt inner surface of the spool that is extrapolated to the rotor A spinning reel with a built-in light emitter, wherein the light emitter is blinked by rotation of a spool.   The spinning reel with a built-in light emitter according to claim 1, wherein a lens is mounted on a front surface of the light emitter.   The spinning reel with a built-in light emitter according to claim 2, wherein a lens is attached to an arm cover detachably provided on a pair of arms. The reed switch is configured by connecting two reed switches in parallel, and is positioned up and down so that the end of the other reed switch is located at a substantially intermediate position in one of the two reed switches. The spinning reel with a built-in light emitter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the spinning reels are arranged with being shifted from each other.

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