JP2016158508A - Electric reel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate operation of an adjustment member of a compact electric reel with a hand grasping the electric reel.SOLUTION: An electric reel 100 comprises a reel body 1, a handle 2, a spool 4, a motor 5, an adjustment member 6, and a motor control part 9. The reel body 1 has a frame 10, a first side cover 11, a second side cover 12, a fishing rod attachment part 13, and a case member 14. The case member 14 can be placed on the side of the frame 10 opposite the fishing rod attachment part 13. The handle 2 is rotatably attached to the first side cover 11. The motor 5 is disposed in the reel body 1 and rotationally drives the spool 4. The adjustment member 6 is supported by the case member 14, and moves to the first side cover 11 side of the case member 14 obliquely such that the front side is more distant from the handle 2 than the rear side is. The motor control part 9 adjusts an output of the motor 5 by the movement of the adjustment member 58.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric reel, and more particularly to an adjusting member for an electric reel.

  In an electric reel, particularly a small electric reel, an adjustment member for adjusting a motor output in the form of a lever or a rotating body is provided on the reel body (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In the conventional electric reel, an adjustment member is provided on the upper surface of the reel body on the side opposite to the handle mounting side so that it can be easily operated with the thumb of the hand holding the electric reel.

JP 2003-092959 A

  In the conventional electric reel, an adjustment member is provided on the side opposite to the handle mounting side in order to operate with the thumb of the hand holding the electric reel. However, in the case of an even smaller electric reel, the adjustment member is disposed at the base of the thumb of the hand that grips the electric reel, so that the adjustment member is difficult to operate.

  The subject of this invention is making it easy to operate the adjustment member of a small electric reel with the hand which grasps an electric reel.

  The electric reel according to the present invention feeds the fishing line forward. The electric reel includes a reel body, a handle, a spool, a motor, an adjustment member, and a motor control unit. The reel body includes a frame, a first side cover and a second side cover, a fishing rod mounting portion, and a case member. The frame has a first side plate and a second side plate. The first side cover and the second side cover cover the outer sides of the first side plate and the second side plate, respectively. The fishing rod mounting portion is provided on the frame. The case member accommodates a substrate that forms an electric circuit, and can be placed on the side of the frame away from the fishing rod mounting portion. The handle is rotatably attached to the first side cover. The spool is rotatably provided between the first side plate and the second side plate. The motor is provided in the reel body and rotationally drives the spool. The adjustment member is supported by the case member, and moves to the first cover side of the case member in an inclined manner in a direction in which the front side is farther from the handle than the rear side. The motor control unit adjusts the output of the motor by moving the adjustment member.

  In this electric reel, the adjustment member is moved to adjust the output of the motor. The adjustment member is inclined and moved in a direction in which the front side is separated from the handle from the rear side. For this reason, the adjustment member is arranged at a position where it can be easily operated by the fingertip of the thumb of the hand holding the electric reel, and the adjustment member of the small electric reel can be easily operated by the hand holding the electric reel.

  The adjustment member may be rotatably supported by the case member. In this case, since the adjustment member is rotatably supported by the case member on which the electric component including the substrate is mounted, the rotation phase of the adjustment member can be detected in the case member.

  The adjustment member may have a truncated cone shape in which the handle side has a larger diameter than the side away from the handle. In this case, since the adjustment member has a truncated cone shape having a large diameter on the handle side, the fingertip of the thumb can easily follow the adjustment member. For this reason, it becomes easier to operate the adjusting member with a hand gripping the electric reel.

  The adjustment member may have an operation protrusion that is wider than the portion supported by the case member. In this case, in order to suppress an increase in the length of the adjusting member disposed in an inclined direction in the spool axis direction, the operation protrusion is supported by the case member of the adjusting member even if the adjusting member is thin. It becomes longer than the thickness of the part. For this reason, it becomes easier to operate the adjustment member with a hand gripping the electric reel by operating the operation protrusion.

  According to the present invention, it becomes easy to operate a small electric reel adjusting member with a hand gripping the electric reel.

The perspective view of the double bearing reel by one Embodiment of this invention. The top view of a double bearing reel. Sectional drawing by the cutting line III-III of FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along section line IV-IV in FIG. 2. The rear view of an adjustment member.

  As shown in FIGS. 1-4, the electric reel 100 by one Embodiment of this invention is comprised so that a fishing line may be drawn out ahead. The electric reel 100 includes a reel body 1, a handle 2, a spool 4, a motor 5 (see FIGS. 2 and 4), an adjustment member 6, a spool shaft 7, a clutch operation member 8, and a motor control unit 9. And prepare.

  The reel body 1 includes a frame 10, a first side cover 11 and a second side cover 12 that cover both sides of the frame 10, a fishing rod mounting portion 13 provided on the frame 10, and a case member 14. The frame 10 connects the first side plate 10a on the handle 2 side, the second side plate 10b arranged to face the first side plate 10a with a space therebetween, and the first side plate 10a and the second side plate 10b. Connecting portion 10c. The plurality of connecting portions 10 c are arranged at the front, lower and rear portions of the reel body 1. The front connecting portion 10c is formed in a cylindrical shape, and the motor 5 is accommodated therein. The first side cover 11 covers the outside of the first side plate 10a. The second side cover 12 covers the outside of the second side plate 10b. The fishing rod mounting portion 13 is formed integrally with the lower connecting portion 10c.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the case member 14 can be placed on the upper side of the frame 10 away from the fishing rod mounting portion 13. The case member 14 houses a circuit board 15 and a motor control unit 9 that form an electric circuit. As shown in FIG. 2, the case member 14 is placed on the first side plate 10 a and the second side plate 10 b in front of the spool 4, and extends rearward on the first side cover 11 side and the second side cover 12 side. And formed in a flat C shape in plan view. The case member 14 is provided with a liquid crystal display 16 and a plurality of operation buttons 17 for displaying a water depth of a device attached to the tip of the fishing line.

  The handle 2 is rotatably supported by the reel body 1. The handle 2 is prohibited from rotating in the yarn feeding direction by a one-way clutch (not shown) and rotates only in the yarn winding direction.

  The spool 4 is disposed between the first side plate 10a and the second side plate 10b. The spool 4 is connected to the spool shaft 7 so as to be integrally rotatable. The spool 4 has a bobbin trunk 4a around which a fishing line can be wound, and a pair of flange portions 4b integrally formed on both sides of the bobbin trunk 4a with a large diameter. The spool shaft 7 is connected to the bobbin trunk 4a so as to be integrally rotatable. The rotation of the handle 2 in the yarn winding direction is transmitted to the spool shaft 7 at an increased speed, and the rotation of the motor 5 in the yarn winding direction is transmitted at a reduced speed. As shown in FIG. 3, the spool shaft 7 is rotatably supported by the first side plate 10a, the second side plate 10b, and the first side cover 11 via a bearing.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the adjustment member 6 is provided on the first side cover 11 of the case member 14 so as to partially protrude. As shown in FIG. 3, the adjustment member 6 is attached by a screw member 18 to a rotating shaft 14 a formed to protrude from the case member 14 toward the handle 2. The adjustment member 6 is rotatably supported by the rotation shaft 14a. The adjustment member 6 rotates approximately 120 degrees. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the adjustment member 6 has a truncated cone shape made of a synthetic resin and has a larger diameter on the handle 2 side than on the side away from the handle 2. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the adjustment member 6 moves while the front side is inclined in a direction away from the handle 2 than the rear side. Therefore, the rotation shaft 14a has a distal end positioned in front of the proximal end. The adjustment member 6 is wider than the portion supported by the case member 14 and has an operation protrusion 6a protruding in the radial direction. As shown in FIG. 5, a pair of magnets 20 serving as detectors for detecting the rotational position of the adjustment member 6 are embedded in the back surface of the adjustment member 6. A magnetic sensor (not shown) such as a Hall element is disposed on the case member 14 so as to face the magnet 20.

  The clutch operating member 8 is a member for turning on and off a clutch mechanism (not shown). The clutch mechanism can take a clutch-on state in which the rotation of the handle 2 and the motor 5 is transmitted to the spool 4 and a clutch-off state in which the rotation of the handle 2 and the motor 5 is blocked and the spool 4 is in a free rotation state. The clutch operating member 8 can swing around the spool shaft 7. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the clutch operating member 8 has a clutch-off operating portion 8a and a clutch-on operating portion 8b. When the user pushes the clutch-off operation unit 8a downward, the clutch mechanism is in a clutch-off state. That is, when the clutch-off operation unit 8a moves downward, the clutch mechanism enters a clutch-off state. Further, when the user pushes the clutch-on operation portion 8b forward, the clutch mechanism is brought into the clutch-on state. That is, when the clutch-on operation unit 8b moves forward, the clutch mechanism enters the clutch-on state.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the clutch-off operation unit 8 a is disposed behind the spool 4. In addition, the clutch-off operation unit 8a extends between the first side plate 10a and the second side plate 10b. The clutch-on operation unit 8 b is disposed in the vicinity of the adjustment member 6.

  Therefore, the clutch-on operation by the clutch-on operation unit 8b and the adjustment operation of the motor 5 by the adjustment member 6 can be quickly and continuously operated.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the motor control unit 9 is configured by a microcomputer mounted on the circuit board 15. The motor control unit 9 outputs the output of the motor 5 according to the rotation position of the adjustment member 6 to the software. Control by. In the present embodiment, the motor 5 is controlled by either the constant speed mode or the constant tension mode. In the constant speed mode, the motor control unit 9 controls the rotation speed of the spool 4 to, for example, any one of 31 stages according to the rotation position of the adjustment member 6. In the constant tension mode, the motor control unit 9 controls the tension acting on the fishing line to, for example, any one of 31 levels according to the rotation position of the adjustment member 6.

  In the electric reel 100 having such a configuration, the adjustment member 6 is rotated to adjust the output of the motor 5. At this time, the front side of the adjusting member 6 is inclined and moved in a direction away from the handle 2 than the rear side. For this reason, the adjusting member 6 is arranged at a position where it can be easily operated by the fingertip of the thumb T of the hand H holding the electric reel 100, and the adjusting member 6 of the small electric reel 100 is operated by the hand H holding the electric reel 100. It becomes easy to do.

  In addition, since the adjustment member 6 has a truncated cone shape in which the handle 2 side has a larger diameter than the side away from the handle 2, the fingertip of the thumb T can easily follow the adjustment member 6. For this reason, it becomes easier to operate the adjustment member 6 with the hand H holding the electric reel 100.

<Features>
The above embodiment can be expressed as follows.

  (A) The electric reel 100 feeds the fishing line forward. The electric reel 100 includes a reel body 1, a handle 2, a spool 4, a motor 5, an adjustment member 6, and a motor control unit 9. The reel body 1 includes a frame 10, a first side cover 11 and a second side cover 12, a fishing rod mounting portion 13, and a case member 14. The frame 10 includes a first side plate 10a and a second side plate 10b. The first side cover 11 and the second side cover 12 cover the outer sides of the first side plate 10a and the second side plate 10b, respectively. The fishing rod mounting portion 13 is provided on the frame 10. The case member 14 accommodates a circuit board 15 that forms an electric circuit, and can be placed on the side of the frame 10 that is away from the fishing rod mounting portion 13. The handle 2 is rotatably attached to the first side cover 11. The spool 4 is rotatably provided between the first side plate 10a and the second side plate 10b. The motor 5 is provided on the reel body 1 and rotationally drives the spool 4. The adjustment member 6 is supported by the case member 14 and moves to the first side cover 11 side of the case member 14 while being inclined in a direction in which the front side is farther from the handle 2 than the rear side. The motor control unit 9 adjusts the output of the motor 5 by moving the adjustment member 58.

  In the electric reel 100, the front side of the adjustment member 6 is inclined and moved in a direction away from the handle 2 than the rear side. For this reason, the adjustment member 6 can easily operate the adjustment member 6 of the electric reel 100 with the hand H that holds the electric reel 100.

  (B) The adjustment member 6 may be rotatably supported by the case member 14. In this case, since the adjustment member 6 is rotatably supported by the case member 14 on which the electrical component including the circuit board 15 is mounted, the rotational phase of the adjustment member 6 can be detected in the case member 14.

  (C) The adjusting member 6 may have a truncated cone shape in which the handle 2 side has a larger diameter than the side away from the handle 2. In this case, the adjustment member 6 has a truncated cone shape having a large diameter on the handle 2 side, so that the fingertip of the thumb T can easily follow the adjustment member 6. For this reason, it becomes easier to operate the adjustment member 6 with the hand H holding the electric reel 100.

  (D) The adjustment member 6 may have an operation protrusion 6 a that is wider than the portion supported by the case member 14. In this case, even if the thickness of the adjusting member 6 is reduced in order to suppress the length of the adjusting member 6 disposed at an inclination from being increased in the spool axis direction, the operation protrusion 6 a It becomes longer than the thickness of the portion supported by the case member 14. For this reason, it becomes easier to operate the adjustment member 6 with the hand H holding the electric reel 100 by operating the operation protrusion 6a.

<Modification>
As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary of invention. In particular, a plurality of embodiments and modifications described in this specification can be arbitrarily combined as necessary.

  (A) In the said embodiment, although the shape of the adjustment member 6 was made into the truncated cone shape, the shape of the adjustment member 6 may be disk shape. Further, the adjustment member may be a member that slides or swings instead of rotating.

  (B) In the above embodiment, the adjustment member 6 is supported by the rotating shaft 14a formed integrally with the case member 14, but the present invention is not limited to this. The rotating shaft may be provided separately from the case member 14. Further, the shaft portion is provided integrally with the adjustment member 6, and the shaft portion is sandwiched and supported by the first concave receiving portion provided in the case member and the second concave receiving portion provided in the lid member of the case member. Also good. In this case, it is not necessary to attach the adjusting member with a screw or the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reel body 2 Handle 4 Spool 5 Motor 6 Adjustment member 6a Operation protrusion 9 Motor control part 10 Frame 10a 1st side plate 10b 2nd side plate 11 1st side cover 12 2nd side cover 14 Case member 100 Electric reel

Claims (4)

An electric reel that feeds fishing line forward,
A frame having a first side plate and a second side plate, a first side cover and a second side cover that respectively cover the outside of the first side plate and the second side plate, a fishing rod mounting portion provided on the frame, and a substrate forming an electric circuit A reel body having a case member that can be placed on a side of the frame that is separated from the fishing rod mounting portion;
A handle rotatably mounted on the first side cover;
A spool rotatably provided between the first side plate and the second side plate;
A motor provided on the reel body for driving the spool to rotate;
An adjustment member supported by the case member, provided on the first side cover side of the case member, and inclined to move in a direction in which the front side is farther from the handle than the rear side;
A motor control unit for adjusting the output of the motor by movement of the adjustment member;
Electric reel equipped with.   The electric reel according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment member is rotatably supported by the case member.   The electric reel according to claim 2, wherein the adjustment member has a truncated cone shape in which a handle side has a larger diameter than a side away from the handle.   The electric reel according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the adjustment member has an operation protrusion wider than a portion supported by the case member.

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