JP3159637B2 - Electric reel for fishing - Google Patents

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, and more particularly, to an electric fishing reel equipped with speed changing means for transmitting an output from a motor to a spool.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the speed of an electric reel for fishing has been controlled by limiting the flow rate of a current to a motor. However, since the output of the motor is proportional to the current value, for example, a gear ratio is wound at a high speed. If it is set for the motor, insufficient torque of the motor during low-speed rotation occurs. Also, the maximum number of rotations of the motor is limited to some extent, so to compensate for the lack of torque during low-speed rotation,
If the gear ratio is set low, high-speed winding cannot be performed, and it takes a very long time to recover the device.

[0003] As described above, in one kind of gear ratio, depending on the situation, it is difficult to set the gear ratio. In order to solve such a problem, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-38382 discloses a technique in which a transmission means is provided in a motor driving force transmission section of an electric reel. This speed change means has a speed changeover portion provided with two types of gear coupling portions having different gear ratios, and in response to a change in input current to the motor accompanying a change in load, any one of the gear coupling portions is provided. Is configured to be switched to A coupling means utilizing engagement of a pawl gear or other gears or frictional force can be engaged with these gear coupling portions. By driving this coupling means, any one of the gear couplings can be engaged. Portion is selected, and the driving force from the motor is transmitted to the spool via the selected gear coupling.

[0004]

However, when the connecting means is formed by meshing with a pawl gear or other gears, the shock at the time of gear shifting becomes large, which tends to cause chipping or the like. Is formed by a friction coupling member, slippage is likely to occur due to intrusion of water, dust, oil and the like. If the connecting means has a tooth loss or slippage, the driving force from the motor is not smoothly and reliably applied to the spool. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric fishing reel provided with a transmission device capable of performing a shifting operation smoothly and reliably.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electric fishing reel according to the present invention has a spool rotatably supported between both side plates of a reel body, and a motor and a motor mounted on the reel body. Provided on one side plate of the reel body
The spool is rotated in association with the rotation of the manual handle to wind the fishing line, and a planetary gear is provided in a driving force transmission unit that transmits an output from the motor to the spool .
Provide a mechanical transmission and reel on the opposite side of the handle
By means of the speed changeover means mounted on the main body,
The device can be switched between the light-load high-speed winding state and the high-load low-speed winding state.
It is possible to switch to any of the mode areas, and
An electric transmission for controlling the input power of the
Operation member mounted on the reel body so that it can be displaced on the dollar side
The electric transmission is controlled by the
Of the light load high speed winding state and the high load low speed winding state.
The spool take-up speed in the load area can be increased or decreased.
Characterized in that was.

[0006]

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of an electric fishing reel, showing a power transmission mechanism therein, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

A spool shaft 3a is rotatably supported by bearings between the frames 2a and 2b of the reel body 1, and a spool 3 is arranged so as to surround the spool shaft. Also, between the left and right frames 2a, 2b,
A motor 5 for rotating the spool 3 is held. A first reduction mechanism 7 for reducing the rotation speed is provided on the left frame side of the drive shaft 5a, and a one-way clutch 8 is provided on the right frame side. Is provided. Spool 3
Is configured to be rotated by the take-up drive of the motor 5 or the take-up operation of the manual handle 10 as in the conventional case. The driving force is transmitted via the second gear reduction mechanism 50.

The left frame 2a is provided with a first gear 14 which is rotationally driven by the driving force of the motor 5 reduced by the first gear reduction mechanism 7. The rotation speed of the first gear 14 is controlled by the transmission device 15. It is transmitted to the spool 3 directly or at an increased speed. Hereinafter, the configuration of the transmission in this embodiment will be described in detail.

The transmission 15 has a driving force transmission shaft 17 rotatably supported by bearings on the left frame 2a. A second gear 18 is provided on the spool side of the driving force transmission shaft 17 and on the opposite side. Is mounted with a sun gear 20. A predetermined number (three in this embodiment) of planetary gears 22 mesh with the sun gear 20, and each planetary gear 22 is held by a planetary gear carrier 25 that meshes with the first gear 14. The planetary gear carrier 25 is attached to the driving force transmission shaft 17 with a one-way clutch 27 interposed. Further, an internal gear 30 is rotatably attached to the tip of the driving force transmission shaft 17, and each planetary gear 22 is in mesh with the internal gear 30.

The rotation of the internal gear 30 of the transmission 15 can be stopped by the transmission switching means 32.
The speed change switching means of this embodiment forms the ratchet pawl teeth 31 on the outer peripheral surface of the internal gear 30 and stops the rotation by engaging a speed change stop 33 supported by the reel body with this portion. It is configured. A distributing spring 34 is attached to the speed changeover stopper 33, and by operating a speed changeover switch 35 provided on the surface of the left side plate of the reel body 1, an engagement (stop) state shown by a solid line in the drawing or It is rotated and held in a disengaged (free rotation) state shown by a dotted line.

A third gear 40 attached to one end of the spool shaft 3a meshes with the second gear 18.
The second gear reduction mechanism 50 is mounted on the other end of the spool shaft 3a. Hereinafter, the configuration of the second gear reduction mechanism 50 will be briefly described. A sun gear 52 is attached to the spool shaft 3a, and a plurality of planetary gears 53 mesh with the sun gear 52. Each planetary gear 53 meshes with an internal gear 55 engraved on the end face of the spool 3 and is rotatably supported by a planetary gear support 58. This planetary gear support 58 is
The bracket 57 is fitted to a bracket 57 attached to the spool 3 and is rotatably supported by the spool shaft 3a via a bearing 59. The bracket 57 is rotatably supported by the right frame 2b via a bearing 60. I have.

The planetary gear support 58 is engaged with a pinion gear 61 which is rotatably supported on a pinion shaft 61a disposed coaxially with the spool shaft 3a and is movably supported in the axial direction. A drive gear 63 attached to the handle shaft 10a meshes with the pinion gear 61, and the clutch engagement is turned on by moving the pinion gear 61 in the axial direction by a clutch lever (not shown).
When the power is turned off, the transmission of the driving force from the manual handle 10 is turned on / off. A well-known braking device is disposed between the drive gear 63 and the handle shaft 10a, and the rotational force of the manual handle 10 is adjusted and transmitted to the drive gear 63. Also, the handle shaft 10
A ratchet 65 for preventing the handle shaft from rotating in the reverse direction is attached to the base end of the handle shaft 10a. Does not rotate in conjunction with it.

Hereinafter, the operation of fishing using the electric reel configured as described above will be described. First, the clutch lever (not shown) is operated to release the engagement between the planetary gear support 58 and the pinion gear 61.
As a result, the spool 3 becomes freely rotatable, and the fishing line is released by the weight of the tackle or the like. And
When a predetermined amount of fishing line is released, the clutch lever is operated to bring the spool 3 into a rewindable state. If a fish hits in this state, the spool 3 is wound and driven by turning on the motor switch to turn the spool 3 by the motor 5 or by rotating the manual handle 10.

When the motor 5 is driven, its rotational driving force is transmitted to the spool 3 via the first gear reduction mechanism 7, the transmission 15, the spool shaft 3a, and the second gear reduction mechanism 50. When the manual handle 10 is rotated, the rotational driving force of the manual handle 10 is transmitted to the spool 3 via the second gear reduction mechanism 50. At this time, the rotation of the spool shaft 3a is restricted by the action of the one-way clutch 8.

When the spool 5 is driven to be wound by the motor 5, the driving force output from the motor 5 is applied to the first gear 14 through the first gear reduction mechanism 7 as described above.
And transmitted to the planetary gear carrier 25. In this state, when the speed change switch 35 is operated to engage the speed change stopper 33 with the ratchet pawl 31 of the internal gear 30 and the rotation of the internal gear 30 is stopped, each planetary gear 22 becomes a sun gear. The planetary gear carrier 25 revolves and rotates around the rotation 20, and the rotation of the planetary gear carrier 25 is transmitted to the sun gear 20 while being accelerated by the planetary gear 22. The sun gear 20 is non-rotatably fitted to the driving force transmission shaft 17, and the driving force transmission shaft 17 is in a state where the speed is higher than that of the planetary gear carrier 25, so that the engagement of the one-way clutch 27 is free. The increased rotation is output to the second gear 18. That is, by operating the shift changeover switch 35 to stop the rotation of the internal gear 30,
It is possible to wind the spool 3 at a high speed (speed-up switching of the transmission).

On the other hand, when the speed change switch 35 is operated to make the rotation of the internal gear 30 free,
Since the rotation of the planetary gear carrier 25 is input to the sun gear 20 at a reduced speed via each planetary gear 22, the planetary gear carrier 25 and the driving force transmission shaft 17 are connected by the one-way clutch 27. , Planetary gear carrier 25
Is transmitted directly to the second gear 18 to drive the spool 3. That is, when the rotation of the internal gear 30 is switched to a free state by operating the transmission changeover switch 35 (deceleration switching of the transmission), the reduction ratio becomes large, so that the spool 3 is set to the high state without running out of torque. You can wind up with power.

As described above, by disposing the transmission 15 having the planetary gears, the driving force transmission system is always in a meshing state, and the speed change of the spool during fishing is smoothly performed. In addition, the transmission 15 is always in a meshing state, and there is no connecting portion using the friction means. Therefore, the transmission 15 is not affected by water, dust, oil and the like.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are views showing a modified example of the speed changeover means for effecting the speed changeover of the transmission. More specifically, when the motor 5 performs the fishing line winding operation, the load from the spool side is changed. , The number of rotations of the spool 3 is automatically controlled. Hereinafter, the configuration of an automatic control mechanism that performs automatic control of the number of rotations of the spool will be described.

The structure of the transmission 15 having a planetary gear is as follows.
This is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. The internal gear 30 meshed with the planetary gear 22 of the transmission 15 has an automatic control mechanism 80.
Are engaged. The automatic control mechanism 80 has a control gear 81 rotatably supported by the outer plate of the reel body and meshing with the external teeth 30 a formed on the internal gear 30. An adjustable braking force is applied to the vehicle. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the control gear 81 is rotatably mounted on an adjustment shaft 83 having a flange 83a formed thereon, and a lining washer (friction) is provided between the flange 83a and the control gear 81. Member) 85 with adjustment shaft 8 protruding from the outer plate
3 is configured to apply a braking force in a stepless manner by rotating the adjustment knob 86 attached to the control knob 3.

The automatic control mechanism 8 configured as described above
The operation of 0 will be described. First, the adjusting knob 86 is rotated to apply a certain braking force to the control gear 81. Since the control gear 81 is in a stopped state by this braking force, the internal gear 30 is also in a stopped state. Therefore, the rotational driving force input to the first gear 14 from the motor 5 is reduced by the planetary gear carrier 25, Planetary gear 22, sun gear 2
0 and the driving force transmission shaft 17 is transmitted to the spool 3. In this case, since the internal gear 30 is in a stopped state, the winding rotational speed of the spool 3 is increased through the planetary gear 22 as described above.

When a load is applied to the fishing line in this state, the torque applied to the spool 3 increases, and the internal gear 30
, A load is applied via a planetary gear 22. Internal gear 30
Although the rotation of the control gear 81 is restricted by the frictional force of the friction member 85 meshing with the friction member 85, the control gear 81 becomes rotatable when the load exceeds the frictional force of the friction member 85. The gear 30 also starts rotating. As a result, as described above, the speed increasing effect of the planetary gear 22 is cut off, and the driving force is directly transmitted to the spool 3 via the planetary gear carrier 25, the one-way clutch 27 and the driving force transmission shaft 17. That is, as the internal gear 30 rotates, the reduction gear ratio increases and the spool 3 is wound up with high power without running out of torque.
When the load on the fishing line is reduced in this state, the control gear 81 is stopped by the frictional force of the friction member 85, and the speed of the spool 3 is again increased via the planetary gear 22.

As described above, the rotation speed of the spool 3 can be automatically switched and controlled in accordance with the load applied to the fishing line. Further, according to the speed change switching means having such an automatic control mechanism, the shift of the spool at the time of shifting from a low load to a high load is automatically performed, so that the operation labor at the time of actual fishing is reduced. Further, the shift at a high load is smoother than the switching by the ratchet pawl described above, so that the switching portion is prevented from being damaged. The load at which the control gear 81 starts to rotate is adjusted by the adjustment knob 86.
Is adjusted in advance to adjust the braking force applied to the control gear 81.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the electric fishing reel according to the present invention.
It is a figure showing an embodiment. In the transmission 15a of this embodiment, each planetary gear 22a held by the planetary gear carrier is fitted and fixed to the sun gear 20a rotatably mounted on the driving force transmission shaft 17a and the driving force transmission shaft 17a. It meshes with the internal gear 30a. In this case, the planetary gear carrier holds the respective planetary gears 22a so as to sandwich the planetary gears. One holding portion 25a meshes with the first gear 14, and the other holding portion 25b is driven via the one-way clutch 27a. It is connected to the force transmission shaft 17a. Further, ratchet pawl teeth 20b are formed on the outer periphery of the sun gear 20a, and a shift changeover stopper 33 driven by a shift changeover switch 35 is engaged and disengaged with this portion, so that the sun gear 20a is It can be stopped / rotated.

In this embodiment, when the spool drive of the spool 3 is performed by the motor 5, the driving force output from the motor 5 is applied to the first gear reduction mechanism 7 as in the previous embodiment.
To the first gear 14 via the planetary gear carrier 2
5a and 25b. In this case, the sun gear 20a
Is stopped by the transmission changeover switch 35, the planetary gears 22a held by the planetary gear carriers 25a and 25b revolve around the sun gear 20a while rotating, so that the planetary gear carriers 25a and 25b rotate. Are transmitted to the internal gear 30a in a state where the speed is increased. The internal gear 30a is non-rotatably fitted to the driving force transmission shaft 17a, and the driving force transmission shaft 17a is in a state where the speed is higher than that of each revolving planetary gear 22a.
The engagement of the one-way clutch 27a between the holding portion 25b holding the 2a and the driving force transmission shaft 17a becomes free, and the increased rotation is output to the second gear 18. That is, when the sun gear 20a is switched to a stopped state (speed-up switching of the transmission), the spool 3 can be wound up at a high speed. Note that the speed increasing action of this embodiment is slightly weaker than the speed increasing action of the first embodiment.

Further, by operating the shift changeover switch 35,
When the rotation of the sun gear 20a is switched to a free state, the rotation of the planetary gear carriers 25a and 25b
The speed of the planetary gear carrier 2a is reduced by the one-way clutch 27a.
5a, 25b and the driving force transmission shaft 17a are connected, and the output of the planetary gear carrier is directly transmitted to the second gear 18 to drive the spool 3. In this state, the reduction ratio becomes large, so that there is no shortage of torque.
The spool 3 can be wound with high power.

As described above, even when the sun gear is rotated / stopped and the rotational driving force is output from the internal gear side, the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained. Of course, also in this embodiment, an automatic control mechanism as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 may be used.

[0028] In the embodiment described above, although using a mechanical transmission apparatus using a planetary gear as a function to perform an increase or decrease in rotational speed of the spool, in addition to this configuration, the motor with the transmission of the electric controlling the input power, it is possible to more speed change operation in a wide spool width.

[0029] Figures 7 and 8, the electric fishing reel using a mechanical transmission apparatus shown in FIG. 1, the shift instrumentation of the electric
It illustrates an example of a configuration using a location 90. The configuration shown in FIG. 7 is configured such that a rotary operation lever 92 is connected to a potentiometer 91, and a resistance change that is steplessly adjusted by the displacement operation is input to a control circuit (not shown). Things. This control circuit outputs a pulse signal having a duty ratio corresponding to the amount of rotation of the operation lever 92 to the motor 5, and as a result, the rotation of the motor 5 is variably controlled by the drive current conduction time ratio to the motor. This allows stepless control. Also,
The configuration shown in FIG. 8 is such that a slide-type operation lever 93 is provided on the surface of the operation panel 95 in place of the rotary operation lever, and the rotation of the motor 5 can be continuously adjusted by the slide operation. Things.

[0030] will be described with reference to the graph of FIG. 9 in the case of using the transmission of the transmission and electrical mechanical as described above, the relationship between the hoisting speed and a hoisting force of the spool. As described above, by using the transmission of mechanical, fishing electric reel, it is possible to switch to the high-speed gear setting and the low gear setting. This switching is performed smoothly and reliably by the mechanical shift switching means having the above-described configuration. Then, in the case of setting the high-speed gear or the low-speed gear, by operating the electric shifting means as required, the necessary characteristics within the hoisting characteristics of the high-speed gear or the low-speed gear as shown in the graph are obtained. , An electric reel for fishing that further enables a shift according to the above.

With such a configuration, first, according to the actual fishing condition, a mechanical speed change-over means is used to switch the mode between the light-load high-speed winding state and the high-load low-speed winding state. After the mode is set to the designated mode, a delicate shifting operation during winding of the fishing line can be performed by the electric shifting means. In other words, the combined use of the electric transmission means makes it possible to further shift the spool in each of the high-speed winding state and the low-speed winding state, which are smoothly and reliably switched by the mechanical transmission switching means. Therefore, the shifting operation of the wide spool can be performed smoothly and reliably, and the fishing result is further improved.

To give a specific advantage, for example, in the light-load high-speed winding mode, when the tackle is wound up near the hull, the spool rotation can be reduced and stopped by the electric speed change means. It is possible to prevent troubles (such as breakage of the pole tip) due to overrun in the vicinity. In addition, for example, in the high-load low-speed winding mode, by the fish with a weak mouth, a strong fish, and the pulling condition of the fish,
The rotation of the spool can be shifted by the electric shifting means. Alternatively, when the rod is lifted by the pumping fishing method, the winding speed can be reduced or stopped. In this way, it is possible to delicately switch the spool winding speed in accordance with the actual fishing condition (fish pulling condition, fish type, etc.).

The electric transmission means uses a reed switch instead of a potentiometer, and the motor 5
The output of the motor may be increased or decreased in a multi-step manner, or by variably controlling the input voltage to the motor,
A configuration in which the speed of the spool is changed may be employed. In addition, the mechanical shift switching means shown in FIGS.
It may be provided an electric shift apparatus as described above.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment,
Various modifications are possible. For example, FIGS. 4 and 5
The automatic control mechanism shown in the above, without using a control gear,
A configuration in which a braking force is directly applied to the internal gear or the sun gear may be used. Further, the mounting position of the motor on the reel body may be at the rear or near the spool in addition to the reel body at the front of the spool, and the mounting position is not limited.

[0035]

As described above, according to the electric fishing reel of the present invention, a mechanical transmission and an electric transmission are used.
Is used in combination with the
High-speed winding state and low-speed switching smoothly and reliably
Spool speed change in each mode area with the winding state
Speed change operation of the wide spool
Fishing can be performed securely and reliably, and the fishing result is further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a first embodiment of an electric fishing reel according to the present invention, and showing a power transmission mechanism therein.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a modification of a speed changeover means for changing over the speed of the transmission.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a view showing a second embodiment of an electric fishing reel according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example in which an electric transmission means is used for an electric fishing reel using a mechanical transmission means.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of a configuration in which an electric transmission means is used for an electric fishing reel using a mechanical transmission means.

FIG. 9 is a graph showing a relationship between a hoisting speed and a hoisting force of a spool when a mechanical transmission unit and an electric transmission unit are used.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reel body, 2a, 2b ... Frame, 3 ... Spool, 3a ... Spool shaft, 5 ... Motor, 7 ... 1st gear reduction mechanism, 15, 15a ... Transmission, 20, 20a ... Sun gear, 22, 22a ... planet gears, 25, 25a planetary gear carriers, 27, 27a ... one-way clutches, 30, 3
0a: internal gear, 32: shift changeover means, 50: second gear reduction mechanism, 80: automatic control mechanism, 81: control gear, 9
0: Electric transmission means.

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-2-20234 (JP, A) JP-A-2-128637 (JP, A) JP-A-2-49530 (JP, A) JP-A-7- 227183 (JP, A) JP-A-4-346735 (JP, A) JP-A-6-98664 (JP, A) JP-A 64-41270 (JP, U) JP-A 61-207172 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Hei 6-60366 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 58-158674 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Utility Model 55-27054 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A01K 89/017 A01K 89/015

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A motor mounted on the reel body, wherein the spool is rotatably supported between both side plates of the reel body;
In an electric fishing reel for rotating a spool in association with rotation of a manual handle provided on one side plate of a reel body to wind a fishing line, a planetary gear is transmitted to a driving force transmitting portion for transmitting an output from the motor to the spool. Providing a mechanical transmission equipped with gears,
The gear change switching means mounted on the reel body on the opposite side of the dollar
This mechanical transmission is used for light load, high speed winding and high load.
Can be switched to any of the low-speed winding state mode areas
And an electric transformer for controlling the input power to the motor.
Speed device is provided, and the reel body is displaced on the handle side.
The electric transmission is controlled by the operation member
Control, the light load high speed winding state of the mechanical transmission
Spool winding in each mode area with load low-speed winding state
An electric reel for fishing, wherein the picking speed can be increased or decreased .