JP3462436B2 - Electric fishing reel - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric fishing reel which prevents erroneous operation of a motor and has excellent operability in driving a motor. 2. Description of the Related Art As disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-7060, electric fishing reels are generally provided with:
A motor output adjuster for adjusting the motor output of the motor that drives the spool for winding is provided. Then, by rotating this motor output adjuster in the front-rear direction to continuously increase or decrease the motor output, the situation of the fishing ground (for example, the type of target fish, fight with fish, the number of hits, collection of gimmicks, ) Can be easily performed. [0003] However, in the conventional electric reel for fishing, the motor output is adjusted by responding to a sudden situation change, careless hand contact or contact with other objects. If the motor is erroneously operated by accidentally touching the body, the following unexpected trouble may be caused during fishing. For example, the device that is waiting at the shelf position is unnecessarily moved, or the preferred winding setting speed changes (for example, winding stops) in the middle. Further, the fishing line is erroneously returned to a fishing line rewindable state (clutch ON state) while the fishing line is being fed in the clutch OFF state. In a conventional electric reel for fishing, a motor is turned on by rotating a motor output adjuster.
ON / OFF switching control.
At the time of switching from to OFF, play in the OFF section is required, and the start of the motor when the motor is ON is delayed by the play. Therefore, a quick motor drive operation cannot be performed. [0005] Further, the motor output is turned off to stop the winding.
The structure is such that the single operation member can be rotated from the state to the maximum output.Therefore, there is an advantage that the take-up speed change operation can be performed according to the fishing ground conditions. In a series of winding operations in the medium speed state, in response to a sudden situation change, etc., the motor output may be inadvertently increased too much, causing the occurrence of short mouths and missing fish, etc. There is a problem that there is a possibility that an erroneous operation may be performed during the winding operation during actual fishing. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric fishing reel which prevents motor malfunction and has excellent operability in driving a motor. It is in. In order to solve the above problems, an electric fishing reel according to the present invention comprises a spool rotatably supported on a reel body and a spool for driving the spool. comprising a drive motor and a transmission for increasing and decreasing change of the motor output of the spool drive motor, before
Rotatably mounted on the upper part of the reel body on the handle side
It is and a motor output adjusting member capable of the motor output adjusting continuously increased or decreased, set to the motor output adjusting member
And a changeover switch for switching and controlling the driving state of the motor, provided so as to be manually operable, wherein the motor output adjuster continuously adjusts the motor output within a normal range smaller than the maximum output of the motor, The changeover switch is a changeover switch that controls the driving state of the motor so that the motor output exceeds the normal range. [0008] In the above configuration, the motor output adjuster includes:
It may be configured to continuously increase or decrease the motor output from zero to a maximum value, or may be configured to continuously increase or decrease the motor output within a so-called normal range smaller than the maximum output of the motor. May be. The changeover switch for controlling the driving state of the motor may be configured to switch the driving state of the motor to ON / OFF, or to switch the driving state of the motor so that the motor output exceeds the normal range. It may be configured as follows. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An electric fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a spool shaft 6 is rotatably supported by bearings between left and right frames (not shown) of a reel body 4 to which a handle 2 is attached on the right side in the figure. A spool 8 is arranged so as to surround the spool shaft 6. On the handle 2 side of the spool shaft 6, when the handle 2 is manually rotated during fishing, a desired braking force is applied to the fishing line and the spool 8 is rotated at a desired rotational force.
And a drive mechanism for winding the fishing line for rotating the fishing line in the fishing line winding direction. More specifically, in the drive mechanism for winding a fishing line, a driving force transmitting shaft 10 is rotatably disposed via a bearing coaxially with the spool shaft 6. A pinion 12 that is configured to be slidable in the axial direction by a mechanism and that can be engaged or disengaged with the spool shaft 6 is attached. The clutch mechanism includes a clutch plate 1 which is always engaged with a circumferential groove 12a formed in the pinion 12.
4 and a clutch lever 16 for sliding the clutch plate 14 in the axial direction. By switching the clutch lever 16 to slide the clutch plate 14 in the axial direction, the pinion 12 is moved relative to the spool shaft 6. It is configured to be able to engage or disengage. A drive gear 20 attached to a handle shaft 18 meshes with the pinion 12, and a space between the drive gear 20 and the handle shaft 18 in the fishing-line feeding direction of the spool 8 during fishing. A well-known drag mechanism 22 that can apply a desired braking force to rotation is arranged. A spool drive motor 24 for rotating and driving the spool 8 when winding the fishing line is provided between the left and right frames.
(Hereinafter referred to as a motor). The motor 24 includes a left drive shaft 26 extending in a left frame direction (opposite to the handle) and a right frame direction (handle side).
A right driving shaft 28 is provided. The left drive shaft 26 is provided with a first reduction mechanism 30 for reducing the rotational movement (motor output) of the motor 24, while the right drive shaft 28 is provided with a one-way clutch 32. ing. The spool shaft 6 is provided with a second speed reduction mechanism (not shown). The second speed reduction mechanism is connected to the first speed reduction mechanism via an interlocking gear mechanism 36 disposed on the side opposite to the handle. 30 is mechanically connected. In the present embodiment, the first and second reduction mechanisms are defined as transmissions. According to this configuration, the rotational movement of the motor 24 is reduced by a predetermined amount via the first reduction mechanism 30 and then from the interlocking gear mechanism 36 via the second reduction mechanism and the spool shaft 6. It is transmitted to the spool 8 and rotates the spool 8 in the fishing line winding direction. Next, a description will be given of an operation when fishing is performed by using the fishing electric reel configured as described above. First, when the power of the motor 24 is turned off, the clutch mechanism is operated via the clutch lever 16 to disengage the pinion 12 with the spool shaft 6. At this time, the spool 8 becomes freely rotatable, and the fishing line is paid out by the weight of the tackle or the like. When the fishing line is wound up electrically when a fish hits, when the power of the motor 24 is turned on, the rotational movement (motor output) of the motor 24 is reduced by the first speed reduction mechanism 3.
After being decelerated by a predetermined amount via the control gear 0, the interlocking gear mechanism 36
Is transmitted to the spool 8 via the second speed reduction mechanism and the spool shaft 6 to rotate the spool 8 in the fishing line winding direction. At this time, the fishing line is uniformly wound around the spool 8 via a fishing line guide mechanism (not shown). On the other hand, when the fishing line is wound by manual operation of the handle 2, when the fishing line is fed out by a predetermined amount, the clutch mechanism is operated via the clutch lever 16 to engage the pinion 12 with the spool shaft 6. . The engagement operation of the clutch mechanism can be performed in conjunction with the manual operation of rotating the handle 2. In this state, when the handle 2 is manually rotated, the rotational motion is transmitted from the handle shaft 18 to the drive gear 20 via the drag mechanism 22 and then transmitted from the pinion 12 to the spool 8 via the spool shaft 6. The spool 8 is transmitted to rotate the spool 8 in the fishing line winding direction. Also in this case, the fishing line guide mechanism (not shown) operates, and the fishing line is uniformly wound around the spool 8. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the electric reel for fishing according to the present embodiment is provided on the reel body 4 so as to be manually operable, and continuously outputs the motor output (rotational motion) of the motor 24. A motor output adjuster 40 that can be adjusted to increase or decrease in size; and a changeover switch 42 that can be manually operated on the motor output adjuster 40 and that can control ON / OFF switching of the motor 24. The motor output adjuster 40 and the changeover switch 42 are configured to be selectively and individually manually operable (for example, with a finger) while the angler is gripping the reel body 4. The motor output adjuster 40 is connected to a potentiometer (not shown) for changing a resistance value according to the operation amount, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-7060. The motor output is controlled by variably controlling the duty ratio of the drive current to the motor 24 as the duty ratio of the pulse signal according to the resistance change. In this case, in the present embodiment, the motor output is configured to be continuously increased or decreased from zero to the maximum value by the motor output adjustor 40. The motor output adjuster 40 is rotatably mounted on the handle side of the reel unit 4 and on the front side (on the fishing line feeding direction side) of the reel unit 4 so that the motor output adjuster 40 can be moved within a predetermined angle range. By rotating,
The motor output can be adjusted to increase or decrease from zero to the maximum value. Specifically, the motor output adjuster 40 includes:
An operation unit 40a is protruded, and the angler
By manually operating the operation unit 40a (for example, with a finger) in a state where is gripped, the motor output adjustment body 40 can be rotated in the direction of arrow R (see FIG. 3B). When the motor output adjuster 40 is rotated in this way, the motor output can be increased or decreased according to the direction and amount of rotation. The changeover switch 42 is connected to the motor output adjuster 4
0 (specifically, provided at the top of the operation unit 40a), and by pressing this switch 42, the motor 24 can be controlled to be turned on / off (energized / deenergized). It has become. More specifically, when the angler presses the changeover switch 42 (for example, with a finger) in the direction of arrow F (see FIG. 4A) while the fishing 24 can be continuously and instantaneously ON / OFF switched. For example, assuming that the motor 24 is currently in an OFF state where power is not supplied, the switch 24 can be instantaneously switched from OFF to ON by pressing the changeover switch 42 in the direction of arrow F. 2), after the motor output adjusting body 40 is rotated (or during the rotation operation), if the changeover switch 42 is pressed again in the direction of arrow F, the motor 24 can be instantaneously switched from ON to OFF. And the changeover switch 4
When the pressing operation is performed on the contact 2 and the contact 44 and the substrate 4
6 (motor ON) or non-contact (motor OFF)
Are continuously and instantaneously repeated, so that the motor 24
ON / OFF switching control can be performed continuously and instantaneously. Here, the operation process of the motor output adjuster 40 and the changeover switch 42 will be briefly described. When the changeover switch 42 is depressed in the motor OFF state, the motor is switched to the motor ON state instantly, and thereafter, the motor output can be increased or decreased by rotating the motor output adjusting member 40. When the changeover switch 42 is pressed again,
The motor is instantaneously switched from the motor ON state to the motor OFF state. In this state, the motor 24 does not malfunction even if the motor output adjuster 40 is rotated. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control for increasing / decreasing the motor output and the ON / OFF switching control of the motor 24 are performed through separate operation processes, so that the situation can be quickly changed. The motor output adjuster 40 is provided by a response or careless hand contact or contact with another object.
If the motor 2 is switched to the motor OFF state by the changeover switch 42 even if the
4 does not malfunction. Further, by providing the changeover switch 42 separately from the motor output adjusting member 40, the ON / OFF switching control of the motor 24 can be instantaneously performed. For this reason, OFF when switching from ON to OFF as in the prior art is used.
As a result, the motor can be quickly started when the motor is turned on. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified as follows. As a first modified example, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, a changeover switch 42 is provided on a side portion (specifically, a side portion on a steering wheel side) of a motor output adjusting member 40 (operation portion 40a). Can achieve the same effect. As a second modified example, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, a changeover switch 42 may be provided on the upper side of the reel body 4 near the motor output adjuster 40. In this example, the pressing operation direction F of the changeover switch 42 is set in a direction from the upper side to the lower side of the reel body 4. As a third modification, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, a changeover switch 42 is provided on the upper side of the reel body 4 near the motor output adjuster 40, and the pressing operation direction F of the changeover switch 42 is changed to the reel position. It may be set in the side direction of the main body 4 (for example, in the direction parallel to the spool shaft 6). As a fourth modification, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, a changeover switch 42 may be provided on the side of the reel body 4 near the motor output adjuster 40. In this example,
The pressing operation direction F of the changeover switch 42 is set to a side direction of the reel body 4 (for example, a direction parallel to the spool shaft 6). As a fifth modified example, as shown in FIG. 9, for example, instead of separately providing a changeover switch 42, the electric configuration of the changeover switch 42 is incorporated in the motor output adjuster 40, and the motor output adjuster 40 is provided. By pressing itself in the direction of arrow F, the motor 24 is turned on / off.
Switching may be controlled. In the above-described embodiment and the first to fifth modified examples, the case where the motor output adjusting body 40 is rotatably mounted on the handle side of the reel body 4 and on the front side (the fishing line feeding direction side) upper part. Although it is assumed, the present invention is not limited to this. As a sixth modified example, as shown in FIG. 10, for example, as shown in FIG. The same operation and effect can be achieved by rotatably mounting on the (direction side) upper part. In the above-described embodiment and the first to sixth modified examples, the changeover switch 42 (in the fifth modified example, the motor output adjusting body 40 itself) is mechanically manually operated, so that the motor 24 is operated. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the entire motor output adjuster 40 is an electrostatic touch sensor (when the motor output adjuster 40 is touched by hand, electricity is generated). Flows into my hands,
An electric circuit connected to the motor output adjuster 40 may be a capacitance sensor that detects the amount of static electricity. In this configuration, the motor is turned on as soon as the motor output adjuster 40 is touched. In this state, the motor output adjuster 40 is manually operated to increase or decrease the motor output. When the motor is turned off, if the user releases his hand after returning the motor output adjusting body 40 to zero output, the motor is turned off at that moment. Further, the present invention can be configured as follows in addition to the above-described embodiments and modified examples. In the above-described embodiment, the motor output adjuster 40 is configured to continuously increase or decrease the motor output from zero to a maximum value. However, the motor output adjuster 40 is within a normal range (for example, 70% from zero). It may be configured to continuously increase or decrease by. That is, in the case where the target fish which is easy to be hung is hung, the motor output adjuster 4
If 0 is rotated to the maximum output position, the fish caught may be broken due to lack of mouth. Therefore, if the motor output adjuster 40 is configured so that the motor output can be continuously increased or decreased within a predetermined range (within the above-described normal range), when a target fish that is easy to cut off is hung, Even if the motor output adjusting body 40 is rotated to the maximum output position, the fish caught due to lack of mouth and the like are not disturbed, and operability can be improved. Of course, the above-mentioned normal range can be arbitrarily set. In this configuration, the changeover switch 42 may be configured to control the ON / OFF switching of the motor 24, as in the above-described embodiment. Preferably, the driving state of the motor is switched and controlled so that the motor output (for example, the maximum value) is obtained. According to such a configuration,
In a state where no fish is hooked, the operability can be further improved by operating the changeover switch 42 to set the motor output to the maximum value so that the device can be recovered at a high speed. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electric fishing reel which prevents motor malfunction and has excellent operability in driving the motor.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing the overall configuration of an electric fishing reel according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the electric fishing reel of FIG. 1 as viewed from a handle side. 3A and 3B are diagrams showing the arrangement of a motor output adjuster and a changeover switch provided on the electric fishing reel shown in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 3A is a front view and FIG. 3B is a side view. 4A is a diagram showing an electric circuit configuration of a changeover switch provided on the electric fishing reel of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4B is a side view of a motor output adjuster and a changeover switch. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an arrangement of a motor output adjuster and a changeover switch applied to a first modification of the present invention,
(A) is a front view, (b) is a side view. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an arrangement of a motor output adjuster and a changeover switch applied to a second modification of the present invention,
(A) is a front view, (b) is a side view. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an arrangement of a motor output adjuster and a changeover switch applied to a third modification of the present invention,
(A) is a front view, (b) is a side view. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an arrangement of a motor output adjuster and a changeover switch applied to a fourth modification of the present invention,
(A) is a front view, (b) is a side view. FIG. 9A is a diagram showing a configuration of a motor output adjuster applied to a fifth modification of the present invention, and FIG. 9B is a state in which the motor output adjuster itself is being pressed. FIG. FIG. 10 is an overall view of a fishing reel according to a sixth modification of the present invention. [Description of Signs] 4 Reel Body 8 Spool 24 Spool Drive Motor 40 Motor Output Adjuster 42 Switch

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Claims (1)

(1) A spool rotatably supported on a reel body, a spool drive motor for driving the spool, and a motor output of the spool drive motor for increasing or decreasing the spool. Transmission, and rotatably mounted on the upper part of the reel body on the handle side.
And a motor output adjuster capable of continuously increasing and decreasing the motor output; and
A switch provided for switching the driving state of the motor is provided so as to be manually operable; the motor output adjuster continuously increases and decreases the motor output within a normal range smaller than the maximum output of the motor; The electric reel for fishing, wherein the changeover switch is a changeover switch that controls a driving state of a motor so that the motor output exceeds the normal use range.