JP3495233B2 - Fishing reel - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fishing reel equipped with a drag mechanism for relieving a tension applied to a fishing line which is greater than the strength of the fishing line when the fish is caught during the fishing operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a drag mechanism used in a fishing reel, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 54-90490 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-134175, a hard material (SUS) is used. And a plurality of friction plates formed of a metal material such as Al or a non-metal material such as reinforced fiber resin, and drag force (drag friction force) interposed between these friction plates.
There is known a drag mechanism configured by alternately combining a plurality of lining materials (woven cloth, felt, cork, etc.) for generating the.

[0003]

In the drag mechanism as described above, since it is not possible to expect the sliding performance exceeding the friction characteristics of each lining material, when the fish is hooked during the fishing operation and tension is applied to the fishing line, The drag frictional force fluctuates greatly. As a result, it becomes difficult to smoothly release the fishing line while relaxing the tension applied to the fishing line.

In this case, due to fluctuations in drag frictional force,
Since the fishing line is fed while a large load is intermittently or continuously applied, when a fishing line having a small diameter is used, for example, the load applied to the fishing line easily causes the line breakage.

Therefore, in order to smoothly feed the fishing line, it is possible to use a lining material having a low friction coefficient, such as a Teflon washer. However, since the Teflon washer is easily deformed when a strong pressure is applied, the drag frictional force cannot be increased. For this reason, it becomes difficult to take advantage of the feeding-out braking of the fishing line. In particular, when fishing a large fish (when using a large diameter fishing line), the drag frictional force becomes ineffective and the load on the fishing line fluctuates greatly,
The fishing line cannot be smoothly fed out.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object thereof is to relieve tension more than the strength of the fishing line applied to the fishing line when the fish is caught during the fishing operation. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fishing reel equipped with a drag mechanism capable of smoothly delivering a fishing line.

[0007]

In order to achieve such an object , according to the present invention, a spool around which a fishing line is wound.
And when the fishing line is paid out from this spool,
With a drag mechanism that gives a predetermined braking force to the fish
In the fishing reel, the drag mechanism is a lining material.
And, the drag force can be adjusted by being pressed by this lining material
With a friction plate, this friction plate has a coating treatment
Has a lower friction coefficient than untreated friction plates.
Provided is a fishing reel on which a ring layer is formed.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A fishing reel according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, a spinning reel is used as the fishing reel.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a drive gear 6 which is rotationally driven by a rotating operation of a handle 4 is provided in a reel body 2 of a spinning reel, and the drive gear 6 has a pinion. (Not shown) meshes. The pinion is rotatably supported by the reel unit 2 via a bearing.

A spool shaft 8 is axially inserted in the pinion, and a spool 10 around which a fishing line (not shown) is wound is rotatably attached to the tip of the spool shaft 8.

A rotor 12 that rotates integrally with the pinion is attached to the tip of the pinion.
The rotor 12 is provided with a pair of bail mounting arms 12a. These bail mounting arms 12a include
A bail 14 is provided via a swing arm (not shown), respectively.
Is rotatably supported in a fishing line releasing state and a fishing line winding state. A fishing line guide mechanism (line roller) 16 is supported between one swing arm and the end of the bail 14.

Further, an oscillating mechanism (not shown) is engaged with the drive gear 6, and by rotating the drive gear 6, the spool shaft 8 is moved back and forth. ing.

In this structure, when the handle 4 is rotationally operated, the rotational movement is transmitted to the pinion via the drive gear 6 to rotate the pinion. At the same time, the rotational movement of the handle 4 is transmitted to the spool shaft 8 via the oscillating mechanism to move the spool shaft 8 back and forth. At this time, the spool 12 moves back and forth while the rotor 12 rotates, so that the fishing line is evenly wound around the spool 10 via the fishing line guide mechanism 16 without being biased.

A front drag type drag mechanism 18 is provided between the spool shaft 8 and the spool 10. The drag mechanism 18 has first to third friction plates 22, 24 and 26 each having a coating layer 20 formed on the surface by a coating process described later (see FIGS. 2 to 5).
Is provided, the first friction plate 22 is
And the second and third friction plates 24, 26 are
Each of them is arranged on both sides of the first friction plate 22 and is prevented from rotating on the spool shaft 8.

Specifically, the first friction plate 22 has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, engagement pieces 22a are provided on the outer peripheral edge of the spool at predetermined intervals, and the engagement pieces 22a are engaged with the inner surface of the spool so as to be prevented from rotating with respect to the spool 10. Also, the second and third friction plates 24, 26
4 and 5, engaging holes 24a and 26a capable of engaging with the spool shaft 8 are provided at the centers thereof, and these engaging holes 24a and 26a are provided in the spool shaft 8, respectively. The engagement prevents the spool shaft 8 from rotating.

Incidentally, these first to third friction plates 22, 2
A lining material (felt, cork, woven cloth, leather, etc.) 28 is interposed between the Nos. 4 and 26, respectively, and the drag adjusting body 30 provided on the spool shaft 8 is rotated to operate the first lining material. The third friction plates 22, 24, 26 are pressed to adjust the drag force.

The outer peripheral surface of the third friction plate 26 extends so as to face the outer periphery of the drag adjusting body 30, and the inner surface of the extension is provided so as to project from the outer periphery of the drag adjusting body 30. A plurality of engagement grooves 34 with which the click claws 32 (see FIG. 2) can be always engaged are formed. When the drag adjusting body 30 is rotationally operated, the click claw 32 and the engaging groove 34 are engaged with each other, whereby a predetermined click sound is generated and the drag adjusting state can be confirmed. There is.

Here, the first to third friction plates 22, 24,
The coating method applied to No. 26 will be described. First, hard substrates each made of a metal material or a resin material processed into the shapes of the first to third friction plates 22, 24, 26 are prepared. In addition, as the metal material, for example, iron-based (Fe,
SUS) and non-ferrous materials (Cu, Al) can be applied, and as the resin material, for example, ABS, nylon, and phenol resin can be applied.

Next, the surfaces of these substrates are subjected to coating treatment to form a coating layer 20 having a film thickness of about 1 μm to 100 μm. As the coating treatment method, for example, painting treatment, plating treatment, and alumite treatment can be applied. In addition, for example, spray coating, dipping coating, or powder coating can be used for the coating treatment, and electroless nickel-phosphorus treatment can be used for the plating treatment. As the alumite treatment, for example, a normal alumite treatment, a hard alumite treatment, or a molybdenum-impregnated alumite treatment can be used.

In the present embodiment, a coating material obtained by mixing a low friction material and an extender pigment (for example, calcium carbonate, barium sulfate, titanium oxide, etc.) is used in such coating treatment. The table below shows examples of optimal combinations between coating treatment methods and typical low friction materials.

[0021]

[Table 1]

In this table, the double circle mark indicates that extremely good results, the circle mark indicates good effects, and the triangle mark indicates that relatively good effects are obtained, and in each case, it is significantly superior to the prior art. The effect is realized.

Therefore, as an example of the coating treatment,
A process for applying a coating treatment to the surface of a substrate using a low friction resin will be described. In this case, the surface of the substrate is coated with an inorganic agent such as sodium silicate or a coating agent obtained by mixing an organic agent such as phenol or acrylic with a fluororesin and an extender pigment.

After the coating process is completed, the substrate having the coating layer 20 formed on its surface is dried to complete a series of coating processes. As the drying treatment method, for example, room temperature drying treatment, forced drying treatment, baking drying treatment can be applied.

Next, the drag performance of the drag mechanism 18 including the first to third friction plates 22, 24 and 26 which have been subjected to the above-described coating treatment will be described with reference to FIG.

Assuming that the fishing line is tensioned by the fish during the fishing operation, a predetermined tension is continuously applied to the fishing line by a predetermined torque meter. In this case, the torque characteristic corresponding to the drag frictional force greatly fluctuates as shown in FIG. 6A according to the conventional drag mechanism using the friction plate that is not coated. Therefore, the fishing line is fed while a large load is intermittently or continuously applied.

On the other hand, the coated first to third friction plates 22, 24 and 26 have a low coefficient of friction and a good compatibility with the lining material (see table). Therefore, according to the drag mechanism 18 using the first to third friction plates 22, 24 and 26, as shown in FIG. 6B, the torque characteristic is maintained substantially constant without braking unevenness. To be done. In this case, since the tension relaxed below the strength is constantly applied to the fishing line,
Regardless of the diameter and type of fishing line, the fishing line can be smoothly delivered without getting caught.

Further, since the coating layer 20 is excellent in corrosion resistance, even when the reel is not used for a long time, the coating layer 20 is used between the first to third friction plates 22, 24 and 26 and the lining material. The initial cling can be reduced.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a fish is caught during a fishing operation, the drag which is capable of releasing the fishing line smoothly while relaxing the tension more than the strength of the fishing line applied to the fishing line. It is possible to provide a spinning reel provided with a mechanism.

Although the front drag type drag mechanism 18 is applied in the above-mentioned embodiment, the same effect can be obtained by applying the same coating treatment to the rotor drag type or rear drag type drag mechanism. It can be realized.

Next, a fishing reel according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, a dual-bearing reel is used as the fishing reel.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the reel unit 3
A spool shaft 42, to which a spool 40 around which fishing line (not shown) is wound, is fixed, is rotatably supported on a frame 38 of No. 6 via a bearing.

Further, between the frame 38 and the side plate 44, a pinion 46 is supported via a bearing so as to be rotatable and slidable in the axial direction.
Can be engaged and disengaged with the spool shaft 42 by sliding the shaft in the axial direction. The pinion 46 is slid in the axial direction by operating the clutch operating member 48 via a clutch mechanism (not shown) having a clutch plate 50.

A drive gear 52 (see FIG. 9) having a coating layer 76 formed on its surface by the same coating treatment as that of the first embodiment is meshed with the pinion 46, and the drive gear 52 is It is rotatably supported on a handle shaft 56 having a handle 54 attached to one end thereof.

As shown in FIG. 9, the drive gear 52 is free to rotate with respect to the handle shaft 56, and the tooth portion 52a provided on the outer periphery thereof meshes with the pinion 46. A drag mechanism 58 is disposed between the drive gear 52 and the handle shaft 56. The drag mechanism 58 is disposed on both sides of the drive gear 52 and is coated by the same coating process as that of the first embodiment. First and second friction plates 60, 62 having a coating layer 76 formed on the surface thereof
And a lining material (felt, cork, woven fabric, leather, etc.) 64 interposed between the first and second friction plates 60 and 62, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the handlebar shaft 5 is provided at the center of the first and second friction plates 60 and 62.
6 are provided with engaging holes 60a and 62a which are engageable with the handle shaft 6, and are prevented from rotating with respect to the handle shaft 56 by engaging the engaging holes 60a and 62a with the handle shaft 56. A plurality of ratchet teeth 62b are formed on the outer circumference of the second friction plate 62 at predetermined intervals.
When the handle 54 is wound up with the clutch off,
The ratchet tooth portion 62b presses a clutch return mechanism (not shown) to return the clutch to the ON state.

A one-way clutch 66 is attached between the handle shaft 56 and the frame 38 to rotate the handle shaft 56 only in the fishing line winding direction.
In this configuration, when the drag adjusting body 68 provided on the handle shaft 56 is rotated, the disc spring 70 (see FIG. 8) is caused by the pressing portion 68a (see FIG. 8) of the drag adjusting body 68.
Is pressed, and the one-way clutch 6 is pressed through the pressing force.
When 6 moves in the axial direction, the first and second friction plates 58, 60 are pressed and the drag force is adjusted.

Further, a level wind mechanism 72 is arranged on the fishing line feeding direction side with respect to the spool 40. The level wind mechanism 72 reciprocates in the axial direction by the rotation of a traverse shaft (not shown). Body 7
It is equipped with 4. The traverse shaft is connected to the handle shaft 56 via a connecting mechanism (not shown).

In such a structure, when the handle 54 is rotated, the rotational movement is transmitted from the drag mechanism 58 to the pinion 46 via the drive gear 52 to rotate the pinion 46. At the same time, the rotational movement of the handle 54 is transmitted to the traverse shaft via the connecting mechanism.
At this time, the spool 40 and the traverse shaft rotate simultaneously, so that the spool 40 rotates and
The fishing line guide body 74 reciprocates along the traverse axis.
As a result, the fishing line is evenly wound around the spool 40 without being biased.

According to the present embodiment, the drive gear 52 and the first and second friction plates 60, 62 are subjected to the same coating treatment as in the first embodiment, thereby
A drag mechanism capable of achieving the same effects as those of the embodiment of the present invention, and relaxing the tension above the strength of the fishing line applied to the fishing line and smoothly feeding the fishing line when the fish is caught during the fishing operation. It is possible to provide a dual-bearing reel having

In the spinning reel shown in FIG. 1, it is preferable that the cover (not shown) of the rotor 12 and the rear cover 78 of the reel body 2 are made of, for example, pure titanium or titanium alloy.

Particularly, when the cover of the rotor 12 is made of pure titanium or titanium alloy, the rotational balance of the rotor 12 can be improved and the inertial weight can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the feeling of weight during fishing operation. In addition, since pure titanium or titanium alloy is a material that is difficult to plastically deform and has high surface hardness, scratches and dents do not easily occur, and since it has excellent corrosion resistance, it does not deteriorate over time even when used for a long period of time. I don't feel it.

Further, in the spinning reel shown in FIG. 1, when characters, symbols or the like (see FIG. 12) are formed on the surface of the spool 10, it is preferable to apply the alumite penetration printing method (see FIG. 13).

Specifically, first, when the surface of the original member (not shown) of the spool 10 is anodized,
A screen (for example, a silk screen, a paint screen, a stencil screen) on which characters or symbols to be printed are formed is applied to the surface of the spool 10, and a known penetrating ink 80 is applied to the spool 10 through the screen. Press it (see FIG. 13 (a)).

At this time, the ink 80 pressed against the spool 10 permeates into the pores 82a in the alumite layer 82 (see FIG. 13B). Then, a drying process is performed in a state where the ink 80 has penetrated into the pore 82a to some extent (see FIG. 13C).

Subsequently, the ink 80 is enclosed in the pores 82a of the alumite layer 82 by subjecting the alumite layer 82 to a sealing treatment using hot water, steam, or an aqueous solution of nickel acetate, etc. (see FIG. 13 (d)).

After that, the ink 80 remaining on the alumite layer 82 is stripped (see FIG. 13E). According to such an alumite penetration printing method, the ink 80 printed on the spool 10 has the pores 82 of the alumite layer 82.
Since it is confined in a and never exposed to the outside,
It does not fade even with long-term use. Further, since it has the same durability as the double alumite treatment and the same cost as that of the hot stamping treatment, it is possible to print the inexpensive characters and symbols having excellent durability on the spool 10.

Further, since the ink 80 can be color-matched, it is possible to enhance the degree of design freedom with respect to characters and symbols (see FIG. 12). In this case, it is preferable that the color of the ink 80 to be used be different from that of the original member of the spool 10 in order to make the characters and symbols stand out.

Further, in the spinning reel shown in FIG. 1, when characters or symbols (see FIG. 14) are formed on the surface of the spool 10, it is also preferable to apply a vapor deposition metallic printing method (see FIG. 15).

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 15 (a) and 15 (b), first, the surface of the original member 84 of the spool 10 is anodized to obtain a glossy uniform color (for example, gold color or After forming the alumite layer 86 having a metallic color tone such as silver), the alumite layer 86 is sealed with, for example, silicon, paraffin, or water.

The term "gloss" means that the gloss is metallic. Further, as the base member 84 of the spool 10, for example, an aluminum alloy, a magnesium alloy,
Metals such as pure titanium, titanium alloys, zinc alloys, iron alloys, synthetic resins (polyamide resin, glass fiber reinforced polyamide resin, ABS resin, glass fiber reinforced ABS resin, polycarbonate resin, etc.), ceramics (zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, carbonized) It is preferable to use silicon).

Next, the alumite layer 8 which has been subjected to the sealing treatment by a predetermined printing method (for example, a screen printing processing method, a hot stamping method, a sticker printing method, a foil transfer method, etc.).
On the surface of 6, the coating material 88 for printing which conforms to the shape of characters and symbols is attached.

As the printing paint 88, a paint having a light absorption characteristic different from that of the alumite layer 86 (for example,
(Acrylic paint, urethane paint, epoxy paint, silicone paint, fluorine paint, phenol paint, etc.)
Is preferably used.

Then, a colorless and transparent film 90 is laminated on the entire surface of the alumite layer 86 to which the printing paint 88 is adhered to a thickness of about 10 × 10 ^{−7 to} 500 × 10 ⁻⁷ mm.
Note that colorless and transparent does not need to be completely colorless and transparent, and is a case where the color of the base (in the present embodiment, the colors of the alumite layer 86 and the printing paint 88) is slightly recognizable. It is also meant to include the case of being semi-transparent.

As a method for laminating the film 90, for example, a vacuum deposition method, a sputtering method, PVD
(Physical vapor deposition) method, P-CVD (plasma CVD)
Method, MOCVD (organic metal CVD) method or the like can be used. Examples of the inorganic substance that constitutes the colorless and transparent film 90 include TiO, TiO ₂ , ZnS, and S.
It is possible to use metal oxides or metal fluorides such as iO, In ₂ O ₃ , MgF ₂ , and Al ₂ O ₃ , and a single layer or multiple layers may be used.

The reflectance of the film 90 with respect to white light is more than 0 and less than 100%, but is about 50.
It is preferable to set to 90%. In this case, the film 9
0, the alumite layer 86 and the printing paint 88 have almost no difference in color tone, so that even if the spool 10 is scratched, the scar is not noticeable, and the appearance of an excellent metallic color tone is maintained for a long time. Can be maintained.

According to such a vapor deposition metallic printing method, characters or symbols are printed on the surface of the spool 10 by using the printing paint 88 having a light absorption characteristic different from that of the underlying alumite layer 86, so that the spool is printed. Characters, symbols, etc. can be made to stand out in the metallic color tone that appears over the entire surface of 10. For example, when the silver-colored alumite layer 86 is the base, by using the black printing paint 88, the portions such as black characters and symbols in the silver-colored alumite color are made to have the metallic color of the interference film. Can stand out.

Further, the alumite layer 86 and the printing paint 8
By covering 8 with the interference film 90, high corrosion resistance and environment resistance for long-term use can be realized, and problems such as fading do not occur.

[0059]

According to the present invention, when a fish is caught during a fishing operation, it is provided with a drag mechanism capable of releasing the fishing line smoothly while relieving the tension applied to the fishing line which is higher than the strength of the fishing line. It is possible to provide a fishing reel.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a fishing reel according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a configuration of a drag mechanism of the reel shown in FIG.

3A and 3B are diagrams showing a configuration of a first friction plate of the drag mechanism shown in FIG. 2, in which FIG. 3A is a plan view and FIG. 3B is a bb line in FIG. 3A. FIG.

4A and 4B are diagrams showing a configuration of a second friction plate of the drag mechanism shown in FIG. 2, in which FIG. 4A is a plan view and FIG. 4B is a bb line in FIG. 4A. FIG.

5A and 5B are diagrams showing a configuration of a third friction plate of the drag mechanism shown in FIG. 2, in which FIG. 5A is a plan view and FIG. 5B is a line bb in FIG. 5A. FIG.

6A is a diagram showing torque characteristics of a conventional drag mechanism, and FIG. 6B is a diagram showing torque characteristics of a drag mechanism of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a fishing reel according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

8 is an enlarged view showing a configuration of a drag mechanism of the reel shown in FIG.

9A and 9B are diagrams showing a configuration of a drive gear of the reel shown in FIG. 8, in which FIG. 9A is a plan view and FIG. 9B is a sectional view taken along line bb of FIG. 9A.

10A and 10B are diagrams showing a configuration of a first friction plate of the drag mechanism shown in FIG. 8, in which FIG. 10A is a plan view and FIG. 10B is a bb line in FIG. FIG.

11A and 11B are diagrams showing a configuration of a second friction plate of the drag mechanism shown in FIG. 8, in which FIG. 11A is a plan view and FIG. 11B is a bb line in FIG. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a state in which characters, symbols and the like have been anodically impregnated printed on the surface of the spool of the reel shown in FIG.

13A to 13E are views for explaining the alumite permeation printing process.

14 is a diagram showing a state in which characters, symbols, etc. are vapor-deposited metallic printed on the surface of the spool of the reel shown in FIG.

15A and 15B are views for explaining a vapor deposition metallic printing process.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 spools 18 Drag mechanism 22 First friction plate 24 Second friction plate 26 Third friction plate

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --Continued from the front page (56) References JP-A-8-116836 (JP, A) JP-A-1-160442 (JP, A) JP-A-9-308415 (JP, A) Actual development Sho-58- 26862 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A01K 89/00-89/08

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A spool 1. A fishing line is wound, when the fishing line is paid out from the spool, the fish reel fishing with a drag mechanism for giving a predetermined braking force to the fishing line, the drag mechanism is , Lining material and this lining material
Equipped with a friction plate that can be adjusted by drag force
The friction plate has untreated friction due to the coating process.
Formed with a coating layer that has a lower coefficient of friction than the plate
A fishing reel, characterized in that that. 2. The coating layer has untreated friction.
The fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein a low-friction material having a friction coefficient lower than that of the plate is mixed.