JP3509522B2 - Sounding mechanism of 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 sounding mechanism for a fishing reel, which is arranged between a first member and a second member of a fishing reel that rotate relative to each other, and produces a sound by the relative rotation of both members.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A sounding mechanism for generating a click sound by the relative rotation of both members may be provided between two members of a fishing reel which rotate relative to each other. For example, it is known that a sounding mechanism is attached to a drag operation knob of a drag mechanism of a spinning reel. By attaching a sounding mechanism to the drag operation knob, operability during drag operation is improved.

A sounding mechanism of this kind generally has a plurality of recesses arranged at one side of a pair of members that rotate relative to each other and are opposed to each other, and are opposed to any one of the recesses. The sound output pin is housed in the other member so as to be able to move forward and backward at the position, and a coil spring that biases the sound output pin toward the recess side. The sound producing pin has a convex head portion having a smooth tip, and a shaft portion which is formed continuously with the head portion and has a diameter smaller than that of the head portion. The coil spring is arranged in a compressed state on the outer peripheral side of the shaft portion, contacts the back surface of the head portion, and biases the sound output pin toward the concave portion side.

In the sounding mechanism having such a structure, when the two members rotate relative to each other, the sound producing pin is urged by the coil spring to repeatedly collide with the recess, and as a result, a click sound is generated. The interval at which the click sound is generated depends on the interval between the recesses.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In this type of sounding mechanism, it is desired to generate a light sound with a short sounding interval and crispness. In order to shorten the sounding interval in the sounding mechanism using the sound output pin, the interval between the recesses may be reduced. In order to reduce the space between the recesses, it is necessary to reduce the outer diameter of the head. When the outer diameter of the head portion is reduced, the outer diameter of the shaft portion is further reduced, and it is necessary to reduce the diameter of the coil spring arranged on the outer peripheral side thereof. However, the diameter of the coil spring is limited by the wire diameter of the spring, and a coil spring having a too small diameter cannot be manufactured. Therefore, it is difficult to shorten the sound generation interval with the above-mentioned conventional configuration. Further, when the outer diameter of the sound producing pin is reduced, the inertia is also reduced due to the decrease in mass, and the sound when it collides with the concave portion does not become crisp and light.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a sounding mechanism for a fishing reel that produces a light sound with a short sounding interval and good crispness.

[0007]

In order to solve the problems] fishing for Lee in accordance with the invention 1
The sound producing mechanism of the le is a mechanism arranged between the first member and the second member of the fishing reel that rotate relative to each other, and produces a sound by the relative rotation of the two members. Equipped with the drag mechanism of the fishing reel.
It is pronounced when adjusting the lag force . The plurality of recesses are arranged in the first member at intervals in the circumferential direction. The sound output pin has a convex head with a smooth tip, a receiving portion formed continuously with the head and having a diameter larger than the head, and a shaft portion formed continuously with the receiving portion and having a diameter smaller than the receiving portion. The outer diameter of the head is the receiving part
The outer diameter is within a range of 20% to 50% and is housed in the second member so as to be movable back and forth at a position facing any of the plurality of recesses. The biasing member contacts the receiving portion of the sound output pin and biases the sound output pin toward the concave portion.

In this sounding mechanism, when the first member and the second member rotate relative to each other, the sound producing pin urged by the urging member repeatedly strikes the concave portion and sounds. The head of the sound output pin has a diameter smaller than that of the receiving portion, unlike the conventional case. Therefore, the urging force of the urging member can be maintained high, and the mass is not reduced so much, so that a crisp click sound can be generated. Moreover, since the head has a small diameter, the interval between the recesses can be reduced, and the sounding interval can be shortened.

This sounding mechanism is a drag machine for fishing reels.
It is attached to the structure and sounds when adjusting the drag force. This place
In case of drag operation, the sounding interval is short due to the sounding mechanism during drag operation.
A light click sound is generated and the drag force is fine
It can be adjusted at a fine pitch. Also, in this pronunciation mechanism, the head
Has an outside diameter in the range of 20% to 50% of the outside diameter of the receiving part.
It In this case, the outer diameter of the head is
More than half of small and Runode, urging force increases, between the pronunciation
A light clicking sound with a short interval is generated.

The sounding mechanism of the fishing reel according to the invention 2 is
In the mechanism according to the invention 1, the head portion projects in a hemispherical shape. In this case, since the head has a hemispherical shape, rotation resistance is reduced even if the head comes into contact with the recessed hole. According to invention 3
The sounding mechanism of the fishing reel is the mechanism according to the first or second aspect , in which the biasing member is a coil spring arranged in a compressed state on the outer peripheral side of the shaft portion and having its tip abutted against the receiving portion. In this case, the biasing member is compactly arranged on the outer peripheral side of the shaft portion of the sound producing pin.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1, a spinning reel adopting an embodiment of the present invention comprises a reel body 2 for rotatably supporting a handle 1, a rotor 3, and a spool 4.
It has and. The rotor 3 is rotatably supported on the front portion of the reel unit 2. The spool 4 winds the fishing line around the outer peripheral surface thereof, and is disposed in the front portion of the rotor 3 so as to be movable back and forth.

The reel body 2 has a reel body 2a and a rod mounting leg 2b extending obliquely upward and forward from the reel body 2a. The reel body 2a has a space therein, and in the space, a rotor drive mechanism 5 for rotating the rotor 3 in synchronization with the rotation of the handle 1 and a spool 4 are provided.
And an oscillating mechanism 6 for moving the fishing line back and forth to wind the fishing line evenly.

The rotor drive mechanism 5 includes a face gear 11 that rotates together with a handle shaft 10 to which the handle 1 is fixed.
And the pinion gear 12 that meshes with the face gear 11.
And have. The pinion gear 12 is formed in a tubular shape, and its front portion 12 a penetrates the center portion of the rotor 3 and is fixed to the rotor 3 by a nut 13. The pinion gear 12 is rotatably supported by the reel unit 2 at its axially intermediate portion and rear end portion via bearings 14a and 14b, respectively.

The oscillating mechanism 6 is a mechanism for moving the spool 4 in the same direction by moving the spool shaft 15 connected to the center of the spool 4 via a drag mechanism 60 in the front-rear direction. The oscillating mechanism 6
A screw shaft 21 arranged in parallel below the spool shaft 15,
A slider 22 that moves back and forth along the screw shaft 21,
It has an intermediate gear 23 fixed to the tip of the screw shaft 21. The rear end of the spool shaft 15 is non-rotatably fixed to the slider 22. The intermediate gear 23 is the pinion gear 12
Meshes with.

The rotor 3 has a cylindrical portion 3 as shown in FIG.
0, and first and second rotor arms 31 and 32 that are provided laterally of the cylindrical portion 30 so as to face each other. The cylindrical portion 30 and the rotor arms 31 and 32 are made of, for example, an aluminum alloy and are integrally formed. Cylindrical part 3
A front wall 33 is formed in the front portion of 0, and a boss portion 33a is formed in the center portion of the front wall 33. Boss 33a
A through hole is formed in the center of the pinion, and the front portion 12a of the pinion gear and the spool shaft 15 pass through the through hole. The nut 13 is arranged at the front part of the front wall 33,
A bearing 35 that rotatably supports the spool shaft 15 is disposed inside the nut 13.

The first rotor arm 31 is convexly curved outward from the cylindrical portion 30 and extends forward, and the connecting portion with the cylindrical portion 30 is curved in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion 30. A first bail support member 40 is swingably mounted on the outer peripheral side of the tip of the first rotor arm 31. A line roller 41 for guiding the fishing line to the spool 4 is attached to the tip of the first bail support member 40.

The second rotor arm 32 is curved outwardly from the cylindrical portion 30 and extends forward. The second rotor arm 32 is bifurcated from the tip portion toward the connecting portion with the cylindrical portion 30, and is connected to the cylindrical portion 30 at two locations spaced apart in the circumferential direction. A second bail support member 42 is swingably mounted on the inner peripheral side of the tip of the second rotor arm 32.

The line roller 41 and the second bail support member 4
A bail 4 formed by bending a wire rod into a U shape between
3 is fixed. The first and second bail support members 40 and 42, the line roller 41, and the bail 43 constitute a bail arm 44 that guides the fishing line to the spool 4. The bail arm 44 is swingable between the yarn guiding posture shown in FIG. 2 and the yarn releasing posture reversed from the yarn guiding posture.

A cover 45 is mounted on the outer peripheral side of the first bail support member 40, and the bail arm 44 is returned to the inside of the cover 45 from the yarn releasing posture to the yarn guiding posture in association with the rotation of the rotor 3. At the same time, a bail reversing mechanism 46 that holds the state in both postures is arranged. Inside the cylindrical portion 30 of the rotor 3, a reverse rotation preventing mechanism 50 for inhibiting / releasing reverse rotation of the rotor 3 is arranged. As shown in FIG. 1, the reverse rotation preventing mechanism 50 is a roller type one-way clutch 51 in which an inner ring is idle, and a switch for switching the one-way clutch 51 between an operating state (reverse rotation inhibiting state) and a non-operating state (reverse rotation permitting state). Mechanism 52.

As shown in FIG. 2, the spool 4 is arranged between the first rotor arm 31 and the second rotor arm 32 of the rotor 3, and is attached to the tip of the spool shaft 15 via the drag mechanism 60. Has been done. The spool 4 has a bobbin trunk 4a around which fishing line is wound, a skirt 4b integrally formed at the rear of the bobbin trunk 4a, and a flange plate 4c fixed to the front end of the bobbin trunk 4a. ing. The bobbin trunk 4a is a cylindrical member whose outer peripheral surface is parallel to the spool shaft 15. The bobbin trunk 4a is mounted on the spool shaft 1 by the two bearings 56 and 57.
5 is rotatably mounted. The flange plate 4c is fixed to the bobbin trunk 4a by a spool ring collar 55 screwed to the inner peripheral surface of the bobbin trunk 4a.

The drag mechanism 60 is a mechanism mounted between the spool 4 and the spool shaft 15 for exerting a drag force on the spool 4. The drag mechanism 60 has a knob portion 61 for manually adjusting the drag force, and a friction portion 62 composed of a plurality of discs pressed by the knob portion 61 toward the spool 4 side. The knob portion 61 is a first non-rotatable first axially movable portion provided on the spool shaft 15.
A member 63, a second member 64 arranged axially forward of the first member 63 and screwed into the spool shaft 15, and a sounding mechanism 65 mounted between the first member 63 and the second member 64 are provided. is doing.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the first member 63 is a flanged cylindrical member having a cylindrical portion 63a and a ring-shaped flange portion 63b having a diameter larger than that of the cylindrical portion 63a. A large number of hemispherical sound emitting holes 7 are provided in the circumferential direction on the front end surface of the collar portion 63b.
5 are formed side by side. An oval-shaped locking hole 66 that locks the spool shaft 15 in a non-rotatable manner is formed on the inner peripheral portion of the cylindrical portion 63a. Cylindrical portion 63 of the first member 63
The rear end surface of a contacts the friction portion 62. A seal plate 71 is mounted between the cylindrical portion 63a of the first member 63 and the inner peripheral surface of the spool ring collar 55 to prevent water from entering the friction portion 62 from the outside. The seal plate 71 has, for example, an NB around the ring member 71a made of stainless steel.
It is a seal member obtained by outsert-molding a dish-shaped elastic member 71b made of R. The seal plate 71 is biased to the left in FIG. 5 by the snap ring 79. Seal plate 7
5, a ring-shaped protrusion 71c is formed on the left side surface of FIG. The protrusion 71c is provided on the cover member 6 described later.
8 is abutted to prevent liquid from entering the inner peripheral side.

[0023] The second member 64 is set only being freely first member 63 and the opposing vital first member 63 and the relative rotation. Second
The member 64 is a knob body 67 that is arranged side by side in front of the first member 63 in the spool shaft 15 direction, and a cover whose tip is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the knob body 67 and accommodates the first member 63 in a relatively rotatable manner inside. And a member 68. The knob body 67 is a disk-shaped member, and has a substantially trapezoidal knob 67a protruding forward on the front surface. Also, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, at the position facing the sound output hole 75, two recesses 67b for accommodating the sounding mechanism 65 are formed along the axial direction. Inside the knob body 67, a nut 69 screwed onto the tip of the spool shaft 15 is mounted so as to be non-rotatable and axially movable. A coil spring 70 is arranged in a compressed state on the outer periphery of the spool shaft 15 between the second member 64 and the nut 69.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cover member 68 is a bottomed cylindrical member having a cylindrical portion 68a and a ring-shaped bottom portion 68b, and the bottom portion 68b is the cylindrical portion 6 of the first member 63.
3a penetrates. In addition, the bottom plate 68b has a seal plate 71
The protruding portion 71c of the contact portion is in contact. The tubular portion 68 a of the cover member 68 is screwed to the outer peripheral surface of the knob body 67.

The bottom 68b of the cover member 68 and the first member 6
A washer-shaped seal ring 72 is mounted between the rear end surface of the third flange portion 63b . In addition, the cover member 68
An O-ring 73 is attached between the tip of the tubular portion 68 a and the knob body 67. These seal rings 72
The O-ring 73 and the O-ring 73 are both NBR elastic members, and are provided to prevent water from entering the inside through a gap between the knob body 67 of the first member 63 and the second member 64. When water enters from this gap, even if the seal plate 71 is provided, water enters the friction part 62 through the gap between the first member 63 and the spool shaft 15, wets the friction part 62, and changes the drag force. I have something to do.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the sounding mechanism 65 is retractably housed in a sound output hole 75 formed in the cylindrical portion 63a of the first member 63 and a recess 67b formed in the knob body 67. The sound output pin 76 and the sound output spring 77 formed of a coil spring that biases the sound output pin 76 toward the sound output hole 75. The sound output pin 76 has a hemispherical end with an abutting portion 76a that comes into contact with the sound output hole 75, a large-diameter spring receiving portion 76b, and a shaft portion 7 that is smaller than the spring receiving portion 76b.
6c and. Here, the outer diameter D1 of the contact portion 76a
And the outer diameter D2 of the spring receiving portion 76b and the outer diameter D3 of the shaft portion 76c.
The magnitude relationship between and is D1 <D3 <D2. Also,
The outer diameter D1 is, for example, 1.2 mm, and the outer diameter D2 is 3
mm. Outer diameter D1 is 20% to 50% of outer diameter D2
It is desirable to be in the range of. In this way, the contact portion 76a
By reducing the outer diameter of the sound output holes 75, the intervals of the sound output holes 75 can be narrowed and the number thereof can be increased. Moreover, the mass of the sound producing pin 76 itself does not become so small as compared with the case where the spring receiving portion 76b and the contact portion 76a have the same diameter. Therefore, inertia is maintained and a crisp click sound is generated. Moreover, since it is not necessary to reduce the wire diameter of the sound producing spring 77, the spring force can be maintained high and the sharpness can be improved.

As shown in FIG. 2, the friction portion 62 includes a first disk 81 that contacts the first member 63 and a first disk 8 that is in contact with the first member 63.
The second disk 82 that contacts the first member with the felt member interposed therebetween.
And a drag sounding mechanism 83 that comes into contact with the second disk 82 with the felt member sandwiched therebetween. First disk 81
The inner peripheral portion of which is locked to the spool shaft 15,
Rotate with. The outer periphery of the second disk 82 is locked to the spool 4 and rotates together with the spool 4. The drag sounding mechanism 83 sounds when the spool shaft 15 and the spool 4 rotate relative to each other, that is, when the dragging operation is performed.

[Reel Operation and Operation] Before fishing, the drag force is adjusted according to the size and type of fish. To adjust the drag force, turn the knob body 67. When the knob body 67 is rotated clockwise, for example, the coil spring 70 is screwed by the nut 69 screwed onto the spool shaft 15.
The first member 63 is pressed toward the friction portion 62 side via. This increases the drag force. At this time, the first member 6
Due to the relative rotation between the third member 64 and the second member 64, the sound producing pin 76 repeatedly collides with the sound producing hole 75 at a predetermined interval to generate a light clicking sound with good crispness.

At the time of casting, the bail arm 44 is reversed to the line releasing posture. As a result, the first bail support member 40 and the second bail support member 42 swing. In this state, cast the fishing rod while hooking the fishing line with the index finger of the hand holding the fishing rod. Then, the fishing line is released vigorously due to the weight of the tackle. When the handle 1 is rotated in the yarn winding direction in this state, the rotor 3 is rotated in the yarn winding direction by the rotor driving mechanism 5, and the bail arm 44 is rotated.
Is returned to the line winding position by the bale reversing mechanism 46, and the fishing line is wound around the spool 4.

During fishing, the reel may be wet due to waves or the like. Also in this case,
Since the seal plate 71, the seal ring 72, and the O ring 73 are attached to the drag mechanism 60, water is unlikely to enter the friction portion 62. Therefore, once the drag force is adjusted, the drag force rarely changes due to water wetting. [Other Embodiments] (a) In the above embodiment, the sound output pin was stored on the side of the knob body, but the sound output pin was stored on the side of the second member, and the sound output hole was formed on the end surface of the knob body. You may.

(B) The shape of the head end of the sound producing pin is not limited to a hemispherical shape, and may be a conical shape with a rounded tip or a chamfered hemispherical tip with a smooth convex shape. Any shape is acceptable .

[0032]

According to the present invention, a fishing reel sound generator.
In the structure, since the head portion has a diameter smaller than that of the receiving portion and smaller than that of the receiving portion, the urging force of the urging member can be maintained high and the mass is not reduced so much. Therefore, a crisp click sound can be generated. Moreover, since the head has a small diameter, the interval between the recesses can be reduced, and the sounding interval can be shortened. In addition, this sounding mechanism has a drag force.
Since it will be pronounced when adjusting the,
A light click sound with a shorter interval is generated.
Moreover, the drag force can be adjusted at a fine pitch. Furthermore, the head
The outer diameter of the part is in the range of 20% to 50% of the outer diameter of the receiving part.
Therefore, the outer diameter of the head is half the outer diameter of the receiving part.
Since it becomes smaller than this, the urging force increases and the sound generation interval increases.
A short light clicking sound is generated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a spinning reel adopting an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a spool portion thereof.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a drag mechanism.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the sounding mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a half portion of the knob portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

60 Drag mechanism 63 First member 64 Second member 65 pronunciation system 67 knob body 75 sound output hole 76 sound output pin 76a head 76b Spring receiving part 76c shaft 77 sound output spring

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A fishing reel , which is arranged between a first member and a second member which rotate relative to each other, and produces a sound by relative rotation of both members.
A sounding mechanism for a fishing reel , comprising: a plurality of concave portions arranged in the first member at intervals in a circumferential direction; a convex head portion having a smooth tip; and a head portion formed continuously from the head portion. and the large diameter of the receiving portion from the head, are formed continuous with the receiving portion and a shaft portion of smaller diameter than the receiving portion, the head
The outer diameter of the part is in the range of 20% to 50% of the outer diameter of the receiving part.
And a sound output pin that is housed in the second member so as to be able to move forward and backward at a position facing any of the plurality of recesses; And a biasing member for biasing, which is attached to the drag mechanism of the fishing reel to adjust the drag force.
A sounding mechanism for fishing reels that sounds when adjusting . 2. The sounding mechanism for a fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein the head portion has a hemispherical shape. Wherein the biasing member, the said receiving portion tip is disposed in a compressed state on the outer peripheral side of the shaft portion is in contact with the coil spring, pronounce fishing reel according to claim 1 or 2 mechanism.