JP3987279B2 - Fishing reel - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fishing reel that enables timely maintenance.
[0002]
[Prior art]
If a fishing reel is used for a long period of time, the performance will gradually deteriorate due to wear of the spool drive system bearings, deterioration of the lubricating oil, deterioration of the performance of the electrical parts mounted on the reel body, and the influence of the service life. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain the performance by carrying out appropriate maintenance such as internal cleaning, lubrication, and parts replacement.
[0003]
Therefore, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 9-47197 and 11-42031 disclose a fishing reel that can detect the actual use state and notify the angler of the maintenance time.
The fishing reel disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-47197 measures the driving time and peak load amount of the spool motor and accumulates and stores them in the storage means. When the frequency is exceeded, the notification means notifies the deterioration state of the spool motor, and the fishing reel disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-42031 is a spool. When the drive system reaches a predetermined operation that is regarded as the start of actual fishing, the energization time to the electric equipment is measured, and this is accumulated and stored in the storage means so that it can be displayed on the display.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional example disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-47197 has a configuration in which the driving time of the spool motor is measured and accumulated and stored as described above. The spool motor operating time and the motor driving time when inputting the basic data of the yarn length measuring device are also measured and accumulated, so it is impossible to accurately grasp the usage status of the spool motor through actual fishing. There was a drawback that the fatigue level of fishing reels could not be grasped accurately.
[0005]
On the other hand, according to the conventional example disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-42031, the problem of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-47197 is solved, and the total time of actual fishing time can be grasped. The actual use information is insufficient to know the actual fatigue level of fishing reels, and it has been pointed out that timely maintenance is still not possible.
[0006]
The present invention has been devised in view of such circumstances, and by accurately grasping the state of use through actual fishing, it is possible to make a timely maintenance execution judgment, and to maintain the original function of the reel over a long period of time. An object of the present invention is to provide a fishing reel that can be maintained.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve such an object, a fishing reel according to claim 1 includes a measuring means for measuring a continuous energization time from a power source to an electric device attached to the reel body, and a predetermined continuous energization time to the electric device. the includes a storage means for storing a continuous operating conditions regarded as fishing count once a display unit mounted on the reel body, and control means for controlling the control means, the measurement result of the measuring means described above When it is determined that the continuous operation condition is met, the storage means stores and stores the number of fishing operations as one, and displays the accumulated value of the fishing operations on the display.
[0009]
(Function)
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the measuring means measures the continuous energization time from the power source to the electric equipment attached to the reel body.
Then, when the control means determines that the predetermined continuous energization time for the measured electric equipment matches the continuous operation condition regarded as one fishing cycle , the control unit accumulates this as one fishing cycle. , And the cumulative value of the number of fishing runs is displayed on the display.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
Figure 1 shows a fishing reel according to an embodiment of claim 1, At a Figure, 1 is a frame of the reel body 3, 5 and 7 in the side plates to attach the left and right of the frame 1, side plates 5, A spool 9 is rotatably supported between the seven through a spool shaft.
[0013]
The spool 9 is rotated by driving the spool motor 11 or winding the handle 13 so that the fishing line is wound. The spool motor 11 is formed in a motor case integrally formed with the frame 1 in front of the spool 9. It is stored in.
Then, on the front side of the side plate 7, as in the fishing reel disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 297978, the motor output of the spool motor 11 is increased or decreased to increase the rotation speed of the spool 9 (fishing line winding speed). A power lever (motor output adjusting body) 15 to be adjusted is attached so as to be operable in the same direction as the rotation direction of the handle 13, and the power lever 15 is connected to a potentiometer 17 incorporated in the side plate 7 as shown in FIG. Has been. A control means 21 (described later) built in the control box 19 above the reel body 3 variably controls the current energization time ratio to the spool motor 11 as the duty ratio of the pulse signal corresponding to the operation amount of the power lever 15. Thus, the motor output is continuously controlled from the motor stop state to the maximum value (0 to 100%) via the motor drive circuit 23.
[0014]
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a clutch lever 25 of a clutch mechanism mounted in the side plate 7 is mounted on the rear side of the side plate 7, and the clutch mechanism is turned ON / OFF by operating the clutch lever 25. By switching, the driving force of the spool motor 11 and the handle 13 to the spool 9 is transmitted / cut off.
A magnet 27 is mounted on one side surface of the spool 9 and a pair of reed switches 29 are mounted on the frame 1 so as to face the rotation locus of the magnet 27. It functions as a rotational speed detection means for detecting the number. As shown in FIG. 2, the reed switch 29 is connected to the control means 21 in the control box 19 mounted between the side plates 5 and 7 on the reel body 3.
[0015]
The control means 21 is composed of a microcomputer, and the ROM of the control means 21 is programmed with a yarn length measuring method similar to the fishing reel disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-103567. Then, the forward / reverse determination signal of the spool 9 outputted from the reed switch 29 is taken into the CPU to judge whether the fishing line is fed out or taken up, and the rotation pulse signal of the spool 9 taken in from the reed switch 29 is up / down Counting with a counter, the CPU calculates and executes the yarn length calculation formula stored in the RAM based on this count value.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 1, a display device 33 is mounted on the operation panel 31 of the control box 19, and the CPU displays the above-described yarn length measurement value on the display device 33 via the display drive circuit 35. It is like that.
Therefore, the fisherman can pay out the device at a predetermined water depth while confirming the display value, and can wind the fishing line by operating the handle 13 or the power lever 15 while confirming the display value. it can.
[0017]
Further, a mode change switch 37, a bottom / shelf setting switch 39, and a reset switch 41 are mounted on the operation panel 31 adjacent to the display device 33. By operating the mode change switch 37 as shown in FIG. The control means 21 is switched between a “thread length measurement mode (actual fishing mode)” and a “confirmation mode”.
That is, as described above, the control means 21 counts the rotation pulse signal of the spool 9 fetched from the reed switch 29, calculates the length calculation formula based on this count value, and displays the yarn length measurement value on the display 33. As shown in FIG. 4, the display 33 has a yarn length display portion 33a for displaying the measured yarn length value and a bottom / shelf color display portion 33b for displaying the position of the device from the bottom / shelf position. Is provided.
[0018]
Then, when the fishing line (device) is fed out from the spool 9 in the yarn length measurement mode, the control means 21 calculates the fishing line feed amount based on the rotation pulse signal from the reed switch 29, and this yarn length measurement. The value is displayed on the yarn length display portion 33a. When the fisherman operates the reset switch 41 when the fishing line is fed from the tip of the fishing rod to the surface of the water, the display value of the line length display portion 33a is reset to “0.0” as shown in FIG. .
[0019]
Thereafter, when the angler feeds the fishing line, as shown in FIG. 5, the line length measurement value measured by the line length measuring means is displayed on the line length display section 33a, and the line is fed out, for example, 42.3 m. When the bottom / shelf setting switch 39 is operated at the place where the device has reached the bottom, “0.0” is displayed on the bottom / shelf color display portion 33b as shown in FIG. 6, and the bottom position is set. As shown in FIG. 7, the position of the device from the bottom and the feed amount from the water surface accompanying the winding of the fishing line are displayed on the line length display part 33a and the bottom / shelf color display part 33b, respectively. .
[0020]
In actual fishing, when the fishing reel 43 is connected to an external battery via a power supply cord (not shown), the control unit 21, the display 33, the spool motor 11 and other electric devices are energized. As described above, it has been pointed out that conventional fishing reels are difficult to determine timely maintenance.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, a timer 45 is mounted as a measuring means in the control box 19 and connected to the control means 21. The timer 45 is connected to the control means 21 and the display device 33 from the battery via a power supply cord. , The energization time to the electric device such as the spool motor 11 is measured, and the measured value is input to the CPU of the control means 21.
[0021]
On the other hand, in the ROM of the control means 21, as a continuous operation condition in which the predetermined continuous energization time to the above-described electric device is regarded as one fishing cycle, for example,
“If the continuous energization time to the electric device (continuous time when the fishing reel 43 is connected to the battery via the power supply cord) is 3 hours or more, this is done once (5 hours or 7 hours) It is regarded as a setting condition for continuous energization time of 3 hours or more even if it is continuous.
The continuous operation condition is set and stored, and the CPU compares the measured value of the timer 45 with the continuous operation condition, and when the continuous energization time to the electric equipment becomes 3 hours or more, this The number of fishing is counted as one and the number of fishing is accumulated and stored in the RAM of the control means 21.
[0022]
When the angler operates the mode changeover switch 37 to switch the CPU to the confirmation mode, the entire display 33 is switched to the fishing line number display section 33c as shown in FIG. 8, and the CPU is stored in the RAM. The accumulated value of the number of fishing lines (in this embodiment, the number of fishing lines “3”) is displayed on the fishing line number display section 33c.
[0023]
Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, when the fishing reel 43 is connected to an external battery via a power supply cord during actual fishing, the electric devices such as the control means 21, the display 33, and the spool motor 11 are used. And the fishing line is wound around the spool 9 by the operation of the handle 13 and the power lever 15, and the motor output is adjusted according to the operation of the power lever 15, and as the fishing line is fed and wound up The yarn length is measured, and the yarn length measurement value is displayed on the yarn length display portion 33a and the bottom / shelf color display portion 33b.
[0024]
In this actual fishing, the timer 45 measures the energization time from the battery to the electric devices such as the control means 21 and the display device 33, that is, the connection time of the power supply cord to the fishing reel 43, and supplies this to the CPU. Then, the CPU compares the measured value of the timer 45 with the continuous operation condition stored in the RAM.
And when the continuous energization time to the electric equipment becomes 3 hours or more, the number of fishing is counted as 1 and the number of fishing is accumulated and stored in the RAM of the control means 21, and the angler operates the mode changeover switch 37. When the CPU is switched to the confirmation mode, the CPU switches the display device 33 to the fishing line number display section 33c as shown in FIG. 8, and the accumulated value of the fishing line number stored in the RAM is changed to the fishing line number. It is displayed on the display unit 33c.
[0025]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the predetermined continuous energization time to the electric device is replaced with the number of fishing runs, and this is accumulated and stored, and the accumulated value is displayed on the display 33. Compared to the actual use state of the fishing reel 43, the angler can grasp the situation, and as a result, the fatigue level of the fishing reel 43 can be accurately grasped, and the maintenance is performed accurately and timely. The original function of the reel can be maintained for a long time.
[0026]
In a so-called manual fishing reel that does not have a spool motor, the reel body has a built-in battery power source, and an ON / OFF switch (power switch) mounted on the operation panel turns on the thread. The control means and the indicator programmed with the length measuring means operate. In such a fishing reel, the continuous ON state of the ON / OFF switch is regarded as the continuous energization time, thereby Applicable.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the predetermined continuous energization time to the electric device is replaced with the number of fishing, and this is accumulated and stored, and the accumulated value is displayed on the display. As a result, the angler can grasp the situation that is closer to the actual use state of the fishing reel than in the past, and as a result, it is possible to accurately grasp the fatigue level of the fishing reel, so that the maintenance time is accurate and accurate. It has become possible to maintain the original function of the reel for a long time.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1 is a plan view of a fishing reel used in an embodiment of claim 1 ;
FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the fishing reel shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a mode switching state of the control means by operation of a mode switching switch.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a yarn length display section of a display device.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a yarn length display section of the display device.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of display states of a yarn length display portion and a bottom / shelf color display portion of the display device.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of display states of a yarn length display portion and a bottom / shelf color display portion of the display device.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a fishing line number display section of the display device.
[Explanation of symbols]
3 Reel body 9 Spool 11 Spool motor 15 Power lever 21 Control means 29 Reed switch 31 Operation panel 33 Display 33a Thread length display portion 33b Bottom / shelf color display portion 33c Fishing line number display portion 37 Mode changeover switch 39 Bottom / shelf setting Switch 41 Reset switch 43 Fishing reel 45 Timer

Claims (1)

Measuring means for measuring the continuous energization time from the power source to the electric device mounted on the reel body;
Storage means for storing a predetermined continuous energization time to the electric device as a continuous operation condition that is regarded as one fishing line ;
A display unit mounted on the reel body;
Control means for controlling these,
Control means, when the measurement result of the measuring unit determines that matches the above continuous operation conditions, accumulating this as fishing count Once in the storage means, causes stored, the display of the accumulated value of the fishing times A fishing reel characterized by being displayed on a vessel.

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