JP5883241B2 - Counter case mounting structure - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a counter case mounting structure, and more particularly to a fishing reel counter case mounting structure in which a counter case of a fishing reel is mounted on an upper portion of a reel body.

  In general, a fishing reel includes a reel body, a spool mounted on the reel body, and a handle for rotating the spool. Among such fishing reels, in an electric reel and a counter reel, a counter case is fixed to an upper portion of a frame member (frame) of the reel body. On the upper surface of the counter case, a display unit composed of a liquid crystal display for displaying water depth and a switch operation unit provided around the display unit for performing various operations are arranged. Inside the counter case, electrical components connected to the display unit and the switch operation unit for controlling the display unit and the like are accommodated.

  Such a counter case is formed with a boss portion having a female screw portion that protrudes at the lower portion of the counter case and opens at the lower side, and penetrates the frame member in the vertical direction when the counter case is placed on the upper portion of the frame member. In a state in which a boss portion is passed through a hole, a bolt member inserted from the lower side is screwed to pull and fix the counter case to the frame member (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1). .

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  Since the conventional counter case is formed with a boss portion protruding at the lower portion of the counter case, the height of the boss portion of the counter case is made large in order to ensure a sufficient hanging length of the bolt member. Need arises. Thus, if the height of the boss part is formed large, the height of the counter case becomes large, and the whole reel may be increased in size.

  An object of the present invention is to keep the height of the counter case small in the counter case mounting structure.

  A fishing reel counter case mounting structure according to a first aspect of the present invention is a fishing reel counter case mounting structure in which a fishing reel counter case is mounted on an upper portion of a reel body, wherein a boss portion, a through hole, a fixing member, It has. The boss portion is formed to protrude upward on the upper surface of the reel body, and has a female screw portion that opens upward. The through hole is formed through the counter case in the vertical direction. The fixing member is mounted from the upper side of the counter case and has a head portion and a male screw portion. The head is in contact with the upper surface of the counter case. The male screw portion is formed at the tip of the head with a smaller diameter than the head, and penetrates the through hole and is screwed into the female screw portion.

Here, the counter case has a protrusion. The protruding portion is formed to protrude from the side portion of the counter case. A through hole is formed in the protruding portion so as to penetrate in the vertical direction. Further, the boss portion is disposed adjacent to the side portion of the counter case, and the tip end portion of the boss portion is in contact with the protruding portion.

  In this counter case mounting structure, the counter case is fixed to the reel body by attaching a fixing member from the upper side of the counter case to a boss part that protrudes upward from the upper surface of the reel body. Here, since the boss portion is provided on the upper surface of the reel body, there is no need to provide the boss portion in the counter case as in the prior art, and therefore the height of the counter case can be kept small.

Further, in this case, by providing the protruding portion that can contact the head of the fixing member on the side of the counter case, the head of the fixing member need not be disposed on the upper surface of the counter case.

  A counter case mounting structure according to a second aspect of the present invention is the counter case mounting structure according to the first aspect, wherein the reel unit includes a frame member, a first side cover, and a second side cover. The frame member has a connecting member that is disposed at least in the upper portion and connects both side portions. The first side cover and the second side cover cover both side portions of the frame member. The boss portion is formed so as to protrude upward on at least the upper surface of the connecting member disposed in the upper portion. In this case, the counter case can be fixed to the upper surface of the connecting member disposed in the upper part.

The counter case mounting structure according to a third aspect is the counter case mounting structure according to the first or second aspect , wherein the vertical length of the protrusion is shorter than the vertical length of the boss. In this case, the hanging length of the bolt member can be sufficiently secured while reducing the height of the protruding portion of the counter case.

The counter case mounting structure according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the counter case mounting structure according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the reel unit is mounted around the counter case between the first side cover and the second side cover, An upper cover that covers the upper portion of the protruding portion is further provided. In this case, since the head of the fixing member exposed on the upper surface of the protruding portion can be closed by the upper cover, it is possible to prevent the fishing line from being entangled with the head of the fixing member.

The counter case mounting structure according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the counter case mounting structure according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the fishing reel is an electric reel that rotates a spool by a motor. In this case, the height of the counter case can be kept small in the electric reel.

The counter case mounting structure according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the counter case mounting structure according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the fishing reel is a manually wound counter reel that rotates the spool only by rotating the handle. In this case, the height of the counter case can be kept small in the manually wound counter reel.

  According to the present invention, in the counter case mounting structure, the counter case is fixed to the reel body by attaching the fixing member from the upper side of the counter case to the boss formed to protrude upward on the upper surface of the reel body. Therefore, the height of the counter case can be kept small.

1 is a perspective view of a fishing reel in which an embodiment of the present invention is employed. Side surface sectional drawing of the said reel for fishing. The top view of the counter case of the said fishing reel. The perspective view when the said counter case is seen from the front side. The perspective view when the said counter case is seen from the left side part. The perspective view when the frame of the fishing reel is viewed from the front side. Front sectional drawing of the fishing reel. The expanded front sectional view of the frame attachment portion of the counter case. The enlarged view of the plate-shaped member of the said counter case. The figure equivalent to FIG. 9 of other embodiment.

  An electric reel employing an embodiment of the present invention is a large electric reel driven by electric power supplied from an external power source as shown in FIGS. This is an electric reel having a water depth display function for displaying the water depth of the device according to the length.

  The electric reel includes a reel body 1 that can be mounted on a fishing rod, a handle 2 for rotating a spool 10 disposed on the side of the reel body 1, and a drag adjusting star disposed on the reel body 1 side of the handle 2. A drag 3 and a counter case 4 for water depth display according to an embodiment of the present invention are mainly provided.

  The reel body 1 includes a frame 7, a first cover 8a and a second cover 8b that cover the left and right sides of the frame 7, and an upper cover 9 that covers the periphery of the counter case 4 from the front to the rear of the frame 7 (see FIG. 2). ). The frame 7 is made of, for example, a synthetic resin such as polyamide resin impregnated with glass fiber, and includes a first side plate 7a and a second side plate 7b, and a plurality of connecting members that connect them at three locations, a lower portion, a rear portion, and a front upper portion. 7c.

  Inside the reel body 1, a spool 10 for thread winding connected to a motor 12 and a handle 2 is rotatably supported. A motor 12 that rotates the spool 10 in the yarn winding direction is disposed inside the spool 10. In addition, a level wind mechanism 13 (see FIG. 2) that operates in conjunction with the spool 10 and a rotation transmission mechanism (not shown) that transmits the rotation of the handle 2 and the motor 12 to the spool 10 are provided inside the reel body 1. ing. The motor 12 is connected to a planetary gear mechanism (not shown) provided in the rotation transmission mechanism.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the handle 2 is rotatably supported at the center lower portion of the second side cover 8b on the handle 2 side. An adjustment lever 5 for controlling the motor 12 in a plurality of stages is supported on the upper front portion of the support portion of the handle 2 in a swingable manner. A clutch operating member 11 is swingably disposed behind the adjustment lever 5. The clutch operating member 11 is a member for turning on / off a clutch (not shown) that turns on / off driving transmission of the handle 2 and the motor 12 and the spool 10. When this clutch is turned on, the yarn unwinding operation can be stopped during the unwinding of the yarn due to its own weight. A cord connector 14 for connecting a power cable is mounted downward on the first side cover 8a opposite to the handle 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the upper cover 9 is a cover member that covers the periphery of the counter case 4 from the front part to the rear part of the frame 7, and the rear part also functions as a thumb rest. The upper cover 9 is fixed to the counter case 4 and the frame 7 by six bolt members (not shown) inserted from below. When the upper cover 9 is attached to the counter case 4, the upper cover 9 is formed in a shape that covers an upper portion of a protruding portion 4 b of the counter case 4 described later. Here, a head 70 a of a bolt member 70, which will be described later, exposed on the upper surface of the protruding portion 4 b can be closed by the upper cover 9. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper cover 9 is formed with a horizontally long opening 9a for passing a fishing line at the front portion. A rod mounting leg portion 7d for mounting the electric reel on the fishing rod is formed on the lower connecting member 7c.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a counter case 4 that displays the depth of the device attached to the tip of the fishing line is fixed to the connecting member 7 c at the top of the reel body 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the upper connecting member 7 c has two boss portions 7 e formed on the upper surface so as to protrude upward. The two boss portions 7e are arranged at an interval on the upper surface of the upper connecting member 7c. The boss portion 7e has a female screw portion 7f that opens upward. The female screw portion 7f can be screwed with a male screw portion 70b of a bolt member 70 described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 7, and 8, the counter case 4 has a bolt member 70 from above the counter case 4 to a boss portion 7 e that protrudes upward from the upper surface of the upper connecting member 7 c. The counter case 4 is fixed to the upper connecting member 7c.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the counter case 4 includes a housing-like case main body 4a, two protrusions 4b formed on both sides of the case main body 4a so as to protrude sideways, and a protrusion 4b. And a through hole 4c penetrating in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the protruding portion 4 b is a cylindrical portion that is slightly larger than the head portion 70 a of the bolt member 70, and the upper surface of the protruding portion 4 b when the bolt member 70 is inserted into the through hole 4 c. Further, the head portion 70a of the bolt member 70 can be contacted. The length of the protrusion 4b in the vertical direction is shorter than the length of the boss 7e in the vertical direction. When the bolt member 70 is inserted into the through hole 4c, the bolt member extends downward from the protrusion 4b. The male screw portion 70b of 70 can be reliably screwed into the female screw portion 7f of the boss portion 7e.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the bolt member 70 is mounted from the upper side of the projecting portion 4 b, and has a head 70 a that contacts the upper surface of the projecting portion 4 b and a smaller diameter than the head 70 a at the tip of the head 70 a. And a male screw portion 70b that passes through the through hole 4c and is screwed into the female screw portion 7f of the boss portion 7e. Here, the two bolt members 70 pass through the two through holes 4c of the two protruding portions 4b and are screwed into the two female screw portions 7f of the two boss portions 7e.

  To attach the counter case 4 to the upper connecting member 7c of the reel body 1, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the counter case 4 is placed on the upper surface of the upper connecting member 7c. The two bolt members 70 are passed through the two through holes 4c from the upper side of the two projecting portions 4b of the case 4, and the male screw portions 70b of the two bolt members 70 are projected to the upper side of the upper connecting member 7c. The counter case 4 is fixed to the upper connecting member 7c by being screwed into the two female screw portions 7f of the two boss portions 7e.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the counter case 4 is placed on the front upper part of the reel body 1 and is fixed to the first side plate 7 a and the second side plate 7 b of the reel body 1. A display unit 62 having a liquid crystal display is provided on the upper surface of the counter case 4, and a control unit that performs various controls (not shown) is provided inside the counter case 4.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an opening 4 d for taking out a lead wire (not shown) for wiring to various electrical components to the outside of the counter case 4 is formed on the side of the counter case 4. A rectangular plate-like member 80 larger than the opening 4d is mounted and fixed to the opening 4d from the back side of the counter case 4. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, a plurality of circular through holes 80 a are formed in the plate-like member 80, and lead wires can be inserted into these through holes 80 a. As shown in FIG. 9, in the through hole 80a, four slightly larger circular through holes are arranged on the front side (left side in FIG. 9), and six slightly smaller circular through holes are arranged on the rear side (right side in FIG. 9). ing. Here, since the lead wire can be positioned by inserting the lead wire into the through hole 80a, the waterproof treatment by the silicon coking process can be performed stably after the lead wire is inserted into the through hole 80a. .

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, an inching roll-up switch SW1, a mode changeover switch SW2, and a 0 set switch SW3 are disposed behind the display unit 62.

  The inching hoisting switch SW1 is a switch for driving the motor 12 only while the switch is being operated to slightly hoist the fishing line.

  The mode switch SW2 is a switch for switching modes. Every time the mode changeover switch SW2 is operated, the mode is switched from the top (mode for displaying the depth of the device by the depth from the water surface) and from the bottom (mode for displaying the depth of the device by the depth from the bottom of the water). Further, when the mode changeover switch SW2 is pressed and held for 3 seconds or longer, the mode shifts to a mode for changing the jogging hoisting speed, and the current jogging hoisting speed is blinked and displayed in a timer speed display area 62c of the display unit 62 described later. Then, the jogging hoisting speed is set by increasing / decreasing the jogging hoisting speed according to the number of swinging operations of the adjusting lever 5 in the front-rear direction or pressing the mode changeover switch SW2, and operating the 0 set switch SW3. The timer speed display area 62c is turned on.

  The 0 set switch SW3 is a switch for resetting the counter to 0 when operated for 3 seconds or more.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 62 includes a three-digit water depth display area 62a arranged at the upper center, a three-digit memo water depth display area 62b arranged at the lower right, and a water depth display area 62a. And a two-digit timer speed display area 62c arranged at the lower left of the screen. Above the timer speed display area 62c of the display unit 62, there is a figure indicating “communication”, a letter “bottom” indicating the mode from the bottom, a letter “speed” indicating the speed mode, a figure indicating “battery status” The characters “Sosoi” representing the Sasaoi mode are displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the timer speed display area 62c displays the fishing line feed speed (rotation speed of the spool 10) when the rotation of the spool 10 in the fishing line feed direction is detected (when the fishing line is fed). The numerical value of the speed unit system obtained by calculation is displayed, and when the rotation of the spool 10 in the fishing line unwinding direction is not detected for a predetermined time or longer (when the rotation of the spool 10 in the fishing line unwinding direction stops), the motor 12 When the fishing line is not wound up by driving (when the motor 12 is stopped or manually wound by the handle 2), instead of the fishing line feeding speed, the elapsed time is in units of 1 minute such as 0, 1, 2 When the fishing line is being wound up by driving the motor 12, the elapsed time is displayed instead of the fishing line feeding speed and the elapsed time. The frequency, the position of the adjusting lever 5 is the speed of the motor 12 (number of stages), for example, is displayed in 31 stages. In the timer speed display area 62c, when the fishing line is being wound up by driving the motor 12, the position (number of stages) of the adjusting lever 5 which is the speed of the motor 12 is displayed with priority, and the rotation of the spool 10 in the fishing line feeding direction is displayed. Even when it is detected (when the fishing line is being fed), the fishing line feeding speed (the rotational speed of the spool 10) is not displayed. Further, in the timer speed display area 62c, the fishing line feed speed (the rotation speed of the spool 10) is displayed with priority, and the elapsed time is not displayed. In the timer speed display area 62c, the fishing line feeding speed and elapsed time are displayed blinking every second in a different color from the other display parts, and the position (number of steps) of the adjustment lever 5 that is the speed of the motor 12 is displayed with the other display parts. Similarly, it is lit and displayed.

  In the fishing reel having such a configuration, when the fishing line is fed out, the clutch is turned off by operating the clutch operating member 11 forward (rearward). When the clutch is turned off, the spool 10 is freely rotated, and the fishing line is fed out of the spool 10 by the weight of the weight attached to the fishing line. When the fishing line is fed out, the spool 10 rotates in the line feeding direction, and the water depth display on the display unit 62 changes according to the feeding amount by a detection pulse of a spool sensor (not shown). When the device reaches the shelf, the handle 2 is turned in the line winding direction to turn on the clutch by a clutch return mechanism (not shown) to stop the fishing line feeding.

  When there is a hit with a fish or the like, the adjustment lever 5 is operated to wind up the fishing line. When the adjusting lever 5 is swung clockwise in FIG. 1, the maximum speed of the spool 10 or the maximum tension acting on the fishing line can be set stepwise according to the swiveling angle.

  In such an electric reel, by attaching a bolt member 70 from above the protruding portion 4b of the counter case 4 to a boss portion 7e formed to protrude upward on the upper surface of the upper connecting member 7c of the reel body 1, The counter case 4 is fixed to the connecting member 7 c on the upper part of the reel body 1. Here, since the boss portion 7e is provided on the upper surface of the upper connecting member 7c of the reel body 1, it is not necessary to provide the boss portion on the counter case 4 as in the prior art. Can be kept small.

[Other Embodiments]
(A) In the above embodiment, the electric reel driven by the motor by the electric power supplied from the external power source has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the counter case 4 is provided on the upper surface of the frame 7. May be used, and a manually wound counter reel that rotates the spool 10 only by rotating the handle 2 may be used.

  (B) In the above-described embodiment, the through-holes 80a of the plate-like member 80 are a plurality of circular through-holes. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. Shaped through-holes.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reel body 2 Handle 3 Star drag 4 Counter case 4a Case body 4b Projection part 4c Through-hole 4d Opening part 5 Adjustment lever 7 Frame 7a First side plate 7b Second side plate 7c Connecting member 7d 竿 mounting leg part 7e Boss part 7f Female thread part 8a 1st side cover 8b 2nd side cover 9 Upper cover 9a Opening 10 Spool 11 Clutch operation member 12 Motor 13 Level wind mechanism 14 Code connector 62 Display part 62a Water depth display area 62b Memo water depth display area 62c Timer speed display area 70 Bolt member 70a Head 70b Male thread 80 Plate member 80a Through hole SW1 Jog winding switch SW2 Mode change switch SW3 0 Set switch

Claims (6)

A fishing reel counter case mounting structure for attaching a fishing reel counter case to the top of the reel body,
A boss portion formed on the upper surface of the reel body so as to protrude upward and having an internal thread portion that opens upward;
A through hole formed through the counter case in the vertical direction;
A head mounted from the upper side of the counter case and contacting the upper surface of the counter case, and a male screw formed at the tip of the head with a smaller diameter than the head and passing through the through hole and screwed into the female screw portion A fixing member having a portion;
Equipped with a,
The counter case has a projecting portion formed to project to the side and the through hole is formed to penetrate in the vertical direction,
The boss portion is disposed adjacent to a side portion of the counter case, and a tip portion of the boss portion abuts on the protruding portion;
Fishing reel counter case mounting structure. The reel body includes a frame member having a connecting member that is disposed at least at the top and connects both side portions, and a first side cover and a second side cover that cover both side portions of the frame member,
The boss portion is formed so as to protrude upward on the upper surface of the connecting member disposed at least at the upper portion,
2. A counter case mounting structure for a fishing reel according to claim 1. The vertical length of the protruding portion is shorter than the vertical length of the boss portion,
A counter case mounting structure for a fishing reel according to claim 1 or 2 . The reel body further includes an upper cover that is mounted around the counter case between the first side cover and the second side cover and covers the upper part of the protruding portion.
The counter case mounting structure for a fishing reel according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . The fishing reel is an electric reel that rotates a spool by a motor.
The counter case mounting structure for a fishing reel according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . The fishing reel is a manually wound counter reel that rotates the spool only by rotating the handle.
The counter case mounting structure for a fishing reel according to any one of claims 1 to 4 .

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