JP6215143B2 - Monitor case for electric reel - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a monitor case for an electric reel provided with a window for receiving the monitor of the electric reel and seeing through the monitor.

  Conventionally, as this type of electric reel monitor case, one using a through window formed in the case body for visual recognition of the monitor is known (for example, see Patent Document 1). Moreover, what welded by inserting the resin board in the penetration window is also known.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-108601 (FIG. 3, paragraph [0014])

  However, in the above-described conventional monitor case for an electric reel, water may be submerged from the gap between the monitor and the opening edge of the through window. On the other hand, in the case where a resin plate is fitted and welded to the through window, the waterproof property is improved, but there is a problem that the manufacturing takes time (that is, the productivity is low).

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a monitor case for an electric reel that has higher waterproofness and productivity than conventional ones.

The electric reel monitor case (31) according to the first aspect of the present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, closes the box-shaped case body (32) whose lower end is open and the lower end opening of the case body (32). The case main body (32) has a window lid (39) for seeing through the monitor (57) while accommodating the monitor (57) and the circuit board (59B). In the monitor case (31) for an electric reel , the cable outlet (37A, 37B) through which the cable (60, 63) connected to the circuit board (59B) passes is formed on the side surface of the case body (32) . An enclosing wall (51) that is formed in an annular shape that stands up from the bottom lid (50) and that is entirely closed, and is applied to the inside of the case body (32) in a state where a sealant is applied to the side surface, and an enclosing wall (51 ) Cable outlet ( 7A, 37B) is curved toward the side away from the cable outlet (37A, 37B), and the upper surface is closed by the circuit board (59B), and the circuit board (59B) in the cable (60, 63). And a sealing agent receiving portion (52) filled with a sealing agent, and the case body (32) including the window portion (39) is integrally formed of a transparent resin. It has the characteristics.

The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that two cable outlets (37A, 37B) and two sealant receiving portions (52) are provided on each of the left and right sides .

  In the monitor case (31) for an electric reel according to claim 1, since the entire case body (32) including the window portion (39) is integrally formed of a transparent resin, the water from the window portion (39) is completely immersed. This eliminates the need for a conventional welding process and increases the productivity.

The perspective view of the electric reel which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Top side perspective view of control unit Bottom perspective view of control unit Exploded perspective view of control unit Top view of the case body Bottom view of case body Side section of the case body

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows an example of an electric reel 10 that includes the electric reel monitor case 31 of the present embodiment (hereinafter simply referred to as “monitor case 31”) as one component. The reel support 11 of the electric reel 10 has a pair of side walls 12 and 12 facing each other in the left-right direction between the upper edge portions of the side walls 12 and 12 and between the lower edge portions. The structure that I contacted with is made. Further, a reel 15 is disposed between the upper bridge portion 13 and the lower bridge portion 14 and both ends thereof are rotatably supported by the side walls 12 and 12. Further, a motor, a battery, a clutch mechanism and the like (not shown) for driving the reel 15 are accommodated in the side walls 12 and 12. A handle 16 is provided on the outer surface of one of the side walls 12, and the handle 16 and the motor are connected to the reel 15 via a clutch mechanism. Further, a clutch operating portion 17 is passed between the front end portions of the side walls 12 and 12 and supported so as to be movable up and down, and the clutch mechanism can be turned on and off by operating the clutch operating portion 17.

  In addition, a recess 18 is formed in the center of the front end of the upper bridging portion 13, and a motor operation unit 19 is passed between opposing walls facing left and right across the recess 18 and is rotatably supported. The direction of rotation of the reel 15 by motor driving is switched depending on whether the motor operation unit 19 is rotated to one side or the other.

  A window portion 39 is provided on the upper surface of the upper bridge portion 13, and the monitor 57 (see FIG. 4) can be visually recognized through the window portion 39. Further, three operation buttons 69 are provided side by side on the upper surface of the upper bridge portion 13 in front of the window portion 39 (on the concave portion 18 side), and the display contents on the monitor 57 and the electric reel 10 are displayed by operating these operation buttons 69. Various settings can be changed.

  The window part 39 and the operation button 69 are provided as a part of the control unit 30 assembled to the upper bridge part 13. FIG. 2 shows the overall structure of the control unit 30. The control unit 30 is configured by housing the monitor 57, the first and second circuit boards 59A, 59B, etc. shown in FIG. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the monitor case 31 includes a box-shaped case main body 32 having an open lower end and a bottom lid 50 that closes the lower end opening of the case main body 32. As shown in FIG. 5, the side wall of the case body 32 includes a front side wall 34 and a rear side wall 35 that face each other in the front-rear direction, and a pair of lateral side walls 36, 36 that face each other in the left-right direction. The front side wall 34 and the rear side wall 35 are parallel to each other, and the rear side wall 35 is shorter than the front side wall 34 in the left-right direction. On the other hand, the pair of lateral side walls 36, 36 are parallel to each other on the front side wall 34 side, and are inclined so as to be bent in the middle and approach each other toward the rear side wall 35 side. The ceiling wall 33 covers the planar hexagonal space surrounded by the lateral side walls 36, 36, the front side wall 34 and the rear side wall 35 from above.

  In addition, a pair of mounting projections 34A and 34A are formed on the outer surface of the front side wall 34 so as to protrude side by side, and mounting holes 34B and 34B penetrating in the vertical direction are formed in the pair of mounting projections 34A and 34A. Has been. A pair of mounting projections 35A, 35A are also formed on the outer surface of the rear side wall 35 so as to protrude side by side, and mounting holes 35B, 35B penetrating vertically in the pair of mounting projections 35A, 35A are also provided. In addition, the attachment projections 35A and 35A are connected to each other by a communication bar 35C. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the cable outlets 37A and 37B are formed on both sides of the side wall 36 with the bent portion therebetween, and the opening protrusions 36T and 36B are formed from the opening edges of the cable outlets 37A and 37B. 36T protrudes, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 4, three upper surface holes 38 are formed in the ceiling wall 33 along the edge on the front side wall 34 side. As shown in FIG. 7, the opening edge protrusion 38 </ b> A protrudes from the opening edge of the upper surface hole 38 on the outer surface of the ceiling wall 33, while the extension cylinder portion 38 </ b> B protrudes from the opening edge of the upper surface hole 38 on the inner surface of the ceiling wall 33. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a pair of main fixing columns 43, 43 are provided inside the bent portions of the pair of lateral side walls 36, 36 in the outer edge of the inner surface of the ceiling wall 33. As shown in FIG. 7, the main fixed column 43 is formed by drilling a hole in the center of a cylindrical body that hangs down from the inner surface of the ceiling wall 33 to a position near the lower end of the lateral side wall 36. In addition, the lower end part of the main fixed support | pillar 43 is located below the upper opening edge of cable outlet 37A, 37B. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, sub-fixed support columns 42 are respectively provided on the side of the cable outlets 37A and 37B and between the adjacent upper surface holes 38 and 38 in the outer edge of the inner surface of the ceiling wall 33. It has been. As shown in FIG. 7, the sub-fixed columns 42 are formed by drilling holes in the center of the cylindrical body suspended from the inner surface of the ceiling wall 33, and the lower ends of the sub-fixed columns 42 are connected to the cable outlet 37 </ b> A, It is located above the upper opening edge of 37B and below the extended cylinder part 38B.

  Positioning protrusions 40 are formed at the left and right outer edge portions and the rear outer edge portions of the inner surface of the case main body 32 and the rear position between the adjacent extension cylinder portions 38B and 38B. The positioning protrusion 40 has a ridge structure protruding from the inner surface of the ceiling wall 33. The main fixing column 43 and the sub fixing column 42 adjacent thereto are formed so as to overlap the positioning protrusion 40.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a window 39 for seeing through the monitor 57 is provided on the outer surface of the ceiling wall 33 on the rear side of the upper surface hole 38 group. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 7, the window part 39 protrudes from the outer surface of the ceiling wall 33, and is thicker than the plate | board thickness of ceiling walls 33 other than the window part 39 (For example, it is about 2 times as thick as plate | board thickness) ) Furthermore, an inclined portion 39 </ b> A that gradually rises from the outer surface of the case body 32 is formed at the outer edge portion of the outer protruding portion 39 </ b> T protruding from the outer surface of the ceiling wall 33 in the window 39. Specifically, the inclined portion 39A has an angle of approximately 30 to 45 degrees with respect to the outer surface of the ceiling wall 33 between the intermediate position in the height direction of the side surface 39D of the outer protrusion 39T and the outer surface of the ceiling wall 33. A shape communicated by an inclined surface is formed, and a side surface 39D of the outer protruding portion 39T that is perpendicular to the outer surface of the ceiling wall 33 is left above the inclined portion 39A. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the outer protrusion 39T has a substantially quadrangular shape and the corners of the four corners are arcuate, and the corners of the four corners of the inclined part 39A are also arcuate. ing. Further, in FIG. 6, the window 39 is indicated by a broken line, and among the inner surface of the ceiling wall 33 shown in the same figure, the space between the window 39 and the positioning protrusion 40 is the packing holder according to the present invention. It is a contact portion 40A. Furthermore, the side surface of the positioning protrusion 40 rising from the packing contact portion 40A is a positioning step portion 40D according to the present invention.

  Now, the entire case body 32 is formed of a transparent resin (for example, acrylic) using an injection mold (not shown). The portion of the injection mold that molds the window portion 39 is mirror-finished, while the portion of the outer surface of the case main body 32 that is formed other than the window portion 39 is formed with fine irregularities (for example, wrinkles). Yes. As a result, surface irregularities (not shown) are formed on the outer surface of the case main body 32 so that portions other than the window portion 39 become translucent, and the inside of the case main body 32 can be viewed only through the window portion 39. . In addition, on the inner surface of the case main body 32, surface irregularities are formed only on the inner surfaces of the cable outlets 37A and 37B, and the sealing agent applied thereto is easily fixed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the bottom lid 50 has a structure in which the surrounding wall 51 is erected from the outer edge of the flat plate, and the surrounding wall 51 is provided inside the portion corresponding to the cable outlets 37 </ b> A and 37 </ b> B of the case body 32. The sealant receiving portions 52 are respectively formed so as to be curved. Further, a pair of coupling tube portions 53, 53 protrude upward from between the sealant receiving portions 52, 52 arranged in the front and rear direction on both sides of the bottom lid 50, and the central portion of these coupling tube portions 53. A through hole is formed in the.

  The above is the description of the monitor case 31 including the case main body 32 and the bottom lid 50. The components built in the monitor case 31 are as follows.

  The monitor 57 is mounted on the first circuit board 59 </ b> A with its lower part covered by the shield plate 58. Three switches (not shown) are mounted on the first circuit board 59 </ b> A adjacent to the front of the monitor 57 at a position corresponding to the upper surface hole 38 of the case body 32. The first circuit board 59A is provided with a pair of notches 59C and 59C for avoiding interference with the pair of main fixing columns 43 and 43 (see FIG. 6) of the case body 32, and the case. A plurality of attachment holes 59D corresponding to the plurality of sub-fixed support posts 42 (see FIG. 6) of the main body 32 are formed.

  In order to assemble the first circuit board 59A to the case main body 32, the frame-shaped packing 55 is laid inside the positioning protrusion 40 (see FIG. 6) on the inner surface of the ceiling wall 33 of the case main body 32, and the case main body. The three cap portions 56 </ b> A of the grommet 56 are inserted into the upper surface hole 38 from the inside of the 32. Then, the first circuit board 59 </ b> A is inserted into the case body 32. Then, the monitor 57 faces the window portion 39 with the outer edge portion of the monitor 57 being pressed against the packing 55, the three switches enter the cap portion 56A, and the aforementioned operation button 69 (see FIG. 1). Composed. In this state, the screw B1 passed through the attachment hole 59D is fastened to the sub-fixing support 42 of the case body 32, and the first circuit board 59A is fixed to the case body 32.

  Next, the signal cable 60 and the power cable 63 are connected to both sides of the lower surface of the second circuit board 59 </ b> B, and the second circuit board 59 </ b> B is inserted into the case body 32. Then, after the sealing agent is applied to the inside of the sealing agent receiving portion 52 and the outer periphery of the surrounding wall 51, the surrounding wall 51 is fitted into the case main body 32. Then, the pair of signal cables 60 and power cables 63 in the second circuit board 59B are buried in the sealant of the sealant receiving part 52 in a state where they are accommodated in the left and right cable outlets 37A and 37B of the case body 32, respectively. The lower end portions of the main fixing columns 43 and 43 in the case main body 32 are fitted into the coupling tube portions 53 and 53 of the bottom cover 50. Therefore, the bottom lid 50 is fixed in a state in which the lower surface opening of the case main body 32 is closed by screwing the screw B2 inserted into the coupling cylinder portions 53, 53 from below into the main fixing column 43. Thereby, the control unit 30 is completed.

  The control unit 30 is received by the upper surface recess 11A (see FIG. 1) provided in the upper bridging portion 13 of the reel support 11 and is passed through the mounting holes 34B and 35B (see FIG. 5) by screws (not shown). Fixed to. Before the control unit 30 is fixed, one power cable 63 of the control unit 30 is connected to the motor, and the other power cable 63 is connected to a connector terminal for an external power source provided on the reel support 11. Further, the magnetic sensor 61 provided at the tip of one signal cable 60 is disposed opposite to the magnet provided at the end of the motor operation unit 19 (see FIG. 1) in the upper bridge portion 13. As a result, the detected angle of the motor operation unit 19 is taken into the control unit 30. In addition, a predetermined sensor 62 provided at the tip of the other signal cable 60 is disposed to face a movable portion (not shown) in the reel support 11, whereby predetermined information is taken into the control unit 30.

  Then, the decorative cover 20 made of resin is mounted on the upper surface of the control unit 30 (that is, the upper surface of the case body 32 in the monitor case 31), and the upper surface recess 11A of the reel support 11 is closed. Then, the operation button 69 group protrudes above the decorative cover 20 through the three round holes 22 formed in the decorative cover 20, and the outer protruding portion 39 </ b> T is fitted into the through window 21 formed in the decorative cover 20, thereby opening the window portion. The outer surface of 39 and the outer surface of the decorative cover 20 are substantially flush with each other.

  The decorative cover 20 is provided with a plurality of types of different colors, and any desired decorative cover 20 can be selected and attached to the case body 32 to meet the user's preference. Further, the electric reel having a size different from that of the electric reel 10 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a decorative cover having a through window 21 and a round hole 22 having the same size and arrangement as the decorative cover 20 described above. As a result, the monitor case 31 of the present embodiment can be used between electric reels of different sizes.

  This completes the description of the configuration of the monitor case 31 of the present embodiment. Next, the function and effect of the monitor case 31 will be described. In the monitor case 31 of the present embodiment, the entire case main body 32 including the window portion 39 is integrally formed of a transparent resin, so that water from the window portion 39 is completely eliminated, and the waterproofness is higher than the conventional case. The conventional welding process becomes unnecessary, and the productivity increases. Moreover, since the window part 39 protrudes from the outer surface of the case main body 32 and is thick, the window part 39 can be strengthened without disturbing the visibility of the window part 39. Furthermore, an inclined portion 39A is provided on the outer edge of the outer protrusion 39T of the window 39 that protrudes from the outer surface of the case body 32, and the window 39 on the inner surface of the case body 32 and the surrounding packing contact By making the portion 40A flush with each other, the resin flow becomes smooth when the case body 32 is resin-molded, and the shape quality of the monitor case 31 is stabilized. Further, since the periphery of the window 39 is translucent, the scratches are not noticeable. Furthermore, since a plurality of types of decorative covers 20 can be arbitrarily selected and attached to the case body 32, the monitor case 31 can be shared among the electric reels 10 having different appearances, and productivity is improved in this respect as well. To do.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the embodiments described below are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, and various other than the following can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. It can be changed and implemented.

  (1) In the above embodiment, the monitor case 31 is covered with the decorative cover 20, but the monitor case 31 may be used without being covered with the decorative cover.

  (2) In the embodiment described above, the portion of the case body 32 other than the window portion 39 is translucent, but the entire case body may be transparent. Moreover, you may cover parts other than a window part among case main bodies with a coating material or a decorating sheet. In addition, the part other than the window part of the case body is made translucent, or the part other than the window part of the case body is covered with paint or a decorative sheet, so that the light from the monitor case other than the window part can enter the monitor case. It is possible to prevent the light entering from the window, the light from the LED for the LCD backlight, and the like from being diffusely reflected in the monitor case, so that the visibility of the monitor can be maintained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Electric reel 20 Decoration cover 31 Monitor case for electric reels 32 Case main body 39 Window part 39A Inclined part 39T Outer protrusion part 40A Packing contact part 40D Positioning step part 50 Bottom cover 55 Packing 57 Monitor 59A 1st circuit board 59B 2nd circuit substrate

Claims (2)

It has a box-shaped case main body (32) having an open lower end and a bottom lid (50) for closing the lower end opening of the case main body (32), and accommodates a monitor (57) and a circuit board (59B). In addition, the case main body (32) is provided with a window portion (39) for seeing through the monitor (57), and the cable outlet (through the cables (60, 63) connected to the circuit board (59B) ( 37A, 37B) is an electric reel monitor case (31) formed on the side surface of the case body (32) .
An encircling wall (51) that has an annular shape that stands up from the bottom lid (50) and is entirely closed, and is fitted inside the case body (32) in a state where a sealing agent is applied to the side surface;
The position facing the cable outlet (37A, 37B) in the surrounding wall (51) is curved to the side away from the cable outlet (37A, 37B), and the upper surface is formed by the circuit board (59B). A sealing agent receiving portion (52) that is closed to receive a connection portion of the cable (60, 63) with the circuit board (59B) and is filled with a sealing agent;
The electric reel monitor case (31), wherein the entire case body (32) including the window (39) is integrally formed of a transparent resin. The monitor case (31) for electric reels according to claim 1, wherein two cable outlets (37A, 37B) and two sealant receiving portions (52) are provided on each of the left and right sides .