JP6538001B2 - Fishing reel - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fishing reel.

  The fishing reel is provided with a drag device that applies a braking force to a spool around which a fishing line is wound. According to this drag device, it is possible to weaken the fish by preventing the fish line from being cut by the rapid pulling in of the fish, preventing the break of the fish, and fighting with the fish (repetition of winding and drawing).

Further, the fishing reel is mounted with a sound generation device for notifying an angler of an operating state of the drag device (a state where a load greater than the braking force of the drag device acts and the spool is rotated).
In the sound generation device of Patent Document 1, a sound generation body fixed to a drag washer by a rotation prevention fitting, a striking member fixed to a drive gear and rotated with the drive gear, and biasing the striking member toward the sound production body And a biasing member. Then, when the drive gear rotates by pulling in the fish, the striking member strikes the sounding body and a click sound is generated.

JP, 2015-92830, A

However, according to the above technology, when the drag washer is moved in the handle shaft direction (hereinafter simply referred to as “axial direction”) by the strong and weak adjustment of the braking force of the drag device, the sounding body axially follows the drag washer. Displace.
For this reason, the urging force acting on the striking member increases or decreases (changes), and the magnitude and timbre of the click sound are not constant. As a result, it was difficult for the angler to accurately grasp the degree of pulling by the fish.

  The present invention is created to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fishing reel provided with a sound producing device capable of producing a certain click sound.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the fishing reel according to the present invention comprises a drive gear which is rotatably frictionally coupled to a handle shaft, and is rotationally fitted with the handle shaft, and is slid in the handle shaft direction A free drag washer, and a sound generating device that generates sound by relative rotation between the drive gear and the drag washer, wherein the ring sound generating member rotationally engaged with the drag washer and the drive gear rotate together A striking member for striking the one surface side of the sounding body, and a retaining member disposed on the other surface side of the sounding body, wherein the drag washer is movable in the handle shaft direction with respect to the sounding body And the sounding body is positioned by being pressed by the striking member to abut on the retaining member.

  According to the invention, even if the strength of the braking force of the drag device is adjusted, the sounding body does not follow the drag washer, so the biasing force acting on the striking member becomes constant. Therefore, the magnitude and timbre of the click sound are also constant, and the angler can accurately grasp the degree of pulling of the fish.

  Further, in the above invention, the retaining member may be configured to be attached to the drive gear and face the other surface side of the sounding body so as to be abuttable.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to reduce the possibility of the sounding body falling off from the drive gear.

  Further, in the above invention, the sound-producing body and the drag washer may be configured to be separated from each other and integrally rotatable so as to be movable in the axial direction by the recess and the protrusion.

  In the above invention, preferably, the retaining member is a ring-shaped elastic member (snap ring).

Here, in the case where the retaining member is a lid member covering the sound producing body, the sound producing body is covered by the lid member so that the click sound is likely to be heard.
However, according to the snap ring, since the entire sounding body is not covered, the click sound is likely to be heard and the tone of the click sound is further enhanced. Therefore, the angler can grasp the pulling condition of the fish more accurately.

  As described above, according to the invention described above, it is possible to provide a fishing reel provided with a sound generation device which is not susceptible to the adjustment of the braking force of the drag device and can generate a constant click sound.

It is the schematic of the reel for fishing of this embodiment. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the drive gear, the drag device, and the sound generation device taken along the handle axis. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a drag device and a sound generation device. It is the figure which looked at a drive gear, a drag apparatus, and a sound production apparatus from the handle side. It is the perspective view which looked the sounding body from the striking member side. (A) is a figure which shows the state before adjusting the clamping force of drag force, (b) is a figure which shows the state after adjusting the damping force of drag force.

  The fishing reel according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings as appropriate. In the description of the embodiment, when referring to “front and rear” and “left and right”, the direction shown in FIG. 1 is used as a reference.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the reel body 2 of the fishing reel 1 is mounted on the left frame 2a and the right frame 2b constituting the side frames and the left frame 2a and the right frame 2b mounted via the seal material. A plate 3a and a right side plate 3b are provided.

Each of the left frame 2a and the right frame 2b is fixed to both ends of a plurality of columns (not shown) extending in the left-right direction, and the left frame 2a and the right frame 2b are integrated in a state of being separated in the left-right direction.
Between the left frame 2a and the right frame 2b, a spool 5a on which a fishing line is wound is provided.
A level wind mechanism 50 is provided between the left frame 2a and the right frame 2b and in front of the spool 5a to equalize the fishing line wound around the spool 5a.

The spool 5a is attached to a spool shaft 5 rotatably supported by a bearing. The right end portion of the spool 5a axis is located in a space (gear box) between the right frame 2b and the right side plate 3b, and an engagement pin 5b is provided.
The engagement pin 5b is a rod-like member which penetrates the spool shaft 5 in the radial direction, and when engaged with a fitting portion 12c of the pinion 12 described later, the rotational driving force of the handle 6a is transmitted to the spool shaft 5. The spool 5a rotates.

  The level wind mechanism 50 includes a screw shaft 51 rotatably mounted between the left frame 2a and the right frame 2b, a guide cylinder 52 covering the screw shaft 51, and a fishing line guide body sliding on the outer peripheral surface of the guide cylinder 52. And 53.

  The screw shaft 51 is a substantially cylindrical component having a spiral groove 51a formed on the outer peripheral surface. The right end portion of the screw shaft 51 is disposed in a space (gear box) between the right frame 2b and the right side plate 3b, and the interlocking gear 15a is fixed. The interlocking gear 15a meshes with the transmission gear 7 which rotates integrally with the drive gear 11. The screw shaft 51 is rotated by the operation of the handle 6a.

An elongated hole (not shown) extending in the axial direction is formed in the guide cylinder 52, and the spiral groove 51a of the screw shaft 51 accommodated inside is exposed from the elongated hole. The fishing line guide body 53 is provided with a slider (not shown) inserted into the long hole of the guide cylinder 52 and engaged with the spiral groove 51a.
Then, when the screw shaft 51 is rotated by the operation of the handle 6a, the fishing line guide body 53 reciprocates left and right along the long hole. Therefore, the fishing line wound around the spool 5a is equally distributed in the left-right direction.

  In the gearbox, a power transmission mechanism 10 for transmitting the rotational drive force of the handle 6a to the spool shaft 5 and the level wind mechanism 50, and a known clutch mechanism for switching the power transmission mechanism 10 between the power transmission state and the power interruption state And 40 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the power transmission mechanism 10 includes a handle shaft 6 to which a handle 6a is fixed, a ratchet 8 which is rotationally fixed to the handle shaft 6, a transmission gear 7 which meshes with an interlocking gear 15a, and a handle The drive gear 11 rotatably and frictionally coupled to the shaft 6 and the pinion 12 meshing with the drive gear 11 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the left end portion of the handle shaft 6 is supported by a bearing 9b provided on the right frame 2b. The bearing 9 b is engaged with the ring-shaped retaining member 9 a so as not to come off. Further, the ratchet 8, the transmission gear 7 and the drive gear 11 disposed closer to the handle 6 a than the bearing 9 b are also prevented from falling off the handle shaft 6.
Further, a lining washer 7 a is interposed between the transmission gear 7 and the ratchet 8 so that the ratchet 8 does not directly contact the transmission gear 7. As a result, when the drive gear 11 and the transmission gear 7 rotate relative to the handle shaft 6, it is difficult to receive the frictional force with the ratchet 8.

The ratchet 8 has a sawtooth shape and transmits the rotational driving force of the winding operation of the handle 6a to a clutch mechanism 40, which will be described later, as known, engages with a claw member to prevent reverse rotation of the handle shaft 6 It is a gear to do it.
Further, on the right surface of the drive gear 11, a housing portion 13 for housing a drag device 20 and a sound generation device 30, which will be described later, is formed (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

As shown in FIG. 1, the pinion 12 is rotatably supported by bearings provided on the right frame 2 b and the right side plate 3 b, and is coaxially disposed with the spool shaft 5. At an end portion of the pinion 12, a fitting portion 12 c that can be fitted to an engagement pin 5 b formed at an end portion of the spool shaft 5 is formed.
The pinion 12 is axially movable along a pressing shaft 12 a inserted into the pinion 12. For this reason, the power transmission state (clutch ON) in which the engagement pin 5b and the fitting portion 12c are fitted due to the movement of the pinion 12, and the power blocking state in which the engagement pin 5b and the fitting portion 12c are not fitted It is possible to switch to the clutch OFF).

  The clutch mechanism 40 includes a clutch driving member 44 that rotates in conjunction with the operation of the clutch lever 43 and the handle 6 a, and a movable member 45 that engages with the circumferential groove 12 b of the pinion 12.

The clutch driving member 44 is formed with a cam surface 44 a that protrudes toward the movable member 45. The cam surface 44a is configured to press the movable member 45 toward the right side plate 3b when the clutch driving member 44 is rotated in conjunction with the downward pressing operation of the clutch lever 43.
When the movable member 45 moves toward the right side plate 3b, the pinion 12 engaged with the movable member 45 also moves toward the right side plate 3b, and the engagement between the engagement pin 5b and the fitting portion 12c is released. The transmission mechanism 10 is switched to the power off state (clutch OFF).
Although not shown in particular, the clutch drive member 44 is configured to rotate in the direction in which the pressing by the cam surface 44a is released when the drive force of the ratchet 8 is transmitted by the operation of the handle 6a.

The movable member 45 is movable in the left-right direction along the support pin 46 fixed to the right frame 2b. Further, the support pin 46 is provided with a coil spring (not shown) that biases the movable member 45 to the left.
Then, when the clutch driving member 44 is rotated by the operation of the handle 6a and the pressing by the cam surface 44a is released, the movable member 45 is pressed toward the right frame 2b by the coil spring. Then, the pinion 12 is pressed by the movable member 45 toward the spool shaft 5, the fitting portion 12c is fitted to the engagement pin 5b, and the power transmission mechanism 10 is switched to the power transmission state (clutch ON).

Then, when the power transmission mechanism 10 is in the power transmission state (clutch ON), the force acting on the fishing line due to the pulling-in of the fish is transmitted to the drive gear 11 via the spool 5a, the spool shaft 5 and the pinion 12.
Here, the drive gear 11 is frictionally coupled to the handle shaft 6 whose reverse rotation is prevented via the drag device 20. Therefore, when the force transmitted to the drive gear 11 is larger than the frictional engagement force (the braking force) with the drag device 20, the drive gear 11 rotates around the handle shaft 6.
As a result, when the force for pulling in the fish is very large, the spool 5a is rotated to draw the fishing line, thereby preventing the fishing line from being cut. The handle shaft 6 is prevented by the roller type one-way clutch K and the ratchet 8 from reverse rotation associated with fishing line withdrawal.

  Next, a drag device 20 for applying a braking force to the drive gear 11 and a sound generation device for notifying an angler that the spool 5a (drive gear 11) is rotated by applying a load greater than the brake force of the drag device 20 30 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the drag device 20 is inserted into the star drag 21 (see FIG. 1) for pressing the parts inserted through the handle shaft 6 toward the drive gear 11 and the handle shaft 6 And a braking portion 22 (see FIG. 2) to be pressed by the drag 21.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the star drag 21 is screwed into a screw groove formed on the outer peripheral surface of the handle shaft 6, and moves in the axial direction by a rotational operation. The pressing force by the star drag 21 is transmitted to the braking portion 22 via the bearing 21a and the cylindrical member 21b (see FIG. 2).

As shown in FIG. 2, the braking portion 22 includes a drag washer 23 pressed by the cylindrical member 21 b and a lining material 28 interposed between the drag washer 23 and the drive gear 11.
Further, the drag washer 23 and the lining material 28 are disposed in the housing portion 13 of the drive gear 11.

The outer peripheral surface of the braking portion 22 (drag washer 23, lining material 28) and the inner peripheral surface 13a of the housing portion 13 are separated from each other, and the distance is L1. In other words, a ring-shaped space S is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the braking portion 22 and the inner peripheral surface 13 a of the housing portion 13.
Further, the distance L1 is formed to have the same size as the diameter of a case 33 of the sound producing device 30, which will be described later.
That is, the case 33 can be disposed in the space S between the outer peripheral surface of the braking portion 22 and the inner peripheral surface 13 a of the housing portion 13. Further, when the drive gear 11 is rotated by pulling in the fish, the case 33 orbits the outer peripheral side (space S) of the braking portion 22.

  The drag washer 23 is a member in which a ring plate-shaped main body portion 24 and a cylindrical protruding portion 25 protruding rightward from the center portion of the main body portion 24 are integrally formed.

The main body portion 24 is a portion for receiving the pressing force of the star drag 21 and pressing the lining material 28 against the bottom surface of the housing portion 13 of the drive gear 11.
An outer peripheral groove portion 26 formed by cutting out an outer peripheral edge is provided on the right surface 24 a of the main body portion 24.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the outer circumferential groove portion 26 has an arc shape as viewed from the axial direction (left and right direction), and four outer circumferential groove portions 26 are formed in the circumferential direction. Therefore, for example, four protrusions 27 extending in the axial direction (left and right direction) between the outer peripheral groove portions 26 are formed in the main body portion 24.

  The right half of the outer peripheral portion of the drag washer 23 is formed with the outer peripheral groove 26 and the protrusion 27 as described above, but the left half of the outer peripheral is not cut away, and the lining material 28 is used. It is pressing. Hereinafter, the left half of the outer peripheral portion of the drag washer 23 is referred to as a pressing portion 26 a.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the center hole 25a of the protrusion 25 is formed by a pair of flat surfaces 25b, 25b and a pair of arc surfaces 25c, 25c. That is, the cross-sectional shape of the central hole 25a has a substantially oval shape, and the drag washer 23 is rotatably engaged with the handle shaft 6 so as to be movable in the axial direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the sound producing device 30 has a ring plate shape, a sound producing body 31 disposed on the outer peripheral side of the drag washer 23, and a retaining member 32 disposed on the right side of the sound producing body 31. And a bottomed cylindrical case 33 disposed to the left of the sounding body 31, and a coil spring 34 and a striking member 35 housed in the case 33.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, one surface side (inner side surface) of the sounding body 31 is a sound generating unit 36 that generates a click sound when struck by the striking member 35 and a portion on the inner peripheral side of the sound generating unit 36 The washer 23 and the inner circumferential portion 37 engaged with the rotation prevention are provided.
Further, the other surface side (outside surface) of the sounding body 31 can be viewed from the handle 6 a side. For this reason, the retaining member 32 described later can be brought into contact with the other surface side (outside surface) of the sounding body 31.

  On the left surface of the sound producing portion 36, a plurality of convex portions 36a protruding leftward and concave portions 36b recessed rightward are alternately formed in the circumferential direction.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, on the inner peripheral surface of the inner peripheral portion 37 of the sounding body 31, a recess 38 which is recessed outward in the radial direction is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the projection 27 (convex part) of the drag washer 23 is inserted into the concave part 38, and the sounding part 36 is integrally engaged with the drag washer 23 so as to prevent rotation (engagement with the concave part Engagement of the projections).
Therefore, even if a load in the circumferential direction acts on the sounding body 31, the recess 36b engages with the projection 27 and the sounding body 31 does not rotate.
On the other hand, the recess 38 and the protrusion 27 (convex) are formed to be movable in the axial direction (left and right direction).
Therefore, although the sound producing body 31 and the drag washer 23 are separately configured and integrally rotate together in the rotational direction, the sound producing body 31 does not follow even if the drag washer 23 moves in the axial direction.

The retaining member 32 is a member for positioning the rotatable sounding body 31 from the inside of the housing portion 13 of the drive gear 11 and preventing the sounding body 31 from falling off.
As shown in FIG. 3, the retaining member 32 is a ring-shaped elastic locking member, and is a snap ring in which four bent portions 32 a are formed by bending the rod-like member four times.
As shown in FIG. 4, the retaining member 32 is detachably engaged with the drive gear 11 by the four bent portions 32 a and the both end portions 32 b entering the engagement grooves 13 b of the inner peripheral surface 13 a of the housing portion 13. It is correct.
Further, in the retaining member 32, a linear portion 32 c linearly extending between the four bent portions 32 a and the both end portions 32 b is located in the housing portion 13 of the drive gear 11.
Thus, the straight portion 32c can be viewed from the handle 6a side.
That is, the straight portion 32 overlaps with the sound producing portion 36 of the sound producing body 31, and can be in contact with the other side surface (outer side surface) of the sound producing portion 36.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the case 33 is fitted in the hole 13 c on the bottom surface of the drive gear 11 and is integral with the drive gear 11. Therefore, when the drive gear 11 rotates by pulling in the fish, the case 33 pivots about the handle shaft 6.

  The coil spring 34 is accommodated in the case 33 in a state of being compressed in the axial direction (left and right direction). In other words, as shown in FIG. 6A, in a state where the striking member 35 is in contact with the sounding body 31, the coil spring 34 biases the striking member 35 to the right (the handle 6a side in FIG. 1). (See arrow A). For this reason, the sounding body 31 is positioned so as to be in contact with the straight portion 32 c of the retaining member 32.

Next, an operation example of the drag device 20 and the sound generation device 30 will be described.
When the drive gear 11 rotates due to retraction by the fish, the striking member 35 rotates in the same direction as the drive gear 11, that is, moves in the circumferential direction, and alternately abuts on the convex portion 36a and the concave portion 36b of the sounding body 31 ).
Here, when the striking member 35 abuts on the convex portion 36 a of the sounding body 31, the striking member 35 is pressed by the convex portion 36 a and moves to the drive gear 11 side. Then, when the drive gear 11 is further rotated, the striking member 35 strikes the recess 36 b and a click sound is generated.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the drag washer 23 moves to the drive gear 11 side by the rotation operation of the star drag 21 (see arrow B), the force pressing the lining material 28 against the drive gear 11 increases. . For this reason, the frictional force (braking force) of the lining material 28 and the drive gearwheel 11 increases, and the drive gearwheel 11 becomes difficult to rotate.

  Further, even if the drag washer 23 moves in the axial direction, the sounding body 31 is axially positioned and regulated with respect to the drive gear 11 and does not follow the drag washer 23, so the sounding body 31 is pressed by the striking member 35 (See arrow A), held in a constant state in contact with the retaining member 32.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the amount of compression of the coil spring 33 is kept constant and the biasing force acting on the striking member 35 is also constant regardless of the strength adjustment of the braking force of the drag device 20. As a result, the magnitude and timbre of the click sound become constant, and the angler can accurately grasp the pulling condition of the fish.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the retaining member 32 is a ring-shaped elastic locking member for restricting the movement in the axial direction, for example, a snap ring, and the entire housing portion 13 of the drive gear 11 (the sounding body 31 Not to cover the whole).
Here, although it is possible to prevent the sounding body 31 from being removed by a lid member that covers the housing portion 13 of the drive gear 11, since the click sound generated from the sounding body 31 becomes a sound that sounds Not very desirable in terms of
However, according to the retaining member 32 of the present embodiment, since the sounding body 31 is largely exposed from the housing portion 13 of the drive gear 11, in addition to the feature not affected by the strength adjustment of the braking force of the drag device 20. Furthermore, the click sound is likely to be heard, and the tone of the click sound is further enhanced.
Although the retaining member 32 has been described as a ring-shaped elastic locking member (snap ring), for example, a screw member is screwed around the upper end face of the drive gear 11, and sound generation is performed on the inner surface of the head of the screw member. The body 31 may be retained, and the retaining member 32 may be engaged with the other surface side of the sound producing body 31 to restrict the axial direction, and a specific locking structure is not particularly limited.

  Further, the drag washer 23 of the present embodiment includes the pressing portion 26a (see FIGS. 2 and 6). For this reason, the drag washer 23 according to the present embodiment presses the lining material 28 more than the case where the pressing portion 26a is not provided, in other words, the case where the outer peripheral portion of the drag washer 23 is notched completely in the axial direction. The area is large. Therefore, an excellent braking force can be exhibited.

As mentioned above, although this embodiment was described, the present invention is not limited to the example of an embodiment.
The drag device 20 according to the present embodiment is configured to exert a braking force by pressing the lining material 28 against the drive gear 11 with the drag washer 23, but a brake plate engaged with the drive gear 11 may be known as The braking force may be exhibited by forming a plurality of sheets, and the structure of the braking portion is appropriately set.
Further, although the coil spring 34 is used to apply a biasing force to the striking member 35 in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a flat spring is used as the striking member 35, the striking member (flat spring) 35 may be deformed to exert an urging force by its elastic deformation.
Furthermore, the engagement configuration of the sounding body 31 and the drag washer 23 (a configuration in which axial movement and mutual detent rotation are possible mutually) is limited to the shape, number, arrangement position, etc. of the recess 38 and the protrusion 27 described above. It is set appropriately.

Reference Signs List 1 fishing reel 6 handle shaft 11 drive gear 13 concave portion 20 drag device 22 braking portion 23 drag washer 27 projecting portion 30 sound producing unit 31 sounding body 32 retaining member 35 striking member 36 sound producing portion 38 recessed portion

Claims (4)

A drive gear rotatably and frictionally coupled to the handle shaft;
A drag washer that is rotationally fitted to the handle shaft and is slidable in the handle axial direction;
A sound generation device that generates sound by relative rotation between the drive gear and the drag washer;
Equipped with
An annular sounding body rotationally engaged with the drag washer;
A striking member that rotates with the drive gear and strikes one side of the sound generator;
A retaining member disposed on the other side of the sound generator;
Equipped with
The drag washer is movable in the handle shaft direction with respect to the sound producing body,
The fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein the sound-producing body is pressed by the striking member to abut the positioning member.   The fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein the retaining member is attached to the drive gear and faces the other surface of the sounding body so as to be in contact therewith.   The fishing reel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sound-producing body and the drag washer are configured separately from each other so as to integrally move so as to be movable in the axial direction by the recess and the protrusion.   The fishing reel according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the retaining member is a ring-shaped elastic locking member.

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