JP7303099B2 - Fishing reel handle and fishing reel - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fishing reel used for fishing, and more particularly to a fishing reel handle and a fishing reel that are rotated during a fishing line winding operation.

Conventionally, in fishing reels represented by, for example, spinning reels and double-bearing reels, a knob portion (handle knob) of a handle is used in order to improve the operability of winding the fishing line and the actual fishing operation (shaking, etc.). In recent years, efforts have been made to reduce the weight and improve operability and grip.

The handle knob is a part that is mainly pinched by the thumb and forefinger, and Patent Document 1 discloses that an opening is formed in a part of the pinching area (part of the surface) of the handle knob, and a handle arm is formed in this part. A configuration is disclosed in which a part of a cylindrical shaft arranged rotatably with respect to a support shaft attached to the tip of the finger is exposed and is brought into contact with the abdomen of the finger. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a configuration in which a handle knob is rotatably supported by a support shaft attached to the tip of a handle arm, and an approximately elliptical opening (recess) is formed in the handle knob to expose the support shaft. is disclosed. In any of the handle knobs described above, when held between the thumb and forefinger, the belly of the knob can come into contact with the cylinder shaft and the support shaft, making it possible to sense the signal of the fish transmitted through the fishing rod.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-61123 Patent No. 5739798

The structure disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 only exposes a part of the outer surface of the cylindrical shaft which is covered with the knob main body on the outer peripheral surface and is rotatably attached to the supporting shaft so as to prevent the knob from coming off. There is a problem that the handle cannot be sufficiently achieved, and the steering wheel rotates carelessly due to its own weight. In addition, in the configuration disclosed in Patent Document 2, the finger abdomen can be brought into contact with the support shaft through the opening. There is a problem that the friction between the two parts increases, causing a sense of incompatibility and poor operability. In addition, there is a distance between the surface of the handle knob and the surface of the spindle (the knob is thick), and the finger only touches the spindle. Gender is not stable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a fishing reel handle and a fishing reel in which the weight of the handle knob can be reduced and the operability when the handle is rotated is improved. aim.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an arm portion connected to a handle shaft, a support shaft attached to the arm portion, and a handle knob rotatably attached to the support shaft. The handle of a fishing reel comprising a collar rotatably fitted around the outer periphery of the support shaft, and the outer periphery of the collar can be held between fingers through an opening formed in the handle knob. It is characterized by being exposed so as to be.

In the above-described handle, when the handle knob is pinched with fingers, it is possible to pinch the collar itself which is rotatably fitted around the outer periphery of the support shaft through the opening formed in the handle knob. That is, since the collar is exposed from the opening formed in the handle knob so that it can be pinched by fingers, the opening of the handle knob can be enlarged and the weight can be reduced. In addition, since the collar is rotatable, the friction generated by the abdomen of the finger when pinched together with the handle knob is reduced, improving operability. Since it can be rotated by touching the abdomen at three points of the part, it is possible to stabilize the operability.

The fishing reel handle described above can be attached to various fishing reels such as spinning reels, double bearing reels, single bearing reels, etc., and the light weight of the handle knob makes it difficult for the handle to rotate unintentionally. It is possible to obtain a fishing reel that is suppressed from being pulled and has good winding operability.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a handle for a fishing reel that can reduce the weight of the handle knob and has good operability. A reel for

1 is a diagram showing an example of a fishing reel (spinning reel) according to the present invention; FIG. The figure which looked at the reel for fishing shown in FIG. 1 from the rear side. FIG. 2 is a side view showing a handle knob portion of the handle of the fishing reel shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a plan view of the handle knob shown in FIG. 3; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of a fishing reel handle and a fishing reel according to the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First, a fishing reel according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG.

1 and 2 show an example of a spinning reel as a fishing reel.
A reel body 1A of the spinning reel 1 is provided with a rotor 2 rotatably supported and a spool 3 supported movably back and forth in synchronism with the rotational movement of the rotor 2, as is well known. . A handle shaft is rotatably supported in the reel body 1A, and a handle 10 is attached to the handle shaft. The handle 10 includes an arm portion 12 connected to a handle shaft, a support shaft 15 (see FIGS. 3 to 5) attached to the end of the arm portion 12, and rotatably mounted on the support shaft 15. and a handle knob 20 (the structure of the handle 10 will be described later).

The arm portion 12 includes a rotation base portion 12A attached to the handle shaft on the base end side, and a support portion 12B on the tip end side to which the handle knob 20 is attached. are curved as shown in FIG. By bending the arm portion 12 in this manner, the rotational operation position can be brought closer to the reel main body side, and it is possible to suppress the shaking of the main body during the rotational operation. A plurality of arm portions 12 may be provided, and a structure in which a support shaft is provided at the tip of each arm portion and a handle knob 20 having the same shape is attached to each arm portion may be used. The arm portion 12 is made of, for example, metals such as titanium alloys, stainless steels, copper alloys, and aluminum alloys, hard resins such as polyacetal and nylon, and fiber-reinforced resins obtained by impregnating reinforcing fibers such as carbon fibers with synthetic resin. It is possible to form by material (FRP).

In the above configuration, when the handle knob 20 is pinched (pinched with the thumb and index finger or pinched with the thumb and middle finger) and rotated, the rotor 2 rotates through a known driving force transmission mechanism provided in the reel body. At the same time, the spool 3 is driven to reciprocate back and forth, and the fishing line is evenly wound around the spool 3 via the fishing line guide portion 2b provided at the tip of one of the pair of arms 2a of the rotor 2.

The structure of the handle 10 attached to the above spinning reel will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5. FIG.
In the following description, the handle knob 20 attached to the tip of the arm portion 12 of the handle 10 will be described in detail. In the following description, the terms “axial direction” and “vertical direction” are used to make the structure of the handle knob easier to understand. It means the extending direction (X direction in FIG. 3), and the vertical direction is the direction perpendicular to the axial direction, and when the angler pinches the handle knob, the abdomen of each finger approaches / separates. It means the direction (the Y direction in FIG. 3).

The support shaft 15 can be made of metal, hard resin, or fiber-reinforced resin material, similar to the arm portion 12. At the support portion 12B at the tip of the arm portion 12, the fixed end portion 15a can be, for example, It is integrally fixed to the tip of the arm by press-fitting, caulking, screwing, or the like. The support shaft 15 is configured in a columnar shape or a cylindrical shape with a circular cross section, and its cross-sectional shape is not particularly limited as long as the collar 25 to be fitted to it, which will be described later, is rotatable. A flange 15b is integrally formed on the proximal end side of the support shaft 15, and a screw hole 15c extending in the axial direction is formed on the distal end surface.

A collar 25 is rotatably fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft 15 . The collar 25 can be directly pinched (clamped between the abdomens of the fingers) with the thumb and index finger (or thumb and middle finger) through the opening 21 formed in the handle knob 20 . Although the material of the collar 25 is not limited, it is preferably made of a resin material so as to reduce its weight. is preferably formed in the range of 0.3 to 1.0 mm.

A handle knob 20 is rotatably attached to the support shaft 15 so as not to come off. The handle knob 20 is made of, for example, soft resin such as urethane or soft vinyl chloride (PVC), cork material, rubber material, or the like, and is formed into a flat shape. A through-hole 20a is formed. An opening 21 is formed on the surface of the handle knob 20 to expose a collar 25 fitted on the support shaft 15 . The opening 21 of the present embodiment has a substantially elliptical shape, and is formed so as to penetrate vertically from the distal end of the support shaft 15 to the base end thereof when the support shaft 15 is mounted thereon. The outer circumference of the collar 25 to be fitted is exposed through the opening 21 so that it can be held between fingers.

Specifically, the opening 21 is formed in such a shape that both outer peripheral edges 25a of the collar 25 are exposed when the handle knob 20 is viewed from above and below. , a large gap (a gap of 0.5 to 5 mm) S is formed along the axial direction. That is, by forming the opening 21 as described above in the handle knob 20, the contour portion (narrow bridge portion defining the opening) with which the belly of the pinched finger abuts with the gap S interposed. 20A are provided on both sides of the collar 25, and when the handle knob 20 is pinched with the thumb and index finger (or thumb and middle finger), the contoured portions 20A on both sides are pinched together with the surface of the collar 25 at three locations. Effective weight reduction is achieved by forming the opening 21 that has the function of stably contacting the belly of the finger and also creates the gap S.

The handle knob 20, like the collar 25, is rotatably supported on the support shaft 15. As shown in FIG. In this embodiment, recesses 20b and 20c are formed on both end sides of the handle knob 20, and bearings 30 and 31 are arranged between the recesses 20b and 20c and the surface of the spindle in these portions, so that the handle knob 20 can be rotated. supported by In this case, for the bearings 30 and 31, for example, rolling type bearings, collar bearings, or the like can be used, and the configuration thereof is not limited.

The handle knob 20 may be supported so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to the collar 25 , or may be supported so as to be integrally rotatable with the collar 25 . In this embodiment, both edges of the collar 25 are press-fitted into the ring members 33 and 34, and the inner surface of the through hole 20a of the handle knob 20 is adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the ring members 33 and 34, whereby the handle knob 20 and the collar 25 are attached. are configured to be integrally rotatable. Both sides of the collar 25 are abutted on both sides of the bearings 30 and 31 in the axial direction via ring members 33 and 34, so that the collar 25 is positioned in the axial direction and can rotate integrally with the handle knob 20 in a stable state. It has become.

Since the handle knob 20 configured as described above is integrated with the collar 25, the bearings 30 and 31 are loaded into the recesses 20b and 20c on both sides of the collar 25. is abutted against the flange 15b of the support shaft 15, positioning with respect to the support shaft 15 is achieved. In this state, a screw 40 (see FIG. 1) is screwed into the screw hole 15c from the axially outer side to prevent the bearing 31 and the handle knob 20 from coming off. It becomes possible to assemble so as to be able to rotate integrally with the collar 25 . The bearing 31 and the handle knob 20 may be prevented from coming off by a method such as a press-fit pin or a snap ring, and the configuration is not limited.

According to the handle 10 described above, the collar 25 is exposed from the opening 21 formed in the handle knob 20 so that it can be pinched by fingers. A finger can be put against it, and the surface of the collar 25 and the belly of the finger can be brought into contact with the contoured portions 20A on both sides of the opening 21 of the handle knob 20 at three points. As a result, the rotation operation can be performed while the position of the finger is stable, so that an operation feeling equivalent to that of a handle knob without an opening can be obtained, and the winding operability can be improved. Moreover, according to such a configuration in which the abdomens of the fingers held at three points are brought into contact with each other, it is possible to effectively reduce the weight by forming a large opening without impairing the operability.

In addition, since the outer surface of the collar 25 is largely exposed, the collar 25 can be directly pinched, which improves the sensitivity of fish detection. The friction generated by the abdomen of the fingers when pinching is reduced, and the operability can be improved. In particular, the collar 25 of this embodiment rotates together with the handle knob 20 together with the support shaft 15 in a gripped state. becomes possible. Furthermore, in the above-described configuration, the handle knob 20 and the collar 25, which is the shaft portion visibly exposed through the opening 21, can be easily replaced. It can be changed, and it becomes possible to improve designability and customizability.

In the structure described above, if the outer diameter of the collar 25 is D and the thickness of the handle knob 20 at the opening 21 is T, the collar 25 and the handle knob 20 are formed so that D>T. is preferred.

When the handle knob 20 having the opening 21 as described above is gripped by fingers, the contoured portions 20A on both sides defining the opening 21 stabilize the gripped fingers. The thickness, that is, the thickness T of the contoured portion 20A can be made thin, so that the weight of the handle knob 20 can be reduced. In addition, in such a configuration, since the diameter of the collar 25 is large, it is possible to obtain a feeling as if the collar 25 is directly pinched, thereby further improving the fish detection sensitivity.

As for the thickness T, if it is too thin, sufficient strength cannot be ensured, so it is preferable to form the thickness T to about 3 to 6 mm. Further, the thickness T of the contour portion 20A may not be uniform in the axial direction, and may have a shape in which the thickness changes partially, or may have a shape in which the thickness changes in a tapered shape. can be

Further, it is preferable to provide a movement restricting portion for restricting the axial movement of pinched fingers at least axially outward of the handle knob 20 described above. The movement restricting portion of the present embodiment is configured by a bulging portion 20C that bulges in the radial direction with respect to the region (contour portion 20A) where the opening portion 21 is formed. The surface of the bulging portion 20C can be configured as a tapered surface or a curved surface that gradually bulges outward in the axial direction. The shape is not particularly limited.

By providing the movement restricting portion (bulging portion 20C) on the handle knob in this way, axial movement of the finger during rotation is restricted, and stable rotation can be performed. Incidentally, the swelling amount of the swelling portion 20C may be set to such an extent that the fingers do not easily move in the axial direction when the exposed collar portion is pinched. For example, in the configuration of this embodiment, the bulge amount should be at least 1 mm or more in the radial direction with respect to the outline portion 20A. It is possible to prevent it from coming off by being caught at the part. Also, it is preferable to form a similar bulging portion 20D on the inner side in the axial direction so that the finger does not move.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified in various ways.
As for the fishing reel to which the above-described handle is attached, the reel may be a double-bearing type reel or a single-bearing type reel, and the reel is not limited. Further, regarding the overall shape of the handle knob 20 and the shape of the opening 21, the collar 25 fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft 15 is exposed, and furthermore, the outline formed by the opening 21 is designed so that fingers can be Various modifications are possible as long as the structure allows stable contact. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the overall shape of the handle knob is symmetrical in the vertical direction, but it may be asymmetrical. Also, the shape of the outline defining the opening can be modified as appropriate.

1 spinning reel (fishing reel)
10 Handle 12 Arm 15 Support shaft 20 Handle knob 21 Opening 25 Collar

Claims (7)

A fishing reel comprising an arm connected to a handle shaft, a support shaft attached to the arm, and a handle knob rotatably attached to the support shaft and having an opening. is a handle,
A collar rotatably fitted on the outer peripheral surface of the support shaft,
The opening of the handle knob is formed in such a shape that both outer peripheral edges of the collar are exposed when viewed from above and below,
The surface of the collar, along with both outlines defining the opening formed in the handle knob, is exposed so that it can be clamped at three points on the belly of the finger that clamps the handle knob,
A fishing reel handle , wherein an axial gap is formed between the outer periphery of the collar and the opening of the handle knob . 2. A fishing reel handle according to claim 1, wherein a movement restricting portion for restricting axial movement of a pinched finger is formed at least outside the handle knob in the axial direction. 3. A fishing reel handle according to claim 1, wherein said collar is made of a resin material. The fish according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that D>T, where D is the outer diameter of the collar and T is the wall thickness at the opening of the handle knob. The handle of a fishing reel. The fishing reel handle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the thickness of the collar is in the range of 0.3 to 1.0 mm. The handle knob is rotatably supported by a bearing with respect to the support shaft, and the collar is abutted against an axial side portion of the bearing and rotates integrally with the handle knob. A fishing reel handle according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A fishing reel comprising the fishing reel handle according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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