JPH05153888A - Electric reel for fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the subject electric reel designed to substantially improve its winding operability by varying in a multistage manner the output of a spool driving motor according to the extent of the operation (displacement) of a motor output regulator and changing spool winding speed accordingly. CONSTITUTION:The reel body 1 is equipped with (A) a motor output regulator capable of displacement operation and (B) a motor output regulating means to vary in a multistage manner the output of a spool driving motor 17 according to the displacement of this regulator; based on the displacement operation for the regulator, the output of the spool driving motor is made controllable in a multistage manner. Thus, on operating the regulator, the output of the spool driving motor varies in a multistage manner according to the extent of the regulator's displacement, thereby changing the spool's winding speed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric fishing reel for variably controlling the energization time ratio of a drive power source to a spool drive motor to improve the winding operability of fishing line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A shift slide switch for selectively switching the rotation speed of a spool drive motor for rotating a spool between a high speed, a middle speed, and a low speed is provided, and a fishing line winding speed can be changed in three stages. An electric fishing reel is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 3
It is disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 119941.

[0003]

However, this electric fishing reel has a slide switch gear shift setting position (high / medium / high).
Since the motor is driven at each position of (low), the spool can be adjusted to any hoisting speed depending on conditions such as the type and size of fish, the number of fish caught at one time, the strength of the tackle, etc. However, it has been pointed out that a practical fishing operation that makes full use of the electric reel cannot be performed.

Further, in the above-mentioned electric reel for fishing, since the hoisting speed of the fishing line changes abruptly at the time of switching between high, medium and low, it is possible to break the fish, cut the tackle, or change the fish layer. When you accidentally drop the bait from the device needle,
There is a drawback that the winding operation corresponding to various conditions related to winding cannot be performed.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above circumstances, and improves the operability of hoisting a fishing line by enabling the hoisting speed of the spool to be adjusted in multiple stages in response to various hoisting conditions. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric reel for fishing.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides an electric fishing reel comprising a spool rotatably supported by a reel unit and a spool drive motor for rotationally driving the spool. In the reel body, a motor output adjuster capable of displacement operation and a motor output adjuster for increasing / decreasing the motor output of the spool drive motor in multiple stages according to the displacement of the motor output adjuster are provided. It is possible to control the motor output of the spool drive motor in multiple stages based on the displacement operation.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when the motor output adjuster is operated, the motor output of the spool drive motor is increased / decreased in multiple steps according to the operation amount (displacement amount), and the spool winding speed is increased / decreased. Becomes

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of an electric fishing reel according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a reel unit,
3 and 5 are reel side frames fixed to the left and right sides of the reel body 1, and 7 is a spool around which fishing line 9 is wound.
Has one end rotatably supported by the reel body 1 via a bracket (not shown), and the other end rotatably supported by a bracket 11 fixed to the reel body 1 and a bearing 15 of a set plate 13 attached to the reel body 1. It is supported.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a spool drive motor (hereinafter referred to as "motor") arranged in the spool 7 with their axes aligned.
Then, between the rotary shaft 17a of the motor 17 and the spool 7,
Similar to the conventional electric reel for fishing, the motor 17 is connected to each other by the reduction gear mechanism 19 provided in the spool 7.
The rotation can be transmitted to the spool 7.
Further, the boss portion 21a of the gear carrier 21 that constitutes the reduction gear mechanism 19 is relatively rotatably fitted into the boss 11a of the bracket 11 that supports the spool 7.

Reference numeral 23 is a manual handle for winding the spool, which is also connected to the protruding end of the reel side frame 5 of the handle shaft 25 rotatably attached to the set plate 13 as in the conventional case. The handle shaft 25 is provided with a spool reverse rotation preventing ratchet wheel 27.
The drive gear 29 is fixed inside and is rotatably attached. Also, the drive gear 29 and the handle shaft 2
The gears 5 are frictionally coupled by a drag device 31 set on the handle shaft 25, whereby the rotation of the manual handle 23 can be transmitted to the drive gear 29.

In the figure, 33 is the drive gear 2 described above.
9 is a pinion gear that meshes with the pinion gear 33. The pinion gear 33 is rotatable on the axis of the spool 7 between the center of the boss portion 21a of the gear carrier 21 and the reel side frame 5 and is supported by a pinion shaft 35 which is horizontally supported. A clutch plate 37 that is movably supported in the axial direction and that transmits or blocks the winding power from the motor 17 to the spool 7 is provided between the pinion gear 29 and the boss portion 21a of the gear carrier 21 that faces the pinion gear 29. There is.

In addition to the above-described structure, the electric fishing reel according to the present embodiment has a motor output adjusting lever (hereinafter referred to as a "lever") as a motor output adjusting member in front of the right side surface of the reel unit 1. 39) is attached rotatably over a range of about 120 °, and a rotary potentiometer 41 is used as an output adjusting means of the motor 17 and a lever 3 is provided.
9 is connected to the motor 17 by rotating the lever 39.
The output of is continuously increased or decreased from the off state to the maximum value.

That is, as is well known, the potentiometer 4
1 is to extract a voltage corresponding to the position of the brush by moving the brush with a given mechanical displacement, sliding the brush over a fixed resistor, and changing the resistance value. Therefore, in this embodiment, the lever 39 is connected to the potentiometer 41, and the position of the brush in the potentiometer 41 is changed by the displacement operation of the lever 39. Then, as shown in FIG.
The change in the resistance value of the potentiometer 41 due to the operation of 9 is input to the control circuit 43, and the operation amount (displacement amount) of the lever 39 is input.
As a duty ratio of the pulse signal corresponding to the above, the control circuit 43 variably controls the drive power supply energization time rate to the motor 17, so that the rotation of the motor 17 can be controlled in multiple stages (0 to 100%). ..

Further, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 45 designates the control circuit 43.
The control unit 45 is mounted in the reel main body 1 by being mounted in a watertight storage portion 47 that is integrally formed with the reel side frames 3 and 5. On the operation panel 49 of the control unit 45, the O of the motor 17 is
An N / OFF switch 51 and a digital display section 53 are provided. The digital display unit 53 is provided with a display device 55 that displays a motor output by operating the lever 39, and the bar display amount scale of the display device 55 changes from “0” to “in accordance with the adjustment of the motor output. It is designed to change up to 100 ". When the ON / OFF switch 51 is turned ON, the fishing line 9 is started to be wound by the motor output at the current position of the lever 39, and thereafter, the output of the motor 17 can be continuously controlled according to the operation of the lever 39. It has become. In addition, in the figure, reference numeral 57 is a power cord connected to the reel unit 1 via a connector 59. By connecting this power cord to a DC current of a battery or the like arranged on board by an alligator clip, etc. The circuit 43 is activated.

Since this embodiment is constructed in this manner, when fishing is performed, the power cord 57 is connected to the reel unit 1 via the connector 59, and the power cord 57 is mounted on the ship by a crocodile clip or the like. Connect to a DC power source such as a battery.

When the fish is hit, the ON / OFF switch 51 is turned ON, and the lever 3
Since the spool 7 is rotated by the motor output at the current position of 9 to wind up the fishing line 9, the angler can check the display 55 and slowly wind up the fishing line 9 by, for example, displaying a bar on the display 55. Operate the lever 39 so that the amount scale is "20", and if the fish is pulled strongly and Harris is strong, operate the lever 39 so that the scale of the bar display amount is "80", etc. By controlling the output of the motor 17 by operating the lever 39 in accordance with the above condition, the fishing line 9 will be wound at the optimum motor speed for winding. When it is desired to stop the winding, the lever 39 may be returned so that the scale of the bar display amount becomes "0".

As described above, according to the electric fishing reel of this embodiment, the motor output is the same as the lever 3 which is the operating portion.
Since the number of rotations of the spool 7 can be increased / decreased by controlling in multi-step (0-100%) in consideration of Harris intensity, target fish, fish size and hit number, tidal current, wave, etc. The operability of hoisting the fishing line 9 is dramatically improved as compared with the electric reel for fishing.

Although the lever 39 is installed in front of the right side surface of the reel unit 1 in the above embodiment, the lever 39 may be arranged on the operation panel 49 of the control unit 45 as shown in FIG. Even in such an embodiment, the intended purpose can be achieved as in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a reed switch is used in place of the potentiometer 41 to increase / decrease the motor output in multiple stages. Since the configuration excluding the invented portion is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted here and only the invented portion will be described. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are indicated by the same reference numerals.

That is, in the figure, 61 is a slide base mounted on the right side surface of the operation panel 49 of the control unit 45,
A slide lever 65 having a built-in magnet 63 is mounted on the slide base 61 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction of the reel unit 67.

In the control unit 45, a large number of reed switches 69 are arranged in parallel so as to correspond to the magnets 63. As shown in FIG. 4, the reed switches 69 are operated by sliding the slide lever 65. ON,
A change in the resistance value detected when the switch is turned off is input to the control circuit 71. Then, the control circuit 71 variably controls the drive power supply energization time rate to the motor 17 as the duty ratio of the pulse signal according to the operation amount (displacement amount) of the slide lever 65 to rotate the motor 17 in multiple stages ( 0 to 100%) can be controlled.

Further, the display 5 provided in the digital display section 53
5, the bar display amount is sequentially changed by adjusting the motor output of the slide lever 65, as in the first embodiment. Then, when the ON / OFF switch 51 is turned ON, the fishing line 9 is started to be wound by the motor output of the slide lever 65 at the current position, and thereafter, the slide lever 6 is rotated.
The output of the motor 17 can be continuously controlled according to the operation of No. 5.

Thus, also in this embodiment, when the ON / OFF switch 51 is turned ON when a fish hits, the fishing line 9 is output by the motor output of the current position of the slide lever 65, as in the first embodiment. The fishing line is started, and the angler checks the display 55 and operates the slide lever 65 according to the winding condition to control the output of the motor 17, so that the fishing line 9 is the optimum motor for winding. It will be wound up at speed. Then, when it is desired to stop the winding, the slide lever 65 may be returned so that the scale of the bar display amount becomes "0".

As described above, also in the electric fishing reel according to the present embodiment, the motor output is taken into consideration by the slide lever 65, which is the same operation unit, such as the Harris intensity, the target fish, the size of the fish and the number of hits, the tidal current, and the wave. Multi-stage (0-100%)
Since the number of rotations of the spool 7 can be increased / decreased by controlling to, the winding operability of the fishing line 9 is dramatically improved as compared with the conventional electric reel for fishing.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the potentiometer 41 and the reed switch 69 are used as the motor output adjusting means for increasing or decreasing the motor output of the motor 17 in multiple stages by the displacement of the lever 39 or the slide lever 65. A volume switch, a Hall element, or the like may be used as well, and even with such a structure, the intended purpose can be achieved as in the above-described embodiments.

Furthermore, in each of the above embodiments, ON / OFF
When the switch 51 is turned on, the fishing line 9 is started to be wound by the motor output of the current positions of the lever 39 and the slide lever 65, and thereafter, the output of the motor 17 is continuously controlled according to the operation of the lever 39 and the slide lever 65. However, the ON / OFF switch 51 may be omitted.

In this case, since the lever 39 and the slide lever 65 also serve as the power switch, the levers 39 and 65 are once set to "0" in consideration of safety.
It is preferable to start winding the spool 7 when the spool 7 is returned to the position.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the motor output is adjusted based on the displacement operation of the motor output adjuster, which is the same operation unit, the Harris intensity, the target fish, the size of the fish and the number of hits, the tidal current, and the wave. It is possible to increase / decrease the number of rotations of the spool by controlling it in multiple stages in consideration of the above, so that the winding operability of the fishing line is dramatically improved compared to the conventional electric reel for fishing. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an electric fishing reel according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a control means of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partial plan view of an electric fishing reel according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial plan view of an electric fishing reel according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a control means of a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,67 Reel body 7 Spool 9 Fishing line 17 Motor 39 Lever 41 Potentiometer 63 Magnet 65 Slide lever 69 Reed switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electric fishing reel comprising a spool rotatably supported by a reel body and a spool drive motor for rotationally driving the spool, wherein a motor output adjustment capable of displacement operation on the reel body. Body, and motor output adjusting means for increasing / decreasing the motor output of the spool drive motor in accordance with the displacement of the motor output adjusting body, the motor output of the spool drive motor is set in multiple steps based on the displacement operation of the motor output adjusting body. An electric reel for fishing characterized by being controllable.