JPH0614679A - Reel for fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a fishing reel provided with a spool supported on the main body of the reel, a line-length measuring means, an operation part to control the delivered line length, a line-length memory part, a digital display of the delivered line length and a controlling means and easily and surely operable on a boat without causing misoperation. CONSTITUTION:The objective fishing reel is provided with a spool 7 rotatably supported on the main body 1 of the reel, a line-length measuring means 79 to measure the line length by detecting the rotational number of a rotor rotating according to the delivery of the fishing line 9, an operation part 57 such as an operation panel to arbitrarily set the delivering length of the fishing line 9 and a motor-driving switch 59 to be pushed in the case of operation. The delivering line length set by the operation part 57 is stored in a memory part and displayed on a digital display 81. When the delivered length of the line 9 reaches the preset delivering length, the delivery of the fishing line 9 is stopped with a controlling means 67. The inputting operation to set a desired fishing depth can easily and surely be performed even on a heavily rolling and pitching boat without causing the misoperation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fishing reel capable of easily and reliably performing a desired shelf position input operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 7, a numeric key c and a set key d on a keyboard b mounted on the front surface of a reel unit a.
Depending on the operation, the shelf position (water depth) required for fishing the target fish
A fishing reel adapted to input data such as a shading time and a drag strength to a microcomputer is disclosed in JP-A-58-152431 and JP-B-63-3568.

Thus, according to these fishing reels,
The length of the fishing line delivered is measured by the line length measuring means, the measured value is displayed on the display section e, and when the predetermined amount is reached, the feeding of the fishing line is automatically stopped. There is.

[0004]

However, conventionally, in this type of fishing reel, as shown in FIG. 7, a large number of numeric keys 0 to 9 and set keys d of 0 to 9 are arranged close to each other on the keyboard b. Therefore, when pushing these with a fingertip on a ship with a lot of shaking to set a desired shelf position or the like, for example, when trying to press the numerical key c of “8”, the adjacent “7” or “9” is pressed.
It has been pointed out that there is a problem in that the input operation cannot be performed easily because the user made an erroneous operation such as pressing the numerical key c as well.

However, since a large number of numerical keys c must be operated, the data input operation becomes extremely complicated, and improvements in these points are also desired. The present invention has been devised in view of such an actual situation, and even when setting a desired shelf position on a ship with a lot of shaking, the input operation is easy without erroneous operation,
An object of the present invention is to provide a fishing reel that can be reliably performed.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, a fishing reel according to the present invention has a spool, which is rotatably supported by a reel body, and a rotational speed of a rotating body which is rotated by feeding a fishing line. Of the fishing line, an operating unit for arbitrarily adjusting the feeding length of the fishing line to increase and decrease, and a storage unit for storing the feeding length set by the operating unit. A digital display section for displaying the length of the delivered line, and a control means for stopping the delivery of the line when the amount of the delivered line reaches the set length of the line based on the signal from the line length measuring means. Is.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the fed-out yarn length is set and stored in the storage unit by checking the numerical value displayed on the digital display unit and adjusting the numerical value arbitrarily with the operating unit. Becomes

Then, in fishing, when the amount of feeding of the fishing line reaches the set feeding line length stored in the storage unit, the control means stops the feeding of the fishing line based on the signal from the line length measuring means. Becomes

[0009]

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

A spool operating motor (hereinafter referred to as "spool motor") 17 is arranged in the spool 7 so that its axis line coincides with that of the spool 7, and the rotary shaft 17a of the spool motor 17 and the spool 7 are arranged. The spaces are connected to each other by a reduction gear mechanism 19 so that the rotation of the spool motor 17 can be transmitted to the spool 7. A gear carrier 21 that constitutes the reduction gear mechanism 19
The boss portion 21a is fitted into the bracket 11 so as to be relatively rotatable.

Reference numeral 23 is a manual handle for winding the spool, and the manual handle 23 is connected to a protruding end of the side wall 5 of a handle shaft 25 rotatably attached to the set plate 13. Then, on the handle shaft 25, a ratchet wheel 27 for stopping spool reverse rotation as shown in FIG. 2 is fixed in the side plate 5, and a drive gear 29 is rotatably attached. The drive gear 29 and the handle shaft 25 are frictionally coupled by a drag device 31 set on the handle shaft 25 so that the rotation of the manual handle 23 can be transmitted to the drive gear 29. As shown in FIG. 2, the pawl 27a of the pawl wheel 27 is in contact with a locking claw 33 which is biased by a spring (not shown). It is pivoted on 5.

FIG. 2 shows a side view of the clutch mechanism. In the figure, 37 is a clutch operating plate for operating a clutch plate 39 which will be described later.
The reel 7 is formed in an elongated shape from the upper rear side to the lower front side of the reel unit 1. And the clutch operating plate 3
In the center of 7, a long hole 41 through which the handle shaft 25 and the like are inserted
Is formed, and the two cams 4 are sandwiched by the elongated hole 41.
3 is provided. In the figure, reference numeral 45 is a guide member of the clutch operating plate 37.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a clutch actuating motor (hereinafter referred to as "clutch motor") 47 is mounted between the side plates 3 and 5 at the lower front of the reel unit 1, and the clutch motor By driving 47, the clutch actuating plate 37 is moved in the directions of arrows A and B to turn on the clutch.
It is designed to be turned off / on.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a speed reducer 49 is attached to the clutch motor 47.
A pin 53 attached to the lever 51 of No. 9 is engaged with an elongated hole 55 provided on the rear end side of the clutch operating plate 37.
The clutch motor 47 is driven by operating a motor drive switch 59 provided on the operation panel 57. The push operation of the motor drive switch 59 causes the clutch motor 47 to rotate and the lever 51 to move to the position shown in FIG. When moving in the direction of arrow C as indicated by 2, the clutch operating plate 37 moves in the direction of arrow A and the clutch is turned off, as shown by the solid line in FIG.

A magnet 61 is mounted on one side edge of the clutch operating plate 37, and the reed switch 63 is turned on / off by the magnet 61.
65 is arranged in the guide member 45 corresponding to ON / OFF of the clutch.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, when the clutch actuating plate 37 moves in the direction of arrow B by the rotation of the clutch motor 47 in the direction of arrow D by pushing the motor drive switch 59, the clutch is turned on, and
The reed switch 63 is turned on by the magnet 61, and the clutch motor 47 is stopped by a command from a control device 67, which will be described later, inputting the signal.
Similarly, as shown in FIG. 5, when the clutch motor 47 moves in the direction of arrow C and the clutch operating plate 37 is returned to the position shown by the solid line to turn off the clutch, the reed switch 65 is turned on by the magnet 61. The clutch motor 47 is stopped by a command from the control device 67.

On the other hand, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 69 is a pinion gear meshing with the drive gear 29, which is the pinion gear 6
On the axis of the spool 7, 9 is supported by a pinion shaft 71 supported laterally between the center of the boss portion 21a of the gear carrier 21 and the side plate 5 so as to be rotatable and movable in the axial direction thereof. A clutch plate 39 is attached between 69 and the boss portion 21a of the gear carrier 21 opposed to the clutch plate 39 for engaging and disengaging both.

The clutch plate 39 is the spool motor 1
The winding power from 7 is transmitted to or cut off from the spool 7, and is urged toward the clutch operating plate 37 by a coil spring 73 as shown in FIG. Therefore, as described above, when the clutch operating plate 37 moves in the directions of arrows A and B by the rotation of the clutch motor 47,
The pinion gear 69 moves in the axial direction of the pinion shaft 71 so that the clutch plate 39 is turned off and on, that is, the winding power from the spool motor 17 to the spool 7 is cut off or transmitted.

Further, in FIG. 1, 75 is a magnet embedded in the side surface of the spool 7, 77 is a reed switch arranged so as to face the magnet 75, and the magnet 75 and the reed switch 77 rotate the spool 7. To form an encoder 79 for generating a pulse proportional to the rotation speed of the spool 7, and this pulse signal is input to the control device 67 and operated, and the operation result is the feed amount of the fishing line 9. The winding amount is displayed on the first digital display section 81 on the operation panel 57.

As shown in FIG. 1, a motor output adjusting lever (hereinafter referred to as "adjusting lever") 83 for adjusting the motor output to vary the rotation speed of the spool motor 17 is provided in front of the right side surface of the reel unit 1. , Is attached rotatably over a range of about 120 °, and the adjustment lever 83 is connected to a rotary potentiometer 85 built in the reel unit 1.

As is well known, the potentiometer 85 moves a brush with a given mechanical displacement, slides it on a fixed resistor, and changes the resistance value to take out a voltage corresponding to the position of the brush. It is a thing. Therefore, the adjusting lever 83 is connected to the potentiometer 85, and the potentiometer 8 is operated by operating the adjusting lever 83.
By changing the position of the brush in the potentiometer 85, as shown in FIG.
The change of the resistance value of the
The duty ratio of the pulse signal according to the operation amount (displacement amount) of 3 is variably controlled by the control device 67, and the drive power supply energization time rate to the spool motor 17 is changed.
The rotation of can be controlled in multiple stages from zero to the maximum value (0 to 100%).

The first digital display section 81 is provided with a display unit 87 for displaying the motor output by operating the adjusting lever 83, and the bar display amount of the display unit 87 according to the adjustment of the motor output is displayed. The scale is from "0" to "10"
The fishing line 9 starts to be wound up by the motor output at the current position of the adjusting lever 83 by the push operation of the ON / OFF switch 89 of the spool motor 17 provided on the operation panel 57. Adjustment lever 83
The output of the spool motor 17 can be continuously controlled according to the operation of.

The control device 67 is housed in a control unit 91, and the control unit 91 is mounted in a watertight storage portion 93 which is integrally formed with the reel side frames 3 and 5, as shown in FIG. It is attached to the main body 1.

As shown in FIG. 6, the control device 67 includes a motor drive switch 59, reed switches 63 and 65, an encoder 79, a potentiometer 85,
Starting with the ON / OFF switch 89, the fishing reel main switch 95 arranged on the operation panel 57, and
As will be described later, two shelf position setting switches 97 and 99, a shelf change mode switch 101, etc., which are arranged at a predetermined interval to set the shelf position (feeding yarn length), are connected to the input side. Further, on the output side, the first digital display section 81, the second digital display section 103 for displaying the shelf position set by the shelf position setting switches 97, 99, and the drive circuits 105, 107 for the respective motors 17, 47 are displayed. Are connected to each other.

Further, the control unit 67 includes a storage unit 109.
Are connected. The storage unit 109 stores the shelf position (“110 M [meters” in this embodiment) set by the angler using the shelf position setting switches 97 and 99, and pushes the shelf change mode switch 101. After the controller 67 is switched to the change mode by pushing the shelf position setting switch 97 on one side, the numerical value displayed on the second digital display section 103 increases, and when the other time adjustment switch 99 is pushed on. The numbers are decreasing. Then, after confirming the display on the second digital display unit 101, when the angler sets a value of the pay-out yarn length and pushes the shelf change mode switch 101 again, the value is used as the shelf position in the storage unit 109.
It will be remembered in.

When the rack position is thus stored in the storage unit 109 and the fishing line 9 is unrolled, the unrolling amount is measured by the line length measurement by the encoder 79 and displayed on the first digital display unit 81. The feeding amount of the fishing line 9 is stored in the storage unit 109.
When reaching the delivery length (110 meters) set to
The clutch motor 47 operates in response to a command from the controller 67, the clutch operating plate 37 moves in the direction of arrow B as shown in FIG. 2, the clutch automatically switches from the OFF state to the ON state, and the reed switch 63 causes the magnet 61 to move. The clutch motor 47 is stopped by a command from the control device 67 which is turned on by the input of the signal.

In addition, in FIG. 1, 111 is a connector 113.
A power cord connected to the reel unit 1 via a power cord 111 is connected to a direct current of a battery or the like arranged onboard by an crocodile clip or the like and the main switch 95 is pushed to operate the spool motor 17 or the control unit. The device 67 and the like are activated. Also, in FIG.
Reference numeral 115 is a well-known level winder mechanism.

Since this embodiment is constructed in this way, in order to carry out fishing without setting the shelf position, first, the main switch 95 is pushed to operate the spool motor 17, the clutch motor 47, and the control device. 67 etc. are started. When the motor drive switch 59 is pushed while the clutch is ON as shown in FIG. 2, the clutch motor 47 moves in the direction of arrow C and the clutch operating plate 37 moves to the position shown by the solid line as shown in FIG. Clutch is OF
It becomes F and the reed switch 65 is turned on by the magnet 61.
Then, the clutch motor 47 is stopped by a command from the control device 67 which inputs the signal.

Since the spool 7 is in the free state when the clutch is turned off, the fishing line 9 is paid out from the spool 7 by the weight of the tackle, and the rotation of the spool 7 is determined by the encoder 79 according to the payout length of the fishing line 9. The pulse is converted into a pulse, which is input to the control device 67 and calculated, and the fed-out yarn length based on the calculation result is displayed on the first digital display section 81. Therefore, the angler looks at the display and sets the motor drive switch 5 at the planned water depth (for example, "120 meters").
Push 9 again.

When the motor drive switch 59 is pushed in this way, the clutch motor 47 rotates in the direction of arrow D as shown in FIG. 2 in response to a command from the control device 67, so that the clutch operating plate 37 moves in the direction of arrow B and the clutch operates. Is ON
Then, the spool 7 is switched to the fishing line winding state. Then, the reed switch 63 is turned on by the magnet 61, and the clutch motor 47 is stopped by a command from the control device 67 which inputs the signal.

Wait for the fish to hit in this state. Then, if the ON / OFF switch 89 is pushed when the fish hits, the spool 7 is rotated by the motor output at the current position of the adjusting lever 83, and the tackle is wound up. When the angler confirms the indicator 87 and wants to wind the fishing line 9 slowly, for example, he operates the adjusting lever 83 so that the scale of the bar display amount of the indicator 87 is "20", and the fish When the pull is strong and the Harris is strong, the adjusting lever 83 is operated according to the winding condition, such as operating the adjusting lever 83 so that the scale of the bar display amount becomes “80”. If the output is controlled, the fishing line 9 will be wound up at a motor speed optimal for winding. Then, when the winding is stopped, the adjusting lever 83 may be returned so that the scale of the bar display amount becomes "0".

To continue fishing, the motor drive switch 59 is pushed again to turn off the clutch, the fishing line 9 is fed out, and the same procedure is repeated.

On the other hand, in order to set the shelf position, which is a feature of the present embodiment, and perform fishing, as described above, first, the shelf change mode switch 101 is operated to switch the control device 67 to the change mode. And one shelf position setting switch 9
When 7 is pushed, the numerical value displayed on the second digital display unit 103 increases, and when the other time adjustment switch 99 is pushed, the numerical value decreases. Therefore, the angler confirms the display on the second digital display unit 101. If the value of the pay-out yarn length is set and the shelf change mode switch 101 is pushed again, the numerical value is stored in the storage unit 109 as the shelf position.
Will be stored in.

Then, the feeding yarn length is stored in the storage unit 109 as described above.
When the fishing line 9 is fed to the first digital display section 81 and the feeding amount of the fishing line 9 is measured by the line length measurement by the encoder 79, the feeding amount of the fishing line 9 is set in the storage section 109. When the length of the delivered yarn is reached, the clutch motor 47 operates in response to a command from the control device 67 which receives the signal, and the clutch operating plate 37 moves in the direction of arrow B as shown in FIG.
Direction, the clutch automatically switches from the OFF state to the ON state, and the reed switch 63 is turned ON by the magnet 61, and the clutch motor 47 is stopped by a command from the control device 67 which inputs the signal.

Then, waiting for the fish to hit in this state, the fishing line 9 may be wound up by adjusting the motor output by operating the adjusting lever 83 as described above. As described above, according to the present embodiment, like the conventional fishing reel,
The rotation of the spool 7 is automatically stopped when the fishing line 9 is fed to a predetermined shelf position, but in the present embodiment, unlike the conventional fishing reel shown in FIG. However, since the two shelf position setting switches 97 and 99 are provided on the operation panel 57 at a predetermined interval, the input operation is erroneous even when setting a desired shelf position on a ship with a lot of shaking. There is an advantage that can be surely performed.

In this embodiment, however, the shelf position is set by pushing the two shelf position setting switches 97 and 99, so that it is not necessary to operate many numeric keys as in the conventional case, and as a result, In combination with the structure in which a large number of numeric keys and the like are not arranged close to each other, the setting of the shelf position is easier than ever before.

Further, according to this embodiment, since the rotation speed of the spool motor 17 can be finely adjusted by the adjusting lever 83, the tackle can be wound up at the optimum motor speed according to the situation of the sea.

In the above embodiment, the potentiometer 85
Although the motor output is adjusted by using, a reed switch, a volume switch, a hall element, or the like may be used instead of the potentiometer 85, and the winding speed of the spool 7 can be made variable by these components. is there. Also in the method of feeding the fishing line 9 and measuring the length of the winding line, instead of the encoder 79, a rotating body (spool interlocking gear, fishing line winding surface pressure contact roller, etc.) that rotates as the fishing line 9 is fed out. Needless to say, the yarn length measuring means for detecting the rotation of (1) can be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the ON / OFF switch 89 is pushed, the fishing line 9 is started to be wound up by the motor output at the current position of the adjusting lever 83, and thereafter, the spool motor is operated according to the operation of the adjusting lever 83. Although the output of 17 can be continuously controlled, the ON / OFF switch 89 may be omitted. In this case, since the adjusting lever 83 also serves as the power switch,
Considering safety, it is preferable that the spool 7 be started to be wound once the adjusting lever 83 is returned to the “0” position.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to an electric reel, but can be applied to a fishing reel for winding a fishing line with a manual handle.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform the input operation of a desired shelf position by the operation portion for arbitrarily adjusting the increase or decrease of the feeding length of the fishing line to set it. Compared with this, the input operation is simplified, and even on the ship where the eyes and hands sway with the reel, the input operation of the shelf position can be easily and reliably performed without erroneous operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a side view of the clutch mechanism of the fishing reel of FIG. 1 in a clutch ON state.

3 is a front view of the fishing reel of FIG. 1. FIG.

4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the clutch mechanism of the fishing reel of FIG. 1 in a clutch-off state.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a control unit in the fishing reel of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a conventional fishing reel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Reel Main Body 7 Spool 9 Fishing Line 17 Spool Motor 37 Clutch Operation Plate 39 Clutch Plate 47 Clutch Motor 57 Operation Panel 59 Motor Drive Switch 61 Magnet 63, 65 Reed Switch 67 Control Device 79 Encoder 81 First Digital Display 83 Adjustment Lever 85 Potentiometer 89 ON / OFF switch 95 Main switch 97,99 Shelf position setting switch 101 Shelf change mode switch 103 Second digital display unit 109 Storage unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A spool rotatably supported by a reel body, a yarn length measuring means for measuring the yarn length by detecting the number of rotations of a rotating body that rotates when the fishing line is delivered, and a fishing line delivery length. Based on a signal from the yarn length measuring means, an operating section for adjusting and setting the feeding thread length set by the operating section, a storage section for storing the feeding thread length set by the operating section and a digital display section for displaying the feeding thread length. And a control means for stopping the feeding of the fishing line when the feeding amount of the feeding reel reaches the set feeding length.