JPH09107854A - Electrically-driven reel for fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrically-driven reel for fishing capable of contriving to protecting the tip of a fishing rod in winding up a fishing line and preventing troubles during fish taking in operation in the vicinity of a broadside. SOLUTION: This electrically-driven reel for fishing is equipped with a spool motor for driving and rotating a spool, a fishing line length measuring device for measuring line length, a current detecting means for detecting a current value of the spool motor, an excess current preventing means for stopping energization to the spool motor when the detected value for a fixed time by a current detecting means exceeds a fixed value, a memory means for memorizing plural fixed value of the excess current preventing means and a control means for regulating these means. The control means makes the regulated value of the excess current preventing means into the minimum regulated value memorized in the memory means when the measured value of the fishing line measuring device during a fishing line winding operation reaches a fixed water depth in the vicinity of a broadside.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric reel for fishing and, more particularly, to an electric reel for fishing which is intended to protect a rod tip associated with winding of fishing line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electric fishing reel equipped with a line length measuring device, in consideration of protection of a rod tip associated with winding of a fishing line,
There has been widely used a device provided with an automatic winding stop device for automatically stopping a spool drive motor (hereinafter referred to as a "spool motor") when a fishing line is wound up to the vicinity of a ship's surface (JP-A-2- 119734).

[0003]

However, in the conventional electric reel of this type, after the automatic winding of the fishing line is stopped, the spool motor is continuously operated to take in the fish and the fishing line is wound up. In this case, the fisherman may inadvertently forget to stop the spool motor and break the rod tip, or the spool motor may be mistakenly operated during fishing on a swaying boat to break the rod tip. Since the electric reels of recent years have been increased in output, there is a risk that a finger may be mistakenly caught in the level wind mechanism while catching fish, resulting in injury.

Incidentally, in consideration of such a situation, the actual exploitation 5-7627.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3 discloses a continuous automatic stop function of stopping the fishing line winding operation at the next automatic stop point set by the fisherman when the spool motor is re-operated after the automatic winding of the fishing line is stopped at the reference point. An electric reel having the same is disclosed. However,
Even with such an electric reel, the reference point may be set incorrectly and the rod tip may be broken, or the fish may be caught by a level wind mechanism while catching a fish that is also swaying. The fear has been pointed out.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above circumstances, and is an electric motor for fishing which aims to protect the rod tip associated with the winding of fishing line, and at the same time prevent troubles during the operation of taking in fish near the ship's surface. Intended to provide reels.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an electric fishing reel according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a spool rotatably supported by a reel body, and a spool motor for rotationally driving the spool. , A yarn length measuring device that measures the yarn length by detecting the number of revolutions of a rotating body that rotates when feeding and winding the fishing line, a current detection unit that detects the current value of the spool motor, and a current detection unit Overcurrent prevention means for stopping energization of the spool motor when the detected value exceeds a predetermined value, storage means for storing a plurality of predetermined values of the overcurrent prevention means, the spool motor, the yarn length measuring device, and the current And a control means for controlling the detection means and the overcurrent prevention means, wherein the control means controls the spool motor when the measured value of the line length measuring device during the fishing line winding operation reaches a predetermined water depth near the boat slip. The predetermined value of the overcurrent protection means for stopping the energization of, characterized in that the predetermined value of the minimum stored in the storage means.

An electric fishing reel according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a spool rotatably supported by the reel body, a spool motor that rotationally drives the spool, and a rotating body that rotates for feeding and winding fishing line. A yarn length measuring device that measures the yarn length by detecting the number of rotations, a storage unit that stores a plurality of fishing line winding speeds by a spool motor, and a control unit that controls the spool motor and the yarn length measuring device. When the measured value of the line length measuring device during the fishing line winding operation reaches a predetermined water depth near the ship's berth, the control means sets the fishing line winding speed by the spool motor to the minimum value stored in the storage means. It is characterized by the winding speed.

[0008]

According to the electric fishing reel of claim 1, the spool motor winds the fishing line on the spool. When the fishing line is wound up to a predetermined water depth near the boat slip,
The control means sets the predetermined value of the overcurrent prevention means to the minimum predetermined value stored in the storage means. Therefore, even if the spool motor is erroneously operated while the fish is being taken near the ship's surface, the spool motor will be stopped with a small drive current as compared with the normal winding state.

Further, in the electric fishing reel according to the second aspect, when the fishing line is wound up to a predetermined water depth near the boat slip, the control means stores the winding speed of the fishing line by the spool motor in the storage means. Use the lowest winding speed. Therefore, even if the spool motor mistakenly operates while catching a fish near the ship's surface, the spool motor winds the fishing line more slowly than in the normal winding state, which gives the fisherman time to avoid danger. It will be.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 shows an embodiment of an electric fishing reel according to claim 1, wherein 1 is a reel body, 3 and 5 are side plates fixed to the left and right sides of the reel body 1,
Reference numeral 7 denotes a spool around which a fishing line 9 is wound. One end of the spool 7 is rotatably supported by a reel body 1 via a bracket (not shown), and the other end is attached to the spool gear 11 fixed to the reel body 1 and the reel body 1. Set plate 13
It is rotatably supported by a bearing 15.

A spool motor 17 is arranged in the spool 7 so that its axis line coincides with that of the spool 7. The rotary shaft 17a of the spool motor 17 and the spool 7 are connected to each other via a reduction gear mechanism 19. ing. Then, as in the conventional case, on the operation panel 23 of the control unit 21,
Auto switch 2 for continuously operating the spool motor 17
5 and a manual switch 27 for intermittently operating the switch 5, the spool motor 17 is rotated by the operation of these switches 25 and 27, and the fishing line 9 is attached to the spool 7.
Is to be wound.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a spool winding handle, which is connected to a protruding end of the side plate 5 of a handle shaft 31 rotatably attached to the set plate 13. Further, a ratchet wheel 33 for stopping spool reverse rotation is fixed to the handle shaft 31, and a drive gear 35 is rotatably attached. A space between the drive gear 35 and the handle shaft 31 is a drag attached to the handle shaft 31. The rotation of the handle 29 can be transmitted to the drive gear 35 by being frictionally coupled by a device (not shown).

Further, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 37 is a clutch operating plate for operating a clutch plate 39, which will be described later, and the clutch operating plate 37 is a long member extending from the upper rear side to the lower front side of the reel main body 1 at the center thereof. Handle shaft 31
Is formed with a long hole 41, and two cams 43 are provided so as to sandwich the long hole 41. In FIG. 2,
Reference numeral 45 is a guide member of the clutch operating plate 37.

As shown in FIG. 2, a clutch motor 47 is mounted between the side plates 3 and 5 on the lower front side of the reel body 1, and the clutch operating plate 37 is driven by the arrows A and B when the clutch motor 47 is driven. The clutch is turned on and off by moving the clutch in the direction. That is, although a speed reducer (not shown) is attached to the clutch motor 47, the pin 51 attached to the lever 49 of the speed reducer engages with the long hole 53 provided on the rear end side of the clutch operating plate 37. ing. Then, the clutch motor 47 is
The clutch switch 55 provided on the operation panel 23 is operated to drive in the forward and reverse directions. When the clutch switch 55 is operated while the clutch is ON as shown in FIG. 49 moves in the direction of arrow C, whereby the clutch operating plate 37 moves in the direction of arrow A and the clutch is turned off.

A magnet 57 is mounted on one side edge above the clutch operating plate 37, and the reed switch 59 is turned on / off by the magnet 57.
Reference numeral 61 is arranged on the guide member 45 corresponding to ON / OFF of the clutch. Then, the clutch switch 55
When the clutch operating plate 37 is moved in the direction of arrow B by the operation of, the state of FIG. 2, that is, the clutch is turned on, the reed switch 59 is turned on by the magnet 57 and the signal is input from the control means 63 to be described later. The clutch motor 47 is stopped by this command.

Similarly, when the clutch operating plate 37 is moved in the direction of arrow A by the operation of the clutch switch 55 and the clutch is turned off, the reed switch 61 is turned on by the magnet 57 and the clutch motor 47 controls the control means 6.
It stops at the command of 3. On the other hand, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 65 denotes a pinion gear that meshes with the drive gear 35. The pinion gear 65 is supported horizontally on the axis of the spool 7 between the center of the boss portion 67a of the gear carrier 67 and the side plate 5. The pinion gear 6 is rotatably and movably supported by the pinion shaft 69.
5 and the boss portion 67a of the gear carrier 67 facing the clutch plate 3 for engaging and disengaging the clutch engagement between the two.
9 are provided.

The clutch plate 39 is the spool motor 1
The power for winding the coil 7 and the handle 29 is transmitted to or cut off from the spool 7, and is urged toward the clutch operating plate 37 by a coil spring 71 as shown in FIG. When the clutch motor 47 moves the clutch operating plate 37 in the directions of the arrows A and B as described above, the pinion gear 65 is engaged and disengaged from the cam 43.
The clutch connection between the boss portion 67a and the boss portion 67a is disengaged so that the winding power to the spool 7 is interrupted or transmitted.

Further, in FIG. 1, 73 is a magnet embedded in one side of the spool 7, and 75 is a reed switch arranged so as to face the magnet 73, which convert the rotation of the spool 7 into an electric signal. The encoder 77, which generates a pulse proportional to the rotation speed, is input to the control means 63 incorporating a known yarn length measuring device and is operated, as shown in FIG. The result is the operation panel 2 as the feeding amount and the winding amount of the fishing line 9.
3 is displayed on the digital display section 79.

The control means 63 is housed in the control unit 21 and assembled to the reel unit 1. As shown in FIG. 3, on the input side of the control means 63, the auto switch 25, the manual switch 27, the reed switches 59 and 61 described above, the main switch 81 and the reset switch arranged on the operation panel 23 are started. 83, etc. are connected, and a digital display unit 79 is provided on the output side of the control means 63.
The motor drive circuits 85 and 87 of the respective motors 17 and 47 are connected to each other, but a current detector 89 that detects the current value of the spool motor 17 is connected to the power supply line of the spool motor 17, and The detection value detected by the current detector 89 is converted into a digital amount by the A / D converter 91 and fed back to the control means 63.

Then, the control means 63 measures the current by a built-in timer (not shown) to detect the current detector 89 for a predetermined time.
When the detected value at is over the predetermined value, the motor drive circuit 85
Although a breaker (not shown) as an overcurrent preventing means mounted on the spool motor 17 is operated to stop energizing the spool motor 17, in the present embodiment, the predetermined value for operating the breaker is “6A”. Two values of "/ s" and "2A / s" are stored in the storage unit 93 at the factory shipment stage. When the fishing line 9 is wound up, the control means 63 winds the fishing line 9 up to a predetermined water depth (2 meters before the line length display value “0.0” in the present embodiment) near the boat slip, The predetermined value of the breaker operation is set to the minimum predetermined value "2 A / s" stored in the storage means 93. Then, when the fishing line 9 is delivered to a predetermined water depth after the fish has been taken in, the control means 63 sets the predetermined value of the breaker operation to the predetermined value “6A” stored in the storage means 93.
/ S "again.

In addition, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 95 denotes a power cord connected to the reel unit 1 through a connector 97. The power cord 95 is connected to a direct current of a battery or the like arranged on board by a crocodile clip or the like. When the switch 81 is operated, the spool motor 17, the clutch motor 47, the control means 63, etc. are activated. Since the present embodiment is configured in this manner, when fishing, the main switch 81 is operated to activate the spool motor 17, the clutch motor 47, the control means 63, etc., and then the clutch switch 55 is operated. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when the clutch motor 47 rotates in the direction of arrow C, the clutch actuating plate 37 moves in the direction of arrow A, the clutch is turned off, and the reed switch 61 is turned on by the magnet 57. The clutch motor 47 is stopped by a command from the control means 63 which has been input.

At this time, since the spool 7 is in a free state, 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 77 in accordance with the paying-out length of the fishing line 9. The pulse is converted into a pulse, which is input to the control means 63 and calculated, and the fed-out yarn length based on the calculation result is displayed on the digital display portion 79.
Then, the reset switch 83 is operated when the tackle is extended to the water surface, and the display value of the digital display unit 79 is set to “0.0”. After this, the fisherman uses the digital display 79
The fishing line 9 may be fed out and the clutch switch 55 may be operated again at the planned shelf position. Then, the clutch motor 47 rotates in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 2 in response to a command from the control means 63, and along with this, the clutch operating plate 3
Since 7 moves in the direction of arrow B, the clutch is turned on and the reed switch 61 is turned on by the magnet 59,
The clutch motor 47 is stopped by a command from the control means 63 which inputs the signal.

Wait for the fish to hit in this state. When a fish is hit, operating the automatic switch 25 or the manual switch 27 activates the spool motor 17 to wind the fishing line 9 on the spool 7. At this time, the current detector 89 controls the control means. Based on the current value fed back to 63, it is determined whether or not the current supplied to the spool motor 17 for a predetermined time is lower than a predetermined value of “6 A / s”.

Then, temporarily at this stage, the spool motor 1
When it is determined that the current of 7 or more has flowed over a predetermined value in 7 for a predetermined time, the breaker is activated by the command from the control means 63 and the spool motor 17 is stopped. Further, when the fishing line 9 is wound up to a predetermined water depth near the boat slip (line length display value "2.0") without stopping the spool motor 17 in this way, the control means 63 stores a predetermined value for the breaker operation. Minimum predetermined value stored in 93 "2 A / s"
Even if the fisherman mistakenly operates the spool motor 17 while fetching fish near the boat after the fisherman stops the operation of the spool motor 17, the spool motor 17 is less than the normal state. It will be stopped with a different drive current.

When the fishing line 9 is fed again to the predetermined water depth after the fish has been taken in, the control means 63 returns the predetermined value of the breaker operation to the predetermined value "6 A / s" stored in the storage means 93. Become. As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the fishing line 9 is wound up to a predetermined water depth near the boat slip, the spool motor 17 is stopped with a small drive current as compared with a normal winding operation. According to the mode, even if the spool motor 17 is mistakenly operated while the fish is being taken in near the ship's surface, the fishing line 9 is not applied with an unnecessarily high force, and as a result, the fisherman holds his finger on the level wind mechanism or the like. There is no risk of injury even if it is caught in the boat, the tip of the rod is not broken, and it is possible to prevent troubles during the fishing of fish near the boat slip.

FIG. 4 shows a control block diagram of an embodiment of the electric fishing reel according to the present invention. Since the mechanical structure of the electric reel in this embodiment is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. In the figure, reference numeral 99 is a control means housed in the control unit 21, and on the input side thereof, as shown in the figure, similar to the control means 63 described above, the clutch switch 55, the automatic switch 25, the manual switch 27, and the lead switch. Switches 59, 61 etc. are connected,
The digital display 79 and the clutch motor 4 are provided on the output side.
The motor drive circuit 87 of No. 7 is connected, but in the present embodiment, the gate pulse generation circuit 101 whose pulse width is controlled by the speed command from the control means 99 is connected to the output side, and the gate pulse generation circuit concerned. A chopper circuit 103 for driving a spool motor is further connected to 101.

The chopper circuit 103 comprises a switching element 103a such as a field effect transistor. A pulse signal from the gate pulse generating circuit 101 is applied to the gate G of the switching element 103a and the spool motor 17 is applied to the drain D. One end of is connected. The other end of the spool motor 17 is connected to the battery 10
5 is connected to the negative electrode, and the positive electrode of the battery 105 is connected to the source S of the switching element 103a via the diode 107.
It is connected to the.

Thus, in this embodiment, as the winding speed of the fishing line 9 by the spool motor 17, two winding speeds of "2 m / s" and "0.2 m / s" are stored at the factory shipment stage. It is stored in 109. And control means 9
9 is the automatic switch 25 or the manual switch 27 in the normal winding state, except when the fishing line 9 is wound up to a predetermined water depth near the boat slip (line length display value "2.0").
Associated with the operation of “2 m /
The speed command corresponding to the speed setting data of "s" is the control means 9
9 is output to the gate pulse generation circuit 101, and the gate pulse generation circuit 101 sends a pulse width modulated chopping signal, which is applied to the gate G of the switching element 103a to chop the DC voltage to spool motor 17. Is controlled, that is, the duty ratio of the pulse signal output to the spool motor 17 is controlled to set the drive speed of the spool motor 17 to the stored winding speed "2 m / s". It is like this.

On the other hand, when the fishing line 9 is wound up to a predetermined water depth near the boat slip (line length display value "2.0"), the control means 99 controls the duty ratio of the pulse signal output to the spool motor 17. The minimum winding speed "0.2 m / s" stored in the storage means 109 is the winding speed of the fishing line 9.
Is set to. Then, the control means 99 stores the winding speed of the spool motor 17 in the storage means 1 when the fishing line 9 is fed to a predetermined water depth after the fish has been taken in.
It is designed to return to "2 m / s" stored in 09.

Since this embodiment is constructed in this way, like the above embodiment, the reset switch 83 is operated when the tackle is extended to the surface of the water, and the digital display section 7 is operated.
After setting the display value of 9 to "0.0", the fisherman may look at the display of the digital display unit 79 and feed the fishing line 9 and operate the clutch switch 55 at the predetermined shelf position. After this,
If you hit the fish, you can operate the auto switch 25 and the manual switch 27 to move the spool motor 17
Is activated and the fishing line 9 is wound up on the spool 7. At this time, the control means 99 stores “2 m” stored in the storage means 109.
The spool motor 17 is operated at a winding speed of "/ s".

Then, the fishing line 9 is brought to a predetermined water depth near the boat slip.
When the spool is wound up, the control means 99 changes the winding speed of the fishing line 9 to the minimum winding speed "0.2 m / s" stored in the storage means 109.
Even if the spool motor 17 is erroneously operated while stopping the operation of 1) and taking in a fish near the ship's surface, the spool motor 17 will operate at a slower speed than the normal state.

When the fishing line 9 is fed to a predetermined water depth after the fish has been taken in, the fishing line 9 is again stored in the storage means 10.
The film is wound at the winding speed of “2 m / s” stored in No. 9. As described above, in the present embodiment, when the fishing line 9 is wound up to a predetermined water depth near the boat slip, the spool motor 17 operates at a winding speed slower than the normal state. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, Even if the spool motor 17 is erroneously operated and a finger is caught in the level wind mechanism or the like when a fish is taken in near the boat slip, there is no risk of injury and the tip of the rod is not broken.

However, according to this embodiment, the fisherman can afford time to avoid danger due to the decrease in the winding speed.
This has the advantage of preventing problems during the operation of taking in fish near the boat slip. In addition, in each of the above-described embodiments, the predetermined value at which the breaker is operated to stop the energization of the spool motor 17 and the winding speed of the fishing line 9 are stored in the storage means 93 and 109 in advance at the factory shipment stage. Panel 2
3 may be equipped with a setting switch so that these values can be changed by an external operation and stored in the storage means 93, 109.

Further, a winding automatic stop device for automatically stopping the spool motor 17 when the fishing line 9 is wound up to the boat slip stop position may be incorporated in each of the above embodiments. In this case, the automatic winding stop is performed. Spool motor 1 by device
After the automatic stop of 7, the control means 63, 99 may change the predetermined value or the winding speed to the minimum value. Thus, according to each of these embodiments, the intended purpose can be achieved as in the above-described embodiments.

[0035]

As described above, according to the electric reel for fishing according to the first aspect, when the fishing line is wound up to a predetermined water depth near the boat slip, the driving current is smaller than that in the normal winding state. The spool motor is controlled so as to be stopped, and in the electric fishing reel according to claim 2, the winding speed of the spool motor is controlled to be slow. Therefore, according to these electric fishing reels, Even if the spool motor is accidentally operated while fish is being taken in near the ship's surface, the rod tip will not be broken, and there is no risk of injury if the level wind mechanism is accidentally pinched.

Further, in the electric fishing reel according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the fisherman has time to avoid danger due to the decrease in the winding speed, various troubles can be prevented in advance. Have.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view of an embodiment of an electric fishing reel according to claim 1. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view of the electric fishing reel shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the electric fishing reel shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a control block diagram of an embodiment of the electric fishing reel according to claim 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Reel Main Body 7 Spool 9 Fishing Line 17 Spool Motor 21 Control Unit 23 Operation Panel 63, 99 Control Means 89 Current Detector 93, 109 Storage Means 101 Gate Pulse Generation Circuit 103 Chopper Circuit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A spool which is rotatably supported by a reel body, a spool drive motor which rotationally drives the spool, and a rotational speed of a rotating body which rotates for feeding and winding a fishing line to detect the length of the yarn. Yarn length measuring device, current detection means for detecting the current value of the spool drive motor, and overcurrent prevention means for stopping energization of the spool drive motor when the value detected by the current detection means for a predetermined time exceeds a predetermined value. And a storage unit for storing a plurality of predetermined values of the overcurrent prevention unit, and a control unit for controlling the spool drive motor, the yarn length measuring device, the current detection unit and the overcurrent prevention unit. When the measured value of the line length measuring device during the fishing line winding operation reaches a predetermined water depth near the ship's surface, a predetermined value of the overcurrent prevention means for stopping the energization of the spool drive motor is stored in the memory hand. Minimal electric fishing reel, characterized in that the predetermined value stored in. 2. A spool which is rotatably supported by a reel body, a spool drive motor which rotationally drives the spool, and a rotational speed of a rotating body which rotates for feeding and winding the fishing line, thereby detecting the thread length. And a storage means for storing a plurality of fishing line winding speeds by the spool drive motor, and a control means for controlling the spool drive motor and the thread length measurement device. The control means is for winding the fishing line. When the measured value of the line length measuring device at the time of operation reaches a predetermined water depth near the boat slip, the winding speed of the fishing line by the spool drive motor is set to the minimum winding speed stored in the storage means. An electric reel for fishing.