JPH09131148A - Top guide for fishing rod - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a top guide for fishing rod prevented from fishline hooking by inserting a support leg piece extended from a guide ring holding part into the hole of a fitting pipe followed by brazing them in higher accuracy, quality and workability. SOLUTION: The rear portion 9 of a support leg piece 7 is served as an insert portion narrower in width than the other portion 8; thereby shoulder edges 10, 10 facing backward are attached on both left and right sides of the front end of the insert portion. The front end port 12 of a fitting pipe 3 is made rectangular so as to be long sideways and the dimension of the front end port 12 is so designed that the insert portion can be inserted into the port 12 virtually in perfect accord therewith, and the lateral width of the front end face 14 of the fitting pipe is made identical with the dimension W2 between both ends of the above shoulder edges. By bringing the shoulder edges into contact with both the left and right sides of the above front end face, the positional context for a frame 2 and the fitting pipe is specified.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fishing rod top guide. Specifically, it is provided with a frame having an annular guide ring holding portion and a supporting leg piece, and a substantially cylindrical mounting pipe into which the tip of the fishing rod is inserted, and the guide ring holding portion holds a guide ring through which the fishing line passes, The supporting leg piece extends from the lower end of the guide ring retaining portion substantially rearward and downward, and the supporting leg piece is inserted and welded to the front end portion of the mounting pipe to join the mounting pipe and the supporting leg piece to a fishing rod. The present invention relates to a top guide, and by devising a joint structure between a mounting pipe and a supporting leg piece, catching of fishing line at this joint can be eliminated, and joint accuracy, quality and workability can be improved. It is intended to provide a top guide for fishing rods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among the top guides for fishing rods mounted on the tip of a fishing rod, those for guiding the fishing line drawn from the reel outside the rod are generally a frame holding a guide ring and a rod. It has a structure in which a mounting pipe for mounting is integrally joined, and in many cases, the mounting pipe is mounted on the rod by inserting the tip of the rod into the mounting pipe.

7 to 10 show an example a of a conventional top guide having such a structure. In the figure, b is a metal frame. The frame b has an annular guide ring retaining portion c, a bridge d extending rearward and downward from both left and right sides thereof, and a relatively short support leg piece e extending substantially rearward downward from the lower end of the guide ring holding portion c. It is formed integrally. The supporting leg piece e has a tapered plate shape. The guide ring f is held in the guide ring retaining portion c so as to be fitted therein, and the fishing line g is passed therethrough. Reference numeral h is a metal mounting pipe, and its front end portion i is flattened. Then, the mounting pipe h is placed on the rear end of the bridge d, and the rear end of the supporting leg piece e is inserted into the front end of the hole j of the mounting pipe h. The contact position with d is welded, and the supporting leg piece e and the front end face of the mounting pipe h are welded, respectively. This welding is done by brazing. Thus, the frame b and the mounting pipe h are integrally joined. Then, the tip portion of the fishing rod k is inserted into the mounting pipe h from the rear, whereby the top guide a is attached to the fishing rod k. An adhesive is applied to the tip of the fishing rod k in advance, so that the top guide a
Is fixed to the fishing rod k.

[0004]

The above-mentioned conventional fishing rod top guide a has various problems. That is, in the top guide a having such a structure, at a position where the side edges l of the supporting leg piece e and the front end surface of the mounting pipe h are continuous, a step m that is substantially right angle when viewed from above (see FIG. 7). Therefore, there is a problem that the fishing line g is easily caught on the step m. Such a catch may damage the fishing line g.

Further, although the front end opening of the mounting pipe h is processed to be horizontally long, it is actually formed into an elliptical shape as shown in FIG. 9 or a shape as shown in FIG. For this reason, gaps n, n, ... Are formed on the upper and lower sides and the left and right sides of the supporting leg piece e, and even if it is attempted to fill the gaps by welding, the gaps often actually remain. If there is such a void,
Water penetrates from there, causing a blister phenomenon and damaging the rod material, accelerating the corrosion, or vice versa.
The adhesive for fixing the rod k and the mounting pipe h sticks out and solidifies, which causes thread entanglement and impairs the design aesthetics. In addition, a large amount of brazing may be used for brazing so as to prevent such voids, which may increase the manufacturing cost and increase the weight. Moreover, the extra brazing causes the mounting pipe h. It has also been a cause of inferior quality such as invasion of the inside of the rod to prevent the insertion of the rod k.

Further, in such a joint structure, when the supporting leg piece e is inserted into the mounting pipe h, there is no means for defining the relative positional relationship between them, so that the chain line of two points and one point is shown in FIG. As will be shown separately, the amount of insertion of the support leg piece e into the mounting pipe h is often indefinite, and as a result, there is a problem that the relative angle between the mounting pipe h and the frame b varies. It was As is known, the guide ring f
An intermediate portion in the width direction of the inner peripheral surface (hereinafter referred to as "fishing line contact surface"
Is to prevent damage to the fishing line g by treating it with a relatively gentle curvature and with good slipperiness. However, if the above-mentioned variation occurs, the fishing line g will have an inner circumference of the guide ring f. Since it will come into contact with a portion of the surface other than the fishing line contact surface, this causes a serious problem that the fishing line g is damaged.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the fishing rod top guide of the present invention has a structure in which the rear portion of the supporting leg piece is formed as an insertion portion having a width narrower than the remaining portion. Shoulder edges facing rearward are formed on both sides of the front end, the front end opening of the mounting pipe is formed in a horizontally long rectangle, and the front end opening is sized so that the insertion portion is inserted substantially exactly and the left and right sides of the front end surface of the mounting pipe are formed. The width and the dimension between both ends of the shoulder edge are made the same, and the shoulder edge and the left and right side portions of the front end face are brought into contact with each other.

[0008]

Therefore, according to the fishing rod top guide of the present invention,
The front end of the mounting pipe has a horizontally long rectangle that is sized so that the insertion portion of the supporting leg piece can be inserted almost exactly.
Since the left and right width of the front end face of the mounting pipe and the dimension between both ends of the shoulder edge of the insertion portion of the supporting leg piece are the same, when the shoulder edge and the left and right side portions of the front end surface are in contact with each other, these supporting legs are There is no step at the position where the side edge of the piece and the mounting pipe are continuous, and thus it is possible to reliably prevent the fishing line from being caught at the above position.

Further, when the insertion portion of the supporting leg piece is inserted almost exactly into the mounting pipe, there is only a minimum clearance required for insertion between them, so a small amount of row ensures a reliable row. Since the above-mentioned clearance can be achieved and the above-mentioned clearance is firmly closed, there is no risk of leaving voids, and therefore, there is a problem such as intrusion of water into the mounting pipe or protrusion of the adhesive from the mounting pipe to the outside. Will not be invited.

The positional relationship between the frame and the mounting pipe is defined by inserting the insertion portion of the supporting leg piece until its shoulder edge contacts the front end surface of the mounting pipe. By doing so, the relative angle is always constant, so that the fishing line passed through the guide ring always comes into contact with only the fishing line contact portion on the inner peripheral surface of the guide ring.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the fishing rod top guide of the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. The embodiment shown in the drawings applies the present invention to a fishing rod top guide which is mounted on a fishing rod of a type in which a guide line for a fishing line drawn from a reel is located above the rod.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a fishing rod top guide, which comprises a metal frame 2 and a mounting pipe 3, respectively. The frame 2 is an annular guide ring holding portion 5 holding a guide ring 4.
And a bridge 6 and a supporting leg piece 7. The bridge 6 and the supporting leg piece 7 are for connecting with the mounting pipe 3.

The bridge 6 is substantially V-shaped when viewed from above. That is, 6a and 6a are two left and right side pieces that form the bridge 6, and these side pieces 6a and 6a have a relatively narrow plate shape, and the left and right sides of the rear edge 5a of the guide ring holding portion 5 are formed. The rear end portions 6b extend continuously from both side portions toward the lower rear side, and gradually reduce the distance between them. The rear end portion 6b has a substantially arrowhead shape.

The supporting leg piece 7 is shorter than the bridge 6 and protrudes downward from the lower end of the rear edge 5a of the guide ring holding portion 5 so as to draw an arc of downward swelling, and its front portion when viewed from above. 8 is a trapezoid that spreads forward, and its rear part 9 (hereinafter,
Say "insertion part". ) Has a tongue shape with an arcuate trailing edge. The width W1 of the front end of the insertion portion 9 (see FIG. 1) is slightly narrower than the width W2 of the rear end of the front portion 8, so that the shoulders of the insertion portion 9 facing rearward on the left and right sides of the front end. Edges 10 and 10 are formed.

In this embodiment, the frame 2
For example, although each part is integrally formed by pressing and punching a single plate of stainless steel, the parts may be formed separately and then assembled by welding or the like.

The mounting pipe 3 is basically cylindrical. Further, the front end portion 11 of the mounting pipe 3 is processed into a constricted shape in any of the vertical and horizontal directions so that the front end port 12 is rectangular. That is, the front end opening 12 has a horizontally long rectangular shape, and the size thereof is such that the front end of the insertion portion 9 of the supporting leg piece 7 has a proper clearance and fits substantially exactly. The left and right widths of the shoulder edges 10 and 10 of the supporting leg piece 7 are substantially equal to the plate thickness of the mounting pipe 7. Therefore, the dimension between both ends of the shoulder edges 10 and 10, that is, the width W2 is the lateral width W of the front end surface 14 of the mounting pipe 7.
3 (see FIG. 6).

Like the frame 2, the mounting pipe 3 is formed of a stainless steel plate, and the front end portion 11 thereof is processed by, for example, drawing with a press using a required mold.

The frame 2 and the mounting pipe 3 as described above are joined as follows. That is, the rear end portion 6b of the bridge 6
While mounting the mounting pipe 3 on the hole 13 of the mounting pipe 3.
The insertion portion 9 of the support leg piece 7 is inserted into the front end portion. In this insertion, the left and right sides of the front end surface of the mounting pipe 3 are shoulder edges 10 of the supporting leg piece 7,
Repeat until it contacts 10. From this state, the mounting pipe 3
The part where the front end surface 14 of the above and the supporting leg piece 7 are continuous and the part where the outer peripheral surface of the mounting pipe 7 and the rear end part 6b of the bridge 6 contact each other are brazed. Thus, frame 2
And the mounting pipe 3 are integrated, and the fishing rod top guide 1
Is formed.

The fishing rod top guide 1 is attached to the tip of the fishing rod 15. The mounting is performed by inserting the tip of the rod into the mounting pipe 3 from the rear in a state where the adhesive is applied. A fishing line 16 is passed through the guide ring 4.

Therefore, the side edge of the supporting leg piece 7 and the mounting pipe 3
Since there is no step between the side surface of the front end portion 11 and the side surface, the fishing line 16 is not likely to be caught at this position.

Also, the insertion portion 9 of the supporting leg piece 7 is attached to the mounting pipe 3.
In the inserted state, there is only a minimum clearance required for insertion between them, so that a reliable brazing can be achieved with a small amount of brazing, and
Since the clearance is firmly closed, there is no risk of leaving voids.

The positional and angular relationship between the frame 2 and the mounting pipe 3 is defined by the shoulder edges 10 and 10 of the supporting leg piece 7 and the front end surface 14 of the mounting pipe 3 contacting each other. The angular relationship between the fishing rod 15 and the guide ring 4 becomes constant, so that the fishing line 16 passed through the guide ring 4 is always
Only the fishing line contact portion on the inner peripheral surface of the guide ring will come into contact.

[0023]

As is apparent from the above description, the fishing rod top guide of the present invention is a frame having an annular guide ring holding portion and a supporting leg piece, and a substantially cylindrical mounting pipe into which a fishing rod tip portion is inserted. And a guide ring through which the fishing line is passed is held in the guide ring holding portion, the supporting leg piece extends substantially rearward and downward from the lower end of the guide ring holding portion, and the supporting leg piece is provided at the front end portion of the mounting pipe. A top guide for a fishing rod in which the mounting pipe and the supporting leg piece are joined by being inserted and welded, and the rear portion of the supporting leg piece is formed as an insertion portion narrower than the remaining portion of the insertion portion. Shoulder edges facing rearward are formed on both sides of the front end, the front end opening of the mounting pipe is formed in a horizontally long rectangle, and the front end opening is sized so that the insertion portion is inserted substantially exactly and the left and right sides of the front end surface of the mounting pipe are formed. Width and dimension between both ends of the shoulder edge The same west, is characterized in that is brought into contact with the left and right side portions of the shoulder edge and the front end surface.

Therefore, according to the fishing rod top guide of the present invention, the front end opening of the mounting pipe has a horizontally long rectangular shape sized so that the insertion portion of the supporting leg piece is inserted substantially exactly, and the mounting Since the right and left width of the front end face of the pipe and the dimension between both ends of the shoulder edge of the insertion portion of the supporting leg piece are the same, when the shoulder edge and the left and right side portions of the front end surface are in contact with each other, these supporting leg pieces are There is no step at the position where the side edge of the and the mounting pipe are continuous, so that the fishing line can be reliably prevented from being caught at the above position.

Further, when the insertion portion of the supporting leg piece is inserted almost exactly into the mounting pipe, there is only a minimum clearance required for the insertion between them, so that the brazing can be surely done with a small amount of brazing. Can be achieved, and
Since the clearance is firmly closed, there is no risk of leaving a void, and therefore, there is no inconvenience such as intrusion of water into the mounting pipe or protrusion of the adhesive from the mounting pipe to the outside.

The positional relationship between the frame and the mounting pipe is defined by inserting the insertion portion of the supporting leg piece until its shoulder edge contacts the front end surface of the mounting pipe. By doing so, the relative angle is always constant, so that the fishing line passed through the guide ring always comes into contact with only the fishing line contact portion on the inner peripheral surface of the guide ring.

In the above embodiment, the frame is applied to the one having the bridge different from the supporting leg piece, but the present invention is also applicable to the top guide having no such bridge. Further, the supporting leg piece in the present invention does not have to be integrated with the guide ring holding portion. And in the said Example, what applied this invention to the top guide for fishing rods with which the guide path of the fishing line pulled out from the reel is attached to the fishing rod of the type located on the upper side of the rod was shown. Can also be applied to a top guide mounted on a rod of the type in which the guide path is located on the lower side of the rod. In this case, the up and down directions in this specification may be reversed. This notion also applies to the vertical interpretation in the claims.

[0028]

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 6 show an example of an embodiment of a fishing rod top guide of the present invention, which is an enlarged plan view of an essential part showing a part of the guide.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view.

FIG. 4 is a plan view.

5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 4 and omitting a bridge.

7 and 10 show an example of a conventional fishing rod top guide, and this drawing is a plan view with a part cut away.

FIG. 8 is a side view with a part cut away.

9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line IX-IX in FIG.

10 is a cross-sectional view showing a modified example of the cross section shown in FIG.

[0029]

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Top guide for fishing rod 2 ... Frame 3 ... Mounting pipe 4 ... Guide ring 5 ... Guide ring holding part 7 ... Support leg piece 8 ... Remaining part (of support leg piece) 9 ... Rear part (insertion part) 10 ... Shoulder edge 11 ... (For mounting pipe) Front end 12 ... (For mounting pipe) Front end 13 ... (For mounting pipe) Hole 14 ... (For mounting pipe) Front end face 15 ... Fishing rod 16 ... Fishing line W2 ... W3 ... Left and right width

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A frame having an annular guide ring holding portion and a supporting leg piece, and a substantially cylindrical mounting pipe into which a tip of a fishing rod is inserted. A guide ring through which a fishing line is passed is held in a guide ring retaining feature. The supporting leg piece extends substantially rearward and downward from the lower end of the guide ring holding portion, and the mounting pipe and the supporting leg piece are joined by inserting and welding the supporting leg piece at the front end portion of the mounting pipe. A top guide for a fishing rod, wherein the rear portion of the supporting leg piece is formed as an insertion portion that is narrower than the remaining portion to form rearward shoulder edges on the left and right sides of the front end of the insertion portion, and the front of the mounting pipe. The end opening is formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape, and the front end opening is sized so that the insertion portion is inserted substantially exactly, and the left and right widths of the front end surface of the mounting pipe and the dimension between both ends of the shoulder edge are the same, and the shoulder edge and the Characterized by abutting the left and right sides of the front end face Fishing rod for the top guide to