JPH09205955A - Drag adjustment lever for reel for fishing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drag adjustment lever capable of operating easily while stably holding a reel main body even in the case of desiring to obtain large drag power and easy to set to a desired drag position. SOLUTION: This drag adjustment lever 26 is provided with a finger hooking part 31 protruded to the opposite side of an operation part. In the case of performing adjustment in a direction for increasing torque, a thumb is hooked to the recessed curved surface of the operation part and then, a forefinger or a middle finger is hooked to the finger hooking surface 31a of the finger hooking part 31. Thus, the torque acting clockwise around the center of a handle shaft is directly applied to the drag adjustment lever 26. In the case, the reel main body is just supported by the torque overcoming the torque and the need of supporting force acting in back and forth directions is eliminated. Thus, a motor-driven reel and a rod are stably held.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drag adjusting lever for a fishing reel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a fishing reel is provided with a drag mechanism for preventing the fishing line from being cut as a result of the fish being violent during fishing. The drag mechanism is, so to speak, a torque limiter that is interposed between the spool and a drive unit such as a handle or a motor that rotates the spool. Usually, a drag adjusting mechanism for adjusting the limit torque that causes the slip is provided.

For example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-82767 discloses a handle shaft (or master gear shaft) provided with a drag mechanism. In this one,
A master gear that meshes with a pinion provided on the spool shaft is rotatably provided on the handle shaft. A pressing plate is provided so as to face the master gear, rotate with the handle shaft, and be slidable in the axial direction. A friction plate called a drag washer is provided between the master gear and the pressing plate. Behind the pressing plate, a drag spring (drag spring washer) such as a disc spring is provided. The drag spring biases the pressing plate toward the master gear. Behind the drag spring, a drag preset screw (hereinafter, simply referred to as a preset screw) is provided to receive a reaction force in the axial direction via the bearing for the handle shaft and the boss portion of the drag adjusting lever. The preset screw is screwed near the shaft end of the handle shaft so as to be positionally adjustable in the axial direction.

The drag adjusting lever adjusts the elastic force of the drag spring by adjusting the distance between the preset screw and the drag spring. The boss portion is provided with a cam-type axial pressing mechanism for converting the rotation angle of the drag adjusting lever into axial position adjustment. The drag adjusting lever and the preset screw are provided inside the handle near the shaft end of the handle shaft protruding from the side frame of the reel unit.

The operator can increase the resilience of the drag spring and the drag torque by pushing the drag adjusting lever, for example, around the handle shaft. It can also be operated in the opposite direction to weaken it.

Further, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Nos. 64-24968 and 64-24967, a drag mechanism is provided on the spool shaft, and a drag adjusting mechanism is provided at the shaft end of the spool shaft protruding from the side frame. The provided one is disclosed.

[0007]

In any case, the above-mentioned drag adjusting lever has a boss portion rotatably provided around the handle shaft and the spool shaft, and an operation protruding radially outward from the boss portion. And a section. Generally, the drag torque is adjusted by picking up the operating portion with three fingers, the thumb, the index finger, and the middle finger, and pushing or pulling it toward the front. Therefore, even if you press the reel unit attached to the pole with your palm or left hand, you will not get a sense of stability and you will not be able to obtain a large drag power.

Especially when the drag torque is close to the maximum,
The forward rotation of the drag adjusting lever becomes considerably heavy due to the resistance of the drag spring. Therefore, especially when the drag adjusting lever is slippery, it is difficult to operate and it is difficult to set the drag position to a desired drag position.
It is also easy to lose the balance of the hands that support the rod and reel.

The present invention provides a drag adjusting lever which can be easily operated and can be easily set to a desired drag position while holding the reel main body stably even when particularly large drag power is desired. The purpose is to provide.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a drag adjusting lever comprising a rotating portion rotatably held on a rotating shaft projecting outward from a side frame of a reel body, and a radial outside of the rotating portion. A protruding operation portion, a finger hook portion provided so as to protrude outward in the radial direction from the side opposite to the operation portion with respect to the center of rotation of the rotating portion, the finger hook portion having a shorter length than the operation portion; It is characterized by having.

In the drag adjusting lever of claim 2,
The rotating shaft is a handle shaft.

[0012]

According to the drag adjusting lever of the first aspect, in addition to the conventional operating portion, the finger hooking portion is provided on the opposite side. Therefore, when the drag torque is small, the operating portion can be pinched to perform a light adjustment operation. Further, when the drag torque is large, a large torque can be applied by the wheel axle action by placing the thumb on the tip of the operating portion and placing the forefinger or the middle finger on the finger rest to operate. At that time, the torque can be directly applied to the rotating portion of the drag adjusting lever by the cooperation action of the thumb and the other fingers,
Almost no front-back force is applied to the reel unit.

Further, the finger hook portion is shorter than the operation portion. As a result, it is possible to increase only the portion where the force is applied to adjust the drag torque (only the necessary portion), without providing an unnecessary portion as a whole.

Therefore, even when a large drag torque is obtained, the drag adjustment operation can be performed while holding the reel, and thus the rod, stably. Further, it is easy to finely adjust the drag torque, and it is possible to easily set a desired drag position.

In the drag adjusting lever of the second aspect, the rotating shaft is the handle shaft. Therefore, the drag adjusting lever can be provided near the shaft end of the handle shaft. As a result, the drag adjustment can be facilitated even while operating the handle.

[0016]

1 is a partially cutaway front view of an electric reel 1 equipped with a drag adjusting lever of the present invention.
The electric reel 1 includes a central cylindrical center frame 2 and
It has a main body having side frames 3 and 4 on both sides thereof. The right side frame 3 is the center frame 2
And a side frame 6 that covers the outside. The same applies to the left side frame 4. A spool 7 is rotatably supported between the left and right side frames 3 and 4.

In the present embodiment, the spool 7 is hollow, and the motor and the speed reducer are housed inside the spool 7 (not shown). The motor drives the spool shaft 10 to rotate in both forward and reverse directions. Pinion 11 on spool shaft 10
Is provided. The pinion 11 can be selected to rotate integrally with the spool shaft 10 or idle by a known clutch mechanism. Spool shaft 11
A handle shaft 12 is provided in parallel with.

FIG. 2 shows details of the drag mechanism shown in FIG.
A handle shaft 12 is rotatably supported between a side frame of the right side frame 3 and the side cover 6. A master gear 14 that meshes with the pinion 11 is rotatably provided near the left end of the handle shaft 12.
A pressing plate 15 is provided so as to face the master gear 14. The pressing plate 15 is held by the handle shaft 12 so as to rotate together with the handle shaft 12 and to be slidable in the axial direction.

Two drag washers 16, 17 are interposed between the master gear 14 and the pressing plate 15. The drag washer 16 adjacent to the master gear 14 is provided so as to rotate together with the handle shaft 12 and to be movable in the axial direction. The other drag washer 17 is provided so that the protrusion on the outer periphery thereof meshes with the concave groove formed on the inner periphery of the master gear 14 so as to rotate together with the master gear 14 and to be movable in the axial direction. There is. A liner for sliding friction is interposed between the contact surfaces of the master gear 14, the drag washers 16 and 17, and the pressing plate 15.

Behind the pressing plate 15, a drag spring 18 composed of a plurality of disc springs is provided. The drag spring 18 biases the pressing plate 15 toward the master gear 14 side. The drag spring 18 is supported by a radial ball bearing 19 for holding the handle shaft 12 and the like in the axial direction from the rear side thereof.

A preset screw 21 is screwed inside the handle 20 for manual operation near the shaft end of the handle shaft 12. Between the inner ring of the radial ball bearing 19 and the preset screw 21, a collar 2 for a spacer is provided.
2, the first thrust ball bearing 23 and the second thrust ball bearing 24 are interposed.

The first thrust ball bearing 23 and the second
An axial pressing member 25 and a drag adjusting lever 26 are interposed between the thrust ball bearings 24.
The drag adjusting lever 26 cooperates with the axial pressing member 25 by changing the rotation angle about the shaft center, and resists the urging force of the drag spring 18 to keep the distance between the thrust ball bearings 23, 24. It is to spread.

The drag adjusting lever 26 has a boss portion 27.
And an operation unit 28. Boss part 2 which is a rotating part
7 is provided rotatably around the handle shaft 12.
The operation portion 28 has a shape extending from the boss portion 27 to the outside in the radial direction. In addition, the lateral width α of the operating portion 28 of the drag 26
(See Fig. 1)
It has a wide width so that more parts can contact the thumb. In the present embodiment, α = 15 mm.

The boss portion 27 shown in FIG. 2 has a cam surface 27a.
Is provided, and the cam surface 25 is also provided on the axial pressing member 25.
a is provided. The two cam surfaces constitute an axial pressing mechanism that converts the angle of the drag adjusting lever 26 into axial position adjustment. In addition, the axial pressing mechanism may be configured by a screw or the like instead of the cam.

The axial pressing member 25 is movable in the axial direction with respect to the bearing box 29 provided on the side cover 6.
And it is attached so that it does not rotate. An O-ring 30 is interposed between the boss portion 27 of the drag adjusting lever 26 and the bearing box 29. Such O-ring 3
With 0, waterproofness and appropriate friction resistance can be given.

A member between the first thrust ball bearing 23 and the second thrust ball bearing 24 is rotatable with respect to the handle shaft 12. The boss portion 27 of the drag adjusting lever 26, the inner ring of the radial ball bearing 19 and the collar 22 are dragged by the drag spring 18 and rotate together with the handle shaft 12. Preset screw 21
Is screwed onto the handle shaft 12, and therefore,
When the handle shaft 12 rotates, it rotates together. Also,
If the handle 20 is stopped, stop it together.

In addition to the above-mentioned normal operating portion 27, the drag adjusting lever 26 is provided on the opposite side of the operating portion 27 (see FIG. 2).
Then, the finger hook 31 is provided on the lower side.

Further, the drag adjusting lever 26 is provided with a pin 32 which is elastically biased toward the surface of the bearing box 29. A large number of grooves 33 are formed on the surface of the bearing box 29 to intermittently engage the tip of the pin 32 to give a click feeling. The pins 32 and the grooves 33 form a click mechanism.

As shown in FIG. 3, the operating portion 27 is curved so that a finger can be firmly applied when the drag adjusting lever 26 is rotated in a direction to increase the drag torque. In this embodiment, the finger-hanging portion 31 also has a concave curved surface 31a on which a finger is applied when the finger-holding portion 31 is rotated in a direction in which the drag torque is increased. The surface 31b on the opposite side is an inclined surface or a convex curved surface because it is not necessary to put a finger on it.

The operator adjusts the drag as follows. When adjusting the drag torque in the direction of increasing the strength, the thumb is hooked on the concave curved surface 28a of the operation portion 28.
Then, the index finger or the middle finger is hooked on the finger hanging surface 31a of the finger hanging portion 31. As a result, the drag adjustment lever 2
It is possible to directly apply a clockwise torque around the center of the handle shaft 12 to the steering wheel 6. In that case, the reel body only needs to be supported with a torque that overcomes the torque, and it is not necessary to support the force in the front-rear direction. Therefore, the electric reel and the rod can be stably held.

On the other hand, when the drag adjusting lever 26 is operated in the direction of decreasing the drag torque, it is not necessary to apply a very large torque, and the thumb is lightly finger-hooked portion 31.
The operating portion 27 may be rotated counterclockwise in the state of being attached.

When the drag torque is adjusted within a small range, the operator can simply operate by grasping the tip of the operating portion 27.

In the present embodiment, the operation unit 27
Is curved so that a finger is caught when the drag adjusting lever 26 is rotated in a direction to increase the drag torque. However, it may extend straight.

Further, the finger hanging surface 31a of the finger hanging portion 31 is also a concave curved surface, but it may be flat. The surface 31b on the opposite side may be flat, or both surfaces may be concave curved surfaces so that the fingers can be firmly held.

In this embodiment, the case where the drag mechanism is provided around the handle shaft has been described. However, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 64-24968 or Japanese Utility Model Publication 64-64
It can be applied when a drag mechanism is provided around the spool shaft shown in Japanese Patent No. 24967.

In addition to the electric reel, the present invention can be applied to a manually operated reel.

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FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an electric reel provided with an embodiment of a drag adjusting lever of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the electric reel of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Electric reel 3 ... Side frame 7 ... Spool 12 ... Handle shaft 20 ... Handle 21 ... Preset screw 26 ... Drag adjustment lever 27 ... Boss portion 28 ... Operating portion 31 ... Finger rest

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A drag adjusting lever for adjusting a drag force according to a rotation angle of a fishing reel, wherein the rotating portion is rotatably held on a rotation shaft protruding outward from a side frame of a reel body. An operating portion protruding outward in the radial direction from the rotating portion, a finger hook portion provided so as to protrude outward in the radial direction from a side opposite to the operating portion with respect to a rotation center of the rotating portion, the operating portion The drag adjustment lever is characterized by having a shorter finger hook. 2. The drag adjusting lever according to claim 1, wherein the rotating shaft is a handle shaft.