JPH1198938A - Fishing and sports goods - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the subject goods, capable of stably manifesting a desired color as a whole and reducing the weight thereof and excellent in appearance by installing a member body and a decorative layer formed on the member body, including a coloring material in the decorative layer and regulating the thickness of the decorative layer to a smaller one than a specific value. SOLUTION: The fishing and sports goods are obtained by installing a member body 11 having a prescribed shape and a decorative layer 13 formed directly or through an interlayer 12 on the member body 11, including a coloring material in the decorative layer 13 and regulating the thickness of the decorative layer 13 to <5 μm thickness. The decorative layer 13 is preferably prepared by using a pigment and/or a dye or mixing a synthetic resin with the pigment and/or dye and forming the decorative layer 13 according to the dry plating. The ratio of the pigment and/or dye in the synthetic resin is preferably >=20% and the interlayer 12 is preferably a metal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to fishing and sports equipment such as fishing equipment, tennis equipment, golf equipment and ski equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, fishing equipment, tennis equipment, golf equipment and the like have been required to have high functionality and also to have decorativeness in order to appeal to the taste of users. Since these fishing and sporting goods are used outdoors, light reflection is used to improve decorativeness.

As such a product, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-313
No. 37 discloses a tubular body applicable to a fishing rod. This tubular body is provided with a decorative layer utilizing reflection of light, and has an interference thin film formed by metal deposition on a coating film of the tubular body in order to reduce the weight, and reflects the surface of the interference thin film. And the light reflected at the interface between the interference thin film and the paint film interfere with each other to obtain a decorative bright color.

[0004]

However, the thin film formed as described above is greatly affected by the state of the underlayer. For example, when the underlayer has irregularities, the thickness of the formed interference thin film is reduced. Variations occur. When the thickness of the interference thin film varies, the color shown differs depending on the location. For example, even if it is desired to show red, depending on the location, yellow may occur, and it may not be possible to show stable red as a whole.

[0005] On the other hand, when a decorative layer is provided by a known spray coating or garnish coating to show a desired color, the proportion of pigments and dyes mixed in the coating is small. Its thickness must be about 10 μm, and even if it is thin, the limit is 7 μm. When the decorative layer is provided with such a thickness, there is a problem that the weight cannot be reduced. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a fishing / sporting article that can stably exhibit a desired color as a whole, has excellent appearance, and can be reduced in weight.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a fishing / sports article comprising: a member body having a predetermined shape; and a decorative layer provided directly or via an intermediate layer on the member body. Wherein the decorative layer contains a coloring material and has a thickness of less than 5 μm.

According to this structure, since the decorative layer is a colored thin film containing a coloring material, the color of the coloring material can be obtained, and different colors are not displayed even if there are irregularities.
A desired color can be stably displayed. Further, since the thickness of the decorative layer is very thin, the weight of fishing and sports equipment can be reduced.

In the present invention, the decorative layer is made of a pigment and / or a dye, or a mixture of a synthetic resin and a pigment and / or a dye, and is preferably formed by dry plating. Further, the proportion of the pigment and / or dye in the synthetic resin is preferably 20% or more.

Further, in the present invention, the intermediate layer is preferably a metal layer. In this case, since the thickness of the decoration layer is thin, the reflected light from the metal layer can be transmitted,
As a result, an appearance showing glitter can be obtained.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of the fishing and sports equipment of the present invention, and is a front view showing a tubular body 1 used for a fishing rod, a golf club and the like. As shown in FIG. 2, the tubular body 1 includes a member main body 11, a metal layer 12 as an intermediate layer provided on the member main body 11, and a decoration layer 13 formed on the metal layer 12. ing.

The member main body 11 is formed by winding a fiber reinforced prepreg in which aligned reinforcing fibers are impregnated with a synthetic resin around a mandrel (not shown), and thereafter, is molded according to a conventional method. In this case, as the reinforcing fiber,
Carbon fiber, glass fiber, metal fiber, aramid fiber,
Ceramic fibers or the like can be used, and as a synthetic resin, an epoxy resin, a urethane resin, a polyester resin, or the like can be used.

The metal layer 12 serving as an intermediate layer includes Cr,
Ni, Ti, Al, Be, Au, Ag and the like can be used. The thickness of the metal layer 12 is determined by its own weight, flexibility, concealment,
In consideration of the glitter and the like, the thickness is preferably 0.03 to 1.0 μm. In addition, as a method for forming the metal layer 12,
PV for ion plating, sputtering, vapor deposition, etc.
D method, CVD method, wet plating and the like can be used.
The metal layer 12 may be formed as a single layer, a plurality of layers, or may not be provided.

The decorative layer 13 contains a pigment and / or dye serving as a coloring material. Examples of the pigment include phthalocyanine pigments such as phthalocyanine blue, azo lake pigments such as lake red C, quinacridone red, and quinacridone pigments. Examples of dyes include sublimable dyes such as Kayaset Red SF-4G (manufactured by Nippon Kayaku), anthraquinone dyes, and triphenylmethane dyes.

The material constituting the decorative layer 13 may be a urethane resin, an epoxy resin, an amide alkyl resin, a radical polymerization type photocurable resin, or the like so that the pigment and / or dye is fixed to the metal layer 12. Synthetic resin is used.

In this case, the content of the pigment and / or the dye in the decoration layer 13, that is, the ratio of the pigment and / or the dye to the synthetic resin constituting the decoration layer 13 can be reduced by making the decoration layer 13 thinner and at a desired level. 20% or more to show color
It is preferably at least 80%. With such a content, the decorative layer 13 can be made thin.

For example, when the pigment contained in the decorative layer 13 is a phthalocyanine pigment, the content with respect to the synthetic resin is 40 to 80%. When the pigment contained in the decorative layer 13 is a lake pigment, the content with respect to the synthetic resin is 60 to 90%. When the dye contained in the decorative layer 13 is a triphenylmethane dye, the content with respect to the synthetic resin is 50 to 80%.

The thickness of the decorative layer 13 is less than 5 μm, preferably 3 μm or less, more preferably 1 to 0.5 μm. When the thickness is 0.1 μm or less, interference with the color of the base occurs, so that when one color is stably output, the lower limit is considered to be about 0.1 μm. . As described above, the thickness is preferably 0.3 to 5 μm in consideration of concealability and abrasion resistance.

As the method of forming the decorative layer 13, a wet thin film forming technique such as spray coating, dipping coating, sword coating, or spin coating; a thin film forming technique such as PVD such as CVD, ion plating, sputtering, or vapor deposition is used. be able to.

For example, when a wet thin film forming technique is employed, a pigment or a dye is dissolved in a solvent such as an aromatic hydrocarbon, an alcohol or a ketone, and a small amount (20%
(About the following). Using this solution (solvent / pigment / dye + synthetic resin = about 80/20), the decorative layer 13 is formed by the above method. Such a solution is in a smooth state because of a large amount of volatile components, and a thin film can be formed.

When a sublimable dye is used as the dye contained in the decorative layer 13, an underlayer such as a coating layer or a metal deposition layer or a cover layer is provided in advance, and the sublimable dye is heated and heated. A dye can be diffused into the cover layer to form a decorative layer.

A protective layer may be provided on the decorative layer 13 if necessary.
Between the smoothing layer 12 and the vapor deposition layer 13, the vapor deposition layer 13 and the protective layer 1
4, another intermediate layer may be provided as appropriate.

The tubular body 1 having the above structure is provided with the decorative layer 13
Is a colored thin film having a high pigment / dye concentration.
Even if the thickness of 3 differs from place to place, no interference occurs and a desired color, that is, a specific color can be stably displayed. In addition, since the desired color can be obtained when the decoration layer 13 is very thin, the weight can be reduced as a whole.

Further, since the metal layer 12 is formed under the thin decorative layer 13, the reflected light from the metal layer 12 transmits through the decorative layer 13, thereby obtaining a more preferable appearance showing glitter. it can.

In the above embodiment, the case where the member body of the fishing and sporting goods is a fiber reinforced prepreg has been described. The present invention can also be applied to a case where a resin molded product, a wooden molded product, or the like is used. In addition, the present invention can be applied to all fishing and sporting goods such as fishing goods, tennis goods, golf goods, and ski goods.

[0025]

As described above, the fishing and sports equipment of the present invention has a decorative layer containing a coloring material and having a thickness of 5 μm or less, so that a desired color can be stably exhibited as a whole. This makes it possible to achieve excellent appearance and light weight.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a tubular body which is an example of fishing and sports equipment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the tubular body shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tubular body 11 Member main body 12 Metal layer 13 Decoration layer

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A member body having a predetermined shape, and a decoration layer provided directly or via an intermediate layer on the member body, wherein the decoration layer contains a coloring material and has a thickness. Fishing and sports equipment characterized by having a thickness of less than 5 μm. 2. The decoration layer according to claim 1, wherein the decoration layer is a mixture of a pigment and / or a dye or a synthetic resin and a pigment and / or a dye, and is formed by dry plating. Fishing and sporting goods. 3. The fishing and sports equipment according to claim 1, wherein the content of the pigment and / or the dye relative to the synthetic resin is 20% or more. 4. The fishing and sports equipment according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate layer is a metal layer.