JPS6341879Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a longline insertion device for attaching branch lines to the mainline one after another and feeding them into the live line in the tuna longline fishing method.

Previously, all rope casting work, such as attaching a snap to the main line that was thrown into the sea and putting fishing bait into the sea, had to be done by hand.

However, when the rope-throwing work is carried out manually in this manner, it takes a long time and there is also a risk that the worker may be injured due to fatigue.

In view of these points, the present invention has been made with the purpose of providing a longline feeding device that can automatically carry out the casting work, and is capable of intermittently dropping branch lines with fishing bait and snaps attached. A pitch conveyor that moves the main line, a rope machine that throws the branch ropes moved by the pitch conveyor into the sea using the spring force of a spring, a rope handler that holds the main line under tension, and this rope rope machine. A snap attaching machine is provided for attaching the snaps held on the pitch conveyor to the main rope held by the pitch conveyor.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 schematically shows the entire longline throwing device of the present invention, in which a throwing line machine 2 for feeding out a mainline into the sea is disposed near a snapping machine 1. This rope machine 2 is designed to hold the main rope between a pair of drive pulleys 3 and send the main rope out into the sea via a guide 4 protruding forward. Since it is well known, detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

In front of the guide 4 of the lasso machine 2, there is a lasso machine 2
A rope pulling hand 5 of the rope pulling machine 1A is provided, which is movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the main rope is fed out from the rope. The details of this rope handling hand 5 are in the second section.
3, a guide frame 6 extending in the direction of movement of the hand 5 is fixed on the hull. A movable base 7 is disposed along this guide frame 6, and this base 7
is connected to a piston rod 9 of a movable cylinder 8 protruding from one end of the guide frame 6, and can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the guide frame 6 by supplying fluid pressure to the movable cylinder 8. Note that bellow-shaped protective covers 10, 10 are provided between the guide frame 6 and the base 7. A hand cylinder 11 is supported on the base 7, and this hand cylinder 11
is connected to a piston rod 13 of an elevating cylinder 12 vertically disposed on the base 7, and can be raised and lowered by supplying fluid pressure to the elevating cylinder 12. The hand 5 supported by the hand cylinder 11 consists of a pair of substantially C-shaped claw members 15A and 15B whose base ends are rotatably pivoted to the hand cylinder 11 by pins 14 and 14, respectively; The proximal ends of both claw members 15A, 15B are connected to the piston rod 17 of the hand cylinder 11. Each claw member 15A, 15B is composed of a pair of arms 16A, 16A, 16B, 16B spaced apart, and the tip of each arm 16B, 16B of one claw member 15B is forked, and the other The tips of each arm 16A of the claw member 15A are fitted together to close the hand 5. Then, when the piston rod 17 of the hand cylinder 11 is raised, the hand 5 opens and the piston rod 1
When the hand 7 is lowered, the hand 5 is closed.

At the end of the guide frame 6 opposite to the part where the movable cylinder 8 is protruded, a support 18 is erected so as to avoid an intermediate position in the width direction of the guide frame 6. 1
A guide plate 19 extending in the longitudinal direction of the guide frame 6 is provided protruding from the guide frame 8 . The tip of this guide plate 19 is arranged to be inclined downward,
At the base of this guide plate 19, this guide plate 19
Another guide plate 20 of substantially the same shape extending parallel to the mounting portion 21 is provided to protrude from the mounting portion 21 . These two guide plates 19 and 20 have an interval that allows the hand 5 moved by the moving cylinder 8 to enter between the two guide plates 19 and 20 without coming into contact with the two guide plates 19 and 20. The mounting part 21 is
It is formed into a substantially U-shape so that a snap held and conveyed by a mounting hand 22, which will be described later, will not come into contact with it.

Returning to FIG. 1, the setting hand 22 of the snap setting machine 1 is disposed on the side of the lasso machine 2 and rotates so as to face the end of the guide frame 6. Details of this mounting hand 22 are shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and a base 2 is mounted on the hull.
3 is fixed. This base 23 has a plurality of arcuate holes 24, 24 formed in the peripheral edge of its lower part.
It is adapted to be fixed to the hull of the ship so that it can be adjusted in the circumferential direction. Further, a swing motor 25 is placed on this base 23, and a swing motor 25 is placed on this base 23.
A lifting cylinder 26 is disposed within the cylinder 3. A piston rod 27 extending above the cylinder 26 is connected to the lower part of the swing motor 25, so that the swing motor 25 can be moved up and down by driving the lift cylinder 26. Note that a plurality of guide rods 28, 28, . Furthermore, a bellows-shaped protective cover 30 is stretched between the base 23 and the swing motor 25.

A rotary body 31 is rotatably supported on the rocking motor 25, and this rotary body 31 can be rotated by a predetermined angle in a predetermined direction by supplying pressure oil to the rocking motor 25. It's getting old. A telescopic cylinder 32 having a horizontal axis is fixed to this rotating body 31.
The attached hand 2 is attached to the tip of the piston rod 33 of 2.
2 is provided protrudingly. Note that a bellows-shaped protective cover 34 is stretched between the telescopic cylinder 32 and the piston rod 33.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 6 and 7, the mounting hand 22 is provided with an opening/closing cylinder 35 at its base end, and a piston rod 33 of this opening/closing cylinder 35 protrudes to the front of the cylinder 35. . Further, a pair of brackets 36, 36, 37, 37 are protruded from the front surface of the cylinder 35 on the left and right sides, and each pair of brackets 36, 36 or 37, 37 has a pair of brackets 36, 36, 37, 37 extending in the vertical direction. Pins 38, 38 are supported. The bent portions of L-shaped claw members 39A, 39B forming the mounting hand 22 are pivotally attached to both the pins 38, 38. Further, the proximal end of each claw member 39A, 39B is connected to the distal end of the piston rod 33 by a pin 40. Furthermore, each claw member 39A, 39
On the inside of B, holding bodies 41, 41 that directly contact snaps (not shown) are screwed together with screws 42, and each holding body 41 is formed with a vertical groove 43 into which the snap fits. . Note that the surface of the holding body 41 connected to the groove 43 is formed into inclined surfaces 44, 44 to facilitate fitting of the snap into the groove 43. Further, the material of the holding body 41 may be a hard material such as gun metal or a soft material such as hard rubber.

Returning to FIG. 1, the mounting hand 22 is rotated approximately 90 degrees between a solid line position and an imaginary line position by the drive of the swing motor 25, of which the imaginary line position is The position where the snap is attached to the main rope is shown, and the solid line shows the position where the snap is clamped. A first pitch conveyor 45 is disposed at the solid line position of the mounting hand 22 and has recesses 46, 46, . Parallel to the first pitch conveyor 45, there is also a second pitch conveyor 47 that transports the branch line extending from the snap in a wound state, and a bucket transporter that transports the fishing bait hooked on the fishing hook at the tip of the branch line. A third pitch conveyor 48 is provided for conveying within 49. Each pitch conveyor 45, 47,
48 is designed to be driven intermittently. Among these, the third pitch conveyor 48 has a shorter tip than the other two pitch conveyors 45 and 47, and in front of the tip of the third pitch conveyor 48, fishing bait is fed as an example of a throwing rope machine. The mounting table 51 of the machine 50 is facing. This fishing bait feeding machine 50
has an arm 52 that rotates in a vertical plane, and the above-mentioned mounting table 51 is protruded from the tip of this arm 52. When the bait is thrown in, the arm 52 rotates at high speed by the action of a spring (not shown), and the fishing bait in the mounting table 51 is thrown into the sea.

Next, the operation of the above-described embodiment will be described.

8A to 8F show the operation of the rope handling hand 5, and as shown in FIG. I'm waiting. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, as shown in FIG. 8B, the elevating cylinder 1
The rope handling hand 5 is raised by the drive of 2, and stops when the main rope 53 is positioned approximately in the center of the expanded hand 5. Then, the hand cylinder 11 is driven, and the rope handling hand 5 closes to capture the main rope 53, as shown in FIG. 8C. Next, when the moving cylinder 8 is driven and the rope handler 5 is moved together with the base 7 toward the guide plates 19 and 20 as shown in FIG. The main rope 53 rises along the slopes of the guide plates 19 and 20, and is finally held under tension by the guide plates 19 and 20 at the upper end of the rope handling hand 5.

On the other hand, FIGS. 9A to 9H show the operation of the mounting hand 22, which is fitted into the recess 46 of the first pitch conveyor 45 and mounted at a position where it can face the snap 54 that is intermittently conveyed. hand 22
is waiting in an expanded state (FIG. 9A), and when the snap 54 is located in front of the mounting hand 22, the telescopic cylinder 32 is driven as shown in FIG. 9B, and the mounting hand 22 is extended and the snap is opened. Move forward to a position where you can grasp 54. Then, as shown in FIG. 9C, the opening/closing cylinder 35 is driven, and the mounting hand 22 closes to clamp the snap 54. As a result of this clamping by the attachment hand 22, the snap 54 is elastically deformed to form a portion that receives the main rope 53. Next, the lifting cylinder 26 is driven to raise the mounting hand 22, and the snap 54 comes out of the recess 46 of the first pitch conveyor 45, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 9D. Next, the swing motor 25 is driven, and the mounting hand 22 is moved to the rope handling hand 5, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 9E.
Then, the main line 53, which is supported under tension by the guide plates 19 and 20, is turned 90 degrees, and the snap 54 is inserted between the guide plates 19 and 20.
Hook the snap 54 onto the main rope 53. In this state, as shown in FIG. 8E, the hand cylinder 11 is driven to open the rope handling hand 5, and the main rope 53
When the main rope 53 is in a free state, the elevating cylinder 16 is driven, the attaching hand 22 is raised, and the snap 54 is raised with the main rope 53 hooked thereon, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 9F. The rope handler 5, which has released the main rope 53, moves laterally while descending, as shown in FIG. 8F, and returns to the state shown in FIG. 8A.
By the way, the attachment hand 22 with the snap 54 hooking the main line 53 is extended forward as shown in FIG. 9G by the drive of the telescopic cylinder 32, and the snap 54 faces outboard. Therefore, the opening/closing cylinder 35
When driven, the mounting hand 22 expands and releases the snap 54. Then, the elastically deformed snap 54 is closed and attached to the main rope 53. At the same time as this snap opening operation, the fishing bait feeder 50
The arm 52 rotates and releases the fishing bait into the sea. Therefore, the branch line is released into the sea along with the fishing bait.

Note that the mounting cylinder 2 with the snap 54 open
2 turns as shown in FIG. 9H and returns to the position shown in FIG. 9A.

In this way, according to this embodiment, the attachment of the snap 54 to the main line 53 and the release of fishing bait into the sea can be carried out automatically, so that labor can be saved and injuries to workers can be avoided. Decrease.

Note that, unlike the above-mentioned embodiment, if the main rope 53 released from the rope machine 2 is higher than the guide plates 19, 20, the rope handling hand 5 that captures the main rope 53 is lowered to remove the rope. The main rope may be held in tension between the hand 5 and the guide plates 19 and 20.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, a guide plate 55 is provided on the rope handling hand 5, and the claw members 15A and 15B constituting the hand 5 are attached to the main rope 53.
By forming it so that it can hold the guide plates 19 and 20 in the above-described embodiments, there is no need to provide the guide plates 19 and 20.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned throwing rope machine, a holding part for hooking a branch line may be provided on the arm 52 in place of the mounting table 51 shown in the embodiment, and the branch line may be directly thrown into the sea. The fishing bait may be thrown in by linearly moving the mounting table 51 using a spring.

As explained above, the longline feeding device according to the present invention includes a pitch conveyor that intermittently moves the branch line to which fishing bait and snaps are attached, and a pitch conveyor that moves the branch line that has been moved by the pitch conveyor using the spring force of the spring. a rope rigging machine that throws the main rope into the sea, a rope rigging machine that holds the main rope in a tensioned state, and a snap attachment machine that attaches the snap held on the pitch conveyor to the main rope held by the tying machine. Because of this, the rope-throwing work can be carried out automatically and the rope-throwing work can be accomplished quickly, and it also has various effects such as labor saving and reduction of injuries to workers.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the longline insertion device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of the rope handling hand shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2, and FIG. Fig. 1 is an enlarged front view of the mounting hand, Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the main part of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged front view of the mounting hand.
The figure is a side view of Fig. 6, Fig. 8 A, B, C, D,
E and F are explanatory diagrams showing the operation of the rope handling hand, No. 9
Figures A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are explanatory views showing the operation of the attachment hand, and Figures 10A and 10B are schematic front views showing another embodiment of the rope handling hand. 1...Snap attachment machine, 1A...Rowing machine, 2...
...Rope machine, 5...Rope pulling hand, 8...Moving cylinder, 11...Hand cylinder, 12...Elevating cylinder, 15A, 15B...Claw member, 19, 20
... Guide plate, 22 ... Mounting hand, 25 ... Swing motor, 26 ... Lifting cylinder, 32 ... Telescopic cylinder, 35 ... Opening/closing cylinder, 39A, 39
B... Claw member, 45, 47, 48... Pitch conveyor, 50... Fishing bait feeder, 53... Main line, 5
4... Snap.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A pitch conveyor that intermittently moves the branch line with fishing bait and snaps attached, a throw line machine that throws the branch line moved by the pitch conveyor into the sea using the spring force of a spring, and the main line is kept under tension. 1. A longline feeding device comprising: a rope tying machine for holding a main line; and a snap attaching machine for attaching a snap held on the pitch conveyor to the main line held by the tying machine.