TWI533799B - Design of the meter housing - Google Patents

Description

Meter housing mounting structure

The present invention relates to a meter housing mounting structure, and more particularly to a meter housing mounting structure for a fishing reel in which an indicator housing of a fishing reel is attached to an upper portion of a reel body.

Generally, the fishing reel includes a reel body, a reel mounted on the reel body, and an operating lever that rotates the reel. In the electric reel of the fishing reel and the reel attached to the rice reel, a meter housing is fixed to an upper portion of a frame member (frame) of the reel body. On the upper surface of the meter housing, a display unit including a liquid crystal display for water depth display and a switch operation unit provided to perform various operations around the display unit are disposed. An electric component for controlling the display unit or the like is connected to the display unit and the switch operation unit inside the rice cooker case.

Such a meter housing is known to have a hub portion that is formed with a female thread portion that protrudes toward a lower portion of the meter housing and has an opening on the lower side, and the hub portion is placed when the meter housing is placed on the upper portion of the frame member. In the state in which the through-holes penetrating in the up-and-down direction of the frame member are passed through, the bolt member inserted from the lower side is screwed, and the meter housing is pulled and fixed to the frame member (for example, refer to Non-Patent Document 1).

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[Non-Patent Document 1] Internet

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In the conventional meter housing, since the protruding boss portion is formed in the lower portion of the meter housing, it is necessary to increase the height of the hub portion of the meter housing in order to sufficiently secure the hook length of the bolt member. As described above, when the height of the hub portion is increased, the height of the meter housing is increased, and the entire reel can be enlarged.

An object of the present invention is to suppress the height of the meter housing from being small for the meter housing mounting structure.

The meter housing mounting structure of the fishing reel of the invention 1 is a meter housing mounting structure of a fishing reel in which the meter housing of the fishing reel is attached to the upper portion of the reel body, and includes a hub portion And through holes and fixing members. The hub portion is formed to protrude upward from the upper surface of the reel body, and has a female screw portion that opens upward. The through hole is formed to penetrate in the vertical direction in the meter housing. The fixing member is attached from the upper side of the meter housing, and has a head portion and a male thread portion. The head is in contact with the upper surface of the meter housing. The male screw portion has a smaller diameter than the head at the tip end of the head, and penetrates the through hole and is screwed to the female screw portion.

In the meter housing mounting structure, the fixing member is attached to the hub formed from the upper side of the reel body toward the upper side by the upper side of the meter housing. And fix the meter housing to the reel body. Here, since the hub portion is provided on the upper surface of the reel body, it is not necessary to provide the hub portion in the meter housing as is conventionally known, and therefore, the height of the meter housing can be suppressed to be low.

The meter housing mounting structure of the invention 2 is the meter housing mounting structure according to the first aspect of the invention, comprising: a reel body, a frame member, and a first side cover and a second side cover. The frame member has a connecting member that is disposed at least at the upper portion and that connects the both side portions. The first side cover and the second side cover cover both sides of the frame member. The hub portion is formed to protrude upward from the upper surface of the connecting member disposed at least at the upper portion. In this case, the meter housing can be fixed to the upper surface of the connecting member disposed on the upper portion.

The meter housing mounting structure of the invention 3 is the meter housing mounting structure according to the first or second aspect of the invention, and the meter housing has a protruding portion which is formed to protrude toward the side portion, and the through hole is penetrated in the vertical direction form. In this case, by providing the protruding portion of the fixing member with the head portion at the side of the meter housing, the head of the fixing member does not need to be disposed on the upper surface of the meter housing.

The meter housing mounting structure of the invention 4 is the meter housing mounting structure of the invention 3, and the length of the protruding portion in the vertical direction is shorter than the length of the hub in the vertical direction. In this case, the hook length of the bolt member can be sufficiently ensured while reducing the height of the protruding portion of the rice cooker case.

The meter housing mounting structure of the invention 5 is the meter housing mounting structure according to the invention 3 or 4, and the cord reel body further has an upper cover which is installed between the first side cover and the second side cover. Around the rice shell, the top of the protrusion will be covered. In this case, since the head of the fixing member exposed to the upper surface of the protruding portion can be closed by the upper cover, the fishing line can be prevented from being entangled in the solid The head of the component.

The meter housing mounting structure of the invention 6 is the meter housing mounting structure according to any one of the inventions 1 to 5, and the fishing reel is an electric reel which rotates the reel by a motor. In this case, for the electric reel, the height of the meter housing can also be suppressed to be low.

The meter housing mounting structure of the invention is the meter housing mounting structure according to any one of the inventions 1 to 5, and the fishing reel is a manual winding which only rotates the reel by the rotation of the operating lever. A reel with a meter. In this case, it is also possible to suppress the height of the meter housing from being low for the manually wound reel.

According to the present invention, in the case of the meter housing mounting structure, since the fixing member is attached to the hub portion formed from the upper side of the reel body toward the upper side from the upper side of the meter housing, the meter housing can be It is fixed to the reel body, so it can suppress the height of the meter housing from being low.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the electric reel according to the embodiment of the present invention is a large electric reel driven by an electric motor supplied from an external power source, and has a corresponding line discharge length. Or the wire take-up length will show the water depth of the fishing group to show the function of the electric reel.

The electric reel mainly includes a reel body 1 that can be mounted on the fishing rod, and a rotation of the reel 10 that is disposed on the side of the reel body 1. The operating lever 2 and the star-shaped retractor 3 for adjusting the traction force disposed on the reel body 1 side of the operating lever 2, and the counter housing 4 for water depth display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The reel body 1 has a frame 7 and a first side cover 8a and a second side cover 8b that cover the left and right sides of the frame 7, and cover the periphery of the meter housing 4 from the front portion of the frame 7 across the rear portion. The top cover 9 (refer to Figure 2). The frame 7 is made of a synthetic resin such as a polyamide resin impregnated with glass fibers, and has a first side plate 7a and a second side plate 7b, and a plurality of connecting members connecting the lower portion, the rear portion, and the front upper portion. 7c.

Inside the reel body 1, the reel 10 for winding the wire coupled to the motor 12 and the operating lever 2 is rotatably supported. Inside the spool 10, a motor 12 that rotationally drives the spool 10 in the winding direction of the wire is disposed. Further, inside the reel body 1, a uniform winding mechanism 13 (refer to FIG. 2) that operates in conjunction with the reel 10 and an unillustrated rotation that transmits the rotation of the operating lever 2 and the motor 12 to the reel 10 are provided. Communication agencies, etc. The motor 12 is coupled to a planetary gear mechanism (not shown) provided in the rotation transmission mechanism.

As shown in Fig. 1, the operation lever 2 is rotatably supported on the lower center portion of the second side cover 8b on the side of the operation lever 2. Further, at the upper front portion of the support portion of the operation lever 2, the adjustment operation lever 5 for controlling the plurality of stages of the motor 12 is swingably supported. Behind the adjustment operating lever 5, the clutch operating member 11 is configured to be swingable. The clutch operating member 11 is an unillustrated clutch that turns ON (ON) and OFF (OFF) the driving of the operating lever 2, the motor 12, and the spool 10, and is turned on (ON). Disconnect (OFF) the component for operation. When the clutch is turned "ON", the line discharge operation can be stopped in the line discharge by the own weight of the fishing group. In the first side cover 8a on the opposite side of the operation lever 2, the electric wire connector 14 for connecting the power cable is installed downward (downward).

The upper cover 9 is a cover member that covers the periphery of the meter housing 4 from the front portion of the frame 7 as shown in Fig. 1, and the rear portion also functions as a thumb seat. The upper cover 9 is fixed to the meter housing 4 and the frame 7 by six bolt members (not shown) inserted from the lower side. The shape of the upper cover 9 is a shape that can be formed to cover the upper portion of the protruding portion 4b of the meter housing 4 to be described later when the meter housing 4 is attached. Here, the head portion 70a of the bolt member 70, which will be described later, exposed to the upper surface of the protruding portion 4b can be closed by the upper cover 9. Further, in the upper cover 9, as shown in Fig. 2, a horizontally long opening 9a for the passage of the fishing line is formed in the front portion. In the lower connecting member 7c, a fitting leg portion 7d for attaching the electric reel to the fishing rod is formed.

In the connecting member 7c at the upper portion of the reel body 1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a meter housing 4 that displays the depth of the fishing group installed at the tip end of the fishing line is fixed.

The upper connecting member 7c has two boss portions 7e that are formed to protrude upward from the upper side as shown in Figs. 6 to 8 . The two boss portions 7e are disposed on the upper surface of the upper connecting member 7c with a space therebetween. The boss portion 7e has a female screw portion 7f that opens upward. The female screw portion 7f can be screwed to the male screw portion 70b of the bolt member 70 to be described later.

The meter housing 4 is attached to the upper side of the meter housing 4 by the bolt member 70 as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 7, and 8. The upper portion of the upper connecting member 7c protrudes upward from the boss portion 7e, and the meter housing 4 is fixed to the upper connecting member 7c.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the meter housing 4 has a frame-shaped case body 4a and two protruding portions 4b which are formed to protrude laterally from both side portions of the case body 4a, And a through hole 4c that penetrates the vertical direction of the protruding portion 4b.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the protruding portion 4b is a cylindrical portion slightly larger than the head portion 70a of the bolt member 70. When the bolt member 70 is inserted into the through hole 4c, the head portion 70a of the bolt member 70 can be made It is in contact with the upper surface of the protruding portion 4b. The length of the protruding portion 4b in the vertical direction is shorter than the length in the vertical direction of the boss portion 7e. When the bolt member 70 is inserted into the through hole 4c, the male screw portion 70b of the bolt member 70 extending downward from the protruding portion 4b can be sure. The ground is screwed to the female screw portion 7f of the boss portion 7e.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the bolt member 70 has a head portion 70a that is attached from the upper side of the protruding portion 4b and that is in contact with the upper surface of the protruding portion 4b, and a head portion that is formed at the tip end of the head portion 70a. The portion 70a has a small diameter and penetrates the male screw portion 70b through which the through hole 4c is screwed to the female screw portion 7f of the boss portion 7e. Here, the two bolt members 70 are two female screw portions 7f that are screwed into the two boss portions 7e by the two through holes 4c that penetrate the two protruding portions 4b.

When the meter case 4 is attached to the connecting member 7c at the upper portion of the reel body 1, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the meter housing 4 is placed on the upper connecting member 7c. In the state in which the two bolt members 70 are passed through the two through holes 4c from the upper side of the two protruding portions 4b of the meter housing 4, the male screw portions 70b of the two bolt members 70 are screwed toward each other. The two female screw portions 7f of the two boss portions 7e projecting from the upper side of the upper connecting member 7c fix the meter housing 4 to the upper connecting member 7c.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the meter housing 4 is placed on the front upper portion of the reel body 1, and is fixed to the first side plate 7a and the second side plate 7b of the reel body 1. A display unit 62 having a liquid crystal display is provided on the upper surface portion of the meter housing 4, and a control unit that performs various types of control without illustration is provided inside the meter housing 4.

As shown in FIG. 5, an opening portion 4d for taking out a wire (not shown) for wiring various electrical components to the outside of the meter housing 4 is formed in the side portion of the rice cooker case 4. In the opening 4d, a rectangular plate-shaped member 80 larger than the opening 4d is attached and fixed from the back side of the meter housing 4. In the plate-like member 80, as shown in Figs. 5 and 9, a plurality of circular through holes 80a are formed, and the wires can be inserted through the through holes 80a. As shown in Fig. 9, the through hole 80a is provided with four slightly larger circular through holes on the front side (the left side in Fig. 9), and six slightly smaller circular holes on the rear side (the right side in Fig. 9). Through hole. Here, since the wire can be positioned by inserting the wire through the through hole 80a, the wire can be inserted into the through hole 80a, and the water repellency treatment can be performed in a stable state.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, behind the display unit 62, a jog take-up switch SW1, a mode changeover switch SW2, and a return-to-zero switch SW3 are disposed.

The jog take-up switch SW1 is a switch for driving the motor 12 slightly to wind up the fishing line only during the operation of the switch.

The mode changeover switch SW2 is a switch for mode switching. Switch every time the mode switch SW2 is operated: from the upper mode (the depth of the fishing group will be The mode displayed by the depth from the water surface) and the bottom mode (the mode in which the water depth of the fishing group is displayed by the water depth from the bottom). When the mode changeover switch SW2 is held for longer than 3 seconds, the jog speed is shifted to the changed mode, and the current jog speed display area 62c of the display unit 62, which will be described later, is turned off. Further, by adjusting the number of times of the swing operation of the front-rear direction of the operation lever 5 or the pressing operation of the mode changeover switch SW2, the jog speed is increased or decreased, and the return-to-zero switch SW3 is operated to set the jog speed to be set. The timer speed display field 62c becomes a lighting display.

The zero return switch SW3 is a switch for resetting the counter to 0 when the operation is performed for 3 seconds or longer.

As shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 62 includes a water depth display area 62a that is displayed at the center of the upper side and a memory depth display area 62b that is displayed on the lower right side of the three-digit display, and The timing display area 62c of the two-digit display displayed on the lower left side of the water depth display area 62a. A "communication" graphic is displayed above the timer speed display area 62c of the display unit 62, a "bottom" character from the bottom mode, a "speed" character in the display speed mode, and a "battery state" graphic are displayed. And the text "Lure" that shows the lure mode.

In the timing display area 62c, as shown in FIG. 3, when the rotation of the reel discharge direction of the reel 10 is detected (when the fishing line is discharged), the display of the fishing line discharge speed (rotation of the reel 10) is displayed. The value of the speed unit obtained by the speed), and the rotation of the reel discharge direction of the reel 10 is not detected for a predetermined time or longer (when the rotation of the reel discharge direction of the reel 10 is stopped) When the fishing line is not wound up by the driving of the motor 12 (when the motor 12 is stopped and manually retracted by the operating lever 2), the elapsed time is replaced by 0, 1, 2 by 1 minute unit instead of the fishing line discharge speed. It is shown that when the fishing line is wound up by the driving of the motor 12, it is a display field in which the ejecting speed and the elapsed time are displayed in the elapsed time, and the speed of the motor 12 is the position (the number of stages) of the adjustment operating lever 5. , for example, is displayed by 31 stages. In the timing display area 62c, when the fishing line is wound up by the driving of the motor 12, the speed of the motor 12, that is, the position (the number of stages) of the adjustment operation lever 5 is preferentially displayed even if the reel 10 is caught. When the rotation in the line discharge direction is detected (when the fishing line is discharged), the line discharge speed (rotation speed of the reel 10) is not displayed. Further, in the timer speed display area 62c, the line discharge speed (rotation speed of the reel 10) is preferentially displayed, and the elapsed time is not displayed. In the timing display area 62c, the line discharge speed and the elapsed time are displayed in different colors from the other display portions every 1 second, and the speed of the motor 12 is also the position of the adjustment operation lever 5 (segment The number is the same as the other display parts.

In the fishing reel having such a configuration, when the fishing line is discharged, the clutch is opened (OFF) by operating the clutch operating member 11 forward (rear). When the clutch is turned off (OFF), the reel 10 is in a freely rotating state, and the fishing line is discharged from the reel 10 by the weight of the weight attached to the fishing line. When the fishing line is discharged, the reel 10 rotates in the line discharge direction, and the water depth display of the display unit 62 changes the discharge amount by the detection pulse of the reel sensor. If the fishing group arrives at the shed (the depth of the fish migration layer), the operating lever 2 is rotated in the direction of the winding of the wire by a clutch return mechanism (not shown). The clutch is turned "ON" and the discharge of the fishing line is stopped.

When the fish is hooked, the operation lever 5 is adjusted and the fishing line is rolled up. When the adjustment operation lever 5 is swung clockwise in the first figure, the rotation speed of the reel 10 or the maximum value of the tension of the fishing line can be set in accordance with the swing angle.

In the electric cord reel, the boss portion 7e which is formed to protrude upward from the upper surface of the coupling member 7c of the upper portion of the reel body 1 is provided by the bolt member 70 from the upper side of the protruding portion 4b of the meter housing 4 Then, the meter housing 4 can be fixed to the coupling member 7c at the upper portion of the reel body 1. Here, since the hub portion 7e is provided on the upper surface of the coupling member 7c at the upper portion of the reel body 1, it is not necessary to provide the hub portion in the meter housing 4 as is conventional, and therefore, the meter housing 4 can be suppressed. The height is small.

[Other embodiments]

(a) In the foregoing embodiment, the electric reel that drives the motor by the electric power supplied from the external power source is exemplified, but the invention is not limited thereto, and for example, a meter is mounted on the upper surface of the frame 7. The case 4, only the manually wound reel of the meter that rotates the reel 10 by the rotation of the operating lever 2 is also possible.

(b) In the above embodiment, the through hole 80a of the plate member 80 is a plurality of through holes, but is not limited thereto. As shown in Fig. 10, the plurality of rectangular (lattice) through holes are also can.

1‧‧‧Reel body

2‧‧‧Operator

3‧‧‧Star tractor

4‧‧‧ meter housing

4a‧‧‧shell body

4b‧‧‧Protruding

4c‧‧‧through hole

4d‧‧‧ openings

5‧‧‧Adjust the joystick

7‧‧‧Frame

7a‧‧‧1st side panel

7b‧‧‧2nd side panel

7c‧‧‧Connected components

7d‧‧‧竿 设 脚

7e‧‧‧ hub

7f‧‧‧Female thread

8a‧‧‧1st side cover

8b‧‧‧2nd side cover

9‧‧‧Upper cover

9a‧‧‧ Opening

10‧‧‧ reel

11‧‧‧Clutch operating member

12‧‧‧ motor

13‧‧‧Uniform winding mechanism

14‧‧‧Wire connector

62‧‧‧Display Department

62a‧‧‧Deep water display area

62b‧‧‧Memory depth display field

62c‧‧‧Timer speed display field

70‧‧‧Bolt components

70a‧‧‧ head

70b‧‧‧ Male thread department

80‧‧‧ plate-like members

80a‧‧‧through hole

SW1‧‧‧ micro-motion coiler

SW2‧‧‧ mode switch

SW3‧‧‧ zero return switch

[Fig. 1] A perspective view of a fishing reel used in an embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] A side cross-sectional view of the fishing reel.

[Fig. 3] A plan view of the meter housing of the fishing reel.

[Fig. 4] A perspective view of the meter housing as seen from the front side.

[Fig. 5] A perspective view of the meter housing as seen from the left side.

[Fig. 6] A perspective view of the frame of the fishing reel as seen from the front side.

[Fig. 7] A front cross-sectional view of the aforementioned fishing reel.

[Fig. 8] An enlarged front cross-sectional view of the frame mounting portion of the aforementioned meter housing.

[Fig. 9] An enlarged view of a plate-like member of the aforementioned meter housing.

Fig. 10 is a view corresponding to Fig. 9 of another embodiment.

4‧‧‧ meter housing

4b‧‧‧Protruding

4c‧‧‧through hole

7‧‧‧Frame

7b‧‧‧2nd side panel

7c‧‧‧Connected components

7e‧‧‧ hub

62‧‧‧Display Department

70‧‧‧Bolt components

70a‧‧‧ head

70b‧‧‧ Male thread department

Claims (6)

A metering device housing mounting structure for a fishing reel includes a meter housing of a fishing reel attached to an upper portion of a reel body, and a hub portion that is formed to protrude upward from an upper surface of the reel body. a female thread portion having an upward opening; and a through hole formed in the vertical direction of the meter housing; and a fixing member provided to be mounted from the upper side of the rice cooker housing a head portion contacting the upper surface of the rice shell and a male thread portion having a smaller diameter than the head portion and penetrating through the through hole and the female thread portion, wherein the meter housing is protruded a portion that protrudes toward the side portion and that penetrates the through hole in a vertical direction, the hub portion being disposed adjacent to a side portion of the meter housing, and a front end portion of the hub portion and the protruding portion Abut. The retractor main body mounting structure of the fishing reel according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein the reel body has a frame member provided with a coupling member disposed at least at an upper portion and connecting the both side portions, And the first side cover and the second side cover that cover both side portions of the frame member, and the hub portion is formed to protrude upward from the upper surface of the connecting member disposed at least at the upper portion. A meter housing mounting structure of a fishing reel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The length of the protruding portion in the vertical direction is shorter than the length of the hub portion in the vertical direction. The meter housing mounting structure of the fishing reel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reel body further has an upper cover that is attached to the first side cover and the second side cover The periphery of the aforementioned metering case is covered with the above-mentioned protruding portion. The metering housing mounting structure of the fishing reel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the fishing reel is an electric reel that rotates the reel by a motor. The meter housing mounting structure of the fishing reel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the fishing reel is a manual winding that only rotates the reel by rotation of the operating lever. Reel of the device.