JPH0417608B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an improvement of a fishing reel in which line is wound manually or electrically, and particularly to an improvement in which the switching operation between manual and electrical operation is automatically performed. In addition, it is possible to install a depth storage device without providing an additional mechanism.

[Conventional technology and its problems]

Traditional manual and electric fishing reels are
If the motor malfunctioned or an excessive load was placed on it, such as when catching a large fish, the line could be reeled in manually by using a separate lever. The switching structure is complicated, and the reel operation is complicated.

On the other hand, the spool stop mechanism in the depth memory device that is generally equipped on this type of electric reel is, for example, a ratchet gear fixed to one side of the spool, a solenoid that is activated by a signal from a microcomputer, a plurality of cams, etc. Since it was necessary to add a separate mechanism such as one that stops the free rotation of the spool by engaging a ratchet pawl that rotates through the spool, the structure is complicated and difficult to assemble. In addition to requiring precision, there were also problems in that the reel as a whole became large and heavy.

[Means for solving problems]

Therefore, the present invention has developed an electric mechanism consisting of a motor, a reduction gear, etc., and a drive shaft interlocked with an auto-return type clutch mechanism in which the clutch shaft automatically returns to the engaged state with the spool when the drive shaft starts rotating. The spool is connected by a drive shaft with a gear on one side and a roller clutch interposed on one side, and a handle is attached to the outer end of the drive shaft via a ratchet, etc., and the rotation of the spool is controlled by a sensor and a microcomputer. The above-mentioned problems are solved at once by being equipped with a depth storage device that counts and stores numbers and processes the coefficient values so that the motor can be rotated by a certain amount.

[Function] The fishing reel of the present invention allows the spool to be rotated by either a manual mechanism or an electric mechanism that rotates at high speed by interposing a roller clutch, and a control output from a microcomputer. The signal causes the clutch shaft to engage the spool and stop its rotation.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the structure of the present invention will be described in more detail based on the embodiment shown in the drawings. 1 is the outer case of the reel, 2 is the motor of the electric mechanism attached to one side of the reel body, and 3 is the motor of the motor. A plurality of reduction gears meshing with the rotating shaft 2', or 4 is a drive shaft, an intermediate gear 6 is attached to one end of the drive shaft via a roller clutch 5, and the gear 6 and the last reduction gear 3 are meshed with each other. By doing so, the drive shaft 4 can be rotated in one direction at a constant speed.

Further, 7 is equipped with a manual mechanism described below at the outer end, and a drive shaft is connected to the other end of the drive shaft 4 via gears 8 and 8', and 9 is rotatably attached to the center of the drive shaft 7. a multi-plate clutch 10 which is a master gear equipped with a multi-plate clutch 10 and which is internally installed in the gear;
The spool 12 is tightened by the drag 11.
It is possible to adjust the rotational torque of the

Furthermore, 13 indicates a clutch shaft, and its lever 14
The spool 1 is slid elastically in the axial direction by the operation of
2 can be switched from a free state to an occlusal state, and a so-called auto-return type clutch mechanism is constructed in which a release mechanism that operates in conjunction with the rotation of the drive shaft 7 automatically returns to the occlusal state instantaneously. , which is meshed with the master gear 9 through a pinion 15.

The manual mechanism has a handle 16 rotatably attached to the outer end of the drive shaft 7, and a locking tooth 1 fixed to the drive shaft 7 and facing in the opposite direction to the rotation of the shaft.
Ratchet gear 17 with 7' and handle 1
6 and a pawl 18 which is pivotally supported through a spring 19. In addition, the above spring 1
In addition to the one shown in FIG. 2, 9 can be selected from various elastic materials such as a silent spring or a plate spring that compresses the side surface of the gear 17.

Therefore, even if the drive shaft 7 is rotated by the motor 2, the ratchet mechanism does not operate, so that it is possible to reliably prevent the handle 16 from rotating together. By rotating in the winding direction, the ratchet gear 17 and pawl 18 engage with each other to rotate the drive shaft.

Note that 20 in the figure represents a microcomputer in a depth storage device to be described later.

Next, the operation of winding the line of the fishing reel in the above example will be described. When the motor 2 is started, the spool rotates at a constant speed via the electric mechanism, the drive shaft 4, the drive shaft 7, the clutch mechanism, etc.
Winding up the line is almost the same as with a normal electric reel.

However, for example, when the electric mechanism stops due to a failure or when an excessive load is applied to the reel such as when catching a large fish and the rotation of the spool decelerates, the handle 16 may not be rotated at a higher speed. The rotational force is transmitted to the drive shaft 7 and the drive shaft 4 via the ratchet mechanism, but by the action of the roller clutch 5 interposed at one end of the shaft, the rotational force is transmitted to the reduction gear side. Instead, the manual mode is automatically switched to rotate the shaft, and at the same time, the spool that is interlocked with the drive shaft rotates.

However, when the overload on the guide thread is removed and the rotation of the intermediate gear by the motor exceeds that of the handle, the winding of the guide thread is automatically switched to electric power by the action of the roller clutch.

Next, we will discuss the spool stopping mechanism in the depth storage device of the fishing reel.As shown in FIG. A counting unit that counts the amount via the sensor 21 as appropriate, a storage unit that stores the counted value, and compares and processes the counted value when re-feeding the thread with the above-mentioned stored value, and outputs a predetermined motor drive signal. It is composed of a central processing section that rotates the drive motor 2 by a certain amount in accordance with the signal, and a motor control section that rotates the drive motor 2 by a certain amount in accordance with the signal.

Further, 22 is a control panel equipped with operation buttons 22', etc., and 23 is a power source such as a storage battery.

Therefore, when fishing, we wait for the fish to arrive while fishing near the fish shelf, but when the fish arrive and we wind up the fishing line, we press the operation button 22' in advance to start counting, and then the motor is turned on. 2, and the number of rotations of the spool (winding length of the thread) at the end of winding is stored in the storage section.

Next, when setting the line to the depth of the fish shelf where the fish were detected again, use the lever 14 to free the spool 12 and let out the line, count the number of rotations at that time, and set the previously memorized value. When this is reached, the central processing unit outputs a predetermined motor control signal, and the motor control unit uses this signal to rotate the motor 2 by an amount that causes the drive shaft 7 to operate the release mechanism of the auto-return type clutch mechanism. The protrusion 13a pushes the guide plate 13b to release the elevating plate 13c of the clutch shaft 13, and the clutch shaft 13 automatically returns elastically and engages the spool 12, stopping the rotation of the spool and lifting the thread. The depth is set to a desired depth.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the manual/electric fishing reel of the present invention, the manual and electric mechanisms are connected by the drive shaft 4 equipped with the roller clutch 5, so that switching between the manual and electric mechanisms is possible. The structure is extremely simple, and it automatically switches to either a manual or electric mechanism that rotates at high speed.
It is possible to wind the thread.

In addition, the fishing reel of the present invention is not only capable of accurately reeling out the line to a desired depth when deep-sea fishing, but also has an auto-return clutch mechanism when the line reaches a memorized depth. Since the system is designed to stop the free rotation of the spool by activating the It brings about excellent effects that could not be expected from conventional dual-purpose reels such as the overall size and weight reduction.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cutaway front view showing the main parts of the fishing reel of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line A-A,
Further, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship of the main parts of the reel. In the diagram, 2...motor, 3...reduction gear,
4... Drive shaft, 5... Roller clutch, 6... Intermediate gear, 7... Drive shaft, 8... Gear, 9... Master gear, 12... Spool, 13... Clutch shaft, 14... Lever , 15
... Pinion, 16 ... Handle, 17 ... Ratchet gear, 18 ... Pawl, 20 ... Microcomputer, 21 ... Sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 The clutch shaft 1 is activated by an electric mechanism consisting of a motor 2, a reduction gear 3, etc., and the rotation of the drive shaft 7.
A drive shaft 4 has a drive shaft 7 interlocked with an auto-return type clutch mechanism that automatically returns to the spool 12 and the occlusal state, gears 6 and 8 at both ends, and a roller clutch 5 interposed on one side. At the same time, a handle 16 is attached to the outer end of the drive shaft 7 via a ratchet mechanism, and the number of revolutions of the spool 12 is counted and memorized by a sensor 21 and a microcomputer 20, and the coefficient value is stored. A manual/electric fishing reel characterized in that it is equipped with a depth memory device that allows the motor 2 to rotate by a certain amount.