Reel seat

Abstract

To provide a reel seat with an excellent gripping and which can reduce weight without degrading an appearance.SOLUTION: A reel seat 1 includes a seat body 2 having: a reel leg placement part 2A; a fixing hood 2B formed on one end side in an axial direction with respect to the reel leg placement part 2A and one end of the reel leg; and a male screw part 2C formed on the other end side in an axial direction with respect to the reel leg placement part. The seat body 2 includes: a nut member that engages with the male screw part 2C, and an idling hood that moves closer to and moves away from the fixed hood by a rotation operation of the nut member. The end part on the projecting / recessed reel leg placement part of the male screw part 2C is formed with an abutment locking face 2F to which an end face of the nut member abuts when the nut member is rotated and fitted. The abutment locking face 2F is formed within a semispherical region on the side of the reel leg placement part 2A at 360 degrees of a rotation range in a circumferential direction of the nut member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a reel seat to which a fishing reel is attached. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, fishing rods equipped with various fishing reels have a reel seat at the base end. Generally, the reel seat includes a fixed hood into which one end of a reel leg is fitted and a floating hood into which the other end of the reel leg is fitted. The floating hood is configured to move axially toward or away from the fixed hood by rotating a nut member, allowing the fishing reel to be attached or detached between the fixed hood and the floating hood.

[0003] The reel seat, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, includes a cylindrical seat body fitted onto the base end of the rod. The seat body has a male thread formed on one end and a fixed hood on the other end, with a floating hood attached to the male thread. The floating hood is moved axially without rotating by rotating a nut member threaded onto the male thread and by a rotation-preventing structure, and moves toward and away from the fixed hood as described above. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2000-333563 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In a structure like the one described above in which the floating hood is moved toward or away from the fixed hood by rotating the nut member, if the movement of the nut member is not restricted, the nut member may ride up on the seat body, damaging the seat body and degrading the appearance. Patent Document 1 also discloses a structure in which a connecting structure is provided on the nut member to connect the floating hood, and the tip of the connecting structure can be abutted against the seat body, but there is room for improvement in terms of reducing weight while preventing degradation of the appearance and improving grip comfort.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a reel seat that is lightweight without compromising appearance and that is comfortable to grip. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the reel seat of the present invention has a seat body including a reel leg mounting portion on which the reel leg of a fishing reel is mounted, a fixed hood formed on one axial end side of the reel leg mounting portion and fixing one end of the reel leg, and a male thread portion formed on the other axial end side of the reel leg mounting portion, and the seat body is provided with a nut member that screws onto the male thread portion and a floating hood that moves toward / away from the fixed hood by rotating the nut member, and the end of the concave / convex portion on the reel leg mounting portion side is formed with an abutment locking surface against which the end face of the nut member abuts when the nut member is rotated and tightened, and the abutment locking surface is formed within a semicircular area on the reel leg mounting portion side with respect to the 360° circumferential rotation range of the nut member.

[0008] In the reel seat described above, when the nut member that moves the floating hood axially is rotated in the tightening direction, it strikes against a stop surface formed on the seat body, restricting the axial movement of the nut member. The stop surface prevents the nut member from climbing onto the seat body, preventing scratches on the surface of the seat body and reducing its appearance. Furthermore, by forming the stop surface on the end of the concave / convex portion of the male threaded portion on the reel leg support side, the axial length can be shortened, enabling weight reduction. Furthermore, by forming the stop surface within a semicircular region on the reel leg support side relative to the 360-degree circumferential rotation range of the nut member, the diameter of the gripping portion can be reduced, resulting in a reel seat with good gripping properties. [Effects of the Invention]

[0009] According to the present invention, a reel seat that is lightweight without compromising appearance and that is comfortable to grip can be obtained. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of a reel seat according to the present invention; [Figure 2] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the reel seat of FIG. 1. [Figure 3] Cross-sectional view taken along line AA in Figure 2. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a floating hood and a nut member attached to the reel seat. [Figure 5] FIG. 5 is a plan view of the floating hood and nut member of FIG. 4. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 5 . [Figure 7] FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the reel seat with a floating hood and a nut member attached thereto. [Figure 8] FIG. 10 is a plan view of the reel seat with the floating hood and nut member attached thereto. [Figure 9] 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. 8. [Figure 10] 1A is a perspective view showing the abutment and engagement surface formed on the reel seat, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view of FIG. 1A seen from the opposite axial direction. [Figure 11] Cross-sectional view taken along line DD in Figure 10(a). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a reel seat according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the embodiments described below, the axial direction (X) refers to the central axis of the seat body of the reel seat (the axis of the rod into which it is fitted) as shown in Fig. 2, and the nut member and floating hood attached to the seat body move together in the axial direction X. In addition, when specifying the circumferential position of the seat body, as shown in Fig. 11, the central position P of the reel leg mounting portion on which the reel leg of the fishing reel is mounted is defined as 0° when viewed from the axial direction, and positions P1 and P2 on both sides of ±90° from there are used as references, with the side on which the reel leg mounting portion is formed being the semicircular region on the reel leg mounting portion side, and the side on which the reel leg mounting portion is not formed being the semicircular region on the anti-reel leg mounting portion side.

[0012] 1 to 3, a reel seat 1 according to this embodiment includes a cylindrical seat body 2 (hereinafter referred to as the body) that is fitted onto a rod shaft (not shown) at the base end of a fishing rod. The body 2 is integrally formed from, for example, synthetic resin, metal, etc., and includes a reel leg mounting portion 2A on which a reel leg of various fishing reels is mounted, a fixing hood 2B formed on one axial end side of the reel leg mounting portion 2A and fixing one end of the reel leg, and a cylindrical portion 2D that protrudes on the other axial end side of the reel leg mounting portion and has a male thread portion 2C formed on the outer circumferential surface. The reel seat of this embodiment is configured as a type that can accommodate a double-bearing reel, and in addition to the components described above, the main body 2 is formed with a trigger 2E on the opposite side of the reel leg mounting portion 2A to facilitate casting operations.

[0013] 4 to 6, the main body 2 is provided with a cylindrical nut member 4 having a female thread portion 4A formed thereon to be threaded onto the male thread portion 2C, and a floating hood 5 that moves toward or away from the fixed hood 2B in the axial direction when the nut member 4 is rotated. The floating hood 5 is integrated with the nut member 4 by an engagement structure (connection structure) 10 provided between the nut member 4, and is configured so that when the nut member 4 is rotated, the floating hood 5 can move axially together with the nut member 4 when the nut member 4 moves axially due to the threaded relationship between the male thread portion 2C and the female thread portion 4A. The outer peripheral surface of the nut member 4 may be covered with a flexible member or the like.

[0014] 7 to 9, openings 2a and 5a for receiving the reel legs are formed in the opposing portions of the fixed hood 2B and the floating hood 5, respectively. Therefore, when the nut member 4 is rotated in the tightening direction, the floating hood 5 approaches the fixed hood 2B, and the reel legs of the fishing reel are tightened and fixed between the openings 2a and 5a. When the nut member 4 is rotated in the counter-tightening direction, the floating hood 5 moves away from the fixed hood 2B, and the reel legs of the fishing reel can be removed from the reel leg support portion 2A.

[0015] An anti-rotation structure 20 is provided between the main body 2 and the floating hood 5 to prevent the floating hood 5 from rotating when the nut member 4 is rotated. As is well known, this anti-rotation structure 20 includes a guide groove 21 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the main body 2 along the axial direction, and a protrusion 22 formed on the inner surface of the floating hood 5 and engaging with the guide groove 21. The position where this guide groove 21 is formed is not limited, but in this embodiment, the guide grooves 21 are formed in three locations, namely, on both sides P1 and P2 of the main body 2 and a bottom end position P3, over a predetermined range (corresponding to the moving length of the floating hood 5) along the axial direction X, and protrusions 22 formed integrally on the inner surface of the floating hood 5 are engaged with these guide grooves 21.

[0016] As a result, when the nut member 4 is rotated, the floating hood 5 moves along the axial direction X without rotating relative to the main body 2. Furthermore, the guide groove 21 has an escape function in that its axial movement is restricted by an abutment locking surface 2F (described later) without abutting against the end of the guide groove 21 against the protrusion 22. Therefore, there is no need to strictly control the length of the guide groove 21.

[0017] The engagement structure 10 engages the nut member 4 and the floating hood 5 so that they can move axially together. The nut member 4 is also configured to be rotatable relative to the floating hood 5.

[0018] The engagement structure 10 will now be described with reference to FIG. The engagement structure 10 of this embodiment has an annular recess 4a formed on the outer surface of the end side of the nut member 4, an annular protrusion 5b formed on the inner surface of the end side of the floating hood 5 and fitted into the annular recess 4a, and an annular flange 4b ​​formed adjacent to the annular recess 4a of the nut member 4. When the annular recess 4a of the nut member 4 and the annular protrusion 5b of the floating hood 5 are fitted together, an opening edge 5c of the floating hood 5 abuts against the flange 4b.

[0019] The annular recess 4a and the annular protrusion 5b are fitted together by aligning the opening edges 4c, 5c of the nut member 4 and the floating hood 5 and fitting them together in the axial direction. For this reason, it is preferable that the opening edge 4c of the nut member 4 be formed with an inclined surface 4c' (FIG. 10(b)) that gradually widens in diameter along the axial direction toward the annular recess 4a. It is also preferable that the opening edge 5c of the floating hood 5 be formed with an inclined surface that gradually widens in diameter toward the opening side of the annular protrusion 5b so that the annular protrusion 5b can easily fit into the annular recess 4a.

[0020] In this way, by forming inclined surfaces at the opening end edges 4c, 5c of the nut member 4 and the floating hood 5, respectively, it is possible to easily insert the nut member 4 and the floating hood 5 in the axial direction and integrate them.

[0021] In addition, at the end of the recesses and protrusions (recesses 2e, protrusions 2f) that make up the male thread portion 2C formed on the main body 2 on the reel leg mounting portion 2A side, there is formed an abutment locking surface (hereinafter referred to as the locking surface) 2F against which the end face of the nut member abuts when the nut member 4 is rotated and tightened.

[0022] The locking surface 2F may be configured so that when the nut member 4 is rotated and tightened, the opening edge 4c of the nut member 4 abuts against it and prevents it from moving any further, and for example, it may be configured as a vertical surface extending perpendicular to the axial direction X.

[0023] That is, by forming such a locking surface 2F, when the nut member 4 is rotated and tightened, the axial movement of the opening edge 4c of the nut member 4 can be restricted, and the nut member can be prevented from climbing up onto the seat body 2. Therefore, when replacing a fishing reel, even if the nut member 4 is loosened and the male thread portion 2C is exposed, scratches or the like will not be formed on the surface of the end region (visible portion), and therefore the appearance can be prevented from being deteriorated. In this case, scratches or the like may occur in the area of ​​the locking surface 2F and the opening edge 4c of the nut member 4, but these portions are difficult to see and do not affect the appearance.

[0024] Furthermore, the above-mentioned locking surface 2F is formed so as to be continuous with the male thread portion 2C in the axial direction (the opening edge 4c of the nut member 4 is directly abutted against the locking surface 2F to regulate it), so that the axial length of the main body 2 can be shortened (shortened), making it possible to reduce the weight. Specifically, the axial distance L (Figure 2) between the recess 2e on the reel leg mounting portion 2A side of the male thread portion 2C and the locking surface 2F can be set to approximately 2.0 to 3.6 mm, which effectively improves the appearance and reduces weight.

[0025] Further, the locking surface 2F is formed within a semi-circular area on the side of the reel leg mounting portion 2A with respect to 360° of the circumferential rotation operation range of the nut member 4. Specifically, it is formed within a semi-circular area on the side of the reel leg mounting portion where the reel leg mounting portion 2A is formed, which is the side opposite to the positions P1 and P2 shown in FIG. 11 (the semi-circular area above the diameter Y connecting P1 and P2 in the figure).

[0026] Thus, by limiting the formation position of the locking surface 2F within the semi-circular area on the side of the reel leg mounting portion, for the semi-circular area on the side opposite to the reel leg mounting portion, it is possible to suppress thickening and achieve thinning, without reducing the gripability. Specifically, in a configuration where a two-bearing type reel is mounted, the swelling of the abdominal regions of the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger can be suppressed, so that the holding feeling is good and weight reduction can be achieved. Also, in a configuration where a spinning reel is mounted, since the floating hood portion is covered by the abdominal regions of the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger and is gripped by the base portion of the thumb, it is possible to suppress the swelling of the diameter of the base portion of the thumb and achieve thinning.

[0027] In the present embodiment, at least a part of the locking surface 2F is formed so as to bulge radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the convex 2f of the male screw portion 2C as shown in FIG. 11. Thus, by bulging the locking surface 2F radially outward from the outer peripheral surface of the convex 2f of the screw portion 2C, when the nut member 4 is rotationally operated and tightened, it is possible to surely prevent it from riding on the main body 2.

[0028] In this case, if the radial bulging amount H of the locking surface 2F with respect to the outer peripheral surface of the convex 2f is greater than 0 mm, riding can be prevented, and by making it at most 2.5 mm or less (0 mm < H ≦ 2.5 mm), thickening of the side of the reel leg mounting portion can also be suppressed.

[0029] Furthermore, since forming the bulging portion (bulging portion 2F') at positions P1 and P2 on both sides tends to decrease the grip comfort, it is preferable to set the angle α of the bulging portion 2F' within a range of ±60° when the center position (top position) P of the reel leg mount portion is set to 0° when viewed from the axial direction of the reel seat (main body 2). In other words, by forming the bulging portion 2F' within this range, it is possible to avoid unnecessarily increasing the diameter of the portion outside the region where the reel leg mount portion is formed in the circumferential direction, thereby improving the grip comfort.

[0030] It should be noted that, when the center position of the reel leg mounting portion 2A is defined as 0° when viewed from the axial direction of the reel seat, it is preferable that the bulge portion 2F' be formed in an area that does not include the center position P of 0° and the positions P1, P2 on either side of ±90°. That is, as shown in Fig. 11, by not forming a bulge portion at the top position P of 0° and the positions P1, P2 on either side of ±90° (a configuration with a small amount of bulge is acceptable), it becomes easier to reduce the diameters of the main body 2 and the nut member 4, and the grip comfort when gripping and holding the reel seat can be improved.

[0031] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the reel seat according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be modified as appropriate. The floating hood described above may be disposed on either the tip or butt side of the fishing rod. The materials and configurations of the main body 2, nut member 4, and floating hood 5, as well as the engagement structure 10, can be modified as needed. The abutting and engaging surface does not have to be perpendicular to the axial direction, and its height may be the same as or lower than the outer peripheral surface of the protrusion 2f of the male thread portion 2C. The shape and number of the bulges constituting the abutting and engaging surface can also be modified as needed. Furthermore, the components of the reel seat described above can be combined as needed, and such reel seats can be attached to various fishing rods. In this case, the fishing rod configuration is not limited to a specific fishing rod, as long as it can release the fishing line from the attached fishing reel. [Explanation of symbols]

[0032] 1 reel seat 2 Main body (seat body) 2A Reel leg rest 2B fixed hood 2C male thread 2D cylinder part 2e concave 2f convex 2F Stop surface 4 Nut material 5. Floating Hood 10 Engagement structure

Claims

1. a seat body including a reel leg support portion on which a reel leg of a fishing reel is placed, a fixing hood formed on one axial end side of the reel leg support portion and fixing one end of the reel leg, and a male screw portion formed on the other axial end side of the reel leg support portion, The seat body is provided with a nut member that is threadedly engaged with the male screw portion, and a floating hood that moves toward / away from the fixed hood by rotating the nut member. The end of the concave and convex portion of the male screw portion on the side of the reel leg mounting portion is formed with an abutment locking surface against which the end face of the nut member abuts when the nut member is rotated and tightened, The reel seat is characterized in that the abutment and locking surface is formed within a semicircular area on the reel leg mounting portion side relative to the 360° circumferential rotational range of the nut member.

2. 2. The reel seat according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the abutting engagement surface bulges outward in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the convex portion of the male thread portion.

3. The reel seat according to claim 2, characterized in that the bulging portion is formed within a range of ±60° when the center position of the reel leg mounting portion is set to 0° when viewed from the axial direction of the reel seat.

4. 4. The reel seat according to claim 2, wherein the abutting engagement surface has a radial bulge H relative to the outer peripheral surface of the male threaded portion, the bulge H being in the range of 0 mm<H≦2.5 mm.

5. The reel seat according to claim 4, characterized in that the bulging portion is formed away from the 0° position and the ±90° position when the center position of the reel leg support portion is set to 0° when viewed from the axial direction of the reel seat.

6. A fishing rod equipped with the reel seat according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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