Lure with movable lip

Abstract

To provide a lure in which the length of a lip attached to a lure body can be adjusted to any length within a certain range. [Solution] A male screw or gear that can be rotated from the outside is arranged near the part of the lure body where the fishing line is joined, and a groove is provided on the surface with the same interval as the pitch of the male screw or gear, and a plate-shaped lip in which the groove and the male screw or gear are engaged is stored inside the lure body with at least a part of it protruding outside the lure body. With this structure of the lure, by rotating the male screw or gear, the length of the part of the lip that protrudes from the lure body can be adjusted, improving the variety of the lure's movements in water.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a lure used in fishing, and more particularly to a lure having a lip for controlling the movement of the lure in water. [Background technology]

[0002] Some fish are caught by fishing on small fish. After being thrown into the water, the lure is moved in the same way as the small fish that are the bait by operating the fishing line to which it is connected, so that the fish will mistake the lure for bait and bite. In order to control this movement, a plate-shaped part called a lip is sometimes attached to the lure.

[0003] Conventional lures with lips have floating lures that do not sink after being cast due to their buoyancy, and the lips dive when they receive resistance from the water. The lure's diving depth is controlled by adjusting the reel's rotation speed and number of rotations, and the lure is made to swim while diving, and the reel rotation is stopped and the lure is made to surface, and this action is repeated several times. If the lure is made to swim deep, it is necessary to make the lure dive deeper, which requires a faster reel rotation speed and a higher number of rotations. However, the lure's casting distance is limited because the lure itself is light, and if the reel rotation speed is increased, more line is wound up, which reduces the number of times the action is repeated, and this can result in a loss of opportunities to approach fish.

[0004] To deal with this, there is a method for increasing the diving depth of the lure without depending on the reel rotation speed by extending the length of the lip protruding from the lure body and increasing the water resistance to make the lure deeper. From this perspective, when looking at the conventional technology, Patent Document 1 discloses a detachable lip-replaceable lure characterized in that the lip body attached to the lure body is configured to be detachable.

[0005] However, the lip-exchangeable lure disclosed therein requires preparation of multiple lips and the use of different lips depending on the situation, and there is room for improvement from the standpoint of cost.

[0006] Patent Document 2 discloses a lure having a lure body and a lip attached to the tip of the lure body, the lip being made of a material having rubber-like elasticity and having flexibility such that the lip can be elastically deformed by water pressure depending on the reel retrieval speed, and the lip elastically deforms in water depending on the reel retrieval speed, making it possible to appropriately change the degree of S-shaped behavior of the lure in water depending on the state of deformation. However, the function of the lure disclosed therein is highly dependent on the material used for the lip, and it is considered that the conditions of use are limited. Prior Art Patent Documents

[0007] [Patent Document 1] Registered Utility Model No. 3029154 [Patent Document 2] JP 2019-187248 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0008] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a lure in which the length of the lip attached to the lure body can be adjusted to any length within a certain range. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] The present invention was made as a result of extensive research into the joining structure of a lip to a lure body in order to solve the above problems.

[0010] In order to solve the above problems, a lure according to one embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that a plate-shaped lip is arranged near the end of the lure that is pulled by the line, with one end being stored within the lure body and the other end protruding outside the lure body, and the lure has a mechanism for adjusting the length of the portion of the lip that protrudes from the lure body.

[0011] In addition, in a lure according to one aspect of the present invention, the adjustment mechanism includes a male screw or gear rotatably disposed in a portion of the lure body in which the lip is housed, and a male screw or gear of the lip. car The surface on which the male screw or the gear is arranged has a plurality of grooves arranged at the same intervals as the pitch of the male screw or the gear, the grooves and the male screw threads or the gear teeth are arranged in an engaged state.

[0012] In addition, in the lure according to one aspect of the present invention, the surface of the lip on which the groove is arranged is of On the opposite surface, On the other side The lure is characterized in that a stopper protruding from a surface is provided, and a guide groove in which the stopper slidably fits is provided in the longitudinal direction of the lure at a portion of the lure body that contacts the opposite surface of the lip. Effect of the Invention

[0013] In the lure of the present invention, the length of the part of the lip that protrudes outside the lure body can be adjusted within a certain range by an adjustment mechanism built into the lure body, so the diving depth of the lure body can be adjusted without changing the size of the lure body and without impairing the movement of conventional lure bodies. In order to deepen the diving depth of the lure body, it is not necessary to increase the reel rotation speed and number of rotations as in the past. The lure can dive faster and deeper, keeping the remaining line longer, so that even if the flight distance of the lure is the same, it is possible to increase the number of times it acts underwater.

[0014] In addition, the main places where this lure is expected to be used are around coasts and river mouths, but considering that the seabed does not maintain a constant shape due to wave and wind conditions, but changes daily and the depth from the sea surface to the seabed also changes, the present invention, which allows the diving depth to be adjusted by the lip length, can flexibly respond to changes in the shape of the seabed by adjusting the diving depth of the lure body itself. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] 1A is a side view of an example of a lure according to the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a plan view. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2(a) is a partially enlarged view of the AA cross section of FIG. 1(b), and FIG. 2(b) is a partially enlarged view of the BB cross section of FIG. 1(a). [Diagram 3] FIG. 1 shows an example of a male screw 3a used in a lure according to the present invention. [Figure 4] 4A is a plan view of an example of a lip 2 used in a lure according to the present invention, FIG. 4B is a side view, and FIG. 4C is a bottom view. [Diagram 5] FIG. 1 shows a state in which the groove 2a of the lip 2 and the thread of the male screw 3a are engaged with each other in the lure according to the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 1 shows an example of a state in which the length of the lip 2 of the lure according to the present invention has been adjusted. [Figure 7] FIG. 1 shows a configuration in which a gear is used to adjust the length of the lip 2 in a lure according to the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0016] Next, an embodiment of a lure according to the present invention will be described with reference to specific drawings.

[0017] Fig. 1 shows an example of a lure according to the present invention, with Fig. 1(a) being a side view and Fig. 1(b) being a plan view. In Fig. 1, 1 is a lure body, 2 is a lip, 3 is a lip protrusion length adjustment mechanism, 4a is a fishing line connection ring, and 4b and 4c are fishing hook connection rings.

[0018] Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an example of a lure according to the present invention, Fig. 2(a) is an enlarged view of a part of the AA cross section of Fig. 1(b), and Fig. 2(b) is a BB cross section of Fig. 1(a). In the example shown here, a male screw 3a is arranged in parallel to the length direction of the lure body 1 in a rotatable state inside a lip protrusion length adjustment mechanism housing 1a provided near the fishing line joint ring 4a of the lure body 1 and separated by a gap corresponding to the thickness of the lure body 1 and the lip 2, and is configured to be rotated by engaging a wrench with a hexagonal hole of a male screw head 3b exposed to the outside of the lip protrusion length adjustment mechanism housing 1a.

[0014] The upper surface of the lip 2 in the figure is provided with a plurality of grooves 2a at intervals equal to the pitch of the male screw 3a into which the threads of the male screw 3a can be fitted. By rotating the male screw 3a while the threads of the male screw 3a are engaged with the grooves 2a, the lip 2 can be moved in the left-right direction in the figure, and the length of the part of the lip 2 protruding from the lure body 1 can be freely adjusted within a certain range.

[0015] In addition, a stopper 2b protruding downward is provided on the underside of the lip 2 in the figure, and a guide groove 1b in which the stopper 2b can slide is provided on the surface of the part of the lure body 1 facing the stopper 2b, thereby limiting the movable range of the stopper 2b, i.e., the movable range of the lip 2, and preventing the lip 2 from falling off the lure body.

[0016] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a male screw 3a used in a lure according to the present invention. In the example shown here, the shape of the thread is a square thread, but trapezoidal threads, round threads, etc. can also be used. In addition, a male screw head 3b having a hexagonal hole is used, but a flathead groove or a Phillips groove can also be used. However, a hexagonal hole is preferable in consideration of durability.

[0017] FIG. 4 shows an example of a lip 2 used in a lure according to the present invention, where FIG. 4(a) is a plan view, FIG. 4(b) is a side view, and FIG. 4(c) is a bottom view. As shown here, the shape of the lip 2 as a whole is not distinctive, but one surface is provided with grooves 2a arranged at equal intervals, and the other surface is provided with a stopper 2b. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the groove 2a of the lip 2 used in the lure according to the present invention is engaged with the thread of the male screw 3a. As described above, by arranging the lip 2 and the male screw 3a in this way, the length by which the lip 2 protrudes from the lure body 1 can be set arbitrarily within a certain range.

[0018] Fig. 6 shows an example of the state where the position of the lip 2 of the lure according to the present invention is adjusted, Fig. 1(a) shows the state where the lip 2 is stored inside the lure body 1, and Fig. 6(b) shows the state where the lip 2 protrudes outside the lure body 1. As shown here, the moving distance of the lip 2 is limited by the length of the guide groove 1b.

[0019] 7 is a diagram showing a configuration in which the drive and position adjustment of the lip 2 are performed using a gear instead of a male screw in the lure according to the present invention. In this way, in the present invention, the gear 5 is rotatably arranged in the housing for accommodating the lip protrusion length adjustment mechanism, and grooves in a shape into which the teeth of the gear 5 fit are provided on one side of the lip 2 at the same intervals as the pitch of the gear teeth, and the length of the part of the lip 2 protruding from the lure body 1 can be adjusted by rotating the gear 5 from the outside.

[0020] As described above, according to the present invention, in a lure with a lip, the length of the part of the lip protruding from the lure body can be easily adjusted. This makes it possible to diversify the movement of the lure in water according to the intention of the angler, and increases the chance of fish biting compared to conventional lures. Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and it goes without saying that the present invention includes design changes that do not deviate from the gist of the present invention, including various modifications and corrections that can be conceived by a person having ordinary knowledge in the field of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0021] 1... Lure body 1a... Lip protrusion length adjustment mechanism housing 1b Guide groove 2 Lip 2a Groove 2b Stopper 3. Lip protrusion length adjustment mechanism 3a Male thread 3b Male thread head 4a... Fishing line connection ring 4b, 4c... Fish hook connection ring 5. Gears

Claims

[Claim 1] In the lure, a plate-shaped lip is arranged near the end of the lure that is pulled by the line, with one end of the lip stored in the lure body and the other end protruding outside the lure body, and the lure has a mechanism for adjusting the length of the part of the lip that protrudes from the lure body. The adjustment mechanism comprises a male screw or gear rotatably arranged in the part of the lure body where the lip is stored, and a screw having the same pitch as the pitch of the male screw or gear on the surface of the lip on the side where the male screw or gear is arranged. a lure having a configuration in which a plurality of grooves are provided at intervals and are shaped to engage with the threads of the male screw or the teeth of the gear, the grooves and the threads of the male screw or the teeth of the gear are arranged in an engaged state, a stopper is provided on the surface of the lip opposite to the surface on which the grooves are arranged and protrudes from the opposite surface, and a guide groove is provided in the length direction of the lure on a portion of the lure body that contacts the opposite surface of the lip, into which the stopper slidably engages.

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