Fishing reel and battery box
AssigneeGloberide, Inc.
InventorIssei MIYAMOTO
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Abstract
A fishing reel of the present invention comprises includes a battery box that accommodates a replaceable battery, a clutch mechanism comprising a clutch operation member that switches a spool between a free rotation state and a fishing line winding state, and a clutch position detection unit that determines whether the clutch mechanism is in an ON state or an OFF state. The clutch position detection unit comprises a magnet held by a holding member that is movable integrally with the clutch operation member, and a clutch detection sensor that detects the magnet, and the clutch detection sensor is accommodated in the battery box.
Claims9
A fishing reel comprising:
- a spool rotatably supported between left and right side plates of a reel main body;
- a handle that rotationally drives the spool;
- a battery box that is provided on a side plate on a side opposite to the handle between the left and right side plates and accommodates a replaceable battery;
- a clutch mechanism comprising a clutch operation member that switches the spool between a free rotation state and a fishing line winding state;
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- a clutch position detection unit that determines whether the clutch mechanism is in an ON state or an OFF state,
- wherein the clutch position detection unit comprises a detection target unit held by a holding member that is integrally movable with the clutch operation member, and a clutch detection sensor that detects the detection target unit, and
- the clutch detection sensor is accommodated in the battery box.
A battery box that is disposed between left and right side plates of a reel main body and accommodates a battery that supplies power to a control case comprising a display unit that displays various types of information, the battery box comprising:
- a clutch detection sensor constituting a clutch position detection unit that determines whether a clutch mechanism provided on the reel main body is in an ON state or an OFF state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.