Fishline guide
A fishline guide according to the present invention has a frame which includes a fixing portion which is mounted on a fishing rod, a ring holding portion, to which a guide ring through which a fishline passes is attached, and a support leg portion which connects the ring holding portion and the fixing portion. The frame is composed of a plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers in which fiber-reinforced prepregs in which reinforcing fibers are impregnated with synthetic resin are laminated.
1. A fishline guide, comprising:
a frame including a fixing portion to be attached to a fishing rod, a fishline passing hole portion, the fixing portion being in a plane transverse to a plane of the fishline passing hole portion, and a rod-shaped support leg portion angled with respect to the fixing portion and the fishline passing hole portion and connecting the fixing portion to only a part of the hole portion,
wherein the frame includes a plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers formed by laminating a plurality of fiber-reinforced prepregs in which a reinforcing fiber is impregnated with a synthetic resin,
wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers is laminated in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane of the hole portion, and
wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers comprises a first inner layer comprising an axial fiber extending along a direction from the fixing portion to the hole portion and a second layer comprising an oblique fiber extending obliquely along the direction from the fixing portion to the hole portion.
2. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein at least three of the fiber-reinforced resin layers are laminated.
3. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers is laminated so that fibers of the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers extend in at least three different directions.
4. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers includes a woven fiber-reinforced resin layer disposed at an outermost layer of the frame.
5. The fishline guide according to claim 1 in the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers includes:
a first fiber-reinforced resin layer having a fiber extending at a first angle oblique to a longitudinal direction in which the leg portion extends;
a second fiber-reinforced resin layer having a fiber extending at a second angle oblique to the longitudinal direction,
wherein the first and second angles are symmetric about the longitudinal direction, and the first and second fiber-reinforced resin layer are symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of a central plate of the frame.
6. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers includes:
a first fiber-reinforced resin layer having a fiber extending at a first angle oblique to a longitudinal direction in which the leg portion extends;
a second fiber-reinforced resin layer having a fiber extending at a second angle oblique to the longitudinal direction,
wherein the first and second angles are opposite to each other about the longitudinal direction.
7. The fishline guide according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers includes:
a first fiber-reinforced resin layer having a fiber extending in a longitudinal direction in which the leg portion extends;
a second fiber-reinforced resin layer which has a fiber crossing with the longitudinal direction and disposed at one side of the first fiber-reinforced resin layer; and
a third fiber-reinforced resin layer which has a fiber crossing with the longitudinal direction and disposed at the other side of the first fiber-reinforced resin layer.
8. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein a side surface of the frame is formed in such a manner that the plurality of the fiber-reinforced resin layers appearing on the side surface are made flush with each other.
9. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers includes a fiber-reinforced resin layer having a fiber extending in a longitudinal direction in which the leg portion extends.
10. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein a bent portion is formed at a boundary between the fixing portion and the leg portion, and
wherein a reinforcing layer including a reinforcing fiber extending along the leg portion is disposed at the bent portion.
11. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers extends from an end surface of the frame located at the hole portion to another end surface of the frame located in the fixing portion.
12. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers is stacked in a thickness direction of the frame through an entirety of a thickness of the frame.
13. The fishline guide according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers is continuously stacked a thickness direction of the frame from an exposed lower portion of the frame to an exposed upper portion of the frame.
14. A fishline guide, comprising:
a frame comprising a fishline passing hole portion and a fixing portion, the fixing portion being in a plane transverse to a plane of the fishline passing hole portion, and a rod-shaped support leg portion angled with respect to the fixing portion and the fishline hole passing portion,
wherein the frame comprises a plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers formed by laminating a plurality of fiber-reinforced prepregs in which a reinforcing fiber is impregnated with a synthetic resin,
wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers is laminated in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane of the hole portion, and
wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers comprises a first inner layer comprising an axial fiber extending along a direction from the fixing portion to the hole portion and a second layer comprising an oblique fiber extending obliquely along the direction from the fixing portion to the hole portion.
15. The fishline guide according to claim 14 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers includes a woven fiber-reinforced resin layer disposed at an outermost layer of the frame.
16. The fishline guide according to claim 14 , wherein the frame further comprises a fixing portion to be attached to a fishing rod and a rod-shaped support leg portion connecting the fixing portion to only a part of the hole portion, and
wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers includes a fiber-reinforced resin layer comprising a fiber extending in a longitudinal direction in which the leg portion extends.
17. A fishline guide, comprising:
a frame comprising a fishline passing hole portion and a fixing portion, the fixing portion being in a plane transverse to a plane of the fishline passing hole portion, and a rod-shaped support leg portion angled with respect to the fixing portion and the fishline hole passing portion,
wherein the frame comprises a plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers formed by laminating a plurality of fiber-reinforced prepregs in which a reinforcing fiber is impregnated with a synthetic resin,
wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers is laminated in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane of the hole portion, and
wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers comprises a first layer comprising an oblique fiber which extends obliquely along a direction from the fixing portion to the hole portion and a second layer comprising another oblique fiber which extends obliquely so as to cross the oblique fiber of the first layer.
18. The fishline guide according to claim 17 , wherein at least three of the fiber-reinforced resin layers are laminated.
19. The fishline guide according to claim 17 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers is laminated so that fibers of the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers extend in at least three different directions.
20. The fishline guide according to claim 17 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers includes an axial fiber extending in the direction from the fixing portion to the hole portion.
21. The fishline guide according to claim 17 , wherein the plurality of fiber-reinforced resin layers includes a woven fiber-reinforced resin layer disposed at an outermost layer of the frame.
22. The fishline guide according to claim 17 , wherein the another oblique fiber of the second layer inclines in an opposite direction with respect to the oblique fiber of the first layer.