Intra-line fishing rod with fishing line guide members

Details Intra-line fishing rod with fishing line guide members Intra-line fishing rod with fishing line guide members

1994-12-21

2001-07-31

Rowan, Kurt (Department: 3643)

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

Fishing

Rod

C043S01810R

Reexamination Certificate

active

06266913

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
a) Field of the Invention
The invention concerns the support of fishing line guide members for an intra-line fishing rod of either the single or multiple element type.
b) Description of Related Art
Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-127032 to Showa discloses an intra-line fishing rod in which a plurality of fishing line guide members are secured to the inner surface of a rod pipe by pressure or other means of bonding. The guide members are included to reduce the resistance to the passage of a fishing line through the fishing rod.
A disadvantage of the above-mentioned conventional fishing rod is that any of the fishing line guide members can come off from the inner surface of the rod pipe due to flexing of the fishing rod or the like. If the fishing rod is used with one or more guide members detached, a number of problems may arise including producing unacceptable noise, increased resistance and wear on the fishing line, and an increased likelihood the fishing line will break.
To repair an intermediate fishing line guide member which has become detached, the remaining members fixed to the inner surface of the rod pipe between the end of the rod pipe and the detached member must be removed to gain access to the detached member. Each member must thereafter be relocated and secured again, which is both troublesome and inconvenient.
Also, dust or the like is apt to collect between the fishing line guide members. In order to clean out the dust or the like from the conventional fishing rod, it is similarly necessary to remove and reattach the members, which is very troublesome.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide an intra-line fishing rod having at least one fishing line guide member disposed therein, and which is capable of facilitating the maintenance of the fishing line guide member(s) and associated elements disposed inside the rod pipe.
Another object of the invention to provide an improved structure for taking out fishing line guide members from the rod pipe and mounting them again after completing maintenance.
A first type of fishing rod according to the present invention includes fishing line guide members which reduce the resistance on a fishing line but are not attached to the inside of an intra-line rod pipe. The fishing line guide members are accessed by removing a tubular or semi-tubular support member which is mounted in the rod pipe and which supports the fishing line guide members. This facilitates maintenance of the fishing line guide members such as cleaning, repair and replacement, as well as the cleaning of the inner peripheral surface of the rod pipe.
Inasmuch as the fishing line guide member(s) in the first type of fishing rod are supported by the support member inside the rod pipe, the position of each fishing line guide member is restricted by the support member. This prevents the fishing line guide member(s) from becoming detached, even when the rod pipe is flexed. Also, because the support member and fishing line guide member(s) may be removably mounted together, this further facilitates their repair and cleaning.
A second type of fishing rod according to the present invention includes a support member having at least two longitudinally extending rods maintaining the position of at least one fishing line guide member therebetween. A fishing line guide member is attached to each rod. The rods mutually form the support member which has an end adjacent an end portion of the rod pipe such that when the support member is extracted by its end, all of the fishing line guide members are removed concurrently. As in the first type of fishing rod, this arrangement facilitates the maintenance of the rod pipe and the guide member(s).


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