JPH0617485Y2 - Flashing mechanism of warning light in automobile toys - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a blinking mechanism for blinking a warning light projecting on the top of a casing formed to imitate a driving operation portion of an automobile.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as a blinking mechanism of a warning light of an automobile toy, there has been known a mechanism which gives an appearance as if a light bulb, which is a light source, is rotated to blink.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, in the type in which a pair of relatively large warning lights are projected on the roof of the automobile, the pair of warning lights are separately blinked. Therefore, the appearance of a cheap and efficient blinking mechanism has been desired.

[Means for Solving Problems] The present invention has been made to solve the problems in the above-described conventional technology, and includes a handlebar and a shift lever,
A pair of warning lights are provided on the top of a casing formed to imitate the driving operation part of an automobile. And, a drive mechanism composed of a power source, a motor, and a gear group for transmitting a driving force of the motor is housed inside the casing, and a predetermined gear shaft of the transmission gear group is formed of an electrically conductive material, and an end portion thereof is formed. Bently bent into a crank shape, and each conductive contact piece connected to one pole of one of the light bulbs respectively installed inside the pair of warning lights is erected at a position where it can be alternately engaged with the crank, The one pole left by the light bulb is connected to one of the negative electrode and the positive electrode of the power source, the blinking switch of the warning lamp is provided in front of the casing, and the rotating shaft rotates in association with the operation of the blinking switch. A conductive contact piece that can be engaged with the crankshaft and is connected to the other positive or negative electrode of the power supply is attached to the end of the, and power can be supplied via the crankshaft by operating the blinking switch. And drive machine A pair of warning lights that light bulb is internally provided by a crank rotated by is characterized in that flash alternately.

[Operation] During operation of the drive mechanism, the crank-shaped bent portion provided at the shaft end of the gear shaft made of a conductive material has a pair of conductive contacts that are erected by connecting a pair of warning lights and a power source. Gears formed of the above-mentioned electrically conductive contact piece attached to a rotary shaft that engages with the other pieces alternately and that rotates when linked with the blinking switch when the blinking switch provided on the front of the casing is operated. The electric circuit that engages with the shaft and connects the power supply and the pair of warning lights is opened and closed intermittently.

[Embodiment] The main body 1 is provided with a casing 2 formed imitating a driving operation portion of an automobile, and a mounting member 17 is projectingly provided on a top portion of the casing 2, and both side portions of the mounting member 17 are provided. Is equipped with a pair of warning lights 17a and 17b. On the front surface of the casing 2, there is provided a screen 3 having a rectangular shape and made of a semitransparent material. The front instrument display section has a pair of direction indicating holes 13, 13 and arc-shaped instrument display holes 15, 15 for displaying speed, engine rotation, and the like.
Has been drilled. On the right side of the front of the casing 2, the key-shaped main switch 7 and the warning lights 17a, 17a are provided.
A knob 101 for lighting b is projected. And
A protruding portion 1a is provided on the lower right side of the casing 2, and a shift lever 9 rises from an opening 21 on the upper surface. The shift lever 9 can swing within the rectangular opening 21. . A handle 5 is rotatably projectingly provided on the front surface of the casing 2, and a direction indicating lever 11 is projectingly provided from a support shaft portion of the handle 5.

Inside the casing 2, a machine frame 91 accommodating a motor 127, a transmission gear, and a multi-stage crown gear 145 for converting a rotation speed is arranged. (See FIG. 3) That is, the gear 131 forming the transmission gear group is meshed with the motor pinion 129 of the motor 127.
31 transmits the rotational driving force to the gear 135 via the gear 133. The gear shaft 134 on which the gear 135 is mounted is formed of a material that is slidable in the axial direction and has conductivity, and the gear 137 is mounted on the center of the gear shaft 134. Gear shaft 1
A crank-shaped bent portion 93 is formed at an end portion of the 34 protruding from the machine frame 91. The other end of the gear shaft 134 also projects from the machine frame 91. The gear 137 is held by the bifurcated tip of the swing plate 149. The base end of the swing plate 149 is pivotally attached to the support shaft 89. The support shaft 89 is rotatably supported in the casing, and a swing lever 85 is mounted on one end of the support shaft 89. Three upper end portions of the rocking lever 85 are engraved with three engaging recesses 87, and the engaging recesses 87 are provided with a tip of a bent portion 99a of an elastic piece 99 whose base end is engaged with the casing 2. Engage. A pin 83 is provided on the lower portion of the swing lever 87, and the pin 83 is fitted to the end of the connecting rod 81. The other end of the connecting rod 81 is connected to the lower portion of the shift lever via a pin 79. The shift lever 8 is pivotally supported on the casing 2 by pins 77 protruding from both sides at the lower end thereof, and is swingable about the pins 77. When the shift lever 9 is pulled toward the front side of the opening 21 formed in the protruding portion 1a, the gear shaft 13
The gear 137 rotatably attached to the No. 4 meshes with the outermost multi-stage gear 146 of the multi-stage crown gear 145, and the multi-stage crown gear 145 is rotated at a low speed. Further, when the shift lever 9 is upright, the gear 137 meshes with the intermediate multi-stage gear 146 formed in the multi-stage crown gear 145, and the multi-stage crown gear 145 rotates at medium speed. When the shift lever 9 is pushed down in the direction of the screen 3, the gear 137 meshes with the innermost multistage gear 146 of the multistage crown gear 145, and the multistage crown gear 145 rotates at a high speed. Along with the swing operation of the shift lever 9, the bent portion 99a of the elastic piece 99 engages with the engaging recess 87 of the swing lever 85 to position the shift lever 9 at the stop position.

A gear 141 is rotatably attached to an end of a gear shaft 143 to which the multistage crown gear 145 is rotatably attached. The gear 141 projects from the machine frame 91 and meshes with the gear 123 axially attached to the gear shaft 115. The worm gear 117 rotatably attached to the other end of the gear shaft 115 meshes with the gear 121 rotatably attached to a support shaft 119 rotatably supporting the center of the rotary plate 65.
The rotating plate 65 is made of a transparent material having transparency, and the street and the scene of the city are displayed. The outer peripheral edge of the rotary plate 65 is fitted into a groove hole 63 formed at the tip of the projecting piece 61 whose base end is fixed inside the casing 2, and the rotary plate 65 is guided by the groove hole 63 to rotate. Is.

A large number of protrusions 147 ... Are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the multi-stage crown gear 145. The protrusions 147.
Engages with the elastic pieces 126, 126 protruding from the lower end of the resonance cylinder 125 supported by the machine frame 91 to generate an onomatopoeic sound of the engine.

The pair of warning lights has outer shells 17a and 17b made of a transparent material and colored red. Light bulbs 19 and 19 are disposed inside the warning lights 17a and 17b. A knob 101 for flashing the warning lights 17a and 17b is provided on the front of the casing 2. A projecting piece 103 is projectingly provided at a base end portion of the knob 101, and a long hole 105 is formed in the projecting piece 103. A pin 107 protruding from a projecting piece 109 attached to the shaft is fitted in the end of the rotary shaft 111 in the long hole 105. A conductive contact piece 113 connected to a power source (not shown) by a lead wire 112 is axially attached to the other end of the rotary shaft 111. Therefore, when the knob 101 is rotated, the rotary shaft 111
Rotate in conjunction with each other, and the conductive contact piece 113 moves the shaft gear shaft 134.
Abut. The bent portion 93 of the crank formed at the other end of the gear shaft 134 serves as the pair of warning lights 17.
The warning lights 17a and 17b are alternately blinked by alternately contacting the conductive contact pieces 95 and 97 connected to the a and 17b, respectively.

Spindle 8 that rotates by operating shift lever 9
A swinging member 153 is pivotally attached to the end portion of the shaft 9. A long groove 155 is formed in the lever portion of the swing member 153.
A pin 163 protruding from the end of an L-shaped turning lever 157 is fitted in the long groove 155. Rotating lever 157
Has a support shaft 159 rotatably supported inside the casing 2, and has a slot 1 at the other end of the rotary lever 157.
61 is provided. Pins (not shown) provided on the rear surface of the slide member 171 shown in FIG. 3 in the slot 161.
Are fitted. Two pairs of projecting pieces project from the upper surface of the slide member 171, and intermediate portions of the pair of projecting pieces form slot holes 175 and 175. These slots 175, 1
75 has a pin 1 protruding from the back surface of the rotating plates 165, 165.
69 and 169 are fitted together. The front surfaces of the rotary plates 165 and 165 are colored in two colors. That is, the fan-shaped portion 16
7,167 are colored red, and the other parts are colored black. The rotary plates 165, 165 are arranged on the backside of the arc-shaped instrument display holes 15, 15 projecting from the front plate of the casing 2. As shown in FIG. 5, the rotary plates 165 and 165 arranged on the back surfaces of the instrument display holes 15 and 15 are elongated holes 173 and 173 formed in the slide member 171.
It is rotatably screwed with screws 177 and 177 with seats. The rotary plates 165 and 165 rotate in conjunction with the operation of the shift lever 9. When the shift lever 9 is moved to the high speed position, the rotary plates 165 and 165 rotate clockwise as shown in FIG. , Fan-shaped parts 167, 167 colored in red are the instrument display holes 15, 1.
It shows how the speed and engine rotation change as you move within 5.

Next, a drive mechanism that operates by operating the handle 5 will be described with reference to FIG.

The handle 2 is rotatably attached to a handle shaft 25 provided on the lower front portion of the casing 2. A tubular member 29 is rotatably fitted to the handle shaft 25, and a direction indicating lever 11 and a swing lever 33 are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member 29 so as to project therefrom. A fitting groove 35 is projectingly provided on the upper end of the rocking lever 33, and the fitting groove 35 is projectingly provided on a lower portion of a direction indicator plate 37 in which a support shaft portion 39 at the upper end is supported inside the casing 2. The pin 41 is fitted. The front face of the direction indicator plate 37 is colored yellow, and the direction indicator plate 37 swings when the direction indicator lever 11 is rotated, so that the direction indicator plate holes 13 are formed in the pair of direction indicator display holes 13 formed on the front surface of the casing 2. The yellow colored portion on the front of the direction indicator plate 37 appears.

A collar plate 27 is integrally formed at the base end of the handle shaft 25. An engaging pin 31 is projected on the collar plate 27, and the engaging pin 31 is fitted in a fitting groove 43 projected on the lower end of a crank-shaped turning lever 45. The rotating lever 45 is rotatable by supporting the supporting shaft portion 47 on the casing 2, and the upper end portion formed by bending is provided with a fitting mechanism 4 formed therein.
A pin 53 projecting from the end of the sliding lever 51 is fitted in the slide shaft 9. Two long holes 5 are provided in the middle of the sliding lever 51.
5, 55 are bored, and guide pins 57, 57 projecting inside the casing 2 are fitted into the long holes 55, 55. In addition, a projection piece 56 is provided at a substantially central portion of the sliding lever 51.
And a light bulb 59 is projected on the projecting piece 56.

Therefore, when the main switch 7 is operated, the rotary shaft 67 formed integrally with the main switch 7 rotates, and the rotary shaft 6 is rotated.
The projection 71 projecting from the disk 69 formed at the end of 7 is engaged with the bent portion 75a of the conductive contact piece 75 to cause the conductive contact piece 75 to move.
, The conductive contact pieces 75, 75 are brought into contact with each other, the electric circuit connecting the motor 127 to a power source (not shown) is closed, and the motor 127 is driven. As the motor 127 is driven, the warning lights 17a and 17b alternately flash, the light bulb 59 attached to the sliding lever 51 is turned on, and the street displayed on the rotating plate 65 is projected on the screen 3. The player operates the handle 5 so that the own vehicle 23 fixedly provided at the lower part of the screen 3 runs along the projected street. When the handle 5 is operated, the light bulb attached to the sliding lever 51 is moved. By moving, the image projected on the screen 3 also moves relatively.

[Effect] When the main switch is operated to operate the drive mechanism and the knob for blinking the warning light is operated, the conductive contact piece comes into contact with the gear shaft made of a conductive material, and the end of the gear shaft is abutted. The formed crank-shaped bent parts are connected to a pair of warning lights, respectively, and alternately contact the conductive contact pieces to alternately flash the warning lights. It can provide some excellent things.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a main body, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of a drive mechanism, and FIG. 3 is a main part of an instrument display mechanism. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an essential part of a drive mechanism including a motor, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an essential part of the drive mechanism, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing an essential part of the drive mechanism. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the rotary plate in a cutaway manner. 1 ... main body, 2 ... casing, 3 ... screen, 7 ... main switch, 9 ... shift lever, 17a, 17b ... warning light, 19 ... bulb, 95,97 ... conducting contact piece, 101 …… Pick, 134 …… Gear shaft.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pair of warning lights are provided on the top of a casing formed by imitating a driving operation portion of an automobile, which comprises a steering wheel and a shift lever, and a power source, a motor, and a driving force of the motor are provided inside the casing. A drive mechanism including a transmission gear group is housed, a predetermined gear shaft of the transmission gear group is formed of a material having electrical conductivity, the ends thereof are bent into a crank shape, and each of the pair of warning lights is internally provided. Each conductive contact piece connected to one pole of the light bulb is erected at a position where it can be alternately engaged with the crank, and one pole left by each light bulb is used as a negative electrode or a positive electrode of the power source. , A flashing switch for the warning light is provided on the front of the casing, and the end of the rotary shaft that rotates in association with the operation of the flashing switch is engageable with the crank shaft. And the remaining one of the power supplies Of positive or have attached conductive contact piece is attached to the negative electrode enables energization via the crankshaft by operating the flashing switch,
A blinking mechanism of a warning light in a toy vehicle, wherein the pair of warning lights in which the light bulb is installed alternately blinks by the crank rotated by the driving mechanism.