CA2043697C - Doll - Google Patents

Abstract

Involves a doll able to permit the introduction of cookie type slabs through the mouth, which simulates eating and having been eaten they fall by gravity to the bottom of an internal box, from which they can easily be extracted, while at the same time it reproduces at intervals a series of sounds, in the form of changing phrases, which it emits through an acoustic device connected to an electronic circuit.
Outwardly it assumes the conventional form of a baby, and it contains in its interior an electromechanical assembly, including a set of wheels situated in line with the mouth, and when the cookie type slabs are introduced through the latter, they cause their intermittent entrainment and subsequent fall into the internal box.
In coordination with the entrainment of the cookies, one hears externally through an acoustic device sounds in the form of phrases which begin to be emitted when the electronic circuit that regulates their emission is connected and continue, with different phrases, during the penetration of the cookie, to return to the original phrase after the cookie has finally fallen into the box.

Description

SPECIFICATION
As lndlcated ln the tltle, the present lnventlon to whlch thls speclflcatlon corresponds relates to a toy doll.
More concretely stated, lt lnvolves a doll adapted to permlt cookle type slabs to be lntroduced through the mouth, whlch stlmulates eatlng, and havlng been eaten they fall by gravlty to the bottom of an lnternal box, from whlch they can easlly be extracted, and at the same tlme lt reproduces at lntervals a serles of sounds, ln the manner of changlng phrases, whlch lt emlts through an acoustlc devlce connected to an electronlc clrcult.
The doll, whlch outwardly assumes the conventlonal form of a baby boy or glrl, contalns ln lts lnterlor an electromechanlcal assembly, lncludlng a set of wheels, sltuated ln llne wlth the mouth, and when the cookle type slabs are lntroduced, they cause thelr lntermlttent entralnment and subsequent fall lnto the lnternal box, from whlch they can be extracted through an openlng wlth flap cover on the doll's back.
At the same tlme and coordinated wlth the entralnment of the cookles, one hears externally, through an acoustlc devlce, sounds ln the form of phrases whlch begln to be emltted when the electronlc clrcult that regulates thelr emlsslon ls connected and contlnue, wlth dlfferent phrases, durlng the penetratlon of the cookle, to return to the orlglnal phrase once the cookle has flnally fallen lnto the box.

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2~436~7 In a broad aspect, the lnventlon resldes ln a toy doll havlng a head, llmbs and body, and a mouth wlth upper and lower llps, comprlslng: a cookle "eatlng" mechanlsm, a storage area for cookles fed to the doll lncludlng a passageway leadlng from the mouth to sald storage area~ a palr of cookle rollers for advanclng a cookle lnto the doll's mouth, and an electrlcally drlven motor lncludlng a drlve traln for rotatlng the cookle rollers lntermlttently 80 that sald cookle 18 drawn lnto the mouth ln an lntermlttent step by step manner, rather than ln a slngle contlnuous movement, and for dlscharglng sald cookle lnto sald passageway, whereby sald cookle ls stored untll retrleved for further use.
The descrlptlon of thls ob~ect wlll be lllustrated wlth a set of drawlngs, showlng a preferred example of executlon, whlch 18 not llmltlng but merely explanatory, as lt may be the sub~ect of changes of detall ln whatever does not affect lts characterlstlc purpose.
In the drawlngs:
Flgure 1 ls a per~pectlve front vlew of the doll, showlng the lnternal mechano-electrlcal mechanlsm.
Flgure 2 ls the slde vlew of the same doll represented ln the prevlous flgure, wlth the lnternal mechanlsm vlslble from thls posltlon.
Flgure 3 ls a double overall vlew, from the front and slde, of the doll shown ln foregolng flgures.
Flgure 4 ls a perspectlve of the mechanlsm for entralnment of the cookle slab, ln exploded vlew.

~, Always referrlng to the example of executlon represented ln the drawlngs, the doll -1- of the lnventlon assumes outwardly a deslred conventlonal form, and lt contalns ln lts lnterlor a mechanlsm, lodged lnto a houslng -2- and formed on the basls of a comblnatlon of parts and wheels -3-, wlth lts correspondlng drlve plnlons -4-, functlonally coupled together, for the lntermlttent dlsplacement of a cookle -5-lntroduced ln the doll's mouth.
The houslng -2- extends below to a box -6- closed at lts base, lnto whlch the cookle falls by gravlty after lt has been swallowed by the doll, so that lt ls deposlted thereln untll lt ls extracted, whlch ls achleved through the outer openlng -7- provlded on the back of the doll and covered externally by a flap cover.
Inslde the doll ls lodged also a second closed houslng -8- whlch contalns a set of batterles whlch ln turn are connected to the electronlc clrcult -9- whlch they control and through whlch the varlous mechanlsms are actuated. Access to the lnterlor of the houslng ls obtalned by means of an openlng, located on the back of the doll, whlch ls closed on the outslde by the cover -10-, ad~ustable thereon.
The electronlc clrcult ls connected to an on-off swltch -11-, whlch ls operated by means of the pushbutton -12-also sltuated on the doll's back.
Formlng part of the assembly of elements lncluded ln the doll's body ls an acoustlc devlce -13-, controlled by the electronlc clrcult -9- to whlch lt ls connected. By thls B

20~36q7 3a devlce dlfferent phrases are emltted, the content of whlch varles ln coordlnatlon wlth the dlsplacement stages of the cookle -5- and lts flnal fall lnto the box -6-. Hearlng of these phrases ls facllltated ln that the doll has been provlded, ln the zone of the chest behlnd whlch sald devlce ls coupled, wlth a successlon of holes -14- (slc) whlch permlt the pro~ectlon of the sounds ln due lntenslty and clarlty.
The doll havlng been organlzed ln thls manner and the lnternal mechanlsm set ln operatlon by presslng the swltch -12- sltuated on the back of the user (slc), the flrst emlsslon of sound ln the form of a phrase takes place. After the cookle slab -5- has then been placed ln the doll' B mouth, the assembly of parts and wheels -3-4- takes lt along at lntervals toward the lnterlor and coordlnated wlth these lntervals the phrase pronounced changes. Havlng been lntroduced all the way, the cookle falls to the bottom of the box -6- where lt stays untll lt ls extracted manually, these succe~slve stages representlng a new change of sounds.

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Claims (20)

1. A toy doll having a head, limbs and body, and a mouth with upper and lower lips, comprising: a cookie "eating"
mechanism, a storage area for cookies fed to the doll including a passageway leading from the mouth to said storage area; a pair of cookie rollers for advancing a cookie into the doll's mouth, and an electrically driven motor including a drive train for rotating the cookie rollers intermittently so that said cookie is drawn into the mouth in an intermittent step by step manner, rather than in a single continuous movement, and for discharging said cookie into said passageway, whereby said cookie is stored until retrieved for further use.

2. The toy doll according to claim 1, further including pivotable elements connected to said drive train and to the lips of said doll for simulating and generating an eating-like motion about the doll's mouth.

3. The toy doll according to claim 2, wherein said pivotable elements are connected to said lips by means of pins affixed to the lips and slidably fitted in apertures in said pivotable elements, whereby the pins move within said apertures as the pivotable elements are pivoted by said drive train.

4. The toy doll according to claim 3, wherein said pivotable elements are continuously pivoted by said drive train.

5. The toy doll according to claim 4, wherein said drive train includes a motor driven wheel having a pinion secured thereto, and a gear train for driving the cookie rollers intermittently and for pivoting the pivotable elements continuously.

6. The toy doll according to claim 5, wherein said gear train includes a set of gears powering a plurality of links, and an oscillating sector gear for intermittently rotating said cookie rollers.

7. The toy doll according to claim 6, wherein said gear train further includes a rotatable disc having an eccentric pin and eccentric hub on opposite sides of said disc for oscillating said sector gear and for pivoting said pivotable elements continuously.

8. The toy doll according to claim 7, wherein said oscillating vector gear is provided with a pivot pin slideable in a fixed slot at an end opposite to said oscillating sector gear.

9. The toy doll according to claim 8, wherein said links are three in number, with two connected to said pivotable elements and to the third link which is further connected to said eccentric pin of said rotatable disc.

10. The toy doll according to claim 1, further including electronic means including an integrated circuit for generating sound, connected to said electrically driven motor for creating audible sounds and/or message phrases.

11. The toy doll according to claim 10, wherein said audible sounds and/or message phrases are transmitted when the cookie eating toy doll is fed a cookie.

12. The toy doll according to claim 11, wherein said audible sounds created during "eating" of said cookie include crunching and other eating noises, and a phrase "yum, its delicious."

13. The toy doll according to claim 12, further including other audible phrases emitted when said cookie has passed through said cookie rollers, including "give me more"
and "mamma mamma, I am hungry."

14. The toy doll according to claim 13, wherein said motor and electronic means are battery powered, and said circuit for generating sound is operable only when a sound switch in the circuit is energized or closed by a user of said toy doll.

15. The toy doll according to claim 14, wherein said motor and drive train are housed in the head of said doll, and said electronic means and means for powering same and said motor are housed in said body of said doll.

16. The toy doll according to claim 15, wherein said means for powering comprise batteries.

17. The toy doll according to claim 1, wherein said electrically driven motor and drive train are energized by a motor switch in said head which is closed upon insertion of a cookie between said pair of cookie rollers.

18. The toy doll according to claim 17, wherein said motor switch comprises upper and lower contact elements connected to said motor via a battery, and energized or closed by means of a loosely fitted roller disposed about the upper cookie roller so as to be displaced in a manner to force the lower contact element of said motor switch into contact with said upper contact element.

19. The toy doll according to claim 1, wherein an access door is located on the back of said doll to enable the user to retrieve said cookie from said storage area.

20. The toy doll according to claim 18, wherein said battery includes a plurality of batteries, all of which are removably or replacably housed in the body of said doll.