CN101466283A - Animated artificial flower - Google Patents

Abstract

A device simulating a blooming flower includes a piston slidably disposed within an elongated tube simulating a flower stem. A chamber within the stem is configured to hold a dissolvable solid material. The piston is biased upwardly, but held in place by the dissolvable solid material placed in the chamber above the piston. A simulated flower is attached to the end of the stem or piston and has a plurality of simulated petals configured to open as the stem is placed in a liquid, the solid material dissolves, and the piston moves upwardly within the stem.

Description

Lifelike artificial flower

Technical field

The present invention relates in general to a kind of artificial flower.More specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of device of simulating flower in full bloom, described device activates internal mechanism to open its artificial flowers when being exposed to liquid.

Background technology

Artificial flower generally has been used for interior decoration.General artificial flower, dehydration flower and other artificial flower of being made by plastic material or ribbon etc. of being made through dewatering process by true flower for example generally is fixing style, it can bring aesthetic feeling, but does not have vigor.Therefore, this artificial flower does not have lively sensation, thereby brings joyful sense can not for their audience.

Yet the life-span of natural flowers is short.In addition, some flowers, rose for example, spending of they will the just in full bloom fully and opening with several days time.Therefore, although bring vigor and natural beauty, natural flowers also has weak point.

As everyone knows, use simulation to bloom in the prior art or present surprised lifelike artificial flower and the plant that is hidden in the artificial flower petal.But most of artificial flowers need a large amount of assemblies to hide motor or hand-drive mechanism, therefore can not have the outward appearance of long shoot cut-flower.And other artificial flower can not be hidden amazing present in essence.Other artificial flower can't imitate gradually and bloom in addition.

The inventor does not find any prior art of following artificial flower, described artificial flower is bloomed in being positioned over water or other liquid the time, overlapping in the arranged petal is provided, electric or the mechanical function of conversion complexity in surprise during opening program, or provide repeated use, or adopt all above-mentioned features are provided when absorbing liquid and expandable material by replacing soluble solid matter.

Therefore, need a kind of artificial flower device, described artificial flower device has the outward appearance of long shoot cut-flower always, can simulate growth when being placed in water or other liquid or bloom.In addition, need a kind of like this device, described device provides gradually or controllably shows flower in full bloom and reusable always.In addition, also need a kind of like this device, described device can be given the present of ensconcing in the closed flower or owing to ensconce in the flower of closure and make us pleasantly surprised always.The present invention satisfies these demands and other advantage is provided.

Summary of the invention

The invention reside in a kind of device of simulating flower in full bloom.In particularly preferred embodiment, lifelike artificial flower device in being positioned over liquid the time near being similar to the long shoot cut-flower that simulation is grown gradually and bloomed.In one embodiment, when the flowers are in blossom when putting, rise the internal chamber of present carrying platform in ensconcing closed flower.In another embodiment, when flower is opened, activate luminous or phonation circuit.

In one embodiment, described device comprises the elongated tubular of simulating scape.This stem limits the inlet to chamber within it, and described chamber configuration becomes to keep dissolvable solid material.Piston is mounted slidably in stem and by to upper offset.Artificial flowers are connected to stem and have a plurality of emulation petals, and described emulation petal is formed at when piston moves up in stem and opens, and closes when piston moves down in stem.When reducing piston and dissolvable solid material is inserted into the top of piston in the stem chamber, and when being exposed to soluble solids in the solvent subsequently, dissolvable solid material is dissolved in the solvent, and piston moves up, thereby opens the emulation petal of artificial flowers.

Sleeve pipe can be connected to piston and form slidably relation with stem.Sleeve pipe comprises and can aim at the hole that enters chamber to provide with the stem inlet.

Flower comprises the interior stem that is slidably received within the stem, and petal hinges (petal hinge) is pivotably connected to interior stem, and an end of petal is connected to petal hinges.Interior stem is by the spring bias voltage that makes progress.Petal hinges has spring performance so that when stretching out, open to general planar, and when closure archwise or have warp architecture.Described spending can comprise the petal puller that is suitable for when piston moves up petal being moved to open position downwards.Typically, described petal comprises that one group of inner petals and one group are when being in the close position and the overlapping outer petal of inner petals.Preferably, flower comprises that also petal cup, described petal cup have the flexible simulated sepal that forms, partly covers petal around the top periphery of flower when being in the close position.In particularly preferred embodiment, the thickness difference of sepal.Thick and the thin overlapping encirclement petal in sepal alternating sequence ground is with closed petal.Petal cup can also comprise and is slidably located on the stem and is biased upwardly base with the growth of the flower of imitation before blooming.Petal cup base can engage with interior stem, so that move up when interior stem moves up.Stem and/or petal cup base were to limit moving upward of described interior stem and described petal cup base in retainer was provided for engaging.

In one embodiment, driving shaft is slidably disposed in the top of stem and is operably connected to piston.Driving shaft is biased upwardly by spring and passes artificial flowers.Gift platform is arranged on an end of driving shaft or piston.Gift platform comprises and is suitable for present is fixed on fixed component on the platform.

In particularly preferred embodiment, brake assemblies links to each other with driving shaft with piston.In one form, rope extends between piston and driving shaft.Brake assemblies comprises first pulley and by away from second pulley of the first pulley bias voltage, and has the rope of crossing pulley and when abundant tensioning second pulley being moved towards first pulley.Brake block operationally links to each other with second pulley, and disappears and second pulley contacts with rope when moving away from first pulley movably at the tension force of rope.This brake assemblies typically comprises the shell that rope extends through.First pulley is fixed on the shell, and second pulley can move along the groove that is formed in the shell.The inwall of shell limits the brake block guide part.

In another form, brake assemblies is included in interconnective brake block between driving shaft and the axis of the piston.When having enough tension force between driving shaft and the axis of the piston, brake assemblies is suitable for being arranged on the non-braking position place, but brake assemblies just moves to application position when the tension force between driving shaft and the axis of the piston is insufficient.More specifically, brake block comprises and is connected to the leaf spring that the axis of the piston and end have brake rim.Tensioned lines is operably connected to driving shaft and extends to leaf spring, so that when enough tension force is arranged leaf spring and brake rim are remained on crooked non-braking position place.

Described device can comprise circuit, and described circuit has at flower and moves when opening and contact with each other with the electric contact piece of closed circuit.Circuit can comprise light-emitting device or sound-producing device.

In one embodiment, piston is set at spring between stem and the piston bottom end bias voltage that makes progress.In this embodiment, chamber can be limited by the piston in the stem.

In yet another embodiment, the device of the in full bloom flower of simulation comprises the elongated tubular of simulate stem and is slidably disposed on stem interior but by the piston of biased downward.Material by the absorption liquid volume expansion is arranged on stem inner carrier below.Artificial flowers are connected to piston and have a plurality of emulation petals, and described a plurality of emulation petals are configured to open when piston moves up in stem, and close when piston moves down in stem.When being placed on stem in the liquid, described material absorbs liquid by the aperture in the stem and expands, and makes piston move up, thereby opens the emulation petal of artificial flowers.The petal puller that is suitable for when piston moves up petal being moved to open position downwards typically is assembled in the device.

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, principle of the present invention is described by way of example, by following more detailed description, other features and advantages of the present invention will become clear and present.

Description of drawings

Accompanying drawing shows the present invention.Wherein:

Fig. 1 is the performance main perspective view that is in the artificial flower device under the closure state of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the cross-sectional view of each parts of the explanation device that roughly intercepts along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the cross-sectional view that is similar to Fig. 2, but explanation is in the artificial flower device under the open mode;

Fig. 4 is the amplification cross-sectional view in the zone " 4 " of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is the amplification cross-sectional view in the zone " 5 " of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is the cross section and the decomposition view of part fragment of each parts of device of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the sectional view that assembles and be in the part fragment of the parts under the closure state among Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is the partial cross section and the fragmentary views that assemble and be in the parts under the open mode that is similar to Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is the stem used according to the invention and part fragment, perspective and the decomposition view of sleeve pipe;

Figure 10 is positioned to the stem of access to plant inner cavity chamber and the fragment perspective view of sleeve pipe;

Figure 11 is the explanation sleeve pipe rotation that is similar to Figure 10 with the fragment perspective view of the inlet of closing internal chamber;

Figure 12 is the cross-sectional view of brake assemblies used according to the invention, and the brake assemblies that is in non-braking position has been described;

Figure 13 is the side view that roughly intercepts along the line 13-13 of Figure 12;

Figure 14 is the cross-sectional view that roughly intercepts along the line 14-14 of Figure 12;

Figure 15 is similar to Figure 12's but show the cross-sectional view that state that response rope loses tension force is in the brake assemblies of application position;

Figure 16 is the side view that roughly intercepts along the line 16-16 of Figure 15;

Figure 17 is the cross-sectional view that roughly intercepts along the line 17-17 of Figure 15;

Figure 18 is the performance cross-sectional view that is in another person's Artificial Flowers device under the closure state of the present invention;

Figure 19 is the amplification sectional view of the explanation in zone " 19 " of Figure 18 latch used according to the invention;

Figure 20 is similar to Figure 18's but explanation is in the cross-sectional view of artificial flower device of open mode;

Figure 21 is that the explanation in zone " 21 " extends to and amplification sectional view according to the latch of the groove engagement of the interior stem of device of the present invention;

Figure 22 is the amplification sectional view of the explanation in zone " 22 " of Figure 20 another brakes used according to the invention;

Figure 23 is the perspective view of the brake assemblies of Figure 22, the brake block that is in non-braking position of this brake assemblies has been described;

Figure 24 is the perspective view of the brake assemblies of Figure 23, but is in application position owing to having lost tension force between piston that installs and the driving shaft;

Figure 25 is the cross-sectional view that roughly intercepts along the line 25-25 of Figure 24;

Figure 26 is the performance cross-sectional view that is in another artificial flower device under the closure state of the present invention;

Figure 27 is the cross-sectional view of the device of Figure 26, and the device that is under its open mode has been described;

Figure 28 is performance part fragment and the cross sectional view that is in the top of another artificial flower device under the closure state of the present invention;

Figure 29 is the cross-sectional view that the explanation that is similar to Figure 28 is in the artificial flower device of open mode;

Figure 30 is the part fragment and the sectional view of performance another artificial flower device of the present invention, has illustrated that it is in the flower under the closure state;

Figure 31 is the cross-sectional view that the explanation that is similar to Figure 30 is in the artificial flower device of open mode;

Figure 32 is the performance cross-sectional view that is in another artificial flower device under the closure state of the present invention;

Figure 33 is the cross-sectional view that the explanation that is similar to Figure 32 is in the artificial flower device of open mode;

Figure 34 is performance part fragment and the cross sectional view that is in another artificial flower device under the closure state of the present invention; With

Figure 35 is the cross-sectional view that the explanation that is similar to Figure 34 is in the flower of open mode.

The specific embodiment

As shown in drawings, for purposes of illustration, the present invention relates to the lifelike artificial flower device that a kind of simulation is grown gradually and bloomed.Preferably, artificial flower device is similar to the long shoot cut-flower approx, and when placing the liquid solution of water for example, spring and piston drive mechanism are opened the flower in this artificial flower device gradually.In certain embodiments, the active electron device, and in other embodiments, the gift platform of carrying present or analog rises.In particularly preferred embodiment, the action of artificial flower device can repeat.

With reference now to Fig. 1,, shows the perspective view of performance artificial flower device 100 of the present invention.Device 100 comprises the cane 102 that typically is elongated tubular.Although do not illustrate, stem 102 preferably has the outward appearance of colored stem, and can have continuous artificial leaves etc.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that also cane 102 can be arranged to a plurality of part connected to one another, so that purposes such as assemblings.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1-11, comprise that slightly larger in diameter is slidably disposed on the stem 102 in the sleeve pipe 104 of the round tube of stem 102.Particularly as describing more fully at this, sleeve pipe 104 is connected on the internal piston.Artificial flowers 106 are connected to the roughly relative end of stem 102.

With reference now to Fig. 2-5,, shows the internal part of device 100.Piston 108 is slidably disposed in the stem 102.Piston 108 has the cylindrical tube of blind end and fillet typically.The pin 110 that piston 108 for example extends through piston 108 by use is by being formed in the stem 102 and the groove 112 that enters in the sleeve pipe 104 is connected to sleeve pipe 104.When piston 108 and sleeve pipe 104 when the hypomere of stem 102 moves up and down, the groove 112 of stem 102 can move pin 110 along the bottom of stem 102.Sleeve pipe 104 comprises the aperture 114 that is used to hold the pin 110 that passes it, as shown in Figure 9.

Rope 116 is connected to piston 108 at one end and extends to the driving shaft 118 that is arranged in the stem 102 with its upper end.Rope 116 can be made up of any suitable material (for example, monofilament or similar material).Because spring 120 that is arranged in the stem 102 and engages with driving shaft 118 lower ends and the base above piston 108 122 that is arranged in the stem 102, rope 116 is in tensioning state.The natural reaction of spring is stretching, extension and upwards pushes away driving shaft 118.So upwards offset piston 108, and piston 108 116 is connected to driving shaft 118 by restricting.

With reference now to Fig. 9-11,, by pulling down sleeve pipe 104, piston 108 is when the withdrawal of the bottom of stem 102 when for example, and piston 108 can temporarily be locked in this bottom position by reversing sleeve pipe 104, till piston pin 110 moves in the piston pin lock groove 124.Stem 102 and sleeve pipe 104 all have hole 126 and 128.Stem hole 126 is the inlets that enter the internal chamber that is used to insert dissolvable solid material.So that sell 110 and move in the groove 124, so that when piston 108 is locked in the appropriate position, as shown in figure 10, hole 126 and 128 is aligned with each other, makes dissolvable solid material 130 can be placed in the internal chamber 132 when sleeve pipe 104 rotation.Internal chamber is limited by the position of piston 108 and the packing ring 134 that is arranged in the stem 102.Packing ring 134 typically is made up of the hard rubber material, and for having the circular plain washer that allows rope 116 apertures that pass this packing ring that pass through.Packing ring 134 remains on solid matter 130 in the chamber 132, and reduces liquid and enter into top mechanism, as what will describe more fully here.

Dissolvable solid material can be any material that can be inserted in the chamber 132 and can be dissolved by solvent liquid.This dissolvable solid material that the present invention considers can comprise granulated sugar.Certainly, also can be other solable matter, for example, soluble tablets, salt (table salt) or rock salt, solubility solid phase material bolt insert (solid plug insert), candy particle, add the beverage mix of flavor etc.Yet, sugar obtain easily and also in water, dissolve fast.In addition, sugar is particle, is easy to via the hole of aiming at 126 and 128 and pour in the chamber 132.When piston pin 110 when rotating casing 104 is discharged from lock groove 124 as shown in figure 11, piston 108 is gone up owing to the existence of solid matters 130 in the chamber 132 is held in position.The sedimentation of the solid matter 130 that the extruding by piston 108 causes will cause the small lifting of piston 108, thereby moving pin 110 is made itself and lock groove 124 misalignment, and prevent any rotation of further not expecting of sleeve pipe 104.

Here stay following possibility: when attempting that piston pin 110 is locked in the lock groove 124 with solid matter 130 filled chambers 132 time, the user is relief sleeve 104 unintentionally, thereby sleeve pipe 104 and piston 108 are moved up in stem 102 apace, make driving shaft 118 upwards be pushed away apace by spring 120.This will make spends 106 to open rapidly and fiercely, and this does not wish to take place, and may cause the failure of pleasantly surprised present.Therefore, the present invention considers to use brake assemblies 136 under the situation of this rope tension forfeiture.Brake assemblies 136 is arranged in the middle of piston 108 and the driving shaft 118, shown in Fig. 2-5.

Exemplary brakes has been shown in Figure 12-17.Figure 12-14 shows the brake assemblies that is in normal non-braking mode.Assembly 136 comprises shell 138, and described shell 138 comprises box like structure.First pulley 140 is rotatably connected to pulley axle 142, and it is the shell 138 of fixed relationship that pulley axle 142 extends through with it.Second pulley 144 rotatably is seated in the wheel shaft 146 in the groove 148 that is formed in the shell 138.One or more springs 150 are to upper offset pulley axle 146.Yet the rope 116 of crossing two pulleys 140 and 144 plays the effect that pulley 140 and 144 is pulled to the other side when being tensioned, shown in Figure 12-14.The brake block (brakeshoe) 152 that typically is two or more brake block is connected to second pulley axle 146.Brake block comprises brake rim 154.Brake block 152 is configured as rectangle installed part flat and that have flexibility slightly, and as shown in figure 14, described installed part moves along the inner surface 156 of shell 138 usually.Groove 153 in the brake block 152 provides the gap for wheel shaft 142.As shown in figure 12, the inner surface of shell 138 or wall 156 curve inwardly towards rope 116.

With reference now to Figure 15-17,, when the tension force on the rope 116 suddenly disappears, for example, when reducing sleeve pipe 104 with locating hole 126 and 128, so that when being filled in piston pin 110 by the internal chamber 132 of the unexpected release of quilt before being injected in the lock groove 124 fully, one or more springs 150 upwards spur the groove 148 of pulley axle 146 by the shell 138 of brake assemblies 136.When the bias voltage that this situation appears at spring 150 has overcome the tension force of restricting in 116, otherwise pulley 144 will be kept very near pulley 140.The motion that wheel shaft 146 makes progress also upwards spurs brake block 152 and brake rim 154 to contact and clamping rope 116, as shown in figure 15.154 pairs of ropes of brake rim 116 clamp and stop or 116 the motion that stops to restrict, and therefore stop the motion of all flower assemblies.By pulling down sleeve pipe 104 simply to recover the tension force of rope 116, make brake block 152 move down once more by pulley 144 and wheel shaft 146, can resetting means 100.

Because be placed on dissolvable solid material 132 in the internal chamber 132, piston 108 can not move up, be removed or dissolve up to material 130.This finishes by stem 102 being placed in the liquid flux such as water.Certainly, what should know is that this will simulate cut-flower and be placed in the water.Water or other solvent are by the gap between infiltrate sleeve pipe 104 and the stem 102 and install other parts of 100 and enter in the chamber 132.Certainly, stem 102 and/or sleeve pipe 104 can comprise that specialized designs is used for allowing solvent to enter the hole of chamber 132.When water or other solvent entered chamber 132, solid matter 130 began dissolving and enters in the solution.When this took place, piston 108 moved up.The speed that solid matter 130 dissolving and piston 108 move up can be by multiple factor control, and described factor comprises: fitness on stem 102 of the temperature of the character of solid matter 130 and composition, solvent, sleeve pipe 104, be used for constructing sleeve pipe 104 and stem 102 encirclement chamber 132 a part material porosity, solid matter 130 granular size and in advance before be dissolved in the existence of solid 130 in solution in the solvent.Therefore, piston 108 move through fully the required time of chamber 132 scope can from a few minutes by many days.

Fig. 2 shows the piston that is in its extreme lower position 108 of the chamber 132 with dissolvable solid material of being filled with 130, and spends 106 to be closed.Fig. 3 shows piston 108 and is in its extreme higher position, stop to be resisted against on the packing ring 134, and spend 106 be in its for example solid matter 130 fully the dissolving after the state of opening fully.Show the motion of the internal part in the stem 102 in Figure 4 and 5 best, wherein Fig. 4 shows the internal part when spending 106 closures, and Fig. 5 shows the internal part when spending 106 to open.

When solid matter 130 dissolvings, because the tension force of spring 120 pushing driving shaft 118 lower ends, rope 116 upwards draws piston 108.The place, end of driving shaft 118 has present carrying platform 158.This present carrying platform 158 is positioned at the bottom when spending 106 to be in the close position, and as shown in Figure 4, spends 106 but extend upward above open, as shown in Figure 3.The present (not shown) is ensconced and closed to be spent in 106 and spend 106 to show by what open.Present carrying platform 158 comprises gift securement means 160, and described gift securement means can comprise that pin or other any being used for remains on fixed component on the platform 158 with present.Gift securement means 160 (for example, being the form of the pin 160 that illustrates) present by from open spend when removing, can activate the present circuit, remove or tear the little packing that is filled with liquid to discharge fragrance etc.In addition, when at first rising present by present carrying platform 158, one or more present control pins 165 can be withdrawn from from present to activate similar attribute.

With reference now to Fig. 6-8,, gift platform 158 engages with the upper end of petal base 162, and petal base 162 has the interior stem 164 that extends and enter stem 102 from petal base 162 downwards.With spring 120 springs 166 concentric and that between the lower end of platform 168 and interior stem 164, extend stem 164 in the bias voltage upwards.Yet, when piston 108 is in latched position or owing to existing solid matter 130 to be prevented from moving up, as shown in Figure 7, stem 164 is held in position by gift platform 158 and goes up.When solid matter 130 dissolvings and piston 108 risings, stem 164 and petal base 162 were upwards promoted by spring 166 in the motion that gift platform 158 makes progress made, as shown in Figure 8.Pin 170 is arranged in the groove 172 that is formed at stem 164.Protuberance 174 is by the range of movement of stem 164 in contact plug 170 restrictions.Petal cup base 176 is slidably disposed on the stem 102.Spring 178 is arranged in the petal cup base 176, and promotes the protuberance 180 and the pin 170 of petal cup base 176, with the bias voltage petal cup base 176 that makes progress.The groove 182 that is formed in the petal cup base 176 allows petal cup base 176 upwards to slide along stem 102, to provide the mirage of flower in growth, is fixed on the stop plug 184 of the bottom of petal cup base 176 up to pin 170 contacts.

With reference to Fig. 1 and 2, petal cup base 176 is connected to petal cup 186 or forms integral body with petal cup 186 again.Petal cup 186 is thicker relatively at its place, bottom, and towards the attenuation gradually of its top edge.More specifically, a plurality of sepals 188 and 190 top edges around petal cup 186 alternately form.During the opening action of flower, can be outwardly-bent when sepal 188 and 190 has overcome the spring force of petal hinges 192, petal hinges 192 is stretched when this petal hinges is gone out petal cup 186 by lifting simultaneously.Petal cup 186 and sepal 188 and 190 are preferably shaped to and are similar to colored calyx.

Petal hinges 192 and petal base 162 are integrally formed or be connected to petal base 162.Petal hinges 192 is normally flat and straight, and has spring performance and be deflected into bending or arc when allowing this petal hinges in being reduced to petal cup 186, but roughly is opened into flat and flat when being gone out petal cup 186 by lifting.This petal hinges can be taper, makes thickness thicker and thinner towards its end towards petal base 176, so that allow this petal hinges to be easier to bend to the shape of petal cup when spending 106 closures.

Petal foot 194 is connected to the end of petal hinges 192.Petal foot is smooth taper, and is supported on the top of this petal foot or inboard interior petal 196 and at the bottom of this petal foot or the outer petal 198 on the outer surface.Petal is configured to be similar to the petal of really spending.

For the motion of spending 106 building block of device 100 is described more fully, in case solid matter 130 is exposed in the solvent and dissolving, piston 108 just moves up, and is as indicated above.The piston 108 that advances will by restrict 116 and driving shaft 118 gift platform 158 is raised by the power of spring 120.When gift platform 158 is picked up, stem 164 and petal base 162 in this gift platform breaks away from.This and then permission are lifted petal cup 186 with the power of the spring 178 of petal cup.When fixing petal cup base plug 184 ran into lifting latch 170, petal cup 186 finished it and moves.This process is stretched gradually with petal in opening and outer petal 196 and 198 petal hinges 192.When sepal 188 and 190 was picked up in petal cup 186, described sepal was resisted stretching of petal hinges 192 at first, responded along with continuing the increasing power of lifting outwardly-bent then.

Petal cup 186 and interior stem 164 do not have driving shaft 118 and gift platform 158 to move far.Therefore, after petal 196 and 198 was opened fully, gift platform 158 continued to be lifted by the power of spring 120, and had only when all solid matters 130 and just to stop when dissolved fully and piston 108 runs into rubber stop washer 134.

The groove 172 of stem 164 and the groove 182 of petal cup base 176 can form with nonlinear way in the present invention considered, for example, be helical form, make when pin 170 when groove 172 and groove 182 move, interior stem 164 and petal cup 186 are forced to rotate when rising.Certainly, this spends 106 to rotate with what drive was opened.Spend 106 internal base can comprise ornamental filler 163, for example, be circular flexible decorative material, spend 106 to open fully with box lunch after from visually there being aesthetic feeling ground to cover the parts that petal base 162 links to each other with other.

Sepal 188 is thinner and more pliable and tougher than adjacent sepal 190, and because described sepal arranges that around the top periphery of petal cup 186 each petal hinges 192 is spending 106 periods of contact to be deflected into bending with the speed that slightly is different from the adjacent petal hinges of this petal hinges 192 in the mode that replaces.When open spend 106 to be withdrawn into closure state the time, thin sepal 188 inwardly is pressed on the adjacent following petal 198,190 applied pressures of thicker sepal are little, and are in proper order overlapping, and avoid the edge between the closed petal 198 to disturb.Spending in 106 of closure, the outer petal 198 that replaces is overlapping with adjacent outer petal in a sequential manner.This allows to use big overlapping outer petal 198, is used for presenting extra authenticity and the pleasant aesthetic feeling of increase when opening entirely when using up, as shown in Figure 3.

Performance another person's Artificial Flowers device 200 of the present invention has been shown in Figure 18-21.Similar with above-mentioned device 100, this device 200 also comprises stem 202, and described stem has the piston 208 that is slidably disposed in it and is connected to outer sleeve 204 by pin 210.Sleeve pipe 204 and stem 202 comprise provides the hole of aiming at that enters internal chamber 232, as indicated above, and internal chamber 232 can be filled dissolvable solid material.Also can piston pin 210 be locked in the appropriate position, make that for example the groove (not shown) is locked to be gone up pin 210 in position by entering by reversing sleeve pipe 204.Yet this embodiment has used piston rod 216, rather than flexible strand or rope, and piston rod 216 extends upward and be operably connected to driving shaft 218 from piston 208, and driving shaft 218 is more elongated in this embodiment 200.

Although the general operation of this device 200 and previously described device 100 is similar, replace the rope except using piston rod 216, between these two devices, also have other difference.Particularly, the design difference of brake assemblies 236 is not used flexible strand to adapt to.Shown in Figure 22-25, brake assemblies 236 interconnects between piston rod 216 and drive shaft rod 218.Base 238 has typically and passes its circular plain washer with the hole that receives the axis of the piston 216, and base 238 is separated with top base 240, and top base 240 also has and passes it to receive the hole of driving shaft 218.Go up so that be held in position by plate 238 and 240 respectively the end that the axis of the piston 216 and driving shaft 218 all have expansion or amplify in addition.Pillar 242 extends between base plate 238 and 240 and is fixed to described base plate, so that keep described pillar with spaced relationship each other.Usually the brake block of being made up of the flat metal leaf spring 244 has and is connected its each end and biased with downward and to the brake rim 246 of inner rotary.The center of brake block leaf spring 244 is sandwiched between the expanded head and base plate 238 of the axis of the piston 216, perhaps can be otherwise connected to base plate 238.Tensioned thread 248 is extended from the free end of brake block leaf spring 244, typically passes brake rim 246 as shown in the figure, and extends to the line connecting ring 250 between the expanded head that loosely is clipped in top base plate 240 and driving shaft 218.

Usually, piston rod 216 and driving shaft 218 are under tensioning state, as describing more fully here, brake block leaf spring 244 be tensioned at its place, outer end that line 248 is held and therein heart place held by piston rod 216, become arc or cup-shaped.If piston 208 throws open locking (manual refraction and release, and chamber 232 underfill solable matters), then tension force will disappear, and the operation of flower will be carried out extremely apace.In order to prevent this phenomenon, brake assemblies 236 is used to slow down or stops moving assembly and advances suddenly losing under the situation of tension force.When the tension force on the piston rod 216 disappeared, brake block leaf spring 244 was allowed to turn back to its normal straight position, outwards and down rotation brake liner 246.Bias voltage brake rim 246 is so that described brake rim contacts the inner surface of stem 202, and described surface can be processed to increase friction, so that keep driving shafts 218 to prevent that driving shaft 218 from upwards advancing by tensioned thread 248.The base plate 238 and 240 that connects by pillar 242 forms around the degree of deflection of box with restriction brake block leaf spring 244, thereby prevents from owing to maloperation brake assemblies 236 to be damaged.This point has illustrated in Figure 24 and 25.Although can use single brake block 244 as few as possible, in particularly preferred embodiment, used two or more brake block 244 and liner 246, be used to make the CONTACT WITH FRICTION between the inwall of brake rim 246 and stem 202 to be evenly distributed.In case the tension force between the axis of the piston 216 and the driving shaft 218 rebulids, leaf spring brake block 244 will upwards be drawn, and brake rim 246 is removed and broken away from the inner surface of stem 202.

Refer again to Figure 18-21, device 200 is mounted with the dissolvable solid material (not shown) in aforesaid mode.Thereby piston 208 is positioned at below the solid matter, and spends 206 to remain closed, as shown in figure 18.The piston 208 of withdrawal stores energy in concentric coiled springs 220 and 266, and a described helical spring end engages with platform 268, and this helical spring opposite end engages with the lower end of driving shaft 218 and interior stem 264 respectively.When device 200 was placed in the solvent, for example in the container of water, the porous opening that solvent will pass sleeve pipe 204 and stem 202 infiltrated cylindrical stem 202, and dissolves the solid matter in the chamber 232 gradually.Alternatively, stem 202 or sleeve pipe 204 can be made up of the porous material such as fine screen mesh, so that water enters into chamber 232.As discussed above, rate of dissolution can change.

Therefore soluble solids will make piston 208 advance, the driving shaft 218 that moves up of the power by spring 220.The gift platform 258 that will move up like this, also shown in Figure 20 as described above.

Stem 264 can move up by the power of compression spring 266 in the motion of gift platform 258 made.In this case, petal base 276 is fixed to stem 202.Pin 270 relies on helical spring 278 quilts stem 264 bias voltages inwardly.The outer surface of pin 270 and interior stem 264 slips over each other, and till the protuberance 282 in joint is formed in the stem 264, thereby restriction stem 264 further moves up.Yet the gift platform 258 only power by driving shaft spring 220 continues to rise, and has all dissolved and piston 208 when running into its retainer 234 when all solable matters in the chamber 232, and gift platform 258 will be stopped.

Outer petal cup 286 combines or forms one with petal cup base 276.Petal cup 286 is configured and is configured as the calyx of class floweriness.

With reference now to Figure 20,, when interior stem 264 is raised, also risen internal cup 284.Narrow leaf spring 292 be connected to petal cup 284 and outwards bias voltages with to extrapolation petal 296 and 298. Petal 296 and 298 is connected to petal cup 284 by the flexible member 294 such as plastic rivet or similar component.Preferably, the affected surface of little nylon tip on the spring 292 262 protections is not damaged, and provides security terminal for the spring 292 that is similar to colored pollen bag.For aesthetic purposes, spring 292 or spend other internal part of 206 can also be applied or have ornamental filler etc. fully.

After flower has been opened, can see present and present is taken away from platform 258.As mentioned above, by pulling down sleeve pipe 204 and piston 208 being locked in the appropriate position, fill the solid solubility material so that expose internal chamber 232, device 200 can reuse.This will make spends 206 to be recovered to its closing position.

With reference now to Figure 26 and 27,, show performance another artificial flower device 300 of the present invention.It should be noted that the device does not here need to draw in proportion, but for clear ratio being enlarged slightly that its parts are seen.Actual ratio and finish after device outward appearance will with spend really closely similar.

Device 300 comprises the outer elongated tube that comprises stem 302.The piston 304 of separating with stem 302 very near-earth and can sliding in stem 302 is in stem 302.Piston 304 is included in the hole 306 of the fixed bar 308 that reception is passed in its base.Fixed bar or sell 308 and have the bottom that is connected to stem 302 or the expanded end 310 of lower end.Spring 312 is arranged between the bottom of piston 304 and stem 302, and the biases piston 304 that makes progress.

To mentioned above similar, chamber 314 is limited in the stem 302, and is limited to more specifically in the piston 304 in this case.Dissolvable solid material 316 is arranged in the chamber 314.Lower washer and top packing ring 318 and 320 further limit chamber 314, and dissolvable solid material is remained between this lower washer and this top packing ring.The position that in core, has packing ring 322 retaining washers 320 of spring geometrical clamp.Packing ring 322 is further by fixed bar or sell 308 projection 324 and keep.

In the time of in the bottom that will install 300 is inserted such as the solvent of water, water infiltrates chamber 314 with dissolved solid material 316.Along with piston moves down and spring 312 compressions, the flower part of device 300 remains closed.Yet along with water enters chamber 314 and solid matter 316 dissolvings, piston 304 is owing to spring 312 is allowed to move up.Can make the easier chamber 314 that enters into of water by the hole 326 and 328 that is formed at respectively in stem 302 and the piston 304.

When piston 304 rose, this piston had lifted all directly or indirectly coupled parts.That is, except stem 302, spring 312, packing ring 320 and 322 and steady pin or bar 308, the remaining part of device 300 also is picked up.

Piston 304 is connected to usually the petal base 330 relative with spring 312.Inside and outside petal 332 and 334 is connected to petal base 330 at one end.Petal puller 336 also is connected to inner petals and outer petal 332 and 334.

When piston 304 rose, the flange 338 of petal puller 336 contacted with the top protuberance 340 of stem 302, made that petal puller 336 stops to rise.Petal puller 336 is moved inner petals and outer petal 332 and 334 to open position downwards, as shown in figure 27.Yet the motion that piston 304 makes progress still is not restricted and continues to rise.

Petal base 330 can comprise gift platform, and is as discussed above.But, going out as shown, petal base 330 can alternatively comprise circuit 342, described circuit comprises battery, such as the light-emitting device 344 of light emitting diode, perhaps even comprise sound-producing device.In the illustrated embodiment, circuit 342 comprises that an end is connected to light emitting diode 344 and has the battery of the contact 346 that separates by steady pin 308 and another electric contact piece 348.When piston 304 moved up by spring 312, steady pin 308 became at last and is removed between contact 346 and 348.When this phenomenon occurred, the contact 346 and 348 with spring performance contacted with each other to finish circuit and to light LED 344.Certainly, this can be other any electronic installation, for example, and sound-producing device etc.In particularly preferred embodiment, the pistil hood 350 that light emitting diode 344 is linked to petal base 330 covers.The soft rubber material that pistil hood 350 is translucent or limpid typically, and can have the gynoecium of velvet quality with the mould artificial flowers.Can comprise other ornamental lining 352 grades so that the internal look of flower with very colored similar as much as possible.

Piston 304 continues to rise, light LED 344 and petal 332 and 334 pulled out opening, up to lower washer 318 contact with top packing ring 320 make that piston 304 stops mobile above it till.

Those of ordinary skills should be known in that in the previous embodiment shown in Fig. 1-2 5, the electronic installation that embossing device 100 or 200 can comprise such as light-emitting device or sound-producing device replaces the present carrying platform.The present invention even consider that when showing in the flower that present is being opened, present and/or gift platform are used with the circuit of this generation light or sound.

With reference now to Figure 28 and 29,, show some different device 300 a little ' embodiment.Stem 302, piston 304 and install 300 ' the bottom be the same with reference to the above of Figure 26 and 27.Yet the design of the layout of electric contact piece and petal puller and layout change.Piston 304 is connected to petal base 330.Cover 350 covers on light emitting diode 344 or other electronic installation, and also is connected to petal base 330.Yet steady pin 308 extends through between petal base 330 and two batteries 354 and 356.Battery 354 and an electric contact piece of 356 are connected to electric contact piece or lead 358 and 360 that are used for LED 344.Yet other contact of battery is fixed pin 308 separately.When piston 304 and base 330 moved up, steady pin 308 was removed between battery 354 and 356.Be arranged in the shell 366 such as the spring of foam as glue laminated compression material 362 and 364, in case steady pin 308 is removed, spring forces battery 354 and 356 to contact with each other with regard to stretching, extension, thus closed circuit and light LED344.

The process of opening petal 332 and 334 is also inequality.Steady pin 308 comprises the retainer 368 that is positioned at geometrical clamp 370 tops, geometrical clamp 370 has cord or the rope 372 that the hole 374 that is connected to it and passes piston 304 extends to bar 376, the bottom that bar 376 passes petal 332 and 334 extend to typically by such as foam as the soft of glue and have and have in the mounting ring 378 that flexible material constitutes.When piston 304 risings, the retainer 368 on the steady pin 308 contacts with geometrical clamp 370.Pull down geometrical clamp 370 like this, thus tensioning cord 372.The tensioning of cord 372 applies pulling force for bar 376, makes bar pivot change and pulls down mounting ring 378, thereby open petal 332 and 334.Device 300 shown in Figure 28 and 29 ' comprise links piston 304 and stem 302 so that artificial flower device 300 ' seem leaf 380 more true to nature, and those of ordinary skills should know that this leaf 380 can add in any embodiment of this explanation.

With reference now to Figure 30 and 31,, show performance another device 300 of the present invention ", closely similar shown in described device and Figure 26-29 with the device of describing.In this case, steady pin 308 is removed between battery 354 and 356, and flexible member 362 and 364 forces battery 354 and 356 to contact with each other to light LED 344 or other electronic installation.Yet, in this case, but the end that first mounting ring 378 is connected to petal base 330 and has elastic bending and be bent upwards.Second mounting ring 382 is connected to the top of stem 302, and also the material of reclinate elastically flexible under its nature constitutes by outward flange or outer end.Rope 384 or similar device extend between two outward flanges of mounting ring 378 and 382.When piston rose, as shown in figure 31, the tensioning that becomes of other loose cord 384 made the end of mounting ring 378 and 382 or outward flange be moved toward each other, thereby opens petal 332 and 334, as shown in the figure.

With reference now to Figure 32 and 33,, show the device 300 that slightly changes with the device above discussed " ' another embodiment.In this embodiment, steady pin 308 is arranged between electric contact piece 346 and 348, as mentioned about the discussion of Figure 26 and 27.Yet petal pulling mechanism is different.Petal is opened ring 386 and is linked to each other by LED cover cap 350.Typically, the opening of petal ring 386 has the spoke (spoke) by covering the groove in 350.Petal shading ring 388 and 390 be arranged on petal 332 and 334 and any additional layer of petals between.This petal shading ring 388 and 390 typically is made of soft and resilient material.Rivet 392 or similar device are used to petal 332,334 etc. and petal shading ring 388,390 etc. are also relative to each other remained on the petal base 330.When piston 304 moved up, retainer 368 contact clips 370 caused rope 394 to become and strain and petal is opened ring 386 move to downwards on the bottom and petal shading ring 388 and 390 of petal 332 and 334.The downward motion of this continuation makes petal 332 and 334 open.

Among all embodiment that formerly illustrate and illustrate, piston is by spring bias voltage directly or indirectly.Yet this does not need in the present embodiment.With reference to Figure 34 and 35, show performance device 400 of the present invention, described device adopts the medium 402 that expansive force is provided, for example water absorbent polymer or similar material when absorbing water.This medium 402 is arranged in the stem 406 and is positioned at piston 404 belows.Piston 404 is slidably disposed in the stem 406.Guide finger 408 extends through stem 406 and piston 404.Fixed guide pin 408 comprises retainer 410, will here describe more fully.When polymeric material 402 fully dewatered, piston 404 was in its extreme lower position, and the colored part 412 of device 400 is closed.Yet when stem 406 being put in water or other liquid, polymer or other medium 402 absorb liquid and expand, and as shown in figure 35, thereby make progress mobile piston 404 in stem 406.Hole 436 or similar structures are formed in the stem 406 so that the water capacity easily enters holding of stem 406 absorb water in the chamber of medium 402, make device 400 can be placed in vase or other water receptacle and make colored opening.This motion that the makes progress petal base 414 that moves up, and can comprise the present carrying platform or such as the electronic installation 416 of LED or similar device.LED 416 can have cover 418 or other this trim.Electronic installation 416 comprises lead or electric contact piece 420 and 422, and one of them described electric contact piece is connected to the last protuberance 424 of stem 406, and another described electric contact piece is connected on the last protuberance 426 of petal puller 428.These usually by compressed spring when piston 404 moves up 430 by bias voltage away from each other.When electric contact piece 420 and 422 contacts with each other, closing of circuit and be activated such as the electric device of LED 416.Simultaneously, petal puller 428 has stopped getting off and has pulled down petal 432 and 434 and spent 412 to open by contact protuberance 424.When piston 404 contact fixing/during guide finger retainer 410, the motion of piston 404 stops.

Rely on suction medium 402, if fully dehydration and can repeat rehydratedly of medium 402, then installing 400 can reuse.

Although for purposes of illustration, described several embodiment in detail, under the prerequisite that does not depart from the scope of the present invention with spirit, can make various modifications.Therefore, except claims, the present invention is not restricted.

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1, a kind of device of simulating flower in full bloom comprises:

Elongated tubular, described elongated tubular simulation is limited to the stem of the inlet of the chamber in this elongated tubular, and described chamber is configured to keep dissolvable solid material;

Be slidably disposed in the described stem also by piston to upper offset; With

Artificial flowers, described artificial flowers are connected to described stem and have a plurality of emulation petals, described a plurality of emulation petals are configured to open when mobile when described piston makes progress in described stem, and when described piston moves down in described stem closure;

Thus, when reducing described piston and the described dissolvable solid material in the chamber of described stem being inserted into the top of described piston, when being exposed to described soluble solids in the solvent subsequently, described dissolvable solid material is dissolved in the described solvent, and described piston moves up, thereby opens the described emulation petal of described artificial flowers.

2, device as claimed in claim 1 comprises being connected to described piston and forming the slidably sleeve pipe of relation with described stem that described sleeve pipe comprises and can aim at the hole that enters described chamber to provide with the inlet of described stem.

3, device as claimed in claim 1 comprises driving shaft, and described driving shaft is slidably disposed in the top of described stem, be operably connected to described piston and passed described artificial flowers by first spring bias voltage that makes progress.

4, device as claimed in claim 3 comprises the gift platform at the place, roughly relative with described piston end that is arranged on described driving shaft.

5, device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said gift platform comprise and are suitable for present is fixed on fixed component on the described platform.

6, device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said stem comprises projection, described projection can be formed in groove engagement in stem or the cup so that when it moves up, make described artificial flowers rotation.

7, device as claimed in claim 3 comprises the brake assemblies that connects with described piston and described driving shaft.

8, device as claimed in claim 7 is included in the rope that extends between described piston and the described driving shaft.

9, device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said brake assemblies comprises first pulley, away from second pulley and the brake block of described first pulley biasing, wherein said rope is crossed described pulley and when abundant tensioning described second pulley is moved towards described first pulley, described brake block operationally is connected with described second pulley, and when the tension force of described rope disappears, be movable to and contact, and described second pulley moves away from described first pulley with described rope.

10, device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said brake assemblies also comprises the shell that described rope extends through, described first pulley is fixed on the described shell, and described second pulley can slide along the groove that is formed in the described shell, and the inwall of described shell limits the brake block guide.

11, device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said brake assemblies comprises brake block, described brake block interconnects between described driving shaft and described the axis of the piston, and be suitable for when having enough tension force between described driving shaft and the described the axis of the piston, being arranged on the non-braking position place, and when the tension force between described driving shaft and the described the axis of the piston is insufficient, move to application position.

12, device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said brake block comprise and are connected to described the axis of the piston and have the leaf spring of brake rim at end place and be operably connected to described driving shaft and extend to the tensioned lines of described leaf spring.

13, device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flower comprise the petal hinges that is slidably received within the interior stem in the described stem and is pivotably connected to described interior stem, and described petal is connected to described petal hinges with the one end.

14, device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said interior stem is biased upwardly by second spring.

15, device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said petal hinges has spring performance so that when stretching, roughly be opened into flat condition, and when closure archwise.

16, device as claimed in claim 13, wherein said petal comprise one group of inner petals and one group of outer petal, described outer petal when being in the close position and described inner petals overlapping.

17, device as claimed in claim 13 comprises petal cup, and described petal cup has the emulation sepal that is connected to described petal hinges and partly covers described petal when being in described closing position.

18, device as claimed in claim 17, wherein said sepal comprise thickness portion and thin part alternately.

19, device as claimed in claim 18, wherein said sepal comprise the top that is slidably located on described stem and by the sepal base to upper offset, described sepal base can with described in stem engage so that move up when stem moves up in described.

20, device as claimed in claim 14, comprise be suitable for described in the retainer that engages of stem.

21, device as claimed in claim 19, comprise be suitable for described in the retainer that engages of stem and described petal base.

22, device as claimed in claim 1 comprises electronic installation, and described electronic installation has to move to when described flower is opened makes the electric contact piece that contacts with each other with the described circuit of closure.

23, device as claimed in claim 22, wherein said circuit comprises light-emitting device or sound-producing device.

24, device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said piston is biased upwardly by spring, and described spring engages with described stem at one end place and engages with described piston at its place, roughly relative end.

25, device as claimed in claim 24, wherein said chamber is limited by described piston in described stem.

26, device as claimed in claim 24 comprises the petal puller that is suitable for when described piston moves up described petal being moved to open position downwards.

27, a kind of device of simulating flower in full bloom comprises:

The elongated tubular of simulation stem;

Be slidably disposed in the described stem and by the piston of biased downward;

Be absorbed in the liquid of the expandable substance of the below that is arranged on described piston in the described stem; With

Artificial flowers, described artificial flowers are connected to described piston and have a plurality of emulation petals, and described a plurality of emulation petals are configured to open when mobile when described piston makes progress in described stem, and when described piston moves down in described stem closure;

Thus, when being put into described stem in the liquid, described material absorbs described liquid and expands, and makes described piston move up, thereby opens the emulation petal of described artificial flowers.

28, device as claimed in claim 1 comprises the circuit with electric contact piece, and described electric contact piece moves to make when described flower is opened and contacts with each other with the described circuit of closure.

29, device as claimed in claim 28, wherein said circuit comprises light-emitting device or sound-producing device.

30, device as claimed in claim 27 comprises the petal puller that is suitable for when described piston moves up described petal being moved to open position downwards.

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