CN202044755U - Interaction type rolling ball game device - Google Patents
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The utility model provides an interaction type rolling ball game device, which is characterized by comprising: a background board; a rolling ball; a track groove disposed on the background board and supplied for rolling through of the rolling ball; a plurality of direction adjustment parts disposed in the track groove; and operation boards connected with the plurality of direction adjustment parts respectively via a transmission device. The interaction type rolling ball game device is a novel children's intelligence development education game tool capable of being assembled and designed based on a traditional rolling ball game device, and is advantaged by interaction games with children, development of brains, improvement of group coordination cooperation capability, and method of exploring physical phenomenon well provided for children.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of interactive roller ball game device, particularly can be used for the interactive roller ball game device of child teaching and Entertainment.
Background technology
Generally in traditional children education, mostly adopt forms such as books, figure and model that child is educated, guides and inspires.Now, along with the development of society, various children education instruments emerge in an endless stream, but which kind of educational mode no matter more or less all can not be broken away from the simple and direct teaching method.Because there are a lot of defectives in old teaching mould, is substituted by the new teaching mould gradually.The appearance of novel intelligence development class teaching mould more helps teaching efficiency and is widely adopted.
Traditional roly-poly device is the simple popular game device of a kind of function.Its form is divided two kinds, and a kind of is the entity game device, and another kind is a software game.Quovis modo, its characteristics all are, allow participant in game use catapult-launching gear that ball is bound on the baffle plate or object of setting as far as possible, make ball be unlikely to fall into match play in inner rolling process, the many more integrations of running in the lasting more and rolling that ball rolls of object are many more.Traditional roly-poly device is confined to number, the age of participant in game, and it is too dull, and the function that is had can only be used for amusement, can't be applied to teaching, and is not suitable for children and participates.Traditional roly-poly usually appears in park or the installed platform form, mostly is the form of installation, and is confined to external environment condition.
Summary of the invention
The utility model is finished in view of the above problems, its objective is and be to provide a kind of interactive roller ball game device, this device is as a kind of teaching and converter tools, can either teach through lively activities and can develop potential, true model by assembling cooperates various recreation targetedly can be applied in the children education activity neatly, develop children's human thinking in all directions, promote independent learning ability.Multiple advantage is arranged for traditional converter tools, be embodied in the selection aspect of teaching means and instructional strategies especially, greatly improved the interest of teaching and rich.
Interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model is characterized in that, comprising: background board; Roller ball; Be arranged on rail groove on the above-mentioned background plate, that supply roller ball to roll and pass through; The a plurality of directions that are arranged in above-mentioned rail groove are regulated parts; Regulate the operation board that parts are connected by transmission device with above-mentioned a plurality of directions respectively.
In addition, according to interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model, wherein, above-mentioned direction is regulated parts and is comprised respectively by turning cylinder fixing wind wheel, steering gear, fusiformis axle and runner.
In addition, according to interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model, wherein, also comprise the transmitter that is fixed in the above-mentioned rail groove, this transmitter comprises: transmitter glass baffle plate; The transmitter handle; With the rectangle hole slot that passes for above-mentioned transmitter handle.
In addition, according to interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model, wherein, also comprise conveyer, this conveyer comprises: conveyer belt; Be evenly distributed on the conveyer belt blade on the above-mentioned conveyer belt; With the conveyer belt turning cylinder that is used for fixing.
In addition, according to interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model, wherein, also comprise propeller, this propeller comprises propeller rotary gear shaft, propeller push rod and propeller gear, above-mentioned propeller gear is fixed by above-mentioned propeller rotary gear shaft, and with the teeth groove engagement of the lower end of above-mentioned propeller push rod.
In addition, according to interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model, wherein, also have the U-shaped depressed part, two heel posts of above-mentioned U-shaped depressed part are differing heights, have semi-cylindrical hill at an end of above-mentioned U-shaped depressed part.
Interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model is based on traditional roller ball game device and the teaching that can freely assemble and the game tool designed, by the track of advancing that combines multiple turnable rolling member and being connected of track, make roller ball utilize the cooperation of self gravitation by various turnable rolling members, free-running operation by track.This utility model both can cooperate teaching, can allow children independently participate in recreation again.Give full play to children's enthusiasm, participate in grasping relevant knowledges such as translation, rotation, gravity, speed, frictional force and angle, lever principle in the game process at it.When exploring physical phenomenon, expanded group's coordinated ability of children, improved the interest and the learning efficiency of children's study, enriched the interest that the means of education have been deepened study, fully realized Expand Thinking, the glad religion of residence.
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Fig. 1 is the integrally-built schematic diagram of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the conveyer of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of the wind wheel of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the runner of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of the steering gear A of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of the pusher of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.
Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram of the rot B of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.
Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram of the transmitter of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model, and wherein figure (a) is a front view, and figure (b) is a side view.
Fig. 9 is the schematic diagram of the gate of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.
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The 1-background board; The 2-rail groove; 3-wind wheel A; The 4-roller ball; The 5-propeller; 6-wind wheel B; 7-wind wheel C; The 8-conveyer; The 9-runner; 10-wind wheel D; 11-steering gear A; 12-steering gear A push rod; 13-fusiformis axle; 14-propeller gear; 15-steering gear B; The 16-transmitter; 17-transmitter handle; 18-transmitter glass baffle plate; The 19-gate; 20-gate push rod; 21-gate push rod glass baffle plate; 22-gate pusher grip; 23-operation board A; 24-operation board B; 25-operation board C; 26-operation board D; 27-operation board E; 28-operation board F; 29-operation board G; 30-operation board H; 31-operation board I; The 32-conveyer belt; 33-conveyer belt blade; 34-conveyer belt turning cylinder; 36-wind wheel turning cylinder; The 37-wind wheel blade; 39-runner turning cylinder; The 40-runner bucket; 41-steering gear A rotating shaft; The rotating shaft of 42-steering gear A push rod; 43-fusiformis steering gear rotating shaft; 44-propeller rotary gear shaft; 45-steering gear B rotating shaft; The rotating shaft of 46-gate; 50-L type baffle plate; 51-propeller push rod.
The specific embodiment
Below, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings operation of the present utility model being described more specifically.
Fig. 1 is the integrally-built schematic diagram of expression interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.This device is made of jointly background board 1, rail groove 2, direction control assembly, roller ball 4 and a plurality of operation board that is used for control assembly.Background board 1 is a box body structure, and the surface is covered by light transmissive materials such as glass.Background board 1 is provided with and is used for the rail groove that roller ball 4 rolls and various direction adjusting apparatus have been installed.Background board 1 box body is equipped with behind and is used for transmission devices such as gear that various direction adjusting apparatus are connected with operation board.Rail groove 2 is made up of the rolling conduit of interconnective different directions.When rotating different operation boards, pairing direction adjusting apparatus is followed rotation, makes roller ball 4 move according to controlled direction in rail groove 2.
As shown in Figure 1, conveyer 8 is installed in the rail groove 2 by conveyer belt turning cylinder 34 (with reference to Fig. 2), conveyer belt turning cylinder 34 is connected by the rear of transmission devices such as gear at background board 1 with operation board I31.Runner 9 is installed in the rail groove 2 by runner turning cylinder 39, and runner turning cylinder 39 is connected by the rear of transmission devices such as gear at background board 1 with operation board H 30.Wind wheel C7 is installed in the rail groove 2 by wind wheel turning cylinder 36, and this wind wheel turning cylinder 36 is connected by the rear of transmission devices such as gear at background board 1 with operation board G29.
Wind wheel D10 is installed in the rail groove 2 by wind wheel turning cylinder 36, and this wind wheel turning cylinder 36 is connected by the rear of transmission devices such as gear at background board 1 with operation board F28.Wind wheel B6 is installed in the rail groove 2 by wind wheel turning cylinder 36, and this wind wheel turning cylinder 36 is connected by the rear of transmission devices such as gear at background board 1 with operation board E27.
Steering gear A11 is installed in the rail groove 2 by steering gear A rotating shaft 41.Steering gear A push rod 12 is installed in the rail groove 2 by steering gear A push rod rotating shaft 42.Fusiformis steering gear 43 is installed in the rail groove 2 by fusiformis steering gear rotating shaft 43.Fusiformis steering gear rotating shaft 43 and operation board D 26 are connected by transmission devices such as gears.
Propeller 5 is installed in the rail groove 2 by propeller rotary gear shaft 44, and propeller rotary gear shaft 44 is connected by the rear of transmission devices such as gear at background board 1 with operation board C25.Steering gear B15 is installed in the rail groove 2 by steering gear B rotating shaft 45, and steering gear B rotating shaft 45 is connected by the rear of transmission devices such as gear at background board 1 with operation board B 24.
Wind wheel A 3 is installed in the rail groove 2 by wind wheel turning cylinder 36, and this wind wheel turning cylinder 36 is connected by the rear of transmission devices such as gear at background board 1 with operation board A23.
Roller ball 4 is rolled into conveyer 8 along the rail groove 2 of box body bottom, and the conveyer belt blade 33 of handling conveyer 8 by rotary manipulation dish I31 upwards makes roller ball 4 be rolled into the rail groove 2 on box body top in the transmission process.When roller ball 4 was rolled into wind wheel C7 place along rail groove 2, the wind wheel blade that rotary manipulation dish G29 handles wind wheel C7 turned clockwise, and makes roller ball 4 be rolled into another section rail groove 2 in rotary course.Wind wheel C7 also can be rotated counterclockwise, and makes roller ball 4 be rolled into runner 9 places, and at this moment rotary manipulation dish H 30 handles the runner bucket rotation of runner 9, makes roller ball 4 be rolled into the rail groove 2 of next section in rotary course.
When roller ball 4 is got back to conveyer 8 places once more, be rolled into wind wheel B6 place by conveyer 8 and via wind wheel C7.The wind wheel blade that rotary manipulation dish E27 handles wind wheel B6 turns clockwise, and makes roller ball 4 be rolled into next section rail groove 2 in rotary course.Wind wheel B6 also can be rotated counterclockwise, and makes roller ball 4 be rolled into steering gear A11.
While rotary manipulation dish D26, the fusiformis axle of handling on the steering gear A11 13 is rotated counterclockwise, and fusiformis axle 13 presses the following end-stopping plate of steering gear A push rod 12 downwards.Under effect based on lever principle, be that fulcrum makes the upper end of steering gear A push rod 12 be upturned with steering gear A push rod rotating shaft 42, upwards promote the lower end of L type baffle plate 50 simultaneously.L type baffle plate 50 is upturned around steering gear A rotating shaft 41, and the upper end flat shape of long-armed baffle plate that makes L type baffle plate 50 makes roller ball 4 be rolled into wind wheel D10 place by the long-armed baffle plate in upper end of L type baffle plate 50 in rail groove 2.Rotary manipulation dish F28 handles the wind wheel blade rotation of wind wheel D10, makes roller ball 4 be rolled into the rail groove 2 of next section in rotary course.
Roller ball 4 is got back to conveyer 8 places once more, be rolled into wind wheel B6 place by conveyer 8 via wind wheel C7, turning clockwise by wind wheel B6 makes it be rolled into propeller 5 places again, rotary manipulation dish C25, the propeller gear 14 of handling propeller 5 is rotated counterclockwise, move up with the propeller push rod 51 that drives on the propeller 5, thereby propeller push rod 51 makes roller ball 4 be rolled into the preceding paragraph rail groove 2.
When roller ball 4 fell into the U-shaped depressed part of steering gear B15, rotary manipulation dish B24 handled steering gear B15, turned clockwise around steering gear B rotating shaft 45, made the long heel post side of steering gear B15 be affixed on the inwall of rail groove 2.Roller ball 4 rolls into the rail groove 2 that is attached thereto, and is back to transmitter 16.
Roller ball 4 can reciprocation cycle motion in rail groove 2.As described herein only is the embodiment that roller ball 4 is advanced in track, but can the complicated more course of free composite design.
Figure 2 shows that the schematic diagram of the conveyer 8 of interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.
As shown in the figure, conveyer 8 is made of conveyer belt 32, the conveyer belt blade 33 and the conveyer belt turning cylinder 34 that are evenly distributed on the conveyer belt 32.Wherein, conveyer belt blade 33 is rectangular, and spacing is not less than the size of roller ball diameter, and is approximately perpendicular to the surface of conveyer belt 32.The two ends up and down of conveyer 8 respectively are provided with a conveyer belt turning cylinder 34, and conveyer belt 32 is looped around the outside of two conveyer belt turning cylinders 34 with tension, and under the drive of two conveyer belt turning cylinders 34, conveyer belt 32 is gone up underdrive, transports roller ball 4.In addition, the size of conveyer 8 should be adapted to the width of track.
Figure 3 shows that the schematic diagram of the wind wheel B6 of interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.As shown in the figure, wind wheel B6 is made up of wind wheel blade 37 and wind wheel turning cylinder 36.When roller ball 4 arrived in the Baltimore groove of wind wheel blades 37, wind wheel turning cylinder 36 drove wind wheel blades 37 and turns clockwise, and makes it be rolled into another section rail groove 2, makes roller ball 4 can pass through wind wheel B6 smoothly like this.In addition, the size of wind wheel B6 should be adapted to the width of track.
Figure 4 shows that the schematic diagram of the runner 9 of interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.As shown in the figure, runner 9 is made up of runner bucket 40 and runner turning cylinder 39.Principle is identical with wind wheel B6, and just shape is different, so more can enrich the interest of recreation, attracts the people's of participation recreation notice.
Figure 5 shows that the schematic diagram of the steering gear A11 of interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.As shown in the figure, steering gear A11 comprises: steering gear A push rod 12, fusiformis axle 13 and L type baffle plate 50, the three all has rotatable shaft, makes it when being fixed in background board 1, can rotate under the drive of rotating shaft.Contact to the lower end baffle part of fusiformis axle 13 and steering gear A push rod 12, and the lower end of the upper end of steering gear A push rod 12 and L type baffle plate 50 joins.When fusiformis axle 13 is rotated counterclockwise under the effect of fusiformis steering gear rotating shaft 43, fusiformis axle 13 presses the following end-stopping plate of steering gear A push rod 12 downwards, under effect based on lever principle, with steering gear A push rod rotating shaft 42 is fulcrum, the upper end of steering gear A push rod 12 is upturned, upwards promote the lower end of L type baffle plate 50 simultaneously, L type baffle plate 50 is upturned around steering gear A rotating shaft 41, and the upper end flat shape of long-armed baffle plate that makes L type baffle plate 50 is in rail groove 2.Thus, by the long-armed baffle plate outside, the upper end of L type baffle plate 50 time, play the effect of accepting at roller ball 4.
Figure 6 shows that the schematic diagram of the propeller 5 of interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.As shown in the figure, propeller 5 comprises propeller push rod 51 and propeller gear 14.As shown in Figure 6, propeller gear 14 is fixing by propeller rotary gear shaft 44, and teeth groove engagement with the lower end of propeller push rod 51, when propeller gear 14 rotates, can make propeller push rod 51 move up at upper and lower, thereby roller ball 4 can be touched in the upper end of propeller push rod 51, and it is scrolled up.
Figure 7 shows that the schematic diagram of the steering gear B15 of interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.As shown in the figure, it has the U-shaped depressed part, can accommodate roller ball.Two heel posts of U-shaped depressed part are differing heights.In addition, the one end has semi-cylindrical hill, can reduce resistance when turning to.Has steering gear B rotating shaft 45 at the semi-cylindrical hill central portion.When roller ball 4 was rolled in the U-shaped depressed part of steering gear B15, steering gear B rotating shaft was carried out 45 degree and is turned clockwise, and the upper side stud sides of steering gear B15 is affixed on the inwall of rail groove 2, and roller ball 4 is taken advantage of a situation and rolled into the rail groove 2 that is attached thereto.
Figure 8 shows that the schematic diagram of the transmitter 16 of interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model, wherein figure (a) is a front view, and figure (b) is a side view.
Shown in Fig. 8 (a)～(b), transmitter 16 rectangular column structures, the upper end is slightly downward-sloping, so that the rolling of roller ball 4.The lower end is connected with transmitter handle 17.The upper end of transmitter handle 17 is connected with transmitter 16.The lower end of transmitter handle 17 becomes to hold ring-type.During action, will hold handle and upwards promote, and be pushed into the track top, then roller ball 4 rolls under the effect of self gravitation.This device is not limited only to manually, can make it form the power-assisted transmitter by parts such as mounting spring.
Figure 9 shows that the schematic diagram of the gate 19 of interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model.As shown in the figure, gate 19 is cylindrical structure, and upper end one side is connected with the rectangle baffle plate.In baffle plate, be provided with gate rotating shaft 46, gate rotating shaft 46 is fixed in gate 19 on the background board 1, be connected with the gate push rod 20 of the structure that is the T font in the lower end of gate 19, the lower end of gate push rod 20 is connected with gate pusher grip 22, and the lower end of gate pusher grip 22 becomes to hold ring-type.During action, to hold handle upwards promotes, gate pusher grip 22 drives gate push rod 20 and upwards promotes gate 19, make gate 19 upwards rotate (clockwise rotating) to the track top around gate rotating shaft 46, thereby the rectangle baffle plate that drives gate 19 moves down and opens the sluices, roller ball 4 forms path, even can pass through after being rolled into the rectangle baffle plate place of gate 19 smoothly.
Interactive roller ball game device of the present utility model is based on traditional roller ball game device and the teaching that can freely assemble and the game tool designed, by the track of advancing that combines multiple turnable rolling member and being connected of rail groove, roller ball can freely be rolled by track by the cooperation of various turnable parts under the effect of self gravitation and external force.This utility model both can cooperate teaching, can allow children independently participate in recreation again.Give full play to children's enthusiasm, and in game process, can grasp relevant knowledges such as translation, rotation, gravity, speed, frictional force and angle, lever principle.When exploring physical phenomenon, expanded group's coordinated ability of children, improved the interest and the learning efficiency of children's study, enriched the interest that the means of education have been deepened study, fully realized Expand Thinking, the glad religion of residence.
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1. an interactive roller ball game device is characterized in that, comprising:
Background board;
Roller ball;
Be arranged on the rail groove on the described background board;
The a plurality of directions that are arranged in described rail groove are regulated parts; With
Regulate the operation board that parts are connected by transmission device with described a plurality of directions respectively.
2. interactive roller ball game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described direction is regulated parts and is comprised respectively by turning cylinder fixing wind wheel, steering gear, fusiformis axle and runner.
3. interactive roller ball game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Also comprise the transmitter that is fixed in the described rail groove, this transmitter comprises: transmitter glass baffle plate; The transmitter handle; With the rectangle hole slot.
4. interactive roller ball game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Also comprise conveyer, this conveyer comprises: conveyer belt; Be evenly distributed on the conveyer belt blade on the described conveyer belt; With the conveyer belt turning cylinder.
5. interactive roller ball game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Also comprise propeller, this propeller comprises propeller rotary gear shaft, propeller push rod and propeller gear, and described propeller gear is fixed by described propeller rotary gear shaft, and with the teeth groove engagement of the lower end of described propeller push rod.
6. interactive roller ball game device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Also have the U-shaped depressed part, two heel posts of described U-shaped depressed part are differing heights, have semi-cylindrical hill at an end of described U-shaped depressed part.
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Effective date of registration: 20200522 Address after: 701-8, floor 7, building 1, yard 1, Shangdi East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100085 Patentee after: Beijing jinhongen Education Technology Co., Ltd Address before: 100085 Beijing city Haidian District East Road No. 1 Building No. 1 hospital Yingchuang power A block 702 Patentee before: BEIJING HUMAN EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY Co.,Ltd. |
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