EP0033859A2 - Voie de roulement pour un véhicule-jouet autopropulsé, de préférence par un moteur à ressort - Google Patents

Voie de roulement pour un véhicule-jouet autopropulsé, de préférence par un moteur à ressort Download PDF

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EP0033859A2
EP0033859A2 EP81100346A EP81100346A EP0033859A2 EP 0033859 A2 EP0033859 A2 EP 0033859A2 EP 81100346 A EP81100346 A EP 81100346A EP 81100346 A EP81100346 A EP 81100346A EP 0033859 A2 EP0033859 A2 EP 0033859A2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/02—Construction or arrangement of the trackway
    • A63H18/06—Construction or arrangement of the trackway designed to cause movement of a vehicle by alteration of the inclination of part of the trackway
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/02—Construction or arrangement of the trackway
    • A63H18/028—Looping; Jumping; Tilt-track sections

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  • the invention relates to a railroad system for powered, preferably spring-powered driving toys.
  • the vehicle is guided in tracks which are U-shaped in cross section and which, inter alia, has arcuate track sections which rise from the horizontal to an arc angle of more than 90 °.
  • a prerequisite for the invention explained below is that the vehicle has its own drive, preferably a spring drive, which acts on wheels that come laterally over the vehicle body.
  • the present invention is intended to create a railway system in which the direction of travel of the vehicle can be reversed.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of designing a railway installation of the type mentioned in such a way that the direction of travel of the vehicle can be changed while driving with simple means, as a result of which the play value and the expansion possibilities of such railways are considerably increased.
  • the direction of travel of a vehicle is determined on the one hand by the direction of rotation of the drive wheels and on the other hand by the contact area of the drive wheels relative to the vehicle. According to the knowledge of the present invention, the direction of travel of the vehicle is reversed with the same direction of rotation of the drive wheels if the vehicle wheels do not rest on the base with their underside but with their top side. To make use of this phenomenon in a railway system of the generic type To be able to, as mentioned, vehicles are necessary, the drive wheels are free at least on the top and bottom, that is, they protrude laterally from the vehicle body.
  • the basic idea explained is made use of in a railway installation of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that the railway and the vehicle, including its drive, are dimensioned, arranged or guided in such a way that the vehicle is removed from the normal position by means of the arcuate track section in the supine position, in which the wheels rest with their upper running surfaces on rails in normal position, and is driven by the driving wheels rotating in the same direction of rotation in the normal position against the direction of travel.
  • the arcuate track piece When realizing the proposal according to the invention, the arcuate track piece must be designed so that at a given vehicle speed and vehicle weight At its end, the gravitational force acting on the vehicle outweighs the centrifugal force, so that the wheel contact surface changes with respect to the vehicle.
  • At least at the outlet of the arcuate web pieces rails are provided on the side corresponding to the distance between the vehicle wheels, on which the vehicle wheels rest.
  • These rails can be inclined slightly sloping, which favors the slip effect that occurs when the direction is reversed, so that the vehicle travels a longer distance in the run-out.
  • the supine vehicle cannot be supported with a closed track, but only with rails running to the side of the vehicle. This measure would be superfluous if oversized vehicle wheels are provided which protrude above the top and bottom of the vehicle.
  • a switch which can still be deflected by the driving toy is provided with rail sections lying in the rest position in the extension of the outlet rails.
  • Such a switch prevents the vehicle from running backwards into the starting position. With her it is possible to guide the vehicle now running backwards into another section of the road.
  • This feature is also like the special rail arrangement acc. a) Only necessary if vehicles are used whose body, as usual, protrudes above the vehicle wheels. This feature is superfluous if vehicles with wheels are used which protrude above and below the body.
  • the arcuate track piece designed according to the invention offers a multitude of possible variations of a track system of the generic type.
  • two identical arc-shaped track sections with runout and switches in the course of the track can be arranged directly one behind the other, so that the vehicle approaching normal position initially continues its way backwards on its back and then is turned back into the original normal position.
  • the reversal occurs when the kinetic energy inherent in the vehicle and which is stored in the spring drive of the vehicle itself becomes zero. Only then will the vehicle be moved in the opposite direction under the action of its own spring drive.
  • the vehicle can leave the web.
  • the exit of the take-off ramp can end above a horizontal path section, forming a gate-shaped passage, so that the jump-on ramp path does not hinder the start-up path.
  • the curved track piece has a second switch in the course of the switch described at the outset, which in the open state releases parallel pairs of rails provided on the curved track piece, which guide the vehicles on both sides and thereby the vehicle by more than 90 °, preferably by 180 ° to rotate about its own transverse axis.
  • the vehicle By means of the guide rails adjoining the second switch, the vehicle is turned from the supine position to the normal position or vice versa, which in turn changes the direction of travel of the vehicle. So that the vehicle can then continue its journey, the outer rail sections of the rail pairs mentioned must end at a distance which is greater than the largest wheel diameter, above the wheel-supporting rail sections from below, to which cross-sectionally U-shaped track parts can connect.
  • These track bodies can also be curved in an arc, so that changes in the direction of the vehicle can also be initiated with these.
  • arcuate web pieces 10 and 10 ' which are the core of the Bam designed according to the invention, form in the illustrated embodiment with linear web parts 1 and 2 a self-contained path, as in accordance with the views of other embodiments. 6 and 8 is illustrated.
  • the arcuate track piece 10 has arcuate rails 11, 11 'which run parallel to one another and which follow the straight track 1 from the horizontal rise in an arc over an arc angle of almost 180 ° and open into straight outlet rails 12 and adjoining rails 18a of an outlet 18.
  • a switch 13 is provided between the straight rails 12 and the curved rails 11, which has rails 13b adjoining the curved rails. These rails are located on the mutually facing side of legs 13a, which are connected to one another with a bridge-shaped carrier 13d (cf. FIG. 4) and are mounted on the track section 10 so as to be pivotable about the axes 13c.
  • the rails 18a are part of the outlet 18, which forms an integrated component with them.
  • the curved track piece 10 shown on the left in FIG. 1 is connected to the right 10 ′ with a similarly designed connecting track 19 with rails 19 a.
  • This arcuate track piece 10 ' is otherwise identical to the track piece 10.
  • the spring-powered driving toy is guided as follows by means of these two track sections.
  • the vehicle is guided in the supine position from the connecting track 19 via / position 24, position 25 in FIG. 2, in which the switch 13 'of the second arcuate track piece 10' is opened, to position 26.
  • This is located in this position the vehicle on the rails 18a 'of the outlet 18' in the normal position and continues its journey in the direction of the arrow, and the spring force acting on the vehicle outweighs the opposing dynamic force.
  • the vehicle arrives at the connecting track 19' and via this back to the preferably self-contained track.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 there is a second switch 14 in the course of the path behind the switch 13, which, like the first one, consists of two legs 14a with rail pieces 14b and a bridge beam 14d connecting the legs to one another.
  • This switch is also articulated about a pivot point 14c on the track section 10. Its rails 14b lie between the rail sections 13b of the first switch 13 and the rails 19a of the connecting track 19.
  • straight rails 17 ' are provided in the lower area, to which rail tracks 6 with rails 6a are connected.
  • the vehicle lying on its back can be turned from position 23.
  • the turnout 14 must be opened again, as is illustrated in FIG. 5, so that the vehicle reaches the position 31 via the positions 23, 30 and from there the forward travel in the normal position on the rail tracks 2 with U- shaped cross section can continue.
  • a resilient stop 17a can be provided, onto which the vehicle comes running from position 30 and from which it is repelled accelerated in the direction of the arrow.
  • a resilient stop 17a is particularly recommended when two or more vehicles pass the track in immediate succession and consequently position 31 must be cleared as quickly as possible. (see Fig. 5)
  • FIGS. 7 to 9 Another web variant based on the present invention is illustrated with FIGS. 7 to 9.
  • a jump ramp 40 is provided with an arcuate curved track or curved curved rails 41, with which the vehicle over the position 32 is returned to the starting position 21. Since the catch ramp is arranged directly on the approach rail 1, it has a gate-shaped passage 42 at its lower end, which on the one hand allows vehicles coming from position 20 'to pass and on the other hand is only dimensioned so high that the vehicle from position 32 is safely in the starting position 21 can spring back.
  • the connecting track 43 ends at half height, so that the vehicle leaves it flying in the direction of the arrow.
  • a second jump ramp 40 ′ Downstream of this section is a second jump ramp 40 ′, which is designed like the left-hand wall 40. It also has an arcuate curved path 41 ', by means of which the vehicle is guided into position 35 via position 34. The vehicle, which is now in the normal position 35 and rests with its drive wheels on a straight line section, can continue the journey in the direction of the arrow and in doing so pass through the gate-shaped passage 42 'of the ramp 40'.
  • a web part 44 is provided on the side opposite the outlet 18, which enables a complete rollover of the vehicle over the shortest distance by the following measures.
  • the rollover track part 44 is provided with rails 44a sloping downwards, on which the wheels 36a of the vehicle 36 are guided. Near the lower end, the web part 44 is interrupted at 44b. The interruption 44b is immediately followed by an increasing outlet 44c.
  • the vehicle jumps over the interruption 44b coming from position 36 and arrives in position 37. In this position, it runs with its rear wheels 37a located in the direction of travel on the rising outlet 44c, which leads to braking of the vehicle at this point .
  • this causes the vehicle to have a counterclockwise torque, with the result that the vehicle swings from position 37 to position 38 about its rear wheel axis.
  • the vehicle passes through the interruption 44b.
  • the vehicle is driven by its own feed in the direction of the web, so that the vehicle finally jumps back to the end position 35 via position 38, 39.
  • the rollover part 44 is covered with a surface 44d running parallel to the rails. This is used for additional guidance of the vehicle and brakes vehicles entering at too high a speed to a speed required for the desired rollover.
  • the wheels 36a with the top surface 44 are short from the inside. timely in touch.
  • linear track parts 1 lead a driving toy moving in the normal position according to item 21 and steer them over curved rails 11" onto an outlet 18 ", where the rails 18a" of the vehicle according to FIG. 23 in supine position.
  • Turnout rails 13b are again provided between the curved rails 11" on the one hand and the rails 18a “of the outlet 18” on the other hand, which can be deflected upward about the pivot axes 13c ". In the rest position, these turnout rails 13b" are closed as shown in the drawing, see above that the vehicle, when it returns from its position 23 in the direction of the arrow, is diverted with the switch 14 "closed to the sloping straight connecting track 19".
  • the switch rails 13b "which can be actuated manually by the vehicle are not connected to one another.
  • the switch rails 14b" are connected to one another via a rear actuating web 14d "and can be pivoted therewith about the pivot axes 14c".
  • the toy gets between the S-shaped rails 15 '' and 16 "and passes through positions 45, 46 and 47 until it is in the normal position on the horizontal rail 17 "lands.
  • the lower end 15a “of the S-shaped curved rail 15” initially rises slightly in order to then abruptly transition into the almost vertically falling rail section 15b ".
  • the rail section 15b" ends directly on or only slightly above the horizontal rail 17 ".
  • the outer rails 16 " which are curved downward at their outer ends 16a”, run parallel and therefore also in an S-shape to the rails 15 ". They end at points 16b", whose vertical distance from the horizontal rail 17 "is greater than the maximum vehicle length must be.
  • This course of the rails causes the toy inserted in the supine position between the rails 15 "and 16" to be guided first in accordance with the S-shaped course of the rails, but then to carry out a pivoting movement about the rear axle at the end of these rails, so that the vehicle is in again the normal position arrives.
  • the rear wheels of the toy vehicle slide down over the approximately vertically, but slightly curved rails 15b "down to the horizontal rail 17", causing acc. Fig. 11 a torque is applied clockwise.
  • the curved downward curved ends 16a "of the rails 16" simultaneously ensure that the vehicle is positively guided at the front end, so that the vehicle cannot jump out of the rails.
  • the arcuate web section 10 "differs from the web sections 10 and 10 'in that the outlet 18" is pivotally mounted about the axes 18c ", so that the outlet between a slightly upward inclined to fully downward position depending the desired braking effect can be set.

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