GB2199810A - Money or savings box - Google Patents

Abstract

A money box comprises a frame provided with a head part 2 and an arm 26 adapted to support a coin at its end. Depressing the arm 26 closes a switch which causes cams to raise the arm and head, opening a mouth which receives the coin. Simulated eyes 2a may be provided, as may a tongue 17 movable in a circular manner, and the head part 2 may be actuated to simulate chewing of the coin. <IMAGE>

Description

MONEY OR SAVINGS BOX A money or savings box of the type which throws a coin into the mouth is disclosed in the Utility Model Publication No. Sho 53-26153. In this publication, the saving box is forme din such a manner that, when a rotation arm which is resiliently pushed upward by a relatively strong spring is pushed down, a vacuum cup mounted on the inside of a main frame and stops, then after the lapse of a predetermined time the cup releases therefrom and it is lifted up energetically by the resiliency of of the spring and springs up a @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@ und @@@@@ @ @@@@ p@@ @@@ @@@@@ @@p @@@ of the rotation arm into a mouth.

The saving box in the above prior art has not needed a particularly complicated mechanism and attained the object desired, but there was merely one spring as a driving power source, which operates at a time the upward movement of the rotation arm and the semispherical cover and throwing a coin, so that it was impossible to obtain the appropriate driving power necessary for individual operation. Accordingly, a coin may not be thrown into a mouth, but may spring out behind the main frame.

The present invention solves the above problems by providing a savings box consistituted in such a manner that, on the top wall of a main frame an opening, into which a coin is thrown, is provided1 a head part hinged to the frame so that the front side thereof may open and close. An arm having a coin support portion on the tip end thereof is pivoted on the main frame for upward and downward movement. The main frame is provided with an electric switch which closes at the time of pushign down the arm and a second lifting lever to push up the cover engaged with a cam portion provided on a cam and operated synchronously with the cam. A coin put on the coin putting portion is thrown int he opening of the main frame.

By pushing down the rotation arm having a coin thereon, the electric switch is closed and the arm starts to be lifted and just before the arm reaches to te upper movement limit, the mouth is opened by the front side of the head part being lifted, at the time when the rotation arm reaches to the upper movement limit the coin slides down from the rotation arm into the opening formed on the top wall of the main frame.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the money or savings box, Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the inside of the head part, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the starting switch provided at the base of the rotation arm, Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the head part and the main frame, Fig. 5 is an exploded and perspective view of the drive mechanism of the inside of the frame, Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the inside of the frame, Fig. 7 is a plan view of the first cam, Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the first cam, Fig. 9 is a plan view of the surface A of the second cam, and Fig. 10 is a plan view of the surface B of the second cam.

The drawings illustrate an embodiment of the present invention, a main frame 1 is formed in a cylinder as a whole, a head part 2 is mounted on the top wall of the main frame 1 so as to be pivoted to a bearing member 14b by a supporting shaft 12 swingably. On the front of the head part, a pair of openings 2a, 2a are provided, in which the discs 2b, 2b made of transparent material are fixed. Inside the discs 2b, 2b, a pair of eyes 3,3 are mounted on a support shaft 3e which is provided rotatably on a bearing member provided on the bottom of the head part. In the facades of the eyes 3,3 the black-coloured pupils 3b, 3b are formed. On the end of the support shaft 3c, a pinion 3a is pivoted, t h which a rack 4a formed on a lever 4 pivoted on its base part by a support shaft 6.In the middle portion of the lever 4, a drawing spring is provided and draws the tip end of the lever downward. By this up and down movement of the lever 4, the pupils 3b, 3b of the eyes, 3, 3 move up and down inside the openings 2a, 2a, which presents an appearance as if # the eyes open and close when Iseeing the operation of eyes from the front of the head part 2.

In a long hole 2e provided in the middle of the bottom plate 2c of the head pert, a boss 14a mounted on the top wall of the nisin frame is fixed and a pushing spring 16 wound on the boss 14a abuts on the back side of te top wall and pushes the head part 2 upward. The resilient force of the pushing spring 16 restrains the excessive load from sdding to a operating device when the head part is pushed up in asocistion with a hereinafter explained operating device. An opening 8 provided in the bottom plate 2c of the head part is adapted to be a cavity which allows the up and down movement of a plurality of lifting levers mentioned hereinafter.In the opening 8, 6 resilient plate 7 fastened on the bottom plate 2c of the head part is projected, and on the back side bf the resilient plate 7 abuts on a upper end of the lifting lever to be mentioned hereinafter. This resilient plate 7 furctions es a safety device in case of a reverse force against up and down movement of the head part 2 being added to the head part 2. (cm. Fig. 4) Next, E coin throwing in device is explained. By pushing down the rotation arm having e cot n on the tip end thereof. the electric switch is closed and the rotation arm moves upward and a coin is thrown in the mouth opened widely.

On the main frame 1 the rotation arm 28 is pivoted rotatably and on the tip end of the rotation arm 26, a plain coin putting portion 27 istormed. At the bese portion of the rotation arm 26, a cylinder 28 is provided which has a through hole 28a in the center portion thereof. A frame 21 has bearing members 33, 93 in a form of protection in which bearing holes 33a, 33a are bored, through which e support shaft 32 is pivoted rotAtably and on the support shaft 32 a column member 34 is formed unitarily.

On the tip end of: the column member 34, a projection 34d is provided which is fissed in a recess (not shown) formed inside the cylinder 28, the rotation arm 26 is fastened to the column member 34 by such as a screw via 8 through hole 28a of the cylinder 28.

While on the support shaft 32, a force which tends to rotate in the direction of anti-clockwise in Fig. 3 is added by the weight of the rotation arm 88, and the rotation arm 26 keeps its stopped position due to the abutting of a projection 34c projected from the support shaft 32 ageinst the upper end of the fourth lifting lever 35. Further, at the base side of the column member 34. a flange 34e is formed on which a projection 34b is provided.

Pound the column member 34, a ring member 29 is fixed rotatably.

At the side of the ring member 29, a recessed portion 29a is formed larger than the width of the projection 34b, the ring member 29 is possible to rotate freely in a certain range of angle to the column member 34. Further. on the outer surface of the ring member 29, a projection ao is provided. on which projection a notched portion 31 is formed On the wall of the frame 21 a projection 33b is provided and a pair of electrically conductive contacts 7, 38 clamp vertically the projection 33b.

These conductive contacts 37, 38 constitute a starting switch together with the af?re-mentioned ring member 29. That is, when the tip of the rotation arm 26 is pushed down, the column member 34 rotates in the anticlockwise direction as shown in Fig. 3 and the projection 34b abutting in the front eage of the recessed portion 29a drives the ring member 29 to rotate. Then, a bend 38a of the conductive contact 38 falls in a notch 31 provided on tho projection 30, so that the sterting switch consisting of the conductive contacts 37, 38 is c,10sed, When the fourth lifting lever 35 is lifted by'n operating device to be explained later.

the projection 34b abutting on the rear edge of the recessed portion 29a drives the ring member 29 to rotate clockwise as shown in Fig. 3. Then. the notch 31 of the projection 30 rotates and pushes out the bend 38a of the conductive contact 38 so that the contacts 37, 38 are released to open the starting switch (of.

Fig. 3).

Now, the operation device to be operated by pushing down the rotation arrn 26 is explained referring to Figs. 6 and others.

By pushing down the rotation arm 2ss to close the conductive contacts 37, 38 a motor 39 starts. A motor pinion 39a engages with a crown gear 40 fastened on a tooth wheel shaft 41, a pinion 42 fastened on the femme shaft 41 engages with a tooth wheel 43 fastened on a tooth wheel shaft 44, a pinion 45 fastened on the same shaft 44 engages with a tooth wheel 47 fastened on a tooth wheel shaft 46 and pn both sides of the tooth wheel 47, a pinion 48 and a tooth wheel 60 are fastened on the same tooth wheel shaft 46.On khis shaft 46 8 pushing spring 46a is wound and the tooth wheel. shaft 46 is pushed resiliently in the left direction in Fig. 6. A pinion 48 can engage with and disengage from a tooth wheel 55 hastened on a tooth wheel shaft 53 and other tooh wheel 60 engages always with a tooth wheel 51 fastened on a tooth wheel shaft 49, A pinion 52 is fastened on the same shaft on which the tooth wheel 51 is fastened, and the tip end of the pinon 52 is associated with te second cam 63 pivoted rotatably on the supporting shaft 21a projected on the inside wall of the frame 21. The second cam 63 is illustrated by a plane view of surface A in Fig. 9 and by a plane view oE tie back side of surface A as surface B in Fig. 10. Inside an annular bank 67 provided on the surface A, an inner tooth 65 is engraved, with which the tip ol: the pinion 52 engages to rotate the second cam 63. Accordingly, the second cam 63 rotates in the direction of arrow in Fig. 10 by the drive ot the motor 39 when the rotation arm 26 is pushed down. By the rotation of the second cam 63, a bend 72a of the conductive contract 72 fallen in a recess 64 formed ont he periphery of the second cam 63 runs on the periphery and the conductive contact 72 fallen in a recess 64 formed on the periphery of the second cam 63 runs on the periphery and the conductive contacts touch each other, thereby a circuitry between a battery 23 and the motor 29 is closed.These contacts 72, 73 continue to contact during a complete rotation of the secon cam 63 and function as a rotary switch. Although the fourth lifting lever 35 moves down once when by pushing down the rotation arm 26 but returns to its original position due to te resiliency of the resilient plate 36. Then the first lifting lever 9, which is moved up by the engagement with a cam projection 70b of a rotary plate 70 provided on a surface B of the second cam 63, moves down due to the release of engagement between the cam projection 70b and the projection 9a by the rotation of the second cam 63.The eyes 3 are in a closed state when the lever 4 is pushed up by the first lever 9 when the lever 4 moves down by a drawing spring 5 due to the downward movement of the first lifting lever 9 and engages with the rack 4a, the pinion 3a rotates and the pupils 3b moves up and the eyes are in the opened state.

While, a projection 68 provided on the surface A of the rotating second cam 83 abuts on a projection 35a of the fourth lifting lever 35 and moves up the fourth lifting lever 35. The column member 34 rotates due to a projection 34c, which abuts on the upper end of the fourth lifting lever 35 in the moved up position, so that the rotation arm 26 moves up.Then the projection 84b provided on the flange 34a engages with the backward end of the recess 29a of the ring member 9 and rotates it, so that the engagement of the bend 38a of the contact 38 is released from the notch 31 of the ring member 29 to open the starting switch by releasing the contacts 37, 38 are released and the starting switch is opened, the rotary switch consisting of the conductive contacts 72, 73 is closed due to a slight rotaton of the second cam 63. the motor 39 continue to rotate until the rotary switch is opened.

Accompanying the upward movement of the rotation arm 26 a cam projection 71a provided on e rotery plate 71 of the surface B of the second cam 63 and a projection lOa of the second lifting lever 10 engages and the second lifting lever 10 moves upward.

Underneath the resilient plate 7 of the head part 2, the upper end of the second lifting lever 10 abut on, and by the upward movement of the second lifting lever the front side of the head part 2 moves up due to the support shaft 12 es a hinge to slake the mouth open. When the front side of the head part 2 reaches to the upper limit of movement, the rotation arm 28 also reaches to the uppor limittof movement and a coin put on the coin put portion 27 of the rotation arm 28 drops therefroti and falls into the opening which is provided in the top wall 14 to throw in a coin. Incidentally, 10 denotes e nnin receptacle provided in the frame 21.When completing the operation of throwing *8 coin, the rotationarm 28 moves down due to the weight of its own to return to the initial position because of the release of the engagement between the projection 3Oa of title fourth lifting lever 36 and a projection B8 provided on the surface A of the second cam 63.

A coin throwing in machine according to the above rotation arm 28 provided particular effect when used in the robot type of savings box such as the embodiment illustrated, while it may provide the same effect when using an arbitrary chips in place of coins in case of practicing it in an ordinary robot toys.

Next, hereinaf;ter an operation system to move the head part' 2 up and down repeatedly in an imitation of chewing action after throwing a coin in tlhe mouth is explained.

Due to the rotation of the second cam 63, the end of the tooth wheel shaft 46 engages with a tilted surface 86a of an circular bank 66 projected on the surface A of the second cam 63 and moves in the right direction of Fig. 6 sgainst the resilient force of the pushing spring 46a. The pinion 48 fastened on the tooth wheel shaft 46 engages with a tooth wheel 65 fastened on the tooth wheel 53. On the side of the tooth wheel 55, the first cam 66 consisting of three sheets of rotary plate which are fastened on the sarne shaft 63 are mounted.A rotary p.late 67 consisting of the firsi cam 56 has two cam projections 67a, s which engage with the projection ila of the third lifting lever 11 and moves it upward (cf. Figs 5 and 7). While the first cam 56 rotates faster than te second cam 63 and the upper end of the third lifting lever 11 pushes up from below the resilient plate 7 mounted on the bottom plate 2c, so that the fron side of the head part 2 moves up and down in a high pitch. this movement presents an appearance of the action of chewing.

The rotary plate 59 is provided in a laminated manner to the rotary plate 57. This rotary plate 69 has a pair of cut out 68, 58 in a symmetric Manner, and on the outer surfaces of the projections 69a. 59a, a rack is engraved. With this rack the freo end of a resilient contact 61 fastened to the frame 21 at its base portion engages, there generates a click sound in association with the chewing action.

An eccentric cam 60 pivoted on the highest Stage of the first cam 66 is fixed in 8 clamp 25e of the swing lever 25. The swing lever 25 is swingably pivoted with its through hole 25b bored at the center portion thereof by the support shaft 21b projected on the frame 21. and projections 25c, 25c provided on both ends of the ;swing lever 25 projectd downward from an opening (not shown) of the frame 21 to abut on the floor.

Accordinlgly, when the eccentric cam 60 rotates, the swing lever 25 swings and the projections 25c,25c push the floor mutually, so that the frame 21 swings left and right.

khen the head part 2. moves up and down to show chewing action by the third lifting leer 11, the first lifting lever 9 is in the liftod position by the projection Oa which engages with a can projection 70b projected on a rotary 70 of the surface B of the second cam 83. When withe mouth is closed by the downward position of the front side of the head part, the lever 4 to rotate the eyes and the first lifting lever 9 are disposed in such a manner that the upward movement of the first lifting lever 9 causes the tip of the lever 4 to move upward end the pupils 3b to go down.

When the front side of the head part 2 does the opening and closing of its mouth and particularly when iV is closed, thelever 4 lifts the upper tip end of the first lifting lever 9 to make the pupils 3b Xjo down and be in the state of closed eyes, and when the mouth opened by the upward movement of the head part 2,. the Jever .4 is. released from the upper tip end of the first lifting lever 9 and the tip end is drawn down by the drawing spring 5, so that the pupils go up and present the state of opened eyes. (cf. fig. 4) These upward and downward movement of the pupils are added as a supplemental action together with the click sound making device.

The above chewing action is finished when the tooth wheel shaft 46 is released "from the end of the bank 86 of the surface B of the second cam 63. shifted left as shown in Fig. 6 and the pinion 48 is released from the tooth wheel 56. During the time of the stop of chewing action, to keep the mouth in closed position by the downward movement of the front side of the head part 2, the following mechanism is employed. Oi the rotary plate 57 of the first cqm 56, a pair of projections 67b, 57b are provided. The tip portions of these prject.ions 57b, 57b which are directed in the rotation direction are tilted.The frame 21 has a through hole 62 in which the rotary plate 69 of the first cam 56 and the eccentric cam are fixed. Around the through hole 62 a pair of recessed portions 82a, 82a are provided. Tt1e first cam 56 is pushed in the right direction as shown in Fig. 6 by a pushing the spring 54 and stopped by the fizzing of the projections 57b, 57b in the recessed portions 82a, @2a, When the tooth wheel shaft 46 is moved in the right direction as shown in Fig. 6 and the pinion 48 engages with the tooth wheel 55. the tilt of the tips of the projections 57b, 57b run on the edge of the recessed portions 62a. e2a and continue to rotate touching the inner wall.And when the p3inion 48 fastened to the tooth wheel issis released from the tooth wheel 66, the rotation of the first can. 5B is abruptly went down and fallen into the state of continuing the rotation in its inertia. Then, the projections 57b, 57b projected on the rotary plate 59 of the first can 58 are fixed in the recessed portions 62a, 62a provided in the frame 21 due to the pushing spring 54, so that the first cam stops completely. Since the can. projections 57a, 57a. which abut on the projection ila of the third lifting lever 11, are provided in the middle portion of the projections 57b, 67b, the projections 67a, 57a do not engage with the projection gila, so that the front side of the head part 2 moves downward to stop in the state of closing mouth.

When the chewing action is stopped. the engagenent between the projection 9a of the first lifting lever 9 and the cam projection 70a of the rotary plate 70 of the surface B of the second can 63 is rploased and the first lifting lever 9 moves downward, sn that the tip side of the lever 4 moves downward by the drawing spring 5 to make the pupils 3b move upward to the front position and the eyes in the state of being opened.

Hereinafter, an operation system of so-called m licking the chops ', n which the tongue is projected from the opened mouth by a slight upward movement of the head part 2 and swung. is explained.

A tongue 17 is provided on the top wall 14 of the main frame 1, in the long aperture 17D opened at the base thereof. n pin 76a is fixed which is planted on e rotary plate 75 of the third cam 74, which is mounted rotatably on the support ic projected on the frame 21. In an aperture 17a opened in the middle of the tongue 17, a pin 14e planter on the top wall 14 of the main frame 1. The third cam 74 is divided into a upper rotary plate 76, a below rotary plate 76 and a shaft 75b pending from the rotary plate 76 is adapted to be fizzed in a bearing hole 78a of the rotary plate 7B, L-letter haped,resilient plate 77 is mounted.On a shaft 76b of the above rotary plate 75, a notch (not shown) is formed, in which the bend ot the resilient plate 77 engages, and when a load is added to the tongue 17 in rotation, the notch comes out from the engagement with the bend of the resilient plate 77 and allows the third cam 74 to rotate, which functions as a safety device. Underneath the rotary plate 76, 8 pinion 78 is fastened.

This pinion 78 engages with the circular rack 69 formed on the surface A of the second cam 68. A cam projection 71b of the rotary plate 71 of the surface B of the second cam 63 engages with the projection lOa of the second lifting lever lO. then the second lifting lever moves upward by the low cam projection 71b.

which causes to push slightly up the front side of the head part 2, so that the mouth opens b little. Thor the circular rack 69 of the surface A of the second cam 63 engages with the pinion 78 to rotate the rotary plate 75. By the rotation of the rotary plate 76, the tongue 17 plays a circular movement by a pin 75a fixed in the long aperture 17b at the base end. Since the pin 14a is fixed in the long aperture 17a of the center. the tip end of the tongue is projected from the opened mouth and while playing 8 circular movement, it retreats into the mouth.After the tongue plays this ' licking the chops ' same number of times to the rotation number of the pinion 78, it retreats into the mouth and stops. Then. the projection lOa of the second lifting lever 10 is released from the can. projection 71b of the surface B of the second cam 83 and the second lifting lever 10 moves downward to close the mouth.

After completion of the action of licking the chops , the cam projection 70b projected from the rotary plate 70 of the surface B of the seCond cam 63 engages with the projection 9a of the first lifting lever 9 to move upward the first lifting lever The The upper end of the first lifting lever 9 pushes up the lever 4 agaist the drawing spring 5. so that the pupils 3b is directed down to be in the state of closing eyes.Then the projection 72a of the conductive contact 72 consisting of the rotary switch is engaged with the recessed portion 64 formed on the outer circumference of the second cam 83, so that the conductive tont8GGS 72. 73 are released to open the Circuitry and orle cycle of operation is cofilpleted.

When practicing tj.his invention, the above coin throwing in mechanism is most useful for use of a savings box, as to the above chewing mechanism is ufiuful as an operation mechanism for use of general robot toys without limiting it as for use of savings box, and by using it in connection with the action that throws articles including coins in the mouth1 and ' licking the chops ' mechanism is expected to present a particular effect as an operation mechanism for use of robot toy by using it in connection with the action to throw the articles including coins in the mouth.

By pushing down the rotation arm in its stop position having a coin on the coin putting portion provided on the tip end there the switch is closed to operate the drive mechanism.

First, the fourth lifting lever operates the rotation arm to move upward, thon tho cooond lifting lever operates the @@@@@ bid ur the head part to move upward. The fourth lifting lever and the second lifting lever are adapted to operate synchronously to abut on the second cam respectively and when the front side of the head part moves upward to open the mouth by tho second lifting lever, the rotation arm reaches the upper limit of upward movement by the fourth lifting lever to throw the coin in to the mouth, thereby the savings box having a drive mechanism to ensure the coin throwing in.

Claims (3)

1. A money or savings box comprising a main frame to which is hinged a head part, so as to define an opening into which a coin is to be received, the head part being pivoted to the main frame so as to open and close the opening, an arm pivoted to the frame and having a coin support at its end, the arm being movable generally upwards and downwards, and a switch adapted to close when the arm is depressed, and cam means responsive to closing of the switch to raise the arm and the head part.

2. A money or savings box substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as illustrated in the drawings.

3. A money box having a body part to which is pivoted a head defining therewith a mouth adapted to receive a coin supported on an arm pivoted on the body part, and operating means for raising the arm and the head.