JP2007167228A - Submerged game toy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a submerged game toy which permits a trouble-free operation of a pump even if a vessel equipped with game elements is filled up with a liquid. <P>SOLUTION: The game toy 1 has a vessel 3 storing a liquid W and permitting the game elements 2 provided in the liquid to be seen through, a pump 5 which pours a working liquid into the liquid in the vessel 3 and sucks the quantity of the liquid equivalent to the quantity of the liquid poured from the vessel 3 after pouring, and a liquid receiving means 11 to receive the quantity of the liquid equivalent to the quantity of pressurization in the vessel 3 during the pouring of the liquid by the pump 5 and to return the quantity of the liquid equivalent to the quantity of the liquid received during the suction of the liquid by the pump 5 to the vessel, and can release pressure caused during the operation of the pump even if the vessel is filled up with the liquid. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  According to the present invention, a floating element among game elements provided in a liquid sealed in a container formed of a transparent member is floated by an operation from outside the container, and a relationship with a fixed element among the game elements (for example, The present invention relates to a submerged game toy that can be played by throwing it into a pole with a ring ring.

  Conventionally, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-30984 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-4068 have been known as representative examples of this kind of submerged game toy.

  The former assumes a ring-throwing game. As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the top 41 'is opened in a container 41 formed of a transparent member to contain water W, and the water is placed in the water. When an underwater floating member (floating element = ring-throw ring) 42 having a slightly higher specific gravity is inserted, and the pump 45 is compressed by pressing the operation button 44 provided on the base housing 43 of the container 41, the floating element 42 is compressed. The water previously reserved in the pump 45 is injected into the container 41 through the water conduit 46, causing the flow of water to float the floating element 42, and is formed on the rear wall (or intermediate wall or the like) of the container 41. The underwater fixing member (fixing element = corresponding to a ring-throwing pole) 47 can be played by being thrown into it.

The latter is intended for a volleyball game. As shown in FIG. 4 (b), the top 51 'of the top surface of the container 51 made of a transparent member is opened to contain water W. A sphere 52 (floating element = corresponding to a volleyball ball) 52 having a specific gravity slightly heavier than water is placed in water, and the operation buttons 53, 53 ′ respectively provided on the hems of the mountain-shaped container 51 are provided on the sphere 52 in the container 51. Each of the opponents pushes to compress the pumps 54, 54 ′, and the water previously reserved in the pumps 54, 54 ′ is injected into the mountain-shaped container 51 through the water conduit 55 to cause an upward jet. The top of the mountain-shaped container 51 (fixed element = net that can be seen through) 56 can be played so that rallying is possible.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-30984 No. 7-4068

  However, in the former (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-30984), the pump 45 connected to the inside of the container 41 is pushed by the operation button 44 to inject the liquid reserved in the pump as a working liquid into the container. In this case, it is necessary to secure a space above the container 41 in order to release the pressure corresponding to the amount of liquid injected into the container 41. is there. Therefore, if the installation position of the underwater fixing member 47 is not lowered by the amount of space formation, the floating member 42 cannot be allowed to move freely thereon, and the installation space for the underwater fixing member 47 is reduced in the container. there were.

  Further, the latter (actual fair No. 7-4068) also has a spherical body 52 by a jet flow from the pumps 54, 54 'when the opponent alternately pushes the operation buttons 53, 53' provided at both skirts of the Yamagata container 51, respectively. In order to win the rally, the timing of the operation of the pump is required. From this, it is conceivable that the opponent can operate the pump at the same time. Therefore, a space (a place where no liquid is filled) is created near the top of the Yamagata container 51 to release the necessary pressure. It becomes. Therefore, there is a problem similar to the former, in which the top 56 (net = fixed element) 56 of the mountain-shaped container 51 has to be considerably lowered.

  The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to provide a submerged game toy in which a pump operation can be performed without any trouble even when a container with game elements is filled with liquid. Is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention corresponds to a container that can contain a liquid and that can be seen through the game elements provided in the liquid, and that the working liquid is injected into the liquid in the container and is injected from the container after the injection. A pump for sucking an amount of liquid, and receiving a liquid amount corresponding to the pressurized amount in the container at the time of liquid injection by the pump, and returning the liquid amount corresponding to reception at the time of liquid suction by the pump into the container The liquid storage means is provided, and is configured so that the pressure generated during the operation of the pump can be released even when the liquid is filled in the container.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the pump compresses against its own shape memory by the push operation of the push button provided in the base housing of the container, and the old force is released by releasing the push button. The bellows body expands and returns to its shape, and is configured so that the cost of the entire toy can be reduced by simplifying the pump.

  Further, the invention according to claim 3 is that the liquid storage means is a bellows body that expands against its own shape memory by compression of the pump and that is compressed and restored to the old shape by expansion of the pump. The feature is that the cost of the entire toy can be reduced by simplifying the liquid storage means.

  According to the present invention, the amount of pressurized liquid in the container that is generated when the working liquid is injected by pushing the pump into the liquid in the container that can store the liquid and see through the game elements provided in the liquid. Is temporarily absorbed by the liquid storage means, and the pump holds the liquid in the container by stopping the pressing force of the pump, and at the same time functions to return the amount of liquid absorbed from the liquid storage means into the container. it can. Therefore, even if the container is full of liquid, the game operation can be performed while releasing the pressure generated at the time of pump operation, so that it has an excellent effect that the installation space for the fixed elements of the game elements is not reduced. is there.

  In addition, according to the invention described in claim 2, since a bellows body is used as the pump, there is an excellent effect that the cost of the toy as a whole can be reduced by simplifying this type of game toy. .

  Furthermore, according to the invention of claim 3, since a bellows body is used as the liquid storage means, there is an excellent effect that the cost of the entire toy can be reduced by simplifying this kind of game toy. It is.

  Next, the best mode of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the game toy of the present application, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a main part of the game toy of the present application, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing an operation state of the game toy of the present application.

  In FIG. 1, the game toy 1 of the present application is assumed to be a ring-throwing game in liquid, but other game may be assumed by changing game elements. The game toy 1 of the present application includes a container 3 that removes the stopper 12 provided on the upper surface thereof, fully stores the liquid (water) W, and can see through the game element 2 (consisting of the floating element 2a and the fixed element 2b) in the liquid. ing.

  Among the game elements, the floating element 2a is made of a material whose specific gravity is slightly heavier than water (ring-ring ring), so that it floats when the liquid flows, and sinks by its own weight when the liquid flow subsides. It has become. Of the game elements, the fixed element 2b is one (ring throw pole) made on the rear wall (or intermediate wall or the like) of the container 3, and is not affected by the liquid flow. Of course, in addition to the game elements, the container 3 may be provided with a water wheel S that rotates by the water flow, a baffle plate S ′ that changes the direction of the water flow, and other props.

  In the base housing 4 of the container 3, there is provided a pump 5 that can inject a working liquid into the liquid in order to flow the liquid in the container and to float the floating element 2a. The pump 5 is compressed by pushing a push button 6 provided on the front wall 4 ′ of the base housing 4 with a finger, and a liquid previously reserved in the interior is provided on the bottom surface of the container 3 through a liquid introduction pipe 7. The jetting port 8 can eject the working fluid as shown by an arrow A. When the pushing force of the push button 6 with the finger is released, the pump 5 returns to the old shape (the previous expanded state) due to the shape memory, and functions to suck a necessary amount of liquid from the container 3 at the time of return. To do.

  When the working fluid is injected into the container 3 by the compression of the pump 5, the inside of the container 3 is pressurized, and the amount of liquid corresponding to the pressurization is indicated by an arrow from the discharge port 9 opened at the bottom of the container 3. It is press-fitted like B and received by the liquid storage means 11 through the liquid introduction pipe 10. The liquid storage means 11 will expand by the amount received. Thus, as described above, the expansion of the liquid storage means 11 is restored to the old shape (previously compressed state) by its own shape memory when the pressing force of the pump 5 is released. It works to return the previous receipt into the container 3. The liquid reservoir means 11 is installed in a state where it cannot be operated from the outside of the casing like the pump 5 by utilizing the narrow space in the base casing 4.

  The pump 5 having the above-described function can be satisfied by using the bellows body Ja. The bellows body Ja used here has a shape memory property that always maintains a flat state. When the bellows body Ja is compressed from the flat state, the compression equivalent amount of the liquid held inside is stored in the container 3. When the pressure is released and the pressing force is released, it expands with its shape memory and returns to a flat state. The liquid is sucked from the container 3 by the expansion force at this time.

  Further, the liquid storage means 11 having the above-described function can be satisfied by using the bellows body Jb. The bellows body Jb used here has a shape memory property that always maintains a flat state. When the pressure in the container 3 increases as the pump 5 is compressed, the liquid in the container 3 is discharged. When the pressure corresponding to the pressurization is received and expanded from the flat state to release the pressure in the container 3, while the pressure in the container 3 decreases with the expansion of the pump 5, the increase received inside is received. The amount of liquid can be returned into the container 3.

  That is, if the pump 5 and the liquid storage means 11 are compressed by their own shape memory, the liquid storage means 11 expands. On the other hand, when the pump 5 expands, the liquid storage means 11 is compressed. The functions and effects of the pump 5 and the liquid storage means 11 can be replaced with bellows bodies Ja and Jb because they are provided with balloons or dropper rubber balls.

  In addition, for the function and effect of the bellows bodies Ja and Jb described above, for example, a water supply / drainage mechanism using a solenoid valve can be applied. This is to realize cost reduction of the entire toy by the simplification.

  Next, the operation of the present game toy 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the stopper 12 provided on the upper surface of the container 3 of the game toy 1 of the present application is removed, the water (liquid) W is accommodated so as to become full, and the stopper 12 is sealed. Since the game element (floating element 2a and fixed element 2b) 2 is contained in the container 3 in advance, the floating element 2a fluctuates due to the movement of water when the water W is accommodated, but sinks when the movement of the water stops. The game starts.

  Next, the game toy 1 of the present application is held in both hands and the thumb of the right hand is placed on the push button 6. At this time, it is preferable to keep the container 3 as upright as possible. Thus, when the push button 6 is strongly pressed with the thumb, the pump 5 is compressed in the base housing 4 although it is not visible to the player. Then, the liquid previously reserved in the pump 5 is ejected through the liquid introduction pipe 7 as shown by the arrow A from the ejection port 8 provided on the bottom surface of the container 3.

  The pressure in the container 3 is increased by the compression operation of the pump 5, but a liquid amount corresponding to the pressurization is press-fitted as indicated by an arrow B from the discharge port 9 opened in the bottom surface of the container 3, and the liquid introduction pipe 10 is passed through. After that, it is received by the liquid storage means 11 provided in the base housing 4 and the pressure in the container 3 is released.

  The working fluid spouted by the pump 5 rotates the water wheel S and floats the floating element (ring-ring ring) 2a of the game elements. (Ring throwing pole) You can play to compete for the number thrown into 2b.

  Thus, when the pressing force that is pressing the pump 5 with the push button 6 is released, the pump 5 returns to the old shape (expanded state) due to its shape memory property. At the time of return (during expansion), a necessary amount of liquid is sucked from the container 3. At this time, as described above, the received amount received by the liquid storage means 11 is restored to the old shape (compression) by the shape memory property of the liquid storage means 11 and received first at the time of return (compression). Since the liquid amount thus returned is returned to the container 3, the full state of the liquid in the container 3 is maintained.

  When the player repeatedly pushes or releases the push button 6, the compression and expansion of the pump 5 and the accompanying expansion and compression of the liquid reservoir 11 are repeated. In this case, the next push operation of the pump 5 is not performed before the amount of liquid injected from the pump 5 into the container 3 is returned from the container 3 even if the push button 6 is nervously and rapidly pushed. Because there is a limit to the quick press naturally, it is possible to enjoy the game relaxedly.

  The game toy 1 of the present application operates a game element provided in a liquid sealed in a container that can be seen through while seeing from the outside of the container, floats the floating element, and has a relationship with a fixed element (for example, a ring ring for ring throwing). It can be played by throwing it into a pole that stands up) and can be used widely from children to adults.

It is an external appearance perspective view of this application game toy. It is a schematic plan view of the principal part of this application game toy. It is a front view which shows the operation state of this application game toy. It is explanatory drawing of a conventional game, (a) is a ring throw, (b) is a volleyball.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game toy 2 Game element 2a Floating element 2b Fixed element 3 Container 4 Base housing | casing 4 'Front wall 5 Pump 6 Push button 7 Liquid introduction pipe 8 Spout 9 Discharge port 10 Liquid introduction pipe 11 Liquid storage means 12 Plug Ja Bellow Body Jb Bellows body W Water (Liquid)
S water wheel

Claims (3)

  A container that contains the liquid and can be seen through the game element provided in the liquid; a pump that injects the working liquid into the liquid in the container and sucks a liquid corresponding to the injection amount from the container after the injection; and the pump And a liquid reservoir means for receiving a liquid amount corresponding to the pressurized amount in the container at the time of injecting the liquid, and for returning the liquid amount corresponding to the received amount to the inside of the container at the time of liquid suction by the pump. A submerged game toy.   The pump is a bellows body that compresses against its own shape memory by the push operation of the push button provided in the base housing of the container, and expands and returns to the old shape by releasing the push force of the push button. The submerged game toy according to claim 1.   The said liquid reservoir means is a bellows body which expands against its own shape memory property by the compression of the pump, and which is compressed back to the old shape by the expansion of the pump. Submerged game toy.

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