JP2007190051A - Linkage departure apparatus of rail traveling toy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a linkage departure toy for realizing the experience of traveling by changing the means of transportation. <P>SOLUTION: For the linkage departure apparatus of the rail traveling toy, on a linkage departure rail board 1 provided with groove rails 2 and 3 of a double track separated from each other in parallel at a required interval, function parts 4 and 5 provided with approach operation cam parts 4a and 5a on the outer end side and stoppers 4b and 5b at inner ends of the respective approach operation cams 4a and 5a are separately disposed inside the respective groove rails 2 and 3, respectively. Approach return cam parts 6 and 7 are disposed at the middle of the stoppers 4b and 5b, and the respective function parts 4 and 5 and the approach return cam parts 6 and 7 are linked. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a rail car toy linkage and departure device that can provide an experience of traveling by transiting transportation.

Conventionally, travel toys include, for example, a round toy that bends the upper end of a vertical support shaft to the side, attaches an automobile, a train, or the like to the tip of the vertical support shaft and hangs it, and moves on a panoramic board by the rotation of the vertical support shaft. There is also a traveling toy that runs on a battery mounted on a frame-shaped rail with both sides upright. This patent applicant has also proposed a toy vehicle running toy that allows passengers to feel the experience of traveling by transit.
JP 2005-52214 A

  The linked vehicle groove rail machine of the linked vehicle traveling toy proposed by the applicant of the present patent is pivotally supported on a support shaft on which the center stands up on the bottom surface of the groove rail, and rotates at a required angle around the support shaft horizontally. A rotating bottom plate is installed, and a symmetrical return cam is installed on the rotating bottom plate along the groove rail at the same distance from the support shaft to the inside at the same distance. The working cam part and the working cam and stopper which become a stopper part on the starting side of the inner end are raised symmetrically. Therefore, in the case where the traveling toy is devoted to the front and back and linked with a single wire, when the traveling toy that rotates the wheel is stopped by the start-side stopper, the following traveling toy arrives and reaches the opposite outer end. When approaching, the operating cam is pushed out of the groove rail by the guide wheel, the rotating bottom plate is rotated around the support shaft, and the stopper is retracted sideways from the groove rail, so that the stopper is released and the front end side is released. The traveling toy starts. The traveling toy behind arrives when the guide wheel passes through the return cam portion and pushes the guide wheel to the side to return the rotating bottom plate to the original position. For this reason, the stopper part on the starting side again closes the groove rail, causes the guide wheel of the following traveling toy to collide with the stopper part, and waits for starting while maintaining the rotation of the wheel. When this single-line departure linkage groove rail board is used for double tracks, lateral linkages are provided at the front and rear ends on one side of the rotating bottom plate, the rotating bottom plates are arranged in parallel, and the rotating bottom plate is linked to each other. The projecting ends of the two toys are related to each other, the rotation of one rotating bottom plate due to the entry of one traveling toy is transmitted to the other rotating bottom plate and rotated, and the other traveling toy is linked to start It is.

However, in the departure-linked groove rail machine proposed by the applicant of the present patent, since the traveling toy rotates the wheel for progression, a forward force is applied to the stopper portion, and vibration is also generated by the rotation of the wheel. To do. Further, the rotating bottom plate provided with the stopper portion is supported at one point of the support shaft, so that it swings weakly against vibration, the balance is lost and the stopper portion rotates due to the rotation of the rotating bottom plate, and the groove There was a drawback that the rails were released from the blockage without waiting for the following toy to arrive.
Therefore, the present invention has been made for the purpose of preventing such erroneous start, and ensuring the parallel start of the front and rear of the single track rail and of the double track rail.

  In an associated departure rail rail board having double-track groove rails spaced in parallel with each other at a required interval, an entry operation cam portion is provided on the outer end side in each groove rail, and a stopper is provided on the inner end of each entry operation cam. There is a function in which the functional parts are arranged apart from each other, and an approach return cam part is arranged in the middle of the stopper, and the functioning part and the approach return cam part are linked to each other.

  In an associated departure rail rail board provided with double-track groove rails spaced parallel to each other at a required interval, an entrance operation cam portion is provided on the outer end side in each groove rail, and a stopper is provided on the inner end of each entry operation cam. A functioning unit comprising a functioning part and a stopper, wherein the functioning part is spaced apart, and an approaching return cam part is arranged in the middle of the stopper, and the respective functioning part and the approaching return cam part are linked. A long width provided with a long width gear portion having a required radius centered on the bearing hole, with a bearing hole in the center between the functional portion and the entry return cam portion. A rotating support with a gear part, a functional part consisting of an entry operation cam and a stopper, and an entry return cam part are provided on the upper surface, and a bearing hole is opened in the center between the function part and the entry return cam part, Centering on its bearing hole And a rotating support with a short-width gear portion provided with a short-width gear portion of a linkage towing device of a rail traveling toy having the same radius as the radius of the long-width gear portion of the rotating support with the long-width gear portion. It is good also as a linkage starting device of a rail traveling toy.

  In the double-track groove rail of the linkage departure rail rail, the rotation base with the long gear portion and the rotation base with the short width gear portion are rotated. An intermediate gear that is rotatably supported by a fixed shaft of a long-width gear portion of a rotating base with a long-width gear portion that supports the bearing hole and the bearing hole so that the base plate corresponds and meshes with each other and faces each other. May be engaged with each other.

  The linkage departure rail rail may be formed as a unit by forming a rectangular outer edge and forming a concave and convex engaging edge on the outer edge to form a unit, and connecting with an identical groove rail unit in which the outer edges are assembled. It ’s good.

  The traveling vehicle that travels on the groove rail of the annular rail set has guide wheels and driving wheels, and the driving wheels may be driven by a power source that is mounted.

  Since the rail car toy linkage starting device according to the present invention is configured as described above, when the traveling vehicle enters the groove rail of the linkage starting rail board, the entry operation cam of the functional unit is pushed away by the guide wheels of the traveling vehicle. Rotating support with long-width gear and rotating support with short-width gear are smoothly pivoted around the bearing hole. The vehicle is retracted, and the traveling vehicle that has been prevented from starting by the stopper of the functional portion is smoothly released and started.

  Also, the stopper of the functional unit, when receiving the forward force of the traveling vehicle, converts the pressing force into a lateral rotational force and rotates it in the direction opposite to the operating direction of the approaching operation cam to collide with the collision surface. Even if the forward force and vibration of the vehicle are applied to the stopper of the functional part, no malfunction occurs.

  Further, the rotating support with long width gear part and the rotating support with short width gear part directly mesh the long width gear part and the short width gear part facing each other, and the long width gear part and the long width facing each other. Since the gear portion and the intermediate gear mesh with each other, the associated rotation is smooth and reliable.

  In an associated departure rail rail board 1 having double-track groove rails 2 and 3 spaced apart from each other in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval, each of the entry operation cam portions 4a and 5a is inserted into each groove rail 2 and 3 on the outer end side. The function parts 4 and 5 having stoppers 4b and 5b, respectively, are arranged at the inner ends of the operating cams 4a and 5a, and the entry and return cam parts 6 and 7 are arranged in the middle of the stoppers 4b and 5b. A linked vehicle that links the parts 4 and 5 and the entry return cam parts 6 and 7 with the function part 4 and the entry return cam part 6 comprising the entry operation cam 4a and the stopper 4b on the upper surface, and the function part. 4 and the approach return cam portion 6 in the middle of the bearing hole 9a, a rotation support 9 with a long-width gear portion provided with a long-width gear portion 8 having a required radius centered on the bearing hole 9a, Entering operation cam 5a and functional part 5 and stopper The cam portion 7 is provided on the upper surface, and a bearing hole 13a is opened at the center between the functional portion 5 and the approaching return cam portion 7, and the rotation support with the long-width gear portion is formed around the bearing hole 13a. A rotating support 13 with a short-width gear portion provided with a short-width gear portion 12 having the same radius as the radius of the long-width gear portion 8 of the panel 9, and the rotating support base 9 with the long-width gear portion and the short Rotating support 13 with a width gear part corresponds to the rotating support 9 with a long width gear part and the rotating support 13 with a short width gear part in the groove rail 2 and the groove rail 3 of the linkage departure rail rail 1. An intermediate gear that rotatably supports the long-width gear portion 8 of the rotating base plate 9 with the long-width gear portion that supports the bearing hole 9a and the bearing hole 13a so as to mesh with each other and that faces each other. 20 is a linked vehicle launching device for rail-running toys that meshes with each other.

  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A rail running toy device for rail running toy according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a rail running rail 1 having groove rails 2 and 3 spaced apart in parallel at a predetermined interval. In each of the groove rails 2 and 3, function portions 4 and 5 each having an entry operation cam portion 4 a and 5 a on the outer end side and stoppers 4 b and 5 b on the inner end of each entry operation cam 4 a and 5 a are arranged. 1 and FIG. 2, which is a linked vehicle device in which the approach return cam portions 6, 7 are arranged in the middle of the stoppers 4 b, 5 b, and the respective function portions 4, 5 and the approach return cam portions 6, 7 are linked. As shown in FIG. 4, the upper surface is provided with a functional portion 4 and an approach return cam portion 6 composed of the approach operation cam 4a and the stopper 4b, and a bearing hole 9a in the center between the function portion 4 and the approach return cam portion 6 is provided. And the bearing hole 9a Length Width gear unit with rotating 支盤 9 having the required radius of the long width gear unit 8 having its center, in the embodiment, it is supported by a supporting shaft 11 of the opening recess 10 provided in the groove rails 2. Similarly, the upper surface is provided with a functional portion 5 and an approach return cam portion 7 composed of an approach operation cam 5a and a stopper 5b, and a bearing hole 13a is opened at the center between the function portion 5 and the approach return cam portion 7 between them. In the embodiment, the rotating support 13 with the short-width gear portion including the short-width gear portion 12 having the same radius as the radius of the long-width gear portion 8 is provided in the groove rail 2 in the embodiment. It is supported on the support shaft 15 of the opening recess 14, and the openings 16, 17, 18 are provided in the groove rail 2, and the function parts 4, 5 and the entry return cam parts 6, 7 are interlocked so as to be able to appear and retract. .

  In the groove rail 3 of the linkage departure rail board 1, similarly to the groove rail 2, the opening recesses 10, 14 and the openings 16, 17, 18 are provided at symmetrical positions rotated 180 degrees, and the support shaft of the opening recess 10 11 is inserted into and supported by the bearing hole 9a of the rotating support base 9 with the long width gear portion, and the bearing hole 13a of the rotating support base 13 with the short width gear is inserted into and supported at the opening recessed portion 14, respectively. 4a, 5a and stoppers 4b, 5b provided with functional parts 4, 5 and entry / return cam parts 6, 7 are rotatably arranged, and the long gear part 8 and the short gear part 12 facing each other are engaged with each other, The long gear portion 8 facing each other is engaged with a rotatable intermediate gear 20 supported by a fixed shaft 19, and the function portions 4, 5 and the entry return cam portions 6, 7 in the groove rails 2, 3 are linked. It is configured to do.

  The linkage departure rail rail 1 can be formed into a unit by forming a rectangular outer edge and forming a concave and convex engagement edge on the outer edge, and connecting to an identical groove rail unit in which the outer edges are combined to form an annular rail set. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment thereof, and a single wire groove rail unit 21a is connected to the side of the groove rail 2 and the groove rail 3 of the linkage departure rail board 1 to form double wires, respectively, and then the groove rail 2 and the single wire rail unit are arranged. The double track groove rail unit 21b and the loop groove rail unit 21c are connected to one end of the groove rail 21a1 of the groove 21a, and the cross groove rail unit 21d and the loop groove rail unit are connected to one end of the groove rail 21a1 of the groove rail 3 and the single wire rail unit 21a. 21c is connected to the other end of the groove rail 2 on the opposite end and the groove rail 21a1 of the single wire rail unit 21a, and the cross groove rail unit 21c and the loop groove rail unit 21c are connected to each other, and the groove rails of the groove rail 3 and the single wire rail unit 21a are connected. A double-track groove rail unit 21b and a U-shaped groove rail unit 21e are connected to the other end of 21a1. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the traveling vehicle 22 traveling on the groove rail of the annular rail set has guide wheels 23 and drive wheels 24, and the drive wheels 24 travel by a motor that is operated by an installed battery. When the guide wheel 23 is a free wheel supported by a pivot 25 as shown in FIG. Although not shown, the drive source may be driven by a mainspring power.

  FIG. 7 shows a traveling vehicle 26 whose outer shape is an airplane type, and has a guide wheel 23 and a driving wheel 24 as in the traveling vehicle 22.

  Since the linkage departure rail board 1 of the present invention is configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 4, various groove rail units are connected to the parallel groove rails 2 and 3 to form a double-line annular rail set. According to the construction, when the guide wheel 23 of the traveling vehicle 26 collides with the stopper 5b in the groove rail 2, the traveling vehicle 22 enters the groove rail 3, and the guide wheel 23 causes the operating cam 5a to be inclined. The rotation support 13 with the short-width gear portion is turned about the support shaft 15, and this rotation causes the long-width gear portion 8 to face and mesh with the short-width gear portion 12. The rotation support 9 with a long-width gear portion is provided, and the rotation support 9 with the long-width gear portion of the long-width gear portion 8 that meshes face-to-face via an intermediate gear 20 that meshes with the long-width gear portion 8. Short width transmitted to the board 9 and meshed with this rotation facing the long width gear portion 8 This is transmitted to the rotating base 9 with the short width gear portion provided with the vehicle portion 12, and the function portion 5 on the rotating base 13 with the short width gear portion is rotated sideways so that the stopper 5 b is moved from the groove rail 2. The traveling vehicle 26 that is retracted and stands by in the groove rail 2 is started. As shown in FIG. 3, the return cam portion 7 of the rotating support 13 with the short-width gear portion is rotated in the groove rail 3 by pushing the function portion 5 of the traveling vehicle 22 away. Since the guide wheel 23 of 22 is pushed away from the groove rail 3, the function parts 4 and 5 on the rotary support 9 with the long-width gear part and the rotary support 13 with the short-width gear part are connected to the groove rails 2 and 3. Since the vehicle 22 returns, the traveling vehicle 22 collides the guide wheel 23 in the groove rail 2 with the stopper 5b and is prevented from starting and is maintained in a standby state. When the started traveling vehicle 26 circulates and returns to the linkage departure rail rail 1 and enters the groove rail 2, the standby traveling vehicle 22 starts this time in the manner described above.

  As described above, the rail driving toy linkage starting device of the present invention is based on the unit-type groove rail board, so that the layout can be freely enjoyed and assembling can be enjoyed. Since the traveling vehicles are linked to each other, the scene is generated in the traveling, and a sense of travel or a sense of expectation is born. Therefore, this contributes to the market expansion of this type of vehicle rail traveling toy.

It is a top view which shows the linkage departure railboard unit which is an Example of the linkage departure device of the rail travel toy of the Example of this invention. Similarly, it is a plan view showing a state in which a rotating support with a long-width gear portion including a long-width gear portion and a rotating support with a short-width gear portion including a short-width gear portion are engaged with each other around an intermediate gear. . It is a top view which shows the state in which the traveling vehicle approached and the approach operation cam part, the function part of the stopper, and the approach return cam part act | operated. It is a top view of the double track type rail set assembled to the linkage departure railboard of the example of the linkage departure device of the rail traveling toy of this invention. It is a side view which shows an example of the traveling vehicle which drive | works the double track type rail set assembled to the said linkage departure rail rail. Similarly, it is a perspective view showing an example of guide wheels arranged on the front bottom surface of the traveling vehicle. It is a side view which shows the other example of a traveling vehicle.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Linking departure rail rail 2 Groove rail 3 Groove rail 4 Function part 4a Approach operation cam part 4b Stopper 5 Function part 5a Approach operation cam part 5b Stopper 6 Approach return cam part 7 Approach return cam part 8 Long width gear part 9 Long width gear Rotating support with part 9a Bearing hole 10 Open recess 11 Support shaft 12 Short gear part 13 Rotating support with short gear part 13a Bearing hole 14 Open recess 15 Support shaft 16 Opening part 17 Opening part 18 Opening part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 19 Fixed shaft 20 Intermediate gear 21a Single track groove rail unit 21a1 Groove rail 21b Double track groove rail unit 21c Loop groove rail unit 21d Cross groove rail unit 21e U-shaped groove rail unit 22 Traveling vehicle 23 Guide wheel 24 Drive wheel 25 Axis 26 Traveling vehicle

Claims (5)

  In an associated departure rail rail board 1 having double-track groove rails 2 and 3 spaced apart from each other in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval, each of the entry operation cam portions 4a and 5a is inserted into each groove rail 2 and 3 on the outer end side. The function parts 4 and 5 having stoppers 4b and 5b, respectively, are arranged at the inner ends of the operating cams 4a and 5a, and the entry and return cam parts 6 and 7 are arranged in the middle of the stoppers 4b and 5b. The rail vehicle toy linkage starting device that links the parts 4 and 5 and the entry return cam parts 6 and 7.   A functional part 4 and an entry return cam part 6 comprising the entry operation cam 4a and the stopper 4b are provided on the upper surface, and a bearing hole 9a is opened at the center between the function part 4 and the entry return cam part 6, and the bearing A rotary support 9 with a long-width gear portion having a long-width gear portion 8 having a required radius centered on the hole 9a, a function portion 5 including an approach operation cam 5a, a stopper, and an entry return cam portion 7 are provided on the upper surface. A bearing hole 13a is opened at the center between the function portion 5 and the approach return cam portion 7, and the long-width gear portion 8 of the rotating support base 9 with the long-width gear portion is centered on the bearing hole 13a. 2. The rail vehicle toy linkage starter device according to claim 1, comprising a rotating support board with a short-width gear portion having a short-width gear portion having the same radius as the radius.   The turning support 9 with the long-width gear portion and the turning support 13 with the short-width gear portion are connected to the turning support 9 with the long-width gear portion in the groove rail 2 and the groove rail 3 of the linkage departure rail rail 1. The long-width gear portion 8 of the rotation base 9 with the long-width gear portion that pivotally supports the bearing hole 9a and the bearing hole 13a so that the rotation-base 13 with the short-width gear portion corresponds and meshes with each other. 3. A rail-running toy linkage generating device according to claim 2, which is engaged with a fixed shaft 19 via an intermediate gear 20 rotatably supported.   The linkage departure rail rail 1 is formed as a unit by forming a rectangular outer edge and forming a concave and convex engagement edge on the outer edge, and connecting to an identical groove rail unit in which the outer edges are combined to form an annular rail set. The rail starter of the rail traveling toy according to claim 1, claim 2, or claim 3. The traveling vehicle that travels on the groove rail of the annular rail set has guide wheels 23 and drive wheels 24, and the drive wheels 24 travel by a power source mounted thereon. Or the railroad toy linkage starting apparatus of Claim 4.

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