JP2009247659A - Rocking toy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attach a rocking toy to a wall face such as a window. <P>SOLUTION: This rocking toy 1 having a toy body 2 whose upper body 21 is constituted rockably with respect to a lower body 22, includes a pendulum 30 provided rockably to the lower body and fixed to the upper body, a first magnet 31 provided to the pendulum, a second magnet 34 provided to the lower body and a hanging means 3 detachably connected to the lower body and hanging the toy body, wherein the top part of the upper body is inserted with the hanging means and is formed with a slit 21a extending along the rocking direction of the pendulum. Out of the first magnet and the second magnet, either one magnet is constituted of an electromagnet and has a power supply 41 carrying a current necessary for the actuation of the electromagnet, and a drive control means 40 actuating the electromagnet at a predetermined timing to rock the pendulum by the magnetic attraction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a swinging toy, and more particularly to a swinging toy that can be hung on a wall such as a window.

Conventionally, various rocking toys are known. The swinging toy includes, for example, a base placed on a plane such as a desk or a floor, and a swinging part that is provided on the base and swings in a predetermined direction (for example, left-right direction).
Here, the swinging part swings by applying a magnetic force between the permanent magnet of the pendulum attached to the swinging part and the electromagnet provided on the base (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 3990405

  However, the conventional rocking toy is supposed to be placed on a flat surface, and can only be placed on the top surface of a desk or floor. For this reason, the swinging toy cannot be provided on a wall surface such as a window, and the installation location is restricted.

  Then, this invention is made | formed in order to solve the said subject, and it aims at providing the rocking toy which can be attached also to wall surfaces, such as a window.

The invention according to claim 1 is a swinging toy having a toy body whose upper body is configured to be swingable with respect to the lower body.
A pendulum supported by the lower body and swinging with the upper body;
A first magnet provided on the pendulum;
A second magnet provided in the lower body;
Detachably connected to the lower body, and suspending means for suspending the toy body,
At the top of the upper body, the hanging means is inserted, and a slit extending along the swinging direction of the pendulum is formed,
One of the first magnet and the second magnet is composed of an electromagnet,
A power source for energizing a current necessary for driving the electromagnet;
Drive control means for driving the electromagnet at a predetermined timing to swing the pendulum by a magnetic action;
Is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the swing toy according to the first aspect, an attachment / detachment piece that is detachably connected to the lower body is provided at one end of the suspension means.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the swing toy according to the second aspect of the present invention, a fixing means that can be fixed to a wall surface is provided at the other end of the hanging means.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the swing toy according to any one of the first to third aspects, the power source is a solar cell.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the swing toy according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the toy body is formed in a human shape, the upper body is a head, and the lower body is a head. It is characterized by being a part other than.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the swing toy according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, the hanging means is constituted by a wire that does not twist, and the detachable piece is on the surface side thereof. Further, the lower body is configured to be detachable from the lower body.

  A seventh aspect of the present invention is the swing toy according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the toy body can stand on a plane such as a desk or a floor.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the suspending means is detachably connected to the lower body, the toy body can be attached to a wall surface such as a window.
Further, the electromagnet can be intermittently driven by energizing the electromagnet from the power source at a predetermined timing by the drive control means. As a result, a magnetic force acts between the electromagnet and the permanent magnet, and as a result, the upper body also swings when the pendulum swings.
Here, since the slit is formed in the upper body along the swing direction of the pendulum, the suspending means does not hinder the swing of the upper body. Therefore, only the upper body can be swung.
Moreover, the posture of the lower body is stabilized by connecting the suspension means to the lower body that is provided with many parts and is relatively heavy. Thereby, the upper body can be rocked in a stable state.
Since the pendulum is provided with only the upper body and the first magnet, the force required for swinging the pendulum can be reduced, and each magnet can be reduced in size and the accommodation space can be reduced.

  According to invention of Claim 2, only a toy main body can be removed from a rocking toy by providing a detachable piece. Thus, the convenience at the time of storage or transportation can be improved by making the toy body and the suspending means detachable.

  According to invention of Claim 3, by providing a fixing means, it can attach to wall surfaces, such as a window, in the state which released the hanging means from the hand.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, an energy-saving and environmentally friendly toy can be provided by using a solar cell as a power source. Further, since no power cable or outlet is required, it is not necessary to consider the handling of the power cable or the like during installation, and the installation range can be expanded.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, by forming the swinging upper body to be the head, the human-shaped swing toy performs the motion of swinging the head.
By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to cause the viewer to feel cute and healed and to soften the surrounding atmosphere.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the detachable piece can be connected to the lower body on the front surface side or can be connected to the lower body on the back surface side, so the toy main body depends on which surface of the detachable piece is connected to the lower body. You can change the direction.
Thereby, the attitude | position of a toy main body can be changed according to installation environment.

  According to the invention described in claim 7, since the toy body can stand on a plane such as a desk or a floor, it can be removed from the hanging means and placed on a plane such as a desk or floor.

1. Overall Configuration of Swing Toy As shown in FIG. 1, the swing toy 1 includes a toy body 2 and a wire 3 as a hanging means. A wire 3 is detachably attached to the toy body 2, and the toy body 2 can be suspended from a wall such as a window by the wire 3. That is, the toy body 2 can be supported in a state of floating in the air by the wire 3.

2. Toy main body The toy main body 2 is formed in a human shape. More specifically, the toy main body 2 is formed so as to be in the form of a teruter shaved.
The toy main body 2 includes an upper body 21 that becomes a head of a Terteru shaved body and a lower body 22 that becomes a trunk part of the Terteru Shaven. The upper body 21 and the lower body 22 are independent and independent parts.

As shown in FIG. 2, the upper body 21 is formed in a hollow sphere shape. The upper end of the pendulum 30 is fixed to the upper body 21 with a screw or the like. Here, the upper end of the pendulum 30 is formed by branching into three, and the ends of the branches are connected in a ring shape. By making the upper end of the pendulum 30 into such a shape, the upper end of the pendulum 30 functions as a counterweight that suppresses minute vibrations of the pendulum 30. The upper end of the pendulum 30 is fixed to the upper body 21 at a plurality of locations by screws or the like at the left and right and the center of the portion constituting the counterweight. By adopting such a configuration, when the pendulum 30 swings, the upper body 21 swings together with the pendulum 30, and the upper body 21 can swing with respect to the lower body 22.
A slit 21 a extending along the swinging direction of the pendulum is formed at the top of the spherical upper body 21. The slit 21a is formed so that the wire 3 can be inserted therethrough and the swinging of the upper body 21 is not restricted by the wire 3.

A permanent magnet 31 as a first magnet is provided at the lower end of the pendulum 30. The permanent magnet 31 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and is provided on the pendulum 30 so that either the N pole or the S pole faces the front.
A swing shaft 32 of the pendulum 30 is provided at an intermediate position between the upper end and the lower end of the pendulum 30. The swing shaft 32 is provided so as to penetrate from the front surface side to the back surface side of the pendulum 30. Both ends of the swing shaft 32 are formed in a cylindrical shape.
As shown in FIG. 3, both end portions of the swing shaft 32 are supported by support portions 33 provided on the lower body 22. Here, the support portion 33 is formed of a ring-shaped member made of a thin wire, and is configured such that the swing shaft 32 and the support portion 33 are substantially in point contact. This is to reduce friction when the pendulum 30 swings.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lower body 22 is formed so as to protrude obliquely downward on the body portion 23 formed in a hollow shape so as to spread outward as it goes downward, and in the middle in the vertical direction of the body portion 23. Two arms 24.
The trunk | drum 23 is formed in the shape which can be mounted on planes, such as a desk and a floor. Specifically, the bottom portion of the trunk portion 23 is formed to be a plane orthogonal to the vertical direction of the trunk portion 23. Of course, it is not necessary to form the bottom portion of the trunk portion 23 in a flat shape. It is necessary to make a shape so that the center of gravity does not come out. Thereby, the toy main body 2 can stand on a plane such as a desk or a floor with the upper body 21 serving as the head of the teruteru shaved up.

A coil 34 that functions as an electromagnet (second magnet) when energized is provided on the inner surface side of the lower body 22. The coil 34 is disposed so as to face the swing surface of the pendulum 30 so that its axis extends in a direction perpendicular to the swing surface of the pendulum 30. The coil 34 is wound around the axis. In other words, either the N pole or the S pole faces the front by energization of the coil 34. Therefore, the pendulum 30 can be swung by energizing the coil 34.
The coil 34 is provided at a position deviated in the swinging direction of the pendulum 30 from the permanent magnet 31 at the neutral position (hanging position) of the pendulum 30. Here, the reason why the position of the coil 34 is biased is to apply an initial swinging force to the pendulum 30 by energizing the coil 34.

Above the coil 34 in the body portion 23 of the lower body 22, the coil 34 is driven as an electromagnet at a predetermined timing, and the pendulum 30 is swung by making the permanent magnet 31 contact and separate by the magnetic force action generated from the coil 34. A flip-flop circuit 40 is provided as drive control means for performing energization control. The flip-flop circuit 40 is a circuit in which two states are alternately changed by a signal to be applied. Both ends of the coil 34 constituting the electromagnet when energized are connected to the flip-flop circuit 40, and the coil 34 is excited by application of a voltage pulse from the flip-flop circuit 40. A voltage pulse is alternately applied to both ends of the coil 34 from the flip-flop circuit 40. As a result, a portion of the coil 34 facing the permanent magnet 31 becomes an N pole or an S pole. By switching the polarity, the permanent magnet 31 can be pulled and separated, and the pendulum 30 can be swung.
The flip-flop circuit 40 uses a solar battery 41 as a power source. The solar cell 41 stores electric power converted from light energy. As shown in FIG. 4, this light energy can be received from a solar panel 42 provided so as to be exposed from a window portion 23 w formed on the back side of the body portion 23.

As shown in FIG. 5, above the flip-flop circuit 40 on the inner side of the body portion 23, a position for engaging the detachable piece 50 provided at one end of the wire 3 to hold the detachable piece 50, and the detachable piece 50. An attachment / detachment operation member 51 is provided that is movable between a position where the holding of the position is released.
The attachment / detachment operation member 51 is provided such that its longitudinal direction is along the vertical direction of the body portion 23. The attachment / detachment operation member 51 includes a shaft portion 52 that protrudes in the width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction. The shaft portion 52 protrudes outward in the width direction from both side edges in the width direction of the attachment / detachment operation member 51, and is rotatably supported by two bearing portions 23 a formed on the body portion 23. A hole 53 a through which the swing shaft 32 of the pendulum 30 is inserted is formed in the tongue 53 below the shaft portion 52 in the detachable operation member 51. The hole 53 a is formed to face the support portion 33.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, an operation button 55 is provided on the back surface side of the tongue piece 53 of the attachment / detachment operation member 51 for performing the attachment / detachment operation of the attachment / detachment piece 50 with respect to the toy body 2.
On the surface side of the upper portion 54 above the shaft portion 52 in the attachment / detachment operation member 51, a projection 56 that fits into a hole 50a formed in the attachment / detachment piece 50 is formed.
As shown in FIG. 6, a spring that biases the upper part 54 of the attaching / detaching operation member 51 from the back surface side to the front surface side at a position corresponding to the back surface side of the protrusion 56 on the back surface side of the upper part 54 of the attaching / detaching operation member 51. 57 abuts. The spring 57 is accommodated in a recess 23 b formed on the inner surface side of the body portion 23.

Here, as shown in FIG. 6A, when the spring 57 has a natural length, the protrusion 56 fits into the hole 50 a formed in the detachable piece 50 to hold the detachable piece 50. At this time, the operation button 55 of the tongue piece 53 is in a position protruding to the outside from the back surface of the body portion 23, and the operation button 55 can be pushed toward the inside of the body portion 23.
Then, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the operation button 55 is pushed into the body portion 23, the attachment / detachment operation member 51 rotates around the shaft portion 52. Therefore, the tongue piece 53 moves toward the front side of the toy main body 2, and the upper part 54 moves toward the back side of the toy main body 2. As a result, the protrusion 56 is retracted from the hole 50 a of the detachable piece 50, and the detachable piece 50 can be detached from the lower body 22.
Therefore, the fitting between the detachable piece 50 and the toy body 2 can be released only when the operation button 55 is pressed.
A cover 58 (see FIG. 2) is provided on the front side of the attachment / detachment operation member 51 (the side where the projection 56 is provided) in a state where a space for inserting the attachment / detachment operation member 51 is secured. The cover 58 is fixed to the trunk portion 23 with screws or the like.

3. Wire As shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 7, the wire 3 is made of a wire that does not twist. One end of the wire 3 is connected to the toy body 2 and the other end is fixed to a wall surface such as a window.
The wire 3 is formed from, for example, a metal wire. Of course, the wire 3 is not limited to metal, and may be formed of plastic or the like.
At one end of the wire 3, a detachable piece 50 that is detachably connected to the lower body 22 is provided. As shown in FIG. 7, the detachable piece 50 is formed in a plate shape, and a hole 50 a through which the protrusion 56 of the detachable operation member 51 is fitted is formed on the front surface thereof. Thus, since the detachable piece 50 has a simple shape in which the hole 50a is formed in the plate material, the protrusion 56 can be fitted on either the front surface side or the back surface side.
Thereby, the direction of the toy main body 2 fitted according to which projection 56 is fitted from which surface of the detachable piece 50 can be changed to two directions rotated by 180 °. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the face of the toy main body 2 is desired to be directed indoors, a projection 56 may be fitted into the hole 50 a from the back side of the detachable piece 50. Conversely, as shown in FIG. 8B, when the face of the toy main body 2 is desired to face the outdoor side, the protrusion 56 may be fitted into the hole 50 a from the surface side of the detachable piece 50.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the other end of the wire 3 is provided with a suction plate 59 as a fixing means that can be fixed to a wall surface such as a window.
On the back side of the suction board 59, an attachment portion 59a is formed which is fitted into the hole 60a of the fixed part 60 in which the other end of the wire 3 is embedded and fixed. The suction disk 59 can be connected simply by inserting the attachment portion 59a into the hole 60a of the fixed part 60 and sliding. On the contrary, when the suction plate 59 is removed from the fixed part 60, the attachment portion 59a may be slid in the direction opposite to the time of fitting.
The fixing means may be a pin that can be pierced on the wall surface, a seal that can be affixed to a window, a rocker made of iron or steel, or a magnet that sticks to a shelf in addition to the suction plate 59. That is, an optimum one may be used according to the state of the flat surface to be attached.

4). Operation of the swing toy When the solar panel 42 receives light, the light energy is converted into electric power and stored in the solar cell 41. With the electric power stored in the solar cell 41, the flip-flop circuit 40 sends a voltage pulse to the coil 34 at a predetermined timing. At this time, the polarity of the end portion of the coil 34 serving as an electromagnet is changed by switching the direction of the current flowing through the coil 34. Utilizing this, the coil 34, which is an electromagnet, pulls the permanent magnet 31 toward and away from it, thereby controlling the direction of the magnetic force acting between the two and swinging the pendulum 30. When the pendulum 30 swings, the upper body 21 fixed to the pendulum 30 also swings together with the pendulum 30, and the head of the doll swings left and right. At this time, the lower body 22 is heavier than the upper body 21, and the lower body 22 merely supports the pendulum 30 so as to be swingable. Therefore, even if the pendulum 30 swings, it cannot swing with the pendulum 30. Absent.
Further, since the upper body 21 swings, contact with the wire 3 becomes a problem. However, since the slit 21a is formed in the upper body 21 along the swinging direction of the pendulum 30, the wire 3 and the upper body 21 does not come into contact with the swinging.
In addition, since the wire 3 is detachably attached to the lower body 22, the toy main body 2 can swing only the upper body 21 in a state where the toy body 2 is attached to a wall surface such as a window via a suction plate 59. it can.

5. Others The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the magnet provided in the pendulum 30 may be an electromagnet, and the magnet provided in the body portion 23 may be a permanent magnet.
In addition, the upper body 21 and the pendulum 30 are configured by separate members, and the pendulum 30 is fixed to the upper body 21. However, the upper body 21 and the pendulum 30 are integrally formed and swinged to the lower body 22. It may be supported freely.
In addition, various design changes can be made without losing the essential part of the invention.

It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of a rocking toy. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure of a rocking toy. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure of a rocking toy. The perspective view which looked at the rocking toy from the back side. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure of a rocking toy. It is the schematic diagram seen from the side which shows the attachment or detachment mechanism of a detachable piece and a toy main body, (a) is a figure which shows the state which attached the detachable piece to the toy main body, (b) is the state which removed the detachable piece from the toy main body. FIG. It is a perspective view of a detachable piece. It is explanation at the time of changing the direction of the toy body, (a) is a side view when the face of the toy body is directed indoors, (b) is a side view when the face of the toy body is directed outdoors. is there. It is a figure explaining insertion of a suction disk and a fixed part.

Explanation of symbols

1 Oscillating toy 2 Toy body 3 Wire (hanging means)
21 Upper body 21a Slit 22 Lower body 30 Pendulum 31 Permanent magnet (first magnet)
34 Coil (electromagnet, second magnet)
40 Flip-flop circuit (drive control means)
41 Solar cell (power supply)
50 Detachable piece 59 Suction board (fixing means)

Claims (7)

In a swinging toy having a toy body configured such that the upper body is swingable with respect to the lower body,
A pendulum supported by the lower body and swinging with the upper body;
A first magnet provided on the pendulum;
A second magnet provided in the lower body;
Detachably connected to the lower body, and suspending means for suspending the toy body,
At the top of the upper body, the hanging means is inserted, and a slit extending along the swinging direction of the pendulum is formed,
One of the first magnet and the second magnet is composed of an electromagnet,
A power source for energizing a current necessary for driving the electromagnet;
Drive control means for driving the electromagnet at a predetermined timing to swing the pendulum by a magnetic action;
A swinging toy characterized in that it is provided.   The swinging toy according to claim 1, wherein a detachable piece that is detachably connected to the lower body is provided at one end of the suspension means.   The swing toy according to claim 2, wherein a fixing means that can be fixed to a wall surface is provided at the other end of the suspension means.   The rocking toy according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the power source is a solar battery. The toy body is formed in a human shape,
The swing toy according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the upper body is a head and the lower body is a part other than the head. The hanging means is composed of a wire that does not twist,
The swinging toy according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the detachable piece is configured to be detachable from the lower body on the front surface side and the back surface side.   The swing toy according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the toy body can stand on a plane such as a desk or a floor.

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