JP2543570Y2 - Animal toys - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to animal toys.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, animal toys that only perform a walking operation, those that only perform a squealing operation, those that perform a walking operation and a squealing operation, those that perform a squealing operation and a part of the face operation together It has been known.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, since these animal toys perform only a part of the movement of the actual animal, they have been unsatisfactory, as a figurine anyway.

[0004] For example, in animal toys such as dogs, various actions such as moving the head and mouth when singing, as well as walking and stopping, are performed singly or in combination. The addition of these actions to the appearance is the individuality of the animal, and the conventional animal toy could not adequately express the individuality of the animal.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an animal toy which embodies the individuality of an animal as compared with the related art.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an animal toy which mimics the shape of an actual quadruped, in which at least a part of a leg and a head are operable. A motor, an IC that outputs a pseudo audio signal for generating an adult voice of the animal, a speaker that outputs audio corresponding to the pseudo audio signal from the IC, and a power of the motor to the legs. A power transmission mechanism for transmitting and walking and transmitting the power to at least a part of the head to operate at least a part of the head; and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting power to the legs by the power transmission mechanism. A power transmission cutoff mechanism that temporarily shuts off power transmission, and a switch control mechanism that is operated by the power of the motor and opens and closes a switch incorporated in a circuit for audio output, wherein the power transmission mechanism includes: Each other And double gear comprising a first gear and a second gear number of teeth differs annexed to the same axis, the first
A third gear that can mesh with the gear and the second gear at the same time and that transmits power from the motor to the first gear and the second gear, and transmits the power from the first gear to the legs. And transmitting the power from the second gear to at least a portion of the head,
Further, the power transmission cutoff mechanism is configured to control the first gear relative to the second gear in accordance with a change in a positional relationship between the first gear and the second gear accompanying rotation of the first gear and the second gear. And a cam for temporarily stopping power transmission from the first gear by moving the shaft in the axial direction of the shaft.

[0007] The animal toy according to the second aspect is the first aspect of the invention.
The animal toy according to the above, wherein the switch is opened when power is transmitted to the leg by the power transmission mechanism, and is closed when it is shut off. .

[0008]

According to the above-described means, the animal toy performs a walking operation or a head operation by the power transmission mechanism. In addition, the animal toy stops the walking operation by the power transmission cutoff mechanism. Furthermore, the animal toy sounds and stops squealing by the function of the switch control mechanism. Therefore, if the timing between these operations is appropriately controlled, the individuality of the animal can be expressed more in comparison with the conventional art. Further, according to the animal toy of the second aspect, an animal toy that squeals when walking is stopped but does not squeak during walking can be realized.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the animal toy according to the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an animal toy according to an embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates the whole animal toy. The animal toy 1 is made to resemble an elephant, and is roughly divided into a body 2, legs 3 and a head 4. The animal toy 1 is configured to perform a walking operation by rotating the tail 2a, stop at a place where the walking operation is slightly performed, and bark about three times there. Thereafter, the operation is repeated. When barking, the head 4 moves up and down, and accordingly, the nose 41 moves up and down with respect to the head 4 and the ears 44 move back and forth. In this embodiment, the barking voice of the animal toy 1 is a voice close to a real adult elephant.

Next, the structure of the animal toy 1 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 2, the outer shell of the body 2 is composed of an upper body frame 2b and a lower body frame 2c. A mechanism box 5 is provided in a space surrounded by the upper body 2b and the lower body 2c, and a battery (not shown) is provided in a battery box (not shown) attached to the bottom of the mechanism box 5. Can be installed. The lid of this battery box forms a part of the lower belly of the elephant when closed.

As shown in FIG. 3, a motor 6 operated by the battery is incorporated in the mechanism box 5. The motor 6 is incorporated in the mechanism box 5 with the motor shaft 6a protruding forward. A worm 7 is attached to the motor shaft 6a, and the worm 7 meshes with a gear 9 attached to the shaft 8 extending in the lateral direction so as to be idle and movable in the axial direction. The shaft 8 is also mounted a gear 10 is fixed, the gear 10 is configured to be integrally rotated with the gear 9 through the clutch 13. That is, radial teeth (not shown) are formed on the opposing surfaces of the gear 9 and the gear 10, respectively, and the washer 11 and the gear 9 fixed to the shaft 8 are respectively provided.
By the action of the spring 12 interposed between the radial teeth, the radial teeth are in mesh with each other. The clutch 13 configured as described above always rotates the gears 9 and 10 integrally and serves to transmit the motor power to the leg 3 side. When the user presses the leg 4, the radial teeth are disengaged from each other and work to prevent the worm 7 and the motor 6 from being damaged.

The gear 10 simultaneously meshes with gears 15, 16 mounted on a shaft 14 extending parallel to the shaft 8. The gears 15 and 16 are configured to have slightly different numbers of teeth, and are attached to the shaft 14 independently so as to be able to idle and move in the axial direction. A cam mechanism 17 is provided between the gears 15 and 16 as shown in FIG. That is, the side surface of the gear 15 is provided with an arc-shaped protrusion (slave) 17a extending in an arc shape as shown in FIG. 5, while the side surface of the gear 16 is provided with an arc-shaped protrusion as shown in FIG. A guide hole (cam) 17b, into which 17a can be fitted, is provided. Then, Yamagata projections 17a is, the field will be described later
By the action of the spring 22 , it is urged toward the side fitted in the guide hole 17b. Therefore, when the gears 15 and 16 are rotated with the rotation of the gear 10, the guide holes 17b are gradually increased.
The positional relationship between the angle projection 17a and the angle projection 17a changes.
a fits into the guide hole 17b or comes off the guide hole 17b. By this operation, the gear 15 becomes the gear 1
6 will come into contact with or separate from it.

The shaft 14 has a double gear 18, a gear 19
And a cam 20 are attached. The double gear 18 is composed of large and small gears 18a and 18b.
4 is attached so as to be able to idle and move in the axial direction. The double gear 18 is engaged with the gear 15 so as to be able to rotate integrally with the gear 15. The gear 19 is fixed to the shaft 14 and has an eccentric cam 21 on its side.
(See FIG. 7). A spring 22 is interposed between the gear 19 and the double gear 18, whereby
The double gear 18 and the gear 15 are engaged. The cam 20 has one projection 20a formed on the peripheral surface of the small cylindrical body.

A gear 23, a double gear 25, and a pair of eccentric cams 26, 26 are attached to a shaft 23 extending parallel to the shaft 14. The gear 24 is fixed to the shaft 23. The gear 24 meshes with the gear 18a when the gears 15 and 16 are in contact with each other. Also, 2
The heavy gear 25 is composed of large and small gears 25a and 25b,
It is attached to the shaft 23 so that it can run idle. Here gear 2
5a meshes with the gear 18b when the gears 15, 16 are separated. On the other hand, the gear 25b is the gear 1
9 always meshes. Also, a pair of eccentric cams 26, 2
Numeral 6 is fixedly attached to the shaft 23 so that the right and left phases differ by 180 °. The pair of eccentric cams 26, 26
Thus, the leg 3 is driven.

Referring to the leg 3, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the leg 3 is constituted by a front leg 30 and a rear leg 31. In each of the front legs 30, a hole 30a provided in the upper end portion is fitted to the eccentric pin 26a of the eccentric cam 26, and a long hole 30b provided in the center portion is provided in the mechanism box
It is fitted on a shaft 50 attached to the side. Therefore, the front leg 30 swings in a predetermined range with the rotation of the eccentric cam 26. A pin 30c is provided below the elongated hole 30b of the front leg 30. On the other hand, the rear leg 31 has a hole 31 a provided on the inner side in the center portion fitted on a shaft 51 provided on the side of the mechanism box 5. And pin 3 of the front leg 30
A link 32 is stretched between Oc and the pin 31b at the upper end of the rear leg 31. Therefore, when the front leg 30 moves, the rear leg 31 also moves through the link 32, and the animal toy 1 walks.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mechanism box 5 has a printed circuit board 60 on which an IC (not shown) for generating a pseudo voice signal is mounted next to the mechanism box 5.
Is mounted on the mechanism box 5, and a speaker 61 that outputs a crying sound corresponding to the pseudo sound signal from the IC is provided.
Is attached. Further, a power switch S1 is incorporated in the mechanism box 5, and the power switch S1 is
Is engaged with a "U" -shaped engaging portion 2d inside the tail 2a shown in FIG. 3 so that the power switch S1 can be opened and closed by swinging the tail 2a around the portion A. Has become. The motor 6 operates by closing the power switch S1. Further, a leaf switch 33 is incorporated in the mechanism box 5. This leaf switch 33 is for operating the IC, and its contact piece 3
The contact piece 33b of 3a, 33b is in contact with the projection 20a of the cam 20. Then, when the contact pieces 33a and 33b come into contact with each other as the cam 20 rotates, the IC operates, a pseudo sound signal is output, and a squeal is output from the speaker 61.

As shown in FIG. 8, the head 4 includes a surface plate 40 provided with eyes, fangs, and the like. It is mounted so that it can swing. That is, the shaft 42 of the nose 41 is fitted into the recess 43 a of the back plate 43, and the surface plate 40 and the back plate 43
It is sandwiched between. Claw 41a at the rear end of nose 41
Penetrates through the opening 43b of the back plate 43 and engages with the receiving port 2e of the lower body frame 2c from below. Further, the ear part 44 is attached to the front surface plate 40 so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction about the shaft 44b. That is, the shaft 44b of each ear 44 is seated in the step 43c of the back plate 43, and is sandwiched between the front plate 40 and the back plate 43 in this state. A shaft 45a is provided between the surface plate 40 and the protrusion 44a of each ear 44.
A swing member 45 that can swing around the center is disposed. Then, the contact portions 45b, 45b of the two wings of the swing member 45
Can be brought into contact with the protruding piece 44a at the inner end of each ear 44. A shaft 43d is provided on the upper surface of the back surface of the back plate 43.
And the supporting portion 5b of the mechanism box 5 abuts from below to be pivotally supported. Furthermore, an elastic piece 46 is provided on the back plate 43. This elastic piece 46
Is bent rearward, and the distal end of the bent portion 46a is in contact with the eccentric cam 21 through the slit 5c of the mechanism box 5. Then, when the eccentric cam 21 is rotated, the bent portion 46a is operated in accordance with the eccentric cam 21, whereby the head 4 moves up and down about the shaft 43d. At this time, since the claw 41a at the rear end of the nose 41 is engaged with the receptacle 2e of the lower trunk frame 2c, the tip of the nose 41 operates at another cycle larger than the head 4 around the shaft 42. I do. Therefore, as a phenomenon, it appears that the nose 41 swings more than the head 4. Also, the ear 44
When the head 4 is raised, the projection 44a of the ear 44 is pushed by the contact portion 45b of the swinging member 45, so that the ear 44 moves forward about the shaft 44b.

Next, the overall operation of the thus constructed animal toy 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG.

When the tail 2a is twisted, the power switch S1 is turned on and the motor 6 operates. When the motor 6 operates, the worm 7, the gears 9, 10, 15, and
Eccentric cams 26, 26 are driven through 18a, 24,
The animal toy 1 will walk (FIG. 9). And
When this walking is performed a little, the double gear 18 is moved in the axial direction of the shaft 14 by the cam mechanism 17, and the gear 18a and the gear 2a are moved.
4 is disengaged, while the gear 18b and the gear 25 are disengaged.
a engages. As a result, the animal toy 1 temporarily stops walking, and this time, the eccentric cam 21 and the cam 20 are driven through the worm 7 and the gears 9, 10, 15, 18b, 25a, 25b, and 19 by the motor power (FIG. 10). , The head 4 operates and a squeal is emitted. After making a squeal, the above operation is repeated.

According to the animal toy 1 configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.

That is, the animal toy 1 performs a walking operation by a power transmission mechanism (a mechanism from the motor 6 to the leg 3), and a power transmission cutoff mechanism (cam mechanism 17).
As a result, the animal toy 1 stops walking,
The action of the switch control mechanism (cam 20) causes the animal toy 1 to sound and the power transmission mechanism (from the motor 6 to the head 3).
), The animal toy 1 performs the movement of the head 4, so that the individuality of the elephant is sufficiently expressed.

Also, in the animal toy 1 of this embodiment, unlike the image from the external appearance (size and facial expression: the size of the toy is usually smaller than the real thing and the expression is cute), the squeal is different from the image. Because it looks like a real adult elephant, the cute appearance and the squeal will be mismatched, and the unexpected feeling of excitement will be brought out.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, an animal toy imitating an elephant has been described.
It is applicable to tigers, crocodiles and other animal toys in general.

According to the present invention, there is provided an animal toy which mimics the shape of an actual quadruped, wherein the leg and at least a part of the head are operable, and a motor and an adult of the animal are provided. IC that outputs a pseudo sound signal for producing sound
And a speaker for outputting a sound corresponding to the pseudo sound signal from the IC, and transmitting the power of the motor to the legs for walking and transmitting the power to at least a part of the head. A power transmission mechanism that operates at least a part of the section, a power transmission cutoff mechanism that temporarily interrupts the power transmission during power transmission to the legs by the power transmission mechanism, and is operated by the power of the motor; A switch control mechanism for opening and closing a switch incorporated in a circuit for audio output, wherein the power transmission mechanism has a double gear comprising a first gear and a second gear provided on the same shaft with different numbers of teeth. A gear, and a third gear that can mesh with the first gear and the second gear at the same time and transmits power from the motor to the first gear and the second gear.
The power from the first gear is transmitted to the legs, and the power from the second gear is transmitted to at least a part of the head.
The first gear is moved in the axial direction of the shaft with respect to the second gear in accordance with a change in a positional relationship between the first gear and the second gear accompanying rotation of the first gear and the second gear. Since it is constituted by a cam for temporarily interrupting the power transmission from the first gear, if only the squeal is opened in the next room or the like, it is as if a real animal is kept. , And for the player, there is an unexpected feeling,
It will be interesting. In addition, the size of the animal toy can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an animal toy according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a body of the animal toy of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a mechanism box provided in a trunk of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of one gear incorporated in the power transmission mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an attached state of gears and the like attached to one shaft of the power transmission mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a side view of one gear incorporated in the power transmission mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the eccentric cam.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the head of the animal toy of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a power transmission mechanism showing a power transmission path of the animal toy.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a power transmission mechanism showing a power transmission path of the animal toy.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 animal toy 3 legs 4 head 6 motor

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. An animal toy that mimics the shape of an actual quadruped, wherein the leg and at least a portion of the head are operable to produce a motor and an adult voice of the animal. An IC for outputting a pseudo audio signal for outputting the audio signal, a speaker for outputting an audio corresponding to the pseudo audio signal from the IC,
A power transmission mechanism for transmitting the power of the motor to the legs for walking and transmitting the power to at least a part of the head to operate at least a part of the head; A power transmission cut-off mechanism for temporarily interrupting the power transmission during transmission of power to the legs, and a switch control mechanism that is operated by the power of the motor and opens and closes a switch incorporated in a circuit for audio output. The power transmission mechanism has a double gear composed of a first gear and a second gear attached to the same shaft with different numbers of teeth, and is capable of simultaneously meshing with the first gear and the second gear. A first gear and a third gear that transmits power from the motor to the second gear, and transmits power from the first gear to the legs, and power from the second gear to the legs. Head At least partially. The power transmission cut-off mechanism is adapted to detect a change in the positional relationship between the first gear and the second gear due to the rotation of the first gear and the second gear. Accordingly, the first gear is moved in the axial direction of the shaft with respect to the second gear, thereby being constituted by a cam for temporarily interrupting the transmission of power from the first gear. Animal toys. 2. The switch is configured to be opened when power is transmitted to the legs by the power transmission mechanism, and closed when the power is transmitted to the legs. The animal toy according to claim 1, characterized in that: