JP2551919Y2 - Flowering equipment for artificial flowers - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an artificial flowering apparatus which performs flowering within a short time and, if necessary, reverses the operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional artificial flower is made of paper, plastic, or the like, and has an inner petal and an outer petal. However, since the whole is stationary, there is a problem that even if it can decorate the surroundings, it lacks dynamic fun. Accordingly, as described in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 58-48718, an artificial flower has been proposed in which a leaf spring is provided below the petals and the inner flower core is lowered to open the leaf spring and open the petals. I have. Also, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 52-545
No. 72 also proposes an artificial flower using a bimetal with a lamp provided in the center.

[0003]

However, in the artificial flower described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 58-48718, the petals are usually withered by a leaf spring, and the flower core is pulled down from below by a piano wire, thereby causing the flower to bloom. However, it must be kept down during flowering. In addition, when closing the petals, the piano wire is loosened and the elastic state of the leaf spring is returned to its original state, so if the leaf spring is weakened by use or the piano wire is elongated, the operation is not performed. Be inaccurate. And since the base part of the petal is pressed and bent with the bowl-shaped flower core, the opening angle of the petal is relatively small, and when trying to increase the opening angle of the petal, a large bending stress is applied to the leaf spring, Special ingenuity is required. On the other hand, the artificial flower using the bimetal disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 52-54572 is slow in operation, has a small bending displacement due to the bimetal, and furthermore, in order to keep the flowered state, the heater must be heated. Need to be kept. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an artificial flowering device that can perform flowering and reverse operations in a short time, and has a reliable operation.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a flowering apparatus for artificial flowers according to the present invention, comprising: a stem comprising a pipe; an inner calyx attached to an upper end of the stem in an upwardly open state; A rod whose upper end moves up and down in the inner calyx by a driving source provided below and a base end is connected to the upper end of the rod, and the base portion has a petal length direction. A plurality of wide inner petals in which an elongated cut in the orthogonal direction is formed inward in the radial direction, and a base end portion is connected to the upper end portion of the rod, and a part or the whole of the inner petals is connected to the inner petal. A plurality of outer petals overlapping and moving along with the inner movement, and disposed along the outer side of the inner calyx, one end connected to the upper end of the stem, and the other end connecting the respective petals to the inner petals. While penetrating at the outer peripheral position of the calyx, inside the petal And a plurality of string-like support member which is fixed by the stop plate multiplied. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the artificial flowering device according to the first aspect, wherein a lamp is provided at a tip portion of the rod. A flowering device for artificial flowers according to claim 3 is the flowering device for artificial flowers according to claim 2, wherein the driving source has an electric motor and a crank mechanism, and the lighting of the electric motor and the lamp is remotely controlled by a remote controller. It is configured. Further, the artificial flowering device according to the fourth aspect is the second aspect.
Alternatively, in the flowering device for artificial flowers according to claim 3, the petals are constituted by an inner colored petal and an outer colorless petal.
Here, the rod includes a pipe-like material, and the colorless petals refer to achromatic petals including white.

[0005]

The artificial flowering apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an inner calyx is provided at an upper end of the stem made of a pipe in an upwardly open state, and a rod is provided which moves up and down in the stem by a driving source. At the upper end of the rod that moves up and down in the inner calyx, the base ends of a plurality of inner and outer petals are attached, and each of the petals is further connected to the upper end of the stem by a string-shaped support member. ing. Therefore, when the rod is lowered, each petal deflates along the inner calyx of the upper opening, and when the rod is raised, the base end of each petal is raised, At the outer position, the petals are opened by being supported by the string-shaped support member so as to be tiltable, with the substantially outer position of the inner calyx as a fulcrum. In particular, in the artificial flowering device according to the second aspect, since the lamp is provided at the tip of the rod, illumination can be performed from the center of the flower. In the artificial flower flowering device according to the third aspect, by operating the electric motor of the drive source with the remote controller, the reverse operation of flowering of the artificial flower can be performed with the remote controller. In the flowering device for artificial flowers according to claim 4, since the inside is a colored petal, the outside is a colorless petal, and a lamp is provided inside, the light is turned on through the colored petal inside with the lighting of the lamp. The colorless petals on the outside change color with the lighting of the lamp.

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention; As shown in FIG. 1, an artificial flowering device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on a base 12 on which an electric motor 11 and a control device are disposed, and on an upper portion of the base 12. It has a stem-shaped pipe 13 and a flower main body 14 provided at the upper end of the pipe 13.

The flower body 14 is made of a plastic calyx 1
5, a hemispherical inner calyx 16, and a plurality of inner petals 18, the proximal end of which is disposed in the inner calyx 16, and which is fixed around the upper end of a vertically moving rod 17 in the pipe 13. It has outer petals 19 and 20 arranged outside thereof. The petal 18 has a radially inwardly elongated cut 21 formed in a direction perpendicular to the petal so that it can be easily bent without resistance at that portion, and the petal 18 is made of a pink colored petal. .

On the other hand, the petals 1 arranged outside the petals 18
Reference numeral 9 denotes a translucent white petal which is an example of four colorless petals, and the outermost eight petals 20 arranged outside the petal 19 are also constituted by white petals.
Then, as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG.
The base ends of 8, 19, and 20 are all fixed to the tip of the rod 17, and a socket 22 is further attached to the tip of the rod 17, and the socket 22 is provided with a lamp 23. A cord for supplying power to the lamp 23 is wired inside the rod 17 (preferably formed of a pipe). In addition, a light emitting diode may be used in place of the lamp. In this case, it is preferable to arrange a large number of light emitting diodes.

Around the inner calyx 16, there are provided four cords 24 as an example of a supporting member, one end of which is fixed to the upper end of the pipe 13, and the other end is located at the outer peripheral portion of the inner calyx 16. It penetrates the petals 20 and 18 and is fixed by a plastic retaining plate 25 provided inside the petals 18. Therefore, when the rod 17 is moved up and down, the petals 18 to 20 are rotated about the substantially outer peripheral position of the inner calyx 16 and the petals 18 to 20 are opened and closed.

The rod 17 is disposed so as to be able to move up and down inside the pipe 13. One end of a crank arm 26 is connected to a lower portion of the rod 17 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. I have. The other end of the crank arm 26 is rotatably mounted on a long plate 29 fixed to a large gear 28 rotatably mounted on a support plate 27.
At the lower end of 9, a limit switch 30 is attached.

A small gear 31 attached to an output shaft of the electric motor 11 meshes with the gear 28, and the lower end of the crank arm 26 rotates by the rotation of the electric motor 11, so that the rod 17 moves up and down. It has become.

The electric circuit of the artificial flowering device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 8. The artificial flowering device 10 includes a receiver 3 having a light receiving element disposed in a base 12.
2 and a control device 33 that operates in response to a signal from the receiver 32
And the electric motor 11 connected to the control device 33
A lamp 36 connected to the control device 33 and a lamp 36 disposed in the flower main body 35; the limit switch 30; a power supply circuit (not shown) serving as a power source for the limit switch 30; And a remote controller 37 for sending

Accordingly, when operating the artificial flowering device 10, it is assumed that the flower main body 14 is closed as shown in FIG. Then, when a signal is sent to the control device 33, the lamps 23 and 36 are turned on and the electric motor 11 rotates. As a result, the large gear 28 rotates and the crank arm 26 rises, so that the rod 17 is gradually lowered from the state in which the rod 17 is lowered and the flower body 14 is budded as shown in FIG. The petals 18-20 open. When the crank arm 26 is at the highest position, the other end of the long plate 29 activates the limit switch 30 to stop the electric motor 11.

As a result, the petals 18 to 20 are opened and the lamps 23 and 36 are kept lit, but when the switch of the remote controller 37 is pressed again, the electric motor 11 is further rotated to lower the crank arm 26, The flower body 14 will bud as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. Then, with one end of the long plate 29 operating the limit switch 30 again, the electric motor 11 stops and the lamp 2
3 and 36 are turned off.

In the above embodiment, the lamps 23, 36
Is controlled simply by turning on and off, but it is also possible to sequentially control the brightness so as to gradually increase or decrease when the light is turned on and off.

[0016]

In the flowering apparatus for artificial flowers according to any one of claims 1 to 4, an inner calyx is provided at an upper end of a stem made of a pipe in an upwardly open state, and a rod is provided which moves up and down in the stem. Since the base end of the petals is attached to the upper end of the petal, when the rod is moved up and down, the base end of the petal moves up and down,
This opens and closes the petals. In this case, a narrow cut is provided at the base of the inner wide petal in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the petals, so that wrinkles and the like occur inside the wide petals. Bend smoothly without any. And
The petal is held by a string-shaped support member fixed at the inside of the petal by a latch plate with one end connected to the upper end of the stem and the other end penetrating the outer peripheral position of the inner calyx of the petal. Therefore, the petals are rotated around the insertion portion of the support member, that is, the substantially outer peripheral portion of the inner calyx, so that the petals can be smoothly and reliably opened and closed. Then, even when the vertical movement of the rod is stopped, the rod can be kept as it is, so that it is not necessary to constantly apply heat or apply tension. In particular, in the artificial flower opening device according to the second aspect, since the lamp is further provided, it is possible to illuminate the flower from the center of the flower by turning on the lamp. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the lighting of the lamp and the activation of the electric motor are controlled by a remote controller, so that the artificial flowering device can be operated from a remote position. In the artificial flower opening device according to the fourth aspect, since the inner petals are colored petals and the outer petals are colorless petals, the color can be changed by turning on the internal lamp. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an apparatus for flowering artificial flowers according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrows AA in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of the flowering device for artificial flowers.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of the artificial flowering device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a main part of the flowering device for artificial flowers.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a flowering device for artificial flowers.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a flowering device for artificial flowers.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electric circuit of the artificial flowering device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 flowering device for artificial flowers 11 electric motor 12 base 13 pipe 14 flower body 15 outer calyx 16 inner calyx 17 rod 18 petal 19 petal 20 petal 21 groove 22 socket 24 string 25 latch plate 26 crank arm 27 support plate 28 large gear 29 Long plate 30 Limit switch 31 Small gear 32 Receiver 33 Control device 35 Flower body 36 Lamp 37 Remote control

Claims (4)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A stem formed of a pipe, an inner calyx attached to an upper end of the stem in an upwardly open state, and an upper end of the inner calyx is arranged in the stem by a driving source provided below. A rod that moves up and down inside, a base end portion connected to an upper end portion of the rod, and a plurality of wide cutouts formed at the base portion with a radially inwardly elongated notch in a direction perpendicular to the petal length direction. An inner petal, a base end of which is connected to an upper end of the rod;
A plurality of outer petals that partially or entirely overlap with the inner petals and are moved along with the inner movement; arranged along the outer side of the inner calyx; one end is connected to an upper end of the stem; A plurality of string-shaped support members fixed by a retaining plate inside the petal, with the other end penetrating the petals at the outer peripheral position of the inner calyx, Flowering equipment. 2. The artificial flowering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a lamp is provided at a tip of the rod. 3. The flowering apparatus for artificial flowers according to claim 2, wherein the drive source has an electric motor and a crank mechanism, and lighting of the electric motor and the lamp is remotely controlled by a remote controller. 4. The flowering device for artificial flowers according to claim 2, wherein the petals comprise an inner colored petal and an outer colorless petal.