JP2577662Y2 - Piggy bank - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a piggy bank in which part or all of a design body arranged on the outer surface of a piggy bank can be moved in conjunction with an operation of storing a coin, and in particular, a coin bank. The present invention relates to a savings box that allows various designs to be easily changed by exchanging a coin storage case.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, piggy banks having various shapes and structures have been proposed and put into practical use.
There is no known one that moves part or all of a design provided in a savings box in conjunction with an operation of inserting a coin.

[0003] Therefore, the present inventor has previously proposed a piggy bank in which part or all of the design provided in the piggy bank can be moved in conjunction with the operation of inserting a coin into the piggy bank.

[0004]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is that, in the present invention, an operating part capable of moving a design body in conjunction with an operation of inserting a coin into a savings box is arranged on a lid, and the operating part is closed by the lid. An object of the present invention is to provide a savings box in which various designs can be easily changed by exchanging a coin storage case.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems, a means adopted by the present invention is a cover (1) detachably mounted on the upper surface of a storage case (4) having a space for storing coins. ), A coin insertion slot (2) is formed in the lid (1), and a flat mechanism casing (3) is disposed on the back surface of the lid (1) at a position where the coin insertion slot (2) is not closed. The flywheel (7) is rotatably supported in the mechanism casing (3) in a horizontally rotatable manner, and a pinion (10) is fixed coaxially with the flywheel (7). ), A working plate (12) having a rack (11) meshing with the coin insertion slot (2) is rotatably supported in a horizontal direction while being resiliently resilient by a spring (13). It is pressed horizontally in the coin to be occluded 且 introduced at least partially coin A coin contact plate (15) that can be retracted from the entrance (2) is integrally provided, and the rotating shaft of the flywheel (8) extends to the upper surface of the lid (1), and the design body ( 16) movable part (16
b) and the pinion (10) and the rack (11)
Is in a non-meshing state when no coin is inserted,
When the operating plate operates, the engagement starts when the operating plate
After returning by the spring (13), return to the non-meshing state again.
And brought by pinion and rack meshing
Characterized in that so as to movable moving part of the design body (16b) by the inertial rotary motion of the flywheel (7) to be.

[0006]

[Operation] By changing the coin storage case for storing coins with respect to the lid, the design of the piggy bank can be freely changed. When a coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot, an operating plate adjacent to the insertion slot and closing at least a part of the insertion slot is operated by the inserted coin, and the spring is accumulated. When the coin passes through the operation plate, the operation force on the operation plate is released, and the operation plate is quickly returned by the repulsive force of the spring. Due to the rapid return of the operation plate, a pinion that meshes with a rack provided on the operation plate is rotated, and a flywheel coaxial with the pinion is driven to rotate by inertia. For this reason, the design body connected to the axis of the flywheel that rotates by inertia is moved.

[0007]

[Effect of the invention] According to the invention, a coin is inserted.
Sometimes the design body starts to work in conjunction with the coin insertion.
It is possible to move the design body for a certain time after entering
Since it is made up of a lid with an operating mechanism, it is possible to obtain a piggy bank of various designs and sizes simply by replacing the coin storage case without changing the shape and dimensions of the lid, the design body provided on the outer surface of the piggy bank in conjunction with the time of insertion of the coin can be movable,
It is possible to provide an interesting form of piggy bank with movement.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawing, (1) is a lid, which is formed in a rectangular box shape in the illustrated embodiment, but the shape is not particularly limited. A slit-shaped coin insertion slot (2) is formed on the top surface of the lid (1), and a mechanism casing (3) is inserted on the back surface, and is detachably attached to a coin storage case (4) having an open top surface. And a coin storage box is configured by combining the lid and the coin storage case. The coin (5) inserted from the coin storage slot (2) enters the storage space (6) in the coin storage case (4).

A flywheel (7) is rotatably supported substantially in the center of the mechanism casing (3), and a pinion (8) is axially mounted coaxially with the flywheel (7). The rotation axis of the wheel (7) is the lid (1)
The cam plate (9) extends to the outside through the shaft and is axially mounted.
A cam pin (10) is erected on the cam plate (9) at a position eccentric from the center thereof.

An operating plate (12) having a rack (11) at its tip is rotatably supported by the mechanism casing (3), and the rack (11) at the tip of the operating plate (12) is attached to the pinion (11). 8). The operating plate (12) is constantly urged in the direction of closing the coin insertion slot (2) by receiving the resilient force of a spring (13) stretched on its shaft (14), A coin contact plate (15) for closing at least a part of the insertion slot (2) is provided integrally.

A design body (16) is provided on the upper surface of the lid (1). The design body (16) is composed of a fixed design part (16a) fixed to the lid (1) and a movable design part (16b) movable with respect to the fixed design part (16a). 16b) is pivotally supported by a shaft pin (17) erected on the fixed design part (16a), and the cam pin
(10) has a long hole (18) to be engaged, and when the cam pin (10) engaged in the long hole (18) rotates eccentrically by the rotation of the flywheel (7), it swings with the rotation. I do.

The operation will be described with reference to FIGS. When the coin (5) is inserted into the coin insertion slot (2), a part of the coin insertion slot (2) is closed and the coin contact plate (1) is positioned.
The coin (5) is turned around the shaft (14) by the coin (5), and the operating plate (12) integral therewith is turned while accumulating the spring (13). The rotation of the operation plate (12) causes the rack (11) and the pinion (8) to engage and rotate. This rotation causes the flywheel (7) to rotate, and the cam pin (10) slightly swings the movable design part (16b).

The coin (5) passes through the coin insertion slot (2),
When the operation of the coin contact plate (15) is released, the operation plate (12) is rapidly rotated and returned by the elastic force of the spring (13). Operating plate (12)
The pinion meshes with the rack (11) due to the rapid rotation of the
(8) is rotated, and a large rotational force is applied to the coaxial flywheel (7).

When the operating plate (12) returns to its original position, the rack
(11) is disengaged from the pinion (8) and the flywheel
In (7), the rotation is maintained by the inertial force. Flywheel
Due to the continuous rotation of (7), the swing of the movable design portion (16b) engaged with the cam pin (10) and the elongated hole (18) is continued.

The coin storage case (4) for storing coins into which the cover (1) is removably inserted may be of any shape and size, and can be replaced by replacing the coin storage case (4). The shape, design and size of the savings box can be arbitrarily changed, and various savings boxes can be obtained with a single lid. For the coin storage case (4), for example, empty cans can be reused.

Further, in the illustrated embodiment, a part of the design body (16) is movable. However, the entire design body (16) may be movable, and the movable design part is not limited to the swing caused by the engagement between the cam pin and the elongated hole. It goes without saying that it is also possible to make it movable simply by rotating.

[Brief description of the drawings]

 FIG. 1 is an external perspective view. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of an exploded design body. FIG. 3 is a perspective view. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view. Fig. 7 Diagram showing the relationship between the operating mechanism and the movable design unit Fig. 8 Diagram showing the operation Fig. 9 Diagram showing the operation Fig. 10 Diagram showing the operation of the movable design unit

[Explanation of symbols]

(1) Lid (2) Coin slot (3) Mechanism casing (4) Coin storage case (5) Coin (6) Storage space (7) Flywheel (8) Pinion (9) Cam plate (10) Cam pin (11) Rack (12) Operating plate (13) Spring (14) Shaft (15) Coin contact plate (16) Design body (17) Shaft pin (18) Slot (19) Fixing pin

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] A lid (1) detachably mounted on an upper surface of a storage case (4) having a space for storing coins, and a coin insertion slot (2) formed in the lid (1); Lid (1)
A flat mechanism casing (3) is disposed at a position on the back side of the coin not to close the coin insertion slot (2), and a flywheel (7) is horizontally rotatable in the mechanism casing (3). A pinion (10) is fixed coaxially with the flywheel (7), and an operating plate (12) having a rack (11) meshing with the pinion (10) is attached to a spring (13).
Rotatably journaled in a horizontal direction while emitting the bullet in, at least a portion is pressed horizontally in the occluded coins are 且 inserts coins inserted in the coin insertion opening (2) in said operating plate (12) A coin contact plate (15) that can be retracted from the mouth (2) is integrally provided, and the rotating shaft of the flywheel (8) extends to the upper surface of the lid (1), and the design body ( movable portion 16) and (16b) connected, said pinion
(10) and rack (11) are not bitten when no coin is inserted.
When the operating plate is activated in conjunction with coin insertion
The meshing started immediately and the operating plate was returned by the spring (13).
After that, it returns to the non-meshing state again, and the pinion and
The inertia rotation of the flywheel (7) caused by the meshing of the rack causes the movable part (16) of the design body to move.
A money box wherein b) is movable.