JP2589964B2 - Decorative figurines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a decorative ornament for injecting a crystal forming solution (for example, a saturated solution of urea) to form a crystal model.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, there has been a learning teaching material for producing various shapes of crystal projections and crystal patterns by using the above-mentioned crystallization solution, but a fantastic and beautiful crystal similar to rime. There were no decorative figurines from which the objects could appear.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is a first object of the present invention to use a crystallization solution to produce a fantastic and beautiful crystal structure similar to rime, It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly ornamental ornament in which a child or the like can see and enjoy the generation and enlargement process.

[0004] A second object of the present invention is to provide a decorating type decoration which can freely change the swaying of a stalk attached to a trunk to make a sculpture crystal shaped body according to the viewer's preference. To provide figurines.

[0005]

In order to achieve the first object, a decorative figurine according to a first aspect of the present invention has a tree trunk having an appropriate number of branch mounting portions 7 displaced in a vertical direction and a trunk circumference direction. 5, a base 10 having a trunk mounting portion 13 for erecting and fixing the trunk 5 in an upright state, and a predetermined number having a cup portion 18 having an upper surface opening and being attached to the branch mounting portion 7 of the trunk 5. And a crystallization solution W is provided in the cup portion 18.
Is injected so that a crystal model H similar to rime appears.

In order to achieve the second object, a decorative figurine according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of branch mounting portions 7 that radially protrude the trunk 5 in a trunk direction and a fitting that can be inserted and connected in the axial direction. It is composed of a plurality of trunk pipes 1 to 4 having a joint portion 8, and several types of branch rods 1 having different branch lengths are attached to each branch mounting portion 7 of each trunk pipe.
5A to 15C are selectively assembled and fixed.

It is desirable that there are three types of branch rods: a large branch rod 15A having the longest branch length, a small branch rod 15C having the shortest branch length, and a middle branch rod 15B having an intermediate length. In order to facilitate the formation of crystals on the arm 17 of each of the branch rods 15A to 15C, a shallow groove 16 into which the crystal forming solution W enters is formed on the upper surface of each of the arm sections 17 so that the large branch rod 15A and the middle branch are formed. The branch rod 15B is provided with cup mounting holes 17a, 17b located in the shallow groove 16, and several kinds of solution injection cups C1, C2, C having different sizes are provided in the cup mounting holes.
It is desirable to adopt a configuration in which 3 is selectively inserted and fixed.

The base 10 may be an ornamental base such as a flat plate, as long as the base 5 can be set up and fixed in an upright state. ′ Appear as shown in FIG. 3 to improve the decorative effect around the root of the trunk.
Is desirably constituted by a tray having a concave portion 11 into which a solution can be injected and a platform surface 10 from which a solution crystal can be formed.

[0009]

The crystal forming solution W crystallizes when left in the air and evaporates water, and appears in various forms of crystal projections and crystal patterns. Therefore, this crystal formation solution W is injected into the cup portion 18 of each branch 15 (solution injection cups C1 to C1).
When C3 is attached, the injection is also made into the cups C1 to C3, and when the shallow groove 16 is formed in the upper surface of the arm of the branch rod 15, the injection is also made into the shallow groove 16.) The water of the crystal formation solution W is sequentially evaporated, and various forms of solution crystals H 'are generated.

Since the crystals thus formed change with time and gradually enlarge, children and the like can enjoy the process of producing and enlarging the solution crystals H '. At the final stage of crystallizing, a fantastic and beautiful crystal model H similar to rime appears as shown in FIG.

The trunk 5 is composed of a plurality of trunk pipes 1 to 4 having a plurality of branch mounting portions 7 projecting radially in the trunk direction and a fitting portion 8 which can be inserted and connected in the axial direction. Several types of branch rods 15A having different branch lengths are provided on each branch mounting portion 7 of each main pipe.
In the case of an assembling structure for selectively inserting and fixing ~ 15C, the branch swing of the branch rod 15 attached to the trunk 5 is freely changed to assemble the tree trunk G of the branch swing according to the viewer's preference. Thereby, the crystal shaping body H having the desired branching can be made to appear.

When the base 10 is constituted by a tray having a concave portion 11 into which the crystal forming solution W can be injected and a base surface 12 through which the solution can be crystallized, the base surface 12 has crystal projections, crystal patterns and the like. The solution crystals H ′ appear as shown in FIG.
The decorative effect around the trunk root can be improved.

[0013]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The decorative figurine according to this embodiment is a crystal forming solution W (e.g., a saturated solution of urea obtained by dissolving 20 g of granular urea in about 25 cc of water) which, when left in the air, evaporates water to produce various forms of crystals. And has a trunk 5 configured by inserting and connecting a plurality of, for example, four trunk pipes 1 to 4, and a trunk mounting portion 13 for standingly fixing the trunk 5 in an upright state. A base plate 10, a predetermined number of branch rods 15 having a cup part 18 having an upper surface opening and attached to the branch mounting part 7 of the trunk 5, and three types of solutions of different sizes attached to the branch rods Injection cups C1 to C3 are provided.

The four trunk pipes 1-4 constituting the trunk 5
Is a molded article of the same diameter and the same size molded with synthetic resin,
Each of the trunk pipes has an upper cup portion 6 into which the crystal forming solution W can be injected, and a plurality (three in this embodiment) of branch mounting portions 7 (three in the embodiment) projecting radially around the trunk from the opening edge of the upper cup portion 6. As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, each branch mounting portion has a small hole 7a) and an upper end fitting portion 8 into which the lower end of the connecting trunk can be inserted and connected. It has a shape, and its height is designed to be 40 mm in this embodiment.

Accordingly, when these four trunk pipes 1 to 4 are inserted and connected as shown in FIG. 2, the branch mounting portions 7 are equally spaced in the vertical direction and are displaced in the trunk circumference direction.
Can be configured.

The trunk 5 having such a configuration can also be formed by a method such as fitting and holding a cup component having a branch mounting portion 7 on a single pipe at regular intervals (see FIG. 1). Claim 1 of the present invention assumes such a deformation means and specifies only the essential trunk structure that includes the deformation means.)

The base 10 may be a table or the like, as long as the trunk 5 can be erected and fixed in an upright state as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, but in the case of the present embodiment. In order to make the solution crystals H ′ such as crystal projections and crystal patterns appear on the baseboard surface as shown in FIG. 3 to improve the decorative effect around the root of the trunk,
A concave portion 11 into which the crystal forming solution W can be injected
And an inclined platform surface 12 protruding from inside the recess and capable of crystallizing the solution (the inclined platform surface has a contoured solution inflow groove 1).
2a is provided, and a protruding trunk mounting portion 13 for fitting and erecting the trunk 5 is provided on the inclined top end of the base surface 12 in a shape as shown in FIGS. Consists of trays. This tray is formed by vacuum forming a resin sheet.

The branch rod 15 has an arm portion 17 having a shallow groove 16 formed in the upper surface thereof, a cup portion 18 having an upper surface opening provided at the end of the arm, and a lower end portion of the arm portion 17 at the base end. A synthetic resin molded article having a projecting pin 19 which can be selectively inserted into and engaged with the small hole 7a, wherein four large branch rods 15A having the longest branch length and a middle branch having a middle branch length are provided. A total of 14 rods are provided, including four rods 15B and six small branch rods 15C having the shortest branch length.

In the present embodiment, the long branch rod 15A having the longest branch length is set so that the outer diameter of the cup portion 18 is 18 mm, the depth is 11 mm, and the length of the arm portion 17 is about 31 mm. The middle branch rod 15B has an outer diameter of the cup 18 of 14 mm, a depth of 7 mm, and a length of the arm 17 of 23 mm.
In the small branch rod 15C having the shortest branch length, the outer diameter of the cup portion 18 is set to 12 mm, the depth is set to 6 mm, and the length of the arm portion 17 is set to approximately 12 mm. The large branch rod 15 is provided with two cup mounting holes 17a.
Provided at an interval of about 10 mm, and
6, one cup mounting hole 17b located in the shallow groove 16
Is provided.

The three types of solution injection cups C1 to C3 attached to the large branch rod 15A and the middle branch rod 15B are made of a synthetic resin having a protruding pin 20 selectively inserted and fixed in the cup mounting holes 17a and 17b. A molded product, having two largest solution injection cups C1, four middle solution injection cups C2, and the smallest solution injection cup C
A total of 10 3 (4 3) are attached.

In the case of this embodiment, the solution injection cup C1 having the largest size is set so that the outer diameter of the cup portion is about 18 mm and the depth is about 9 mm. The solution injection cup C, which is set to the outer diameter of the part of which is about 14 mm and the depth is about 9 mm, and has the smallest size.
Reference numeral 3 designates a cup having an outer diameter of about 10 mm and a depth of about 7 mm.

The protruding pins 2 of the cups C1 to C3
0 and the protruding pins 19 of each of the branch rods 15A to 15C are formed to have the same size (diameter and protrusion length), and a desired branch rod, for example, a middle branch rod 15B is provided at the position of the cup mounting holes 17a and 17b. Can be inserted and fixed as shown in FIG.

The decorative figurine having the above-mentioned structure is
A trunk 5 having four trunk pipes 1 to 4 inserted and connected to a trunk mounting portion 13 is erected.
The branch rods 15A to 15C are attached by inserting and engaging the protruding pin 19 and the small hole 7a so as to form a desired branch swing. By inserting and fixing the solution injection cups C1 to C3, a tree base G having a branch and swing as shown in FIG. 1 is assembled.

Then, the solution injection portion (recess 11 of base 10 and solution inflow groove 12 of base 12)
a, In the upper end cup part 6 of the main pipes 1-4, each branch rod 15A-1
The crystal forming solution W is injected into the cup portion 18 and the shallow groove 16 of 5C, the solution injection cups C1 to C3 fixed to the branch rods and the like as shown in FIG. 2 (FIG. 2 is a concave portion of the base 10 to simplify the drawing). 11 and a state in which only the cup portion 18 of the large branch rod 15A is injected), and the water of the crystal forming solution W is sequentially evaporated within several hours to several tens of hours, so that various types of solution crystals are formed. H 'is generated.

The crystals formed in this manner change with time and gradually enlarge, so that the children and others can see and enjoy the process of producing and enlarging the solution crystals H ', and the injected solution W At the final stage of crystallizing, a fantastic and beautiful crystal model H similar to rime appears as shown in FIG.

[0026]

Since the decorative figurine of the present invention has the constitution described in the claims, a fantastic and beautiful crystal resembling rime can be obtained by using the crystal forming solution W. The shaped body H can be made, and the children and the like can enjoy watching the process of solution crystal formation and enlargement.

In particular, in the decorative figurines according to the second and third aspects, a plurality of branch mounting portions 7 which radially protrude the trunk 5 in the trunk direction and a plurality of fitting portions 8 which can be inserted and connected in the axial direction are provided. It is composed of the trunk pipes 1 to 4 and has an assembling structure in which several types of branch rods 15A to 15C having different branch lengths are selectively fed into and fixed to the respective branch mounting portions 7 of the trunk pipes. By freely changing the swing of the branch rod 15 to be worn and assembling the tree base body G with the swing according to the preference of the viewer, a desired crystal model H can appear.

When the base plate 10 is constituted by a tray having a concave portion 11 into which the crystal forming solution W can be injected and a base surface 12 through which the solution crystallization can be performed, as specified in claim 4, In FIG. 12, solution crystals H ′ such as crystal projections and crystal patterns appear as shown in FIG. 3, and the decorative effect around the root of the trunk can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tree trunk showing a decorative ornament according to one embodiment of the present invention in an assembled state before solution crystallization.

FIG. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the tree trunk of FIG. 1 cut along a trunk standing portion.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the decorative ornament in a state of a solution crystal.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are parts diagrams showing one trunk pipe as a constituent member of the trunk pipe, wherein FIG. 4A is a plan view of the trunk pipe, and FIG. Area view.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing three types of solution infusion cups attached to the decorative ornament as (A), (B), and (C).

FIG. 6 is a configuration explanatory view showing three types of branch rods (a large branch rod, a middle branch rod, and a small branch rod) attached to the decorative figurine;
(A) is a plan view of the large branch rod, (B) is a central longitudinal sectional view thereof, (C) is a plan view of the middle branch rod, (D) is a side view thereof, and FIG. (E) is a plan view of the twig, and (F) is a side view thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

W: Crystal forming solution, 1-4: Trunk, 5: Trunk, 6: Trunk top cup, 7: Branch mounting, 7a: Small hole, 8: Trunk top fitting, 10: Base plate, 11 recess of base plate, 12 base plate surface, 13 trunk mounting portion, 15 branch rod, 15A large branch rod, 15B middle branch rod, 15B small branch rod, 16 shallow groove, 1
7 ... arm part, 18 ... cup part, 19 ... projecting pin, C1
~ C3 ... three types of solution injection cups of different sizes, 20
... Projecting pins of the cup, G: Tree backbone, H: Crystal model, H ': Solution crystal.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A trunk having an appropriate number of branch mounting portions displaced in the vertical direction and around the trunk, a base having a trunk mounting portion for erecting and fixing the trunk in an upright state, and A predetermined number of branch rods having a cup portion and attached to the branch mounting portion of the trunk, wherein a crystal forming solution is injected into the cup portion so that a crystal model similar to rime appears. A decorative figurine characterized by having been made into. 2. The trunk comprises a plurality of trunk pipes having a plurality of branch mounting portions projecting radially around the trunk and a fitting portion which can be inserted and connected in the axial direction. 2. The decorative ornament according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of types of branch rods having different branch lengths are selectively inserted into and fixed to the branch mounting portion. 3. A size having a shallow groove recessed in the upper surface of the arm and a cup mounting hole located in the shallow groove, and a protruding pin selectively inserted and fixed in the cup mounting hole. The decorative ornament according to claim 1 or 2, wherein several types of solution injection cups having different sizes are provided. 4. The base plate has a concave portion into which a crystal forming solution can be injected and a base plate surface through which a solution can be crystallized, and is constituted by a tray provided with a trunk mounting portion on the base plate surface. Item 2. The decorative figurine according to Item 1.