JP2608684B2 - Toys using used containers - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toy using a used container, which is capable of assembling various structures in combination with the used container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a recycling campaign for reusing used articles has been increasing. However, children, especially children in lower grades, have little interest in recycling while looking at many used objects. No toy has any interest in such recycling.

[0003]

Since recycling is particularly likely to increase in the future, there is a demand for toys that can meet the demand. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a toy using a used container capable of increasing interest in recycling.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toy using a used container according to the first aspect of the present invention, which is inserted into the inside of the used container from a threaded mouth of the used container on a lower side. It has a possible column-shaped battery box portion, a main body configured to have an operating portion on the upper side, and a female screw side provided on an outer peripheral surface of an end portion on the operating portion side of the battery box portion and combined with a mouth portion. It has a connection body, and by screwing the connection body into the mouth, the battery box part is screwed to fix the main body in the state of being inserted into the used container, and it can tilt to the operation part And a conduction circuit provided between the battery box and the motor section, for guiding power from the battery housed in the battery box to the motor section, and provided in the operation section. And a power switch for turning the conduction circuit on and off. That.

According to the toy using the used container according to the second aspect, in addition to the above-mentioned object, the motor portion according to the first aspect is provided with a motor section for increasing the degree of freedom of work using the motor. A motor body, a housing for accommodating the motor body such that the output shaft protrudes, and a joint protruding from an end of the housing opposite to the output shaft. Is connected to the operation unit so as to be tiltable.

The toy using the used container according to the third aspect of the present invention further has a motor shaft according to the first or second aspect, in addition to the above object, in order to increase the degree of freedom of work. A feature is that a plurality of types of movable parts are interchangeably connected.

[0007]

In the toy using the used container according to the first aspect, first, a used container, such as a plastic bottle, is prepared directly. The battery box side of the main body is inserted into the used container from the mouth.

Next, when the main body is inserted until the connection body on the female screw side reaches the mouth of the used container, the connection body is screwed into the mouth, and the body is fixed by screwing. As a result, the main body is mounted in the mouth of the used container, with most of the heavy battery box part being housed inside.

That is, the main body is attached to the used container with high stability. Then, using the motor portion protruding from the mouth, the user performs a work using the motor portion as a drive source.

Thus, a toy using the used container while devising the used container is manufactured. When the power switch is turned on, the toy is operated using the motor unit as a drive source.

[0011] This is due to the use of used containers.
Interest in recycling naturally increases. In the toy using the used container according to the second aspect, the motor can be inclined at a wide range of angles, and accordingly, the degree of freedom of work using the motor as a drive source is increased.

[0012] toy using the used container according to claim 3, those selected from a plurality kinds of moving parts that are provided, motor - connected to the output shaft of the motor unit, in used containers As the work is done, the degree of freedom of the work increases.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to one embodiment shown in FIGS. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a used container, for example, a bottle called a PET bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). At the upper part of the bottle 1, a cylindrical mouth portion 2 having a screw portion 2a on the outer periphery is provided. It is formed.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a toy to be machined using the bottle 1. The structure of the toy 3 is shown in FIGS. Describing the toy 3, reference numeral 4 denotes a main body which is elongated in the vertical direction.

The main body 4 has, for example, a hollow cylindrical battery box section 5 on the lower side and a hollow short columnar operation section 6 on the upper side. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, a battery, for example, an AA
Are formed in series to form a housing space 8 in which two can be housed in series.
The outer diameter of the battery box section 5 is set to a size that allows the battery box section 5 to be freely inserted into the mouth 2 of the bottle 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the battery box section 5 is divided into, for example, two parts in the radial direction, one of which is a main body section 5a, and the other is a slide type cover 5b which is detachably attached. Then, by attaching and detaching the cover 5b,
By opening and closing the main body 5a, two dry batteries 7 are stored in the storage space 8 in a predetermined manner.

The upper portion of the cover 5b is fixed by a hook portion 11 protruding from an upper end thereof and a locking port 12 provided on a peripheral wall of the operation portion 6 being removably engaged with each other. Is fixed by a frame-like portion 13 projecting from the lower end and a projection 14 provided on the lower end surface of the main body portion 5a being removably engaged.

At the lower end of the accommodating space 8, there is provided a contact seat 9 made of, for example, a coil, which is in contact with the minus end of the dry battery 7, and at the upper end, a contact made of a leaf spring as shown in FIG. The plate 10 is wrapped around the positive end of the dry battery 7 so as to be able to come and go.

On the upper part of the operation unit 6, a motor unit 15 is supported so as to be tiltable. Describing this support structure, the motor section 15 is provided with an output shaft 17 as shown in FIG.
The motor main body 19 is housed in a housing 20 so that the terminals protrude and a terminal portion (not shown) is exposed. The output shaft 17 of the housing 20
In the center of the end opposite to the side, a pin insertion hole 21 is provided at the end.
A strip-shaped joint portion 22 having a projection is provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the operation section 6 has a structure in which a main body 6a and a divided piece 6b which are radially divided into two are connected. In this embodiment, a part of the lower end of the operation unit 6 is configured to also serve as the battery box unit 5.

A slit 23 is formed in the center of the upper wall of the operation section 6 in the entire diameter direction. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, a pin portion 2 protruding in a direction intersecting with the slit 23 is formed on the inner surface of the
4 are provided.

The tip end of the pin portion 24 slidably penetrates the pin insertion hole 21 of the joint portion 22 and
B is fitted into a cylindrical fitting portion 25 formed on the inner surface of the body b.

As a result, the entire motor portion 15 can be freely tilted, for example, in the front-rear direction with the pin portion 24 as a fulcrum. The slit 23 is, for example, 18
The size is set to allow rotation of the motor unit 15 in a range such as 0 °.

On the other hand, a terminal portion (not shown) of the motor body 19 and the contact seat 9 and the contact plate 10 of the battery box portion 5 are connected by lead wires 26 and 26, A conductive circuit 27 for guiding power to the motor body 19 is formed.

The conductive circuit 27 is turned on and off by a power switch 28 provided on the operation unit 6. According to this switch structure, an operation shaft 29 is disposed immediately above the center of the contact plate 10 in a direction crossing the contact plate 10. One end of the operation shaft 29 slidably penetrates the divided piece 6, and an operation knob 30 disposed on the outer surface of the divided piece 6.
Connected to. That is, the operation shaft 29 rotates in conjunction with the operation knob 30.

A projection 29a for pressing the center of the contact plate 10 is provided on a part of the outer peripheral portion of the operation shaft 29 which intersects the contact plate 10. Thus, the contact plate 10 is rotated by rotating the operation knob 30 to the side where the protrusion 29a presses the contact plate 10 or to the side where the protrusion 29a is retracted from the contact plate 10. 7 is made to contact or separate from the plus end. In addition, 3
1 is an on position provided on an outer surface portion around the operation knob 30;
Reference numeral 32 denotes a projection provided on the outer peripheral surface of the operation knob 30 to indicate a knob reference position.

On the other hand, a screwing part 33 is provided on the peripheral wall forming the upper end of the battery box part 5. More specifically, the screwing portion 33 has a flange portion 34 protruding from the peripheral wall of the upper end portion of the battery box portion 5, and the lower end of the battery box portion 5 is provided at two points, for example, at 180 ° phase of the flange portion 34. It has a pair of walls 35, 35 extending toward the portion, and has an outer shape to be combined with the mouth 2 of the bottle 1. On the inner surface of each wall 35, 35, a male thread 2a is provided.
Each of the projections 36 is provided as a female screw portion to be combined with the female screw portion, thereby forming a female screw side connection body 37 which is screwably combined with the mouth portion 2.

That is, after the battery box portion 5 is inserted from the mouth portion 2 of the bottle 1, the main body 4 inserts the projection portion 36 into the male screw portion of the mouth portion 2 until the tip of the mouth portion 2 contacts the flange portion 34. When screwed into 2a, it is screwed and fixed to bottle 1.

A pair of stoppers 38 are provided on the upper surface of the flange portion 34 for receiving the housing 20 of the motor portion 15 inclined to the maximum angle. On the other hand, separately from the main body 4, as shown in FIG. 5 mode - a plurality of types of variable to be interchangeably connected to the output shaft 17 of the motor body 19
Moving parts , for example, four types of moving parts 39 to 42 are prepared.

That is, the movable component 39 is configured such that a pedestal 44 for forming an impeller is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the cylindrical portion 43 which can be inserted into the output shaft 17. The movable part 40 is
A weight 46 is eccentrically provided on an end side of a plate portion 45 that can be inserted into the output shaft 17.

The movable part 41 is constituted by connecting a disk 48 to one end of a flexible tube, for example, a rubber tube 47 which can be inserted into the output shaft 17. Moving parts 42
Is formed by providing a connecting cylinder 50 extending radially, for example, in a cross shape, on the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical portion 49 that can be inserted into the output shaft 17.

Next, how to play with the toy 3 will be described. Suppose that a motor is to be machined using a used bottle 1 called a PET bottle which is located immediately.

For example, when making a fan,
Start with, for example, making a stand. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 1, the end of the battery box of the main body 4 is inserted from the mouth 2 of the bottle 1 to the inside.

Then, after the main body 4 is inserted until the projection 36 serving as the female thread of the connector 37 comes into contact with the external thread 2a of the mouth 2 of the bottle 1, for example, the connector 37 is gripped. The whole body 4 is rotated in the screw tightening direction.

As a result, the connection body 37 is gradually screwed into the mouth 2 by the engagement between the projection 36 and the external thread 2a. This operation is performed until the tip of the mouth portion 2 comes into contact with the flange portion 34 of the connection body 37, and the connection body 37 is fixed to the main body 4 with screws.

The bottle 1 with the main body 1 attached thereto is
If you put it on a receiving surface such as a bull,
The main body of the fan is assembled using the stand. At this time, most of the battery box section 5 containing the heavy battery 7 is stored in the bottle 1.
Has good stability and is mounted vertically on the mounting surface.

Next, for example, the manufacture of the fan blades 53 will be started. To this end, first, from among a number of movable parts 39 to 42, movable parts suitable for assembling the fan, for example, movable parts
Select the part 39.

Next, a plurality of thick papers 51 cut out, for example, in a wing shape as shown in FIG. 5 are prepared, and these thick papers 51 are placed on the upper surfaces of the respective pedestals 44 of the movable part 39 using, for example, stoppers 52. And fix it.

Then, each cardboard 51 is mounted at a predetermined inclination, and the entire blade is assembled. Next, this movable part 39
After inserting the tip of the cylindrical portion 43 into the output shaft 17 of the motor portion 15 constituting the above-mentioned electric fan main body and attaching the blade 53 to the electric fan main body, the motor portion 15 is supported by the pin portion 24 as a fulcrum. As shown in FIG. 6, a fan using the bottle 1 is assembled.

Therefore, the operation knob 30 is turned to the ON position 31.
When the contact plate 10 is brought into contact with the positive end of the dry battery 7 by rotating the motor body 19, the motor body 19 is excited and the motor body 1 is rotated.
9 causes the blade 53 to rotate.

Further, for example, when a machine that exhibits an interesting behavior is considered, a blade 53 is connected to the output shaft 17.
Is removed, and the plate end of the movable part 40 or the movable
The tube end of the component 41 is mounted on the output shaft 17 of the motor unit 15.

Then, the operation knob 30 is turned to the ON position 31, and the main body 4 is operated and viewed. Then, the former movable
The structure in which the component 40 is mounted on the motor portion 15 exhibits such a behavior that the weight 46 eccentrically rotates about the connection portion with the output shaft 17 as a fulcrum, and gives vibration to the bottle 1.

The latter structure in which the movable part 41 is mounted on the motor part 15 has such a behavior that the disk 48 turns around the output shaft 17 with the deflection of the rubber tube 37. show.

After recognizing such a behavior, using the behavior and the shape of the bottle 1, the movable parts 40, 41 and the bottle 1 are machined with the motor unit 15 as a drive source. What is necessary is just to manufacture the apparatus which considered.

For example, when considering the construction of a rotary flight tower, first, the movable parts 40 and 4 are connected to the output shaft 17.
1 is removed, and the end of the cylinder of the movable part 42 is attached to the output shaft 17 of the motor 15 instead.

Next, the motor unit 15 is positioned upward. Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the vehicle 54 is mounted on each connection tube 50 of the movable part 42.

For example, a thread 57 is attached to one end of a straw 55 by using an occupant seat 56 for which a used beverage container has been machined.
A plurality of the parts 58 suspended by, for example, are manufactured, and the straw ends of these parts 58 are fitted into the connection tubes 50.

When the operation knob 30 is turned to the ON position 31 and the motor unit 15 is operated, the rotating movable unit is rotated.
The article 42 causes each passenger seat 56 to rotate about the output shaft 17 together with the stro-55, and shows a movement similar to that of a rotary flying tower in an amusement park.

As described above, if the toy 4 is present, a craft toy using a used container such as a plastic bottle can be manufactured. Needless to say, instead of using the bottle 1 vertically as a stand, the bottle 1 may be used horizontally to form a body, and a traveling toy using wind power may be manufactured.
Workpieces using the bottle 1 are not limited to the examples described above, and may be various.

This means that children can naturally raise their interest in recycling through the work of devising using used containers on their own. In addition, the motor portion 15 can be tilted at a wide range of angles, for example, 180 °, by a structure in which the motor portion 15 is tiltably supported on the side opposite to the output shaft 17 as a rotation fulcrum.

This can increase the degree of freedom in machining using the motor unit 15 as a drive source. The pre-double
Prepared several moving parts 39 to 42, these motor - by which the structure to be interchangeably connected to the output shaft 17 of the motor unit 15, with those selected from a plurality kinds of moving parts 39 to 42, Since the work using the used container can be performed, the degree of freedom of the work can be increased accordingly.

In one embodiment, an example in which a plastic bottle is used as a used container has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the same mouth portion having a male thread portion in the same PET bottle is used. Any used container having the following may be used.

[0053]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to perform a unique work using the motor unit as a drive source and using a used container. Therefore, the use of used containers can increase interest in recycling.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
In addition to the effects described above, the motor can be tilted over a wide range of angles, so that the degree of freedom in machining using the motor as a drive source can be increased.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
Alternatively, in addition to the effect of the second aspect, it is possible to perform the work using the used container by using one selected from a plurality of types of movable parts, and it is possible to increase the degree of freedom of the work accordingly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a toy according to an embodiment of the present invention together with a used container used with the toy.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a toy is mounted on the used container of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary perspective view showing a battery box portion of the toy according to the embodiment with a cover removed;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the entire structure of the toy of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing various movable parts that can be exchangeably attached to the output shaft of the toy of the embodiment, together with parts machined using the movable parts .

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a fan as a workpiece (work toy) manufactured by combining the toy of the embodiment and a used container.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a rotary flying tower as a workpiece (work toy) manufactured by combining the toy of the embodiment and a used container.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: PET bottles (used containers)
2 ... Mouth 2a ... Male thread 3 ... Toy 4
... Main unit 5 ... Battery box 6 ... Operation unit 7 ...
Dry cell 9 ... Contact seat 10 ... Contact plate 15 ...
Motor 17: Output shaft 19: Motor body 20
... Housing 21 ... Pin insertion hole 25 ... Fit insertion part 26
... Lead wire 27 ... Conductive circuit 28 ... Power switch 29
... Operation shaft 29a ... Protrusion 30 ... Operation knob 3
3 ... screwed part 34 ... flange part 35 ... wall part 36
... Projection (female thread part) 37 ... Connection body 38 ... Stopper 47 39-42 ... Moving parts .

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A main body having a column-shaped battery box portion which can be inserted into the inside of a used container from the externally threaded mouth portion of the used container on a lower side, and an operation portion on an upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the battery box section on the operation section side is provided with a female screw side connection body that is combined with the mouth section. By screwing a connection body to the mouth section, A screwing portion for screwing and fixing the main body in a state where the battery box portion is inserted into the used container; a motor portion tiltably supported by the operation portion; and the battery box portion and the motor. -Is provided between the
A used circuit, comprising: a conduction circuit for guiding power from the battery housed in the battery box to the motor unit; and a power switch provided in the operation unit for turning the conduction circuit on and off. Toys using containers. 2. A motor unit comprising: a motor body; a housing for accommodating the motor body such that the output shaft protrudes; and a joint protruding from an end of the housing opposite to the output shaft. The toy using a used container according to claim 1, wherein the toy is tiltably connected to the operating unit. 3. A toy using a used container according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of types of movable parts are interchangeably connected to an output shaft of said motor unit.