JP2664040B2 - Eyeball drive - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an eyeball driving device for operating an eyeball incorporated in a doll toy, and more particularly to an eyeball driving device capable of rotating an eyeball in an arbitrary direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an eyeball driving device for operating an eyeball incorporated in a doll toy, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No.
What is described in -31583 gazette is known.

A conventional eyeball driving apparatus of this kind is configured such that an eyeball is provided on a doll toy body so as to be rotatable up and down, and when the doll toy is supine, the eyeball is rotated downward to close eyes. And a weight for rotating the eyeball upward to open the eyes when the doll toy rises. The eyeball driving device causes children to feel as if the doll toy is alive.

[0004]

However, in this eyeball driving device, since the eyeball rotates only up and down, it is far from an actual person who turns his or her eyes diagonally left and right, and as much as possible. For children and the like who want something close, there is a problem that it is less interesting and easily gets tired.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide an eyeball driving device in which an eyeball can be rotated in an arbitrary direction.

[0006]

An eyeball driving device according to claim 1 is incorporated in a head of a doll toy so as to be rotatable up and down.
On the support with the left and right eyelids attached
Attach a pair of eyeballs so that they can rotate left and right
The pair of eyeballs is attached to the pair of eyeballs.
A connecting body that connects and rotates the binocular body to the left and right is attached.
Eye drive, wherein said doll toy is incorporated
A driving member that can be operated by the action of a magnetic force from the outside to actuate the connected body is provided, and the eyelids are closed in a state where the doll toy is lying, and in a state where the doll toy is raised. An eyelid opening / closing mechanism for opening the eyelid is provided.

The eyeball driving device according to the second aspect is the first aspect.
The eyeball driving device according to claim 1, wherein the driving member is the doll.
The toy has an operation member operated by a magnetic action from outside . Further, an eyeball driving device according to a third aspect is the eyeball driving device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the connecting body in the eyeball driving device according to the first or second aspect is configured by a link.

[0008]

According to the eyeball driving device of the present invention, the eyeball can swing right and left by the connecting body, and the eyeball can swing up and down by the support.
Since the eyeball is rotated in an arbitrary direction by the magnetic force, the eyes can be directed in any direction in front.

In this case, if an operating member for operating the driving member by magnetic force is incorporated in the doll toy, for example, in the palm, if the hand is shaken in front of the face of the doll toy, the eyeball will be in the eyes. Will be moved up and down or left and right. On the other hand, if the operating member that operates the driving member by the magnetic force is configured as a rattle, if the rattle is shaken in front of the face of the doll toy, the eyeball moves the eyes up and down or left and right. .

In particular, if the operating member is formed separately from the doll toy, the doll toy moves its eyes in the operating direction of the operating member. In this case, it is as if a baby This causes the child or the like to wake up the image of whether the eye is moving following the moving object.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An eyeball driving device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a doll toy 1 to which the eyeball driving device of the embodiment is applied and a rattle 5 for loosening the doll toy 1.
(Operation member) is shown. Here, the outer skin of the doll toy 1 is made of a plastic frame, and clothes are put on the top,
On the other hand, inside the eyeball driving device body 10 of the embodiment (FIGS.
5) and a vocalization device (not shown).

FIG. 2 shows the back surface of a head front frame 2 which constitutes a part of the outer skin of the doll toy 1. The head front frame 2 is formed with a pair of left and right eyeball openings 2a. ing. The eyeball driving device main body 10 of FIG. 3 is installed at a position on the back side of the head front frame 1a.

The eyeball driving device main body 10 is unitized. The structure of the eyeball driving device main body 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
Broadly speaking, the eyeball driving mechanism 11 and the eyeball driving mechanism 1
A fixed support 12 covering the rear part of the eyeball driving mechanism 11 and holding the eyeball driving mechanism 11 at a predetermined position of the doll toy body;
1 and a front frame 13 covering the front part (see FIG. 4).

First, the eyeball driving mechanism 11 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, two eyeballs 15 are engaged with both ends of a link (connecting body) 17 so as to be rotatable left and right. And the movable support 16 via the pin 15a.
Are respectively fitted in the bowl portions 16a of the slab. These constitute a four-bar rotary link mechanism as a whole. Then, each eyeball 15 is linked with the pin 15a in the bowl 16a.
(See FIG. 6).

The movable support 16 includes a pair of left and right bowl portions 16a.
And a pair of upper and lower connecting portions 1 bridged between the
6b. An eyeball 15 is provided at the bottom of each bowl 16a.
Opening (not shown) for exposing the eyeball part to the outside
Is formed, and an upper eyelash 16d is attached to each of the openings. In addition, individual eyelid caps 18 that define the shape of the eyelids when the eyes are open are fitted to the respective bowl portions 16a. Further, the movable support 16 has a rear end connected to the link 1
Drive link (drive member) 19 that engages with the center of pin 7
Pin 19a is engaged. As shown in FIG. 7 (longitudinal sectional view), a magnet 19a is embedded in the driving link 19. Further, a weight 23 is attached to the lower connecting portion 16b, and the weight 23 closes the eyes when the doll toy 1 is in the supine position and the eyes when the doll toy 1 is up. Is to be opened.

The thus configured eyeball drive mechanism 11 is attached to the fixed support 12 so as to be vertically rotatable by being sandwiched by the front frame 13. That is, the eyeball driving mechanism 1
A pin 16 is provided on the outside of the bowl portion 16a of the movable support member 16 (which is formed into a cylindrical shape, although not particularly limited).
e is projected, while the pin 1 is provided on the fixed support frame 12 side.
A bearing portion (not shown) for receiving the bearing 6e is formed, and the pin 16a is seated on the bearing portion by the front frame 13, so that the eyeball driving mechanism 11 can be turned up and down with respect to the fixed support 12. ing.

On the other hand, the eyeball driving mechanism 11 is connected to the fixed support 12.
A pair of left and right eyeball openings 13a and the driving link opening 13b are formed in the front frame 13 to be attached to the vehicle.

An external operating mechanism 30 different from the rattle 5 is provided at the rear of the fixed support 12 supporting the eyeball driving mechanism 11 with the front frame 13. The external operation mechanism 30 includes an operation stick 31 having at least a tip portion made of a magnetic material. The tip portion of the operation stick 31 is formed by a rectangular opening frame 12 b provided on the back side of the fixed support 12. It is inserted into the fixed support frame 12. A spherical portion 31a is provided at an intermediate portion of the operation stick 31, and the spherical portion 31a is engaged with the inner surface of the rectangular opening frame 12b.
1 can be operated in any direction. In addition,
In FIG. 5, reference numeral 34 denotes a pressing plate for attaching the operation stick 31 to the fixed support 12,
The head of the operation stick 31 is led to the outside of the back of the head of the doll toy 1 through the central opening 34a of the holding plate 34.

The operation stick 31 and the fixed support 1
A spring 35 is hung between the driving stick 19 and the magnet 19a of the driving link 19 (upward).
It is energizing. Thus, the operation of the centerpiece by the rattle 5 is not hindered.

Next, the rattle 5 will be described. The rattle 5 has front and rear frames. As shown in FIG. 8, a magnet 7 is held in the inner frame 5a of the rattle 5.
In holding the magnet 7, although not shown, a projection is formed on the inner surface of the inner frame 5a, and when the magnet 7 is installed in the inner frame 5a, a space is formed in the inner frame 5a. It has become so. In this space, small balls (not shown) are contained.
The sound is made when you shake.

Next, the way of playing will be described. If the rattle 5 is shaken in front of the face of the doll toy 1, the driving link 19 moves following the attractive force of the magnets (if the direction of the rattle 5 is changed). The driving link 19 moves in the direction away from each other due to the repulsive force between the magnets.) In other words, when the rattle 5 is moved upward, the driving link 19 tends to move upward, whereby the movable support 16 moves upward about the pin 16e. As a result, the eyeball 15 supported by the movable support 16 moves upward. When the rattle 5 is moved downward, the eyeball 15 moves downward according to the same principle. When the rattle 5 is moved left and right, the same principle is used.
The eyeball 15 moves left and right. When the rattle 5 is moved diagonally, the up, down, left and right movements are combined, and the eyeball 15 follows the rattle 5 and moves diagonally.

Further, by the action of the weight 23, the eyes are closed when the doll toy 1 is laid down, and the eyes are opened when the doll toy 1 is raised.

Furthermore, if the operation stick 31 is moved up and down and left and right without using the rattle 5, the eyeball 15 will move up and down and left and right.

According to the eyeball driving device of the present invention, a pair of right and left eyeballs is installed on the doll toy body so as to be rotatable in an arbitrary direction. The eye can be turned in an arbitrary direction through this, so that the eyes can be directed in any direction in front.

In this case, since the link mechanism is operated by the rattle 5 in a non-contact manner, an unnatural image is not given to a child or the like.

Also, since the eyeball is operated by the magnetic force acting between the external operating member and the connector, the eyes can be moved in the operating direction of the external operating member,
In this case, it is possible to cause the child or the like to have an image as to whether the baby's eyes are moving following the moving object. The expression will be as if you are alive, and it will be more interesting.

FIG. 9 shows a main part of an eyeball driving apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The eyeball driving device 40 is configured to transmit the power of the driving member 41 to the eyeballs 15 via a winding transmission mechanism (connecting body) 42. That is, one or two endless ropes 44 wound around the pulley 43 attached to the driving member 41 are attached to the eyeballs 15 and 1.
5, and is wound around pulleys 45, 45 attached to the same. According to the eyeball driving device of the second embodiment, when the driving member 41 swings by the action of the magnetic force and the pulley 43 rotates, the eyeballs 15, 15 rotate in the same direction via the rope 44. become. It should be noted that springs 45, 45 are provided to return the eyeballs 15, 15 to the left and right neutral positions when there is no magnetic force.

FIG. 10 shows a main part of an eyeball driving apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The eyeball driving device 50 transmits the power of the driving member 51 to the eyeballs 15, 15 via a rack and pinion mechanism (connecting body).
That is, the driving member 51 is attached to the rack 52, and the rack 52 meshes with the sector gear 15b provided partially on the eyeball 15 that rotates left and right about the shaft 15a.
According to the eyeball driving device of the third embodiment, when the driving member 51 moves left and right by the action of the magnetic force, the eyeballs 15 and 15 rotate in the same direction via the rack and pinion mechanism. When there is no magnetic force, it is preferable to attach springs to both ends of the rack 52 in order to return the eyeballs 15 to the left and right neutral positions.

FIG. 11 shows a main part of an eyeball driving apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The eyeball driving device 60 transmits the power of the driving member 61 to the eyeballs 15 via a pressure roller mechanism (connecting body). That is, the rear end of the driving member 61 has a fan-shaped surface, and the idle roller 62 is interposed between the fan-shaped surface and the eyeballs 15 in a pressed state. According to the eyeball driving device of the fourth embodiment, the driving member 6
When 1 swings left and right, the eyeballs 15 and 15 rotate in the same direction via the idle roller 62. In addition,
It is preferable to attach a spring to the driving member 61 or the eyeball 15 in order to return the eyeball 15 to the neutral position in the left and right directions when there is no magnetic force.

FIG. 12 shows a main part of an eyeball driving apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. The eyeball driving device 70 transmits the power of the driving member 71 to the eyeball 1 via a gear mechanism (connecting body).
5 and 15. That is, a fan-shaped gear 71a is formed at the rear end of the driving member 71, the idle gear 72 meshes with the sector gear 71a, and the idle gear 72 has an eyeball that rotates left and right about the shaft 15a. A sector gear 15b partially provided on the body 15 meshes. According to the eyeball driving device of the fifth embodiment, when the driving member 71 swings right and left by the action of the magnetic force, the eyeballs 15 and 15 rotate in the same direction via the idle gear 72. It is preferable that a spring be attached to the driving member 71 or the eyeball 15 in order to return the eyeball 15 to the neutral position in the left and right directions when there is no magnetic force.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Absent.

In the above embodiment, the eyeballs 15 are connected to each other by a link, a roller, or a gear. However, the eyeballs 15 may be connected to each other by a cam or another mechanism.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the eyeball is moved by the rattle 5 separate from the doll toy 1 has been described. The eyeball 15 may be operated by operating the hand.

Further, a magnet or a magnetic material may be incorporated in the eyeball 15 itself, and the eyeball 15 itself may be directly operated by magnetic force as a driving member.

[0036]

As described above, according to the eyeball driving device of the present invention, the eyeball can be directed in an arbitrary direction in front, thereby increasing the interest.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a doll toy according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the front frame of the head of the doll toy of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an eyeball driving device main body of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the eyeball driving device body of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the eyeball driving device body of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a link mechanism of the eyeball driving device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a driving link of the eyeball driving device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an internal structural diagram of a rattle of the eyeball driving device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of an eyeball driving device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of an eyeball driving device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of an eyeball driving device according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of an eyeball driving device according to a fifth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Doll toy 5 Rattle (external operation member) 15 Eyeball

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A doll toy that is vertically rotatable.
The support is provided with the left and right eyelids
Take a pair of eyeballs so that they can rotate left and right on the holding body.
The pair of eyeballs is attached to the pair of eyeballs.
A connected body that connects to each other and rotates the binocular body right and left
An attached eyeball drive, wherein the person to be incorporated is
A driving member operable by the magnetic force from the outside of the shaped toy to actuate the connected body is provided, the eyelids are closed in a state where the doll toy is supine, and the doll toy is raised. An eyeball driving device, further comprising an eyelid opening / closing mechanism for opening the eyelid in a state. 2. The driving member is externally attached to the doll toy.
The eyeball driving device according to claim 1, further comprising an operation member operated by a magnetic force of the eyeball. 3. The eyeball driving device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member comprises a link.