JP2674938B2 - Light toy - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a light toy, and more particularly to a light toy that causes a viewer to have a fantastic image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a light toy, there is known an optical toy in which a pattern displayed on a rotary dome is illuminated by a light source in the rotary dome so that the pattern is displayed on a ceiling or the like.

[0003]

However, in such an optical toy, since the pattern displayed on the rotary dome is fixed, if the surface area of the rotary dome is small, the display area of the pattern is limited, While not being able to fully enjoy the changes in the design, there was a problem that the optical toy itself would become larger if the rotating dome was made larger.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an optical toy suitable for miniaturization and having a fascinating and fantastic light effect.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical toy comprising: a rotating body having a first shaft attached thereto;
Attached rotary vane and the first shaft of the rotary vane
From the light source mounted at a position remote from
Power is transmitted to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first axis.
And a circular rack that rotates around a second axis
The rotary body is configured to be rotatable around the second axis.
And the rotary body meshes with the circular rack.
A pinion that can roll on the circular rack is attached.
By the rolling of the pinion on the circular rack,
While rotating around the second axis together with the rotating body,
It is configured to rotate about the first axis.
And features .

The optical toy according to claim 2 is the optical toy according to claim 1, wherein the number of teeth of the circular rack is the pinio.
It is characterized by not being an integer multiple of the number of teeth .

[0007]

According to the above-mentioned means, the circular rack and the pinion
Since the light source is simultaneously rotated around the two axes by utilizing the mechanism (1 ), the light sources are combined to be moved, and a spiral afterimage is formed. The formation of such afterimage simply performed by only the rotation of the light source, deer
Also uses one drive source to rotate about two axes
Therefore , the size can be made relatively small, and it can be easily incorporated into any toy.

Further, as described in claim 2, a circular rack
The number of teeth of the pinion is not an integer multiple of the number of teeth of the pinion
For example, each time the light source rotates about the second axis , the phase of the light source about the first axis shifts, and the afterimage itself slowly rotates about the second axis. It becomes a fascinating and fantastic optical toy.

[0009]

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

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of an embodiment of the optical toy. The light toy 1 is formed in a stick shape as a whole, a power switch 2 is provided on the tip side of the grip 1a, and a pattern 3a such as a note or a star is attached in the middle of the grip 1a. Further, the grip 1a is provided with a battery box 3 for housing the battery B (FIG. 2). The lid 4 of the battery box 3 is of a slide type and can be opened by bringing it closer to the front side with a thumb. A speaker sound emission port 1b is formed near the battery box 3. Further, a semitransparent dome 5 is provided at the tip of the optical toy 1, and a light emitting element 6 (LED) and a light bulb 7 are arranged in the dome 5. The dome 5 is made by blow molding. Also,
Although not particularly limited, it is preferable to use a red light emitting element 6 and a light bulb 7 having a different color from the light emitting element 6, such as white or green.

Next, the internal structure of the optical toy 1 will be described.

Inside the optical toy 1, a mechanism box 70 is arranged as shown in FIG. This mechanism box 70
Is composed of left and right frames, and a motor M is vertically installed inside the frame. A spur gear 9 meshes with a motor pinion 8 of the motor M, and a spur gear 11 meshes with a pinion 10 that rotates integrally with the spur gear 9. A shaft (second shaft) 12 of the spur gear 11 penetrates the center of a rack member 13 having a short cylindrical shape with a bottom, and an upper end thereof is fitted to a sleeve 14a below a box-shaped rotating body 14. A rotary blade 16 that rotates around a shaft 15 (first shaft) is provided at the front of the rotary body 14, and a light emitting element 6 and a light bulb 7 are attached to the tip of the rotary blade 16. . Also, the shaft 1
A pinion 17 is attached to 5. The pinion 17 meshes with a circular rack 13a formed on the upper surface of the peripheral wall of the rack member 13. As a result, when the rotating body 14 rotates about the shaft 12 by the motor M, the pinion 1
7 rolls on the circular rack 13a, which causes the rotary vanes 16 to rotate about the shaft 15. In this case, care is taken so that the number of teeth of the circular rack 13a is not an integral multiple of the number of teeth of the pinion 17.

Further, a storage portion 14b for weight is provided on the back side of the rotating body 14, and a cylindrical weight 18 (FIG. 4) is contained in the storage portion 14b for weight. This weight 1
The rotation balance of the rotating body 14 is maintained by 8 and the rotational runout is prevented.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the power switch 2
A speaker SP is installed on the opposite side of the above, and an electronic board 30 to which an IC is attached is installed near the mechanism box 70. Then, the fascinating and fantastic music made of IC is emitted from the speaker SP.

On the other hand, the light emitting element 6 and the light bulb 7 of the optical toy 1
The structure of FIG. 4 is adopted in the present application in order to conduct electricity to.

That is, a ring-shaped conductor plate 19 having insertion pieces 19a, 19a (one of which serves as a terminal) is installed on the rack member 13 of the optical toy 1, and the rotor 14 is attached to the ring-shaped conductor plate 19. One terminal of the conductor plate 20 disposed inside is brought into contact with the rotor 14 through the opening 14c. Further, the other terminal of the conductor plate 20 is connected to the rotating body 1.
The ring-shaped conductor plate 21 is contacted through the four openings 14d. Then, one terminal of the light emitting element 6 and one terminal of the light bulb 7 are connected to the bent portion 21a of the ring-shaped conductor plate 21.

On the other hand, the other terminal of the light emitting element 6 has a resistor 22.
And the other terminal of the light bulb 7 is directly connected to the conductor plate 23. The conductor plate 23 is connected to a conductor plate 25 in the rotating body 14 through a shaft (conductor shaft) 15, and the conductor plate 25 is installed in the rack member 13 through an opening 14e of the rotating body 14. Connected to the conductor plate 26. In this ring-shaped conductor plate 26, one of the insertion pieces 26a, 26a constitutes a terminal.

Due to such a structure, the rotating body 1
Even when 3 and the rotary vane 16 rotate, the power supply to the light emitting element 6 and the light bulb 7 is performed without interruption.

According to the optical toy 1 configured as described above, the light emitting element 6 and the light bulb 7 rotate around the axis 15 and also around the axis 12, so that the afterimage of light is spiral. become. Therefore, a fascinating and fantastical afterimage can be formed. In this case, when a red light emitting element 6 and a white light bulb 7 are used, the spiral afterimage may change to red or white on the way.

Further, in this case, since the number of teeth of the circular rack 13a is not an integral multiple of the number of teeth of the pinion 17, the shaft 15 is rotated every time the light source rotates about the shaft 12.
Since the light emitting element 6 and the light bulb 7 are out of phase with each other around, the afterimage quietly rotates around the axis 12,
The afterimage itself rotates slowly, making it a more fascinating and fantastic optical toy.

Although the embodiments made by the present inventor have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Absent.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, only one motor M is used to rotate the light emitting element 6 and the light bulb 7 around the two axes, but the rotating body 14 is provided with another battery or a motor. The rotation around the shafts 12 and 15 may be performed by different batteries or motors.

In the above embodiment, the light bulb and the light emitting element are used as the light source, but only the light bulb or only the light emitting element may be provided. Furthermore, the number is not limited, either.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the first
A rotating body provided with a shaft, and attached to the first shaft.
And a rotary vane separated from the first axis of the rotary vane.
The power from the motor and the light source mounted at
A second axis that is reached and extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first axis.
And a circular rack that rotates about an axis,
When configured so as to be rotatable about the second axis,
At the same time, the circular rack is engaged with the circular rack to engage with the circular rack.
A pinion that can roll on the ground is attached, and this pinion
The rotation of the rotary vanes causes the rotation of the rotary vanes.
While rotating around the second axis with the body, the first
Since it is configured to rotate about an axis, it is possible to realize an optical toy that is suitable for downsizing and that is capable of obtaining a fascinating and fantastic afterimage.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the appearance of an optical toy according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of an optical toy according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the internal structure of the optical toy of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the internal structure of the optical toy of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Light Toy 6 Light-Emitting Element 7 Light Bulb 12 Axis (Second Axis) 15 Axis (First Axis)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotating body provided with a first shaft, a rotary blade attached to the first shaft, and a rotary blade mounted on the rotary blade at a position separated from the first shaft.
And the power from the motor is transmitted so that it is almost perpendicular to the first axis.
A circular rack that rotates around a second axis that extends in any direction
And the rotating body is configured to rotate about the second axis.
And mesh with the circular rack on the rotor.
Then, a pinion that can roll on the circular rack is attached, and the rotation of the pinion is performed by rolling the pinion on the circular rack.
While the blade rotates together with the rotating body about the second axis,
And is configured to rotate about the first axis.
A light toy characterized by 2. The number of teeth of the circular rack is equal to that of the pinion.
The optical toy according to claim 1, which is not an integral multiple of the number of teeth .