JP2691673B2 - Running toys - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a traveling toy, and more particularly to a traveling toy that travels around a peripheral edge of a table plate or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an example of a traveling toy is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-8384. The traveling toy has a plurality of light receiving means for detecting the value of the luminous flux, which uses a battery as a driving source, and moves along the moving direction of the light shield, and the object of the invention is novel. Can be said.

However, as is the case with most of the running toys currently proposed, the running toy of this embodiment is also of the type that runs on the floor surface, so in a sense, the taste is in the range of conventional running toys. It has a drawback that it is not suitable for being enjoyed easily by using a table board, a desk, etc. that are stationary and familiar.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the present invention can be enjoyed easily by using a table board, a desk or the like which is familiar to the user, and moreover, the peripheral portion of the table board or the like can be enjoyed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a traveling toy capable of traveling along a side wall and correspondingly traveling even if the curvatures of the corners are variously different.

[0005]

A traveling toy according to the present invention includes a drive motor for control which is driven by a built-in power source, a vertical drive shaft of the drive motor, and a bottom surface.
To a device mounting portion of a traveling body having a drive wheel that rotates in a horizontal direction through a pivot piece provided in a recess 7 formed on the front side of the vehicle and a drive wheel drive motor on the pivot piece .
A front guide protrusion that is located in front of the drive wheel and faces the side wall surface of the table plate is provided, and the guide protrusion is used to drive and control the rotation angle of the drive shaft of the control drive motor. It provided a light sensor to control via the circuit, also with respect to the front of the guide protrusion, table
A rear guide protrusion that slides against the side wall of the
It is characterized in that the designed running body runs by itself on the peripheral portion of the table plate.

[0006]

When the traveling body is placed on the peripheral portion of the table plate and the switch is turned on, the first drive motor is driven and the drive wheels are rotated. When the drive wheels rotate, the traveling body travels along the side wall of the peripheral portion of the table plate while being guided by the protrusion of the device mounting portion.

When the traveling body turns around the corner of the table plate, the rotation angle of the second drive motor is controlled by the drive control circuit based on the amount of light detected by the optical sensor. That is,
When the optical sensor of the traveling body separates from the side wall of the corner portion of the table board, the drive control circuit immediately catches the detection signal of the optical sensor and controls the rotation amount of the second drive motor. Therefore, the traveling body changes its direction in accordance with various curvatures of the corners of the table board and travels along the peripheral edge of the table board.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

In one embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4,
Reference numeral 1 denotes a traveling body which has a built-in power source 2 and travels on a peripheral portion 4 of the table plate 3. The traveling body 1 has an end surface L in this embodiment.
It has a mold-shaped device mounting portion 5, and as shown in FIG. 2, annular and rectangular recesses 7 and 8 are formed on the front and rear sides of the bottom surface 6, respectively. The design of the small bird 9 is provided on the upper surface of the device mounting portion 5. The overall design of the device mounting portion 5 and the like can be characters and various animals that appear in cartoons, moving images, and the like.

Numeral 10 is a drive wheel provided on the traveling body 1 and driven by the first drive motor 11. The drive wheel 10 is formed to be slightly wider and slightly protrudes from the bottom surface 6 of the device mounting portion. The output shaft of the first drive motor 11 is directly connected to the axle 12 of the drive wheel 10. The first drive motor 11 and the drive wheel 10 are located in the recess 7 on the front side of the device mounting portion 5.

In this case, the first drive motor 11 is slightly separated from the upper surface 13 of the table plate 3, but the drive motor 1
A small protrusion may be formed on the bottom wall of the first drive motor 1, and the first drive motor 11 may slide on the upper surface 13 of the table plate via the small protrusion. As a result, the traveling body 1 becomes the table plate 3
It is possible to prevent the peripheral edge portion 4 from being separated from the side wall surface 14.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a drive wheel 10 for turning the motor in the vertical direction.
This is a second drive motor that is appropriately installed in the device mounting portion 5 of the traveling body 1 so that it can be rotated in the horizontal direction via the rolling shaft and the pivot piece 16. The pivot piece 16 pivotally supports the drive wheel axle 12 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the drive wheel 10 and the first drive motor 11 rotate horizontally in the recess 7 together with the drive wheel 10 by the drive force of the second drive motor 15 as shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 17 is an optical sensor which is provided on the inner wall surface of the guide vertical protrusion 18 of the apparatus mounting portion 5 and detects a change in the value or quantity of the light beam on the side wall of the opposing table plate 3.

It is desirable that the optical sensor 17 is provided on the inner wall surface of the vertical protrusion 18 of the device mounting portion 5 as shown in FIG. The optical sensor 17 may be provided in plural, but it is necessary to be provided at least in front of the drive wheel 10.

Reference numeral 19 is a drive control circuit for controlling the rotation angle of the second drive motor 15 based on the output of the direction setting optical sensor 17. The drive control circuit 19 and the like are electrically connected to the power source 2 as shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a roller-shaped auxiliary wheel that is appropriately provided in the recess 8 on the rear side of the device mounting portion 5 via a rear axle 21. The wheels 20 are also mounted on the traveling body 1 so as to slightly project from the bottom surface 6 of the device mounting portion 5.

In the above structure, for example, the traveling body 1 is placed on the peripheral portion 4 of the table plate 3 at an appropriate position, and the switch is turned on. Then, the first drive motor 11 is driven, which causes the drive wheels 10 to rotate. When the drive wheels 10 rotate, the traveling body 1 is guided by the protrusions 18 of the device mounting portion 5 and the side walls 14 at the peripheral edge of the table plate 3.
Follow along.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, when the traveling body 1 rotates around the corner of the table plate 3, the rotation angle of the second drive motor 15 is controlled by the drive control circuit 19 based on the amount of light detected by the optical sensor 17. Controlled by. That is, the traveling body 1
When the light sensor 17 of the table 3 is separated from the side wall of the corner portion of the table plate 3, the drive control circuit 19 immediately detects the light sensor 17
The change in the amount of light on the side wall surface 14 of the table plate detected by is detected and the rotation amount of the second drive motor 15 is controlled. As a result, the first drive motor 11 rotates inward of the table plate.

Therefore, the traveling body 1 travels along the peripheral edge portion 4 of the table plate 3 while changing its direction in accordance with various curvatures of the corner portions of the table plate 3.

[0020]

[Other Embodiments] Next, other embodiments shown in FIGS. 5 to 10 will be described. In the description of these embodiments, the same parts as those of the embodiment of the present invention are designated by the same reference numerals, and the duplicated description will be omitted.

In the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the main difference from the above embodiment is the projection 18A of the device mounting portion 5A of the traveling body 1A. Therefore, the protrusion 18A having a function as a guide for the traveling body is not vertically provided in a plate shape in the direction perpendicular to the bottom surface like that of the first embodiment, but is arranged in front of and behind the device mounting portion 5A. It hangs in a cylindrical shape at both ends. Therefore, the front protrusion 18
A required space 30 is provided between A and the rear protrusion 18A.

According to this structure, the running body 1A has the same function and effect as the above embodiment, and the traveling body 1A has the table plate 3A.
When the vehicle turns around the corner portion, the corner portion fits into the space 30, so that there is an effect that the traveling body changes its direction in a balanced manner so as not to protrude from the corner portion as much as possible.

Next, the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is mainly different from the third embodiment in that the protrusions 18B and 18B of the apparatus mounting portion 5B of the traveling body 1B are the same as those of the second embodiment. And a plurality of small protrusions 4 instead of the roller-shaped auxiliary wheels that perform the function of horizontally balancing the traveling body.
0 is formed at an appropriate position on the bottom surface 6B of the device mounting portion 5B.

With this structure, the structure is simple and the manufacture is easy.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, the control drive motor driven by the built-in power source, the drive motor fixed to the rotary shaft in the vertical direction of the drive motor, and the front surface of the bottom face.
A drive wheel that rotates in a horizontal direction via a pivot piece mounted in a recess 7 formed on one side and a drive wheel drive motor on the pivot piece, and A front guide protrusion that is located in front of the drive wheel and faces the side wall surface of the table plate is provided, and the guide protrusion has the rotation angle of the drive shaft of the control drive motor. An optical sensor for controlling through the table plate is provided for the front guide protrusion.
Since a rear guide protrusion that slides in contact with the side wall surface of the table is provided and the designed running body runs on the peripheral edge of the table plate by itself, it is easy to use the table plate, desk, etc. near you. Even if the vehicle travels along the side wall of the peripheral edge of the table plate and the corners have different curvatures, the traveling body will not be
Smoothly guided by the starter and falls at the corner
To run without. Also drive wheels and drive motors for drive wheels
Is attached to the vertical axis of rotation of the drive motor
The number of components is minimized as much as possible.
Not only can this drive wheel and for this drive wheel
The pivot piece provided with the drive motor is provided in the recess 7 of the device unit.
Since it is installed inside, the guide protrusion that guides the traveling body
Does not need to hang from the bottom significantly longer. Accordingly
Te, and the child compact traveling body as a whole on the structure
it can.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGS. 1 to 4 are schematic explanatory views showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 to 7 are schematic views showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
Clear view. 8 to 10 are schematic views showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
Schematic explanatory view.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway schematic explanatory view from the front of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view from the bottom.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory view from a plane showing a usage state.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway schematic explanatory view from the front of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory view from the bottom.

FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory view from the left side surface.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway schematic explanatory view from the front of the third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a schematic explanatory view from the bottom.

FIG. 10 is a schematic explanatory view from the left side surface.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1A, 1B ... Traveling body, 5 ... Device mounting portion, 10 ... Drive wheel, 11 ... First drive motor, 15 ... Second drive motor, 16 ... Pivot piece, 17 ... Optical sensor, 18, 18A ,
18B ... Projection, 19 ... Drive control circuit.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A drive motor for control which is driven by a built-in power source, and a recess 7 which is fixed to a rotary shaft of the drive motor in the vertical direction and which is formed on the front side of the bottom surface.
Drive wheels and the rotation in the horizontal direction via the pivoting members which
In a device mounting portion of a traveling body having a drive wheel drive motor on the pivot piece, a front guide protrusion portion that is located in front of the drive wheel and faces the side wall surface of the table plate is provided. The guide protrusion is provided with an optical sensor for controlling the rotation angle of the drive shaft of the control drive motor via a drive control circuit, and the front guide protrusion is provided.
Rear guide that slides against the side wall of the table plate
A traveling toy characterized in that a traveling body provided with a projecting portion is designed to travel along the peripheral edge of a table plate. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the bottom of the device mounting portion is
A recess 8 is formed on the rear side, and the recess 8 projects slightly from the bottom surface.
A traveling toy characterized in that roller-shaped auxiliary wheels 20 are provided so as to come out .