JP2904478B2 - Doll drive mechanism of decorative body clock - 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 clock, which plays music at predetermined time intervals, such as every hour, and operates a decorative body such as a doll in accordance with the music. And a mechanism for operating the decorative body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, decorative clocks are used which play music every hour, for example, on the hour, and activate a decorative body such as a doll in accordance with the music. This decorative body clock is
In an analog timepiece, an hour signal is formed by a cam mechanism that works in conjunction with the minute hand.In a digital timepiece, an hour signal is formed using a carry signal of a minute counter, etc. The music is played by the melody IC or music box that operates, and the motor for driving the decorative body is driven to rotate according to the playing time of the music, and the rotation of the motor for driving the decorative body is controlled by gears, cams, and appropriate link mechanisms. The doll, which is a decorative body, moves up and down or rotates, or swings a movable part such as a hand and a foot or a head of the doll.

[0003] In a decorative clock in which music is played by a music box, a motor for the music box and a motor for driving the decorative body are also used, and the drum of the music box is rotated from the rotating shaft of one motor via a reduction gear train. In some cases, a doll driving gear meshing with a predetermined gear in the reduction gear train is provided, and the decoration is actuated by driving a cam mechanism or a link mechanism by rotation of the doll driving gear.

[0004]

In the conventional decorative body timepiece, the music piece can be easily changed by replacing the music box or the melody IC, so that the appearance of the timepiece body can be changed while using a common drive mechanism for the decorative body. In some cases, a watch body that has been changed and that has a different musical piece has been manufactured. And, even if the clocks have different music pieces, the clocks with the same cam mechanism and link mechanism will operate the same as the decorative body,
In order to change the operation of the decorative body in a watch body with different tunes, the cam mechanism and link mechanism for driving the decorative body must be changed, and it is troublesome to change the operation according to the change in the tune. And replacement parts had to be prepared.

[0005] For this reason, it is easy to manufacture watch bodies having different music pieces, but it is not possible to manufacture various decorative body clocks that attract the user's attention by changing the operation of the decorative body in the watch bodies having different music pieces. It was often difficult. The present invention provides a decorative body timepiece that eliminates such drawbacks and can easily change the performance music and change the movement of the decorative body without performing troublesome parts replacement or design change. This is a decorative body drive mechanism that can perform the operation.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a driving member which can come into contact with a projection provided on the surface of a drum of a music box, and the driving member is driven by the projection which is moved by rotation of the drum. The movable part of the decorative body is operated by. In this way, the drive mechanism that drives the drive member by the protrusions provided on the drum surface of the music box to operate the movable portion of the decorative body can change the music to be played by changing the drum and also change the movement of the movable portion. it can.

The driving member is an operating rod which is a rod-like body slidable in the axial direction, and a sounding valve is flipped by a projection provided on the drum surface and the driving member is pushed up. In this way, if the driving member is pushed up using the projection that sounds the sound by playing the sounding valve,
The operation of the decorative body is inevitably different by replacing the drum with a different music piece, that is, a drum having a different arrangement of the protrusions.

Further, an operating rod is disposed so that the axial direction of the operating rod and the direction of the rotation axis of the drum are perpendicular to each other. An inclined surface is formed at the lower end of the operating rod, and a lever or a gear is provided between the operating rod and the lever. In some cases, the movable part is driven. In this way, if the operating rod is disposed so as to be perpendicular to the rotation axis of the drum, the tip of the operating rod enters between the projections even in a relatively dense projection, and an inclined surface is provided at the tip of the operating rod. Therefore, since the operation rod is pushed up by the movement of the projection in accordance with the rotation of the drum, the operation rod can be moved up and down. Further, by using a lever or a gear, the amount of vertical movement of the small operating rod is increased and transmitted to the movable part, so that the movable part can swing or rotate largely.

As a driving member, a rotating rod and a rotating plate having a rotating shaft orthogonal to the rotating shaft of the drum are used, and the rotating plate is disposed immediately adjacent to the drum, and the periphery of the side surface of the rotating plate facing the drum is located near the periphery. A large number of engaging projections are provided so as to be arranged in a circle, and a large number of driving projections that engage with the engaging projections on the right or left in accordance with the diameter of the circle formed by the engaging projections are arranged in two rows. It may be provided on the surface of the drum so as to be arranged.

As described above, the rotating plate having the engaging projections on the side faces is disposed in the immediate vicinity of the drum so that the direction of the rotation axis is orthogonal to the axial direction of the drum.
Drive projections are provided at intervals corresponding to the diameter of the circle formed by the engagement projections so as to form rows, and the drive projections are engaged with the engagement projections of the rotating plate in the right row or left row of the drive projections. If the rotating plate and the rotating rod rotate right when the driving projections in the right row engage with the engaging projections due to the rotation of the drum,
When the driving projections in the left row are engaged with the engagement projections, the rotating plate and the rotating rod rotate to the left, and the driving projections are arranged in two rows by dividing the driving projections into left and right. It can be rotated in both left and right directions. Further, if the number of the driving projections provided in the two rows is set so that the number of the projections in the left row and the number of the projections in the right row are the same, when the drum is rotated once, the rotation plate can be rotated. The stop can be performed by returning the stop position to the initial position.

In some cases, a gear is fixed to an upper portion of a rotary rod provided with a rotary plate at a lower end as a drive member, and the movable portion is rocked or rotated via an operating gear meshing with the gear. In this way, when transmitting the movement from the rotating plate or the rotating rod as the driving member to the movable portion, the use of the gear,
Various operations can be easily applied to the movable part.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, driven from above a drum 10 having a large number of projections 11 on the surface of which a sounding valve 19 of a music box is flipped. A rod-shaped operating rod 21 is disposed as a member such that the tip of the operating rod 21 contacts the side surface of the projection 11.

The operating rod 21 is fixed slidably in the vertical direction, which is the axial direction, by means of a fitting such as a pipe 25 so that the lower end can abut on the side of the projection 11 provided on the surface of the drum 10. A lock 27 is provided in the middle of the operating rod 21, and when the operating rod 21 is lowered to a predetermined position as shown in FIG. ring
Since the protrusions 11 are arranged at irregular intervals in accordance with the music, even when the lower end of the operating rod 21 does not contact the protrusion 11, the lower end of the operating rod 21 is higher than a predetermined height. This is to keep it from lowering.

When the pipe 25 is used as a mounting tool, a locking tool 27 is provided above the pipe 25 so that the locking tool 27 contacts the upper end of the pipe 25 to prevent the operating rod 21 from descending. You can also. As described above, the operating rod 21 is axially slidably supported by the lower end of the operating rod 21 at a position where the lower end of the operating rod 21 can be brought into contact with the side of the protrusion 11, and the rotation direction of the drum 10 is pushed up by the protrusion 11. If the direction is set, when the drum 10 rotates to play the music by playing the sound valve 19, the drum 10
The rotation of the protrusion 11 pushes the operating rod 21 upward, and the protrusion 11
When the protrusion 11 comes off from the lower end of the operating rod 21 due to the rotational movement of the operating rod 21, the operating rod 21 descends.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the hands and feet of the doll as the movable part 81 can be swung by the support pins 83,
The operating rods 21 are provided in accordance with the number of the movable parts 81, and the upper ends of the operating rods 21 are respectively mounted near the support pins 83 of the movable parts 81, and the heads of the movable parts 81 are connected in an L-shape. The upper end of the operating rod 21 is connected to a horizontal portion of the connecting rod 31 near the support pin 33 of the connecting rod 31 using the rod 31.

As described above, the movable part of the decorative body which is a hand or a foot
81 is made swingable by the support pin 83, and the support pin 83
If the upper end of the operating rod 21 is attached near the arm, the limb as the movable part 81 rotates around the support pin 83 by the vertical movement of the operating rod 21, and the limb as the movable part 81 is moved in the axial direction of the support pin 83. It can be operated in the front-back direction or the left-right direction.

When the L-shaped connecting rod 31 is used like the movable portion 81 having the head, the vertical movement of the operating rod 21 can be changed to the swinging movement of the head having the movable portion 81. The connecting rod
When the vertical movement of the operating rod 21 is changed to the front-rear operation or the left-right operation of the movable part 81 using the 31, when the lower end of the operating rod 21 comes off the protrusion 11, the operating rod 21 is surely lowered, A weight 35 or the like is provided at the rear end of the rod 31 to adjust the center of gravity.

Therefore, in this driving mechanism, when the drum 10 is rotated to play music, the operating rod 21 as each driving member is pushed up by the projection 11 for sounding by the projection 11 for flipping the sound valve 19, and is movable. The limbs and head of the doll, which is the part 81, are swung, and the position of the sounding projection 11 arranged on the surface of the drum 10 is determined according to the music, and each drum 10 with a different music Moving part 81 of decorative body
When the projections 11 are in close contact with each other, the vertical movement width of the operating rod 21, that is, the movable portion 81
The swinging width of the
The movement of 81 will be different depending on the clock body according to the music.

In the above-described embodiment, the mechanism in which the lower end of the operating rod 21 abuts on the side surface of the projection 11 is used. However, as shown in FIG. The operating rod 21 may be arranged above the drum 10 so as to be perpendicular to the direction of the rotation shaft 15 of the drum 10. In this case, a contact member 23 is provided at the lower end of the operating rod 21 to form an inclined surface 24 at the lower end of the operating rod 21.

As described above, the contact member 23 is attached to the lower end of the operating rod 21.
By forming the inclined surface 24 by attaching
When contacting the contact member 23, the contact member 23 and thus the operating rod 21 can be moved so as to slide in the axial direction of the operating rod 21 by the protrusion 11 that moves in a direction perpendicular to the operating rod 21. . The inclined surface 24 of the contact member 23, which is the lower end of the operating rod 21,
As in the previous embodiment, the lower end of the operating rod 21 is supported by a mounting tool such as a pipe 25 or a fixed ring 29 so that the lower end of the operating rod 21 does not move in the horizontal direction when is pressed by the projection 11.

An inclined surface 24 formed on the contact member 23
It is possible to push up the operating rod 21 if it is formed in only one direction in accordance with the rotation direction of the drum 10, but as shown in FIG. If it is formed, when the drum 10 is rotated at a constant speed, the operating rod 21 is slowly pushed up, and
21 can be lowered slowly.

Further, when the movable portion 81 is operated by the vertical movement of the operating rod 21 as shown in FIG. 3, the auxiliary rod 49 is driven via the lever 41 to apply a driving force to the movable portion 81. May be transmitted. When the lever 41 is used in this manner, an attachment point 45 for attaching the upper end of the operating rod 21 or the like is formed near the fulcrum 43 of the lever 41, and the second attachment point 47 for attaching the auxiliary rod 49 is separated from the fulcrum 43 so as to be separated from the fulcrum 43. By forming the operation rod 41, the small axial movement of the operating rod 21 can be made the large axial movement of the auxiliary rod 49.

Therefore, a low sounding projection for playing the sounding valve 19
Even with a small movement of the operating rod 21 due to 11, the movable part 81 can be largely moved to make the change of the decorative body stand out. Further, when the small movement of the operating rod 21 is made to be a large movement of the movable portion 81, the sector gear 51 or the like may be used.
In this case, the upper end of the auxiliary rod 49 or the upper end of the operating rod 21 is attached near the fixed shaft 53 of the sector gear 51, and the operating gear 55 having a radius smaller than the radius of the sector gear 51 is meshed with the sector gear 51, By attaching the movable portion 81 to the shaft 57 of the operation gear 55, the movable portion 81 can be largely rotated or rocked.

Incidentally, the embodiment shown in FIG.
From the fan gear 51 via the lever 41 and the auxiliary rod 49 to the auxiliary rod 49
The upper end of the operating rod 21 is directly attached to the sector gear 51, or the auxiliary rod 49 through the lever 41 is attached.
May be connected to the L-shaped connecting rod 31 shown in FIG. Further, as another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a driving member in which a rotating plate 65 is attached to a lower end of a rotating rod 61 orthogonal to the rotating shaft 15 of the drum 10 is provided. On the lower surface of the plate 65, there are provided a plurality of engagement projections 66 arranged in a circle along the circumference.

The diameter of the circle formed by the engagement projection 66 provided on the lower surface of the rotary plate 65 is larger than the width of the projection 11 that flips the sound valve 19, and the rotation of the drum 10 makes contact with the engagement projection 66. Many driving projections 13 are provided on the surface of the drum 10. The driving projection 13 is provided with the engagement projection 66.
5 is divided into two rows on the left and right sides of the sound-producing projections 11 for playing the sound valve 19 with a width corresponding to the diameter of the circle formed by FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, when the driving projections 13 arranged in the right column are located above the drum 10 and engage with the engagement projections 66, the driving projections 13 arranged in the left column are When the driving projections 13 arranged in the left row are positioned above the drum 10 so as not to engage with the engagement projections 66 and engage with the engagement projections 66, the driving projections arranged on the right side The body 13 does not engage with the engagement protrusion 66, and the driving protrusion 13 is dispersed to the left and right of the sounding projection 11 along the circumference of the drum 10 so that it is discontinuous on the left and right of the sounding projection 11. Are arranged so as to form a simple row.

As described above, the driving projection 13 is connected to the engagement projection 66.
The drum 10 is rotated to form two rows in accordance with the diameter of a circle formed by rotating the drum 10 and the drive projection 13 provided on the surface of the drum 10 is driven on either the right or left side. Since the driving projections 13 are engaged with the engagement projections 66, when the drum 10 is rotated in a certain direction, the driving projections 13 arranged in the right row are engaged with the engagement projections 66. The direction in which the rotating plate 65 and the rotating rod 61 are rotated is opposite to the direction in which the driving projections 13 arranged in the left row are engaged with the engaging projections 66 and rotate the rotating plate 65 and the rotating rod 61. Thus, the rotating plate 65 and the rotating rod 61 can be reciprocated.

Therefore, by attaching the movable portion 81 such as a doll's head to the upper end of the rotating rod 61, the movable portion 81 can be rotated left and right. Further, when a rotating rod 67 projecting from an appropriate position of the rotating rod 61 in the horizontal direction is attached to the rotating rod 61, the tip of the rotating rod 67 can be moved in the horizontal direction back and forth or left and right. By attaching the movable portion 81 to the tip of the moving rod 67, the movable portion 81 can be operated in accordance with the rotation of the drum 10.

When the driving projections 13 are provided on the surface of the drum 10, the number of projections arranged on the right side of the sounding projections 11 and the driving projections 13 arranged on the left side of the sounding projections 11 are provided.
When the drum 10 is rotated one turn, the stop position of the rotary plate 65 can be set to the original position and the rotary plate 65 can be stopped, and the stop position of the movable portion 81 is set to the original position. The stationary shape of the decorative body can be easily made constant at all times.

A gear is attached to the rotating rod 61 to operate the gear.
The movable part 81 such as a hand may be operated by the operating gear 55 by meshing with the operating gear 55. The gear fixed to the rotating rod 61 is
As shown in FIG. 6, if the side gear 69 is used or if a bevel gear is used, the movable portion 81 is attached to the shaft 57 of the operating gear 55 that meshes with the side gear 69, and the hand, foot, or the like is used. Moving parts of
81 can be operated in the front-rear direction or the up-down direction, and the natural movement of the movable portion 81 can be easily seen.

Further, as another embodiment, a rotating rod 61
The operating rod 21 is inserted into the rotating rod 61, and the lower end of the operating rod 21 has a contact member 23 having an inclined surface 24.
In some cases, the movable part 81 is attached via the lever 41, the auxiliary rod 49, the connecting rod 31, and the like, with the upper end of the operating rod 21 protruding above the upper end of the rotating rod 61. As described above, by combining the driving member constituted by the rotating rod 61 and the rotating plate 65 with the driving member serving as the operating rod 21, the movement of each movable portion 81 can be further changed.

When the movable portion 81 is operated by rotation or rotation of the operation gear 55, an engagement pin 59 is provided on the side surface of the operation gear 55 as shown in FIG. In some cases, an operating rod 71 having an elongated hole 75 is used. By using the operating rod 71, an operating point 77 near the end of the operating rod 71 can be moved in an arc around the fulcrum 73 in accordance with the rotation of the operating gear 55.
And the movable portion 81 can be operated.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the driving projections 13 are arranged in two rows on both sides of the sounding projections 11, but the driving projections 13 are arranged in two rows. In addition to the case where the drum 10 is provided on the left and right of the projection 11, the drum 10 is formed to be long in the axial direction, and is separated from the projection 11 for sound generation to form a width corresponding to the diameter of a circle formed by the engagement projection 66. Driving projection 13
May be provided on the surface of the drum 10.

When operating a plurality of decorative objects such as dolls, as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5, or FIG.
A plurality of music boxes provided with a drive member for each 10 are lined up, a drum 10 of each music box is sequentially rotated to play a long song, and a plurality of dolls are sequentially activated according to the performance of this song, There is a case where a plurality of music boxes are simultaneously operated to perform a ensemble, and a plurality of dolls are simultaneously operated in accordance with the performance.

When simultaneously operating a plurality of decorative bodies, as shown in FIG. 8, the sounding valve 19 is divided into a plurality of parts to widen the sound range, and the sound generating valve 19 is used in accordance with the positions of the divided sounding valves 19. Using the drum 10 on which the projection 11 is formed, each sound valve 19
A driving member and a decorative body such as a doll may be arranged in accordance with the position of the drum 10, and a driving projection 13 may be appropriately added to the drum 10 to add a driving member or a decorative body such as the rotating plate 65.

[0035]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the protrusion is provided on the surface of the drum, and the movable member of the decorative member is operated by using the protrusion which moves when the drum is rotated. By doing so, it is possible to change the performance music and change the operation of the movable part.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the sound valve is pushed and the driving member is pushed up by the projection provided on the surface of the drum, it is inevitable to use a drum having a different arrangement of the projection to change the music. Even if the driving mechanisms have the same structure, the operation of the movable part changes. Claim 3
In the invention described in (1), the axial direction of the operating rod is
The operating rod is perpendicular to the surface of the drum, and the tip of the operating rod can be inserted between the dense projections. Since the operating rod is moved by using the lever and the gear, the moving amount of the small operating rod can be changed to the operation of the movable portion having a large moving amount, and the movement of the movable portion can be made more conspicuous.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the sounding projection and the driving projection are provided on the surface of the drum, the operation of the decorative body can be changed by replacing the drum, and the driving projection can be changed. By increasing the number of bodies, the number of decorative bodies can be easily increased. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily cause the movable portion to perform various operations through the operation gear.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a main part of a doll driving mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part of the doll driving mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a main part of another example of the doll driving mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an example of another driving member in the doll driving mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of another driving member in the doll driving mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a main part of another embodiment of the doll driving mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view showing another improvement of the doll driving mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an improved example of a drum used in the doll driving mechanism according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 drum 11 projection for sound generation 13 projection for drive 15 rotation shaft 19 sound generation valve 21 operating rod 23 abutting member 24 inclined surface 25 pipe 27 locking tool 29 fixed ring 31 connecting rod 33 support pin 35 weight 41 lever 43 fulcrum 45 Attachment point 47 Second attachment point 49 Auxiliary rod 51 Sector gear 53 Fixed shaft 55 Operating gear 57 Shaft 59 Engagement pin 61 Rotating rod 65 Rotating plate 66 Engaging projection 67 Rotating rod 69 Side tooth gear 71 Operating rod 73 Supporting point 75 Slot 77 operating point 81 movable part 83 support pin

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ identification code FI G04B 45/00 G04B 45/00 U G10F 1/06 G10F 1/06 K (58) Investigated field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB Name) A63H 13/12 A63H 3/18 A63H 13/04 A63H 29/00 G04B 21/08 G04B 45/00 G10F 1/06

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] A driving member capable of coming into contact with a projection provided on the surface of a drum of a music box is provided, a driving member is driven by a projection moving by rotation of the drum, and a movable portion of a decorative body is operated by the driving member. A doll drive mechanism for a decorative body clock, characterized in that the doll is driven. 2. An actuating rod, which is a rod-shaped body slidable in the axial direction, is used as a driving member, and a driving member is driven by flipping a sounding valve and pushing up the driving member by a projection provided on a drum surface. The doll drive mechanism of the decorative body clock according to claim 1, wherein 3. The operating rod is arranged so that the axial direction of the operating rod is perpendicular to the direction of the rotation axis of the drum. An inclined surface is provided at the lower end of the operating rod, and the operating rod is movable from the operating rod via a lever or a gear. The doll driving mechanism for a decorative body clock according to claim 2, wherein the doll driving mechanism drives the section. 4. A rotary rod and a rotary plate having a rotary shaft orthogonal to a rotary shaft of a drum are used as a driving member, and the rotary plate serving as the driving member is disposed immediately adjacent to the drum, and the rotary plate is a drum of the rotary plate. A rotating plate having a large number of engaging projections arranged in a circular shape near the peripheral edge of the side surface facing the surface, and a large number of driving projections forming two rows having a width matching the diameter of the circular shape formed by the engaging projections is provided on the drum. 2. A drum provided on a surface and having a large number of driving projections disposed on a surface thereof such that one of the driving projections in a right row or a left row is engaged with the engagement projection. The doll drive mechanism of the decorative body clock described in 1 above. 5. A gear is fixed to an upper portion of a rotating rod provided with a rotating plate at a lower end, and the movable portion is rocked or rotated via an operating gear meshing with the gear.
The doll drive mechanism of the decorative body clock described in 1 above.