JP3002676U - Remote-controlled traveling toy - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote-controlled traveling toy capable of extremely easily changing the traveling motion of a toy body by operating a simple operator. A remote-controlled traveling toy including a toy body having a plurality of traveling modes and a controller that controls the toy body at a position distant from the toy body,
The toy body has a battery and a motor, a steered wheel and a drive wheel, a steering mechanism that switches the steered wheel to a direction corresponding to the driving mode, and a forward / reverse switching mechanism that switches the rotation direction of the drive wheel to a direction corresponding to the driving mode. By the driving mode display means for displaying the driving mode and the forward rotation of the motor,
Interlocking means for driving the steered wheel switching mechanism, the drive wheel switching mechanism and the traveling mode display means so as to interlock with each other,
A traveling mechanism that drives the drive wheels in the traveling mode at that time by the reverse rotation of the motor is provided, and the controller is provided with an operator that switches between the forward and reverse rotations of the motor.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a remote-controlled traveling toy such as a radio-controlled traveling toy.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 For remote-controlled traveling toys, by operating the controls provided on the controller, the toy body located at a position remote from the controller can have multiple traveling modes such as forward, backward, right turn, and left turn. There are things that let you run in. Such a remote-controlled traveling toy is a self-propelled toy that can be operated at a position remote from the toy body so that the toy body can be controlled as desired by the user to perform a variety of traveling motions. It is even more interesting for children, etc.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in such a remote-controlled traveling toy in which the main body of the toy travels in various traveling modes, it is necessary to delicately operate the operating elements of the controller or simultaneously operate multiple operating elements. In this case, there is a problem that the operation of the operator becomes very difficult, especially for an infant or the like.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a remote-controlled traveling in which the traveling motion of the toy body can be changed extremely easily by operating a simple operator. The purpose is to provide toys.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 1 is a remote-controlled traveling toy that comprises a toy body having a plurality of traveling modes and a controller that controls the toy body at a position distant from the toy body. Are the battery and motor, the steered wheels and the drive wheels, the steering mechanism that switches the steered wheels to the direction that corresponds to the driving mode, the forward-reverse switching mechanism that switches the rotation direction of the drive wheels to the direction that corresponds to the driving mode, The driving mode display means for displaying the mode, the interlocking means for driving the steering wheel switching mechanism, the driving wheel switching mechanism, and the driving mode display means so as to interlock with each other by the forward rotation of the motor, and the reverse rotation of the motor at that point And a traveling mechanism that drives the driving wheels in the traveling mode, and the controller operates the motor to switch between forward and reverse rotation. In which is provided.

A remote-controlled traveling toy according to a second aspect of the present invention is the remote-controlled traveling toy according to the first aspect, wherein the interlocking means is constituted by a cam mechanism.

The remote-controlled traveling toys according to claims 3 and 4 are the remote-controlled traveling toys according to claims 1 and 2, wherein the traveling mode display means corresponds to the traveling mode. It is composed of a plurality of LEDs that are alternately turned on.

[0008]

[Action]

 According to the remote-controlled traveling toy according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the motor rotates in the forward direction, the interlocking means drives the steered wheel switching mechanism, the drive wheel switching mechanism, and the traveling mode display means so as to interlock with each other. As a result, the steering mechanism switches the steering wheels in the direction corresponding to the driving mode, and the forward / reverse switching mechanism switches the rotation direction of the drive wheels in the direction corresponding to the driving mode, whereby the driving modes are sequentially switched. The traveling mode display means displays the traveling mode. When the motor is rotated in the reverse direction, the traveling mechanism drives the drive wheels in the traveling mode at that time.

Therefore, during normal rotation of the motor, the toy body is in a stopped state while the traveling mode is not switched, and in this stopped state, the traveling mode display means displays the desired traveling mode. At this time, by operating the manipulator, the motor reverses and the toy body travels in the traveling mode according to the mode display. As a result, the toy body can be easily moved in a desired direction only by operating one operating element, for example.

Further, in the remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 2, the interlocking means for interlocking the steering wheel switching mechanism, the driving wheel switching mechanism and the traveling mode display means with each other is constituted by a cam mechanism. Therefore, the operation by the remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 1 can be obtained with a simple configuration.

Further, in the remote-controlled traveling toys according to claims 3 and 4, since the traveling mode display means is composed of a plurality of LEDs that are alternately turned on in response to the traveling mode, it is turned on. From the position of the LED, the running mode at that time can be easily discriminated visually.

[0012]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a remote-controlled traveling toy according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show a remote-controlled traveling toy according to an embodiment of the present invention. The remote-controlled traveling toy is configured as a radio-controlled automobile toy, and includes a controller 1 and an automobile toy (toy body) 2 wirelessly controlled by the controller 1. The controller 1 is provided with one operation button (operator) 1a. On the other hand, the automobile toy 2 is configured to resemble a truck, a power switch 3 is provided in the rear portion, and four LEDs 4 (4a to 4d) are arranged in parallel in the front portion.

First, an outline of the operation of the remote-controlled traveling toy will be described. The remote-controlled traveling toy can be traveled in any one of four traveling modes including forward traveling, rightward traveling, backward traveling and leftward traveling. When the power switch 3 is turned on, the LED 4 lights up in the order of 4a, 4b, 4d, 4c, for example, for 1 second each to display the traveling mode. As described above, when the power switch 3 is turned on, the automobile toy 2 itself is stopped and the LED 4 is simply turned on in the above order. When the operation button 1a of the controller 1 is pushed in this state, the automobile toy 2 starts to run in the direction corresponding to the running mode indicated by the LED 4 which is lit while the operation button 1a is being pushed. That is, the automobile toy 2 makes a right turn forward when the LED 4a is lit, moves forward when the LED 4b is lit, and moves backward when the LED 4c is lit, and the LED 4d is turned on. When it is lit, it turns left ahead.

Next, the configuration of the automobile toy 2 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, this automobile toy 2 is mounted on upper and lower chassis 5, 6, front wheels (steering wheels) 7 steerably attached to the lower chassis 6, and lower chassis 6. It has a rear wheel (driving wheel) 8 attached thereto, an antenna 9, and a track-shaped body 10 attached to the upper chassis 5. Further, the automobile toy 2 includes a battery (not shown), a motor M operated by the battery, a cam mechanism (interlocking device) 11 driven by the forward rotation of the motor M, and a front wheel 7 driven by the cam mechanism 11. Driven by a cam mechanism 11 and a steering mechanism 12 for switching the vehicle to a direction corresponding to the traveling mode, and a forward / reverse switching mechanism 13 driven by a cam mechanism 11 to switch the rotation direction of the rear wheel 8 to a direction corresponding to the traveling mode. Then, the driving mode display mechanism (running mode display means) 14 that lights the LED 4 to display the running mode, and the running mechanism 15 that runs the automobile toy 2 by rotating the rear wheel 8 by the reverse rotation of the motor. And are built in.

Among the above-mentioned configurations, the cam mechanism 11 rotates on a gear 50 fixed to the shaft of the motor M and an arm 51 rotatably attached to the shaft of the motor M, as shown in FIG. A gear 52 that is self-supporting and meshes with the gear 50, a gear 53a that can mesh with the gear 52, a worm 53b that rotates integrally with the gear 53a, and a gear 54a that meshes with the worm 53b. The gear 54a includes a partial gear 54b that rotates integrally with the gear 54a, a gear 55 that meshes with the partial gear 54b, and an eccentric cam 57 that is eccentrically fixed to a shaft 56 that fixes the gear 55.

With such a configuration, when the motor M rotates normally (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4), the arm 51 rotates forward, the gear 52 meshes with the gear 53a, and the rotational force of the motor M becomes By transmitting to the shaft 56 via the gears 50, 52, 53a, the worm 53b, the gear 54a, the partial gear 54b, and the gear 55, the shaft 56 and the eccentric cam 57 integral therewith are connected to each other by the arrow in the figure. Rotate in the direction. In this case, since the partial gear 54b is formed only on approximately the four-half part of the outer circumference of the disc, the eccentric cam 57 intermittently rotates by 90 °, and between the rotations, the rear gear shown in FIG. Position protruding (forward mode position), position protruding left (left turning mode position), position protruding forward (reverse mode position), and position protruding right (right turning mode position) The vehicle will be sequentially stopped at the four driving mode positions for a predetermined time, for example, one second each.

Further, the cam mechanism 11 has a positioning mechanism 58 for stably positioning the eccentric cam 57 at the four traveling mode positions. The positioning mechanism 58 includes a driving wheel 58a that rotates integrally with the gear 54a and the partial gear 54b, and a driven wheel 58b that rotates integrally with the gear 55. The driving wheel 58a is formed by cutting out approximately four half of a circular plate, while the driven wheel 58b is formed in a star wheel shape, and four concave portions 58c are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. . The recess 58c of the driven wheel 58b is configured to have the same curvature as the drive wheel 58a, and when the eccentric cam 57 is stopped, the recess 58c is fitted with a portion other than the cutout 58d of the drive wheel 58a. Thus, the eccentric cam 57 is held at each traveling mode position. Further, the cutout portion 58d of the driving wheel 58a is a relief portion of the convex portion formed between the adjacent concave portions 58c.

The steering mechanism 12 steers the front wheels 7 in conjunction with the eccentric cam 57 of the cam mechanism 11 when the motor M rotates in the normal direction, is rotatably attached to the lower chassis 6, and has a shaft pin. A pair of left and right support arms 60, 60 for supporting the front wheels 7, 7 together with 59, a connecting arm 61 for connecting between the support arms 60, 60, and a rearward direction extending from the connecting arm 61, and an upper portion of the eccentric cam 57. It is composed of a pair of left and right steering arms 62 and 62 which are sandwiched. With this configuration, when the eccentric cam 57 is in the forward mode position and the reverse mode position, both front wheels 7 and 7 face straight as shown in FIG. 4, and when the eccentric cam 57 is in the right turning mode position, When the steering arm 62 is pushed to the right by the eccentric cam 57, the front wheels 7, 7 are steered in the right diagonal direction, and when in the left turning mode position, the front wheels 7, 7 are steered in the left diagonal direction. To be done.

The traveling mode display mechanism 14 displays the traveling mode of the vehicle toy 2 in association with the eccentric cam 57 when the motor M rotates in the normal direction. As shown in FIG. The LEDs 4a to 4d, the four switches 63a to 63d for respectively lighting the LEDs 4a to 4d, and the LED lighting cam 64 for selectively operating the switches 63a to 63d in conjunction with the eccentric cam 57. Has been done. The LED lighting cam 64 is fixed to the shaft 56, which is fixed to the eccentric cam 57 and protrudes to the upper side of the upper chassis 5, and rotates integrally with the eccentric cam 57, that is, at 90 ° intervals. It is like this. Each of the switches 63a to 63d is composed of a leaf switch, and one piece of each leaf switch is connected to the battery via the power switch, and the other piece is connected to one of the LEDs 4a to 4d. Further, the switches 63a to 63d are arranged so as to surround the LED lighting cam 64 from four directions of front, rear, left and right, and are sequentially pressed and turned on as the LED lighting cam 64 rotates. The corresponding LEDs 4a to 4d are sequentially turned on.

As shown in FIG. 3, the traveling mechanism 15 includes a gear 50, an arm 51, and a gear 52, a gear 70a capable of meshing with the gear 52, and a gear 70b integrally formed with the gear 70a. A gear 71a meshing with the gear 70b, a gear 71b integrally formed with the gear 71a, a gear 72a meshing with the gear 71b, and a coil spring 72b are urged toward the gear 72a so that the gear 72a can rotate idly. It is possible to mesh with the connected gear 72c, the forward / reverse switching gear 73 that meshes with the gear 72c, and is movable along the axial direction of the gear 72c (the direction of the arrow in the figure), and the forward / reverse switching gear 73. It is possible to mesh with the forward gear 76 and the forward / reverse switching gear 73 that are fixed to the gear 74 and the rotating shafts 75 that support the rear wheels 8 and 8 and that mesh with the gear 74. And a reverse gear 77.

With this configuration, when the motor M rotates in the reverse direction (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3), the arm 51 rotates rearward so that the gear 52 meshes with the gear 70a, and the rotational force of the motor M is changed to the gear 50. , 52, 70a, 70b, 71a, 71b, 72a and 72c are transmitted to the forward-reverse switching gear 73, which rotates in the direction of the arrow in the figure. As will be described later, the forward / reverse switching gear 73 is adapted to be moved by the forward / reverse switching mechanism 13 in association with the rotation of the eccentric cam 57 of the cam mechanism 11 when the motor M rotates normally. When it is located to the right, it meshes with the gear 74 and drives the forward-moving gear 76 through this gear 74 to move the automobile toy 2 forward, while when it is located to the right, it disengages from the gear 74 and moves backward. By directly engaging with the gear 77, the automobile toy 2 is retracted.

The forward / reverse switching mechanism 13 is a slide plate 78 slidably attached to the lower chassis 6 in the front / rear direction, and a forward / reverse switching mechanism for moving the forward / reverse switching gear 73 according to the slide of the slide plate 78. And the lever 79. At the front part of the slide plate 78, there is formed a cam receiving part 78a with which the lower outer peripheral surface of the eccentric cam 57 is slidably contacted. Have The slide plate 78 is biased rearward by a coil spring 80 attached to the lower chassis 6. The forward / reverse switching lever 79 includes a shaft 79a rotatably attached to the lower chassis 6, an arm 79b that engages with an engaging recess 78b of the slide plate 78, and a forward / reverse switching gear 73 from both sides. And a drive unit 79c for moving the same.

With such a configuration of the forward / reverse switching mechanism 13, as shown in FIG. 3, when the eccentric cam 57 is in the forward drive mode position, the right turn mode position or the left turn mode position when the motor M rotates in the forward direction. In addition, since the slide plate 78 is located rearward by the spring force of the coil spring 80, the forward / reverse switching gear 73 is located leftward, meshes with the gear 74, and the forward gear 76 is engaged via the gear 74. Connected to. On the other hand, when the eccentric cam 57 is in the rearward retreat mode position, the eccentric cam 57 pushes the cam receiving portion 78a forward, so that the slide plate 78 slides forward, and the engaging concave portion 78b has the arm portion 79b. Is pressed to rotate the forward / reverse switching lever 79 about its shaft 79a. Along with this, the drive portion 79c of the forward / reverse switching lever 79 moves the forward / reverse switching gear 73 to the right, whereby the forward / reverse switching gear 73 is disengaged from the gear 74 and the reverse gear 77 is moved. Will directly engage with.

Next, the operation of the above-described remote-controlled traveling toy will be collectively described.

When the power switch 3 of the automobile toy 2 is turned on and the operation button 1a of the controller 1 is not pressed, the motor M rotates normally, the arm 51 rotates forward, and the gear 52 moves to the gear 53a. The cam mechanism 11 operates by meshing with the cam mechanism 11. As a result, the eccentric cam 57 intermittently rotates by 90 °, and between this rotation, a position protruding rearward (forward mode position), a position protruding leftward (left turning mode position), The vehicle is stopped at four traveling mode positions, a forward projecting position (reverse mode position) and a rightward projecting position (right turning mode position), for a predetermined time, for example, one second each.

In association with the eccentric cam 57, the driving mode display mechanism 14 causes the LED lighting cam 64 that rotates integrally with the eccentric cam 57 to sequentially turn on the LEDs 4a to 4d corresponding to the driving mode at that time. Turn on the light. For example, the LED 4b is turned on when the eccentric cam 57 is in the forward drive mode position, the LED 4a is turned on when the eccentric cam 57 is in the right turn mode position, the LED 4c is turned on when the eccentric cam 57 is in the reverse drive mode position, and the LED 4d is turned on when the eccentric cam 57 is in the left turn mode position.

Further, in conjunction with the eccentric cam 57, the steering mechanism 12 causes the steering arms 62 and 62 and the eccentric cam 57 to engage with each other, so that when the eccentric cam 57 is in the forward mode position and the backward mode position, When both front wheels 7, 7 are directed straight ahead, the front wheels 7, 7 are steered diagonally to the right when in the right turning mode position, and the front wheels 7, 7 are steered to the left when in the left turning mode position. Steer. Further, in conjunction with the eccentric cam 57, the forward / reverse switching mechanism 13 causes the slide plate 78 and the eccentric cam 57 to engage with each other so that the eccentric cam 57 moves the forward mode position, the right turning mode position, and the left turning mode. When in the position, the traveling mechanism 15 is in the forward drive state, and when in the reverse mode position, the traveling mechanism 15 is in the reverse drive state.

When the operation button 1a of the controller 1 is pressed in this state, a control signal is sent to the receiver R via the antenna 9 of the automobile toy 2, and the receiver R drives the motor only while the operation button 1a is pressed. The reverse rotation signal of M is output and the motor M rotates in reverse. When the motor M rotates in the reverse direction, the arm 51 rotates backward, and the gear 52 meshes with the gear 70a, thereby operating the traveling mechanism 15 and switching the direction of the front wheel 7 steered by the steering mechanism 12 and forward / backward switching. The toy vehicle 2 is driven according to the forward / reverse switching state of the mechanism 13. Therefore, when the operation button 1a is pressed, the car toy 2 travels in the direction corresponding to the travel mode set immediately before that, that is, when the LED 4a is lit, the car toy 2 turns right forward and the LED 4b turns on. When it is lit, it moves forward, when LED4c is lit, it moves backward, and when LED4d is lit, it turns left forward.

Therefore, when one of the LEDs 4a to 4d that indicates a desired traveling mode is lit, the automobile toy 2 can be driven in a desired direction only by pressing the operation button 1a, and the controller 1 Can be extremely easily performed. In this case, the driving mode is displayed by a plurality of LEDs 4a to 4d that are alternately turned on in accordance with the driving mode. Therefore, the driving mode can be visually easily discriminated from the position of the turned-on LED. can do. Further, since the steering mechanism 12, the forward / reverse switching mechanism 13 and the traveling mode display mechanism 14 are all interlocked by the cam mechanism 11 using the single motor M as a power source, they can be simply and inexpensively constructed. it can.

Although the embodiments of the present invention 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.

For example, in the embodiment, the running mode of the automobile toy 2 is composed of a total of four modes of forward, leftward turning, backward and rightward turning, but this running mode may be adjusted appropriately. It is also possible to add two traveling modes, for example, a right rearward turn and a left rearward turn, so that more varied traveling can be performed. In this case, the configurations of the cam mechanism 11, the steering mechanism 12, the forward / reverse switching mechanism 13 and the traveling mode display mechanism 14 may be changed accordingly.

Further, in the embodiment, the driving mode display means is composed of a plurality of LEDs arranged in parallel at the front of the automobile toy, but it may be composed of any other means, for example, a light bulb or the like. Alternatively, they may be arranged at the front, rear, left and right of the car toy, and the blinkers may blink.

Further, in the embodiment, the wireless control type toy has been described, but it goes without saying that it can be applied to a wired toy.

[0036]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention, when the desired traveling mode display is reached, the toy body can travel according to the traveling mode display simply by operating the operating element. It has the effect that it can be performed extremely easily by operating a simple operator.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a controller of a remote-controlled traveling toy according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a body and a driving mode display mechanism of an automobile toy of the remote-controlled traveling toy of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a traveling mechanism, a forward / reverse switching mechanism and the like incorporated in the automobile toy of FIG.

4 is a perspective view showing a cam mechanism, a steering mechanism and the like incorporated in the automobile toy of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Controller 1a Operation Button 2 Car Toy 4 LED 7 Front Wheel 8 Rear Wheel 11 Cam Mechanism 12 Steering Mechanism 13 Forward / Reverse Switching Mechanism 14 Travel Mode Switching Display Mechanism 15 Travel Mechanism M Motor R Receiver

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A toy body having a plurality of traveling modes,
In a remote-controlled traveling toy including a controller that controls the toy body at a position remote from the toy body, the toy body includes a battery and a motor, steered wheels and drive wheels, and a steered wheel in a traveling mode. The steering mechanism for switching to the direction corresponding to the drive mode, the forward / backward switching mechanism for switching the rotation direction of the drive wheels to the direction corresponding to the travel mode, the travel mode display means for displaying the travel mode, and the forward rotation of the motor to An interlocking means for driving the steered wheel switching mechanism, the driving wheel switching mechanism and the traveling mode display means so as to interlock with each other, and a traveling mechanism for driving the driving wheels in the traveling mode at that time by the reverse rotation of the motor. , And the controller is provided with an operator for switching between forward and reverse rotation of the motor. That remote control type traveling toy. 2. The remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 1, wherein the interlocking means is a cam mechanism. 3. The remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 1, wherein the traveling mode display means is composed of a plurality of LEDs that are alternately turned on in accordance with the traveling mode. 4. The remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 2, wherein the traveling mode display means is composed of a plurality of LEDs that are alternately turned on in accordance with the traveling mode.