JP3045638U - Sphere launch toy - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a sphere launching toy capable of freely adjusting the flight distance of a sphere by a simple operation. In a sphere launching toy for providing a pair of flipping pieces (5) on a main body (1) and forcibly pushing a sphere (2) housed between the flipping pieces (5), the sphere (2) is flipped out of the flipping piece (5). A biasing member 8 is provided between the rear end 5b of the flipping piece and the rear end 5b of the play piece, which urges the rear end 5b outward to urge the front end 5a inward.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a sphere launching toy which plays by playing out a sphere such as a marble with a pair of flipping pieces.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, as this kind of sphere launching toy, the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 6-126871 is known. This is done by providing a pair of flipping pieces on the body, supplying a sphere like a marble between the flipping pieces, and forcing the above-mentioned sphere from the rear end side of the flipping piece by a pushing member. The tip of the piece expands against its resilience, and the ball rebounds from the tip of the piece with elastic restoring force.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, the conventional sphere launching toy cannot adjust the degree of sphere play, and could always fly the same distance at the same momentum. As a sphere launching toy which solves this, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-280945. This sphere launching toy engages a U-shaped adjusting member at the rear end of a flipping member. By expanding the space between the rear ends, it is difficult to expand the front end, and the elastic restoring force of the flipping member is increased. However, in this spherical launching toy, the adjustment member must be set on each flipping piece, and the resilience of the flipping piece is determined by the adjustment members, making it impossible to make fine adjustments. There was also a risk of losing members.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a sphere launching toy that can freely adjust the flight distance of a sphere by a simple operation.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, a sphere launching toy according to the present invention is provided with at least a pair of flipping pieces on a main body, and forcibly pushing out a sphere housed between the flipping pieces. In a sphere launching toy which ejects a sphere from a flipping piece, the center of the flipping piece is pivotally supported by the main body, and the rear end is biased outward between the rear ends of the flipping piece so that the tip is inward. And a biasing member for biasing in a direction.

It is preferable that the biasing member is a spring.

A connecting member for connecting the two playing pieces is disposed between the rear ends of the playing pieces, and one end of the connecting member is pivotally supported on one playing piece, and the other end is connected to the other playing piece. The connecting member may be provided with an adjusting member slidably movable to the left and right, and the spring may be arranged between the adjusting member and the other flipping piece.

[0008] In a sphere launching toy in which a pair of flipping pieces are provided on the main body, and the sphere accommodated between the flipping pieces is forcibly pushed out, the sphere is ejected from the flipping piece. An adjustment mechanism is provided between the rear ends of the flipping pieces to adjust the distance between the rear ends, and the distance between the front ends is changed by adjusting the distance between the rear ends of the flipping pieces. Is also good.

[0009]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 1 (a) and 1 (b) show a sphere launching toy. The sphere launching toy is formed in the shape of a doll, and a main body (body portion) 1 is provided with a launching opening 3 for a sphere 2 on a front surface thereof. Openings 4 are formed in front and rear of the side of the portion 1 so as to communicate with the firing port 3, and flipping pieces 5 are respectively attached to the openings 4 so as to face the firing port 3. The flipping piece 5 is made of synthetic resin or metal, and is rotatably supported by a shaft 7 on a mounting portion 6 having a substantially central portion protruding from the body portion 1 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 7. An urging member 8 for constantly urging the tip 5a inward is disposed between the rear ends. The biasing member 8 is formed of a spring as shown in the plan view of FIG. 2 with the head removed, and is arranged so as to push the rear end 5b of the flipping piece 5 outward. As a result, the tip 5a is always inward. Toward you. A connecting member 9 is arranged at the rear ends 5b of the both playing pieces 5 so that the distance between the rear ends 5b urged by the springs 8 does not increase beyond a certain value. One end of the connecting member 9 is pivotally supported by one flipping piece 5, and the other end thereof penetrates the other flipping piece 5, and is formed with a stopper 9 a formed at the front end thereof. It is formed so as not to exist. This distance is set so that the distance between the tips 5a of the playing pieces is smaller than the diameter of the sphere 2.

An extruding member 10 is provided at the center of the body 1 so as to be slidable back and forth. The extruding member 10 is formed in a substantially U-shape, and its tip 10a is arranged in the body 1 so as to abut the rear surface of the sphere 2 arranged between the flipping pieces 5, and the spring 11 Is always biased backwards. One end of the spring 11 is located at the rear end of the pushing member 10, and the other end is in contact with a rectangular tubular support member 12 formed on the rear surface of the body 1. The spring 8 and the connecting member 9 are arranged so as to pass through the center of the supporting member 12.

In the sphere launching toy having the above configuration, when the sphere is launched, the sphere 2 is pushed into the body 1 from the launch port 3 and is supplied in advance between the playing pieces 5, and then, as shown in FIG. As shown in (1), when the pushing member 10 is pressed against the spring 11 and slid forward, the sphere 2 between the flipping pieces 5 is forcibly pushed forward. The sphere 2 is further pushed forward while pushing the tip 5 a of the playing piece 5 outward against the spring 8. When the maximum diameter (diameter) of the sphere 2 passes through the tip 5a of the flip piece 5, the distance between the tip 5a of the flip piece 5 is sharply reduced by the spring force of the spring 8, so that the pressing force of the pushing member 10 and the spring force are reduced. 8 is ejected from the tip 5a of the playing piece 5 and fired from the firing opening 3 with great force. Note that the connecting member may be formed so as to be detachable from the flipping piece so that it can be replaced with a spring having a different strength.

As shown in FIG. 4, an engaging portion 5c of the spring 8 is formed at the rear end of the flipping piece 5, and the distance between the tip ends 5a of the flipping piece 5 is smaller than the diameter of the sphere. The spring 8 whose length has been set in advance may be engaged. This eliminates the need for a connecting member, and can easily change the flight distance of the sphere by replacing the spring with a different spring force.

Next, a sphere launching toy that can adjust the resilience of the spring will be described. As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the sphere launching toy is provided with an adjusting member 17 arranged to be movable to the left and right on a connecting member 15 for connecting the rear end 5b of the flipping piece 5, and an adjusting member. A spring 8 is arranged between the spring 17 and one of the spring pieces 5, and the resilience of the spring 8 is adjusted by changing the position of the adjusting member 17. A thread groove 16 is formed on the peripheral surface of the connecting member 15, and an adjusting member 17 formed of a metal disk having a notch formed on the peripheral surface is formed around the thread groove 16. The connection member 15 is formed so as to move left and right by being screwed into the formed screw hole and rotated. A spring 8 is arranged between the adjusting member 17 and one of the playing pieces 5. By rotating the adjusting member 17 and moving the connecting member 15 in the left-right direction, the spring 8 can be expanded and contracted. it can. When the adjusting member 17 is moved to the left and the spring 8 is compressed, the spring force of the spring 8 can be increased, and when the adjusting member 17 is moved to the right and the spring 8 is loosened, the spring 8 is formed so that the resilience can be reduced.

According to the sphere launching toy having the above configuration, the spring 8 disposed between the playing pieces 5 can be expanded and contracted by rotating the adjusting member 17. When the spring 8 is contracted, the resilience of the spring 8 increases, and it becomes difficult for the pushing member 10 to expand the tip 5a of the pushing piece 5 when the sphere 2 is pushed out. When the maximum diameter of the ball 2 passes through the tip 5a of the flipping piece 5, the tip 5a of the flipping piece 5 is strongly contracted by the spring 8, so that the resilience of the ball 2 is strong. Thus, the flying distance of the sphere 2 can be increased in cooperation with the pressing force of the pushing member 10.

By rotating the adjustment member 17, the resilience of the spring 8 can be changed linearly, and the flight distance can be freely and subtly changed. This not only allows the sphere 2 to be fired, but also allows the sphere firing toy to be incorporated into various games (for example, rolling the sphere to a target position like curling), further expanding the range of play. Can be.

Next, a description will be given of a sphere launching toy that changes the repelling force of the sphere by changing the distance between the tips of the playing pieces. As shown in FIG. 6, the spherical launching toy has an adjusting mechanism A for adjusting the distance between the rear ends of the playing piece 5 at the rear end 5b. The adjusting mechanism A has a thread groove 20 formed on the surface thereof. The shaft 21 is composed of an adjusting member 22 that moves left and right on the shaft 21 by being screwed into the screw groove 20 and rotated. One end 21 a of the shaft 21 is The other end 21b of the shaft 21 is loosely fitted into a through hole 23 formed at the rear end of the other flipping piece 5. The end of the shaft 21 may penetrate through the through hole 23 and protrude from the side surface of the flipping piece 5, and a bulging portion 24 may be formed at the tip to prevent the falling off.

According to the sphere launching toy having the above configuration, by rotating the adjusting member 22, the adjusting member 22 rotating along the screw groove 21 moves on the shaft 21 to the left or right. When the adjustment member 22 moves to the left, the distance between the rear ends 5b of the playing pieces becomes narrow, and as a result, the distance between the front ends 5a increases. In this state, when a sphere is supplied between the playing pieces and the pushing member 10 extrudes the sphere, the tip 5a of the playing piece 5 can be easily pushed out because the tip 5a is opened in advance, and the deformation of the playing piece 5 can be improved. Since the ball is small, when the ball passes the tip 5a of the flipping piece, the resilient force of the flipping piece 5 that returns to its shape is not large, so that the flipping force is small and the flight distance of the ball is small. When the adjusting member 22 is moved to the right, the distance between the rear ends 5b of the playing pieces is increased, and as a result, the distance between the front ends 5a is reduced. In this state, a sphere is supplied between the playing pieces 5, and when the sphere is extruded by the push-out member 10, the sphere cannot be easily pushed out because the space between the tips 5a of the playing pieces is narrow. In other words, since the deformation of the playing piece 5 becomes large, when the sphere passes through the tip 5a of the playing piece, the elastic restoring force of the playing piece 5 that returns to its shape increases, and the playing force also increases, so that the flying of the sphere increases. The distance can be extended. In the case of this toy, the flipping piece is formed of a synthetic resin such as plastic having elasticity. However, the mounting portion 6 is formed of synthetic resin such as plastic having elasticity, and the flipping piece is formed of metal such as brass. Alternatively, the playing piece may be operated by the elastic restoring force of the mounting portion 6.

[0018]

[Effect of the invention]

 According to the first aspect of the present invention, the front end of the playing piece is constantly urged inward by the rear end of the playing piece being urged outward by the urging member. The sphere that is pushed out while pushing out the flipping piece can be ejected from the tip of the flipping piece by the resilience of the biasing member, and the firing force is not determined by the elasticity of the flipping piece itself. The flight distance can be freely set by the biasing member.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a sphere can be fired by restoring the resilient piece with the spring force of the spring, so that the spring force can be changed by the shape and strength of the spring. And the flying distance can be set freely.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the resilience of the spring serving as the urging member can be freely changed by a simple operation of rotating the adjustment member, and the flight distance of the sphere can be freely changed. In addition, it is possible to provide a sphere launching toy that can not only simply launch the sphere but also widen the range of play.

According to the invention of claim 4, by changing the distance between the tips of the playing pieces by operating the adjusting mechanism, the degree of deformation of the playing piece when the sphere passes through the tip of the playing piece changes, As a result, the elastic restoring force of the striking piece changes, so that the striking force for striking the sphere can be freely changed, and the flying distance of the sphere can be freely changed by a simple operation.

[Submission date] September 12, 1997

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0007

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Further, between the rear end of the playing pieces arranged connecting member for connecting the two playing pieces is pivotally supported one end of the connecting member to one of the playing pieces, the other end to the other playing pieces The connecting member may be provided with an adjusting member slidable and movable left and right, and the urging member may be arranged between the adjusting member and the other flipping piece.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are perspective views of a sphere launching toy according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where the head of the spherical launching toy is removed.

FIG. 3 is a main part plan view showing an operation state of the spherical launching toy.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing another example of a sphere launching toy with a head removed.

5A and 5B are a perspective view and a plan view showing an operation state of another example of a spherical launching toy.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a further example of a sphere launching toy with its head removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body (body part) 2 Spherical body 3 Launch port 5 Playing piece 8 Urging member (spring) 9 Connecting member 10 Pushing member 17 Adjusting member A Adjusting mechanism

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] May 12, 1997

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims for utility model registration

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Utility model registration claims]

Further, between the rear end of the playing pieces arranged connecting member for connecting the two playing pieces is pivotally supported one end of the connecting member to one of the playing pieces, the other end to the other playing pieces The connecting member may be provided with an adjusting member slidably movable to the left and right, and the urging member may be disposed between the adjusting member and the other flipping piece. ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] September 12, 1997

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims for utility model registration

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Utility model registration claims]

Claims (4)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A body having at least a pair of flipping pieces,
A sphere launching toy which ejects a sphere from a playing piece by forcibly pushing out a sphere housed between the playing pieces, wherein a substantially center of the playing piece is pivotally supported by the main body, and a rear end of the playing piece is provided between the rear end of the playing piece. A sphere launching toy provided with an urging member for urging the end inward by urging the end outward. 2. The sphere launching toy according to claim 1, wherein said biasing member is a spring. 3. A connecting member for connecting the two playing pieces is disposed between the rear ends of the playing pieces. One end of the connecting member is pivotally supported by one of the playing pieces, and the other end is connected to the other playing piece. 3. A sphere launcher according to claim 1, wherein said connecting member is provided with an adjusting member which is slidably movable and which is movable to the left and right, and said spring is arranged between said adjusting member and the other playing piece. toy. 4. A sphere launching toy in which a body is provided with a pair of flipping pieces, and a sphere housed between the flipping pieces is forcibly pushed out to flip out a sphere from the flipping piece. An adjusting mechanism for adjusting the distance between the rear ends of the playing pieces is provided between the rear ends of the playing pieces, and the distance between the front ends is changed by adjusting the distance between the rear ends of the playing pieces. Sphere launch toy.