JP3076582U - Writing implements with pop-out character members - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] To provide a writing implement in which a character member housed in a housing attached to an upper portion of a writing shaft pops out as a knock-type writing implement such as a ball-point pen and a mechanical pencil comes and goes. The up-and-down operating part 5 combined with the linear gear 6 is operated up and down to rotate the gear 7 meshed with the linear gear 6 to move as another vertical gear 8 combined with the three-dimensional character member 2 to move up and down. When transmitted, the character member 2 moves alternately in the vertical direction, and when the three-dimensional character 2 located in the housing 3 on which the lid plate 4 is placed on the ceiling moves upward, the character member 2 reaches a predetermined height. When it reaches, the end 10a of the connecting rod 10 held by the projection 9 provided on the another linear gear 6 comes off, and the rotating shaft 11 connected to the connecting rod 10
The cover plate 4 integrated with the three-dimensional character 2 is set to be opened without contact with the head of the three-dimensional character 2 under the elasticity of the leaf spring 13.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a writing instrument such as a ball-point pen and a mechanical pencil, which operates a writing section in a knocking manner. It is intended to provide a writing implement having a new movable part that satisfies the tastes of the elderly.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Many products that appeal to the user's taste by attaching movable characters to various writing instruments such as ballpoint pens and mechanical pencils have been proposed.

In particular, there has been proposed a mechanism having a mechanism for opening a lid and projecting and moving a character member or the like from a closed housing attached to a writing instrument.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, in the conventional technology as described above, even if the character member is made to protrude from the housing with the lid, the lid is opened only by the pushing and opening method by the protruding character member itself. There has not been proposed any configuration in which the lid itself opens and closes in accordance with the protruding motion of the character member without coming into contact with the character member.

[0005] Further, no mechanism has been proposed at all, in which the character member is protruded by an operation which is also used for the writing part protruding and retracting operation of the writing implement, and at the same time, the lid of the housing is also opened and closed.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention was created by repeatedly conducting experiments and studies on solving the above-mentioned problems in the conventional technology, and the operation of the writing / writing operation unit was housed in a housing via a gear. The mechanism converts the movement of the character member up and down as well as the opening and closing operation of the housing lid, so that the lid can be opened and closed independently without receiving any pushing force from the character member. However, the details are as follows.

[0007] (1) The up and down operation unit combined with the linear gear is operated up and down to rotate the meshed gear and transmit the motion as up and down movement of another linear gear combined with the three-dimensional character member. Then, the three-dimensional character moves alternately in the vertical direction, and when the three-dimensional character located in the housing with the lid placed on the ceiling moves upward, when the three-dimensional character reaches a predetermined height, the another character is moved to another position. The end of the connecting rod held by the projection provided on the linear gear is disengaged, and the lid plate integrated with the rotating shaft connected to the connecting rod receives the elastic force of the leaf spring. A writing implement provided with a pop-out character member, which is set so as to be opened without coming into contact with the head of the three-dimensional character.

(2) The lid plate and a part of the housing are all formed of a transparent material, so that a three-dimensional character located in the housing can be observed from the outside. A writing implement comprising the pop-out character member according to the above (1).

[0009]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 An example of the specific embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. That is, FIG. 1 shows a typical embodiment of the writing instrument 1 of the present invention, in which the projecting operation of the stereoscopic character member 2 and the opening / closing movable relationship of the ceiling cover plate 4 of the housing 3 are knock-type retractable operating sections 5. 3 is a diagram for explaining the relationship realized by the operation of FIG.

That is, when the retractable operating section 5 is operated downward, the gear 7 in which the linear gear 6 combined with the retractable operating section 5 is meshed rotates, and another gear meshed with the gear 7 is rotated. The upward moving motion is transmitted to the linear gear 8. The three-dimensional character member 2 is mounted on the top of the other linear gear 8 as shown in the figure, and the character member 2 is naturally moved upward.

Further, another linear gear 8 has a projection 9 as shown in the figure, and the end 10a of the connecting rod 10 is hooked in the normal state to open the ceiling cover plate 4. However, when another linear gear 8 reaches a predetermined height, the end portion 10a comes off the protruding portion 9, and the cover plate 4 attached to the rotating shaft 11 in the housing 3 causes the cam member 12 to move. It is opened by receiving the elasticity of the leaf spring 13 through the opening.

At this time, the ceiling cover plate 4 is opened at a stretch by the elastic force of the leaf spring 13. However, since the upward movement of the character member 2 is accompanied by the rise of another linear gear 8, the ceiling cover plate 4 is closed. It is relatively slow compared to opening. Also, the height of the three-dimensional character member 2 is set so that even if another linear gear 8 reaches the predetermined height, it does not reach the ceiling cover plate 4 of the housing 3. Thus, the opening of the cover plate 4 is realized without the head of the three-dimensional character member 2 coming into contact with the inside of the cover plate 4.

When the downward operation on the retractable operation unit 5 is stopped, the retractable operation unit 5 is lifted by the elastic action of the spring 14, and the motion is transmitted in the opposite direction to that described above. Therefore, the character member 2 is accommodated in the housing 3 and the cover plate 4 is also closed.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing the relationship between the constituent members of the above-described writing implement 1 of the present invention in a state in which the character member 2 is housed in the housing 3. FIG. 4 is a similar cross-sectional perspective view showing a state in which the character member 2 protrudes from the housing 3 with the cover plate 4 opened. From these figures as well, it is easy to understand the above-mentioned protruding relationship of the character member 2 and the opening / closing relationship of the cover plate 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows a case in which a frog character is used as the character member 2 in the present invention, but is not limited to this. That is, any character that is housed in the housing 3 and is limited to have a height that does not contact the lid plate 4 when it is opened can be adopted. It is possible.

Further, when a transparent plastic material or the like is used for a part of the housing 3 or the cover plate 4, the character member 2 accommodated in the housing 3 can be observed from the outside. For example, if the shape of the housing 3 is shaped like a monitor of a television or a computer as shown in each figure, and a portion corresponding to the display portion is formed of a transparent material, it is usually used for a monitor of a television or the like. It is possible to realize a surprising operation in which the character member 2 that appears to be displayed jumps out of the monitor due to the evacuation operation.

[0017]

[Effect of the invention]

 According to the present invention as described above, a character member which jumps out like a box in a surprising manner in conjunction with the in / out operation is added to various writing instruments which perform the in / out operation in a knocking manner, and furthermore, the cover portion of the lid portion is provided. A unique configuration that does not use the contact operation of the character members for the opening and closing operation will be adopted, and the user will have an interest in the operation of the character members and the configuration relationship of each member that is not present in previous products, This is a product that satisfies the palatability with a relatively simple structure, and is industrially valuable.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the arrangement of constituent members of a representative example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing a state in which a character member is accommodated in a housing in the one shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional perspective view showing a state in which a character member has jumped out of a housing with respect to the one shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Writing implement of the present invention 2 Character member 3 Housing 4 Ceiling cover plate 5 Protruding and retracting operation part 6 Linear gear 7 Gear 8 Another linear gear 9 Projection 10 Connecting rod 10a Its end 11 Rotary shaft 12 Cam member 13 Leaf spring 14 spring

Claims (2)

[Utility model registration claims] An up-and-down operating unit combined with a linear gear is operated up and down to rotate a gear engaged with the linear gear and a motion is transmitted as a vertical movement of another linear gear combined with a three-dimensional character member. When the three-dimensional character moves up and down alternately, and when the three-dimensional character located in the housing with the lid plate mounted on the ceiling moves upward, when it reaches a predetermined height, the another linear gear The end of the connecting rod held by the protrusion provided at the end is released, and the lid plate integrated with the rotating shaft connected to the connecting rod receives the elasticity of the leaf spring to receive the three-dimensional character. A writing implement having a protruding character member, wherein the writing implement is set so as to be opened without coming into contact with the head. 2. The three-dimensional character positioned in the housing can be observed from outside by forming the cover plate and a part of the housing entirely from a transparent material. A writing implement comprising the pop-out character member according to (1).