JP3084465U - Rotating toy - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a rotating toy that can strongly attract the attention of an infant and enhance the ability to perceive the shape and color. A rotating shaft is attached to an upper portion of a main body, and a spiral member is provided at both ends of the rotating shaft.
22 and 123 are connected. The strip members 122 and 123 have a plurality of rotating members
Are rotatably mounted. Rotating member 1
24 have decorative members 12 of various shapes and colors.
5, 126, 127 are attached. Rotary shaft 12
1. The strip members 122 and 123 are configured to be rotationally driven by rotation driving means (not shown).

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a rotating toy, and more particularly, to a shape of a toy configured to assist a baby by rotating a decorative part.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In general, various rotary toys (merry-go-round toys for babies) are known in which a plurality of decorative parts are suspended and driven to rotate around a vertical rotation axis. These rotating toys are used to help infants. Most of these rotating toys are configured so that music plays as the decorative parts rotate.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, since the conventional rotating toy described above merely rotates about the vertical rotation axis, the movement is monotonous, and the appearance seen by the baby is constantly visible. There is a problem that it is easily interrupted.

[0004] In particular, it is considered that infants initially have only a blurry vision, and thereafter can distinguish between light and dark, and gradually can distinguish colors and shapes. In the visual development process, the rotating toy as described above seems to play a large role, but the conventional rotating toy has very little change in appearance. It is considered difficult to recognize the color and shape when the color and shape can be identified.

[0005] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and the problem is to provide a rotating toy having an appearance that can strongly attract the attention of an infant and promote visual development of the infant. To provide.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a rotating toy according to the present invention includes a spirally shaped strip, rotation driving means for rotating the strip about a rotation axis extending in the axial direction, and different portions of the strip. And a plurality of decorative parts rotatably mounted around the extending direction of the strip. Here, the rotation axis preferably extends in a direction intersecting the vertical direction, and more specifically, the rotation axis preferably extends substantially horizontally.

In addition, the strip has a shape in which both ends of a circularly wound strip are uniformly deformed in the direction of extension when the ends are stretched in the axial direction, and the both ends are formed of the same shape. It is preferable that it is connected to a rotation shaft provided along the rotation axis and is configured to be driven to rotate about the rotation shaft.

Further, it is preferable that a pair of members having a phase difference of 周期 cycle when viewed in the direction of the rotation axis are opposed to both sides of the rotation axis.

Preferably, the strip is formed in a spiral shape having substantially one cycle.

[0010] Another rotating toy of the present invention is a spiral-shaped strip, rotation driving means for rotating the strip about a rotation axis extending in the axial direction thereof, and a different portion of the strip. And a plurality of decorative parts rotatably mounted around the extension direction of the strip material. The strip material is formed by cutting a circular strip material and stretching both cut ends in the axial direction. The two cutting ends are connected to a rotating shaft arranged along the rotating axis, and are driven to rotate about the rotating shaft. And a pair of the strips having a phase difference of a half cycle as viewed in the direction of the rotation axis are connected to both sides of the rotation shaft so as to face each other. Here, the rotation axis preferably extends in a direction intersecting the vertical direction, and more specifically, the rotation axis preferably extends substantially horizontally.

[0011]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Next, an embodiment of the rotating toy according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the rotating toy 100 of the present embodiment is viewed obliquely from the front, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the rotating toy 100 is viewed obliquely from behind. The rotating toy 100 of the present embodiment has a main body 110 and a rotating part 120.

In the main body 110, a battery cover 112 and an attachment fixing part 113 are attached to the main body case 111, and a changeover switch 114, a start switch 115, a stop switch 116, and a recording switch 117 are provided on a lower front surface of the main body case 111. In addition, a microphone 118 and a speaker 119 are built therein. The main body 110 can be fastened and fixed by sandwiching a fence of an infant bed or the like between the main body case 111 and the mounting and fixing part 113 and rotating the operation part 113a.

A rotating unit 120 is rotatably provided above the main body 110. The rotating part 120 includes a rotating shaft 121 attached substantially horizontally to an upper part of the main body 110, and a pair of spiral strips 122, 123 connected to both ends of the rotating shaft 121. And Each of these strips 122 and 123 has a shape corresponding to approximately one cycle of a spiral having an axis parallel to the extension direction of the rotating shaft 121. More specifically, a part of the ring-shaped strip is cut, and both cut ends are separated from each other along the rotation shaft 121, and each cut end is connected to both ends of the rotation shaft 121. It has a unique shape. The strip member 122 and the strip member 123 are arranged on the opposite sides of the rotation shaft 121 with the helical phase shifted by １ ／ period along the rotation shaft 121.

A plurality of rotating members 124 are rotatably attached to the strip members 122 and 123 at substantially equal intervals along their extending direction. Decorative members 125, 126, 127 are attached to both ends of these rotating members 124. Here, a cubic decorative member 125 and a triangular prism-shaped decorative member 127 are attached to both ends of the first rotating member 124, and a cylindrical decorative member 126 and a triangular prism-shaped decorative member 127 are attached to the second rotating member 124. A decorative member 127 is attached. The first rotating member and the second rotating member are alternately attached along the extending direction of the strips 122 and 123.

[0015] Appropriate colors are applied to the outer surfaces of the decorative members 125, 126, and 127. For example, a mosaic color pattern may be formed on the outer surface of each decorative member. At this time, a blue mosaic such as blue or purple is applied to the outer surface of the decorative member 125, a red mosaic such as red, orange or yellow is applied to the outer surface of the decorative member 126, and a green mosaic is applied to the outer surface of the decorative member 127. , A green mosaic such as yellow can be formed.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the rotation driving means built in the upper part of the main body 110. This rotation drive means is configured to drive the rotation shaft 121 via a train having gears 133, 134, 135, and 136 with respect to a worm 132 attached to an output shaft of a motor 131. .

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating shaft 121 and the strips 122 and 123 are connected and fixed to each other via a metal fitting 121 a, and the connecting portion is covered with a cover member 129. . FIG. 3 shows only the cover member 129, but the inside of the cover member 128 shown in FIG. 1 has the same configuration.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the structure of the lower part of the main body 110. A circuit board 141 indicated by a dotted line is mounted inside the case body 111 in which the switches are arranged. On the circuit board 141, the changeover switch 114, the start switch 115, the stop switch 116, and the recording switch 117 are provided. And a microphone 118 are mounted, and the circuit board and the speaker 119 are mutually connected by wiring (not shown). An integrated circuit and other electric elements are mounted on the circuit board 141. Further, inside the battery cover 112, a battery accommodating portion 142 for accommodating a battery for supplying electric power to the circuit board 141, and a battery accommodating portion for supplying electric power to the motor 131 of the rotary driving means shown in FIG. A battery accommodating portion 143 for accommodating a battery is provided.

In the rotating toy 100 of the present embodiment, when the start switch 115 is pressed, the recorded music or sound flows from the speaker 119, and the rotating shaft 121 rotates in parallel. This state ends when the stop switch 116 is pressed. When the recording switch 117 is pressed, the sound recorded by the microphone 118 is recorded until the recording switch 117 is pressed again. When the start switch 115 is pressed as described above, the voice recorded in this way flows out of the speaker 119, so that the voice can be operated while listening to the voice of the mother or the like, for example. The changeover switch 114 is configured to be able to select whether or not to play the recorded voice as described above.

In the present embodiment, the rotation of the spiral strips 122, 123 causes the decorative members 125, 126, 127 to rotate sequentially according to the mounting position on the strips. That is, since the attitude of the rotating member 124 changes as the rotational position of the spiral strip changes, the rotating member 124 rotates around the strip at the mounting position. Here, since the plurality of rotating members 124 rotate at different timings according to the mounting positions, the operation of the decorative member is irregular and random. In addition, since the positions of the decorative members 125, 126, and 127 approach or move away from the baby with the rotation due to the helical shape of the strip, a complicated shape change is shown, and the baby's attention is strongly attracted. Becomes possible. In this way, the infant's ability to perceive the shape and movement can be cultivated, and the perceptual ability to color can be cultivated by coloring the outer surface of the decorative member as described above.

The rotating toy according to the present invention is not limited to the illustrated example described above, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0022]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the present invention, a complicated and varied situation which has not existed in a conventional rotating toy can be brought out, and it becomes possible to attract the infant's attention strongly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing the appearance of a rotating toy 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view showing the appearance of the rotating toy 100.

FIG. 3 is a partial configuration diagram illustrating a structure of a rotation drive unit of the rotating toy 100.

FIG. 4 is a partial front view showing a structure of a control unit of the rotating toy 100.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 rotating toy 110 main body 111 main body case 112 battery lid 113 mounting fixing part 120 rotating part 121 rotating shaft 122, 123 strip 124 rotating member 125, 126, 127 decorative member 128, 129 cover member

Claims (8)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A helical strip, rotation driving means for rotating the strip about a rotation axis extending in the axial direction thereof, and an extending direction of the strip relative to different portions of the strip. A rotating toy comprising a plurality of decorative parts rotatably mounted around the rotating toy. 2. The rotating toy according to claim 1, wherein the rotation axis extends substantially horizontally. 3. The strip has a shape in which both ends of a circularly wound strip are uniformly deformed in the extension direction when the both ends are stretched in the axial direction, and the both ends are the rotation axis. The rotating toy according to claim 1, wherein the rotating toy is connected to a rotating shaft disposed along and is configured to be driven to rotate about the rotating shaft. 4. The rotation according to claim 3, wherein a pair of said strips having a phase difference of １ ／ cycle when viewed in the direction of said rotation axis are opposed to both sides of said rotation axis. toy. 5. The rotating toy according to claim 1, wherein the strip is formed in a spiral shape having substantially one cycle. 6. The rotation according to claim 1, wherein a pair of said strips having a phase difference of a half cycle as viewed in the direction of said rotation axis are opposed to both sides of said rotation axis. toy. 7. A helical strip, rotation driving means for rotating the strip about an axis of rotation extending in the axial direction thereof, and an extending direction of the strip relative to different portions of the strip. A plurality of decorative parts rotatably mounted around, wherein the strip is cut in a circular strip, and when both cut ends are stretched in the axial direction, the strips are equally spread in the extension direction. It has a deformed shape, the two cut ends are connected to a rotation shaft disposed along the rotation axis, and are configured to be driven to rotate about the rotation axis, and the direction of the rotation axis is A pair of the strips having a phase difference of a half cycle as viewed in FIG. 1 is connected to both sides of the rotating shaft so as to face each other. 8. The rotating toy according to claim 7, wherein the rotation axis extends substantially horizontally.