JP3145920B2 - Sphere launch toy - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sphere launching toy capable of changing the direction of a sphere launched from a launch port.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various toys have been provided as toys for shooting a sphere. There is a toy designed by the present applicant (Japanese Utility Model Application No. Hei 5-7379) as a toy safe for children. In this toy, a sphere is accommodated between a pair of flipping pieces arranged on a body portion, and is fired from a firing hole formed in the body portion by operating an extruding member disposed behind the flipping piece.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned toy, the sphere can be fired straight forward from the firing opening, but the firing direction and the rolling state cannot be changed, and the sphere is not used. There was a risk that the play would be monotonous without reflecting the intention of the person.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to provide a sphere launching toy which can change the direction and rolling of a sphere to be launched, complicate play, increase the width thereof, and enhance game characteristics. Is the subject.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a sphere launching toy according to the present invention comprises a pair of flipping pieces for projecting a sphere from a launch port provided in a toy body, and a sphere between the flipping pieces. Having an extruding member to extrude,
It is characterized by having the following requirements. (B) The playing piece has elasticity and is formed to open outward so as to sandwich the sphere from both sides, and the distance between the front ends of the playing pieces is narrowed so as to be smaller than the diameter of the sphere. ) The frictional force of the pair of flipping pieces against the sphere inside the tip is made different from each other. (C) A guide cylinder that guides the firing direction of the sphere that has been fired can be attached to and removed from the firing port, and A member for changing the firing direction of a sphere emitted from the above-described opening is disposed at the end of one side of the guide cylinder so as to be able to protrude and retract into the guide cylinder. May be pivotally supported on a mounting table on which the toy body is mounted so as to be able to rotate back and forth.

The mounting table includes a mounting table for the toy body which can be moved up and down by being urged upward by a spring, a locking member for locking the mounting table when the mounting table is lowered, and Preferably, a release member is provided, which protrudes and releases the locking of the locking member by being hit by the sphere.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1A and 1B show a spherical launching toy (hereinafter referred to as a launching toy). The launching toy has a toy main body 1 formed by imitating a robot, and a body 2 of the toy main body 1. Has a firing port 3 formed on the front side, and a pair of flipping pieces 5a and 5b for flipping the sphere 4 therein, and flipping pieces 5a and 5b
An extruding member 6 for extruding the sphere 4 housed therebetween is disposed, and a support frame 8 for supporting a guide cylinder 7 is provided on a front surface of the firing port 3 on protrusions 9 formed on flipping pieces 5a and 5b, respectively. The hook 10 is engaged and attached.

As shown in FIG. 2, the flipping pieces 5a and 5b are made of an elastic synthetic resin such as plastic and are formed so as to open outward so as to sandwich the sphere 4 from both sides. The interval is formed slightly wider than the diameter of the sphere 4 so that the sphere 4 can be easily accommodated between the flipping pieces 5a and 5b, and the front ends of the flipping pieces 5a and 5b are curved inward, The distance between the tips is narrowed so as to be smaller than the diameter of the sphere 4.

[0010] A friction member 11 is attached to the tip of one of the repelling pieces 5b. The friction member 11 is made of a material having a high coefficient of friction, such as rubber, and has a front surface formed into a curved surface having the same shape as the inside curved surface of the flipping piece 5b. It is fixed at. The flipping pieces 5a and 5b are attached by engaging the engaging recesses 13 formed in the connecting portions 5c with the body 2 (see FIG. 2).

The pushing member 6 is formed in a substantially U-shape.
The tip is immersed into the body from the rear of the body 2 so as to engage with the sphere 4 between the playing pieces 5a and 5b, and the rear is formed by a spring 14 disposed between the body and the connecting portion 5c of the playing piece. It is urged to protrude rearward of the part 2.

The guide cylinder 7 is formed in a tubular shape with an open front and rear, and a rear end thereof is fitted to the support frame 8 so as to be detachably attached to the firing port 3 and to be continuously connected to be rotatable about an axis. Launch 3
It is provided to guide the firing direction of the sphere 4 fired from. This guide cylinder 7 has a lateral U-shaped notch 15 formed on one side surface from the front end to the rear end,
A member 16 that changes the firing direction of the sphere is disposed on a side surface facing the notch 15. The member 16 is a lever whose tip 16a is formed in a substantially triangular cross section with a tapered portion, and is rotatably supported by the tip of the guide cylinder 7, and as shown in FIG. The tip 16a is formed so as to protrude into the inside 7 and engage with the sphere 4 fired from the firing opening to change its traveling direction.

According to the shooting toy having the above structure, the playing piece 5
The sphere 4 housed between a and 5b pushes the pushing member 6 against the spring 14. Playing pieces 5a, 5
The sphere 4 housed between the members b is pushed forward by the pushing member 6 while pushing out the playing pieces 5a and 5b.
At the moment when the maximum diameter of the sphere 4 passes through the tips of the flipping pieces 5a and 5b, the sphere 4 is flipped out by the elastic restoring force of the flipping pieces 5a and 5b. At this time, the friction member 11 is moved so that the frictional force of the tip of the playing piece 5b becomes larger than that of the tip of the playing piece 5a.
b, the friction member 11 is
Can be fired while the surface of the sphere 4 is strongly rubbed and the sphere 4 is rotated.

The emitted sphere 4 jumps out of the ejection opening 3 by being guided by the guide tube 7, but when the lever 16 is not set, as shown in FIG. Since it does not protrude into the sphere 7, the sphere 4 fired from the firing port 3 is not obstructed, and is vigorously fired forward from the tip of the guide cylinder 7. Since the launched sphere 4 is given a rotation, when it lands, it rolls while drawing a curve.

The lever 16 is set (rotated) and the tip 16
When a is projected into the guide cylinder 7, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the sphere 4 fired from the firing port 3 engages with the tip 16 a of the lever 16 and bends its traveling direction at a right angle. Since the shooting direction can be changed laterally from the cutout portion 15 of the guide cylinder 7 and the shooting direction can be changed, the shooting direction of the sphere 4 can be changed by operating the lever 16 even if the direction of the toy body 1 is constant. it can. In addition, since the shot sphere 4 is rotated by the difference in the frictional force between the tips of the playing pieces 5a and 5b, it can roll while jumping out of the guide cylinder 7 and landed when it lands.

Next, a mounting table 20 on which the toy body 1 is mounted,
A shooting toy provided with the guide cylinder 7 rotatably supported on the mounting table 20 in the forward and backward directions will be described.

FIG. 5A is a side view of the shooting toy. The shooting toy has a toy body 1 mounted on a mounting table 20. The guide cylinder 7 has an engagement shaft 21 formed on the lower side surface rotatably supported by a bearing 22 formed on the mounting table 20 so that it can rotate back and forth. The height of the bearing 22 is formed so that the bearing 22 can be fitted to the support frame 8 connected to the launch port of the toy main body 1 placed on the mounting table 20.

According to the shooting toy having the above structure, the playing piece 5
The toy main body 1 loaded with the sphere 4 between a and 5b is placed on the mounting table 20.
When the guide cylinder 7 is rotated in the horizontal direction after being placed on the toy, the rear end of the guide cylinder 7 is fitted into the support frame 8 provided continuously with the firing port of the toy body 1. When the pushing member 6 is pushed in this state,
The sphere 4 between the striking pieces 5a and 5b is repelled by the striking pieces 5a and 5b, and is vigorously fired forward from the launch hole. The fired sphere 4 is fired straight forward from the tip of the guide cylinder 7 depending on whether or not the lever 16 provided on the guide cylinder 7 is set (whether or not the tip 16a projects into the guide cylinder 7). It can be arbitrarily switched depending on the setting of the lever 16 whether the traveling direction is forcedly bent and the lateral direction is fired from the notch 15 formed on the side surface of the guide cylinder 7.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), when the toy body 1 is attached to the guide cylinder 7 when the lever 16 is set and the tip of the guide cylinder 7 is turned so as to face directly below. When the sphere 4 is fired by operating the pushing member 6, the sphere 4 is fired directly below.
The head 16a can change its traveling direction at the tip 16a, and can change its direction in the horizontal direction and fire. At this time, since a rotational force is applied to the sphere 4 due to a difference in frictional force between the playing pieces 5a and 5b, the sphere 4 jumping out of the notch 15 rolls while changing its traveling direction.

Since the toy body 1 is rotatable with respect to the guide cylinder 7, the firing direction of the sphere 4 is determined by the guide cylinder 7, but the rotation direction of the sphere 4 rotates the toy body 1 with respect to the guide cylinder 7. Accordingly, the sphere 4 that has protruded from the guide cylinder 7 can be rolled in a variety of ways depending on its rotation direction.

Further, since the guide cylinder 7 is pivotally supported by the mounting table 20, the toy body 1 can be stably supported, and the operability of the pushing member 6 can be remarkably improved.

Next, a description will be given of a shooting toy provided with a push-up member in which the mounting table pushes up the toy body.

FIGS. 6A and 7 show a sectional view and a perspective view of the lower part of the main part of the mounting table 20. The mounting table 20 is urged upward by a spring 25 and is capable of moving up and down. And the push-up member 26 is connected to the spring 25
Locking member 27 that locks this when lowered against
And a release member 28 that protrudes from the front surface of the mounting table 20 and releases the locking of the push-up member 26 by the locking member 27 when the sphere 4 is hit.

An opening 30 is formed substantially at the center of the mounting table 20, and a guide 31 having a U-shaped cross section is formed continuously below the opening 30. Inside the guide 31, The push-up member 26 is arranged to be vertically movable. The push-up member 26 is always urged upward by a spring 25 disposed in the guide 31, and an engagement protrusion formed at a lower end of an engagement piece 32 formed to project downward from a side surface of the push-up member 26. 33 is provided so as to protrude upward until it engages with a plate-shaped locking member 27 slidably disposed on the lower surface of the upper plate of the mounting table 20.

When the push-up member 26 is pressed down against the spring 25, the locking member 27 is urged by the spring 35, and moves forward until the rear end 29a of the opening 29 comes into contact with the guide 31. At this time, the locking piece 36 formed on the locking member 27 engages with the engaging projection 33 of the push-up member 26 to prevent the push-up member 26 from rising (FIG. 6).
(B)).

The front end of the locking member 27 protrudes forward from an opening 34 formed in the front surface of the mounting table 20, and a plate-shaped releasing member 28 is fixed orthogonal to the locking member 27.

According to the shooting toy having the above structure, when the sphere 4 hits the release member 28, the impact member moves the release member 28 rearward, and moves the locking member 27 rearward against the spring 35 in conjunction therewith. I do. When the locking member 27 moves rearward, the locking piece 36 formed on the locking member 27 is disengaged from the engagement protrusion 33 of the push-up member 26, and is urged by the spring 25 to be pushed by the spring 25. 26 is the mounting table 2 instantly
0 protrudes from the upper surface. Since the toy main body 1 is mounted on the upper surface of the mounting table 20, the toy main body 1 is pushed up by the push-up member 26 and flipped upward (see FIG. 8).

As described above, when the sphere hits the mounting table (when the sphere hits the release member), the push-up member is actuated, and the toy body on the mounting table is flipped upward. Since you can play, you can play a battle game that attacks the opponent with the launched sphere from just playing the sphere and aiming at the target, and that the toy body of the opponent was hit by hitting the opponent , The range of play can be expanded, and a highly playable toy can be realized.

[0029]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since a rotating force is applied to the shot sphere and the shooting direction can be set arbitrarily, the direction and the rolling of the shot sphere are changed to make the play complicated. To increase its width.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a launching toy is provided in which the firing operation is facilitated and the rotating direction of the sphere to be fired can be freely set, so that the sphere can make complicated movements. can do.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the sphere hits the mounting table, the release member operates and the push-up member protrudes upward, so that the toy body on the mounting table can be pushed away. , It is possible to enjoy a battle game in which each player attacks each other and fights each other, and a launch toy with a wider range of play can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are a perspective view and a side view showing a configuration of a spherical shooting toy.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an operation state of a playing piece.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a guide cylinder.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are plan views for explaining an operation mode of a guide cylinder.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are side views showing a configuration and an operation mode of a mounting table.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are cross-sectional views of a main part of a mounting table showing another example of a shooting toy.

FIG. 7 is a lower perspective view showing the configuration of the mounting table.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing an operation mode of the mounting table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 toy main body 2 torso 3 launch port 4 sphere 5 a, 5 b flipping piece 6 extrusion member 7 guide cylinder 8 support frame 11 friction member 16 member (for changing sphere launch direction) 20 mounting table

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63H 33/18 A63F 9/02

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A sphere having a pair of flipping pieces for flipping a sphere from a launch port provided in a toy body, and a pushing member for pushing a sphere between the flipping pieces, and having the following requirements. Launch toys. (B) The playing piece has elasticity and is formed to open outward so as to sandwich the sphere from both sides, and the distance between the front ends of the playing pieces is narrowed so as to be smaller than the diameter of the sphere. ) The frictional force of the pair of flipping pieces against the sphere inside the tip is made different from each other. (C) A guide cylinder that guides the firing direction of the sphere that has been fired can be attached to and removed from the firing port, and A member for changing the firing direction of the sphere emitted from the above-mentioned opening is disposed at the tip of one side of the guide cylinder so as to be able to protrude and retract into the guide cylinder. 2. The sphere launching toy according to claim 1, wherein said guide cylinder is pivotally supported on a mounting table on which said toy main body is mounted so as to be rotatable up and down. 3. The mounting table has a push-up member of the toy body which is urged upward by a spring and which can move up and down, a locking member which locks when the push-up member is lowered, and The sphere launching toy according to claim 2, further comprising: a release member that protrudes and releases the locking of the locking member by being hit by the sphere.