JP3229609U - Railroad toys - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a railway toy capable of not only linear traveling but also rotational traveling without providing a mechanism or a control unit for voluntarily rotating the toy. SOLUTION: A coupler capable of protruding from an opening provided at a front end or a rear end of a main body and being housed inside the opening by an operation of a user's operation knob, and a coupler protruding from the opening. Alternatively, it is provided with a coupler cover that opens or closes the opening in conjunction with being housed inside the opening, an energy storage mechanism that stores mechanical energy for running, and a plurality of wheels for running. , A part or all of a plurality of wheels are driven by the mechanical energy stored in the energy storage mechanism. [Selection diagram] Fig. 3

Description

The present invention relates to the improvement of railway toys.

Friction-type toys that use flywheels have been popular for a long time. A user such as a child playing with this holds a friction type toy and rubs the wheels attached to the toy against the floor of a house room or a corridor once or several times in the front-rear direction. move. By doing so, rotational energy, which is a kind of mechanical energy, is stored in the flywheel.
After that, when the friction type toy is placed on the floor, the friction type toy self-propells on the plane by the rotational energy of the flywheel due to the wheels driven by the flywheel in which the rotational energy is stored.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-0572449

However, the conventional friction toy has a problem that it can only run in a straight line, and the conventional friction type toy has a short mileage and is unsatisfactory as a toy for the user.

On the other hand, a model railroad called N gauge has become more popular than before. The N gauge is a model railroad system with a 9 mm gauge. In Japan, 1/150 is basically adopted as the scale of vehicles, and 1/160 is adopted only for Shinkansen vehicles.

Model rails for N gauge have been sold as ready-made rails for some time, and N gauge model railroads can run on N gauge tracks by a motor that utilizes the potential difference generated between a pair of rails. ..

By the way, Patent Document 1 discloses a railway vehicle model provided with a coupler and a cover. By sliding the operator in the longitudinal direction, the user can switch between a state in which the cover is attached to the front part of the vehicle and a state in which the coupler is exposed from the front part of the vehicle in conjunction with the insertion and removal of the coupler. Two rack and pinions are used as a mechanism to make this possible.

In the model railroad disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is relatively easy to attach and remove the coupler cover linked to the insertion and removal of the coupler, but since two rack and pinions are used, the parts There was a problem that the number of points was large, the configuration was complicated, and the manufacturing cost was high.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can run on a model rail that has been conventionally used by utilizing the friction of wheels, and can be easily connected to other railway toys. The purpose is to provide railroad toys that can be done.

The invention according to claim 1 is a model railroad that can travel on a model rail, and is projected from an opening provided at the front end or the rear end of the main body by an operation of a user's operation knob and is stored inside the opening. A coupler that can be used, a coupler cover that opens and closes in conjunction with the coupler projecting from the opening and storing inward, and energy storage for storing mechanical energy for traveling. It is equipped with a mechanism and a plurality of wheels for traveling on the model rail.
A railway toy characterized in that a part or all of the plurality of wheels is driven by the mechanical energy stored in the energy storage mechanism.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the user operates the operation knob.
It is possible to switch between a state in which the coupler protrudes from the opening and a state in which the coupler is housed inside the opening.

Further, according to the invention of claim 1, the coupler is in a state in which the coupler protrudes from an opening provided at the front end or the rear end of the main body or inward of the opening by operating the operation knob of the user. The coupler cover can be switched to the retracted state, and the coupler cover can be opened and closed in conjunction with the protrusion or retracting operation of the coupler. Therefore, the user can operate the operation knob to open the opening through the opening. It is possible to switch between a state in which the coupler protrudes and a state in which the coupler is housed inside the closed opening.

Further, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a part or all of the plurality of wheels is driven by the mechanical energy stored in the energy storage mechanism.

The invention according to claim 2 is the railway toy according to claim 1, wherein the operation knob is provided on the main body of the railway toy.

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 2, the user holds the main body of the railway toy with one hand.
By operating the operation knob with the other hand, the coupler and the coupler cover can be moved as described above.

The invention according to claim 3 is the railway toy according to claim 1, wherein the main slide portion is connected to the operation knob and can be slid, and the main is operated by the user with respect to the operation knob. A rotary connection portion that rotates around a predetermined axis in conjunction with the sliding of the slide portion, and a slide in the direction opposite to the main slide portion in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary connection portion. The coupler is connected to the main slide portion and slides in the same direction as the slide direction of the main slide portion to project from the opening.
Alternatively, the coupler cover is housed inside the opening, and the coupler cover is connected to the slave slide portion to project and retract, and is rotated in conjunction with the slide of the slave slide portion. It is characterized by closing or opening the opening.

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 3, the coupler moves back and forth in the same direction as the main slide portion by the operation of the user with respect to the operation knob, and the coupler cover closes or opens the opening. can do.

The invention according to claim 4 is the railway toy according to claim 3, wherein the coupler cover is a double-door cover including a first cover and a second cover, and the first cover and the second cover are , A railway toy characterized in that the slave slide portion rotates in opposite directions in conjunction with sliding.

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 4, the first cover and the second cover have the main slide portion, the rotation connection portion, and the slave slide portion by the operation of the user with respect to the operation knob. They can rotate in opposite directions.

The invention according to claim 5 is the railway toy according to claim 1, wherein the model rail is an N gauge and is formed as a plane elliptical contoured track, and the plurality of wheels are model rails. It is characterized in that it is arranged at intervals from each other corresponding to the curvature of the curve so that the curve can be bent.

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 5, the railway toy can travel on the rail of the N gauge of the model railroad, and can travel according to the laying mode of the N gauge.
Further, according to the invention according to claim 5, the N gauge rail of the model railroad is formed as a track having a planar elliptical contour, and the plurality of wheels are curved so as to be able to bend the curve of the model rail. Since the rails are arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other corresponding to the above, the rail can run on the N gauge rail having a plane elliptical contour.

The invention according to claim 6 is the railway toy according to claim 1, wherein the energy storage mechanism stores the mechanical energy in a fly wheel or an elastic body.
Therefore, according to the invention of claim 6, the model railroad can run after the mechanical energy is stored in the flywheel or the elastic body.

According to the invention according to claim 1, it is a railroad toy that travels by utilizing friction of wheels, and does not require electrical energy, and a part or all of the plurality of wheels is driven by friction. It is possible to provide a railway toy that can run on a model rail.
Therefore, it is not necessary to incorporate an electric motor and an electric supply means for driving and controlling the electric motor, and it is possible to provide a model railroad capable of reducing manufacturing cost and weight.
Further, by operating the operation knob, the state in which the coupler protrudes from the opened opening and the state in which the coupler is housed inside the closed opening can be switched, and the coupler is opened. Provided is a railway toy that can be easily connected to another railway toy by projecting from the side, and can easily accommodate the coupler inside the closed opening when the connection is unnecessary. be able to.

According to the invention according to claim 2, in addition to the effect according to claim 1, the user holds the main body of the railway toy with one hand and operates the operation knob with the other hand to operate the coupler. And since the coupler cover can be moved as described above, the user does not need to move the coupler and the coupler cover directly, and no tools are required to move them.
Good operability can be ensured.

According to the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the effect according to claim 1, the coupler slides in the same direction as the main slide portion by the operation of the user with respect to the operation knob, and the coupler cover. Can close or open the opening, so that the mechanism can be simplified by reducing the number of component parts without using two rack and pinions as in the prior art, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. It becomes possible to reduce.

According to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the effect of claim 1, the first cover and the second cover are rotated by the operation of the user with respect to the operation knob. Since they can rotate in opposite directions via the connecting portion and the slave sliding portion,
The cover can be opened and closed in both directions, and the appearance quality can be improved as compared with the prior art.

According to the invention of claim 5, since the model rail is an N gauge, the existing N gauge can be used to enjoy the model railroad game without using electric power.

Further, according to the invention of claim 5, the N gauge rail is formed as a plane elliptical contoured track, and the plurality of wheels correspond to the curvature of the curve so as to bend the curve of the model rail. Since they are arranged at intervals from each other, they can travel on the rail of the N gauge having a planar elliptical contour by utilizing the traveling energy due to friction.

It is a perspective view which shows the upper surface side of the railroad toy by embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the bottom surface side of the railroad toy by embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the bottom surface side of the railroad toy by embodiment of this invention, and shows the state which the coupler is protruding by opening the coupler cover. It is an exploded perspective view of the coupler and the coupler cover of the railroad toy according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the components for operating them. It is a perspective view when the arrangement structure in the state which accommodated the coupler and the coupler cover of the railroad toy and the coupler of the parts related to these, and was seen from the bottom surface side of the main body by embodiment of this invention. A perspective view when the arrangement of each component is exposed and viewed from diagonally below the main body in a state where the coupler and coupler cover of the railway toy and the coupler of the parts related thereto are projected according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the railway toy 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is the main body 1 of the user.
A coupler 16 that can protrude from the opening 12 provided at the front end of the main body 11 and can be housed inside the opening 12 by being operated by the operation knob 18 arranged in 1.
A coupler cover 13 that opens or closes the opening in conjunction with protruding from the opening 12 or retracting because the coupler 16 is housed inside the opening 12, and mechanical energy for traveling. Energy storage mechanism (not shown) for storing and multiple wheels for running 1
It has 9, 20, 21, and 22.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the railroad toy 10 according to the present embodiment has a main slide portion 101 connected to the operation knob 18 and capable of sliding along the front-rear direction of the main body 11, and a main slide portion. A rotary connection portion 102 that rotates around a predetermined axis in conjunction with the sliding of the 101, and a slide in the direction opposite to that of the main slide portion 101 in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary connection portion 102. It is further provided with a secondary slide portion 103.

In addition, a plurality of wheels 1 are generated by mechanical energy stored in an energy storage mechanism (not shown).
Part or all of 9, 20, 21, 22 are driven. The coupler 16 has a main slide portion 101.
By sliding in the same direction as the sliding direction of the main sliding portion 101, the main sliding portion 101 protrudes from the opening 12 or is housed inside the opening 12.

The coupler cover 13 is connected to the slave slide portion 103, and is configured to close or open the opening 12 by rotating in conjunction with the sliding of the slave slide portion 103.
The coupler cover 13 is formed as a double-door cover including a first cover 14 and a second cover 15. The first cover 14 and the second cover 15 rotate in opposite directions in conjunction with the sliding of the slave slide portion 103. The energy storage mechanism is flywheel (
The mechanical energy is stored in an elastic body (not shown) or an elastic body (not shown).

Next, a more detailed description of the railway toy according to the embodiment of the present invention will be given.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the railway toy 10 according to the present embodiment has a main body 11 having a design imitating the leading vehicle of the Shinkansen. A part of four wheels including the left front wheel 19, the right front wheel 20, the left rear wheel 21, and the right rear wheel 22 protrudes from the lower surface of the main body 11.

The scale of railway toys based on the actual Shinkansen is 1/16, which is the same as the N gauge Shinkansen.
It is about 0, and the distance between the left and right wheels is set so as to match the 9 mm gauge of the N gauge. In the railroad toy 10, the left rear wheel 21 and the right rear wheel 22 are driven by the mechanical energy stored in the flywheel (not shown).

Further, in the present embodiment, the N gauge rail is formed as a plane elliptical contoured track so that it can be laid on a plane, and the front wheels 19 and 20 and the rear wheels 21 and 22 are provided.
The distance between the rail and the rail is appropriately spaced from each other according to the curvature of the curve so that the curve of the N gauge rail can be bent.
Although not shown, inside the main body 11, the left rear wheel 21 and the right rear wheel 22 are connected to a rear axle common to them.

A flywheel is built in the main body 11. Gears are provided on the rear axle and the rotating shaft of the flywheel. These gears are connected so as to transmit rotation from one to the other or from the other to the other, either directly or via other gears.

When the user plays with the railroad toy 10, for example, the railroad toy 10 is reciprocated while being rubbed against the floor several times in the traveling direction along the length direction. If the user can confirm that the number of revolutions of the flywheel has increased sufficiently, the four wheels are aligned with the N gauge rails. Then, the railroad toy 10 can run on the rail by the mechanical energy stored in the flywheel. The left front wheel 19 and the right front wheel 20 may also be driven.

Next, the operation-related mechanism of the coupler and its surroundings will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the railway toy 10 according to the present embodiment includes a front coupler 16 and a rear coupler 17 as couplers. The rear coupler 17 always protrudes from the rear end of the main body 11, but the front coupler 16 is housed inside the front opening 12 so as to protrude from the front opening 12 opened at the front end of the main body 11. There is.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the front coupler 16 is housed inside the front opening 12, and the front opening 12 includes a coupler left cover (first cover) 14 and a coupler right cover (second cover) 15. The state of being blocked by the vessel cover 13 is shown.
In FIG. 3, the coupler left side cover 14 and the coupler right side cover 15 are opened to the left and right, and the front side coupler 1 is shown.
6 shows a state in which 6 protrudes from the front opening 12.

When the front coupler 16 and the coupler cover 13 are in the state shown in FIG. 3, the operation knob 18 that can be slid in the front-rear direction is slid forward. Operation knob 1
By sliding 8 backward, the front coupler 16 and the coupler cover 13 can be transitioned to the states shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the structure for enabling the above transition and its operation will be described. In the figure, the arrow A points above the main body 11, and the arrow B points below the main body 11.
The operation knob engaging portion 201 of the operation knob 18 is inserted into the operation knob tip insertion hole 202 provided in the main slide portion 101 via the operation knob slide hole 23 provided in the front lower cover 106. As a result, when the operation knob 18 is slid back and forth, the main slide portion 101
Can also be slid back and forth together.

A coupler insertion shaft 203 is formed at the front end of the main slide portion 101. The coupler insertion shaft 203 is rotatably inserted into the coupler hole 204 of the front coupler 16. Then, in that state, the dropout prevention cap 219 is attached to the tip of the coupler insertion shaft 203. Therefore, when the operation knob 18 is slid back and forth, the main slide portion 101 and the front coupler 16 can also be slid in the front-back direction together.

Next, the left side holding portion 104 and the right side holding portion 105 are main bodies 11 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.
It is fixed near the left and right ends of the ceiling. Specifically, taking the left side holding portion 104 as an example, the left front side convex portion 209 and the left rear side convex portion 210 provided on the left side holding portion 104 correspond to these provided on the ceiling portion of the main body 11. It is inserted and fixed in two protruding holes 220 and 220 provided on both the left and right sides. At this time, the gap 208 is formed. The same applies to the right side holding portion 105.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the slave slide portion 103 is slidably arranged in the front-rear direction so as to be sandwiched between the left side holding portion 104 and the right side holding portion 105 on the ceiling portion of the main body 11.

A shaft fitting hole 207 is provided near the center of the rotary connection portion 102 in the longitudinal direction. Also,
The substantially trapezoidal longitudinal tip portion 211 of the rotary connection portion 102 is formed so as to be rotatably inserted into the tip insertion hole 212 of the slave slide portion 103.

At the time of assembly, the slave slide portion 103 is arranged on the ceiling portion of the main body 11, then a shaft (not shown) is passed through the shaft fitting hole 207, and the shaft is placed in a portion where the gap 208 is later formed. Deploy. At this time, the tip portion 211 in the longitudinal direction is inserted into the tip portion insertion hole 212.
Next, the left side holding portion 104 and the right side holding portion 105 are fixed to the ceiling portion of the main body 11. As a result, when the rotary connection portion connecting hole 206 of the rotary connection portion 102 is moved in the front-rear direction, the rotary connection portion 1
02 rotates about the shaft fitting hole 207 in the front-rear direction of the main body 11, and at the same time, the slave slide portion 103 can slide back and forth.

Next, the main slide portion connecting hole 205 and the rotary connecting portion 102 provided in the main slide portion 101
The rotary connection portion connecting hole 206 provided in the above is rotatably connected by a connecting pin (not shown). As a result, when the operation knob 18 is slid back and forth, the slave slide portion 103 can slide in the direction opposite to that of the main slide portion 101.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the coupler left side cover rotation hole 217 and the coupler right side cover rotation hole 21 provided on the coupler left side cover 14 and the coupler right side cover 15, respectively.
The coupler left side cover 14 and the coupler right side cover 15 are rotatably attached to the main body 11 so that a common shaft (not shown) provided in the main body 11 passes through the main body 11.

The coupler left side cover 14 and the coupler right side cover 15 are provided with a tip left bar slide hole 215 and a tip right bar slide hole 216, respectively. Tip left side bar slide hole 21
5 and the tip right side bar slide hole 216 are elongated holes that are substantially linear.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the coupler left side cover 14 and the coupler right side cover 15 almost completely close the front opening 12.
Focusing on the coupler right side cover 15, the tip right side rod 214 is inserted near the right end of the tip right side rod slide hole 216 as seen in the figure.
The coupler left side cover 14 is symmetrical as compared with the coupler right side cover 15. The tip left bar 213 is slidably inserted into the tip left bar slide hole 215. Similarly, the tip left bar 213 is slidably inserted into the tip right bar slide hole 216.

Therefore, the tip left bar 213 and the tip right bar 214 arranged in the end left bar slide hole 215 and the tip right bar slide hole 216, respectively, are retracted by the slave slide portion 103 to cause the end left bar slide hole 215 and the tip right bar slide. When the rear end of the hole 216 is pulled backward, the connector left side cover 14 and the connector right side cover 15 rotate around a common shaft to open each other, and the tip left side bar 213 and the tip right side bar When the 214 pulls the front end of the end left bar slide hole 215 and the tip right bar slide hole 216 forward due to the advance of the slave slide portion 103, the connector left cover 14 and the connector right cover 15 are centered on the common axis. It is configured to rotate and close each other.

Therefore, when the slave slide portion 103 slides forward, the coupler left side cover 14 and the coupler right side cover 15 close so as to close the front opening 12. Further, when the slave slide portion 103 slides to the rear portion, the coupler left side cover 14 and the coupler right side cover 15 are opened on both sides so as to open the front side opening 12.
As described above, when the operation knob 18 is slid forward, the main slide portion 101 slides forward and the slave slide portion 103 slides backward, and when the operation knob 18 is slid backward, the main slide portion 101 Slides backward and the slave slide portion 10
3 slides forward.
Therefore, when the operation knob 18 is slid forward, the main slide portion 101 pushes out the front coupler 16, so that the front coupler 16 projects from the front opening 12.

At the same time, since the slave slide portion 103 retracts, the tip left bar 213 and the tip right bar 214 push the rear end of the tip left bar slide hole 215 and the tip right bar slide hole 216, so that the coupler left cover 14 and the coupling are connected. The right side cover 15 of the device is a hole 21 for rotating the right side cover of the coupler.
The coupler left side cover 14 and the coupler right side cover 15 open both sides by rotating around 7 and 218 in a direction away from each other.

Further, when the operation knob 18 is slid rearward, the main slide portion 101 slides rearward and pulls in the front coupler 16, so that the front coupler 16 is housed inside the front opening 12 and the slave slide portion 103. Since the tip left side rod 213 and the tip right side rod 214 push the front end of the tip left side rod slide hole 215 and the tip right side rod slide hole 216, the coupler left side cover 14 and the coupler right side cover 15 are pushed forward. , Coupler right side cover rotation hole 217
, 218 rotate in the direction of approaching each other, and close the front opening 12 so as to close it.

In addition, for example, when a train set is formed by a plurality of vehicles and the railway toy 10 is the last vehicle,
The front end of the main body 11 switches to the rear end of the main body.

Further, instead of the friction type using a flywheel, it can be changed to a spring type using a spring, or it can be changed to a type using another elastic body such as rubber, a compression coil spring, or a tension coil spring.

In order to store mechanical energy in the elastic body, for example, lock the part where one end of the elastic body is attached to displace that part, or grab a toy and move it from front to back. The shaft is rotated by rubbing the wheel against the floor.

The present invention can be implemented in various other forms without departing from its spirit or key characteristics. Therefore, each of the above embodiments is merely an example and should not be construed in a limited manner. The scope of the present invention is shown by the scope of claims for utility model registration, and is not bound by the text of the specification. Furthermore, all modifications and changes that belong to the equivalent scope of the utility model registration claims are within the scope of the present invention.

The present invention can be used for railway toys. The present invention can also be used for other types of toys.

10 Railroad toy 11 Main body 12 Front opening
13 Coupler cover
14 Coupler left cover (first cover)
15 Coupler right side cover (second cover)
16 Front coupler
17 Rear coupler
18 Operation knob 19 Left front wheel 20 Right front wheel
21 Left rear wheel
22 Right rear wheel
23 Operation knob slide hole
101 Main slide part
102 Rotating connection
103 Sliding part
104 Left holding part
105 Right holding part
106 Front lower cover
201 Operation knob tip
202 Operation knob tip insertion hole
203 Coupler insertion shaft 204 Coupler hole
205 Main slide connecting hole
206 Rotating connection connection hole
207 shaft fitting hole
208 Bearing hole
209 Left front convex part
210 Left rear convex part
211 tip
212 Tip insertion hole
213 Tip left bar
214 Tip right bar
215 Tip left bar slide hole
216 Tip right side bar slide hole
217 Hole for rotating the left cover of the coupler
218 Hole for rotating the right side cover of the coupler
219 Fall-off prevention cap 220 Protruding hole A Below the main body B Above the main body

Claims (1)

A model railroad that can run on a model rail, and is a coupler that can protrude from an opening provided at the front end or rear end of the main body and be housed inside the opening by operating the operation knob of the user. When,
A coupler cover that opens and closes when the coupler protrudes from the opening and is stored inward, an energy storage mechanism for storing mechanical energy for running, and an energy storage mechanism.
With a plurality of wheels for traveling on the model rail,
A railway toy characterized in that a part or all of the plurality of wheels is driven by the mechanical energy stored in the energy storage mechanism.