JP4619242B2 - toy - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a toy that utilizes water.

  Conventionally, many toys for children to play in a bathroom or pool have been released. For example, dolls that float on water and toys that move on water with a motor are the best examples. In recent years, children's toy technology has progressed, and many things have been developed that can be enjoyed for a long time by infants who are fast-growing and fast-growing. Among them, toys using a faucet stream and toys using a motor for sucking water are increasing.

  For example, in Utility Model Registration No. 3039377 (Patent Document 1), there is a water tank provided with a cock at the bottom, and the water turbine is rotated by putting water into the tank and discharging water from the cock to the water turbine. Techniques have been proposed in which a plurality of actuating parts swing by rotation.

  In addition, in the utility model registration No. 3098450 gazette (patent document 2), a toy body is pumped up by an electric pump, and a toy body is provided with a water outlet, faucet, shower, etc. Proposals have been made.

However, the conventional toys for playing with water are monotonous, and many of them automatically move if some setting or preparation is made in advance.
Utility Model Registration No. 3039377 Utility Model Registration No. 3098450

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a toy that starts a different movement when a player participates.

  The toy (1) of the invention of claim 1 is a column main body part (3) provided with a water guiding part (2) for supplying water and a column part provided with a water flow pipe (11) through which the supplied water passes. (4), a water turbine (5) that rotates using water from the water flow pipe (11) as power, and a lifting platform (6) that includes a lift movable unit (21) that operates using the rotation of the water turbine (5) as power, In the toy (1) having the placing object (7) placed on the ascending / descending movable part (21) and the flowing part (8) through which the placing object (7) and water flow, the raising / lowering base of the water wheel (5) The arm is provided with a rotating column (23) having a spiral portion (22) on the surface and rotating as a motive power, and an elevating movable portion (21) having a protrusion (41) detachable from the spiral portion (23) at the tip. (34).

Further, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the elevating movable part (21) has the protrusion (41) provided at the tip of the arm (34) positioned in the immediate vicinity of the back side of the rotating column (23), and the protrusion (41) When the placement object (7) is not placed on the liftable movable part (21), the placed object (7) is placed on the liftable movable part (21) without engaging the spiral part (22). The protrusion (41) is engaged with the spiral portion (22).

According to the invention of claim 1, the movable movable part (21) moves up and down by the rotation of the water turbine (5), and the placing object (7) rises by being placed on the movable movable part (21), Thereafter, the toy (1) that slides down the running water part (8) can be provided, and the elevating movable part (21) starts the elevating movement by placing the placing object (7) on the elevating movable part (21). Therefore, the player participation type toy (1) can be provided.

The invention according to claim 2 is the toy (1) according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating column (23) has a tapered protrusion (32) for removing the protrusion (41) from the spiral portion (22). It is characterized by having near the upper end of.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, even when the placing object (7) slides down from the liftable movable part (21), even if the liftable movable part (21) does not descend to the lower end, the protrusion (41) is a tapered protrusion (32). It is possible to provide the toy (1) that comes off from the spiral portion (22) by being brought into contact with the upper and lower portions and the movable movable portion (21) is surely lowered and returned to the lower end of the lifting platform.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the toy (1) according to the first or second aspect , the rotating column (23) is integrally formed with the spiral portion (22).

According to the invention of claim 3 , it is not necessary to separately mold the rotating column (23) and the spiral portion (22), and the toy (1) having a small number of manufacturing steps can be provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the toy according to any one of the first to third aspects, the water guide section (2) includes a push-up pump (66).
According to the invention of claim 4 , it is possible to provide a toy (1) that can be played anywhere where water accumulates, such as a bath or a pool.

  According to the present invention, when the player places the placing object on the placing table, the player moves up and down using the rotation of the water wheel as a power, and when the placing object is not placed on the raising and lowering movable part of the placing table, the player does not move up and down. It is possible to provide toys that move differently by participating.

  The toy 1 of the best mode for carrying out the present invention is rotated by a base body part 3 having a removable water guide part 2, a column part 4 having a water flow pipe 11, and water guided by the water guide part 2. A water wheel 5, a lifting platform 6, a placement object 7, and a running water portion 8 where water that has been introduced to the placement portion 7 slides down are provided.

  Further, the lifting platform 6 includes a lifting movable unit 21 and a rotating column 23 including a spiral portion 22. And the raising / lowering movable part 21 is provided with the support arm 34 which provided the protrusion 41 at the front-end | tip, and when the protrusion 41 contacts and engages with the spiral part 22, it is induced | guided | derived to the spiral part 22 and raises / lowers. The protrusion 41 has play between the spiral portion 22, and when the placing object 7 is not placed on the liftable movable portion 21, the spiral portion 22 is not engaged by this play, and when placing the placed object 7, play Is lost and engaged with the spiral portion 22, whereby the up-and-down movable portion 21 moves up and down.

  When the mounted object 7 slides down from the up-and-down moving part 21, the engagement between the protrusion 41 and the spiral part 22 is released, and the up-and-down moving part 21 falls to the lower end. Alternatively, if the engaging portion between the protrusion 41 and the spiral portion 22 does not come off even if the mounted object 7 is lost, a tapered protrusion 32 is provided in the vicinity of the upper end of the rotating column 23, and the protrusion 41 comes into contact with the tapered protrusion 32. The joint part comes off and the up-and-down movable part 21 falls to the lower end.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the toy 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a platform body 3, a support column 4 fixed to the platform body 3, a water wheel 5, and a lift platform 21. 6, a placement object 7, and water and a flowing part 8 for sliding the water and the placement object 7 like a water slider.

  The column part 4 is fixed to the base body part 3, and as shown in FIG. 2, a water flow pipe 11 is provided inside the column part 4, and a discharge port 12 is attached to the upper end part. The water flow pipe 11 has a cylindrical shape, and the water that has been introduced into the cylinder flows. The discharge port 12 is an inverted U-shaped substantially tubular shape that is shaped so that water flows in the pipe, and one end is located in the vicinity of the top of the water turbine 5 so that the water flowing in the water flow pipe 11 hits the water wheel 5. The other end is fitted and fixed to the water flow pipe 11. In the present embodiment, the water flow tube 11 and the discharge port 12 are separately molded, but the water flow tube 11 and the discharge port 12 may be integrally molded.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the water wheel 5 includes a water wheel body 13 and a water wheel support 14. A blade 15 is attached to the water turbine body 13 in an oblique direction opposite to the rotation direction so as to receive water. The water turbine support 14 is integrally formed in a shape extending vertically from the circular plane of the water turbine main body 13, and the water turbine main body 13 and the water turbine support 14 are provided with a cavity for passing the main shaft 16 for water turbine. The turbine support 14 is provided with a turbine external gear 17 at the other end opposite to the end connected to the turbine body 13.

  The main shaft 16 for the water turbine is horizontally attached to the shaft stopper 19, and the shaft stopper 19 is fixed to the lifting platform support case 30 of the lifting platform 6. The main shaft 16 for the water turbine supports the water turbine 5 so that the external gear 17 for the water turbine and the shaft stopper 19 are close to each other, and a stopper 18 is fitted at the other end to fit the water turbine 5 and the water turbine. The main shaft 16 is fixed. The rotation direction of the water turbine 5 is the right direction when viewed from the external gear 17 for the water turbine, the installation position of the water turbine 5 is in the vicinity of the upper end of the water flow section 8, and the water that has flowed to the blades 15 rotates the water turbine 5. It is poured into the running water part 8.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lifting platform 6 includes a lifting and lowering movable portion 21 that moves up and down, a rotating column 23 that has a spiral portion 22 around which a wire is wound in a screw shape, and a rotating column 23 shown in FIG. 3. As described above, the first crown gear 24, the second crown gear 25, the spur gear 26 installed at the upper end of the rotating column 23, the gear shaft 27, and the movable portion support rail 29 provided with the movable portion support rail 29. It is composed of a surface 28 and a lifting platform support case 30, and is supported by two lifting platform supports 20.

  The lifting platform support 20 is formed of a right triangle plate, and the hypotenuses of the two right triangle plates are fixed to the vicinity of the side surface of the rear surface of the lifting platform support case 30. Since the lifting platform support 20 is a right triangle, the lifting platform 6 is fixed obliquely, and its upper end is located near the upper end of the flowing water portion 8 and is installed so as to move away from the upper end of the flowing water portion 8 as it goes downward. Has been.

  The rotating column 23 has a cylindrical shape, and a spur gear 26 provided with a spur gear shaft 261 is fitted and attached to the upper end, and a rotating column support tool 31 provided with a rotating column support shaft 311 at the lower end. Are fitted and attached. The spur gear shaft 261 and the rotating column support tool shaft 311 are supported by the lifting platform support case 30 in a rotatable state, and the rotating column 23 rotates together with the spur gear 26 rotating. Further, a tapered protrusion 32 is attached to the upper end of the rotating column 23 and is positioned between the pitches of the upper ends of the spiral portion 22. In this embodiment, the spiral portion 22 is formed by winding a wire around the rotating column 23, but it is also possible to provide a spiral groove directly on the rotating column. Further, although the spur gear 26 and the rotating column support 31 are used, the rotating column 23, the spur gear 26 and the rotating column support 31 can be integrally formed.

  And the raising / lowering movable part 21 is comprised from the movable part main body 33 and the support arm 34 which supports the movable part main body 33, as shown in FIG. The movable portion main body 33 has an inverted L-shape formed by bending a flat plate at a right angle. One surface of the movable portion main body 33 is a mounting table 35 on which the placement object 7 is placed, and the other surface is a support arm. A support arm mounting surface 36 for mounting 34 is provided. On the mounting table 35, mounting table fall prevention walls 37 are provided on three sides other than the side corresponding to the L-shaped corner so that the mounting object 7 does not fall when the mounting object 7 is mounted.

  The support arm 34 includes a support arm flat plate 38, an L-shaped arm 39, and a support arm long bar 40. One end of the L-shaped arm 39 is attached perpendicularly to a corner near the upper end of the support arm flat plate 38, and when this attachment portion is viewed from above, it becomes a U-shape. One end of a support arm long rod 40 is vertically attached to the other end of the L-shaped arm 39, and when the support arm 34 is viewed from the side, it becomes a crank shape. A protrusion 41 that engages with the spiral portion 22 is formed on the other end of the support arm long bar 40, and the protrusion 41 is attached to face the support arm flat plate 38. The support arm 34 is integrally molded with the above configuration.

  The L-shaped arm 39 of the support arm 34 is for bypassing the rotary column 23, and when the elevating movable part 21 is attached to the movable part support surface 28, the support arm long bar 40 and the support arm flat plate. The rotary column 23 is positioned between 38. In this embodiment, the L-shaped arm 39 is used to bypass the rotating column 23, but any shape can be used as long as the rotating column 23 can be bypassed.

  The movable portion support surface 28 includes a movable portion support rail 29 for supporting the lifting movement of the lift movable portion 21 and is installed so as to cover the lift platform support case 30.

  The support arm mounting surface 36 and the support arm flat plate 38 are parallel to each other, and are attached by screws via a first spacer ring 42 so as to sandwich the movable portion support surface 28. At this time, the support arm attachment surface 36 is located on the front side of the movable portion support surface 28, and the support arm flat plate 38 is located on the back side, and the attachment position is near the center near the lower end of the support arm attachment surface 36. .

  The first spacer ring 42 has a convex cross section, and the width of the movable part support rail 29 is smaller than the large diameter part of the convex cross section of the first spacer ring 42 and larger than the small diameter part. The small diameter portion of the first spacer ring 42 enters the movable portion support rail 29 and the large diameter portion cannot enter. The large diameter portion of the first spacer ring 42 is located on the surface side of the movable portion support surface 28, and the large diameter portion of the first spacer ring 42 is between the movable portion support surface 28 and the support arm mounting surface 36. The distance of the height of can be. The first spacer ring 42 is supported by the movable portion support rail 29 and can be moved up and down along the movable portion support rail 29, and the first spacer ring 42 hits the lowermost end of the movable portion support rail 29. The position where it stops is the lowermost end of the elevating movable unit 21.

  The support arm mounting surface 36 and the movable portion support rail 29 are locked by screws in the order of the washer 43 and the second spacer ring 44 from the back side of the movable portion support surface 28. The washer 43 is moved to the movable portion support surface. 28 on the back side. The attachment position is near the center near the lower end of the support arm attachment surface 36. The diameter of the washer 43 is larger than the width of the movable part support rail 29, and the diameter of the second spacer ring 44 is smaller than the width of the movable part support rail 29. Therefore, play can be made by subtracting the thickness of the movable portion support surface 28 from the height of the second spacer ring 44.

  For this reason, when the placing object 7 is not placed on the placing table 35, the elevating table 6 is installed obliquely, so that the upper part of the support arm mounting surface 36 is separated from the surface of the movable part supporting surface 28 by gravity. Since the lower portion of the support arm attachment surface 36 is in contact with the case and the distance from the case is fixed by the first spacer ring 42, the support arm attachment surface 36 leans against the surface of the movable portion support surface 28 when viewed from the side. It becomes a state. At this time, the protrusion 41 and the spiral portion 22 are not in contact with each other.

  Next, the mechanism of the raising / lowering motion on the lifting platform 6 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the first and second crown gears 24 and 25 are attached to both ends of the gear shaft 27, and the first crown gear 24 meshes with the water wheel external gear 17, and the second The crown gear 25 is installed so as to mesh with the spur gear 26. Thereby, the rotation of the water wheel can be transmitted to the rotating column 23.

  Then, when the placing object 7 is placed on the placing table 35, the washer 43 is engaged with the back surface of the movable portion supporting surface 28 from the state where the supporting arm mounting surface 36 leans against the movable portion supporting surface 28 as shown in FIG. As a result, there is no play in the portion where the support arm mounting surface 36 and the movable portion support rail 29 are locked. When the support arm mounting surface rises, the protrusion 41 rises and comes close to the rotating column 23 and contacts the spiral portion 22 provided on the rotating column 23. When the rotating column 23 rotates, the projection 41 engages with the spiral portion 22, and the projection 41 rises by being guided by the rotation of the spiral portion 22 in the manner of the worm gear, and the elevating movable portion 21 rises together with the projection 41. At this time, since the mounting table 35 is inclined perpendicularly to the movable part support surface 28, the mounted object 7 is supported by the movable part support surface 28.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, when the elevating movable unit 21 is lifted, the placement object 7 loses the support of the movable unit supporting surface 28 and falls onto the flowing water unit 8. The liftable movable portion 21 can play again because the placement object 7 is lost, and the protrusion 41 is detached from the spiral portion 22 and falls to the bottom. Alternatively, if the protrusion 41 does not come off the spiral portion 22 even when the mounted object 7 is lost, the protrusion 41 continues to rise as the spiral portion 22 continues to rotate, and the tapered protrusion 32 attached to the uppermost portion of the rotating column 23 The protrusion 41 contacts. The protrusion 41 is lifted by the taper portion of the taper protrusion 32 and finally comes off the spiral portion 22. As a result, the protrusion 32 loses its support, so that the up-and-down moving part 21 falls to the lowermost part of the up-and-down table 6.

  And when the mounting object 7 is not mounted on the mounting base 35, the protrusion 32 and the spiral part 22 are not in contact, and the protrusion 32 and the spiral part 22 do not engage with each other. The part 21 does not move up and down.

  The lifting platform support case 30 includes an external gear 17 for a water turbine, a rotating column 62, first and second crown gears 24 and 25, a spur gear 26, a gear shaft 27, and a support arm 34. It is molded into a box shape so that it can be stored. And when the mounting object 7 arrives at the upper end of the movable part support surface 28, the slope is provided in the outer surface of the upper end of the raising / lowering base support case 30 so that the mounting object 7 may slide down from the mounting base 35 to the flowing water part 8. FIG.

  The placed object 7 is placed on the movable movable part 21 and rises to the uppermost part of the movable part supporting surface 28, slides down from the slope at the upper end of the movable part support case 30 to the upper end of the water flowing part 8, and lower than the upper end of the water flowing part 8. Slide down with water. For this reason, the material 7 is made of a material that is light in weight and easy to slide on the flowing water portion 8 so that the placed object 7 is easy to slide down, and has a bottom shape that is circular and has no corners. In addition, since it is necessary to eliminate play between the support arm mounting surface 36 and the movable portion support surface 28 when placed on the mounting table 35, the size of the bottom surface of the mounting object 7 is slightly smaller than the size of the mounting table 35. Largely molded. In this embodiment, the mounted object 7 has a circular cross section, but other shapes can also be used. However, it is dangerous to use an angular object because it is a thing used by a child, and it is preferable to avoid it because it is difficult for the running water part 8 to slide down.

  The flowing water part 8 has a structure in which the upper end is located directly below the water wheel 5 and goes down while turning around the column part 4, and the placing object 7 and water fall from the lower end. On both side surfaces and the upper end of the water flow portion 8, water flow portion fall prevention walls 51 are formed so that the water and the placing object 7 do not fall from the water flow portion 8 to the outside. A house model 52 is installed in the vicinity of the lower end of the flowing water part 8, and a door 53 is provided at the entrance of the house model 52. Thereby, when the mounted object 7 slides down the flowing water part 8 and comes to the lower end, it appears that it rushes into the back of the house and jumps out of the house. Further, a watermill model 54 is installed on the side surface of the water flow section 8 near the house model 52, and the running surface of the water flow section 8 is branched so that a part of the water flowing through the water flow section 8 is diverted to the water wheel model 54. I am letting. As a result, water flows on both the house model 52 side and the water wheel model 54 side, and the water wheel model 54 also rotates.

  And as shown in FIG. 7, the base main-body part 3 is equipped with the water inlet 61 in the lower part, can supply the water led by the water guide part 2 to the water flow pipe 11, and drives the water guide part 2 to the upper surface. Switch 63 is provided. The base body 3 includes a battery for driving the water guide 2, and includes a fixing arm 64 for attaching the toy 1 to the edge of the bath on one side surface. It can be adjusted and fixed to the size of the installation location.

  The water guide section 2 is fixed to the water inlet 61 at the bottom of the base body section 3 in a freely detachable state, and is provided with a push-up pump 65 for introducing water at the tip. The push-up pump 65 can be driven by being fixed to the water inlet 61 of the base body 3. When the switch 63 is turned on, the push-up pump 65 starts driving water.

  Since the toy of the present embodiment is used by an infant, it is preferable to manufacture the object 7 using a character that is popular with infants. Is preferably inserted. Also, it is preferred for infants to color the lifting platform support surface 28, the lifting platform support case 30 and the like to hide the internal mechanism. Further, it is preferable that the mounting table 35, the movable part support surface 28, the discharge port 12 and the like are all processed with character objects popular with infants. By configuring the entire toy 1 with a unified character object, the infant can enter the character world.

  Next, a method for playing the toy 1 of this embodiment will be described. First, the base body 3 is fixed to the edge of the bath by the fixing arm 62. Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the leading end of the water guiding portion 2 is inserted into the water to start water guiding. When the water introduction is started, the water rises in the water flow pipe 11, the water falls from the discharge port 12, the water wheel 5 starts to rotate, and the water flows into the water flow portion 8. Next, when the placing object 7 is placed on the placing table 35, the ascending / descending movable part 21 starts to rise, and when the ascending / descending movable part 21 comes to the upper end of the movable part supporting surface 28, the placing object 7 slides down to the flowing water part 8. Then, the running water part 8 is slid down as it is and jumps out of the entrance of the house model 52 attached near the lower end of the running water part 8. The liftable movable part 21 falls to the lowest part of the movable part supporting surface 28 when the placement object 7 is lost or when it reaches the uppermost part of the rotating column. You can play by repeating the above operations.

  In this embodiment, the push-up pump 65 is used as the water introduction method, but it is also possible to use a suction pump or to conduct water by connecting the water faucet and the water inlet 61 of the base body 3.

  According to the present embodiment, even when the water wheel 5 rotates, the placing object 7 is not placed on the elevating movable part 21, and the elevating movable part 21 does not move during normal times, and the infant places the placing object 7 on the elevating movable part 21. By doing so, it is possible to provide a player-participatory toy in which the up-and-down movable unit 21 starts the up-and-down movement.

  In addition, since a character popular with young children falls as if playing the water flowing section 8 with a water slider, it becomes possible to enjoy more in combination with the facial expression of the character. Therefore, even young children who are quickly bored and grow up can enjoy for a long time.

  In this embodiment, the mounting table 35 and the support arm mounting surface 36 are formed vertically, and the mounting object 7 slides down from the mounting table 35 due to the inclination of the lifting table 6. The same effect can be obtained by processing and processing the surface of the mounting table 35 on which the mounting object 7 is placed obliquely.

  Furthermore, although the house model 52 and the water wheel model 54 are provided in the flowing water part 8, there is no problem even if they are not installed, and it is possible to use original ones without being unified with popular characters for infants. Of course it is possible.

  In the present embodiment, a toy that moves up and down using a water wheel is described. However, a similar lifting motion can naturally be achieved by rotating a rotating body other than a water wheel, such as a windmill, in front of a fan.

The perspective view of the toy of one Example of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the support | pillar part of the toy of one Example of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the rotational power mechanism of the toy of one Example of this invention. The side view in case the raising / lowering movable part of the raising / lowering stand of the toy of one Example of this invention exists in a lower end. The side view in case the raising / lowering movable part of the raising / lowering stand of the toy of one Example of this invention exists in an upper end. The perspective view of the raising / lowering movable part of the toy of one Example of this invention. The perspective view of the base main-body part of the toy of one Example of this invention. The perspective view in the game of the toy of one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toy 2 Water guide part 3 Base body part 4 Support | pillar part 5 Water wheel 6 Lifting stand 7 Mounted object 8 Water flow part 11 Water flow pipe 12 Release port 13 Water wheel main body 14 Water wheel support tool 15 Blade 16 Spindle main shaft 17 Water wheel external gear 18 Stopper 19 Axis stop 20 Lifting platform support 21 Elevating movable part 22 Spiral part 23 Rotating column 24 First crown gear 25 Second crown gear 26 Spur gear 261 Spur gear shaft 27 Gear shaft 28 Movable part support surface 29 Movable part support rail 30 Elevator support case 31 Rotating column support 311 Rotating column support shaft 32 Taper protrusion 33 Movable part main body 34 Support arm 35 Mounting table 36 Support arm mounting surface 37 Mounting table fall prevention wall 38 For support arm Flat plate 39 L-shaped arm 40 Long bar for support arm 41 Projection 42 First spacer ring 43 Washer 44 Second spacer Ring 51 flowing water unit for drop prevention wall 52 house model 53 entrance portion 54 water wheel of the model 61 water guide openings 62 mounting plate 63 switch 64 fixed arm 65 knob 66 pushes up pump

Claims (4)

A base body part having a water guide part for supplying water, a column part having a water flow pipe through which the supplied water passes, a water turbine that rotates using water from the water flow pipe as power, and rotation of the water wheel In a toy having an elevating table provided with an elevating movable part that moves as power, a placing object placed on the elevating movable part, and a flowing water part through which the figurine and water flow,
The lifting platform includes a rotating column that rotates using the rotation of the water wheel as a power and includes a spiral portion on the surface, and the lifting movable portion includes an arm that includes a protrusion that can be attached to and detached from the spiral portion at the tip ,
The ascending / descending movable unit is configured to position the protrusion provided at the tip of the arm in the immediate vicinity of the back side of the rotating column,
The protrusion is not engaged with the spiral part when the figurine is not placed on the lift movable part, and the protrusion is placed on the lift movable part without being engaged with the spiral part. A toy characterized by engaging . 2. The toy according to claim 1 , wherein the rotating column has a tapered protrusion for removing the protrusion from the spiral portion in the vicinity of an upper end of the rotating column. The rotary posts, toy of claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that it is integrally molded with the helical portion. The toy according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the water guide portion includes a push-up pump.

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