JP4746930B2 - Swing toys - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a swinging toy. Specifically, a swinging body, for example, a flower model and a leaf model are swingably disposed, and by swinging them, a flower pot toy with a feeling of dynamism can be obtained. The present invention relates to a swing toy that can be used.

  As the swinging toy, there is a swinging toy that is obtained by arranging a leaf model as a swinging body in a flowerpot (pedestal) so as to be swingable, and swinging them with a driving means. For example, Patent Document 1).

In the flower pot toy driving means disclosed in Patent Document 1, when a magnet is arranged on each of the leaf model and the pedestal and the leaf model is deviated from the initial stop position, the gravity action acting on the rocking body and the magnet repulsion action The leaf model is swung in cooperation with
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-152514 (see FIGS. 1 and 2)

  However, in the driving means of Patent Document 1, when a permanent magnet is used as an element of the driving means, adjustment for balancing the gravity (inertial force) and magnetic force is difficult, and even if the adjustment is good In addition, when an electromagnet is used as an element of the drive means, a swinging motion over a long period of time cannot be obtained, and not only a power supply is required, but also a means for adjusting the magnetic excitation timing is required, and the apparatus is complicated. Become.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and does not require a power source such as a battery, and by using a driving mechanism having a simple mechanism, an inexpensive and long-time swing motion can be obtained. The purpose is to provide a swinging toy.

The swing toy according to claim 1 is:
A pedestal having a water reservoir capable of pouring water from above at the top in the pedestal body simulating a flower pot, and having a hole for falling water formed at the bottom of the water reservoir,
A base end portion that protrudes from the pedestal and is supported by the pedestal so as to be swingable around a predetermined axis, and an arm that extends below the base end portion and below the hole in the pedestal. And a leaf model having a falling water receiver at the tip of the arm,
The water stored in the water reservoir is dropped from the hole to the water catcher of the leaf model , thereby swinging the leaf model.

The swing toy according to claim 2 has a plurality of the leaf models in the invention of claim 1, and predetermined axes which are swing centers of the plurality of leaf models are arranged in parallel to each other, These shafts are connected to each other by a link, and the swinging motions of the plurality of leaf models are synchronized.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a swinging toy according to the first or second aspect, wherein a weight is disposed on the arm .

The swing toy according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the base end portion is supported by the base so as to protrude from the base and to be swingable about a predetermined axis. An arm extending below the base end, and a flower model having a water drop receiver at the tip of the arm, and the two leaf models arranged so as to sandwich the flower model therebetween, the water reservoir Further, a hole is formed in the bottom portion of the flower model for allowing the flower model to receive water from the water receiver .

According to the present invention, the reservoir water to the water storing portion of the base, so to swing the leaf model, the drive means is simple and inexpensive, yet, until there is no water in the water reservoir being leaves Since the model 's rocking motion is guaranteed, long-time rocking motion can be obtained.

According to the invention of claim 2, since a plurality of leaf model is swung in synchronization with each other, for example, in the case symmetrically as leaf model is arranged, rocking and their leaves model synchronization Because it moves, it looks better.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the inertial force is increased by the weight, smooth movement is ensured.

According to the invention of claim 4, the flower model swings in addition to the leaf model.

The swinging toy according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 is a perspective view showing a flowerpot toy as a swinging toy according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a part of the flowerpot toy omitted, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

  The illustrated flower pot toy (swinging toy) 1 is a flower pot toy in which the flower model 2 is placed in the center and the leaf models 3 and 3 are arranged on the left and right. The flower model 2 and the leaf models 3 and 3 are rocked on the pedestal 4. It arrange | positions freely and rocks the flower model 2 and the leaf models 3 and 3 with water.

The pedestal 4 includes a water reservoir 5 that opens to the top. The water reservoir 5 is accommodated in a pedestal main body 6 that opens to the top, and is held by the pedestal main body 6 by being fitted to the upper opening edge of the pedestal main body 6. The pedestal body 6 is formed to imitate a flower pot.

  The water reservoir 5 has a rectangular hole 7 in the center, and a peripheral wall 8 is erected on the periphery of the hole. Bearings 9, 10, and 10 are formed on opposing walls of the peripheral wall 8, respectively. Further, three pores 11, 12, and 12 are formed in the bottom wall 5a of the water reservoir 5 at positions to be described later. On the other hand, the flower model 2 and the leaf models 3 and 3 are fixed to the shafts 13, 14 and 14 arranged in parallel to each other, and the ends of the shafts 13, 14 and 14 are attached to the bearings 9, 10 and 10. Each is inserted.

The flower model 2 and the leaf models 3 and 3 have arms 15, 16 and 16 extending below the shafts 13, 14 and 14, and the ends of the arms 15, 16 and 16 are connected to the shafts 13, 14 and 14. It extends in a substantially vertical direction. And the flat water drop receptacles 17, 18, and 18 are formed in the front-end | tip of those arms 15,16,16. Further, weights 19, 20, and 20 are installed on the arms 15, 16, and 16, respectively.
Further, the water drop receivers 18 and 18 of the leaf models 3 and 3 are located at the same distance from the respective shafts 14 and 14, and the respective shafts 14 and 14 are connected to each other by a link mechanism 21. The link mechanism 21 is composed of a link 21a having one end fixed to one shaft 14 and having a groove 22 at the tip, and a link 21b having one end fixed to the other shaft 14 and having a pin 23 at the tip. A pin 23 is inserted into the groove 22.

  The flower pot toy 1 includes a tank 24. This tank 24 receives and stores the water dropped from the water reservoir 5. The tank 24 accommodates the base body 6.

  Further, the flower pot toy 1 includes a cover 25 that covers the opening of the water reservoir 5. The cover 25 is divided into two in the diameter direction, and has a hole 26 in the center. The cover 25 is screwed to the opening of the water reservoir 5 and covers the hole 7 of the water reservoir 5. In this state, an annular gap is formed between the water reservoir 5 and the cover 25. And water is inject | poured in the water reservoir 5 from the clearance gap.

In the flowerpot toy 1 configured in this way, as shown in FIG. 1, the leaf models 3 and 3 are arranged left and right with the flower model 2 in the center, the flower model 2 is swung left and right, and the leaf model 3 and 3 is swung up and down.
When water is poured into the water reservoir 5, the water falls from the respective pores 11, 12 of the water reservoir 5 to the water receiver 17 of the flower model 2 and the water receivers 18, 18 of the leaf models 3, 3. Then, the flower model 2 and the leaf models 3 and 3 are swung by the gravity of the water. At that time, the weights 19 and 20 increase the inertial force in the movement of the flower model 2 and the leaf models 3 and 3, thereby smoothing the movement of the flower model 2 and the leaf models 3 and 3.
Moreover, in this flower pot 1, since the leaf models 3 and 3 are mutually connected by the link mechanism 21, the leaf models 3 and 3 rock | fluctuate up and down synchronously.

  The water that has fallen on the water drop receivers 17, 18, 18 of the flower model 2 and the leaf model 3 falls to the bottom of the base body 6 as the flower model 2 and the leaf models 3, 3 swing, and is stored in the tank 14. It is done.

It is the perspective view which showed the flowerpot toy as a rocking toy which concerns on this invention. It is the disassembled perspective view which abbreviate | omitted and showed a part of the flowerpot toy. It is the sectional view on the AA line in FIG. It is the BB sectional view taken on the line in FIG.

1 Flowerpot toys (rocking toys)
2 Flower model (rocking body)
3 Leaf model (rocking body)
4 Pedestal 5 Water reservoir 6 Pedestal body 7 Hole 8 Peripheral walls 9 and 10 Bearings 11 and 12 Pole 13 and 14 Shafts 15 and 16 Arms 17 and 18 Falling water receivers 19 and 20 Weight 21 Link mechanisms 21a and 21b Link 22 Groove 23 Pin 24 Tank 25 Cover 26 Hole

Claims (4)

A pedestal having a water reservoir capable of pouring water from above at the top in the pedestal body simulating a flower pot, and having a hole for falling water formed at the bottom of the water reservoir,
A base end portion that protrudes from the pedestal and is supported by the pedestal so as to be swingable around a predetermined axis, and an arm that extends below the base end portion and below the hole in the pedestal. And a leaf model having a falling water receiver at the tip of the arm,
The water accumulated in the water reservoir is dropped into the receiving該落water in the leaf model from the hole, thereby rocking toy being characterized in that so as to swing the leaf model. A plurality of the leaf models are provided, and predetermined axes which are swing centers of the plurality of leaf models are arranged in parallel to each other, and these axes are connected to each other by a link, so that the plurality of leaf models are swung. 2. The swing toy according to claim 1, wherein the dynamic motion is synchronized. The swing toy according to claim 1, wherein a weight is disposed on the arm . A base end is supported by the base so as to protrude from the base and swing about a predetermined axis, an arm is extended below the base end, and a water drop receiver is provided at the tip of the arm. A flower model and the two leaf models arranged on the left and right with the flower model in the center are provided, and a hole is formed in the bottom of the water reservoir so as to allow water to fall into the water drop receiver of the flower model. The rocking toy according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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