JP4947714B2 - Paper pack connection joint - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a joint structure for manufacturing a toy by connecting used rectangular parallelepiped paper packs and the like.

A 1 liter or 500 cc paper pack containing milk or juice is discarded when it is used.
These paper packs are in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, and have a certain degree of strength when connected together, and using this, as shown in FIG. 3, the paper pack 101 is connected to produce toys such as dolls 103 and animals. Large toys can be manufactured at low cost.

Further, for example, the following Non-Patent Document 1 (Internet homepage) describes a robot toy having a biaxial elbow joint and the like.
http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_j/press_release/pr2006/pr20060526/pr20060526.html

However, a toy manufactured by connecting paper packs is difficult to manufacture a moving joint. For this reason, normally only static toys can be produced, which is not interesting and prevents the spread of paper toys.
Moreover, the said nonpatent literature 1 is a toy already produced at the factory, and it is unrealistic to employ | adopt the joint for a paper pack toy.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a toy manufactured by connecting paper packs having a moving joint, etc., making it practically easy to manufacture in a moving form and promoting the spread of the paper pack toys. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper pack connecting joint that can be used.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the first invention is a joint for manufacturing a toy by connecting rectangular paper packs, and a pair of base plates arranged opposite to each other, and these base plates are rotated with respect to each other. A rotating part that moves, a base plate that is provided on the base plate and that is divided into four squares corresponding to a cross section of the base plate on the paper pack, and is provided along the edges of the split regions. A paper pack coupling joint, comprising: a pair of holding pieces for holding an edge of a cross section of the paper pack.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the rotating unit further includes a vertical surface suspended from two opposite sides of one base plate to rotate about two axes, and the other for receiving the vertical surface. A receiving surface provided on the base plate, a first rotating shaft that pivotally supports the receiving surface and the receiving surface and rotates 180 degrees, or between the one base plate and the hanging surface, or the other A paper pack coupling joint having a second pivot shaft pivotally supported by 360 degrees between the base plate and the receiving surface.

According to the first or second invention, each of the pair of base plates has a portion that moves like a joint by holding one, two, three, or four cut paper packs. The toy can be made practically easily in the form.
That is, when one cut paper pack is selected, it is clamped by the clamping piece on the entire outer periphery of the divided area divided into four squares. When two cut paper packs are selected, each of the paper packs is sandwiched between gripping pieces on the outer periphery of any two adjacent divided areas among the divided areas divided into four squares. When three cut paper packs are selected, each paper pack is clamped by a clamping piece at the outer periphery of any one divided area among the divided areas divided into four squares. When four cut paper packs are selected, each paper pack is clamped by the clamping piece at the outer periphery of any one divided area among the divided areas divided into four squares.

  In this way, each of the base plates can hold one, two, three, or four cut paper packs, so that joints of various sizes can be used with the same paper pack connecting joint. The part that moves like this can be made. Therefore, many large moving toys such as dolls, robots, animals, and dinosaur skeletons can be manufactured.

Therefore, it is possible to easily produce an interesting toy that moves, and to promote the spread of the paper pack toy.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to turn around two axes with a simple structure of the turning part.

An embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a joint 5 for manufacturing a joint of a doll 3 by connecting 1 liter or 500 cc rectangular paper packs 1. As shown in FIG. 1 (A), this joint 5 is adopted for the neck joint, shoulder joint, elbow joint, hip joint, hip joint, knee joint, and ankle joint of the doll 3.

As shown in FIGS. 1B, 1C, and 1D, the joint 5 has a pair of base plates 7 that are disposed to face each other. Rotate.
As shown in FIG. 1D, each base plate 7 corresponds to the square cross section of the paper pack 1 and has substantially the same square plane. The square plane of the base plate 7 is divided into four divided regions 11. Each divided region 11 has a small square. A pair of sandwiching pieces 13 is provided along the edge of each divided region 11. The pair of sandwiching pieces 13 are elastically adjacent to each other through a gap slightly narrower than the thickness of the paper of the paper pack 1. Thereby, the edge of the cross section of the paper pack 1 is inserted, so that it is easily held.

Further, of the pair of sandwiching pieces 13, the inner sandwiching piece 13A is taller than the outer sandwiching piece 13B, so that the edge of the cross section of the paper pack 1 is easily positioned at the time of insertion.
Further, a claw 15 is formed inside the sandwiching pieces 13A and 13B at a portion where the pair of sandwiching pieces 13 are in contact, and the edge 1A of the cross section of the paper pack 1 can be firmly sandwiched.
As shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C, the rotating portion 9 has a structure for rotating the pair of base plates 7 around two axes. That is, the rotation plate 17 having a U-shaped cross section is disposed on one base plate 7A. The rotating plate 17 is provided with a pair of hanging surfaces 19 corresponding to both sides of the U-shape. These hanging surfaces 19 are U-shaped plates. Then, in a state where the pair of base plates 7 are not rotated and are facing each other correctly (see FIG. 1C), the base plate 7 is suspended from two opposing sides of the one base plate 7A.

In order to receive this hanging surface 19, a receiving surface 21 is provided on the other base plate 7B. This receiving surface 21 comprises the both end surfaces of the receiving part 23 which has a U-shaped cross section provided in the other base plate 7B.
And as shown in FIG.1 (C), the 1st rotation axis | shaft 25 supports the hanging surface 19 and the receiving surface 21, and it enables 180 degree rotation (arrow 27 in a figure). Further, a second rotation shaft (not shown) is supported between one base plate 7A and the rotation plate 17 having the hanging surface 19 so that it can be rotated 360 degrees (arrow 29 in the figure). Further, in this embodiment, another second rotation shaft (not shown) is also supported between the other base plate 7B and the receiving portion 23 to rotate 360 degrees (arrow 29 in the figure). Make it possible.

"Effect of the embodiment"
According to this embodiment, one, two, three, or four cut paper packs 1 can be arbitrarily selected and sandwiched between the pair of base plates 7.
That is, as shown in FIG. 2A, when one cut paper pack 1 is selected, it is clamped by the clamping piece 13 on the entire outer periphery of the divided area 11 divided into four squares. In this case, eight pairs of sandwiching pieces 13 are used.
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), when two cut paper packs 1 are selected, each paper pack 1 is divided into any two adjacent divided areas 11 among the divided areas 11 divided into four squares. It is clamped by the clamping piece 13 on the outer periphery. In this case, there are four pairs of sandwiching pieces 13 used in one paper pack 1.

  Although not shown, when three cut paper packs 1 are selected, each paper pack 1 is clamped by the clamping piece 13 on the outer periphery of any one of the divided areas 11 divided into four squares. Let In this case, two pairs of sandwiching pieces 13 are used for one paper pack 1.

  As shown in FIG. 2C, when four cut paper packs 1 are selected, each paper pack 1 is arranged on the outer periphery of any one divided area 11 among the divided areas 11 divided into four squares. , And sandwiched by the sandwiching piece 13. In this case, two pairs of sandwiching pieces 13 are used for one paper pack 1.

  In this way, each of the base plates 7 can hold one, two, three, or four cut paper packs 1, so that the same one type of paper pack connecting joint can be used in various sizes. You can make parts that move like different joints. Thus, a large number of large moving toys having many joints of different sizes such as the doll 3, robot, animal, and dinosaur skeleton can be manufactured.

  Therefore, it is possible to easily produce an interesting toy that moves with the same one type of paper pack connecting joint, and to promote the spread of the paper pack toy.

"Other embodiments"
In the above embodiment, the second rotation shaft is pivotally supported between the one base plate 7 and the suspended surface 19. However, in the other embodiments, the other base plate 7 and the receiving surface 21. It may be supported between the two.

  In the above embodiment, the rotating unit 9 rotates about two axes. However, in other embodiments, the rotating unit 9 may freely rotate like a ball joint.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which (A) is a perspective view of a doll manufactured using the joint of this embodiment, (B) is a perspective view of the joint of this embodiment used in (A), (C) is a perspective view showing the function of (B), (D) is a perspective view showing a portion for sandwiching the paper pack of (B). FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where the number of paper packs held by the joint of FIG. 1 is different, (A) is a diagram explaining the case of one paper pack, (B) is a diagram explaining a case of two paper packs, (C) is a figure explaining the case where there are four paper packs. It is a perspective view which shows a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Paper pack, 3 ... Doll, 5 ... Joint, 7 ... Base plate, 9 ... Rotating part, 11 ... Divided area, 13 ... Clamping piece, 15 ... Claw, 17 ... Rotating plate, 19 ... Hanging surface, 21 ... receiving surface, 23 ... receiving part, 25 ... first rotating shaft, 101 ... paper pack, 103 ... doll.

Claims (2)

A joint for producing a toy by connecting a rectangular parallelepiped paper pack, provided with a pair of base plates arranged relative to each other, a rotating portion for rotating these base plates relative to each other, and the base plate, A divided area obtained by dividing a square plane corresponding to the cross section of the paper pack of the base plate into four squares, and a pair of holding pieces that are provided along the edges of these divided areas and sandwich the edge of the cross section of the paper pack. And a paper pack coupling joint. In order to rotate around the two axes, the rotating part is a suspended surface that is suspended from two opposite sides of one base plate, and a receiving surface that is disposed on the other base plate to receive the suspended surface. A first pivot shaft that pivots 180 degrees while pivotally supporting the suspended surface and the receiving surface, or between the one base plate and the suspended surface, or the other base plate and the receiving surface. The paper pack coupling joint according to claim 1, further comprising: a second rotation shaft that pivotally supports and rotates 360 degrees therebetween.

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