JPH042078B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is directed to a device in which an object having the appearance of a single body is separated into left and right parts by the output energy of a wind-up drive toy that is housed and hidden inside. This invention relates to a deformable toy using a windup, in which a windup-driven toy that comes out of the inside continues its specific motion using output energy.

In Japanese Patent Application No. 100290/1982, this applicant discloses a container that can be divided into two and that has the appearance of a single object, and a spring-driven toy that has a different appearance from the container and can be stored in the container. The latter holds the form of a unitary body with the wind-up driven toy housed therein, and the mainspring of the wind-up driven toy is wound up by the rotation of a part of the housing body.
In addition, a transformable toy using a spring in which the holding of the container is released by the output rotation of the output shaft of the mainspring drive unit and the container is divided into left and right halves, and the spring-driven toy that comes out from inside continues to run etc. by the output energy. In the same specification, an embodiment was disclosed in which the container and the wind-up toy were realized as an eggshell and a wind-up walking toy, respectively.

Among the configurations of the invention according to the above proposal, in particular, an appropriate configuration for holding the housing body in the form of a unitary body with a wind-up driven toy housed in the housing body, and releasing the holding when the energy stored in the spring is released. may vary depending on the specific example of the container and the wind-up toy.

[Object of this invention] This invention is an application of the above-mentioned invention to the case where the wind-up driven toy is a toy car. It is an object of the present invention to provide an appropriate and simple configuration for holding the mainspring of a toy car and releasing its holding when energy is released.

[Means for Achieving the Objective] In order to achieve the above objective, the present invention is characterized by a combination of a container having the following configuration and a wind-up toy car.

(a) The container must be divisible, store the wind-up toy car therein, and have a wind-up means that can be operated from the outside.

(b) The wind-up type car toy has a holding means for engaging the input shaft of the wind-up type car toy with the spring winding means when housed in the housing body and for maintaining the connected state of the housing body. , and has a release means for releasing the engagement state of the container with the output shaft of the wind-up toy car.

[Embodiments of the Invention] Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings in the case where the container has the shape of a tire. Note that the container can be similarly applied to a garage, an animal, or anything else having an arbitrary shape.

[Basic Components] The deformed toy according to the present invention comprises 1st, 1A, 1B
Imitation tires (hereinafter simply referred to as tires) A whose complete appearance is shown in Figures and Figure 5
and a wind-up toy car (hereinafter simply referred to as a car) B, the appearance of which is shown in its complete form in FIGS. 6, 7, and 11.

[Tire configuration] Tire A has a circular side surface and consists of two left and right divided tires A ₁ and A ₂ , which are formed by dividing a bottomed cylinder into two at right angles to the axis at the center in the axial direction.
The divided tires A ₁ and A ₂ both have annular peripheral walls 1 ₁ and 1 ₂
and side walls 2 ₁ , 2 ₂ and storage recesses 3 ₁ , 3 ₂ , and when the automobile B is accommodated in these as will be described later, the first, 1A, and 1
It is possible to maintain the complete form as shown in Figure B and 5.

The edges of the annular peripheral walls 1 ₁ , 1 ₂ , that is, the storage recess 3
The opening edges of ₁ and 3 ₂ are formed in a sawtooth shape, and one side is formed in a stepped sawtooth shape.
The two divided tires A ₁ and A ₂ can be fitted by abutting their open edges and overlapping each other at the stepped portion, and in the fitted state, the tires take on a complete form. The gaps between the abutting surfaces of the serrated edges give the outer circumference of the tire a tire tread-like appearance. A zigzag groove similar to a similar tire groove may be formed in the middle of the peripheral wall of each divided tire A ₁ , A ₂ .

The side wall 2 ₁ of one of the split tires A ₁ has a circular recess 4 opening outward at the center, and a one- or cross-shaped spring winding piece 5 is housed in the recess, passing through the center of the side wall 2 ₁ . One end of the rotating shaft 6 is fixed to the winding piece 5 at its center. The rotating shaft 6 is projected inside the storage recess ₃₁ ,
A gear 7 is fixed to a portion of the side wall 2 ₁ close to the inner surface. A bearing 8 integrally has a dish-shaped cover part 8a having an arc-shaped notch part 8c on the outer periphery and a fixing part 8b extending diametrically outward from the cover part on the inner end side of the rotating shaft 6 than the gear 7. is the rotation axis 6
loosely inserted into the hole provided in the center of the cover part 8a,
It is fixed by screwing into the side wall 2 ₁ a screw that passes through the fixing portion 8b. In this way, the winding piece 5 is fixed to the rotating shaft 6 bearing the gear 7 sandwiched between the side wall 2 ₁ and the bearing 8.
It is firmly attached and can be rotated stably with your fingertips.

Further, a locking portion 9 made of an annular groove is provided near the inner end of the rotating shaft 6. The locking part is the rotating shaft 6
A large-diameter portion may be formed at the tip of the gear 7, and the end surface of the large-diameter portion on the side of the gear 7 may be used.

On the inner surface of the side wall 2 ₁ of the split tire A ₁ , a guide 10 is formed that protrudes in an arc shape on a common circle with the arc portion of the notch 8 c of the bearing 8 . Stoppers ₁₁ and 12 are provided near the circumferential wall 11 of the tire, and extend to near the opening surface of the split tire storage recess. As will be described later, this stopper is for preventing the automobile housed within the tire from being rotated within the tire by the output of the mainspring drive unit.

Further, on the outer surface of the peripheral wall ₁₁ of the split tire _A1 , two anti-rolling members 13 and 14 are protruded from the circumferential direction at a portion facing the bottom surface of the automobile housed in the tire. There is. This anti-rolling member extends from the opening edge of the peripheral wall ₁₁ in the opening direction, and provides safety when the tire is placed on the floor. By extending one split tire
Although it is provided only on A ₁ and does not protrude to the other split tire A ₂ , rolling prevention members are provided on the peripheral walls 1 ₁ and 1 ₂ of each split tire to prevent it from extending from the opening edge. In this case, it is possible to prevent the extended portion from being bent or peeled off due to excessive external force being applied to the extended portion by mistake.

The other divided tire A ₂ has a projection 15 projecting from the center of the inner surface of the side wall 2 ₂ , and a locking portion 16 similar to the locking portion 9 is formed near the tip of the projection.

[Configuration of Automobile] Automobile B, which is another basic component of the transformable toy according to the present invention, generally includes a chassis 17 and a chassis that is movable in the front and rear directions, as generally shown in FIG. It has a slider 18 that is held, and a body 19 that is fixed to the chassis from above the slider.

The chassis 17 is equipped with a mainspring drive unit 22 that connects a front wheel 20 and a rear wheel 21 in the same manner as before, and a connecting cylinder 23 whose axis is oriented in the left-right direction approximately in the center in the front-rear direction, and the slider 18. Members 24 and 25 are attached to hold the parts in a freely swingable manner. The mainspring drive unit 22 has a mainspring similar to the conventional product and a gear train for inputting and outputting to the mainspring, and the input shaft 26 protrudes outward from the case of the mainspring drive unit on both the left and right sides, and has a chassis 17 at one side end. The gear 27 is located outside the edge in the width direction, and
A disk 28 is fixed to the other end of the chassis 17 inside the widthwise edge thereof, and a cam 29 is fixed to the disk 28. The disc 28 makes the installation of the cam easier and more secure. Only the cam may be directly fixed to the input shaft 26 without using the disk 28.

The connecting tube 23 opens in both left and right directions of the automobile.
A spring body 30 such as a coil spring that springs outward is provided inside and is fixed to the chassis 17 by a mounting member 31.

The members that hold the slider 18 in a freely swingable manner include a headed screw 24 that projects upward at the center of the front part of the chassis, and an inverted L-shaped guide 2 that is fixed to the upper surface of the chassis on both the left and right sides of the mainspring drive section.
It consists of 5. However, instead of the screws 24, guides similar to the guides 25 may be provided on both sides of the front portion of the chassis.

The body 19 is attached to the chassis 17 after the slider 18 is attached, and holes 32 and 33 that match the openings of the connecting tube 23 are provided on both left and right sides of the body.
A hole or notch 3 through which the input shaft 26 on the gear 27 side is inserted.
4 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the slider 18 has an upper surface part 35 that extends to cover the front part of the case of the mainspring drive part fixed to the chassis 17 and the upper side of the connecting cylinder 23, and an L part extending from the front end of the upper surface part. A guided portion 36 that is appropriately lowered in shape and extends forward, and has a notched groove 36a in the center that opens upward and forward, and an upper surface portion 35.
a guided part 37 that hangs down from both left and right sides of the rear part and has an outwardly bent piece 37a at the lower end;
The body 19 is mounted on the left and right sides of the middle part of the chassis 17.
It has linking pieces 38 and 39 provided so as to protrude downward near the inner surfaces on both the left and right sides of the body when attached to the body.

In such a slider 18, a screw 24, which is a front holding member, is slidably fitted into the notch groove 36a of the front guided part 36, and is held by the screw head so that it does not come out. The bent piece 37a of the portion 37 is slidably linked to the guide 25, which is a rear holding member, so that it is held slidably in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. By tensioning a coil spring 42 between the protrusion 40 and the protrusion 41 protruding from the front upper surface of the chassis 17, the slider is always urged forward, and the rear end of the groove 36a comes into contact with the screw 24. Due to this, it is stopped in a fixed position.

At least the front portions of the linking pieces 38 and 39 are curved into an arc, and the curved portion has a tapered surface 38a on the outer surface thereof that slopes inward toward the center of the arc. When the slider 18 is in the normal position due to the biasing force of the spring 42, the curved portions of the locking pieces 38, 39 are formed in the holes 32, 33 on the left and right sides of the body 19 and on the left and right sides of the connecting tube 23. The rear part of the opening is closed (see Figures 9, 10, 12, and 13).

The slider 18 is also located on the rear side of the cam 29 side.
It has an actuated piece 43 that has a tapered surface 43a that slopes downward in the front direction and projects toward the rotating surface of the cam 29 in a substantially triangular shape. And input shaft 26
When the winder is rotated by the energy output of the mainspring drive unit 22 in the opposite direction to that during winding, that is, counterclockwise in FIGS. 13 and 14, the cam 29 rotating together pushes the tapered surface 43a of the operated piece 43. Therefore, the slider 18 is slid rearward (to the left in FIGS. 13 and 14) due to the sliding contact between the tapered surface and the cam, and therefore, the linking pieces 38 and 39 are brought into contact with the connecting cylinder 23.
away from the opening and open it.

[Function] Next, tire A and car B having the above configurations
We will use this to explain the effects of playing with this deformed toy.

One split tire A ₁ , that is, the winding piece 5
The car B is placed in a predetermined orientation, that is, with the side surface provided with the gear 27, in the recess ₃₁ for storing split tires, which is provided with stoppers 11 and 12.
₁ , position the stoppers 11 and 12 above the bonnet of the body and the rear window, respectively, and fit the gear 27 inside the guide 10 while aligning the tip of the rotating shaft 6 with the hole 32 of the body. and press the car against the side wall of the storage recess ₃₁ .
As a result, a part of the gear 27 guided by the guide 10 meshes with the gear 7 of the split tire at the notch 8c of the bearing 8, and the tip of the rotating shaft 6 is positioned inside the hole 32 of the body on one side of the slider 18. Since the slider abuts against the tapered surface 38a of the linking piece 38, the slider overcomes the bias of the spring 42 and is moved backward, so that the tip of the rotating shaft 6 touches the linking cylinder 2 during that time.
The connecting piece 38 of the slider inserted into the opening of 3 and returned by the spring 42 connects with the locking part 9 of the rotating shaft 6, so that the tip of the rotating shaft 6 is elastically bounced by the resilient body 30 in the connecting cylinder 23. Even when subjected to force, either half of the left or right side of the car B is housed in the split tire _A1 , and the connected state is maintained.

Next, another split tire A ₂ is fitted with its storage recess 3 ₂ facing the car side, and the opening edge of the peripheral wall 1 ₂ is aligned with the opening edge of the previous split tire A ₁ . When the split tire A ₂ is pushed toward the split tire A ₁ in order to Since the tapered surface 39a is pushed and the slider is moved backward, the tip of the protrusion 15 is inserted into the other opening of the connecting tube 23. At the same time, slider 18
returns, and the linking piece 39 links to the locking portion 16 of the protrusion 15. Therefore, the split tire _A2 is also held connected to the vehicle B. Also, two split tires A ₁ ,
The opening edges of the peripheral walls 1 ₁ and 1 ₂ of A ₂ fit together, giving the appearance of a continuous peripheral wall.

In this way, the split tires A ₁ and A ₂ house and hide the vehicle B, and at the same time, have the appearance of one tire and are held by the vehicle. Since the tire has anti-rolling members 13 and 14 on the outer surface of the peripheral wall, it can be left standing in a fixed position.

Also, if you hold the outer surface of the tire with one hand and turn the tire winding piece 5 in a predetermined direction with the other hand,
Rotating shaft 6 and gear 7 of split tire A ₁ and car B
The input shaft 26 of the mainspring drive of the automobile is rotated via the gear 27 and the input shaft 26 to wind up the mainspring and store energy. After winding up the tire A sufficiently, when both hands are released from the tire A, the output gear train of the mainspring drive unit is rotated by the energy released by the mainspring, and the input shaft 26 is also rotated in the opposite direction. Therefore, the cam 29 fixed to the input shaft 26 moves in a predetermined direction (counterclockwise in FIGS. 13 and 14).
14, the slider 18 is slid backward against the spring 42 via the tapered surface 43a of the operated piece 43 of the slider 18. Therefore, the linking pieces 38, 39 of the slider
are the locking portions 9 of the rotating shaft 6 of the split tire _A1 , respectively.
Then, the split tire A ₂ is released from the locking portion 16 of the protrusion 15 to release the lock. Therefore, the rotation shaft 6 and the protrusion 15, which are receiving the elastic force from the elastic body 30 in the connecting cylinder 23, are unlocked, so that the rotating shaft and the protrusion are connected to the connecting cylinder 23 and the holes 32, 33 of the body. As shown in Figure 2, the split tires A ₁ and A ₂ are split apart to the left and right, and car B, which was housed in the tires, is left between the split tires and falls to the floor. .

The wheels (rear wheels) 21 of the automobile are being rotated by the mainspring drive unit from the moment the hands are released from the tires. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the car starts running on the floor at the same time as the tires fall to the floor due to separation. In other words, in the deformable toy according to the present invention, when the tire is released after operating the winding piece, the tire suddenly breaks into two after a few seconds have elapsed while the cam rotates to the specified position. As a car emerges from inside and suddenly starts driving, you can enjoy the fun, unexpectedness, and instant agility of the transformation process.

If the mainspring drive unit 22 is simply connected to the input shaft 26 to a conventional unit, the rotational speed of the rear wheel 21 will be very high immediately after the mainspring is wound up and the driver's hand is released from the tire. Therefore, if the time from when you take your hand off the tire to when the tire splits is set to be relatively long, by the time the tire splits and the car emerges from inside, the rear wheel 21 will be spinning at high speed and the mainspring will break. There is a problem in that the amount of residual energy in the vehicle decreases, making it impossible to achieve a sufficiently long mileage.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the output gear train of the mainspring drive section 22 includes a speed reduction means and a speed change lever 4.
4, the gear shift lever protrudes rearward from the rear of the vehicle, and a spring 45 is provided at the rear of the chassis ₁₇ to always bias the gear shift lever toward high speed. To,
A stopper 46 is protrudingly provided to hold the speed change lever 44 in a state of moving toward a low speed side against a spring 45 when the vehicle is stored in this storage recess.

The improved mainspring drive unit will be described in detail based on the drawings from FIG. Two large and small gears 49 and 50 are fixed to the inner end, and first and second intermediate gears 51 and 52 bearing the case are sequentially meshed with the small gear 50. A small gear 54 fixed to an axle 53 of the wheel 21 is meshed with it. Second intermediate gear 52
On the upper side of the case 47, there is a first idler gear 55, which is made up of large and small gears 55a and 55b fixed to one shaft.
A deceleration shaft 58 is rotatably attached to the case, and has a small gear 57 that is movable up and down in a diagonal hole 56 provided in the case, and that meshes with the large gear 55a when the first idler gear descends above the axle 53. . Also,
When the idle gear 55 is in the lowered position, the pinion 55
b meshes with the first intermediate gear 51. Also provided on the large gear 49 side of the input shaft 26 is a second idler gear 59 whose shaft is inserted into a diagonal hole provided in the case at a slightly higher position than the input shaft so as to be able to move up and down. If it is in a lower position, its small gear 59a
The large gear 49 of the input shaft meshes with the small gear 52a coaxially fixed to the second intermediate gear 52, and the large gear 59b and small gear 52a are separated from each other when they are located above the diagonal hole. Both the first and second idle gears 55 and 59 are moved to the upper position of the diagonal hole by the second intermediate gear 52 and the large gear 49 of the input shaft when inputting to the mainspring.

Further, another gear 60 is fixed to the reduction shaft 58, and an escape tooth 61 which is swingably attached to the case is meshed with this gear, and the reduction shaft 58 is rotated in a predetermined direction via the first idler gear 55. When a rotational force is applied, the escape tooth 61 swings and advances the teeth of the gear 60 one by one, thereby reducing the rotational speed of the deceleration shaft.

Furthermore, a speed change lever 44 is attached to the rear part of the case of the mainspring drive unit so as to be rotatable around a horizontal axis. The gear shift lever 44 has an operating piece 63 extending forward in a substantially F-shape on both left and right sides of the upper part of a connecting part 62 having an arcuate cross section at the front end, and is rotatable around a shaft 64 provided at the lower part of the connecting part. It is mounted on a bearing. When the lever 44 is moved downward, as shown in FIG. It is stopped by reinforced stoppers 65 and 66. Further, when the shift lever 44 is moved upward, the first idler gear 55 moves to the lower side of the diagonal hole 56 due to its own weight, as shown in FIG. 18B. The speed change lever 44 is biased downward by a coil spring 45 stretched between the speed change lever 44 and the chassis 17.

In this way, when storing the car in the tires,
The gear shift lever 44 is a stopper 46 of the split tire _A1 .
The raised state (FIG. 18B) is maintained by this.

With the above configuration, when outputting from the mainspring 48 wound up via the winding piece 5, gear 27 and input shaft 26 as described above, the large gear 49 which is the output gear train, the second idle gear 59, the second intermediate gear 5
2. The driving force is transmitted in the order of the first idle gear 55. While the automobile B is still housed in the tire, the speed change lever 44 is in the upper position, and the first idle gear 55 is meshed with the gear 57 of the reduction shaft 58. Therefore, since the rotational speed is reduced by the escape tooth 61, the axle 53 having the gear 54 meshing with the second intermediate gear 52 is also reduced, so the wheel 21 inside the tire rotates at a low speed. This prevents instantaneous deceleration of the mainspring's energy.

On the other hand, when the tire splits and the car comes out, the gear shift lever 44 is moved downward by the spring 45, the first idler gear 55 is moved to the upper part of the diagonal hole 56 by the operating piece 63, and the second It is separated from both the intermediate gear 52 and the reduction shaft 58 (the 18th
condition shown in Figure A). Therefore, the driving force of the mainspring is transmitted to the large gear 49 of the output gear train, the second idler gear 59, the second intermediate gear 52, and the upper axle gear 54 in this order, and is not transmitted to the reduction shaft 58, so it is transmitted to the axle 53.
That is, the rear wheels 21 rotate at high speed. That is, when a car lands on a floor or the like, it runs at high speed.

In addition, the axle upper gear 54, the second and first intermediate gears 5
1, 52 and the small gear 50 on the input shaft are always engaged, so by pulling back the toy car after it has come out of the tire and running, as in the conventional way, the above gear group is used as an input gear train to wind up the mainspring and let go. The vehicle can be played at high speed through the output gear trains 49, 59, 52, and 54. Input gear trains 54, 52, 51, 50 and output gear trains 49, 5
9a, 59b, 52a, 52, and 54 have different gear ratios, so that a large amount of energy can be stored in the mainspring with a small amount of pullback, and it is possible to run at high speed, as in the conventional case.

Note that depending on the shape of the body 19, the holes 32,
33 may not be necessary.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, there is provided a container which is divisible, houses a wind-up toy car therein, and has a spring winding means that can be operated from the outside, and a state in which the toy is housed in the container. The mainspring has an input shaft that engages with the mainspring winding means and has a holding means for maintaining the coupled state of the containing body, and a release means that releases the engaged state of the containing body at the output shaft. Since the wind-up toy car is housed in the storage body, the storage body can maintain a certain shape such as a tire.

Furthermore, when the spring is wound up, energy is stored in the spring-powered car, and the power of the output shaft of the spring-powered car divides the container, allowing the spring-powered car to travel. For this reason,
It can be made into a wind-up type car toy that is unusual and rich in variety.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the invention,
Figure 1, Figure 1A, and Figure 1B are respectively a front view of the tire in its complete form, a perspective view as seen from one side, and a perspective view as seen from the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the inside of one split tire, Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the left and right split tires, and Fig. 5 shows the bottom of the tire in its complete form. FIG. Figure 6 is a left side view of the car, Figure 7 is a right side view of the car, Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of the car, and Figure 9 is an exploded perspective view of the car.
The figure is a left perspective view with the body removed, FIG. 10 is a right perspective view of the same, FIG. 11 is a bottom view of the automobile, and FIG. 12 is a perspective view of essential parts showing the left side of a means for holding a split tire. Fig. 13 is a side view showing the right side of the split tire holding means and the means for sliding the slider, Fig. 14 is a side view showing the action when the slider is slid, and Fig. 15 is the upper surface of the case. 16th plan view of the mainspring drive section shown with removed
17 is an exploded perspective view showing the input shaft and the output gear train, FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the speed change lever, and FIG. 18 is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the position of the speed change lever and the position of the idle gear. A... Tire, A ₁ , A ₂ ... Split tire, 5...
... Winding piece, 6 ... Rotating shaft, 9 ... Locking part, 15
...Protrusion, 16...Locking part, B...Car, 17
... Chassis, 18 ... Slider, 19 ... Body, 20, 21 ... Wheels, 22 ... Mainspring drive section, 23 ... Connection tube, 24, 25 ... Slider holding member, 26 ... Input shaft, 27 ...Gear, 29...
...cam, 30... projectile, 38, 39... linkage part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A transformable toy using a wind-up, comprising a combination of a container having the following structure and a wind-up toy car. (a) The container must be divisible, store the wind-up toy car therein, and have a wind-up means that can be operated from the outside. (b) The wind-up type car toy has a holding means for engaging the input shaft of the wind-up type car toy with the spring winding means when housed in the housing body and for maintaining the connected state of the housing body. , and has a release means for releasing the engagement state of the container with the output shaft of the wind-up toy car.