JPH06154369A - Curling play implement - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a simulated curling play implement by which a curling game executed on the ice originally can be executed at room temperature. CONSTITUTION:A curling game is executed by using a curling link 20 in which the skating surface is formed by a material whose slidability is satisfactory under room temperature, for instance, a stainless steel plate, and a curling stone 2 on which several pieces of skating parts 12 are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a curling playground equipment which is designed to allow a curling competition originally performed on ice to be carried out at room temperature.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a curling competition, a stone is slid toward a link house (target) drawn on ice,
By sweeping on the ice with a bloom (broom), the whereabouts of the slid stone are controlled, and it is a competition in which the stone is positioned in the center of the house.

Therefore, the environment for playing a curling race is low temperature and ice is indispensable. For example, it is common to run on a flat ice surface such as an ice skating rink or a frozen lake surface in winter. Is.

[0004]

However, in the conventional curling competition as described above, since it is necessary to have a flat surface on the ice, the surface of the lake in winter or a place such as an ice skating rink equipped with a large ice making facility. Was required, and there was a problem that it was restricted by season and place. Therefore, there is a problem that the curling competition cannot be performed easily and it is difficult to spread.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a curling link having a sliding surface made of a material having a good smoothness at room temperature and a curling stone having a plurality of sliding portions on its lower surface are used. The curling play equipment was provided,
If the top surface of the stone is made into a table shape, it will be provided as a playground equipment for people to jump on and slide.

[0006]

According to the present invention described above, at least three links are provided, at the normal temperature, the surface of which is made of a material having a smooth surface, and the curved surface of which the lower surface projects downward and which is made of a hard material. With such stones, curling competitions can be held regardless of location and time.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of a curling play equipment according to the present invention. 1 is a perspective view of a curling stone applied to a curling play equipment according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. Moreover, FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the curling stone.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 2 denotes a curling stone provided with at least three sliding parts made of a hard material having a curved bottom surface protruding downward. The curling stone 2 is The main body 4 is made of relatively hard stone material such as granite, and the handle 6 is made of wood.

The main body 4 is formed, for example, in a flat cylindrical shape having a diameter of 200 mm and a thickness of 60 mm, and is formed in an R surface so that its upper and lower peripheral edges are rounded, and the axial center thereof is sandwiched. Two bolt insertion holes 4a penetrating in the axial direction are formed at positions near the periphery at substantially equal distances. The handle 6 has a thickness that is easy to grasp with one hand and is formed to have a length shorter than the diameter of the main body 4, for example, 180 mm,
Also, two bolt insertion holes 4a are formed at the same intervals as the intervals between the two bolt insertion holes 2a of the main body 4.

The handle 6 is connected to the body 4 by two bolts 10 with a sleeve 8 interposed between the handle 6 and the body 4, and a space between the handle 6 and the body 4 is sufficient for gripping the handle 6. An appropriate space is formed.

Reference numeral 12 is a sliding portion provided on the lower surface of the main body 4. The sliding portion 12 is made of a reinforced plastic having a curved lower surface protruding downward, and the three sliding portions 1
2 are attached to the lower surface of the main body 4 on a concentric circle centered on the center thereof at equal intervals by suitable means, for example, adhesion. The number of the sliding parts 12 is not limited to three, and may be four or five. Further, the material of the sliding portion 12 is not limited to the reinforced plastic, and may be a hard member such as metal or ceramic, or a porous material or a plastic material made of sintered metal with lubricating oil or silicone oil. It may be impregnated.

Further, the sliding portion 12 is not limited to the above-mentioned fixed member, but may be, for example, a so-called universal bearing whose grounding portion rotates.

Reference numeral 14 is a buffer ring wound around the peripheral surface of the main body 4, and is for cushioning the impact caused by the collision when the stone 2 collides with another stone 2 already thrown. Further, such a buffer ring 14 may be provided with a different color for each team in order to distinguish between the stone 2 of the team that is competing with the stone 2 of the team that is competing with each other. In addition, such a buffer ring 14 is not always essential.

The curling stone 2 shown in FIG. 3 has a planing surface 12 made of a hard material and curved downwardly projecting downward.
Several tables are provided, and the upper surface is formed into a table shape on which a person can ride. On the upper surface of this stone, a plane on which a person can jump and a handrail 16 are provided. With this configuration, a person can jump on the upper surface and slide on the link.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a curling link used in the curling play equipment according to the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a curling link whose sliding surface is made of a material having a good rolling property at room temperature,
2 has a 0.5 mm stainless steel plate 24 attached thereto. The curling link 20 has, for example, a length of 20 m and a width of 3 m.
On the surface of 4 (sliding surface), a line 24a necessary for the curling competition is drawn. The stainless steel plate 24 is more preferable because it has excellent weather resistance and chemical resistance, but a hard plastic sheet may be attached in some cases.

When the above-mentioned curling stone 2 is stoned on the curling link 20, since the tip end surface of the sliding portion 12 of the curling stone 2 is a curved surface, the curling stone 2 comes into point contact with the curling link 20, and Since the sliding surface of the curling link 20 is formed of the stainless plate 24, the curling stone 2 slides on the curling link 20, even if curling is performed on ice.

Further, when the curling stone 2 is spun when it is thrown, the curling stone 2 advances straight while the speed of the curling stone 2 is fast, but when the curling stone 2 is slow, the direction changes according to the direction of the spin. Also,
The control of the speed of the curling stone 2, that is, the control of the direction, is performed by applying a slip agent, for example, silicone oil, to the front of the curling stone 2 by a mop or the like. This is equivalent to the action of sweeping the curling stone on the ice in front of the curling stone in the original curling competition on ice.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the curling link used in the curling play equipment according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. This second
The curling link in the above embodiment has a substantially U-shaped planar shape so that the stone throwing position and the house (target) are close to each other. In FIG. 5, 30 is a curling link, which is 0.5 mm on the floor like the curling link 20 in the first embodiment.
A stainless steel plate 32 is attached, and its total length is about 2
0m, its width is 1m, and the central part 30 of its total length
When a is bent in a U shape when viewed from the plane, the stone throwing position at which the athlete throws the curling stone 2 and the house (target) which is the target position where the curling stone 2 is desired to be stopped are close to each other.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the central portion 30a (U-turn portion) of the curling link 30 is a straight portion 3
From 0b to the central portion 30a, the so-called “bank” is inclined so that its outer peripheral side gradually becomes higher in the width direction.
Are formed. This is to prevent the curling stones 2 that have been stoned from coming off the links on the outer peripheral side in the central portion 30a. In such a bank, the stones 2 for curling stones are in the central part 3
An inclination angle is selected so that the curling link 30 does not move in the width direction when passing through 0a.

Even in such a curling link 30, since the sliding surface is formed by the stainless plate 32, the curling link 20 in the first embodiment described above.
Slide Curling Stone 2 on it,
Curling Stone 2 glides like curling on ice. Further, since the curling link 30 is formed in a substantially U-shape in a plan view and the stone throwing position and the house (target) are brought close to each other, the athlete can easily grasp the whereabouts of the curling stone 2 after the stone is thrown. can do.

FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment of the curling link used in the curling play equipment according to the present invention. The curling link in the third embodiment is formed on the upper surface of the table base. 40 is a curling link, the upper surface of the table base 42 is constituted by a decorator 44, and the upper surface (sliding surface) of the decorator 44 is polished so as to be a mirror surface. Such curling link 40
Is, for example, the height of the table base 42 is 0.9 m,
The total length is about 15m and the width is 2m. Also,
A peripheral wall 4 slightly higher than the upper surface of the decorator 44 surrounds the upper surface of the decorator 44 at the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface of the table base 42.
6 is formed. In such a curling link 40, since the area of the link is small, it is preferable to reduce the size of the curling stone 2.

Even in such a curling link 40, since the gliding surface of the curling link 40 is polished to a mirror surface, the curling link 2 in the first embodiment is used.
When the curling stone 2 is slid on this as in the case of 0, the curling stone 2 glides as if it were curling on ice. Also, the curling link 40
Even if the curling stone 2 thrown at is hit by the peripheral wall 46 even if the curling stone 2 tries to protrude from the link, the curling stone 2 never falls out of the table base 42.

Further, since such a table base 42 can be installed in a relatively narrow space, it can be considered to install it in a play facility or the like. When such a curling link 40 is installed in a play facility or the like, it is convenient to move casters (not shown) attached to the lower surface of the table base 42.

[0024]

According to the present invention described above, there are provided a link whose surface is formed of a material having a good smoothness at room temperature and a plurality of curved surface-shaped projections whose lower surface projects downward. With such stones, curling competitions can be held regardless of location and time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a curling stone used in a curling play equipment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a curling stone according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a curling link used in the curling play equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a curling link used in a second embodiment of the curling play equipment according to the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a curling link used in a third embodiment of the curling play equipment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Stone for curling 4 Body 4a Bolt insertion hole 6 Handle 6a Bolt insertion hole 8 Sleeve 10 Bolt 12 Sliding part 14 Buffer ring 16 Handrail 20 Curling link 22 Floor 24 Stainless plate 30 Curling link 30a Central part 30b Straight part 32 Stainless steel Plate 40 Curling link 42 Table base 44 Decora 46 Peripheral wall

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hideo Matsumoto 1st Shin-Nakahara-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Ishi Kawashima Harima Heavy Industries, Ltd. Yokohama Second Factory (72) Inventor Yoshio Takahashi New, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Nakahara-cho No. 1 Ishi Kawashima Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Yokohama No. 2 Factory (72) Inventor Sachiyoshi Seguchi No. 1 Shin-Nakahara Town, Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Ishi Kawashima Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Yokohama No. 2 Factory

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A curling stone having a sliding surface formed of a material having a good rolling property at room temperature and a curling stone provided with a plurality of sliding portions made of a hard material having a curved lower surface protruding downward. A curling playground equipment characterized by using and. 2. The curling play according to claim 1, wherein the curling link has a substantially U-shaped planar shape so that a stone throwing position and a house (target) are close to each other. Ingredient 3. The curling play apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the curling stone is controlled by applying a slip agent to the curling link on the hand of the stone. 4. A curling link having a sliding surface formed of a material having good rolling property at room temperature, and a plurality of sliding surfaces made of a hard material having a curved surface protruding downward on the lower surface, and an upper surface having a human surface. A curling playground equipment that is characterized by consisting of a table-shaped stone that can be used for riding.