JPH06339579A - Movable toy - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a movable toy by which an interesting play can be enjoyed by a method wherein a driving mechanism to drive driving wheels, motion mechanism to move arm parts and leg parts, etc., and a selective gear which is selectively connected to both mechanisms are provided for a toy main body, and the selective gear is made operatable by a remote control. CONSTITUTION:For a robot-form toy main body 1, for which on upper both sides of a body part 5 being integrally equipped with a breast part and leg parts, arm parts 6 which are individually turnable respectively, a motion mechanism which separately drives respective arm parts 6 is provided on the body part 5. This motion mechanism is constituted of a crown gear 30 which engages with an output gear 29 of a driving motor 24, and spur gears 32, 8, etc. Also, at lower both sides of the body part 5, a driving mechanism to separately drive driving wheels 10 which are rotatably supported by axes individually is provided, and the driving mechanism is constituted of a pinion 33 which is fixed on the external surface of the spur gear 32 and a spur gear 13, etc. Then, to the motion mechanism and driving mechanism, selective gears consisting of a spur gear 35 which is approachable/separatable from the spur 8, and a spur gear 36 which is approachable/separatable from spur gear 13, etc., which are operated by a remote control, selectively connected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a motion toy, more specifically, a wire-remote control for selecting a selection gear selectively linked to a drive mechanism for driving a drive wheel and an operation mechanism for operating an arm, a leg and the like. The present invention relates to a moving toy performed by a device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various toys using a wire-remote control device have been proposed and put into practical use. As the most representative ones, for example, traveling toys and airplane toys are known.

By the way, the conventional running toy has a structure in which the switch of the motor of the running toy is turned on / off and steering is performed by the wire remote control device, and the above-mentioned airplane toy has the structure. Has a structure in which a wire-remote control device operates a rudder or an elevator provided on the wing of the airplane to the left or right or up and down.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has a completely different structure from a conventional toy using a wire-remote control device.
Its purpose is to propose a moving toy made based on a new idea.

[0005]

[Means for Achieving the Object] As means for achieving the above object, the motion toy according to the present invention is characterized by having the following requirements. (A) The toy body is provided with a drive mechanism for driving the drive wheels, an operation mechanism for operating the arms, legs, etc., and a selection gear selectively linked to these mechanisms. The selection gear is formed so that the selection operation can be performed by the wire-remote control device. Further, the wire-remote control device may be detachably attached to the selection gear provided on the toy body.

[0006]

As described above, according to the motion toy of the present invention, the selection gear can be selectively linked to the drive mechanism and the motion mechanism by the wire-remote control device. As a result, the toy body can be run through the drive wheels, or the arms, legs, etc. provided on the toy body can be operated, so that an interesting play can be enjoyed.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings, reference character A indicates a moving toy according to the present invention, and the moving toy A includes a toy body 1 having a robot form shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and a wire-remote control device 2 shown in FIG. It is composed by.

The toy body 1 has a body portion 5 in which a chest portion 3 and legs 4 and 4 are integrally formed in a continuous manner, and is vertically rotatable independently on both upper sides of the body portion 5. Arms 6, 6 pivotally supported on the are provided. The tip ends of the support shafts 7, 7 of the arm portions 6, 6 are located inside the body portion 5, and spur gears 8, 8 are fixed. Further, belt wheels 9 are provided on both sides of the central portion of the body portion 5,
9 are individually rotatably supported, while drive wheels 10 and 10 are individually rotatably supported on both lower sides. Then, the belt wheels 9 and 9 and the drive wheel 1
Belts 11 and 11 are wound around and linked to 0 and 10.

The tip ends of the support shafts 12 and 12 of the belt wheels 9 and 9 are located inside the body portion 5, and spur gears 13 and 1 are also provided.
3 is fixed. Further, a supporting member 14 having a substantially L shape in a side view is formed on the lower portion of the back side of the body portion 5 so as to prevent the toy body 1 from falling backward when the toy body travels.

At the center of the surface of the chest 3, a tip of a movable member 16 arranged in the chest 3 is projected, and the tip of the movable member 16 is arranged at the rear of the elastic member 1.
7 is always biased in the protruding direction. Then, the tip of the movable member 16 is pressed from the outside to be retracted into the chest 3 against the elastic force of the elastic member 17.
Further, an elongated through hole 18 is formed in the longitudinal direction of the movable member 16 at the substantially center thereof.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, a head portion 20 is held in the upper center of the body portion 5 so as to be capable of popping out. That is, a bar member 21 is vertically provided at the lower center of the head 20, and the bar member 21 penetrates through the through hole 18 of the movable member 16. Then, the rod member 21
A concave portion 22 formed at one side of the substantially central portion is formed so as to engage with the edge portion of the through hole 18.

A drive motor 24 is disposed in the center of the body portion 5, and a power supply battery 25 is replaceably housed in the lower portion of the drive motor 24. A main switch 26 is provided at the center of the bottom of the body 5, and a sub switch 27 is provided at the top of the body 5. The drive motor 24, the power supply battery 25, the main switch 26 and the sub switch 27 are electrically connected.

The sub-switch 27 is always urged in the opening direction by the elastic member 28, and the head 20, which is usually detachably attached to the body portion 5, is provided below the body portion 5 when the body portion 5 is attached. It is formed so that it is pressed by the tip of the rod member 21 and the closed state is maintained. In addition, the sub switch 27 has the elastic member 1 when the tip of the movable member 16 protruding from the chest 3 is pressed.
7 is a bar member hung vertically below the head 20 that is locked to the edge of a through hole 18 formed in the movable member 16 by retracting the movable member 16 into the chest 3 against the elasticity of the movable member 16. The recessed portion 22 of the reference numeral 21 is released, and the sub-switch 27 is released by the elastic force of the elastic member 28, so that the head portion 20 jumps up from the body portion 5 and is detached. Has been done.

By the way, the arms 6 and 6 are provided in the body 5.
An operation mechanism for separately operating the drive wheels, a drive mechanism for separately driving the drive wheels 10, 10 and a selection gear selectively associated with these mechanisms are provided. The operating mechanism is the drive mode.
Crown gear 30 meshed with a gear 29 fixed to the output shaft of the gear 24, spur gears 32 and 32 fixed to the gear 31 coaxially with the gear 31 at a predetermined interval, and a support shaft of the arms 6 and 6. It is constituted by spur gears 8, 8 fixed to 7, 7. Further, the drive mechanism includes a crown gear 30 meshed with the output shaft of the drive motor 24 and the gear 3
0 and the pinion 33, 33 coaxial with 31 and fixed to the outer side surface of the spur gears 32, 32, and the support shaft 1 of the belt wheel 9, 9.
It is constituted by spur gears 13 and 13 fixed to 2 and 12. Further, the selected gear is the spur gear 3 of the above operating mechanism.
2 and 32 are always meshed with the arm portion 6,
The spur gears 8 and 8 fixed to the separate support shafts 7 and 6 of 6 are meshed with the spur gears 35 and 35 that are disengageable, and the pinions 33 and 33 of the drive mechanism.
The spur gears 3 fixed to the support shafts 12 of the belt wheels 9 and 9 and the spur gears 13 fixed to the spur gears 13 are detachable from each other.
It is composed of 6, 36.

The spur gears 35, 36 and 35, 36 constituting the selection gear are rotatably supported on the inner side surfaces of rotating discs 40, 40 which are loosely fitted to the support shaft 31 of the crown gear 30 near both ends thereof. That is, the spur gears 35, 35 are rotating discs 40,
Projection surfaces 40a, 4 which are continuously formed on the outer periphery of 40
0a, and the spur gears 36, 36 are pivotally supported at a substantially intermediate position between the center and the outer circumference. Further, spur gears 41, 41 are fixed to the outer surface centers of the rotating discs 40, 40, and the spur gears 41, 41 are provided on both sides of the body portion 5 as shown in FIG. A part of it is exposed. Further, in the center of the outer side surface of the spur gears 41, 41, the spur gears 35 constituting the selection gear supported by the rotating discs 40, 40 by rotating the rotating discs 40, 40 from the side portion of the body portion 5, Positioning members 43, 43 for selectively linking 36 and 35, 36 with one spur gear 8, 8 forming the operation mechanism and one spur gear 13, 13 forming the drive mechanism are fitted. Mating recesses 44, 44 are provided.

Spur gears 35, 36 which constitute the above-mentioned selected gears
The rotating discs 40, 40 on which the shafts 35, 36 are axially supported are formed by elastic members 45, 45 so as to always maintain a fixed position. The spur gears 8 and 8 fixed to the support shafts 7 and 7 of the arm portions 6 and 6 are not in mesh with each other, and the spur gears 36 and 36 and the support shafts 12 and 1 of the belt wheel 9 are not in mesh with each other.
The spur gears 13 fixed to 2 are not in the meshed state like the above.

Next, an operating mechanism which is detachably provided on both sides of the body portion 5 and separately operates the arm portions 6 attached to the body portion 5, and the drive wheels 10 and 10. Selection gear 3 selectively associated with a driving mechanism to be driven
Two wire-remote control devices 2 and 2 for performing the selection operation of 5, 35 and 36, 36 will be described. However, since the two wire-remote control devices 2 and 2 have the same configuration, only one device will be described here. That is, the wire-remote control device 2 has the wire-50
And a handle 51 provided at one end of the wire-50,
It is composed of a spur gear 52 provided at the other end.

The handle portion 51 can be retracted from the front portion of the supporting member 53 into the inside thereof, and the lower portion thereof is supported by the supporting member 53 and is supported by the support shaft 5.
One end of the wire 50 is attached to the attachment portion 55 on the upper side while being axially supported by 4. In addition, spur gear 5
Reference numeral 2 denotes a support shaft 56 supported by an elongated support member 56 including a base member 56a and a pressing member 56b provided on the base member 56a, and a part of the spur gear 52 is exposed to the outside. There is. The wire 50 is covered with a soft member 47 such as resin or rubber.

A cylindrical member 60 is fixed to the center of the rear surface of the spur gear 52 supported by the supporting member 56, and the cylindrical member 60 is fixed to the supporting member 5 as shown in FIG.
6, a base member 56a constituting the concave portion 6 provided substantially in the center of the surface
It is loosely fitted into 1. The other end of the wire 50 is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member 60, and its tip is fixed to the outer peripheral surface. An annular elastic member 62 is housed inside the tubular member 60.
One end of the slit 63 is provided in the longitudinal direction of the tubular member 60.
And the other end is inserted into a fitting long hole 64 provided in the lower portion of the inner peripheral surface of the recess 61. As a result, the spur gear 52 which is rotated by pulling the wire 50 is rotated in the returning direction by the elastic force of the elastic member 62 by loosening the wire 50.

The wire-remote control device 2 has an engaging piece 65 provided near the tip of a pressing member 56b constituting the supporting member 56.
Can be attached to the body portion 5 by fitting the fitting portions 15 provided on the back portions on both sides of the body portion 5 to each other.
At this time, the spur gear 52 supported by the support member 56 is
And a spur gear 3 which constitutes a selection gear provided in the body portion 5
A spur gear 41 fixed to the center of the outer surface of a rotating disc 40 on which 5 and 36 are rotatably supported meshes with each other, and the rotating disc 40 is rotated by the wire-remote control device 2 and rotatably supported on the rotating disc 40. One of the selected selection gears 35 and 36, which is one of the operating mechanisms for operating the arm portion 6, is a spur gear 8 and the other selection gear 36 is one of the drive mechanisms for driving the drive wheels 10. It can be selectively associated with the spur gear 13.

Since the moving toy A is constructed as described above, when using it, first, the fitting portions 1 provided on both sides of the body portion 5 of the toy body 1 having the form of a robot.
When the wire-remote control devices 2 and 2 are attached to the motors 5 and 15, the drive motor 24 is operated and controlled by turning on the main switch 26, and the crown gear 30 and the spur gear that are linked to the drive motor 24 are controlled. 32, 32 and pinion 33, 33 rotate simultaneously. Wire in this state
By grasping the grip portions 51, 51 of the remote control devices 2, 2, the wire 50 is pulled and the support member 56 at the tip end is pulled.
The spur gears 52, 52 supported by are rotated.

The spur gears 52, 52 are spur gears 35, 36 and 35, 36, which constitute a selection gear provided in the body portion 5, and are fixed to the center of the outer surface of the rotating discs 40, 40 on which the spur gears 35, 36 are 35. Since the spur gears 41, 41 rotate as they are meshed with the gears 41, 41, at the same time as the rotating discs 40, 4
0 also rotates.

When the rotary discs 40, 40 rotate, the spur gears 36, 36 pivotally supported by the rotary discs 40, 40 move and are fixed to the separate support shafts 12, 12 of the belt wheels 9, 9. Since it meshes with spur gears 13, 13 forming one gear of the drive mechanism, the driving force of the drive motor 24 is the above-mentioned gears 30, 30, 32, 32, 33, 33 constituting the drive mechanism.
The toy body 1 travels by being transmitted to the drive wheels 10 and 10 which are separately driven via the.

In the above driving state, the grip portions 51, 51
Along with the fact that the wire 50 is loosened by releasing the grip, the spur gears 52, 52 are rotated in the returning direction by the rewinding force of the elastic members 56, 56, and the wires 50, 50 are wound and rotated. The discs 40, 40 are elastic members 45,
The spur gear 3 rotates in the returning direction by the contracting force of 45.
The meshing state of the gears 6, 36 and the spur gears 13, 13 is released, the driving force of the driving motor 24 is cut off, and the toy body 1 stops running. Further, by releasing the grip of one of the handle parts 51, only the other drive wheel 10 is driven to change the direction of the toy body 1.

Next, when the toy main body 1 is in a running state, the wires 50 are further pulled by supporting the grips 51, 51 of the wire-remote control devices 2, 2 more strongly and supported by the support member 56 at the tip. Spur gear 52,
At the same time that the rotation angle of 52 increases, the rotation disk 4
Since 0 and 40 also rotate further, the meshing state between the spur gears 36 and 36 and the spur gears 13 and 13 is released, the driving force of the drive motor 24 is cut off, and the traveling of the toy body 1 is stopped. It

The spur gears 35, 35 pivotally supported by the rotating discs 40, 40 before and after the toy main body 1 stops traveling are fixed to the separate support shafts 7, 7 of the arm portions 6, 6. , The driving force of the drive motor 24 is transmitted through the gears 30, 30, 32, 32 of the operating mechanism to the arm portions 6, 6 Separately transmitted to the spur gears 8, 8 of the support shaft, the arms 6, 6 rotate about the support shafts 7, 7 as fulcrums. Of course, by changing the way of gripping the grip portions 51, 51, it is possible to rotate only one arm portion 6 or one drive wheel 10.

Next, the wire-remote control devices 2 and 2 attached to the fitting portions 15, 15 provided on both sides of the body portion 5 of the toy body 1 are removed and selected from both outer sides of the body portion 5. Spur gears 35, 36 and 35, which form the gears,
Fitting recess 4 provided on the surface of spur gears 41, 41 fixed to the center of the outer surface of rotating discs 40, 40 on which 36 is pivotally supported.
The positioning members 43 and 43 are fitted to the motors 4 and 44, and the rotary disks 40 and 40 are rotated through the positioning members 43 and 43 to move the spur gears 35, 36 and 35, 36 to the arm portions 6, 6. Spur gears 8, 8 forming one gear of the operating mechanism provided on the support shafts 7, 7, or the support shafts 12, 1 of the belt wheels 9, 9.
Spur gear 1 forming one gear of the drive mechanism provided in 2.
By selectively meshing with the wheels 3 and 13, the arms 6 and 6 are rotated, or the drive wheels 10 and 10 are rotated to enable traveling. Of course, the positioning members 43, 43
By selecting the rotation of the rotary discs 40, 40 via, the rotation of only one arm 6 or one drive wheel 10 is enabled.

Further, the toy bodies 1 can be made to face each other and run, and the arm portions 6, 6 and 6, 6 of the toy bodies 1 can be rotated and the arm portions 6, 6 can be rotated.
By pressing one or both of the movable members 16 protruding from the chest portion 3 of the toy main bodies 1 with each other, the movable member 16 is retracted into the chest portion 3 against elasticity. The bar member 2 vertically provided under the head 20 that is locked to the edge of the through hole 18 of the movable member 16.
The concave state of the first concave portion 22 is released, and the sub switch 27 pressed by the rod member 21 is elastic member 28.
Is released by the elastic force of the drive motor 24, the operation circuit of the drive motor 24 is turned off, and the running of the toy body 1 or the rotation of the arms 6, 6 is stopped. Together with this, the head 20 jumps up and separates from the body part 5.

According to the moving toy A as described above, the wire-remote control devices 2 and 2 form one gear 32, 32 forming the drive mechanism for the selection gears 35, 36 and 35, 36.
And a drive wheel 1 of a toy body 1 having a robot shape by selectively linking with one gear 8 forming an operation mechanism.
0, 10 are driven to run, one of the drive wheels 10 is stopped and the direction is changed in the middle, or both or one of the arms 6, 6 provided on the toy body 1 is rotated. You can enjoy an interesting play.

Further, the wire-remote control devices 2 and 2 are removed, and the outer surfaces of the rotary discs 40 and 40 on which the spur gears 35, 36 and 35, 36 constituting the selection gears are pivotally supported from both sides of the body portion 5. Spur gears 41, 41 fixed in the center
The positioning member 4 is fitted in the fitting recesses 44, 44 provided on the surface of the
3, 43 are fitted, and the rotary disks 40, 40 are rotated via the positioning members 43, 43 to select the gear 3
5, 35 and 35, 36 are one gear 32 of the drive mechanism,
By selectively engaging 32 with one gear 8 of the operating mechanism, the toy body 1 travels and the arm 6,
You can enjoy playing by rotating the 6.

Furthermore, the tips of the movable members 16, 16 protruding from the chests 3, 3 of the toy bodies 1 are pressed by the rotating arms 6, 6 and are retracted into the chest 3. The released state of the recessed portion 22 of the head member 20, which is engaged with the edge portion of the through hole 18 of the movable member 16, and the bar member 21 vertically provided under the lower portion of the movable member 16, is released. It is possible to enjoy a game game in which the head 20 attached to the No. 5 is competed by the elastic force of the elastic member 28 to jump up and be separated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the internal structure of a toy body is viewed from the front in a motion toy according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the internal structure of the toy body is viewed from the side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the toy body as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the toy body as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a wire-remote control device.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the attachment relationship between the wire-remote control device and the toy body.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a locking relationship between a movable member provided on a chest, a head, and a sub switch.

FIG. 8 is an exploded explanatory view of a spur gear provided at the tip of the wire-remote control device.

9 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing an assembled state of the device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A motion toy 1 toy main body 2 wire-remote control device 6 arm 10 drive wheel 35 spur gear (selected gear) 36 spur gear (selected gear)

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Reference number within the agency FI Technical display area A63H 30/02 A 31/08 B 31/10 (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Matsukawa 4 Aoto, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo No. 19-16, Takara Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masao Ohata 132-1 Gokoku, Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture Fujiki Corp. 203

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A moving toy having the following requirements. (A) The toy body is provided with a drive mechanism for driving the drive wheels, an operation mechanism for operating the arms, legs, etc., and a selection gear selectively linked to these mechanisms. The selection gear is formed by a wire-remote control device. 2. The moving toy according to claim 1, wherein a wire-remote control device is detachably attached to the selection gear provided on the toy body.