JPH0680488U - Animal toys - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide an animal toy that is realistic and easy to handle for infants, has a change in movement, and can be played outdoors at a running speed similar to the walking speed of an infant. [Structure] Driving wheels 10, 11 are provided on the left and right sides of a body portion 2, and the driving wheels 10, 11 are provided inside the body portion 2.
The drive mechanism A for driving the rotation of No. 1 and the reversing mechanism A'for reversing the one driving wheel are provided. The drive wheel 1
Outside the 0 and 11, foot portions 4 and 5 are provided above the ground contact surfaces of the drive wheels 10 and 11, and the foot portions are provided so as to be swingable back and forth in association with the drive wheels.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a traveling animal toy.

[0002]

[Background of device]

 It is well known that animal toys that run generally move forward and backward by operating their feet. While it has a realistic feel, it has the drawbacks of simple movements and slow running speeds, and complicated structures and operations were required to solve these problems. Therefore, there is a demand for animal toys that are easy to operate, have a realistic feel, and change movements, and that can be played outdoors at a running speed similar to the walking speed of young children.

[0003]

[The purpose of the device]

 The present invention was made under the above-mentioned background, and is an animal toy that can be played outdoors with a running speed similar to the walking speed of an infant, with a realistic feeling that the operation is easy to handle for infants and changes in movement. The purpose is to provide.

[0004]

[Means for achieving the purpose]

 In order to achieve the above object, the animal toy according to the present invention is characterized by having the following requirements. (A) A drive wheel and a traveling wheel are provided in the body part, and the drive wheels are provided on the left and right of the body part. (B) Inside the body part, the rotation of the drive wheel is driven. A drive mechanism and a reversing mechanism for reversing one of the driving wheels are provided. (C) Outside the driving wheel, the foot can be swung back and forth above the ground plane of the driving wheel. (D) The drive wheels are linked so as to swing the foot.

[0005]

According to the above configuration, when the drive wheels provided on the left and right of the body are rotated by the drive mechanism provided inside the body of the animal toy, the animal toy moves forward and the reverse mechanism causes one of the wheels to move forward. When the drive wheels are reversed, the animal toy turns. Further, the foot portion is provided so as to cover the driving wheel, and swings in contact with the rotation of the driving wheel without coming into contact with the ground contact surface.

[0006]

【Example】

 1 shows an animal toy according to the present invention, reference numeral 1 denotes an animal toy imitating a dog, and this animal toy 1 is composed of a body portion 2, a head 3, and legs 4 and 5. At the same time, the animal toy 1 is provided with a cable 8 and an operating section 9.

FIG. 2 shows a side surface of the body portion 2. The body portion 2 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and has a hollow shape. Inside, a drive device A for driving wheels (see FIG. 3A), a control portion B, a sound generating portion C, and a head drive portion of the head portion 3 are driven. The mechanism D is arranged, driving wheels 10 and 11 are arranged on the left and right sides of the body portion 2, and a shaft body 12 is provided at a lower portion of the body portion. It is arranged in the center so that it can rotate horizontally.

Shafts 14, 15, and 16 are formed on both sides of the body 2 in the left and right sides and in the center of the drawing, and a guide shaft 17 is provided below the shaft 15 and the body is The entire outer side of 2 is covered with an outer skin member 18 simulating dog hair.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the drive unit A is composed of a motor 20 and a plurality of gears. A gear 21 is fixed to the end of the rotary shaft of the motor 20, and a gear 22a is meshed with the gear 21. The gear 22a is fixed to one end of the rotary shaft 23 and the other end thereof. A gear 22b is fixed to the. The intermediate gear 24 meshes with the gear 22a, and the intermediate gear 24 meshes with the gear 25. The gear 25 is fixed to one end of the axle 26, and the drive wheel 11 is fixed to the other end.

A reversing mechanism A'is linked to the gear 22b. The reversing mechanism A ′ is composed of a planetary gear 27 and a reversing gear 28. The planetary gear 27 meshes with the gear 22b, and is provided so as to be movable along a guide groove 29 formed in the body portion 2 while meshing on the circumference of the gear 22b (see FIG. 3 (b)). ). When the gear 22b rotates in the direction of arrow a, the planetary gear 27 moves along the guide groove 29 and meshes with the gear 30, the operation of the reverse rotation mechanism A'is blocked, and the gear 22b rotates in the direction of arrow b. At this time, the planetary gear 27 moves along the guide groove 29 and meshes with the reverse rotation gear 28 so that the reverse rotation mechanism A ′ operates. The gear 30 is fixed to one end of the axle 31, and the drive wheel 10 is fixed to the other end. Further, the reverse gear 28 is always meshed with the gear 30. Shafts 10a and 11a are formed on the outer sides of the driving wheels 10 and 11 at approximately the midpoints between the center and the circumference, and a rubber for slip prevention is provided around the shafts.

As shown in FIG. 4, the foot portions 4 and 5 are composed of a front foot base 40, a rear foot base 50, and a lid portion 60 which are each formed in a substantially triangular shape.

The front foot base 40 is provided with a substantially rectangular recess 41 extending vertically from the apex to the bottom in the vicinity of the apex of the triangle, and the upper and lower portions of the recess 41 have holes 42 and 42, respectively. 43 is formed. The bottom of the front foot base 40 is formed above the ground contact surface of the drive wheels 10, 11 (see FIG. 2). The front foot base 40 has a hole 42 screwed to the shaft body 14 of the body portion 2 and is rotatably provided in the vertical direction about the shaft body 14. Further, one end of the connecting link 32 is engaged with the hole 43 (see FIG. 2). A substantially rectangular opening 44 is provided vertically below the recess 41, and mounting holes 45, 45 are formed near both sides. The shafts 10a and 11a of the driving wheels 10 and 11 are fitted into the openings 44, and when the driving wheels 10 and 11 rotate, the front foot bases 10 and 11 center around the shaft 14 and the bottom side is a grounding surface. It is provided so that it can swing without touching (see Fig. 2).

The rear foot base 50 is provided with a substantially rectangular recess 51 extending vertically from the apex to the bottom near the apex of the triangle. Holes 52 are formed in the upper and lower portions of the recess 51, respectively. , 53 are formed. Further, the bottom side of the rear foot base 50 is formed so as to be located above the ground contact surface of the traveling wheel 13 (see FIG. 2). The rear foot base 50 has a hole portion 52 screwed to the shaft body 15 of the body portion 2 and is provided so as to be rotatable about the shaft body 15 in the vertical direction. The other end of the connecting link 32 is engaged with the hole 53 (see FIG. 2).

Below the recess 51, a substantially crescent-shaped opening 54 is provided in the lateral direction, and mounting holes 55, 55 are formed near both sides. The guide shaft 17 is fitted in the opening 54, and the bottom side of the rear foot base 50 is provided so as to swing around the shaft body 14 without coming into contact with the ground contact surface. The front foot base 40 and the rear foot base 50 are connected by a connecting link 32.

As shown in FIG. 2, the connecting link 32 is composed of two long link plates 36 and 37 and a short link plate 38. The short link plate 38 has a central portion in a direction perpendicular to the shaft body 16. It is rotatably fixed and one end of long link plates 36 and 37 is rotatably fixed to both ends. The other end of the long link plate 36 is rotatably screwed into the hole 43 of the front foot base 40, and the other end of the long link plate 37 is the hole of the rear foot base 50. It is rotatably screwed to the portion 53, and is provided so that the rear foot base 50 rocks in association with the rocking of the front foot base 40.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lid portion 60 is provided with a standing edge around two pieces with the apex sandwiched therebetween, and an outer skin member 61 imitating dog hair is attached to the outer side and an inner side is attached to the inner side. In the vicinity of both sides, a projecting piece 62 corresponding to the mounting hole portions 45 and 55 of the front foot base 40 and the rear foot base 50 is formed. The lid 60 is formed so as to be fitted to the front foot base 40 and the rear foot base 50.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a head drive mechanism D. The head drive mechanism D is composed of a groove cam 76 and a projecting piece 73 provided on the head 3, and the groove cam 76 is provided around the circumference of a cylindrical member 75. A gear 74 is fixed to one end of the. The gear 74 meshes with the gear 21 and is provided so as to be driven by the motor 20. Also, a cylindrical neck portion 70 is fixed to the lower portion of the head portion 3, a groove 71 is provided around the circumference of the neck portion 70, and the neck portion 70 is horizontally rotated in the opening portion 72 of the body portion 2. Fits freely. Further, the protruding piece 73 is formed off the center and vertically downward on the bottom side of the neck portion 70. The protruding piece 73 is fitted in the groove cam 76 so that the head portion 3 swings in the horizontal direction by the rotation of the tubular member 75.

As shown in FIG. 6, the operation unit 9 is composed of an automatic return see-saw switch 9 a, and is linked to a control unit B provided inside the body 2 via a cable 8. ing. When one of the see-saw switches 9a is pressed with a finger, the contact a is closed, the motor 20 is rotated, and a predetermined sound is generated from the sound generating section C, and the other of the see-saw switches 9a is pressed. When pressed with, the contact b is closed, the motor 20 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the voice generating section C is configured not to operate. The seesaw switch 9a is configured to automatically return when the finger is released, and neither the motor 20 nor the sound generating section C operates. It should be noted that the voice may be changed such as a vigorous voice when the contact point a is closed and a soft voice when the contact point b is closed.

Since the animal toy 1 is configured as described above, when using the animal toy 1, the contact point a is closed by pressing one of the seesaw switches 9a of the operation section 9 with a finger, so that the control section B is The voice generator C is operated to generate a voice, and the motor 20 is rotated in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. The gears 21, 22a, 24, 25 rotate in association with the motor 20, and the drive wheel 11 rotates in the direction of the solid line arrow. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), since the gear 22b rotates in the direction of arrow a, the planetary gear 27 moves in the guide groove 29 and meshes with the gear 30, rotating the gear 30 in the direction of arrow to drive it. The wheel 10 is rotated in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. Since this rotation direction is the same as that of the drive wheel 11 described above, the animal toy 1 goes straight. The driving speed is preset so that the running speed is similar to the walking speed of infants.

As shown in FIG. 2, the shafts 10a and 11a of the drive wheels 10 and 11 are fitted into the openings 44 of the forefoot base 40, so that the drive wheels 10 and 11 are When rotated, the front foot base 40 swings around the shaft body 14. The long link plate 36 engaged with the hole 43 of the front foot base 40 is pushed to the right, and the short link plate 38 engaged with the long link plate 36 rotates as indicated by an arrow. The long link plate 37 engaged with the short link plate 38 is pulled to the left, and the rear foot base 50 connected to the long link plate 37 swings in the direction opposite to the front foot base 40. In this way, the front foot base 40 and the rear foot base 50 swing in the opposite directions and operate as if walking, so that the movement has a real feeling. At the same time, the gear 74 of the head drive mechanism that meshes with the gear 21 fixed to the rotary shaft of the motor 20 also rotates, so that the tubular member 75 also rotates and the protruding piece 73 fitted to the groove cam 76. Swings in the left-right direction and the head 3 swings, so that the animal toy 1 runs while swinging the head 3 left and right (see FIG. 5).

At this time, when the finger is released from the seesaw switch 9a, the seesaw switch 9a automatically returns, and the contact a is released, so that the operation of the motor 20 and the sound generating section C is stopped, The animal toy 1 stops squealing and stops running.

Next, when the other side of the see-saw switch 9a is pushed with a finger, the contact b is closed, so that the control section B does not operate the voice generating section C, and only the motor 20 is reversed in the opposite direction of the arrow. Rotate. The gears 21, 22a, 24, 25 are reversely rotated in association with the motor 20, and the drive wheel 11 is reversely rotated in the direction of the broken arrow. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the gear 22b rotates in the direction of arrow b, so the planetary gear 27 moves in the guide groove 29 and meshes with the gear 28, rotating the gear 30 in the direction of arrow. The drive wheel 10 is rotated in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. Since this rotation direction is opposite to that of the drive wheel 11 described above, the animal toy 1 immediately turns. At this time, the head 3 also shakes as described above.

As described above, the animal toy 1 can drive the drive mechanism A and the reversing mechanism A ′ by operating the operation unit 9 to perform the linear movement, turning, and stopping operations. In addition, as you squeal and sway your head, and swing your legs, you can get a realistic feeling.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the animal toy 1 is held by the infant in the cable 8 as if it were connected by a string, and the operating portion 9 at hand is operated easily to shake the head while squeaking. You can walk, turn, or stop. In addition, because the legs are swung back and forth while traveling, the car feels realistic. Further, since the driving wheels 10 and 11 are operated to travel, a traveling speed similar to the walking speed of an infant can be obtained, and an animal toy that can be played outdoors as if walking with a real dog is provided. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an animal toy according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a body portion of the animal toy.

3A and 3B are operation explanatory views of the drive mechanism of the animal toy.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a foot portion of the animal toy.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of the head drive mechanism of the animal toy.

FIG. 6 is an electrical block diagram of the animal toy.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Animal toy 2 Body part 4 Feet part 5 Feet part 10 Driving wheel 11 Driving wheel 13 Traveling wheel A Driving mechanism A'Reversing mechanism

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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An animal toy having an animal form, comprising:
An animal toy characterized by having the following requirements. (A) A drive wheel and a traveling wheel are provided in the body part, and the drive wheels are provided on the left and right of the body part. (B) Inside the body part, a drive for driving the rotation of the drive wheel. A mechanism and a reversing mechanism for reversing the one driving wheel are provided (c) Outside the driving wheel, a foot is provided so as to be swingable back and forth above the grounding surface of the driving wheel. (D) The drive wheels are linked so as to swing the foot.