JPH08839A - Toy formed by using used container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance the concern on recycling by providing a toy with a set screw part for inserting and fixing a battery box part into a used container and a power source switch for turning on and off a conducting circuit for conducting a power source from the battery in a battery box to a motor part and an energizing circuit. CONSTITUTION:The conducting circuit for conducting the power source from the battery in the battery box part 5 to the motor part 15 is so constituted as to be turned on and off by the power source switch 28 of an operating part 6. The battery box part 5 is inserted into the used bottle 1 from its mouth part 2. Projections which are the internal thread parts of a connector 37 are then pressed to external thread parts 2a of the mouth part 2 of the bottle 1 and are rotated in a screw tightening direction to screw and fix the connector 37 to the bottle 1. The entire part of vanes is then assembled to a vane form formed by blanking a cardboard and the cylindrical part of the joint part thereof is inserted and fixed onto an output shaft 17 of the motor part 15. A fan utilizing the bottle 1 is assembled when the motor part 15 is tilted horizontally around the pin part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toy using a used container which can be assembled with a used container to assemble various structures.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a recycling campaign for reusing used articles has been increasing. However, children, especially children in lower grades, have little interest in recycling while looking at many used objects. There is nothing in toys that would interest such recycling.

[0003]

Recycling tends to increase particularly in the future, and there is a demand for toys that can meet the demand. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a toy using a used container capable of increasing interest in recycling.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toy using a used container according to the first aspect of the present invention, which is inserted into the inside of the used container from a threaded mouth of the used container on a lower side. It has a possible column-shaped battery box portion, a main body configured to have an operating portion on the upper side, and a female screw side provided on an outer peripheral surface of an end portion on the operating portion side of the battery box portion and combined with a mouth portion. It has a connection body, and by screwing the connection body into the mouth, the battery box part is screwed to fix the main body in the state of being inserted into the used container, and it can tilt to the operation part And a conduction circuit provided between the battery box and the motor section, for guiding power from the battery housed in the battery box to the motor section, and provided in the operation section. And a power switch for turning the conduction circuit on and off. That.

According to the toy using the used container according to the second aspect, in addition to the above-mentioned object, the motor portion according to the first aspect is provided with a motor section for increasing the degree of freedom of work using the motor. A motor body, a housing for accommodating the motor body such that the output shaft protrudes, and a joint protruding from an end of the housing opposite to the output shaft. Is connected to the operation unit so as to be tiltable.

In addition to the above-mentioned object, the toy using the used container according to claim 3 has the output shaft of the motor part according to claim 1 or 2 in order to increase the degree of freedom of work. The purpose is to allow multiple types of joints to be exchangeably connected.

[0007]

In the toy using the used container according to the first aspect, first, a used container, such as a plastic bottle, is prepared directly. The battery box side of the main body is inserted into the inside of the used container from the mouth.

Next, when the main body is inserted until the female screw side connector reaches the mouth of the used container, the connector is screwed into the mouth and the body is fixed by screwing. As a result, most of the heavy battery box portion of the main body is housed inside and is attached to the mouth portion of the used container.

That is, the main body is attached to the used container with high stability. Then, using the motor portion protruding from the mouth, the user performs a work using the motor portion as a drive source.

Thus, a toy using the used container while devising the used container is manufactured. When the power switch is turned on, the work toy operates using the motor section as a drive source.

[0011] This is due to the use of used containers.
Naturally, interest in recycling increases. In the toy using the used container according to the second aspect, the motor portion can be tilted in a wide range of angles, and the degree of freedom of work using the motor portion as a drive source can be increased accordingly.

In the toy using the used container according to claim 3, a selected one from a plurality of kinds of prepared joint parts is connected to the output shaft of the motor part to use the used container. Since the work is done, the degree of freedom in the work increases accordingly.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a used container, for example, a bottle called a PET bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). At the top of this bottle 1, there is a cylindrical mouth portion 2 having a screw portion 2a on the outer circumference. Has been formed.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a toy to be machined using the bottle 1. The structure of this toy 3 is shown in FIGS. Describing the toy 3, reference numeral 4 denotes a main body which is elongated in the vertical direction.

The main body 4 has, for example, a hollow cylindrical battery box section 5 on the lower side and a hollow short columnar operation section 6 on the upper side. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, a battery, for example, an AA
Are formed in series to form a housing space 8 in which two can be housed in series.
Further, the outer diameter of the battery box portion 5 is set to a dimension such that it can be inserted into the mouth portion 2 of the bottle 1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the battery box portion 5 is divided into, for example, two parts in the radial direction, one of which is a main body portion 5a and the other is a slide type cover 5b which is detachably attached. And, by attaching and detaching this cover 5b,
By opening and closing the main body 5a, the two dry batteries 7 are accommodated in the accommodation space 8 in a predetermined manner.

The upper portion of the cover 5b is fixed by detachably engaging the hook portion 11 projecting from the upper end and the locking opening 12 provided on the peripheral wall of the operating portion 6, and the lower portion of the cover 5b. The frame-shaped portion 13 protruding from the lower end and the protrusion 14 provided on the lower end surface of the main body portion 5a are detachably engaged to be fixed.

A contact seat 9 made of, for example, a coil is provided at the lower end of the accommodating space 8 for contacting the negative end of the dry battery 7, and a contact made of a leaf spring is provided at the upper end as shown in FIG. A plate 10 is laid over the positive end of the dry battery 7 so that it can come into contact with and separate from the positive end.

On the upper part of the operation unit 6, a motor unit 15 is supported so as to be tiltable. Describing this support structure, the motor section 15 is provided with an output shaft 17 as shown in FIG.
The motor main body 19 is housed in a housing 20 so that the terminals protrude and a terminal portion (not shown) is exposed. Further, the output shaft 17 of the housing 20
At the center of the end opposite to the pin insertion hole 21 at the tip.
A band-plate-shaped joint plate 22 having a projection is provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the operation section 6 has a structure in which a main body 6a and a divided piece 6b which are radially divided into two are connected. In this embodiment, a part of the lower end of the operation unit 6 is configured to also serve as the battery box unit 5.

At the center of the upper wall of the operating portion 6, a slit 23 is formed over the entire diameter. In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, a pin portion 2 protruding in a direction intersecting with the slit 23 is formed on the inner surface of the
4 are provided.

The tip portion of the pin portion 24 slidably penetrates the pin insertion hole 21 of the joint portion 22, and the divided piece 6 is formed.
It is fitted and inserted in a tubular fitting portion 25 formed on the inner surface of b.

As a result, the entire motor portion 15 can be freely tilted, for example, in the front-back direction with the pin portion 24 as a fulcrum. The slit 23 is, for example, 18
The size is set to allow rotation of the motor unit 15 in a range such as 0 °.

On the other hand, a terminal portion (not shown) of the motor body 19 and the contact seat 9 and the contact plate 10 of the battery box portion 5 are connected by lead wires 26 and 26, A conductive circuit 27 for guiding power to the motor body 19 is formed.

The conductive circuit 27 is turned on / off by a power switch 28 provided on the operating section 6. Explaining this switch structure, an operation shaft 29 is arranged immediately above the central portion of the contact plate 10 in a direction intersecting with the contact plate 10. One end of the operation shaft 29 slidably penetrates the split piece 6, and the operation knob 30 is arranged on the outer surface of the split piece 6.
Connected to. That is, the operation shaft 29 is adapted to rotate in association with the operation knob 30.

A protrusion 29a for pressing the central portion of the contact plate 10 is provided on a part of the outer peripheral portion of the operating shaft 29 that intersects with the contact plate 10. Thus, the contact plate 10 is rotated by rotating the operation knob 30 to the side where the protrusion 29a presses the contact plate 10 or to the side where the protrusion 29a is retracted from the contact plate 10. 7 is made to contact or separate from the plus end. 3
1 is an on position provided on an outer surface portion around the operation knob 30;
Reference numeral 32 denotes a projection provided on the outer peripheral surface of the operation knob 30 to indicate a knob reference position.

On the other hand, a screwing part 33 is provided on the peripheral wall forming the upper end of the battery box part 5. Specifically, the screwing portion 33 has a flange portion 34 protruding from the peripheral wall of the upper end portion of the battery box portion 5, and the lower end of the battery box portion 5 is provided at two points of the flange portion 34 that are, for example, 180 ° in phase. It has a pair of wall portions 35, 35 extending toward the portion, and has an outer shape to be combined with the mouth portion 2 of the bottle 1. On the inner surface of each wall 35, 35, a male thread 2a is provided.
Protrusions 36 serving as female screw portions to be combined with are provided respectively, and these constitute a female screw side connection body 37 that is screwably combined with the mouth portion 2.

That is, after the battery box portion 5 is inserted from the mouth portion 2 of the bottle 1, the main body 4 inserts the projection portion 36 into the male screw portion of the mouth portion 2 until the tip of the mouth portion 2 contacts the flange portion 34. When screwed into 2a, it is screwed and fixed to bottle 1.

On the upper surface of the flange portion 34, a pair of stoppers 38 for receiving the housing 20 of the motor portion 15 tilted to the maximum angle are provided. On the other hand, apart from the main body 4, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of types of joint parts, for example, four types of joint parts 39 to 42, which are exchangeably connected to the output shaft 17 of the motor main body 19, are prepared. I am doing it.

That is, the joint portion 39 is connected to the output shaft 1
7, a pedestal 44 for forming an impeller is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the cylindrical portion 43 that can be inserted into and inserted into. The joint portion 40 has a weight 4 on the end side of a plate portion 45 that can be fitted into the output shaft 17.
6 is eccentrically provided.

The joint portion 41 is constructed by connecting a disc body 48 to one end of a flexible tube, for example, a rubber tube 47, which can be fitted into the output shaft 17. The joint portion 42 is configured by providing a connection cylinder 50 that extends radially, for example, in a cross shape, on the outer peripheral surface of a cylinder portion 49 that can be inserted and inserted into the output shaft 17.

Next, how to play with the toy 3 will be described. Suppose that a used bottle 1, which is called a PET bottle, is used to make a motor work.

For example, when making a fan,
Start with, for example, making a stand. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 1, the end of the battery box of the main body 4 is inserted from the mouth 2 of the bottle 1 to the inside.

Then, when the main body 4 is inserted until the protrusion 36, which is the female thread portion of the connection body 37, contacts the male thread portion 2a of the mouth portion 2 of the bottle 1, for example, the connection body 37 is grasped, The whole body 4 is rotated in the screw tightening direction.

As a result, the connection body 37 is gradually screwed into the mouth 2 by the engagement between the projection 36 and the external thread 2a. This operation is performed until the tip of the mouth portion 2 comes into contact with the flange portion 34 of the connection body 37, and the connection body 37 is screwed and fixed to the main body 4.

The bottle 1 to which the main body 1 is attached is
If you put it upright on the mounting surface such as a bull, bottle 1
The main body of the fan is assembled using the stand. At this time, most of the battery box section 5 containing the heavy battery 7 is stored in the bottle 1.
Has good stability and is mounted vertically on the mounting surface.

Next, for example, the production of the fan blades 53 is started. First of all, there are a number of joint parts 39 to 42.
A joint portion, for example, the joint portion 39, suitable for the assembly of the fan is selected from among the above.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of thick papers 51 cut out into, for example, a wing shape are prepared, and these thick papers 51 are mounted on the upper surface of each pedestal 44 of the joint portion 39 using, for example, a stopper 52. To fix.

Then, each cardboard 51 is mounted at a predetermined inclination, and the entire blade is assembled. Next, the tip of the cylinder portion 43 of the joint portion 39 is fitted into the output shaft 17 of the motor portion 15 which constitutes the fan body, and the blades 53 are attached to the fan body. By tilting 15 horizontally with the pin portion 24 as a fulcrum, as shown in FIG.
A fan that uses is assembled.

Therefore, the operation knob 30 is turned to the ON position 31.
When the contact plate 10 is brought into contact with the positive end of the dry battery 7, the motor body 19 is excited and the motor body 1 is rotated.
The blade 53 is rotated by the rotational force generated from 9.

Further, for example, when a machine that exhibits an interesting behavior is considered, a blade 53 is connected to the output shaft 17.
And the plate end of the joint part 40 or the tube end of the joint part 41 is attached to the output shaft 17 of the motor part 15 instead.

Then, the operation knob 30 is turned to the ON position 31, and the main body 4 is operated and viewed. Then, the structure in which the former joint portion 40 is attached to the motor portion 15 is the weight 46.
Eccentrically rotates around the connecting portion with the output shaft 17 as a fulcrum, and behaves like giving vibration to the bottle 1.

The latter joint portion 41 is connected to the motor portion 1
The structure attached to No. 5 exhibits a behavior in which the disk 48 turns around the output shaft 17 while accommodating the bending of the rubber tube 37.

When such behavior is recognized, the joint portions 40, 4 are utilized by utilizing this behavior and the shape of the bottle 1.
1. The bottle 1 may be machined by using the motor unit 15 as a drive source to produce a device that is designed by oneself.

In addition, when considering the production of a rotary flight tower, for example, first, from the output shaft 17 to the joint portion 4
0 and 41 are removed, and instead the end of the cylinder portion of the joint portion 42 is attached to the output shaft 17 of the motor portion 15.

Then, the motor portion 15 is positioned upward. Next, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the vehicle 54 is attached to each connecting cylinder 50 of the joint portion 42.

For example, a thread 57 is attached to one end of a straw 55 by using an occupant seat 56 for which a used beverage container has been machined.
A plurality of the parts 58 suspended by, for example, are manufactured, and the straw ends of these parts 58 are fitted into the connection tubes 50.

When the operating knob 30 is turned to the on position 31 to operate the motor portion 15, the rotating joint portion 42 causes each passenger seat 56 to support the output shaft 17 together with the strobe 55. As a result, it will behave like a rotating flight tower in an amusement park.

As described above, if the toy 4 is present, a craft toy using a used container such as a plastic bottle can be manufactured. Needless to say, instead of using the bottle 1 vertically as a stand, the bottle 1 may be used horizontally to form a body, and a traveling toy using wind power may be manufactured.
Workpieces using the bottle 1 are not limited to the examples described above, and may be various.

This means that children can naturally raise their interest in recycling through the work of devising themselves by using used containers. In addition, the motor portion 15 can be tilted at a wide range of angles, for example, 180 °, by a structure in which the motor portion 15 is tiltably supported on the side opposite to the output shaft 17 as a rotation fulcrum.

This makes it possible to increase the degree of freedom in machining using the motor unit 15 as a drive source. In addition, a plurality of types of joint parts 39 to 42 are prepared in advance, and these are
With the structure in which the output shaft 17 of the input / output portion 15 is exchangeably connected, it is possible to perform work using a used container by using one selected from a plurality of types of joint portions 39 to 42. The degree of freedom of work can be increased.

In the embodiment, a plastic bottle is used as the used container, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the same mouth portion with the male screw portion that is present in the plastic bottle is used. Any used container with

[0053]

As described above, according to the invention as set forth in claim 1, it is possible to perform a work devised by oneself using the motor portion as the driving source and the used container. Therefore, the use of used containers can increase interest in recycling.

According to the invention of claim 2, claim 1
In addition to the effects described above, the motor can be tilted over a wide range of angles, so that the degree of freedom in machining using the motor as a drive source can be increased.

According to the invention of claim 3, claim 1
Alternatively, in addition to the effect of the second aspect, it is possible to perform work using a used container by using one selected from a plurality of types of joints, and the degree of freedom of work can be increased accordingly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a toy according to an embodiment of the present invention together with a used container used with the toy.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the toy is attached to the used container of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary perspective view showing a battery box portion of the toy according to the embodiment with a cover removed;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the entire structure of the toy of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing various joint parts that are replaceably attached to the output shaft of the toy of the embodiment, together with parts that are machined using the joint parts.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a fan as a work (work toy) manufactured by combining the toy of the embodiment and a used container.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a rotary flight tower as a workpiece (craft toy) manufactured by combining the toy of the embodiment and a used container.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... PET bottle (used container)
2 ... Mouth 2a ... Male thread 3 ... Toy 4
... Main unit 5 ... Battery box 6 ... Operation unit 7 ...
Dry cell 9 ... Contact seat 10 ... Contact plate 15 ...
Motor part 17 ... Output shaft 19 ... Motor main body 20
... Housing 21 ... Pin insertion hole 25 ... Fit insertion part 26
... Lead wire 27 ... Conductive circuit 28 ... Power switch 29
… Operation shaft 29a… Protrusion 30… Operation knob 3
3 ... screwed part 34 ... flange part 35 ... wall part 36
... Projection (female screw part) 37 ... Connection body 38 ... Stopper-47 39-42 ... Joint part.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A main body having a column-shaped battery box portion which can be inserted into the inside of a used container from the externally threaded mouth portion of the used container on a lower side, and an operation portion on an upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the battery box section on the operation section side is provided with a female screw side connection body that is combined with the mouth section. By screwing a connection body to the mouth section, A screwing portion for screwing and fixing the main body in a state where the battery box portion is inserted into the used container; a motor portion tiltably supported by the operation portion; and the battery box portion and the motor. -Is provided between the
A used circuit, comprising: a conduction circuit for guiding power from the battery housed in the battery box to the motor unit; and a power switch provided in the operation unit for turning the conduction circuit on and off. Toys using containers. 2. The motor part comprises a motor body, a housing for accommodating the motor body so that the output shaft projects, and a joint projecting from an end of the housing opposite to the output shaft. 2. The toy using the used container according to claim 1, wherein the toy uses a container, and the joint portion is tiltably connected to the operation portion. 3. A toy using a used container according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of types of joints are exchangeably connected to an output shaft of the motor section.