JPH09318772A - Ornament device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an ornament device in which a plurality of liquids with different specific gravities not mixing with each other are sealed inside a vessel, move attractively in sight. SOLUTION: In this ornament device 10, a plurality of liquids with different specific gravities not mixing with each other are sealed inside a vessel 11 of which front face at least is made transparent. The device has inside the circumferential wall of the vessel 11, a driving means continuously rotating the vessel 11 and a liquid transporting means moving the liquid in the lower layer into the upper liquid layer and the liquid in the upper layer into the lower liquid layer and gradually discharging.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a decoration device used for indoor decoration such as a figurine or a wall hanging, and to an interesting device for its movement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, a toy is used in which a plurality of liquids having different specific gravities and immiscible are enclosed in a transparent container. Such toys use a plurality of colored and transparent liquids having different colors as liquids having different specific gravities, or one liquid is colorless and transparent, and the other liquid is colored transparent or opaque and enclosed in a closed container. It is a thing. Then, this toy allows the change in the boundary surface of the liquid and the movement of the decoration floating on the boundary surface to be enjoyed by shaking the container by hand (for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-39095).

In addition, a movable decorative body and a partition plate are provided inside, and when the container is inverted, a liquid having a large specific gravity slowly drops little by little to enjoy the change of the decorative body (for example, a real one). There is also Kaisho 63-75893). Further, there is a toy as an upholstery product in which an electric motor is used to continuously shake the container so that the change of the liquid boundary surface is always enjoyed.

[0004]

As described above, in a toy using a closed container in which liquids having different specific gravities are enclosed, when the container is turned over, the liquid having a large specific gravity drops slowly, and it is seen daily. Although it can entertain the viewer because it is different from the fall of the object, there is a drawback that the movement stops when all the liquid with a large specific gravity positioned above falls, which makes the viewer tired.

Also, the figurine which shakes the container in which the liquids having different specific gravities are enclosed has an interesting change, but the boundary surface is only wavy, and there is a drawback that the user is tired of seeing. Further, a toy in which decorations are floated on the boundary surface is not interesting when the container is shaken violently, and has a drawback that the boundary surface is small and wavy.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, at least a front surface of a transparent container is filled with a plurality of liquids having different specific gravities and immiscible with each other, and driving means for rotating the container is provided, and a peripheral wall of the container is provided. Inside the portion, liquid transfer means for moving the lower layer liquid into the upper layer liquid and moving the upper layer liquid into the lower layer liquid and discharging the liquid little by little is provided.

As described above, since the drive means for rotating the container is provided and the liquid transfer means is provided inside the peripheral wall portion of the container, the container is always rotated and the liquid having a large specific gravity is always transferred upward so that the liquid is transferred from the peripheral wall. It is possible to drop the liquid or to convey the liquid having a small specific gravity into the liquid having a large specific gravity so as to be discharged and floated. The liquid transfer means provided on the inner side of the peripheral wall of the container may be a plurality of liquid transfer means having different discharge amounts when the liquid is discharged from each liquid transfer means in accordance with the rotation of the container.

As described above, by providing a plurality of liquid transfer means having different discharge amounts of liquid discharged from each liquid transfer means, when dropping a liquid having a large specific gravity into a liquid having a small specific gravity, and When a small liquid is discharged and floated in a liquid having a large specific gravity, even if the rotation speed of the container is constant, the falling amount and the floating amount vary, and the movement of the liquid can be changed.

Further, there is a case where the container has a cylindrical shape having a front surface and a rear surface as flat surfaces, the front surface and the rear surface are transparent, and an annular opaque shield plate is provided on the peripheral edge of the front surface of the container. In this way, if the container has a transparent circular shape, it is possible to make only the movement of the liquid in the container stand out without making the rotation operation of the container stand out.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In a first embodiment of a decoration device according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a cylindrical container 11 in which a liquid is enclosed is rotatably mounted on a pedestal 21. is there. This cylindrical container 11 uses two circular flat plate-shaped acrylic plates as a front plate 13 and a rear plate 15, and uses a peripheral wall portion 17 having an annular shape and having a diameter matching the diameters of the front plate 13 and the rear plate 15. The front plate 13 and the rear plate 15 are integrally formed to form a space in which a liquid is sealed.

On the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion 17, as shown in FIG. 2, a pocket 41 serving as liquid transfer means is formed. The pocket 41 has an opening 49 in the direction in which the container 11 is rotated, and a bottom surface in the direction opposite to the opening 49.
47, a side surface 43 in the front-rear direction of the container 11, and a back surface 45 in the center direction of the container 11 to form a space for containing a liquid therein.

Therefore, when the container 11 is rotated so that the center axis of the cylindrical shape is the center of rotation, a liquid having a large specific gravity, for example, flows into the pocket 41 below the container 11 and the pocket 41 of the container 11 is rotated. If you go up, pocket 41
The orientation of the opening 49 of the pocket 41 changes in accordance with the rise of the liquid, and the liquid of the upper layer is discharged while the liquid of the large specific gravity pumped up by the pocket 41 is gradually dropped into the liquid of the low specific gravity. Can be transported inside.

Further, in this decoration device 10, as shown in FIG. 1, an annular shield plate 31 is provided on the front peripheral edge of the container 11, and this shield plate 31 is, as shown in FIG. ,
A container having an inner diameter smaller than the diameter of the container 11 and using an annular opaque thin plate having an outer diameter larger than the diameter of the container 11, and the center of the shielding plate 31 is circular.
It is attached to the front surface of the container 11 in accordance with the center position of the container 11.

By making the inner diameter of the shield plate 31 smaller than the diameter of the container 11 in this way, the pocket 41 as a conveying means provided on the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion 17 of the container 11 is made invisible from the front of the container 11. be able to. Further, a rod-shaped support shaft 16 protruding rearward is provided at the center of the rear plate 15, and
As shown in FIG.
The container 11 is attached so as to be rotatable.

Further, a rack 19 is formed on the outer periphery of the peripheral wall portion 17, and a drive gear 28 which meshes with the rack 19 is mounted on a pedestal.
It is to project forward from the support portion 23 of 21. Then, the motor 25 and the speed reduction mechanism 27 that decelerates the rotation of the motor 25 and transmits it to the drive gear 28 are provided so as to be incorporated in the pedestal 21. In this way, the motor 25 and the reduction mechanism
27 is incorporated in the pedestal 21, the rack 19 is formed on the outer periphery of the container 11, and the drive gear 28 that meshes with the rack 19 is rotated by the reduction mechanism 27, so that the drive means is formed.
The motor 25 in this drive means allows the cylindrical container 11 to be continuously rotated around the axis of the cylinder as the center of rotation.

The motor 25 and the speed reduction mechanism 27 are mounted on the base 21.
The inside diameter of the shield plate 31 attached to the front of the container 11 is
The outer diameter of the drive gear 28, which is larger than the outer diameter of the outer wall of the peripheral wall 17, is also hidden from the front of the decoration device 10 by the shield plate 31. The container 11 is filled with at least two kinds of liquids having different specific gravities, such as saline and liquid paraffin or oil, and which are not mixed with each other. It is preferable that one of the liquids is colorless and transparent and the other is colored and transparent, or both of them are colored and transparent with different colors so that the separated state of the liquid can be seen by the color, and at least one liquid is colorless. Alternatively, it is colored to be transparent.

The plate-shaped front plate 13 forming the container 11 is transparent, but the annular peripheral wall 17 is opaque, and the plate-shaped rear plate 15 is opaque with a pattern or background drawn on its front surface. I am trying. As described above, in the decoration device 10, at least the front plate 13 which is the front surface is filled with liquid having different specific gravities in the transparent container 11, and the motor 25 is provided as a driving unit for rotating the container 11, and the peripheral wall portion 17 is provided. Since it has a liquid transfer means on its inner surface, the container 11 is continuously rotated by the drive means, and the liquid transfer means pumps up the liquid having a lower specific gravity and drops it into the liquid having a lower specific gravity little by little. Further, it is possible to move the liquid having a small specific gravity into the liquid having a large specific gravity and release the liquid so as to leak little by little into the liquid having a large specific gravity.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the back surface 45 of each pocket 41 serving as the transport means may be provided so as to change the angle with respect to the peripheral wall portion 17 of the container 11. In this way, when the angle between the back surface 45 of each pocket 41 and the peripheral wall portion 17 is made different depending on the pocket 41, the back surface 45 of a certain pocket 41 is used.
For example, the pocket 41 becomes horizontal before reaching the top of the container 11, and all of the liquid with a high specific gravity in the pocket 41 is quickly discharged and dropped, but in other pockets 41, the pocket 41 is at the top of the container 11. Even if it reaches, the back surface 45 does not become horizontal, leaving a liquid with a large specific gravity inside the pocket 41, and discharging the liquid with a large specific gravity inside the pocket 41 at a position beyond the top of the pocket 41. The amount of release will change.

Therefore, by determining the angle of the back surface 45 of the pocket 41 by appropriately changing it, the discharge amount according to the rotation is different for each pocket 41 which is the liquid transfer means, and the container 11 is rotated at a constant speed. However, the amount of the liquid having a large specific gravity that falls into the liquid having a small specific gravity and the drop end position are different, and the movement of the liquid can be changed to further enhance the fun.

The upper layer liquid is drawn into the pocket 41 when the pocket 41 is located at the upper portion, and the liquid having a low specific gravity is carried and released into the liquid having a large specific gravity in the lower layer. At the opposite position of the container 11, the liquid having a low specific gravity leaks from the pocket 41 in accordance with the movement of the pocket 41 and rises in the liquid having a high specific gravity. Further, as another embodiment, the opening portion 49 of the pocket 41 may include an opposite direction as shown in FIG.

As described above, the pocket used as the liquid transfer means.
By providing the opening portion 49 in which the direction of the opening portion 49 is reversed, the rotation direction of the container 11 is not limited to one direction,
In the case where the container 11 is changed so that the rotation direction is switched so as to rotate in both directions, even if the container 11 is rotated in any direction, a liquid having a large specific gravity is transferred into a liquid having a low specific gravity and a liquid having a low specific gravity is transferred. The inside can be dropped continuously.

The liquid transfer means is not limited to the pocket 41, and as shown in FIG. 7, an annular inner wall 51 is provided inside the peripheral wall portion 17, and a plurality of liquids are provided in the space between the peripheral wall portion 17 and the inner wall 51. A plurality of liquid storage chambers 57 are formed by providing the partition plate 55 of
The liquid storage chamber 57 may be used as a liquid transfer means. this,
The inner wall 51 is brought into close contact with the front plate 13 and the rear plate 15,
The space between the outer wall of the inner wall 51 and the peripheral wall portion 17 is separated from the inner wall of the inner wall 51, which is the center of the container 11, and the inner wall 51
The through hole 53 provided in the inner wall 51 communicates with the liquid reservoir 57 outside the inner wall 51 and the inside of the container 11 inside the inner wall 51. Further, the partition plate 55 and the inner wall 5 are arranged so that the space between the partition wall 55 and the outer wall 17 outside the inner wall 51 is divided into the liquid storage chambers 57.
1, the front plate 13 and the rear plate 15 are closely contacted with each other.

As described above, the inner wall 51 having the through hole 53 forms a space inside the peripheral wall portion 17, and the space is divided by the partition plate 55.
By forming a liquid transfer means as a plurality of liquid storage chambers 57, and by providing each liquid storage chamber 57 with two small-diameter through holes 53 for communicating each liquid storage chamber 57 with the inside of the inner wall 51. Through the through holes 53 of the inner wall 51, liquids having different specific gravities can be continuously discharged little by little from the liquid storage chamber 57 according to the rotation.

Further, in the case where each of the liquid storage chambers 57 is provided with two through holes 53 having a small diameter for communicating the respective liquid storage chambers 57 with the inside of the inner wall 51, two holes are allocated to each of the liquid storage chambers 57. Through hole
Although 53 have the same size, the flow rate of the liquid flowing into or out of the liquid storage chamber 57 may be changed by changing the size of the through hole 53 by the liquid storage chamber 57. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the support shaft 16 is provided at the center of the rear surface of the rear plate 15.
The container 11 is rotatably fixed to the pedestal 21, and the peripheral wall 17
Although the drive gear 28 that meshes with the rack 19 provided on the outer periphery of the drive gear 28 is provided, the support shaft 16 is provided with a gear, the drive gear 28 that meshes with the gear is provided inside the support portion 23, and the drive gear 28 is reduced by the reduction mechanism 27. The container 11 may be rotated via the support shaft 16 by rotating the. Further, when transmitting rotation from the reduction mechanism 27 to the container 11, not only when using a gear, but when transmitting rotation to the peripheral wall portion 17 of the container 11 by using a rotation driving roller that uses frictional force. Alternatively, the outer periphery of the support shaft 16 or the peripheral wall portion 17 and the rotation shaft of the speed reduction mechanism 27 may be connected by a belt or the like to transmit the rotation.

Further, not only when the pedestal 21 is projected below the container 11 to make this ornamental measure a figurine, the pedestal 21 is made smaller than the container 11 and provided behind the container 11, as shown in FIG. In some cases, the pedestal 21 cannot be seen from the front surface of the decoration device 10, and an appropriate locking portion such as a suspension fixing metal fitting may be provided on the back surface of the pedestal 21. In this case, the decoration device 10 can be wall-mounted.

When the pedestal 21 is made smaller than the container 11, it is sufficient that the shield plate 31 can hide the liquid transfer means provided on the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion 17. You don't have to. However, the shielding plate 31 may be projected outward from the container 11 to form the decorative portion 35, and
The decorative portion 35 may be formed so as to project on the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion 17 of the container 11.

As described above, when the decorative portion 35 is provided on the outer periphery of the container 11, the fun of the movement of the container 11 can be increased. Further, if the front shape of the container 11 is a simple circle, the rotation of the container 11 is not conspicuous and only the continuous movement of the liquid in the container 11 can be shown, which can be interesting.

The decoration device 10 includes a rear plate 15
May be made transparent so that the rear of the decoration device 10 can be seen. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, the peripheral wall portion 17 is projected rearward of the rear plate 15, and the rear end of the peripheral wall portion 17 is rotated by a floating support wheel 29 or the like provided so as to protrude from the pedestal 21. The peripheral wall portion 17 is rotated by using a drive gear 28 that is supported as much as possible and that protrudes from the pedestal 21.
The motor 25 and the speed reduction mechanism 27 are housed inside the pedestal 21, the drive gear 28 is rotated, and the pedestal 21 is formed low so that the pedestal 21 does not project into the center of the container 11. The rear part of the decoration device 10 is made visible, and the liquid conveying means and the driving means are hidden by the shield plate 31.

In the case of the wall-mounting type, the peripheral wall portion 17 is projected rearward from the rear plate 15 and, as shown in FIG. 10, on the back surface of the pedestal 21 in which the motor 25 and the speed reduction mechanism 27 are incorporated. By forming the locking portion 22, projecting the drive gear 28 in front of the pedestal 21, and determining the position of the floating support wheel 29 by using the disc-shaped support plate 24 slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the peripheral wall portion 17. The container 11 may be rotatably supported with respect to the base 21.

In this case, a movement 37 is provided on the back surface of the center of the support plate 24, and a timepiece dial is drawn on the front surface of the support plate 24 so as to decorate the timepiece body as shown in FIG. it can. The transparency of the container 11 and the liquid is
It is not limited to the case where the rear of the container is clearly visible.

Further, the outer shape of the container 11 is not limited to the cylindrical shape as described above, and the front shape may be a triangular shape as shown in FIG. It may be entertaining by showing the movement of the liquid together with the movement of the container 11 in a polygonal shape.

[0032]

According to the present invention, a plurality of liquids having different specific gravities and immiscible with each other are enclosed in a container having a transparent front surface, and a driving means for rotating the container and a lower layer liquid and an upper layer liquid are moved. A decoration device having a liquid transfer means for discharging little by little. Therefore, it is possible to show a slow and fantastic movement of water drops or a movement that resembles the rise of air bubbles, and it is possible to make this fantastic change continuous and entertaining, and to make a change that does not get tired of seeing.

Further, in the invention described in claim 2, a plurality of liquid transfer means are provided on the peripheral wall of the container, and the liquid transfer means have different flow rates when discharging the liquid. Therefore, the amount of water drops that fall and the amount of bubbles that rises change, causing a change in continuous movement, which can further enhance the fun. The invention described in claim 3 is a decoration device in which the front surface and the rear surface of the cylindrical container are transparent, and an annular shield plate is provided on the peripheral edge of the front surface of the container.

Therefore, it is possible to make the liquid fall and rise continuously inside the seemingly stationary transparent container, and to give a mysterious interest.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first embodiment of a decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a liquid transfer means in the decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state in which the shielding plate of the container portion of the decoration device according to the present invention is removed.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing the first embodiment of the decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing a modified example of the liquid transfer means in the decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing another embodiment of the liquid transfer means in the decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view showing another embodiment of the liquid transfer means in the decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a second embodiment of the decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a main part of a third embodiment of a decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a rear perspective view showing a fourth embodiment of the decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a fourth embodiment of a decoration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a fifth embodiment of a decoration device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 decoration device 11 container 13 front plate 15 rear plate 16 support shaft 17 peripheral wall part 19 rack 21 pedestal 22 locking part 23 support part 24 support plate 25 motor 27 reduction mechanism 28 drive gear 29 idle support vehicle 31 shield plate 35 decoration part 37 Movement 41 Pocket 43 Side surface 45 Back surface 47 Bottom surface 49 Opening 51 Internal wall 53 Through hole 55 Partition plate 57 Liquid reservoir

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container having at least a transparent front surface is filled with a plurality of liquids having different specific gravities and immiscible with each other, and a driving means for rotating the container is provided, and a lower layer is provided inside a peripheral wall portion of the container. A decoration device characterized by having a liquid transfer means for moving a liquid into an upper liquid and moving an upper liquid into a lower liquid and discharging the liquid little by little. 2. A liquid transporting means, wherein a plurality of liquid transporting means are provided inside the peripheral wall portion of the container, and the discharge amount when discharging the liquid in accordance with the rotation of the container is different depending on each liquid transporting means. The decoration device according to claim 1. 3. The container has a cylindrical shape having a front surface and a rear surface in a planar shape, the front surface and the rear surface are transparent, and an annular opaque shield plate is provided on a peripheral edge of the front surface of the container. The decoration device according to claim 1 or 2.