JPS584543Y2 - animal toys - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an animal toy, and particularly to an animal toy that can operate both on the floor and underwater.

Many amphibious animal toys have been proposed in the past, but all of them have fixed heads, and no one has been found that allows the head to rotate in response to changes in the body's posture.

This invention rotates downward under its own weight when traveling on land,
To provide an amphibious animal toy having a head which is turned upward by a float provided in the head when swimming on water.

Hereinafter, details of the present invention will be explained along with embodiments shown in the drawings.

In the figure, the animal toy, which is designated as a whole by reference numeral 1, is assembled with a trunk 2 as a reference.

The body 2 is formed hollow by combining an upper housing 3 and a lower housing 4, and a drive mechanism 5 is housed inside.

The drive mechanism 5 has a base plate 7 fixed to the lower housing 4 with screws 6, and a spring 8 is attached to the lower surface of the base plate 7.

As is clear from FIG. 4, the mainspring shaft 9 of the mainspring 8 is guided into the recess 4a formed in the center of the lower housing 4,
A knob 10 is fixed in this recess 4a.

Further, a gear 11 is fixed to the mainspring shaft 9, and this gear 11 meshes with a gear 12 rotatably supported on the base plate 7. A crown gear 14 is fixed to the lower end of the shaft 13.

This crown gear 14 is a pinion gear 16 fixed to a rotating shaft 15' of a wheel 15 arranged on both sides of the lower housing 4.
and rotates the wheel 15.

This wheel 15 is supported slightly eccentrically with respect to the rotating shaft 15' with a phase shift of 180 degrees on the left and right sides.

Gear 12 rotates gear 18 via intermediate gear 17.

An eccentric weight 20 for speed control is fixed to the support shaft 19 of the gear 17.

The support shaft 21 of the gear 18 extends upward through the base plate 7, and has a disk 22 fixed at its upper end.
A pin 23 is implanted on 2 at an eccentric position.

Reference numeral 24 denotes an operating lever, one end of which is rotatably fitted to the eccentric pin 23, and the other end rotatably supported on the rear end of the lower housing 4 via a shaft 25. A protruding piece 27 protruding from the upper surface of the proximal end of the tail 26 is held in between.

Left and right fins 28 are mounted on both sides of the lower housing 4 by means of a support shaft 28'.
The base end is rotatably supported.

The lower end of the support plate 29 is fixed to the tip side of the lower housing 4,
A hollow head 31 is rotatably supported at the upper end of the support plate 29 via a shaft 30.

A float 32 made of foamed synthetic resin or the like is fixed to the inner front part of the head 31.

Further, a float 33 is also fixed to the upper surface inside the upper housing 3.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as above will be explained.

First, turn the knob 10 to wind up the mainspring 8 and place it on the floor.As the mainspring is released, the gears 11, 12
, 17 and 18 rotate, the wheel 15 is rotated via the crown gear 14, and the animal toy 1 moves forward.

At this time, the left and right wheels 15 are eccentrically supported with respect to the rotating shaft 15', so that the left and right bodies move up and down in a heavy manner and move forward. It moves forward while rotating around '.

At the same time, the disc 22 is rotated, the operating lever 24 is reciprocated in the horizontal direction via the pin 23, the tail 26 is rotated about the shaft 25, and the animal toy 1 moves forward while swinging the tail 26.

At this time, the head 31 is in a state of being rotated so as to face downward due to its own weight.

On the other hand, when placed in water, it floats on the water surface as shown in FIG. 2, and although the wheels 15 do not play a role in moving forward, it swims on the water surface by the tail 26.

At this time, the head 31 is rotated upward by the action of the float 32, and is in a state where its face is exposed above the water surface.

As a result, the torso and head of the animal toy are flooded with water up to the bottom of the float, and most of the torso and head are submerged below the water surface.
The tail and fins located below the float do not cut through the air and provide sufficient webs for rapid migration.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an animal toy that has an extremely simple structure, closely resembles an actual animal such as a fur seal, and that performs humorous amphibious movements.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is an overall perspective view, Fig. 2 is a side view of the state placed in water, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lower casing side, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device. FIG. 1...Animal toy, 2...Torso, 3...
... Upper case, 4 ... Lower case, 5 ...
... Drive mechanism, 7... Board, 8...
Mainspring, 9...Spring shaft, 11.12,1
7.18...Gear, 14...Crown gear, 15...Wheel, 22...Disc,
23... Pin, 24... Actuation lever,
26...Tail, 31...Head, 32,
33...Float.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a hollow body with a float; a hollow head with a float rotatably attached to one end of the body; a tail rotatably mounted on a tail of the body; On both sides of the lower part, there is a fin whose base end is rotatably supported on a shaft, a drive mechanism whose drive source is a spring housed in the body, and a fin that is rotated by this drive mechanism and moved to an eccentric position on the top surface 1. An animal toy comprising: a disc on which a pin is implanted; and an operating lever having one end rotatably supported by the pin of the disc and the other end engaged with the tail.