JPS6130592B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a stuffed toy exhibiting active movements.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, active toys such as animals and dolls that exhibit active movements are generally made of rigid members such as synthetic resin to form a toy body imitating the shape of a desired animal, etc., and a toy body built in the body and head of this toy body. A drive mechanism for moving the toy body is provided in a machine frame made of a synthetic resin or the like, and a structure is adopted in which the entire toy body is covered with a covering body corresponding to the toy body.
However, according to this type of structure, the entire toy body is covered with a covering but is made of a rigid member, so for example, if the toy body is shaped like an animal, the appearance will be gives the feel of an animal, but there is a problem in that the overall feel is hard to the touch, making it difficult to obtain the soft feel of an animal.

Therefore, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 44-8696, the torso and head parts of the cover are filled with elastic filling, and an active mechanism for operating the lips and eyelashes in the head body part and this active mechanism are developed. A structure is known that includes a built-in spring motor that is activated by a pulling operation of a driven towline.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to the structure described in the above publication, although the feel is improved, the pull rope that pulls the spring motor hangs down from the drawer part of the toy body, and the toy body The shape of the lips and eyelashes is unfavorable, and since the retractor must be pulled every time the lips and eyelashes move, it is time-consuming and requires continuous movement. Since the movement is relatively small, there is a problem in that it is not very interesting as a change in facial expression.

Therefore, the present invention was made in view of the above points.
The toy body is constructed so as to give the feel of a soft, tactile animal, etc., and the changes in the facial expressions of this toy body can be expressed richly with relatively large movements, and the switch does not expose the changes in facial expressions to the outside. To provide an interesting stuffed toy which can be moved by the toy and exhibits a feeling of movement when the toy is held in the arms, for example.

[Means for solving problems]

In the stuffed animal toy of the present invention, a flexible filler 8 is filled in the body part 2 of a flexible exterior body 4 formed in the shape of an animal, etc., and a head frame body 15 is housed in the head part 3. A toy object 1 is constructed, and an eyeball 57 that appears on the face of the toy object 1, a nose body 64 that moves back and forth in the front-rear direction, and glasses 68 that are rotated in the vertical direction are provided, and the head of the toy object 1 is provided with First to third crank arms 52, 58, 42 are provided which are selectively switched and interlocked by a switching gear mechanism driven by an electric motor 19 provided in the frame 15, and one end is connected to the first crank arm 52. The other end of the interlocking piece 53 is rotatably connected to the head frame 15 and has the eyeball 57 at its tip, and the other end of the interlocking piece 53 is pivotally connected to the second crank arm 58. Pivotally connected interlocking piece 59
The other end is rotatably connected to the head frame body 15, and the nose body 64 is provided at the tip.
One end of the third crank arm 42 is engaged with a long groove 66 of a rotating frame 65 fixed to a rotating shaft 67 provided on the head frame body 15, and a spring 67a is connected to both ends of the rotating shaft 67. A pendulum switch 46 is provided which connects the frames 69 on both sides of the glasses 68 and which is closed by the inclination of the toy body 1 within the toy body 1 and drives the electric motor 19.

[Function] In the stuffed toy of the present invention, when the toy object 1 is tilted by, for example, holding the toy object 1, the pendulum switch 46 is closed, the electric motor 19 is driven, and the first to The third crank arms 52, 58, and 42 are selectively rotated in sequence.

Then, as the first crank arm 52 rotates, the swing frame 60 swings via the interlocking piece 53, and the eyeball 57 appears and disappears from the face 16 of the toy body 1 together with the exterior body 4 of the eyeball portion. It makes large movements to alert its surroundings. Further, as the second crank arm 58 rotates, the advancing/retracting frame 60 moves forward and backward via the interlocking piece 59, and the nose body 64 moves toward the face 161 of the toy body 1.
At 6, the nose body portion is moved back and forth in the front and rear direction together with the exterior body 4, and exhibits a twitching motion of the nose.

Further, the rotation of the third crank arm 42 causes the rotation frame 65 to reciprocate, the rotation shaft 67 to reciprocate, the frame 69 to reciprocate via the spring 67a, and the glasses 68 to be moved in the toy body 1. The face 16 rotates slowly in the vertical direction relative to the eyeball 57.

While the pendulum switch 46 is closed in this manner, the toy body 1 selectively repeats each of the above operations.

〔Example〕

Next, the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In the objects shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, 1 is a toy body, and this toy body 1 has a body part 2 and a head which are raised in the shape of a mole, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. A flexible exterior body 4 and a flexible exterior body 4 are attached to the body part 2, and a hand body 5, a leg body 6, and a tail body 7, which are raised in the shape of a mole's hands and legs, are attached to the body part 2. , a large number of synthetic resin foams as fillers having flexibility and resilience are filled in the body part 2, the hand body 5, the leg body 6, and the tail body 7 of the flexible exterior body 4, respectively. A small piece 8 and a head frame body 1 made of synthetic resin and formed in the shape of a mole's head and housed in the head body 3 of the flexible exterior body 4.
5.

A plate-shaped bottom frame 10 with a side surface 9 protruding from the lower end of the body part 2 is housed, and a lid plate 1 that can be opened and closed is inserted into an opening 11 formed in the center of the bottom frame 10.
A storage case 14 containing a battery 13 having two batteries is attached, and the opening 11 can be opened and closed by an opening/closing piece (not shown) of the exterior body 4 that covers the bottom surface of the bottom frame 10. .

Next, the face 16 of the toy body 1 is placed inside the head frame body 15.
A drive mechanism 17 that changes the facial expression of the robot is built-in. In this drive mechanism 17, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the head frame body 15 is a non-conductive machine frame 1.
8, an electric motor 19 is fixed to this machine frame 18, and a main switch 20 provided on one side of the storage case 14 is connected to the electric motor 19 via a battery 13 in the storage case 14. It is connected to the. Further, a pinion 22 fixed to the output shaft 21 of the electric motor 19 has a reduction gear 24 integrated with an interlocking shaft 23 rotatably mounted on the machine frame 18.
The horizontally elongated interlocking gear 25, which is fixed in the middle of the interlocking shaft 23, is fitted with a sliding shaft 26 which is slidably and rotatably supported on the machine frame 18. The first drive gear 27 and the second drive gear 28 are meshed. The first driving gear 27 is rotatably fitted loosely around the sliding shaft 26, and the second driving gear 28 is fixed to the sliding shaft 26. Drive gear 27,2
8 are formed with mutually different numbers of teeth. Also,
An arc-shaped engagement groove 29 is formed on one side of the first drive gear 27, and an arc-shaped engagement groove 29 is formed on one side of the second drive gear 28 facing the first drive gear 27. A substantially triangular engagement protrusion 30 that removably engages inside is integrally provided. Further, a switching gear 31 is fixed to the middle of the sliding shaft 26, and a coil spring 32 is wound around the sliding shaft 26 between the switching gear 31 and the machine frame 18. The sliding shaft 26 is always biased to one side, and the second drive gear 28 of the sliding shaft 26 is always biased to the first side.
The drive gear 27 of

Next, the first crankshaft 33 is attached to the machine frame 18.
is rotatably mounted on a shaft, and this first crankshaft 33
A pair of relay gears 34, 34 with which the switching gear 31 engages with the switching gear 31 at the same time or only on one side is attached. Thus, one of the relay gears 34 is rotatably fitted loosely into the first crankshaft 33, and the other relay gear 35 is fixed to the first crankshaft 33. Furthermore, a driven gear 36 is fixed.

Further, a second crankshaft 37 is rotatably mounted on the machine frame 18, and this second crankshaft 37
An interlocking gear 38 meshed with one of the relay gears 34 is fixed in the middle, and a reduction gear 39 meshed with the driven gear 36 is rotatably loosely fitted and protrudes from the outside of the reduction gear 39. A third crank arm 42 is protruded from a rotatable bearing body 40 on the machine frame 18 with a disc 41 interposed therebetween.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2, 8, and 9, a U-shaped movable terminal body 43 is attached to the front side of the machine frame 18, and one end of this movable terminal body 43 is attached to the front side of the machine frame 18. A movable terminal piece 4 formed with an extended portion
4 is provided facing one end of the sliding shaft 26, and a pusher 47 of a pendulum switch 46 faces a movable terminal piece 45 that projects downward from the front surface of the movable terminal body 43. This pendulum switch 46 is rotatably supported on a horizontal shaft 48 provided on the machine frame 18.

Further, a fixed terminal body 49 formed in a U-shape is attached to the lower front side of the machine frame 18, and a front face portion 50 of this fixed terminal body 49 is opposed to the movable terminal piece 45. is the above pendulum switch 4
The movable terminal piece 45 when pushed by 6
A contact piece 51 integrally protrudes from the rear portion of one side of the fixed terminal body 49.
is opposed to the movable terminal piece 44, and this contact piece 5
The movable terminal piece 44 of the movable terminal body 43 when pushed by the sliding shaft 26 comes into contact with the movable terminal piece 44 of the movable terminal body 43 . The fixed terminal body 49 is electrically connected to the battery 13, and the movable terminal body 43 is electrically connected to the electric motor 19.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the lower end portion of a rigid interlocking piece 53 is rotatably attached to the first crank arm 52 of the first crankshaft 33, and this interlocking piece The swing frame 5 is attached to the upper end of 53.
The middle part of 4 is rotatably attached, and this swing frame 5
The rear end of 4 is vertically swingably attached via a support shaft 56 between opposing protrusions 55 projecting above the machine frame 18, and is mounted on both sides of the front end of the swing frame 54. An eyeball 57 formed in the shape of a mole's eye is attached through the exterior body 4 to the eyeball 5.
7 is exposed at a predetermined position on the face 16 of the toy body 1.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, one end of a rigid interlocking piece 59 is rotatably attached to a second crank arm 58 formed at one end of the second crankshaft 37, A midway portion of the advancing/retracting frame 60 is rotatably attached to the other end of the interlocking piece 59,
The upper end of this advancing/retracting frame 60 is attached to the lower end of this advancing/retracting frame 60 so as to be movable back and forth via a support shaft 62 between opposing protrusions 61 protruding from the front of the machine frame 18. A nose body 64 formed in the shape of a mole's nose is attached to the tip of the coiled spring 63 via the exterior body 4, and this nose body 64 is exposed at a predetermined position of the face 16 of the toy object 1. has been done.

Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the lower end of the rotating frame 65 is rotatably engaged with the other crank arm 42 via the long groove 66,
The upper end of this rotating frame 65 is fixed in the middle of a rotating shaft 67 that is rotatably mounted on the upper end of the machine frame 18, and coil springs 67a are connected to both ends of this rotating shaft 67. Both ends of the frame 69 of the glasses 38 provided on the face 16 of the toy object 1 are fixed.

In addition, 70 in the figure is a scoop suspended from the head of the toy object 1 via a neck ring 71.

Next, the operation of the above structure will be explained.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, when the main switch 20 is closed with the toy object 1 placed on the flat support, the electric motor 19 operates, and the pinion 22, reduction gear 24, and interlocking gear 25 are interlocked, and the first and second driving gears 27 and 28 meshed with the interlocking gear 25 are rotated.
Since the rotational speed differs due to the difference in the number of teeth, the second driving gear 28 is rotated while gradually separating from the first driving gear 27, and the engaging protrusion 30 of the second driving gear 28 rotates while being gradually separated from the first driving gear 27. The second drive gear 28 slips out of the engagement groove 29 of the drive gear 27, and as the tip of the engagement protrusion 30 rotates in sliding contact with one side of the first drive gear 27, the second drive gear 28 engages with the first drive gear 27. It is rotated together with 27. Furthermore, due to the rotational movement of the second drive gear 28 away from the drive gear 28, the slide shaft 26 to which the second drive gear 28 is fixed is slid in one direction in the axial direction against the coil spring 32. The switching gear 31 fixed in the middle of the moving shaft 26 engages and interlocks one of the relay gears 34 attached to the first crankshaft 33 and also meshes with the other relay gear 35 so that the pair of relay gears 3
4 and 35 at the same time.

The rotation of one relay gear 34 rotates the second crankshaft 37 via the interlocking gear 38, and the second crankshaft 37 is attached to one crank arm 58 via an interlocking piece 59. The advancing/retracting frame 60 is moved back and forth in the front and rear directions using the support shaft 62 as a fulcrum, and the nose body 64 attached to the front end of the advancing/retracting frame 60 moves the exterior body 4 of the nose body part on the face 16 of the toy object 1. The mole appears in a twitching motion with its nose.

Also, due to the rotation of the other relay gear 35, the first
The crankshaft 33 of the first crankshaft 33 is rotated, and the swing frame 54 attached to the crank arm 52 of the first crankshaft 33 via the interlocking piece 53 swings in the vertical direction about the support shaft 56. Swing frame 54
The eyeball 57 is attached to the front end of the toy object 1 and appears on the face 16 of the toy object 1 together with the exterior body 4 of the eyeball portion, so that the mole moves its eyes widely and exhibits an action of being wary of its surroundings.

Further, due to the rotation of the first crankshaft 33, the other crank arm 42 of the second crankshaft 37 is rotated via the reduction gear 39 meshed with the driven gear 36, and is engaged with this crank arm 42. The rotating shaft 67 is rotated through the rotating frame 65, and the frame 6 is attached to both ends of the rotating shaft 67.
The glasses 68 to which the eyeglasses 9 are fixed rotate slowly in the vertical direction with respect to the eyeballs 57 on the face 16 of the toy object 1.

Next, the first and second drive gears 27, 2
8, the engagement protrusion 30 of the second drive gear 28 is positioned in the engagement groove 29 of the first drive gear 27, and the return force of the coil spring 32 causes the sliding shaft 2
6 is slid to the other side in the axial direction, and the switching gear 31 of this sliding shaft 26 is disengaged from the other relay gear 35,
While only one relay gear 34 is rotated, the engagement protrusion 30 of the second drive gear 28 is inserted into the engagement groove 29 of the first drive gear 27, and the first and second drive gears 27 and 28 rotate toward each other. Then, the second crankshaft 37 is continuously rotated via the one relay gear 34 and the interlocking gear 38 meshed with the switching gear 31, and the nose body 6 is rotated as described above.
4 appears on the face 16 of the toy body 1 and exhibits the motion of a mole twitching its nose.

Further, since the switching gear 31 is removed from the other relay gear 35, the other crank arm 42 of the first crankshaft 33 and the second crankshaft 37 is not rotated, and therefore, the toy body 1's eyeball 57 and glasses 68 are interrupted.

Then, engage groove 49 of first drive gear 27 again.
The engaging protrusion 30 of the second drive gear 28 comes out of the 2nd drive gear 28 , and the engagement protrusion 30 rotates the second drive gear 28 away from the first drive gear 27 . The eyeball 57, the nose body 64, and the glasses 68 exhibit the above-mentioned movements.

While the main switch 20 is closed in this manner, the various operations described above are sequentially switched and continuously repeated.

Next, when the main switch 20 is open and the toy object 1 is tilted forward, for example by being held, the pendulum switch 46 rotates in the direction of inclination of the toy object 1 about the horizontal axis 48 due to its own weight. At the same time, the pusher 47 moves the movable terminal body 43
The movable terminal piece 45 on the front side of the terminal body 49 is pushed, and the movable terminal piece 45 electrically contacts the front face portion 50 of the fixed terminal body 49 to close the pendulum switch 46, and the electric motor 19 is therefore operated. , exhibits the behavior described above. Then, when the tilted toy concrete 1 is raised and returned to the state where it is placed on the flat surface, the pendulum switch 46 is moved to the horizontal axis 4.
It is rotated in the opposite direction using 8 as a fulcrum, and
The push of the front movable terminal piece 45 by the pusher 47 is released, the electrical contact between the movable terminal piece 45 and the front part 50 of the fixed terminal body 49 is released, and the electric motor 19 stops operating.

In the above case, the first and second drive gears 27, 2
8 is approaching through the engagement protrusion 30 and rotating, the electric motor 19 stops operating by raising the tilted toy body 1 and the pendulum switch 46 is rotated back. Second drive gears 27, 28
If the tilted toy body 1 is raised while the engaging protrusion 30 is rotating away from the pendulum switch 46, the pendulum switch 46
Even when the gear rotates back, the sliding shaft 26 resists the coil spring 32 because the engagement protrusion 30 of the second drive gear 28 is engaged with one side of the first drive gear 27. Since the sliding shaft 26 is slid in one direction in the axial direction, one end of the sliding shaft 26 in the sliding direction pushes the movable terminal piece 44 at the rear of the movable terminal body 43, and this movable terminal piece 4
4 is brought into electrical contact with the contact piece 51 of the fixed terminal body 49. Therefore, even when the circuit of the electric motor 19 is opened by the pendulum switch 46, the engagement protrusion 30 of the second drive gear 28, which has come out of the engagement groove 29 of the first drive gear 27, becomes the first drive gear 28. drive gear 2
The circuit of the electric motor 19 is closed until the motor 19 is slid and rotated into the side surface of the toy object 7 and inserted into the engagement groove 29 again. The operation continues, and the drive mechanism 17 causes the eyeballs 57, nose body 64, and glasses 68 of the face 16 of the toy object 1 to exhibit predetermined movements. Then, the second drive gear 28 approaches and rotates to the first drive gear 27 via the engagement protrusion 30, and the electric current between the movable terminal piece 44 of the movable terminal body 43 and the contact piece 51 of the fixed terminal body 49 is rotated. A contact is opened and the electric motor 19 stops operating.

In the above case, since the nose body 64 is attached to the reciprocating frame 60 via the coil spring 63, this nose body 64 buffers external pressure against the nose body 64, such as when pressed by hand during operation, and operates the nose body 64. Damage to the operating mechanism can be prevented. Also, glasses 68
The frame 69 is attached to both ends of the horizontal rotating shaft 67 via coil springs 67a, so that the glasses 6
It is possible to buffer the external pressure on the glasses 68, such as when the glasses 8 are pressed by hand during operation, and prevent damage to the operating mechanism that operates the glasses 68.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the nose body 64 and the eyeballs 57
has described a case in which the crank arms 58, 52 are interlocked and connected via rigid interlocking pieces 59, 53, but instead of the rigid interlocking pieces 59, 53, the nose body 64 is connected as shown in FIG. Interlocking pieces 72 and 73 in the form of leaf springs may be installed between the crank arm 58 and the reciprocating frame 60, and between the crank arm 52 and the swinging frame 54, respectively. As a result, when the nose body 64 and the eyeballs 57 are pressed by hand during operation, the external pressure is buffered by the elastic deformation of the leaf spring-like interlocking pieces 72 and 73, and the nose body 64 and the eyeballs 57 are affected by the external pressure. Damage to the operating mechanism of the eyeball 57 can be prevented.

In the embodiment described above, the toy body is formed in the shape of a mole, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the toy body may be formed in the shape of a desired animal, doll, or the like. In this case, if the toy body is an animal, the exterior body covering the toy body may be made of raised material to imitate the animal, or may be made of fabric that imitates the animal.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the entire part that holds the toy body is soft and pleasant to the touch, and the head frame body containing a drive mechanism for changing facial expressions is housed in the toy head of the flexible exterior body. Since the shape of the toy's head body is preserved, the drive mechanism can be centralized in one place, and
In toys that can protect the drive mechanism,
Since the first to third crank arms are selectively rotated by the switching operation of the switching gear mechanism, the eyeballs, nose body, and glasses connected to each crank arm are selectively operated, and The eyeballs move forward and backward with the flexible outer body at the position where the eyeballs are attached, moving their eyes widely to act as if they are on guard.The nose body moves forward and backward with the flexible outer body at the position where the nose body is attached. The glasses exhibit a movement similar to twitching, and the glasses exhibit an up-and-down motion with respect to the eyeball that appears and disappears.
Therefore, Togutai can express the face with relatively large movements in a richly expressive manner. In addition, since the electric motor that engages and interlocks the switching gear is driven by a pendulum switch that is not exposed to the outside, the appearance of the toy body is not damaged by the pendulum switch, and the toy body can be tilted. By closing the pendulum switch, there is no need to open or close the switch, and for example, the toy exhibits the feeling of automatically operating in response to being tilted and held. Therefore, it is possible to provide a stuffed animal toy that has an extremely good feel and exhibits interesting activity movements.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stuffed toy, Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same as above, Figure 3 is a side view of the drive mechanism part of the same as above, Figure 4 is an explanatory perspective view of the drive mechanism, and Figure 5 is a perspective view of the glasses drive mechanism. 6 is a perspective view of the eyeglass drive mechanism,
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the nose body drive mechanism, FIG. 8 is a detailed view of the toy, FIG. 9 is a front view of the switching mechanism, and FIG. 10 is a side view showing another embodiment of the drive mechanism. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Toy body, 2... Toy body, 3... Toy head, 4... Flexible exterior body, 8... Filling, 15
... Head frame body, 16 ... Toy body face, 17 ... Drive mechanism, 19 ... Electric motor, 25 ... Interlocking gear, 26
...Sliding shaft, 27...First drive gear, 28...
2nd driving gear, 29... engaging groove, 30... engaging protrusion, 31... switching gear, 32... coil spring,
42... Third crank arm, 46... Pendulum switch, 52... First crank arm, 57...
...Eyeball, 58...Second crank arm, 59...
...Interlocking piece, 60...Advance/retreat frame, 64...Nose body, 65
... Rotating frame, 66 ... Long groove, 67 ... Rotating shaft, 6
7a...Spring, 68...Glasses.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A toy body is constructed by filling the body of a flexible exterior body formed in the shape of an animal or the like with a flexible filler, and storing a head frame body within the head. The face of this toy body is provided with eyeballs that appear and disappear, a nose body that moves back and forth in the front and rear directions, and glasses that rotate in the vertical direction, and are driven by an electric motor installed in the head frame of the toy body. First to third crank arms are selectively switched and interlocked by a switching gear mechanism, and one end of the interlocking piece is pivotally connected to the first crank arm, and the other end of the interlocking piece is rotatably connected to the head frame body. one end of the interlocking piece is pivotally connected to a swinging frame having the eyeball at the tip thereof, the other end of the interlocking piece is pivotally connected to the second crank arm, the other end of the interlocking piece is rotatably connected to the head frame, and the nose is attached to the tip of the interlocking piece. The third crank arm has one end engaged with a long groove of the rotating frame fixed to a rotating shaft provided on the head frame body, and the third crank arm has one end engaged with a long groove of the rotating frame fixed to a rotating shaft provided on the head frame body. A stuffed animal toy, characterized in that the frames on both sides of the eyeglasses are connected via a spring, and a pendulum switch that is closed by the inclination of the toy body and drives the electric motor is provided in the toy body.