JPS6229031Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an animal toy, and more specifically, to an animal toy in which an animal-shaped doll walks while striking a percussion instrument to the left and right with one arm.

Various kinds of animal toys have been proposed in the past that perform actions such as hitting percussion instruments, but most of them can only move their arms in one direction, such as up and down or left and right. Also, there was no one that performed the action of playing a percussion instrument while walking.

An object of the present invention is to provide an animal toy with a simple structure that allows the arms to move vertically and horizontally, and to strike a percussion instrument into the left and right directions.

That is, the animal toy according to the present invention has a spring unit with a built-in spring mechanism fixed in a hollow body configured in the shape of an animal, and each support plate stands up from left and right legs that are movable with respect to the body. Loosely fit the elongated hole into the pin protruding from the side of the mainspring unit, fit the walking drive crankshaft protruding from both sides of the mainspring unit into the small hole provided in each support plate of the left and right legs, An accessory imitating a percussion instrument that is struck by a drumstick provided on a rotatable arm is attached to the body, and a support shaft protruding from the base end of the arm is pivotally supported on the shoulder of the body,
A swinging member is provided at the end of the spindle, and the swinging member is inserted into a long hole in the swinging plate, which is pivoted on the side of the mainspring unit and swings by a cam mechanism operated by the output of the mainspring. A pin provided therein is loosely fitted, the pivot shaft of the arm is fitted into one groove of the swinging member having two grooves, and a pin protrudes from the support plate of one leg into the other groove. It is characterized by fitting together.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In Fig. 1 and the following, 1 indicates the entire animal toy, which has a hollow body 2 and a head 2a which are anthropomorphic animals (in the figure, a pig), and from the front of the body 2, An accessory 3 extending toward the front and imitating a percussion instrument such as a xylophone is fixed. One arm 4 is rotatable and has a drumstick 5 at its tip. The other arm 6 extends as if grasping the percussion instrument 3. In addition, a pair of left and right legs 7 and 8 are provided at the bottom of the body 2, which are driven by a spring mechanism that will be described later. The winding shaft 9 protrudes. 9a is a knob.

A drive mechanism as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is built into the body 2. That is, in each figure, 10 is a spring unit, which is fixed within the body. This spring unit 10
The mainspring case houses a mainspring and a plurality of driven gear trains meshing with gears fixed to its shaft. protrude outward,
It is possible to extract rotational force with a desired reduction ratio.

There are legs 7 and 8 on the left and right sides of the mainspring unit 10.
is located. From each leg 7, 8 there is a support plate 11
, and a long hole 11a is formed in the upper end of each support plate 11 in the vertical direction, and a small hole 11c is formed below the long hole 11a. Small hole 11
A crankshaft 12, which is an extension of a gear shaft provided on both sides of the mainspring unit 10, is rotatably fitted in the crankshaft 1c. Each crankshaft 12 is 180 mm on the left and right sides
The degree phase is different.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a rocking plate, through which the winding shaft 9 of the mainspring passes through the middle part, and the rocking plate 13 is rotatably supported on the winding shaft 9 of the spring. It is placed on the side of the mainspring unit. This rocking plate 13 is formed into a substantially crank shape when viewed from the side, and its upper part extends above the mainspring unit 10, and a long hole 13a is formed at the uppermost end. Reference numeral 13b denotes a notch, which is a long hole 11 formed at the upper end of the support plate 11 of the left and right legs 7 and 8.
This is for escaping the pin 14 that fits into a. Further, the lower end of the rocking plate 13 is bent and extends downward avoiding the crankshaft 12 in order to allow rotation of the crankshaft 12, and a notch 17 formed at the lower end is formed on the rotating cam. A pin 16 provided eccentrically on the outer surface of 15 is fitted. The rotating cam 15 is fixed to an output shaft protruding from the side surface of the mainspring unit 10. Therefore, when the rotary cam 15 rotates, the swing plate 13 moves toward the winding shaft 9.
The upper end swings back and forth using the fulcrum as a fulcrum.

On the other hand, on the outside of the right leg 7, a swinging member 18 is arranged approximately parallel to the swinging plate 13, and a pin 19 is provided at the upper end of the swinging member 18 to protrude toward the swinging plate 13. Its tip is fitted into the elongated hole 13a of the swing plate 13.

A shaft 20 projects from the lower end of the swinging member 18 in the opposite direction to the pin 19, and the right arm 4 is pivotally attached to the tip of the shaft 20. And the axis 20
has a groove 22b formed in the upper part of the swinging piece 22.
are mated.

On the other hand, a pin 21 is provided protruding between the opening 11b and the small hole 11c of the support plate 11 of the right leg 7.
This pin 21 fits into a groove 22a formed in the lower part of the swinging piece 22. Therefore, when the pin 21 moves back and forth by the action of the leg 7 and the swinging piece 22 swings back and forth, both ends of the shaft 20 move back and forth using the peripheral edge 23 of the shaft hole provided in the body 2 as a fulcrum. The right arm 4, which is swung and fixed to the shaft 20, is swung left and right around the peripheral edge 23 of the shaft hole, which is a shaft bearing part, as a fulcrum.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention constructed as described above will be explained.

First, the mainspring in the mainspring unit 10 is wound by picking up the knob 9a of the mainspring winding shaft 9 with one's fingers. After being fully rolled up, when the animal toy 1 is placed on the floor, the crankshaft 12 rotates as the mainspring unwinds, and the left and right legs 7 and 8 rotate back and forth via the support plate 11, and it begins to walk. .

On the other hand, as the spring in the spring unit 10 unwinds, the rotating cam 15 rotates, the eccentrically provided pin 16 rotates, and the swing plate 13 swings back and forth about the winding shaft 9 as a fulcrum. As a result, the swinging member 1 engaged with the swinging plate 13 via the pin 19
8 is swung back and forth, and the shaft 20 is also reciprocated by a predetermined angle. As a result, the right arm 4 rotates up and down, causing the drumstick 5 to hit the upper surface of the percussion instrument 3.

On the other hand, with the rotational movement of the support plate 11 of the right leg 7,
The swinging member 22 also swings back and forth about the winding shaft 9 as a fulcrum. As a result, the shaft 20, which fits into the groove 22b formed on the upper side of the swinging piece 22, swings back and forth. As a result, the base of the right arm 4 is swung back and forth using the peripheral edge 23 of the shaft hole of the body 2 through which the shaft 20 passes as a fulcrum, and the drumstick 5 provided at the tip of the right arm 4 is rotated in the vertical direction. At the same time, it also moves in the left and right directions, not only in one place on the top surface of the percussion instrument 3, but also in the left and right directions.
They hit different parts in the left and right directions, and when you look at them, it feels like you're hitting different parts of the keyboard according to a predetermined scale.

In this way, the animal toy 1 performs a motion of striking the percussion instrument left and right while walking, and performs a humorous motion that is extremely interesting to children.

As explained above, according to the present invention, the motion of the toy animal that walks while hitting a percussion instrument is humorous, and of course, it is interesting and attracts children's attention.
The action of swinging the percussion arm in both the vertical and horizontal directions is constructed using an extremely simple structure, which is advantageous in manufacturing and assembly. It can also be incorporated into small animal toys.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view seen from the front, Figure 2 is a perspective view seen from the rear, and Figure 3 is a perspective view seen from the rear.
The figure is a rear view showing the internal structure, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the drive mechanism. 1... Animal toy, 2... Body, 3... Percussion instrument, 4, 6... Arm, 5... Drumstick, 7, 8... Leg,
9...Rewind shaft, 10...Spring unit, 11
... Support plate, 12 ... Crankshaft, 13 ... Swing plate, 18 ... Swing member, 20 ... Shaft, 22 ... Swing piece.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A mainspring unit with a built-in mainspring mechanism is fixed in a hollow body configured in the shape of an animal, and the long holes of each support plate rising from the left and right legs, which are movable with respect to the body, are inserted into the sides of the mainspring unit. The crankshafts for walking drive that protrude from both sides of the mainspring unit are fitted into the small holes provided in each support plate of the left and right legs, and the rotatable arms are attached to the body. An accessory imitating a percussion instrument that is struck by a provided drumstick is attached, a support shaft protruding from the base end of the arm is pivotally supported on the shoulder of the body, and a swinging member is provided at the end of the support shaft. , a swinging member having two grooves, in which a pin provided on the swinging member is loosely fitted into a long hole in a swinging plate that is pivotally supported on the side surface of the spring unit and swings by a cam mechanism operated by the output of the mainspring; An animal toy characterized in that a support shaft of the arm is fitted into one groove of the toy, and a pin protruding from a support plate of one of the legs is fitted into the other groove.