JPS6258918B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pattern display device using sand-like particles.

This pattern display device pours sand-like particles from an inlet provided above the transparent unit compartment plate.
By flowing out from the outlet provided at the bottom, a three-dimensional pattern is created by the particles remaining in the compartment plate, or at the same time, a three-dimensional color pattern is created by the color of the particles. This is a device to be exhibited.

Such devices have not existed in the past. However, this device reminds me of an hourglass. This hourglass is made of a transparent tube with a neck filled with enough sand to last, for example, three minutes when dropped through the neck. Therefore, as is well known, in the case of a clock, the sand that falls from the neck only forms a monotonous cone-shaped mountain of a single color, and does not actively display the beauty of the shapes created by the sand.

This was unavoidable from the point of view of its use as a watch.

This invention was developed in view of the above circumstances. Sand-like granules are allowed to flow in and fall from the inlet above the transparent unit compartment board that is propped up with a footrest, and then the sand-like particles are allowed to flow downward. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pattern display device using sand-like granules that can display a three-dimensional mountain-shaped pattern or a three-dimensional color pattern using the remaining granules by allowing the particles to flow out naturally from the outlet. purpose.

That is, the pattern display device of the present invention includes a plate-shaped compartment plate formed integrally with two transparent plates facing each other through a side wall frame surrounding the periphery thereof, and a sand-shaped plate poured into the compartment plate. The device is composed of a unit compartment plate, and the side wall frame is provided with an inlet through which the granules flow in, and an outlet below which the granules flow out.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment.

First, the structure will be explained. In this embodiment, one unit compartment plate P is attached to a leg stand 1 so that it can be stood upright. The unit compartment plate P is
It is assembled by fitting transparent plates 4 made of resin or glass into two mutually parallel grooves 3 provided in the side wall frame 2, and sand-like particles S, which will be described later, are flowed into the upper side wall frame 2a. An inlet 5 is provided at the lower part and the side wall frame 2b at the side is provided with two outlet ports 6 through which the granules S flow out.

S is a sand-like white aluminum granule with fluidity. Other granules may be, for example, colored sand, colored aluminum granules, or an appropriate mixture of these.

Although the transparent plate 4 is colorless in this embodiment, it may be colored depending on the color of the particles S, etc.

Next, the action will be explained.

When the funnel is inserted into the inflow port 5 and the granules S are poured into the unit partition plate P, the volume gradually increases, but when the floor part expands and reaches the outflow port 6,
It will start flowing out from here.

In this state, even if more granules S are poured, they will flow out from the outlet 6, so that a chevron with natural glue will form inside the unit partition plate P, as shown in Figure 1a. It is shaped three-dimensionally. If the grains are white, a white mountain will be displayed, and if colored grains are mixed, for example, a tea-colored mountain will be displayed three-dimensionally.

Note that the particles S flowing out from the outlet 6 are not allowed to dissipate as they are, but are received and collected by a receiving tray (not shown).

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment.

Components that are the same or equivalent to those in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals, and their explanations will be omitted.

This embodiment is an example in which the number of inlets 5 and outlets 6 for the grains S in the first embodiment is increased by one each. That is, this is an example in which one outflow port 6 is provided approximately in the middle of the two outflow ports 6 in the first embodiment, and the inflow port 5 is provided at a position shifted from the center to the left and right.

Therefore, in this case, the mountain shape created by the grains S becomes a double mountain as shown in FIG. 2a. The rest is the same as the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment.

This embodiment is constructed by laminating four unit partition plates P in the second embodiment. In this case, it goes without saying that the transparent plate 4 is shared by adjacent unit partition plates P. In the figure, reference numeral 7 denotes a transparent getter provided to raise the inner bottom of the unit partition plate P in order to create a chevron-shaped overlapping pattern using grains S, which will be described later. The rest is essentially the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 2, so the same reference numerals are used and the explanation will be omitted.

With this structure, when the granules S are poured into the inlet 5 of each unit partition plate P using a funnel, they pile up in a mountain shape, and the granules S in the standing portion flow out from each outlet 6. It stops when it starts to do so. At this stage, the height of Futagoyama does not increase even if more granules S are poured, and as shown in Figure 3 a, when viewed from the front of the device, the height difference is equal to the amount of getter added by getter 7. With this, the mountains of each unit partition plate P overlap in a layered manner, giving a three-dimensional appearance. In this embodiment, as mentioned above, since the unit partition plates P are stacked, the Futakoyama not only looks layered, but also
It appears as a series of Mt. Futago mountains, which are deep and three-dimensional.

By combining the chevron shapes constructed in this way with colors, it is possible to create a wide variety of patterns, thereby further enhancing the display effect.

In each of the above embodiments, the side wall frame 2 is square, but it may also be round, polygonal, or the like. Moreover, the positions of the inflow port 5 and the outflow port 6 can be provided at appropriate positions according to a pre-designed shape.

As explained above, the present invention includes a plate-shaped compartment plate formed integrally with two transparent plates facing each other through a side wall frame surrounding the periphery thereof, and a sand-like material poured into the compartment plate. The unit compartment plate is made of granules, and the side wall frame is provided with an inlet through which the granules flow in, and an outlet below which the granules flow out. Since the,
Simply pour the sand-like particles into the unit compartment plate,
It is possible to exhibit a three-dimensional pattern formed by the grains, or at the same time, a three-dimensional color pattern woven by the colors of the grains.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the invention, and FIG.
2 is a front view, b is a side view, c is a plan view, d is a sectional view taken along line dd in a of the same figure, and FIG. The same figure b is a side view, the same figure c is a plan view, the same figure d is the same figure d-
d is a cross-sectional view, and FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3a is a front view, FIG. FIG. 2...Side wall frame, 4...Transparent plate, 5...Inflow port,
6... Outlet, S... Particles, P... Unit partition plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plate-shaped compartment plate formed integrally with two facing transparent plates via a side wall frame surrounding the periphery thereof, and sand-like granules poured into the compartment plate. The sand-like sand-like structure is characterized in that the side wall frame is provided with a unit compartment plate having an inlet through which the granules flow in and an outlet below which the granules flow out. A pattern display device using grains. 2. A pattern display device using sand-like particles according to claim 1, wherein the particles are inorganic particles such as mineral particles or metal particles. 3. The granules are mixed colored granules made by mixing two or more colored inorganic particles such as sand-like mineral particles and metal particles. A pattern display device using the sand-like particles described in item 2.