JPS64956Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a service station toy. For example, at a service station such as a gas station, when a traveling vehicle receives refueling and other services at the facilities, it moves between the facilities in order. The system is designed to automatically stop at certain points, creating an interesting scene similar to that of a car actually being serviced at a service station, and is characterized by its simple structure.

The service station toy according to the present invention is characterized by, for example, having a plurality of service facilities rotatably erected on one side of the base in the longitudinal direction, and having a long groove with a rack carved on the other side. ,
A movable machine frame is provided with a transport path for the traveling vehicle in the center, and has a spring drive mechanism equipped with a pinion that engages with the rack, and an engagement arm that engages with the traveling vehicle, and is moved along the long groove. When the movable machine frame is moved forward by the power of the mainspring drive mechanism, the engagement protrusion formed at the lower end of the operating lever provided on the movable machine frame fits into the locking hole of the transfer path. and stops in front of each of the service facilities, and by pressing the upper part of the operating lever, the engaging protrusion escapes from the locking hole and moves forward, and the spring drive mechanism moves the movable machine frame. It is configured so that it stores energy when it is manually operated backwards.

Embodiments of the service station toy according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy service station imitating a gas station.
is a base, and on one of the longitudinal sides of its upper surface is provided a building 1a in which service facilities such as a refueling station 2 and a jack 3 for raising and lowering a car are arranged. A transport path 6 for the vehicle 5 is provided in the center of the base in the longitudinal direction. At both ends of the transfer path 6, an entrance path 6a and an exit path 6b are formed which are inclined downwardly toward the outside. On both sides of the exit path 6b for the traveling vehicle 5 provided on the exit side of the transfer path 6, there are car wash stands 4 for performing car wash services.
is movably provided.

On the other hand, a building 1 is mounted on the base 1 with the transfer path 6 in between.
An elongated long groove 7 is bored on the opposite side to a. A rack 8 is cut along the inner surface of the long groove 7. This rack 8 meshes with an output pinion 10 of a mainspring drive mechanism built into a movable machine frame 11, which will be described next. An engaging arm 19 extends integrally from the movable machine frame 11 toward the upper surface of the transfer path 6, and when the movable machine frame 11 moves to the left in FIG. The joint arm 19 pushes the rear part of the traveling vehicle 5 to move it forward on the transfer path 6.

Next, the movable machine frame 11 for moving the traveling vehicle 5 will be explained.

The movable machine frame 11 has an open bottom as shown in FIG. 3, and a spring unit 9 serving as a drive mechanism is housed inside the movable machine frame 11, and an output pinion 10 protruding from the bottom is inserted into the long groove 7 as described above. and is engaged with the rack 8. When the movable machine frame 11 is held by hand and the long groove 7 is moved from left to right in FIG. involve. By manually moving the movable machine frame 11 to the right (backward movement) in this manner, it is possible to accumulate the unraveling force for moving the movable machine frame 11 leftward (forward movement).

The reduction gear shaft 12 of the mainspring unit 9 is projected from the movable machine frame 11, and an index plate 13 on which "In Business" is written is fitted to the tip of the shaft. When the reduction gear shaft 12 is rotating as the internal spring is unrotated, the index plate 13 on which is written ``Open'' rotates so that the driving of the spring unit 9 can be seen at a glance. ing.

Furthermore, an operating lever 15 is provided on one side wall of the movable machine frame 11 housing the spring unit 9. The operating lever 15 rotates about a shaft pin 14 as a fulcrum. The upper end of the operating lever 15 is formed with a pressing portion 17 that protrudes from a hole 16 provided in the upper wall of the movable machine frame 11. On the other hand, an engaging protrusion 1 is provided at the lower end of the operating lever 15.
8 is provided facing downward and is biased by a spring force.
When the movable machine frame 11 moves along the long groove 7, the engaging protrusions 18 slide on the top surface of the base near the transfer path. When passing over the plurality of locking holes 60, 61..., the movable machine frame 11 is caused to fall into and engage with the locking holes 60, 61, and temporarily stop at each of the locking holes 60.... And the operation lever 15
Press the pressing part 17 to lock the engagement protrusion 18 into the locking hole 60.
By unfitting and unfitting the movable machine frame 11, it is possible to move the movable machine frame 11 back and forth again.

Furthermore, an engaging arm 19 protrudes from the bottom of the movable machine frame 11 toward the upper surface of the transfer path 6, and comes into contact with the rear part of the vehicle 5 on the transfer path 6 when the movable machine frame 11 moves forward. Press this to move forward. The proximal end of the engaging arm 19 is fitted onto the shaft 20 in the movable machine frame 11, and a spring 21 is wound around it to apply power rearward, so that the proximal end of the engaging arm 19 is placed at a position perpendicular to the illustrated transfer path 6. It is locked by a stopper.

Therefore, the movable machine frame 11 is moved (backward movement) along the long groove 7 to the right end, and the spring force is accumulated by the spring mechanism, and then the pressing part 1 of the operating lever 15 is moved.
7 to disengage and disengage the engaging protrusions 18 from the locking holes 60 . . . while intermittently moving the movable machine frame 11 to the left (forward movement) by the drive of a mainspring. At this time, the engaging arm 19 moves toward the transfer path 6 The rear part of the upper traveling vehicle 5 is pushed to move it forward.

Next, the configuration and operation of the various service facilities provided in the building 1a will be explained, beginning from the right in FIG. 1 (reversely shown in FIG. 2).

First, the refueling station 2 will be described. This case body is constructed by combining two split cases 2a, 2a, and a rack 26 is provided inside the case body so as to be movable up and down. This rack 26 has an engaging pin 27 provided on the upper part and a pin 2b provided on the lower part of the inner wall of the case.
A spring 28 is stretched between the case body and the case body so as to be biased to move downward through a hole 2c provided in the bottom plate of the case body. A pinion 29 is engaged with the rack 26, a shaft 30 of which is supported in a recess 2d of the case 2a, and an oil supply nozzle 31 is integrally connected to the end of the shaft via an oil supply pipe 32.

On the other hand, the lower end of the rack 26 faces the hole 1b formed in the base 1, and engages there with the top surface of the tip of a rotating lever 23 disposed on the lower side of the base 1. That is, the rotary lever 23 is swingably supported by a support shaft 25 on the lower surface of the base 1, and the upper surface of its tip is in contact with the lower end of the rack 26 as described above. Further, the other end of the rotating lever 23 has a knob 24, which is located in a hole 22 provided in the base 1 and projects therefrom. Therefore, when this knob 24 is pushed down, the rotating lever 23
The tip of the nozzle 31 is lifted up, the rack 26 is raised, and the refueling nozzle 31 is rotated integrally with the refueling pipe 32 about the shaft 30 via the pinion 29, thereby creating a scene of refueling operation. Note that the refueling nozzle 31 including the refueling pipe supported in the other recess 2d of the case 2a may be rotated in conjunction with the rack 26 like the other refueling nozzles 31, but in the embodiment, it is fixed to the case 2a. It is placed as a decoration.

Next, the vehicle body inspection jack 3 provided in the middle of the transfer path 6 will be explained. In FIG. 2, the jack 3 is housed in a rectangular cylindrical case 40 and an elevating plate 35 on which a traveling vehicle 5 can be placed.
A screw shaft 39 for raising and lowering the screw shaft 39, and a gear 44 provided on a shaft 43 protruding from the lower end of the screw shaft
, a rotating member 45 having arcuate teeth 46 that engages with the gear 44 to rotate the screw shaft 39, and a slide lever 51 having an operating knob 53 that rotates the rotating member 45.

When the elevating plate 35 is lowered, it fits into a recess 6c formed in the middle of the transfer path 6, and is placed on the bottom plate 36 provided in the recess 6c, so that the upper surface of the elevating plate 35 is flush with the surface of the transfer path 6. We are supported to become one. An upright plate 37 is provided on one side edge of the elevating plate 35,
A proximal end of an engaging claw 38 having a bent tip is fixed to this.

The tip of the engaging pawl 38 is inserted into the front elongated hole 41 of the rectangular cylindrical case 40 housing the screw shaft 39, and engages with a helical recess 42 formed in the internal screw shaft 39. Screw shaft 39
The shaft 43 at the lower end of the case 40 passes through the lower end of the case 40 and hangs down to the back surface of the base 1, and the gear 43 at the tip
4 meshes with the arc teeth 46 of the rotating member 45 as described above.

On the other hand, a downward protrusion 52 of a slide lever 51 is loosely fitted into a long hole 50 provided at the base of the rotating member 45, one end of which is pivotally supported on the back surface of the base 1 by a shaft pin 49. The slide lever 51 is bent into an L-shape, and an upward operating knob 53 is provided at the other end of the slide lever 51 and protrudes from the elongated hole 54 of the base 1. Therefore, when the operating knob 53 is moved with a fingertip, the rotating member 45 rotates the arc tooth 46 at the tip about the shaft pin 49, and when the screw shaft 39 rotates to the right or left, the screw shaft 39 rotates. The elevating plate 35 engaged with the recess 42 can be raised and lowered. Note that 55, 55 provided on the fixed plate 36 on the inner surface of the base 1 is a rotating member 45.
This is a stopper for regulating the left and right rotation range of the.

The operation of the jack 3 at the refueling station 2 is as follows:
The traveling vehicle 5 is stopped at each front position, and the traveling vehicle 5 is stopped by temporarily engaging the engagement protrusion 18 of the operating lever 15 of the movable machine frame 11 with the locking hole 60, 61, . . . This is done by When each operation is completed and the pressing part 17 is pressed again, the internal spring of the spring unit 9 of the movable machine frame 11 is unrotated and moved to the left along the long groove 7, and along with this, the traveling vehicle 5 also exits. move forward in the direction.

Thus, the stopper 63 at the left end of the long groove 7 (first
When the movable machine frame 11 comes into contact with (see figure) and stops,
The traveling vehicle 5 is stopped. The car wash stand 4 is disposed at the point where the vehicle 5 has stopped, and by sliding the knob 77, the vehicle 5 is guided to the exit path 6b by being sandwiched between the rotary car wash brushes on both sides.

That is, in FIG. 1, on the bases 1 on both sides of the exit path 6b, there are long grooves 70, parallel to the exit path 6b.
70 is opened, and racks 71, 71 are carved on the inner surfaces of the long grooves 70, 70. As shown in FIG. 2, each rack 71 is provided with a rotating brush 72 made of a cylindrical car wash sponge, and a pinion 73 provided at the lower end of the brush 72 is engaged with the rack 71. There is. The lower shaft 74 of the brush 72 is supported by a slide member 75 disposed to slide within the base 1, and the upper shaft 74 is supported by a bridge type frame 76 connected to the slide member 75. Further, the slide member 7
An operating knob 77 is provided at one end of the base 1 to project upward, and is inserted into a long hole 78 of the base 1 from below and projects above the base.

The vehicle 5, whose front end is held between the rotating brushes 72, 72 on both sides, is operated by the operation knob 77.
When you slide the to the left, the brushes 7 on both sides
Since the rotating brushes 2 and 72 rotate in the direction in which the vehicle 5 travels, the rotating brush 7 takes the position of squeezing the vehicle 5 in a car washing state, and moves it toward the exit side.
The running vehicle 5 is squeezed out from 2,72.

As explained above, according to the service station toy of the present invention, a plurality of service facilities are rotatably erected on one side in the longitudinal direction of the base, and long grooves with racks are carved on the other side. A tunnel is drilled and a vehicle transfer path is provided in the center, and
A movable machine frame having a spring drive mechanism including a pinion that meshes with the rack and an engagement arm that engages with the traveling wheel is fitted so as to be movable along the long groove, and the movable machine frame drives the spring. When moving forward by the power of the mechanism, the engaging protrusion formed at the lower end of the operating lever provided on the movable machine frame fits into the locking hole of the transfer path and stops in front of each of the service facilities. By pressing the upper part of the operating lever, the engaging protrusion escapes from the locking hole and moves forward, and the spring drive mechanism stores energy when the movable machine frame is manually moved back. Because of the structure, the moving vehicles are moved at any time, and the assembly-line operations of various service facilities that are performed when the vehicles stop are very interesting, and the children's attention is drawn to the fact that it is like seeing an actual service facility. It's attractive.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the service station toy according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view showing the back side of the base and an exploded perspective view of each service facility,
3A and 3B are a perspective view and a sectional view of the movable machine frame. 1... Base, 2, 3, 4... Service facility, 5
...Traveling vehicle, 6... Transfer path, 7... Long ditch, 8...
Rack, 9... Spring unit, 10... Pinion, 11... Movable machine frame, 19... Engaging arm, 6
0, 61, 62, 63...stopping mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A plurality of service facilities are rotatably erected on one side of the base in the longitudinal direction, a long groove with a rack is bored on the other side, and a transport path for traveling vehicles is provided in the center. , a movable machine frame having a spring drive mechanism including a pinion that meshes with the rack and an engagement arm that engages with the traveling wheel is fitted so as to be movable along the long groove, and the movable machine frame is fitted with the spring drive mechanism. When moving forward by the power of the drive mechanism, an engaging protrusion formed at the lower end of the operating lever provided on the movable machine frame fits into a locking hole on the transfer path and stops in front of each service facility, By pressing the upper part of the operation lever, the engagement protrusion escapes from the locking hole and moves forward, and the spring drive mechanism stores energy when the movable machine frame is manually moved back. A service station toy characterized by comprising: