Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
  • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
  • A63H18/08—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track with mechanical means for guiding or steering

Definitions

• the invention relates to a driving toy for multi-lane playing lanes, each with a pair of motor-driven wheels arranged on the driving toy chassis and a freely rotating pair of wheels, as well as a guide pin engaging in grooves of the playing lane.
• the guide pin between an inner and outer end position in the Chassis of the driving toy is arranged in a longitudinally displaceable manner and the pair of wheels adjacent to the guide pin is designed to be pivotable for steering purposes and that the guide pin in the straight-ahead position of the pivotable pair of wheels counteracts the effect of a jerking force into the outer end position and when the pair of wheels swings down by means of the restoring force is displaceable into the inner end position.
• the guide pin can be moved directly or indirectly through the actuating linkage of the swiveling pair of wheels via a shaping connected to the actuating linkage or an attachment against the restoring force into the outer end position or can be released for displacement into the inner end position .
• the driving toy is initially guided for as long as desired by engagement of the guide pin in a guide groove in predetermined lanes, while when the associated pair of wheels is pivoted, e.g. B. the pair of front wheels by shifting the guide pin into its inner end position, the driving toy can be transferred to adjacent lanes to which the driving toy can be moved in the following position of the front wheels by moving the guide pin into the other end position and by engaging the guide pin in the associated receiving groove is positively guided in the selected lane.
• the guide pin can also be actuated by a link mechanism that comes into effect with the actuating linkage of the swiveling pair of wheels be displaceable between an inner and outer end position. It has also proven to be advantageous if the guide pin can be moved into the inner end position against a restoring force by an electromagnet, which can be applied to a power source when the pair of wheels is pivoted away.
• the current source can be accommodated in the vehicle or can be formed by busbars that can be tapped from the vehicle.
• the electromagnet is expediently controllable by means of an electrical receiver arranged in the chassis, which is set up by means of a, for. B. in the hand of the user Impulsge ⁇ bers can be influenced.
• z. B. an ultrasonic transmitter or a radio-controlled transmitter can be used.
• the guide pin is designed to be displaceable between an inner and outer end position against the restoring force.
• the frequency of the displacement movements of the guide pin can be fixed or adjustable or controllable.
• the intermittent design of the guide pin has the advantage that a predetermined number of lifting movements are placed on the guide pin over a unit of time, whereby the latter briefly plunges and remains in the respectively assigned groove of the roadway when the front wheels are in a straight line.
• the intermittent actuation of the guide pin thus has the advantage that there is an exact change of the lanes and a subsequent slow interaction of guide pin and grooves.
• the restoring force can be formed as desired, preferably by a helical spring which concentrically surrounds the guide pin and which is supported on one end on the guide pin and on the other end on the chassis.
• a jamming-free engagement of the guide pin in the carriageway grooves can finally be achieved in that the free end of the guide pin is rounded or is formed by wedge surfaces opposed to one another in the manner of blades.
• F Fiigg. 1 1 schematically shows a driving toy in plan view
• FIG. 2 shows a modified top view of a driving toy, schematically
• FIG. 3 schematically shows a section of a driving toy with swiveled steering wheels
• FIG. 4 4 shows a section along the line IV-IV of FIG. 1 enlarged
• Fig. 5 is a section along the line V - V of Fig. 3 enlarged and
• 1 denotes the chassis of a toy vehicle which carries a body (not shown) in a manner known per se.
• the chassis 1 also carries a drive motor 2 with a reduction gear 3 for the shaft 4 of a rear pair of wheels 5.
• the drive motor 2 is connected to a power source 6, e.g. B. Battery or busbars can be applied.
• the chassis 1 holds, by means of axle stubs 7, a further pair of wheels 8 forming the front wheels.
• the axle stubs 7 are articulated on the chassis 1 at 9 and engage in an actuating linkage 11 which can be swiveled at 10 and which can be influenced by an arm 18 projecting between two lifting magnets 13 is.
• the electromagnets 13 rest against a receiver part 15 via conductors 14.
• the actuating linkage 11 has an extension 16 which is guided so that it can be swiveled via a guide pin 17.
• the guide pin 17 is, as can be seen in FIGS. 5 and 6, slidably mounted on the chassis 1 and placed under the influence of a helical spring 18 concentrically surrounding the guide pin 17.
• the helical spring 18 is based on a widening 19 of the guide pin 17 and on the chassis 1.
• the guide pin 17 is arranged on the armature 20 (FIG. 6) of an electromagnet 21 and can be displaced longitudinally against the action of a return spring in the inner end position.
• the electromagnet 21 is connected to a receiver 26 via conductor 22.
• the electromagnet 21 can also be used to move the guide pin 17.
• the electromagnet _? 1 can be connected to a current source via the receiver 26. The actuation of the
• Receiver 26 is carried out by an ultrasound transmitter or radio-controlled transmitter.

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