Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
  • A63H17/00—Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
  • A63H27/00—Toy aircraft; Other flying toys
  • A63H27/12—Helicopters ; Flying tops
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
  • A63H29/00—Drive mechanisms for toys in general
  • A63H29/18—Driving mechanisms with extensible rubber bands

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a small toy or flying object.
• the technical sector of the invention is the field of manufacturing games, toys, flying gadgets.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a flying toy as described in the above-mentioned document, which is improved.
• the present invention more particularly aims to provide such a flying toy, the structure of which is simplified, in order to be manufactured at low cost, while retaining sufficient aerodynamic performance and preferably with the aim of improving these performance.
• the present invention also aims to provide a simplified method of manufacturing such a flying toy.
• the solution to the problem is to provide a self-propelled toy or flying object in the form of a two-color or multi-color butterfly, essentially consisting of:
• a body comprising a first frame and two first wings
• a propeller or rotor comprising a second frame and two second wings or blades
• - a propeller drive motor in rotation relative to said body which is essentially constituted by an extensible or elastic rubber strap (or crepe or elastomer), in which said second propeller frame is in one piece, that is to say is made in one piece (that is to say constituted by a single piece), preferably from a single section of metal wire.
• said first frame of said body is in one piece, that is to say is made in one piece, preferably from a single section of metal wire;
• said second armature of the propeller is flat or planar, that is to say that its thickness is equal to the thickness or to the diameter of the metal wire constituting it, and said first armature of said body is also flat or plane, with the exception of one or more turns forming a propeller rotation bearing, and said first frame comprises at least one free curved end which forms a hook or a notch capable of cooperating with said bracelet to form a retaining means or attachment thereof and preferably the frame has two curved free ends which are adapted to be juxtaposed and / or superimposed;
• first and second reinforcement are respectively constituted by a first and a second section of metal wire (preferably steel with high elastic limit, for example of the spring steel type), which is formed or shaped, and the diameter of said first section of wire is different from said second section of wire, and preferably the diameter of the section of wire cc nstituant said second armature of the propeller is less than the diameter of the section of wire constituting said first armature of the body;
• metal wire preferably steel with high elastic limit, for example of the spring steel type
• the section of a strand of the elastic bracelet is between 2 and 8 mm “ , preferably between 3 and 5 mm, for example around 3.5 to 4 mm;
• the initial elongation of said bracelet (that is to say the elongation of the bracelet when the latter is slightly stretched between a fastener provided on the propeller frame and a fastener provided on the body frame), is between 1% and 25%, preferably greater than or equal to 5%, for example close to 10 to 15%;
• Said wings of the body and said blades of the propeller are essentially constituted by parts (preferably in the form of an essentially curvilinear quadrilateral) cut from a sheet or a side of paper whose surface mass is less than 200 g / m, of preferably greater than or equal to 40 g / m "and less than or equal to 100 g / m, and preferably around 50 to 80 g / m (grams per square meter);
• - Said second frame of the propeller comprises a loop at each free or peripheral end of the frame; the leading edge of the blades or wings of said propeller, and preferably a main rectilinear section of the frame of said propeller, make an angle with a longitudinal axis of said toy between 30 and 90 °, preferably between 45 and 75 °, and preferably close to 60 °; - Said wings and said blades are made of two-color or multi-color paper printed with patterns or spots symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis of the toy, and the elastic bracelet is dyed in the mass.
• the invention also provides a method of manufacturing a self-propelled flying toy in the form of a two-color or multi-color butterfly, essentially constituted by a body comprising a first frame and two first wings, and by a propeller or rotor comprising a second frame and two wings. or blades and by a motor for driving the propeller in rotation relative to said body, essentially constituted by an elastic or elastic rubber strap (or crepe or elastomer or equivalent), in which:
• said second propeller frame is formed flat from a section of metal wire, - said paper blades are glued, preferably each blade is glued in two zones capable of being arranged (after folding), facing each other,
• said blades and said second frame are assembled by gluing, by surrounding a substantial part of each of the branches of said second frame by a part of the piece of glued and folded paper forming each blade,
• said first frame of the body is formed flat from a section of metal wire, which frame extends in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the turn,
• each glue is glued in two zones capable of being arranged (after folding), facing one another, - the two are assembled by gluing wings to said first frame of the body to form said body, surrounding a substantial part of each of the branches of said first frame by a part of the piece of glued and folded paper forming each wing,
• the two strands of the bracelet (which are joined or clamped or joined to one another) are engaged in the passage or orifice of said (or said) turn (s) formed in said first frame of the body, - said whorl is passed through by the whole of said bracelet until engagement of the wave or notch of said second frame in and through said whorl,
• the ratio of the surface of the blades of the propeller to the surface of the wings of the body is between 0.6 and 0.9;
• the total length of the toy is between 7 and 13 cm, for example close to 9 cm, and the total width of said toy is also between 7 and 13 cm, for example close to 9 cm;
• the total mass of said toy is between 0.7 g and 1.5 g, for example close to 1.1 g;
• the ratio of the largest dimension (for example close to 2.5 millimeters) of the section of one strand of the elastic bracelet to the smallest dimension (for example close to 1.5 millimeters) of the section of said strand is between 1 and 2.5, preferably at least equal to 1, 4 and less than or equal to 2;
• Said first and second reinforcements are made from sections of a steel wire whose diameter is respectively between 0.5 and 0.7 mm (for example equal to or close to 0.6 millimeters) for the armature of the body, and between 0.4 and 0.6 mm (for example equal to or close to 0.5 millimeters) for the armature of the propeller.
• the metal frame of which is in one piece (therefore devoid of connections between constituent parts such as welds) and is devoid of a rotation shaft, a frame and therefore a toy much simpler to manufacture than that described in the aforementioned patent application; this ease of manufacture and the significant reduction in cost resulting therefrom is further increased by virtue of the also monobloc and substantially planar structure of the frame of the body of the toy; the particular characteristics relating to the difference in cross-section of the reinforcements used, on the one hand for the propeller and on the other hand for the body, as well as the characteristics of thickness and grammage of the paper used to constitute the wings and the blades, as well as the method of assembly and the structure of the various constituents of the object, contribute to the ease of manufacture of the various components as well as of their assembly, while optimizing the characteristics of lightness and aerodynamic performance of the j ouet; a toy is thus obtained which can be stored flat in a thin package such as
• Figure 1 illustrates in plan view a preferred embodiment of the propeller and body frames of a toy according to the invention.
• Figures 2 and 3 are views respectively on II / II and III / III of Figure 1 and illustrate respectively the propeller frame and the frame of the body of a j ouet according to the invention.
• Figure 4 illustrates a preferred embodiment of a piece of paper used in the constitution of a blade of a propeller of a toy according to the invention.
• Figure 5 illustrates in plan view a piece of paper entering into the constitution of a wing of the body of a toy according to the invention.
• FIG. 6 illustrates an elastic bracelet placed on a toy according to the invention.
• Figure 7 is a view along VII / VII of Figure 6.
• Figure 8 illustrates a toy according to the invention in plan view.
• the nozzle 60 is essentially constituted by a propeller 61 and a body 62 which is constituted by a frame 1 and two symmetrical wings 2, 3, as well as an elastic strap 53 extending substantially along the longitudinal axis 7 which is substantially an axis of symmetry of the toy.
• the propeller 61 comprises two symmetrical blades 5 and 6 and an armature 4 which, as particularly illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, is obtained by cold and flat forming of a section of metal wire, the diameter of which is equal or very close thickness 45 of the reinforcement
• This frame is essentially constituted by a central bend 8 at 180 ° which is extended by detfx branches or straight portions 9 and 10 substantially parallel to each other and to the longitudinal axis 7; each of these rectilinear portions 9 and 10 is extended by two elbows 11 and 12 respectively, formed at an angle 17; said bends 1 1 and 12 are extended by a straight main portion, respectively marked 13 and 14 of the wire section, which forms the main part of the frame, each of the straight sections 13 and 14 ending in a loop, preferably substantially closed 15 and 16; the main rectilinear sections 13 and 14 of the frame 4 form an angle 18 with the longitudinal axis 7 additional to the angle 17 previously mentioned, the angle 18 being between 30 and 90 °, preferably close to 60 °, so that the angle 17 is close to 120 °; the rectilinear portions 9 and 10 and the central elbow 8 thus define a central notch 19, inside which the strands 54, 55 of the elastic strap 53 can slide, as illustrated in particular in FIGS. 6 and 8; as illustrated in FIG.
• the frame 1 of the body of the toy comprises in the central part a turn 21 extending substantially perpendicularly to the plane of FIG. 1 and in the plane of FIG. 3, which turn turns around an orifice 22 substantially circular, the diameter of which is slightly greater than the distance between the straight sections 9 and 10 of the armature 4 of the propeller shown in FIG. 1, in order to allow the passage of these straight sections 9 and 10, as well as the central elbow 8 of this frame, through this turn 21 and to allow the rotation of the propeller along the longitudinal axis 7 of the toy, when this central part of the frame 4 of the propeller extends through the coil 21 of the frame of the toy body, as illustrated in FIG. 8.
• the armature 1 comprises two bent parts 23 and 24 extending substantially symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis 7 on either side of the turn 21, which are extended by rectilinear sections 25 and 26 each provided with a corrugation 27, 28 reinforcing the rigidity of this frame, which corrugated portion 27, 28 extends substantially in the plane 20 in which the frames extend, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 (at l except for the coil 21 of the body frame as previously described).
• the straight sections 25 and 26 end in 180 ° bends respectively marked 29 and 30, extended by straight sections 33 and 34 respectively, in the substantially 180 ° bends 31 and 32, and terminal rectilinear sections 33 and 34, the ends 37, 38 of which are close to one another; thanks to the elasticity of the material (steel wire constituting the frame 1), the two lower parts of the frame can be brought together so that the notches 35, 36, respectively delimited by the sections 33 and the elbow 31 for the one, and by the sections 34 and the elbow 32 for the other, are juxtaposed and / or superimposed to form a notch for attaching the bracelet, which is similar to the notch 19 formed in the frame 4 of the propeller and to allow, as particularly illustrated in FIGS.
• the bracelet 53 preferably comprises strands 54, 55 of rectangular section, the largest dimension or length 57 of which is such that its ratio to the smallest dimension 58 of the strands is between 1 and 2.5 .
• the piece 44 of paper intended to form a blade of the propeller of the toy comprises a main flap or active portion 39, intended to constitute the bearing part (from the aerodynamic point of view) of the blade, and comprises a secondary part or flap or adhesive flap marked 40, which is separated from the part 39 by a folding line 41 or straight folding section, according to which the two parts can be folded relative to each other ; preferably, the piece 44 of paper is glued to the part 40 or folding flap which extends in the form of a strip along an edge of the part 39, as well as in a second zone 43 of gluing forming part of said zone 39, and delimited by a line 42 of the gluing zone limit of part 39.
• the piece 47 of paper intended to constitute one of the two wings of the body of a toy according to the invention comprises a main part 48 or active flap of the piece 47 intended to constitute the wing , as shown in Figure 8, and by a gluing flap 49 which is separated from the main flap 48 by a fold line 50, intended to extend parallel to the longitudinal axis 7 of the toy; a second gluing zone 52 is preferably provided in the supporting part 48 of the part 47, which is delimited by lines 51 shown in FIG. 5.
• the loops 15, 16 (Figure 1) of the frame 4 and the corrugations 27, 28 of the frame 1 promote the attachment of the paper wings and blades to the frame which they surround and cover with the flap or flap of collage; they avoid the rotation of the wings and blades relative to these frames.
• loops 15, 16 formed at the two ends of the frame 4 avoid the risk of injury to the user by the ends of the section of wire constituting this frame.

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