JPH025829Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial field of application This invention relates to a flywheel toy that can be tilted in various directions using the rotational inertia of the flywheel housed inside, and in particular, The present invention relates to a flywheel toy that can run by grounding the outer peripheral edge of the lower end of a spindle on which a flywheel is attached, and can also be used in combination like a fighting toy.

Conventional Technology Flywheel toys have been known that can be tilted in various directions using the rotational inertia of a flywheel housed inside the toy. There was nothing that could be run as-is or used as a brawler.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention This invention allows the toy to run while standing and can also be used as a fighting toy by using multiple toys, thereby increasing the playability of the flywheel toy and introducing a progressively new style. It was done for the purpose of achieving something.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the flywheel toy according to this invention has a flywheel and a spindle on which the flywheel is rotatably installed in a main body having a certain external shape. At the same time, the lower end of the support shaft protrudes from the lower side of the main body, and an auxiliary leg is provided at the lower part of the main body to tilt the main body and keep the outer peripheral edge of the lower end of the support shaft in contact with the ground. A part of the flywheel protrudes to the outside of the main body, and the support shaft freely supports a rotary member that can rotate following the rotation of the support shaft, and the rotary member has an outer circumferential surface of the flywheel. The structure includes a contact protrusion that protrudes further outward.

Function When a rotational force is applied to the flywheel and the flywheel toy is placed on a flat floor, etc., the flywheel toy moves in a fixed direction due to the rotating shaft whose outer periphery is in contact with the floor. . In addition, if multiple flywheel toys with flywheels rotated at high speed are placed on a floor surface with a high circumference and a low center, the flywheel toys will move closer to each other as they move due to the rotation of the spindle. The protrusions of both rotating members come into contact with each other, causing the other party's flywheel toy to fall over.

Embodiments The figures show various embodiments in which a body 1 shaped like a robot doll is rotated on a smooth floor 2. In each figure, the doll body 3 has a circularly swollen outer periphery. The main body 3 has a recess (not shown) that is open in the front-rear direction at approximately the center and penetrated by an opening 4 that expands in an arc shape, and that both left and right sides of the body 3 open downward (not shown). ), and left and right arm members 5, 5 are provided in each recessed portion, the proximal ends of which are supported and connected.

Further, a protrusion 7 is formed at the center tip of the doll head 6.

Furthermore, the doll legs 8 are half-cut spherical bodies 8a, 8b.
are arranged side by side, with a boss 9 protruding from the center, and left and right spherical bodies 8a, 8b.
rear auxiliary legs 10a protruding downward from the bottom;
10b is provided, and further the rear auxiliary leg 10
Front auxiliary legs 11a and 11b, which are shorter than the rear auxiliary legs 10a and 10b, protrude from the inside fronts of the left and right spherical bodies 8a and 8b, facing the spherical bodies 8a and 10b.

The doll body formed as described above has its center of gravity shifted slightly rearward from the axis, and the support shaft 12 is located at a position slightly rearward from the axis and along the axis.
is inserted, the upper end of the support shaft 12 is supported within the doll head 6, the lower end is supported by the boss 9, and the lower end projects from the boss 9.

In this way, the bottom of the doll leg 8 includes the lower end of the support shaft 12, the rear auxiliary legs 10a, 10b and the front auxiliary legs 11a, 1 provided on each leg 8.
1b protrudes, so that when the doll body is normally erected on the floor, the main body 1 is supported by these protrusions and can maintain its erect posture. However, the protruding length of each auxiliary leg is different, and the lower end of the support shaft 12 is different from the plane connecting the tips of the longest rear auxiliary legs 10a, 10b and the shortest front auxiliary legs 11a, 11b. It protrudes downward and is shorter than the rear auxiliary legs 10a and 10b.

Inside the main body 1 formed as described above, a support shaft 12 is disposed along the axis of the main body 1, and the support shaft 12 passes through the opening 4 formed in the main body 1. A flywheel 13, which is partially exposed through the opening 4 or built into the body 3 without being exposed, is pivoted. And fly foil 1
A pinion 14 is coaxially mounted on the lower surface of the main body 1 , and a through hole 15 is bored in one side of the pinion 14 in the front-rear direction of the main body 1 . The through hole 15 has a fourth
By inserting a rack belt 16 with a rack 17 carved on one side as shown in the figure, meshing the rack 17 carved in the rack belt 16 with the pinion 14, and pulling the rack belt 16 toward the handle 16a, The flywheel 13 can be rotated in the direction of tension of the rack belt 16.

Furthermore, a rotating member 1 made of an elastic member is loosely fitted onto the support shaft 12 and is mounted on the upper surface of the flywheel 13.
8 is provided, a portion of which protrudes from the opposing position of the outer circumferential surface of the rotating member 18, and is bent downward to cover the outer circumferential surface of the flywheel 13 and follow the flywheel 13. Protrusions 19, 19 that rotate and project outside the body 3 are formed.

Next, the operation of the flywheel toy will be explained. First, to operate the flywheel toy, use the rack belt 16, which is inserted through the through hole 15, and pull the rack belt 16 toward you,
The flywheel 13 integrated with 4 is rotated.

When this is placed on the floor 2 in a normal standing posture, a restoring force acts on the rotating top, which is made up of the spindle 12 and the flywheel 13, to try to stand upright. Main body 1 has rear auxiliary legs 10
It is supported at three points on the floor 2 by a, 10b and the outer peripheral edge of the lower end of the support shaft 12. Since the lower end of the support shaft 12 is formed shorter than the tips of the rear auxiliary legs 10a, 10b, the main body 1 stands on the floor 2 in a slightly forward-leaning posture. At this time, the front auxiliary legs 11a and 11b are floating above the floor 2 and are separated from each other. Therefore, the outer peripheral edge of the lower end of the spindle 12 comes into contact with the floor surface 2, and the spindle 12, which rotates at high speed, functions as a driving wheel by bringing the outer peripheral edge of its lower end into contact with the floor surface 2. , the main body 1 runs linearly on the floor surface 2 in the lateral direction of the main body 1.

This straight traveling motion of the main body 1 is possible because the main body 1 is tilted in either direction and the lower outer peripheral edge of the support shaft 12 contacts the floor surface 2.
No traveling operation is performed when the main body 1 is standing upright on the floor 2. And the front auxiliary leg 11
a and 11b prevent the main body 1 from falling down, and at the same time,
While the doll body 1 is running, when the doll body 1 loses its balance due to the inclination or unevenness of the floor surface, the front auxiliary legs 11a and 11b appropriately contact the floor surface 2 to change the direction of the doll body 1. It is something.

When the toy main body 1 rotates and moves as described above, if it collides with an obstacle such as a wall, the rotating member 18
The protrusions 19 come into contact with the obstacle to alleviate the shock of the collision, and the toy main body 1 can be flipped in the opposite direction and turned over.

Further, the toy main body 1 can be rotated in an inverted state with the protrusion 7 at the tip of the head touching the floor 2, as shown in FIG. In this case as well, the flywheel 13 is rotated using the rack belt 16.
Since the center of gravity of the toy body 1 is deviated rearward from the axis, the toy body 1 stands upright about the protrusion 7, but due to the inertia of the flywheel 13, it rotates in a sloppy state.

The left and right arm members 5, 5 of the main body 1 have the distal end shaft portion 21 of the shoulder joint portion 20 rotatably supported within the body portion 3, and are connected to a hinge on the outside thereof. , 5 can be rotated horizontally or vertically.

When the arm members 5, 5 are extended horizontally, the tip of one palm 5a is placed on the floor 2, and the flywheel 13 is rotated, the upper part of the main body 1 becomes small with the arm member 5 as a fulcrum as shown in FIG. Rotate in a circle.

Although not shown in the drawings, when the flywheel 13 is rotated by placing the protruding outer peripheral surface of the flywheel 13 on the floor 2, the horizontal 1 can move straight in the horizontal direction at a high speed.

The present invention can be implemented in the following manner in addition to the above. The one shown in FIG. 5 is an example of this, in which the flywheel 13 is rotated at high speed on a floor 2 whose periphery is high and whose central part is low, and a plurality of main bodies 1 having protrusions 19 on the outer peripheral surface are normally installed. Stand it upright and place it on the plate surface 2a. If the two main bodies 1, 1 accidentally come into contact while rotating, they will strongly repel each other by the rotating protrusions 19, and the one that loses balance will roll over, which can cause problems such as American football, sumo wrestling, etc. You can compete in games.
If a large plate with a high edge is used as the table on which the main body 1 is placed, the main body 1 will turn over even if it comes into contact with the edge of the plate, so it can run freely in all directions on the plate surface, making it endlessly interesting.

Effects of the invention The flywheel toy according to this invention can be run while standing by using the rotation of the spindle to which the flywheel is attached, and as a result, the playability is significantly greater than that of conventional flywheel toys. It becomes more expensive and takes on a new and unprecedented flavor.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show examples of the flywheel toy according to this invention, of which Figure 1 is a side view showing the flywheel toy standing in its normal position, and Figure 2 is a side view showing the flywheel toy standing upside down. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the toy standing on its arms, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the rack belt, and FIG. 5 is a side view showing another way of playing with the flywheel toy. 1... Main body, 4... Opening, 10... Rear auxiliary leg, 11... Front auxiliary leg, 12... Support shaft, 13...
...Flywheel, 18...Rotating member, 19...Protrusion.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A flywheel and a support shaft for mounting the flywheel are rotatably installed in a main body having a certain external shape, and the lower end of the support shaft protrudes from the lower side of the main body. An auxiliary leg is provided for tilting the main body and keeping the outer peripheral edge of the lower end of the support shaft in contact with the ground. A flywheel toy, characterized in that a rotating member rotatable to follow rotation is freely supported, and the rotating member is provided with a contact protrusion projecting outward from the outer peripheral surface of the flywheel.