JPH04873Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a traveling toy energizing device that urges a traveling toy that does not have a power source to make it run.

[Prior Art] Generally, when running a toy such as a car that does not have a power source such as a motor or a spring,
I try to push the toy with my hand on the floor etc.
A biasing device is known that uses a force such as a spring to push out a traveling toy instead of pushing it directly by hand.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, the conventional moving toy biasing device pushes out the moving toy by applying a pushing member driven by a spring or the force of the hand to the moving toy, and the moving toy does not stop at a predetermined position. I need to let it happen. Therefore,
For example, unlike electric racing toys, there was a problem in that it was not possible to smoothly accelerate the running toy without stopping it, and it lacked a sense of reality. Furthermore, since the moving toy was hit with an extrusion plate or the like, there were cases where the toy was damaged or deformed.

The present invention was developed in view of these problems, and it is possible to smoothly move toys that are running not only when they are stopped, but also when they are running on a track such as a running path, without directly touching the running toys. An object of the present invention is to provide a running toy energizing device that can energize.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The biasing device of the present invention includes a box-shaped moving member that moves on the back side of a track on which a running toy runs, and a spring that biases the moving member in the running direction of the running toy. and a locking means that locks the movable member in the starting position against the force of the spring, and a magnetic body disposed at the bottom of the traveling toy. a magnetic support member housed so as to be movable in the direction; and a roller attached to the support member so as to rotate in contact with the back side of the track through an opening provided on the top surface of the moving member,
When the traveling toy is located above the starting position, the magnetic support member moves within the moving member, releases the locking of the moving member by the locking means, and starts the moving member from the starting position by the force of the spring. Accordingly, the running toy is urged to run.

[Operation] According to the above biasing device, when the traveling toy is located above the moving member at the starting position, the supporting member is pushed into the moving member by the attractive force of the magnetic body acting between the traveling toy and the supporting member. , and at the same time, release the lock of the moving member. As a result, the moving member housing the support member is activated, and at the same time, the traveling toy that is being pulled together with the support member is urged on the track and accelerated. Thereafter, for example, by stopping the moving member at an appropriate position, the traveling toy can be sent forward by shaking off the suction force between it and the supporting member.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an embodiment of the present invention. The urging device 1 of this embodiment has a casing 2 in the shape of a flat rectangular parallelepiped. Casing 2
consists of two upper and lower cases 2a and 2b, and on the upper surface of the upper case 2a, a groove-shaped linear running path 3 is formed as a track on which a traveling toy A in the shape of a car, as shown in the figure, runs. Furthermore, a long hole 5 for moving a reset lever 4, which will be described later, in parallel with the running path 3, and a slit 7, for moving an adjustment lever 6 that adjusts the force of the spring that biases the traveling toy A, as described later. , are provided in the upper case 2a. A plurality of adjustment holes 8 for positioning the adjustment lever 6 are sequentially bored at appropriate intervals on one side of the slit 7.

The traveling toy A to be driven in this embodiment does not have a power source such as a motor or a spring, but is driven by external force, and has a magnet B (FIG. 4) attached to its bottom surface.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, inside the lower case 2b is a box-shaped moving member 1 that moves on the back side of the running path 3.
1 is stored. The moving member 11 has a cylindrical protrusion 12 into which the lower end of the reset lever 4 is inserted and coupled, and two guide walls 13 and 14 erected parallel to each other on the inner bottom surface of the case 2b.
It is slidably disposed between the two parts and is pulled forward by a spring 15 connected to the front face. As shown in FIG. 1, when the reset lever 4 is pulled rearward, the movable member 11 is stopped at the illustrated starting position by a locking means, which will be described later. Further, in order to stop the moving member 11 that has moved forward from the starting position due to the tensile force of the spring 15, the guide walls 13 and 14 are
A gap 16 is formed between the protrusions to allow the spring 15 to pass through.

The spring 15 revolves around a pulley 18 that is rotatable around a shaft 17 erected on the front bottom surface of the lower case 2b, and its tip end is connected to a spring force adjusting member 19. This adjustment member 1
9 has a cylindrical protrusion 20 into which the lower end of the adjustment lever 6 is inserted and fixed, and is swingable between two guide walls 21 and 22 erected parallel to each other on the internal bottom surface of the case 2b. As shown in FIG. 1, the adjustment lever 6 is inserted into the adjustment hole 8 of the upper case 2a.
It is locked by fitting one of the two.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the moving member 11 consists of a box with a substantially U-shaped cross section with an open top surface, and has a projection 23 on the front surface to which the rear end of the spring 15 is connected. . Further, a downward protrusion 24 is provided at the rear of the moving member 11, while
A protrusion 25 with which the protrusion 24 engages when the movable member 11 is in the above-mentioned starting position is provided on the bottom surface of the lower case 2b, and the protrusion 24 and the protrusion 2
5 constitutes a locking means for locking the moving member 11 at the starting position.

Inside the moving member 11, there is a magnet 26 at the center of the top surface.
A support member 27 to which is fixed is housed so as to be movable in the front-back direction. This support member 27 has a pair of rollers 28a and 28b that rotate in contact with the back surface of the traveling path 3 from the upper surface opening of the moving member 11. A spring 29 is coupled between the rear end of the support member 27 and the inner rear surface of the movable member 11.
is constantly pulled backwards.

A rack 30 is provided on one side of the support member 27 (in this embodiment, the left side when facing the direction of travel), and a movable member engages with the rack 30 to prevent the support member 27 from moving rearward. Regulation member 3
1 is attached to the side surface of the moving member 11.
The movement regulating member 31 consists of a shaft that is rotatably installed between bearings 32a and 32b that protrude above and below the side surface of the moving member 11, and a shaft is bored from the shaft body to the center of the side surface of the moving member 11. a locking piece 34 that engages the rack 30 of the support member 27 through the opening 33;
An elastic piece 35 that constantly presses the tip of the locking piece 34 against the rack 30 and a reset piece 36 that releases the tip of the locking piece 34 from the rack 30 protrude. The reset piece 36 resets the moving member 1 as described later.
1 is pulled back to the rear of the starting position, the protrusion 37 (fifth
It has the function of detaching the tip of the locking piece 34 from the rack 30 by slightly rotating the movement regulating member 31 against the action of the elastic piece 35.

In addition, in this embodiment, the bearing 3 of the moving member 11
A rack 38 is provided on the side opposite to 2a, 32b. This rack 38 meshes with a spur gear 39 and rotates a flywheel 42 via speed increasing gears 40 and 41 when the moving member 11 is moved from the starting position as will be described later. To prevent the moving member 11 from suddenly starting. However, instead of providing such a sudden start prevention mechanism 43, it is also possible to suppress sudden starts by making the moving member 11 heavier to some extent.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the adjustment lever 6 is set in a suitable adjustment hole 8 to fix the rear end position of the spring 15, and the reset lever 4 is pulled rearward to enter a standby state. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5A, the movable member 11
4 engages with the convex portion 25 of the lower case 2b, thereby being locked at the starting position against the tension of the spring 15.

Here, the traveling toy A enters from the toy passage (not shown) connected to the entrance of the traveling path 3 of the device 1,
When reaching the upper part of the moving member 11, the attraction force acting between the magnet B attached to the bottom of the traveling toy A and the magnet 26 of the supporting member 27 first causes the supporting member 2 to move upward.
7 is the moving member 1 against the tension of the spring 29.
1 and move forward, thereby making it possible to smoothly energize the traveling toy A without suddenly stopping it. In other words, if the magnet 26 is placed on the back side of the running path 3 so that it cannot be moved back and forth, the running toy A will pass above the magnet 26 due to inertia and then be moved by the attractive force of the magnet. backtracking,
As a result, the traveling toy A will swing back and forth. In this embodiment, in order to avoid this, the support member 27 equipped with the magnet 26 is configured to be movable in the traveling direction of the traveling toy A.

As the support member 27 moves forward, it is simultaneously lifted by the attractive force of the magnet, so that the rear end of the movable member 11 is also lifted and the protrusion 24 is attached to the case 2b, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5B. Convex part 2
It's out of 5. Therefore, the moving member 11 is moved from the starting position by the tensile force of the expanding spring 15, and at the same time, the traveling toy A, which is attracted by the magnet, is moved together. At this time, the aforementioned sudden start prevention mechanism 43 allows the moving member 11 to start slowly at first and then rapidly accelerate. The reset lever 4, which is integrated with the moving member 11, also moves forward within the elongated hole 5 of the upper case 2a at the same time.

Thereafter, the moving member 11 pulled by the spring 15 moves straight, and as shown in FIG.
Projections 13a and 14 formed on the inside of 3 and 14
When it hits a and stops, the accelerating running toy A
is sent forward from above the moving member 11,
The device 1 travels along a travel path (not shown) connected to the exit of the travel path 3 of the device 1 .

After sending out traveling toy A, press reset lever 4.
When the movable member 11 is pulled back to the rear end of the elongated hole 5, as shown in FIG. The reset piece 36 of 31 engages with the protrusion 37 of the case 2b, and the movement regulating member 3
1 slightly rotate the tip of the locking piece 34, and then loosen the tip of the locking piece 34
Remove from 0. For this reason, the support member 27 is
The force of the spring 29 moves the movable member 11 backward and returns to the initial position. Next, when the force holding down the reset lever 4 is removed, the movable member 11 is locked at the starting position by the engagement between its protrusion 24 and the protrusion 25 of the case 2b, and returns to its initial state.

The urging device shown in FIG. 1 has the function of smoothly accelerating a running toy on a straight trajectory by performing the above operations.

Next, FIG. 6 shows another embodiment.

This is a biasing device that accelerates a traveling toy on a semicircular trajectory to turn the toy 180 degrees and send it out, and is configured as follows.

First, the urging device 51 of this embodiment has a flat semicircular casing consisting of two upper and lower cases 52a and 52b. A groove-shaped running path 53 is formed on the periphery of the upper surface of the upper case 52a as a track on which the car-shaped running toy A runs. Further, in the center of the top surface, there is a circular opening 5 into which the lower end of the reset knob 54 is rotatably inserted.
5 is provided, and the lower or upper case 52
A pulley 57 having a slit 56 into which the lower end of the knob 54 fits is arranged on the back side of the knob 54. One end of a spring 58 is connected to the circumferential surface of the pulley 57, and the spring 58 extends from the circumferential surface of the pulley 57 through two small pulleys 59 and 60, each changing its direction by 90 degrees, and the tip 58a of the spring is It is coupled to the back surface of the upper case 52a.

On the other hand, a moving member 61 that rotates together with the pulley 57 is housed in the lower case 52b. The movable member 61 has a substantially T-shape as a whole, and has a shaft 62 that fixes the center of the pulley 57.
It consists of a center part 63 projecting from the center part, a part extending substantially horizontally from the center part, and a tip part 65 connected by a hinge 64 so as to be swingable up and down. The movable member 61 to which the knob 54 is connected is rotatably fitted with its center shaft 62 into a hole of a boss 66 protruding from the inner bottom surface of the lower case 52b.
It is rotatably stored inside.

In this embodiment, a gear 67 is partially formed in the center portion 63 of the moving member 61. When the moving member 61 is rotated from the starting position as described later, this gear portion 67 meshes with the gear 68 and rotates a flywheel 69 integrated therewith, thereby preventing the moving member 61 from starting suddenly. are doing. The shaft of the flywheel 69 is rotatably fitted into a hole in a boss 70 protruding from the lower case 52b.
Further, as a means for locking the moving member 61 at the starting position, a convex portion 71 with which the front end of the distal end portion 65 engages is provided on the inner bottom surface of the case 52b, as shown in FIG. 7A.

The distal end portion 65 of the movable member 61 is formed as a case with an open top, similar to the movable member 11 in FIG. 3, and the above-mentioned support member 27 is movably housed inside the case. A spring 29 is coupled between the rear end of the support member 27 and a protrusion 72 on the rearwardly extending end 65a of the tip 65, and constantly pulls the support member 27 backward. Also,
The above-mentioned movement regulating member 31 is attached to the end surface of the tip portion 65.
is installed.

On the other hand, on the inner bottom surface of the lower case 52b, when the movable member 61 is returned to the rear of the starting position, it engages with the reset piece 36 of the movement regulating member 31 and locks the tip of the locking piece 34 into the rack 30 of the support member 27. A protrusion 73 is provided to allow the movable member 61 to be moved away from the starting position by the tensile force of the spring 58, and a protrusion 74 is provided to stop the moving member 61 that has been rotated from the starting position by the tension of the spring 58.

The operation of the embodiment of FIG. 6 is as follows.

First, turn the reset knob 54 to reset the moving member 61.
Set to start position. That is, as shown in FIG. 7A, the distal end portion 65 of the movable member 61 is engaged with the convex portion 71 of the lower case 52b, thereby locking the movable member 61 against the tension of the spring 58.

Here, when the traveling toy A enters from a toy passage (not shown) connected to the entrance of the traveling path 53 of the device 51 and reaches above the tip of the moving member 61, the first
As in the illustrated embodiment, the supporting member 27 moves within the distal end portion 65 of the moving member 61 due to the attractive force between the magnet B of the traveling toy A and the magnet 26 of the supporting member 27,
To smoothly energize a traveling toy A without suddenly stopping it.

The support member 27 moves forward and at the same time is lifted by the attractive force of the magnet, so that the support member 27
The distal end portion 65 of 1 is also lifted up using the hinge 64 as a fulcrum. Therefore, the pulley 57 rotates due to the tensile force of the expanding spring 58, and the moving member 61 rotates from the starting position, and at the same time, the moving toy A is moved together with the attraction force of the magnet (Fig. 7B). . At this time, the sudden start prevention mechanism including the flywheel 69 causes the moving member 61 to start slowly at first, and then rapidly accelerates. Pulley 57
The reset knob 54, which is integral with the upper case 52a, also rotates at the same time.

Thereafter, when the rotation angle of the movable member 61 exceeds 180°, the traveling path 53 changes from a circular arc to a straight trajectory, so the tip portion 65 comes out from under the traveling path 53. On the other hand, by entering the straight part of the running path 53, the running toy A runs while shaking off the attraction force of the magnet, and enters a running path (not shown) connected to the exit of the running path 53.

After the traveling toy A is sent out, the moving member 61 hits the stop protrusion 74 and stops. After that, when the reset knob 54 is turned to the original position, the moving member 61
The distal end portion 65 of the case 52b moves beyond the convex portion 71 to the rear thereof, and the movement regulating member 31
The reset piece 36 engages with the protrusion 73 of the case 52b, slightly rotating the movement regulating member 31, and disengaging the tip of the locking piece 34 from the rack 30. Therefore, the support member 27 moves rearward within the distal end portion 65 by the force of the spring 29 and returns to the initial position. Next, when the force of turning the reset knob 54 is removed, the movable member 61 is locked at the starting position by the engagement between its tip 65 and the protrusion 71 of the case 52b, and returns to its initial state.

The urging device shown in FIG. 6 has a function of smoothly accelerating the traveling toy on an arcuate trajectory by performing the above operations.

FIG. 8 shows yet another embodiment.

This is a biasing device that biases and sends out a traveling toy by raising it along a chevron-shaped travel path to the top and then lowering it, and is configured as follows.

First, the biasing device 81 of this embodiment has an inverted U-shaped chevron casing 83 formed on a rectangular base 82. A running path 84 is formed on the outer periphery of the casing 83 as a track on which the car-shaped traveling toy A runs, and ribs 85a, 8 are provided on both sides of the running path 84.
5b is provided. A long hole 86 is bored in one side of the casing 83 (in this embodiment, the left side when facing the traveling direction of the running toy) along the running path 84 from its entrance to beyond the top. , a reset lever 87 is adapted to slide within this elongated hole 86.

Next, a box-shaped moving member 88 that moves on the back side of the running path 84 is housed in the casing 83 . This moving member 88 has the same structure as the above-mentioned moving member 11, as shown in FIG.
A reset lever 87 projects laterally from one side thereof. Convex portion 8 provided on the front surface of moving member 88
One end of a spring 90 is coupled to 9, and the spring 90 pulls the moving member 88 forward. In FIG. 8, when the reset lever 87 is pulled to the lower end of the elongated hole 86, the moving member 88
As shown in FIG. 10A, the entrance to the running path 84 is secured by a locking means consisting of a protrusion 91 protruding from the rear end of the movable member and a protrusion 92 protruding from the inner bottom surface of the base 82. It is stopped in the lower starting position. Furthermore, in order to stop the moving member 88 that has moved along the elongated hole 86 from the starting position due to the tensile force of the spring 90, a pair of stoppers 93a and 93b are provided at the upper part of the casing 83 and on the back side of the running path 84. . The spring 90 passes between the pair of stoppers 93a and 93b, and its tip is connected to the running path 8.
It is coupled to a convex portion 94 provided on the back side of 4.

Although omitted in the figure, the base 8 of the casing
2 is provided with a protrusion that engages with the reset piece 36 of the movement restricting member 31 to detach the tip of the locking piece 34 from the rack 30 of the support member 27 when the movable member 88 is returned to the rear of the starting position. ing.

The operation of the embodiment of FIG. 8 is as follows.

First, the reset lever 87 is moved to the lower end of the elongated hole 86 to set the moving member 88 to the starting position. That is, as shown in FIG. 10A, by engaging the protrusion 91 of the movable member 88 with the protrusion 92 of the base 82, the movable member 88 is moved by the spring 9.
Locks against zero tension.

Here, when the traveling toy A enters from the toy passage (not shown) connected to the entrance of the traveling path 84 of the device 81 and reaches above the moving member 88, as in the embodiment of FIG. magnet B and support member 27
The supporting member 27 moves within the moving member 88 due to the attractive force acting between it and the magnet 26, and the traveling toy A
To enable smooth energization without sudden stopping.

Since the support member 27 is moved forward and simultaneously lifted by the attractive force of the magnet, the rear end of the moving member 88 is also lifted, and its protrusion 91 is removed from the protrusion 92 of the base 82 . Therefore, the moving member 88 is moved from the starting position by the tensile force of the expanding spring 90, and at the same time, the traveling toy A, which is attracted by the magnet, is moved together. In this case, the moving member 88, together with the reset lever 87 integral therewith, moves upward along the travel path 84 as shown in FIG. 10B. After that, when the moving member 88 crosses the top of the running path 84 and hits the stoppers 93a, 93b and stops, the traveling toy A that has been moving together rapidly descends, accelerates, and is sent out from the exit of the running path 84. .

After sending out traveling toy A, press reset lever 8.
7 is returned to its original position, the support member 27 retreats within the movable member 88 and returns to the initial position, and then the movable member 88 is locked in the starting position, similar to the previous embodiment. .

The urging device shown in FIG. 8 has a function of raising the traveling toy along the chevron-shaped trajectory and then accelerating it by performing the above-described operation.

Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the running toy is not limited to running, but may be started while stopped on the running road. Further, as a means for attracting the traveling toy to the moving member, not only magnets may be provided on both the traveling toy and the moving member, but one may be made of iron plate or other magnetic material.

[Effects of the invention] Since the traveling toy energizing device of the present invention is configured as described above, it is a non-contact method for the traveling toy, and whether the traveling toy is stopped or running, it can be applied in a straight line, This has the effect that the running toy can be smoothly biased on a circular or other shaped orbit.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the internal structure of the embodiment of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a mechanism for accelerating a running toy in the structure of Fig. 2. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1; FIG. The figure is a sectional view of a main part showing the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing still another embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a moving member that urges the traveling toy in the embodiment shown in FIG. 8. FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a main part showing the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 9. A... Traveling toy, B... Magnet, 1,51,81
...Biasing device, 2,83...Casing, 3,5
3, 84... Travel path, 4, 87... Reset lever, 5, 86... Elongated hole, 6... Spring force adjustment lever, 11, 61, 88... Moving member, 15,
58, 90...Spring, 26...Magnet, 27
...Support member, 28a, 28b...Roller, 29
... Spring, 30 ... Rack, 31 ... Movement regulating member, 42, 69 ... Flywheel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) A box-shaped moving member that moves on the back side of a track on which a running toy runs, a spring that biases the moving member in the running direction of the running toy, and a spring that biases the moving member in the running direction of the running toy. A locking means that locks the movable member in the starting position against the resistance and a magnetic body disposed at the bottom of the traveling toy that supports the magnetic body attracted to each other and is movable in the same direction inside the movable member. A magnetic support member is housed therein, and a roller is attached to the support member so as to rotate in contact with the back surface of the track through an opening provided on the upper surface of the movable member, and the traveling toy is moved to the starting position. When positioned above, the magnetic support member moves within the moving member, releases the locking of the moving member by the locking means, and starts the moving member from the starting position by the force of the spring. A running toy energizing device, characterized in that the running toy is energized by: (2) The moving member includes a movement restriction member that engages with a rack provided on a side surface of the magnetic support member to prevent the support member from moving in the opposite direction, and a movement restriction member that urges the support member in the opposite direction. A spring is provided, and a protrusion is provided on the back side of the track for releasing the engagement between the movement restricting member and the rack and resetting the support member when the movable member is set at the starting position. A traveling toy urging device according to claim 1.