JPH0592787U - Decorative body drive control mechanism for equipment clock - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] It is possible to easily change the movement and the operation time of the decorative body that constitutes the stage incorporated in the equipment clock. [Structure] A plurality of sequence block circuits 41 to 46 for driving and controlling the respective parts of the ornament are provided, and a plurality of block control sequence circuits 31, 33, 35 for operating a required number of the sequence block circuits 41 to 46 are provided. , Block control sequence circuits 31, 33, 35 to be operated
A changeover switch 27 for selecting is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an equipment clock such as a clock tower, and more specifically, a control for driving a decoration of an equipment clock that causes a stage provided with a decoration to appear from the equipment clock while playing music at required times such as the hour. It is related to the mechanism.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Nowadays, many equipment clocks (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-31186) that play a music at a predetermined time such as hour and make a stage provided with a decoration according to the music are used. Such an equipment clock uses a compact disc player to play and play a compact disc containing a specific song, and opens and closes the opening and closing door to match the song to make a stage with a human-shaped ornament appear. After moving the ornament, the opening / closing door is closed so as to match the end of the song.

Incidentally, in opening and closing the door and driving the ornament, in recent years, as shown in FIG. 4, a driving motor 55 provided separately for opening and closing the door and driving each part of the ornament is used as an ornament. Using the callback signal from the limit switch 53 provided for detecting the position of the door and the door, the mechanical drive sequence circuit 22 which uses a lot of relays and timer circuits controls the drive sequentially, and the compact disc player 65 is controlled by the sound control device 61. In many cases, the reproduced music signal is amplified by the amplifier 67 and played from the speaker 69.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In equipment clocks that use a large stage, the system for driving and controlling the ornamental body and the music played during the stage performance are often designed and manufactured independently. A mechanical drive sequence circuit for performing the above is designed and used, and a compact disc that contains a dedicated song that has a performance time that matches the operation time of the ornament is used. Was extremely difficult.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention uses a plurality of sequence block circuits for controlling each part of the ornament, and provides and operates a plurality of block control sequence circuits for activating required sequence block circuits in the sequence block circuits in a predetermined order. The ornamental body drive control mechanism is a combination of a mechanical drive control unit provided with a changeover switch that determines the block control sequence circuit and an acoustic control device using a compact disc player.

[0006]

[Work]

 In the present invention, the decorative body is driven by a plurality of sequence block circuits, and a plurality of block control sequence circuits for operating the required sequence block circuits in the sequence block circuits in a predetermined order are provided. The movement and operation time of the ornament can be changed by the block control sequence circuit in which the combination of the sequence block circuits is changed.

[0007]

【Example】

 As shown in FIG. 1, the embodiment of the ornamental body drive control mechanism of the equipment timepiece according to the present invention incorporates a sequence circuit for controlling the control unit 15 and the mechanical drive unit 51 to which the time signal from the master timepiece 11 is input. The mechanical drive control unit 21 and the acoustic control device 61 for playing music from the speaker 69 are provided.

The sound control device 61 corrects the time by a time signal from the master clock 11 and operates a compact disc player 65 (hereinafter simply referred to as a CD player) at predetermined time intervals, and a plurality of music pieces. A CD player 65 that selects and plays an appropriate song from the compact disc in which is recorded and outputs the music signal to the amplifier 67, and an amplifier 67 that amplifies the music signal and outputs it to the speaker 69. However, among the songs recorded on the compact disc, a predetermined song is selected by a control signal sent from the control unit 15 to the CD player 65 of the sound control device 61 to determine the song to be played.

Further, the mechanical drive control unit 21 includes a timer device 25, a changeover switch 27, and a plurality of block control sequence circuits 31, 33 and 35, for example, three, and a plurality of sequences as shown in FIG. It is composed of block circuits 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 46. Then, the timer device 25 of the mechanical drive control unit 21 is time-corrected by the time signal from the master clock 11 like the timer device 63 of the sound control device 61, and is switched in synchronization with the timer device 63 of the sound control device 61. A start signal is output to any of the first block control sequence circuit 31 to the third block control sequence circuit 35 via the switch 27.

In addition, the first block control sequence circuit 31 to the third block control sequence circuit 35 of the mechanical drive control unit 21 and each sequence block circuit 41 to 46 shown in FIG. The sequence block circuit 41, for example, for opening and closing the door, includes a circuit for controlling the door opening / closing drive motor 55 in response to a callback signal from the limit switch 53 provided at the door opening position and the limit switch 53 provided at the closing position. Reverse rotation drive control is performed, and the other sequence block circuits 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46 operate for each doll of the decorative body, and further operate the hand, foot, and neck of each doll by a separate drive motor 55. As the sequence block circuit to be activated, for example, the second sequence block circuit 42, the third sequence block circuit 43, etc. are provided at position detection positions. The drive motor 55 is properly controlled to rotate forward and backward by a callback signal from the output limit switch 53, and the fourth sequence block circuit 44 is composed of a relay and a timer circuit and is set by the timer circuit. The sequence block circuits 41 to 46 for controlling each part according to the stage mechanism such as a decorative body or a door which is appropriately driven by supplying electric power to the drive motor 55 for a required time to drive the motor. Is used.

Then, when the relays in a specific sequence block circuit sequentially operate and the operation of the relay makes one round, and each relay of the sequence block circuit returns to the initial state, the block control sequence circuit operates the next sequence block circuit. As for each of the first block control sequence circuit 31 to the third block control sequence circuit 35, a part of the sequence block circuit to be operated is common and a part of the sequence block circuit is different, and the door is opened. To the operation of a series of ornaments and the closing of the door.

The sequence block circuit that is operated by being controlled by the first block control sequence circuit 31 to the third block control sequence circuit 35 may operate a plurality of sequence block circuits at the same time. The operation is not limited to the sequence block circuit in which the operation completes one cycle, and the operation in which the operation is continued for the time set by the block control sequence circuit may be incorporated so that the operation of the relay is repeated a plurality of times.

In the present embodiment, an appropriate sequence block circuit is combined as the first block control sequence circuit 31 to control the drive of the door and the ornament for, for example, 4 minutes, and the second block control sequence circuit is used for 4 minutes. The drive control is performed for 30 seconds, and the drive control is performed for 6 minutes as the third block control sequence circuit. The compact disc to be set in the CD player 65 has 4 minutes of music, 4 minutes and 30 seconds of music and 6 minutes of music recorded therein, and the controller 15 selects the music and the changeover switch 27 The switching control is performed to control the stage such as the operation of the ornamental body in accordance with the length of the music, for example, the music and the ornamental body at night which are different from the movement of the music and the ornamental body in the daytime are performed. It was designed to change the stage.

It should be noted that the control unit 15 is omitted and the changeover switch 27 is set to manual to replace the compact disc on which the music of the required performance time is recorded for a week or a month, and to block the operation time according to the length of the music. By selecting the control sequence circuit with the changeover switch 27, it is possible to change the music when the stage appears in a relatively short period of time, and change the stage start time of the stage and the operation of the ornament with the music. ..

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of block control sequence circuits 31, 33 and 35 for operating the required sequence block circuits among the plurality of sequence block circuits 41 to 46 and the plurality of sequence block circuits 41 to 46. And block control sequence circuits 31, 33, 35 having different operating times, that is, block control sequence circuits for varying the operating time of the ornament are provided. For example, three block control sequence circuits 31, 33, 35 are provided. Since the changeover switch 27 for selecting the block control sequence circuit that operates from among the above is provided, it has an advantage that the appearance time of the stage can be easily changed by operating the changeover switch 27. Some of the sequence block circuits are common as they are operated with the block control sequence circuit provided. Therefore, there is an advantage that the mechanical drive control unit 21 can be miniaturized. Furthermore, by adding a partial sequence block circuit and replacing the block control sequence circuit, the appearance time of the stage can be changed and the decoration can be changed. It is also possible to change the movement of the body.

When a player capable of performing a program is used as the CD player 65, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a main song C1 having a different length following the prologue song A played when the door is opened. Alternatively, if the main song C2 is played and played, and the epilogue song B when the door is closed is played after this main song to change the overall length of the stage appearance time, a plurality of songs with shorter main songs are also used. By combining them, the length of the main song can be determined and the length of the main song can be changed.

It should be noted that the timer device 63 incorporated in the sound control device 61 and the timer device 25 incorporated in the mechanical drive control section 21 are omitted, and a block is provided via the CD player 65 and the changeover switch 27 by a time signal from the master clock 11. It is also possible to operate the control sequence circuits 31, 33, 35 directly.

[0018]

[Effect of the device]

 The present invention has a plurality of block control sequence circuits for activating a required sequence block circuit among a plurality of sequence block circuits, and has a changeover switch for selecting the block control sequence circuit to be activated. The operation of the ornament and the operation time can be easily changed only by selecting the block control sequence circuit to be used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a decorative body drive control mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a mechanical drive control unit of the ornamental body drive control mechanism according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a combination of music pieces in this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional ornamental body drive control mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 master clock 15 control unit 21 mechanical drive control unit 22 mechanical drive sequence circuit 25 timer device 27 changeover switch 31, 33, 35 block control sequence circuit 41 to 46 sequence block circuit 51 mechanical drive unit 53 limit switch 55 drive motor 61 acoustic control Device 63 Timer device 65 Compact disc player 67 Amplifier 69 Speaker

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A sequence for driving and controlling each part of a decorative body in an equipment timepiece having an acoustic control device using a compact disc player, a mechanical drive part, and a mechanical drive sequence circuit for controlling a drive motor of the mechanical drive part. A mechanical drive controller having a plurality of block circuits, a plurality of block control sequence circuits for operating a required sequence block circuit among the sequence block circuits, and a changeover switch for determining the block control sequence circuit to be operated. An ornamental body drive control mechanism for equipment clocks, which is a mechanical drive sequence circuit.