This application is based on and claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2023-075456 filed on May 1, 2023, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a creation table for fusible toy bead.
JP2018-191839A discloses a creation table for fusible toy bead allowing an assembly of fusible toy beads placed on the creation table for fusible toy bead to be removed before completely dried out so as to create a next assembly of fusible toy beads. The creation table for fusible toy bead includes a table on which fusible toy beads are arranged, and a receiver to be inverted together with the table and including a receiving surface that receives, moves, and dries the arranged fusible toy beads. In the creation table for fusible toy bead, when creating an assembly of fusible toy beads, water is applied to the fusible toy beads, and then a receiver is disposed on the table.
In the creation table for fusible toy bead disclosed in JP2018-191839A, ear-shaped stationary handles are provided on both sides of an outer edge of the receiver so that the receiver can be easily disposed on the table. Due to the stationary handles provided on the outer edge of the receiver or the table, a width dimension of the receiver or the table becomes large even when the creation table for fusible toy bead is not used, and a space of the creation table for fusible toy bead cannot be saved.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a creation table for fusible toy bead capable of saving space.
The present disclosure provides a creation table for fusible toy bead including: a first table having a plurality of through holes extending in a penetration direction and configured to allow a fusible toy bead to be placed on one side of the plurality of through holes in the penetration direction; and a second table including a plurality of pins configured to be inserted into and removed from the plurality of through holes from another side of the plurality of through holes in the penetration direction, in which: the first table is configured to be stacked on the second table in a first direction along a normal direction of the second table such that the plurality of pins are inserted into the plurality of through holes, the first table including at least one protruding portion protruding in the first direction; the second table includes at least one lug portion connected via a hinge so as to be foldable in the first direction; and the at least one lug portion is engaged with the at least one protruding portion by folding the at least one lug portion in the first direction in a state where the first table is stacked on the second table.
According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a creation table for fusible toy bead capable of saving space.
The present disclosure will be described in detail based on the following without being limited thereto, wherein:
An embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in
The first table 30 has a substantially square first table region 30R, and the second table 40 has a substantially square second table region 40R. The first table 30 and the second table 40 are formed in substantially the same size. The first table region 30R and the second table region 40R are also formed in substantially the same size. The first table 30 is stacked on the second table 40 by bending the pair of first hinges H1.
Hereinafter, a state in which the pair of first hinges H1 are bent and the first table 30 is stacked on the second table 40 is referred to as a “closed state of the first table 30”, and a state in which the first table 30 is separated from the second table 40 without bending the pair of first hinges H1 is referred to as an “opened state of the first table 30”. In the following description, a side on which the first table 30 overlaps the second table 40 is referred to as an upper side, and an opposite side thereof is referred to as a lower side; a side on which the first hinges H1 are provided when the fusible toy bead creation table 10 is viewed from above is referred to as a front side, and an opposite side thereof is referred to as a rear side; and a right side when the fusible toy bead creation table 10 is viewed from the front side is referred to as a right side, and the opposite side thereof is referred to as a left side.
A plurality of fusible toy beads can be placed on an upper surface 30a of the first table 30. The fusible toy bead creation table 10 is a toy that is played by arranging the plurality of fusible toy beads according to various designs or the like and combining the fusible toy beads to each other by spraying water with a sprayer or the like. Sheet holding plates 48A and sheet holding ribs 48B to be described later are provided on a lower surface 40b of the second table 40 (see
The fusible toy bead placed on the first table 30 is made of a resin, which is a water-soluble material. Specifically, the fusible toy bead is made by blending polyvinyl alcohol with a resin and kneading them. The resin forming the fusible toy bead can be formed by appropriately selecting a transparent material, a translucent material, or an opaque material. The fusible toy bead may be in various shapes such as a spherical shape or a polygonal shape.
First, the configuration of the second table 40 will be described. As shown in
On both left and right sides of the upper surface 40a of the second table region 40R, upper surface first low wall portions 42 each having a low wall height are provided along the front-rear direction. The upper surface first low wall portions 42 are provided with plate guides 42A along the upper surface first low wall portions 42. Two plate guides 42A are provided on each of the two upper surface first low wall portions 42 at a predetermined interval in the front-rear direction along the upper surface first low wall portions 42, for a total of four plate guides 42A. A plate thickness of the plate guide 42A is slightly larger than a thickness of the upper surface first low wall portion 42. An inner wall surface of the plate guide 42A is continuous with an inner surface of the upper surface first low wall portion 42, and is flush with the inner surface.
A guide plate spring 42B is provided on an outer side of each plate guide 42A at a predetermined interval from the plate guide 42A in the left-right direction. The guide plate spring 42B is provided parallel to the plate guide 42A, and has a plate thickness substantially equal to the thickness of the upper surface first low wall portion 42. The guide plate spring 42B is formed in a tapered shape whose plate thickness gradually decreases from a base end toward the upper side, and has a spring property. A spring protrusion 42B1 slightly protruding outward is provided on an upper portion of an outer surface of each guide plate spring 42B (see
On the upper surface 40a of the second table region 40R, upper surface second low wall portions 44 each having a lower wall are provided along the left-right direction on a pair of two sides facing each other in the front-rear direction. A height of the upper surface second low wall portion 44 is higher than the height of the upper surface first low wall portion 42, and is lower than a height of the plate guide 42A and the guide plate spring 42B (see
The pair of first hinges H1 are provided on the front side of the second table 40 at a predetermined interval in the left-right direction. Each first hinge H1 is connected to an outer wall surface of the front upper surface second low wall portion 44. Each first hinge H1 is formed in a bellows-shaped substantially rectangular sheet shape in which thin portions and thick portions are alternately provided in a connection direction, and is flexible. In the opened state of the first table 30, both first hinges H1 are in a posture with both sheet surfaces facing in an upper-lower direction. A plurality of pins 46 rising upward are provided on the upper surface 40a of the second table 40. The plurality of pins 46 are arranged in a staggered rows and columns. Each pin 46 is formed in a substantially truncated cone shape with a reduced diameter on the upper side.
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Next, the configuration of the first table 30 will be described. The upper surface 30a faces upward in the closed state of the first table 30 (see
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A first table-side inclined surface 35 is provided between each two of the four guide holes 32 arranged in the front-rear direction. Each first table-side inclined surface 35 is formed to be inclined outward from the upper surface 30a to the lower surface 30b of the first table 30. When the first table 30 is stacked on the second table 40, the lug portions 20 are not folded, so that the first table-side inclined surface 35 and the lug portion-side inclined surface 20c are connected to each other, and a continuous inclined surface is formed from both left and right sides of the first table region 30R to the installation surface.
The first table 30 is provided with a plurality of through holes 36 that are open in a circular shape and whose penetration direction is the upper-lower direction. In the closed state of the first table 30, each through hole 36 is provided at a position overlapping with each pin 46 provided on the second table 40 in the upper-lower direction (see
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Next, an engagement mode between each lug portion 20 of the second table 40 and each protruding portion 34 of the first table 30 will be described. As shown in
Further, a width W1 between the engagement overhang portions 20b provided on both front and rear sides of each lug portion 20 is slightly larger than a width W2 between the engagement protrusions 34B1 of each protruding portion 34 arranged in the front-rear direction. Therefore, when each lug portion 20 is folded at a substantially right angle, each engagement overhang portion 20b is engaged with each protruding portion 34, and the lug portion 20 is engaged with the protruding portion 34. The engagement between the lug portion 20 and the protruding portion 34 is easily released by applying a force in a direction of opening the lug portion 20 outward.
Next, a method of creating an assembly of fusible toy beads using the fusible toy bead creation table 10 will be described. If the lug portion 20 and the protruding portion 34 are engaged with each other, the engagement between the two is released in advance. First, the first table 30 is stacked on the second table 40, the first table 30 and the second table 40 are separated from each other by a predetermined interval in the upper-lower direction, and each pin 46 is removed from each through hole 36. In this state, the sheet holding plates 48A and the sheet holding ribs 48B of the second table 40 hold a sheet on which any design is illustrated. Next, among the through holes 36 of the first table 30, a plurality of fusible toy beads are placed on the through holes 36 (through holes 36 overlapping the design) corresponding to the design illustrated on the sheet.
In a state where the fusible toy bead is placed on the through hole 36, a tip end of the pin 46 and the fusible toy bead are not in contact with each other and are separated from each other. After a plurality of fusible toy beads are placed, water is sprayed onto the plurality of fusible toy beads using a sprayer or the like. The water sprayed onto the first table 30 is stored on the second table 40 through the through hole 36 and the like, the water hardly overflows and falls from a surface of the first table 30 to the outside of the fusible toy bead creation table 10. The wet and unnecessary fusible toy beads can be rolled on the first table-side inclined surface 35 and the lug portion-side inclined surface 20c and moved to the installation surface, and can be effectively dried on the installation surface. At this time, the ribs 20a provided on the lug portion 20 allow the wet fusible toy beads to easily roll on the lug portion-side inclined surface 20c.
Next, when the first table 30 is pushed toward the second table 40 side by pushing the overhang portions 34B downward with both hands or the like, the first table 30 approaches the second table 40. At this time, the guide plate spring 42B springs and warps toward the plate guide 42A at the edge of the guide hole 32 that comes into contact with the spring protrusion 42B1. Accordingly, the guide hole 32 can pass over the spring protrusion 42B1. When the guide hole 32 passes over the spring protrusion 42B1, a tip end (lower end) of the edge wall 38 comes into contact with the upper surface 40a of the second table 40, and a downward movement of the first table 30 is regulated.
When the tip end portion of the edge wall 38 comes into contact with the upper surface 40a of the second table 40, a tip end of each pin 46 passes through each through hole 36 and comes into contact with a fusible toy bead from below, and the fusible toy bead is relatively pushed up with respect to an upper opening edge of each through hole 36. The fusible toy bead is separated from the upper opening edge of each supported through hole 36 for supporting, and the support by each through hole 36 is released. At this time, the plurality of fusible toy beads are connected to such an extent that they can be held by a hand. Therefore, the plurality of fusible toy beads, which are no longer supported by the through holes 36 and are supported by the tip ends of the pins 46, are lifted by the hand and removed from the fusible toy bead creation table 10, and an assembly of the fusible toy beads is completed.
As described above, when the fusible toy bead creation table 10 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is not used, the lug portions 20 are folded upward at a substantially right angle with respect to the second table 40 and engaged with the protruding portions 34, so that the lug portions 20 can be prevented from protruding from both left and right sides of the second table 40. Therefore, a size of the fusible toy bead creation table 10 in the left-right direction can be made compact, and it is possible to implement a fusible toy bead creation table that can save space.
According to the embodiment of the present disclosure described above, it is possible to provide a creation table for fusible toy bead of the following aspects.
A creation table for fusible toy bead according to a first aspect includes: a first table having a plurality of through holes extending in a penetration direction and configured to allow a fusible toy bead to be placed on one side of the plurality of through holes in the penetration direction; and a second table including a plurality of pins configured to be inserted into and removed from the plurality of through holes from another side of the plurality of through holes in the penetration direction, in which: the first table is configured to be stacked on the second table in a first direction along a normal direction of the second table such that the plurality of pins are inserted into the plurality of through holes, the first table including at least one protruding portion protruding in the first direction; the second table includes at least one lug portion connected via a hinge so as to be foldable in the first direction; and the at least one lug portion is engaged with the at least one protruding portion by folding the at least one lug portion in the first direction in a state where the first table is stacked on the second table.
According to this configuration, when the creation table for fusible toy bead is not used, by stacking the first table on the second table in the first direction and folding the lug portion of the second table in the first direction, the lug portion can be engaged with the protruding portion of the first table. Accordingly, since the first table and the second table are engaged with each other and the lug portion can be held in a state of being folded in the first direction which is a protruding direction of the protruding portion, it is possible to implement a creation table for fusible toy bead that can save space.
In the creation table for fusible toy bead according to a second aspect, the at least one lug portion includes a surface, and the surface defines, in a state where the at least one lug portion is not being folded in the first direction, an inclined surface that is inclined from a region where the plurality of pins of the second table are provided to an installation surface on which the second table is installed.
According to this configuration, in a state where the first table is stacked on the second table in the first direction and the plurality of pins are inserted into the plurality of through holes, by not folding the lug portion, unused fusible toy beads placed on the pins can be easily rolled onto the installation surface via the inclined surface of the lug portion.
In the creation table for fusible toy bead according to a third aspect, the at least one protruding portion has an engagement protrusion protruding in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the engagement protrusion is engaged with the at least one lug portion by folding the at least one lug portion in the first direction in a state where the first table is stacked on the second table.
According to this configuration, since the lug portion is engaged with the protruding portion in the second direction different from the first direction in which the lug portion is folded, it is possible to provide a specific configuration regarding an engagement mode of the lug portion and the protruding portion in which space saving can be achieved.
In the creation table for fusible toy bead according to a forth aspect, the at least one protruding portion includes two protruding portions, and the two protruding portions are situated on both sides of the at least one lug portion, respectively, to sandwich the at least one lug portion in the second direction in a state where the first table is stacked on the second table and the at least one lug portion is folded in the first direction.
According to this configuration, since the lug portion is engaged with the protruding portions on both sides, the engagement mode between the lug portion and the protruding portions can be strengthened while saving space.
In the creation table for fusible toy bead according to a fifth aspect, the at least one lug portion includes a first lug portion and a second lug portion, and the first lug portion and the second lug portion are provided on both sides of the second table in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, respectively, the at least one protruding portion includes: two first protruding portions provided on one side of the first table in the third direction; and two second protruding portions provided on another side of the first table in the third direction, the two first protruding portions are situated on both sides of the first lug portion, respectively, to sandwich the first lug portion in the second direction in a state where the first table is stacked on the second table and the first lug portion is folded in the first direction, and the two second protruding portions are situated on both sides of the second lug portion, respectively, to sandwich the second lug portion in the second direction in a state where the first table is stacked on the second table and the second lug portion is folded in the first direction.
According to this configuration, since the lug portion is engaged with the protruding portions on both sides, the engagement mode between the lug portion and the protruding portions can be strengthened while saving space. Further, since a plurality of engagement points between the lug portions and the protruding portions can be provided, the engagement between the first table and the second table can be made stronger.
In the creation table for fusible toy bead according to a sixth aspect, the at least one lug portion includes two lug portions provided on both sides of the second table in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, respectively, and the at least one protruding portion includes two protruding portions provided on both sides of the first table in the third direction, respectively.
According to this configuration, since a plurality of engagement points between the lug portions and the protruding portions can be provided, the engagement between the first table and the second table can be made stronger.
Although the embodiment of the present disclosure has been described above, the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope thereof.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2023-075456 | May 2023 | JP | national |