ROTARY ARTIFICIAL TREE

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a rotary artificial tree. The rotary artificial tree includes an artificial tree body, a rotary power connection assembly and a supporting base, where two ends of the rotary power connection assembly are respectively connected to the artificial tree body and the supporting base, the artificial tree body is provided with a light source electrically connected to the supporting base, and the supporting base is provided with a driving motor; the rotary power connection assembly includes a rotating shaft core and a conductive structure sleeved at the periphery of the rotating shaft core. Through the above structural design, the present disclosure has the advantages of novel design, simple structure and convenient assembly.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of artificial trees, and in particular to a rotary artificial tree.

BACKGROUND

China disclosure patent with the patent number: ZL202222477137.9 and the patent name: a rotatable power connection mounting base and an artificial tree using the power connection mounting base discloses a rotary artificial tree. Specifically, the rotary artificial tree includes an artificial tree body, a rotatable power connection mounting base and a decorative lamp string mounted on the artificial tree body. The artificial tree body is provided with a trunk portion; the rotatable power connection mounting base includes a base body and a mounting shaft; the trunk portion of the artificial tree body is in inserting connection with the mounting shaft, and a driving motor of the base body drives the mounting shaft to rotate; a power connection device is sleeved at the periphery of the mounting shaft, the power connection device includes an upper joint assembly and a lower joint assembly, the upper joint assembly includes an upper joint body sleeved at the periphery of the mounting shaft, the lower joint assembly includes a lower joint body sleeved at a lower end part of the upper joint body in a 360-degree circumferential rotation manner and sleeved at the periphery of the mounting shaft, the lower joint body is buckled and fastened on the base body, and a lower-end electrical connection piece is mounted on the lower joint body; and an upper joint connecting wire, an upper-end electrical connection piece, a metal conductive spring and a metal conductive needle which are electrically connected sequentially are mounted on the upper joint body, and the metal conductive spring elastically presses against the metal conductive needle to achieve the electrical conduction between the metal conductive needle and the lower-end electrical connection piece.

It should be noted that the rotary artificial tree has the following defects: the upper joint assembly of the power connection device includes the upper joint body, and the upper joint connecting wire, the upper-end electrical connection piece, the metal conductive spring and the metal conductive needle which are electrically connected sequentially, and the lower joint assembly includes a lower joint body and the lower-end electrical connection piece; and the power connection device has a complex structure and is inconvenient to mount.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure aims to provide a rotary artificial tree, so as to solve the problems that a power connection device of an existing rotary artificial tree has a complex structure and is inconvenient to mount.

To solve the above technical problems, the present disclosure adopts the following technical solution:

• • a rotary artificial tree includes an artificial tree body, a rotary power connection assembly and a supporting base, where two ends of the rotary power connection assembly are respectively connected to the artificial tree body and the supporting base, the artificial tree body is provided with a light source electrically connected to the supporting base, and the supporting base is provided with a driving motor;
  • the rotary power connection assembly includes a rotating shaft core and a conductive structure sleeved at the periphery of the rotating shaft core, two ends of the rotating shaft core are respectively connected to a power output shaft of the driving motor and the light source, the conductive structure is electrically connected to the light source, and the supporting base includes a metal contact piece electrically connected to the conductive structure; and
  • the supporting base further includes a built-in power supply and/or a power interface electrically connected to the metal contact piece.

According to the above technical solution, the embodiments of the present disclosure at least have the following advantages and positive effects:

• • the rotary artificial tree provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure includes the artificial tree body, the rotary power connection assembly and the supporting base, the artificial tree body is provided with the decorative lamp string, the artificial tree body is provided with a trunk portion arranged vertically, and the supporting base is provided with the driving motor; the rotary power connection assembly includes the rotating shaft core which is in stop connection with the power output shaft of the driving motor and arranged vertically, the rotating shaft core is in driving connection with the trunk portion of the artificial tree body, a conductive ring mounting sleeve capable of rotating synchronously with the rotating shaft core is sleeved at the periphery of the rotating shaft core, at least two metal conductive rings which are insulated and arranged at intervals sequentially from top to bottom and are respectively ring-shaped are sleeved at the periphery of the conductive ring mounting sleeve, and the decorative lamp string is electrically connected to each of the metal conductive rings through a wire; and the supporting base is provided with a metal contact piece corresponding to each of the metal conductive rings, and each metal contact piece is respectively in contact with the corresponding metal conductive ring and is electrically conducted. Through the above structural design, the rotary artificial tree has the advantages of novel design, simple structure and convenient assembling.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still obtain other drawings according to the structures shown in these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a partially sectional schematic view according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged schematic view according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a structural schematic diagram of a metal contact piece according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of a supporting base according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a top view of a supporting base shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a supporting base shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a method diagram of a region A in the sectional view shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a structural schematic diagram of a supporting base with a shell omitted shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a supporting base with a partial structure omitted shown in FIG. 9; and

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a metal contact piece shown in FIG. 10.

Description of reference numerals is as follows:

• • 1. artificial tree body
  • 11. trunk portion
  • 111. branch portion
  • 12. decorative lamp string
  • 12a. light source
  • 121. lamp bead
  • 2. rotary power connection assembly
  • 21. rotating shaft core
  • 22. conductive mounting sleeve
  • 23. metal conductive ring
  • 24. metal contact piece
  • 241. contact piece base portion
  • 242. contact piece extending portion
  • 243. elastic contact portion
  • 3. supporting base
  • 31. contact piece mounting portion
  • 32. contact piece clamping groove
  • 4. driving motor
  • 5. linkage sleeve
  • 51. inserting hole
  • 511. rotation-stopping strip
  • 61. bottom ball
  • 62. side ball
  • 7. gland
  • 8. ball mounting groove
  • 9. control button
  • 91. forward and backward rotation control switch
  • 92. rotating speed control knob
  • 10. built-in power supply
  • 101. battery box
  • 102. power interface
  • 103. wire
  • 104. threading hole
  • 105. fixing base
  • 106. control mainboard
  • 107. voice module

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Typical embodiments embodying the features and advantages of the present disclosure will be described in detail in the following description. It should be understood that the present disclosure can have various changes in different embodiments without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, and the description and illustrations therein are essentially for illustration, not for limiting the present disclosure.

In addition, terms “first” and “second” are used merely for description, and cannot be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating a quantity of indicated technical features. Therefore, features defined with “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present disclosure, “a plurality of” means two or more, unless otherwise specifically defined.

In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that, unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms “arrange”, “connected” and “connection” should be understood in a broad sense, for example, they may be fixed connection, may be detachable connection or integrated connection, may be mechanical connection, may also be electrical connection, may be direction connection, may also be indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and may be communication of two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meaning of the terms in the present disclosure may be understood according to specific situations.

In Embodiment 1, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a novel rotary artificial tree includes an artificial tree body 1, a rotary power connection assembly 2 and a supporting base 3, where the artificial tree body 1 is provided with a decorative lamp string 12, the artificial tree body 1 is provided with a trunk portion 11 arranged vertically, and the supporting base 3 is provided with a driving motor 4.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the rotary power connection assembly 2 includes a rotating shaft core 21 which is in stop connection with a power output shaft of the driving motor 4 and arranged vertically, the rotating shaft core 21 is in driving connection with the trunk portion 11 of the artificial tree body 1, a conductive ring mounting sleeve 22 capable of rotating synchronously with the rotating shaft core 21 is sleeved at the periphery of the rotating shaft core 21, at least two metal conductive rings 23 which are insulated and arranged at intervals sequentially from top to bottom and are respectively ring-shaped are sleeved at the periphery of the conductive ring mounting sleeve 22, and the decorative lamp string 12 is electrically connected to each of the metal conductive rings 23 through a wire.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, the supporting base 3 is respectively provided with a metal contact piece 24 corresponding to each of the metal conductive rings 23, and each metal contact piece 24 is respectively in contact with the corresponding metal conductive ring 23 and is electrically conducted.

It should be noted that for the novel rotary artificial tree in Embodiment 1, a metal contact sheet is electrically connected to an external power supply through a wire, and the wire connected to the metal conductive ring 23 can be electrically connected to the decorative lamp string 12 of the artificial tree body 1 through a mutual-insertion connector. During work, the driving motor 4 starts and drives the rotating shaft core 21 to rotate, and the rotating shaft core 21 which rotates drives the trunk portion 11 of the artificial tree body 1 to rotate, so that the whole artificial tree body 1 rotates; and in this process, the conductive ring mounting sleeve 22 and each metal conductive ring 23 mounted on the conductive ring mounting sleeve 22 respectively rotate synchronously with the rotating shaft core 21, that is, each metal conductive ring 23 is in sliding contact with the corresponding metal contact piece 24 and ensures the electrical conduction connection.

It should be emphasized that the rotary power connection assembly 2 in Embodiment 1 includes a rotating shaft core 21, a conductive ring mounting sleeve 22, a metal conductive ring 23 and a metal contact piece 24, and the whole structure is simple; and during assembling, the rotating shaft core 21 is mounted at a power output shaft of the driving motor 4, the conductive ring with the metal conductive ring 23 is sleeved on the rotating shaft core 21, and each metal conductive ring 23 is ensured to be in contact with the corresponding metal contact piece 24, so that the assembling is convenient and rapid.

Based on the above situation, it can be seen that through the above structural design, the novel rotary artificial tree in Embodiment 1 has the advantages of novel design, simple structure and convenient assembling.

In Embodiment 2, as shown in FIG. 3, Embodiment 2 is different from Embodiment 1 in that: the supporting base 3 is respectively provided with a contact piece mounting portion 31 corresponding to each metal contact piece 24, each contact piece mounting portion 31 is respectively provided with a contact piece clamping groove 32, and each metal contact piece 24 is respectively clamped and fixed in the corresponding contact piece clamping groove 32.

For the mounting structure of the metal contact piece 24, the advantage of convenient and rapid mounting is achieved.

In Embodiment 3, as shown in FIG. 4, Embodiment 3 is different from Embodiment 1 in that: the metal contact piece 24 is C-shaped, the metal contact piece 24 includes a contact piece base portion 241 and contact piece extending portions 242 symmetrically arranged at two end parts of the contact piece base portion 241, and each of the contact piece extending portions 242 is respectively provided with an elastic contact portion 243.

Each metal conductive ring 23 is respectively located between two contact piece extending portions 242 of the corresponding metal contact piece 24, and the clastic contact portion 243 of each of the contact piece extending portions 242 elastically presses against and is in contact with the metal conductive ring 23, respectively.

Each metal contact piece 24 is in contact and electrical conduction with the corresponding metal conductive ring 23 respectively through the corresponding elastic contact portion 243. The structural design can ensure the stability and reliability of the electrical connection between the metal contact piece 24 and the metal conductive ring 23.

Embodiment 4, as shown in FIG. 2, Embodiment 4 is different from Embodiment 1 in that: to facilitate the mounting of the trunk portion 11 of the artificial tree body 1, Embodiment 4 adopts the following structural design, specifically as follows: a linkage sleeve 5 is rotatably mounted at an upper end part of the supporting base 3, a core portion of the linkage sleeve 5 is formed with an inserting hole 51 with an upward opening, and a lower end portion of the trunk portion 11 of the artificial tree body 1 is inserted into the inserting hole 51 of the linkage sleeve 5; and a lower end portion of the linkage sleeve 5 is in stop sleeving connection with an upper end portion of the rotating shaft core 21.

During work, the driving motor 4 drives the rotating shaft core 21 to rotate, the rotating shaft core 21 drives the trunk portion 11 by the linkage sleeve 5 to rotate synchronously, so that the whole artificial tree body 1 rotates.

Embodiment 5, as shown in FIG. 2, Embodiment 5 is different from Embodiment 4 in that: a circle of bottom balls 61 are mounted between a lower surface of the linkage sleeve 5 and the supporting base 3, and the lower surface of the linkage sleeve 5 is in rolling contact with the bottom balls 61.

In addition, a ring-shaped gland 7 is screwed and fastened at the upper end part of the supporting base 3, a ring-shaped ball mounting groove 8 is formed between the gland 7 and the supporting base 3, a circle of side balls 62 are mounted in the ball mounting groove 8, and a side wall of the linkage sleeve 5 is in rolling contact with the side balls 62.

When the linkage sleeve 5 rotates relative to the supporting base 3, the bottom balls 61 can effectively reduce a friction force between the lower surface of the linkage sleeve 5 and the supporting base 3, and the side balls 62 can effectively reduce a friction force between the side wall of the linkage sleeve 5 and the supporting base 3. That is, through the design of the bottom balls 61 and the side balls 62, Embodiment 5 can effectively improve the smoothness of the rotating action of the linkage sleeve 5.

In Embodiment 7, as shown in FIG. 1, Embodiment 7 is different from Embodiment 1 in that: the supporting base 3 is provided with a forward and backward rotation control switch 91 for controlling the forward and backward rotation of the driving motor 4.

In addition, the supporting base 3 is provided with a rotating speed control knob 92 for adjusting the rotating speed of the driving motor 4.

During use of the novel rotary artificial tree in Embodiment 7, a user can control the steering and the rotating speed according to requirements, where the steering control can be achieved by operating the forward and backward rotation control switch 91, and the rotating speed control can be achieved by operating the rotating speed control knob 92.

Referring to FIG. 5 to FIG. 11, FIG. 5 to FIG. 11 show structural diagrams of a supporting base 3 according to an embodiment.

The rotary artificial tree in this embodiment is basically the same as the outline of the rotary artificial tree shown in FIG. 1. The rotary artificial tree includes an artificial tree body 1, a rotary power connection assembly 2 and a supporting base 3, two ends of the rotary power connection assembly 2 are respectively connected to the artificial tree body 1 and the supporting base 3, the artificial tree body 1 is provided with a light source 12a electrically connected to the supporting base 3, and the supporting base 3 is provided with a driving motor 4.

Referring to FIG. 7 to FIG. 10, the rotary power connection assembly 2 includes a rotating shaft core 21 and a conductive structure sleeved at the periphery of the rotating shaft core 21, two ends of the rotating shaft core 21 are respectively connected to the power output shaft of the driving motor 4 and the light source 12a, the conductive structure is electrically connected to the light source 12a, and the supporting base 3 includes a metal contact piece 24 electrically connected to the conductive structure.

During work, the driving motor 4 drives the rotating shaft core 21 to drive the artificial tree body 1 to rotate synchronously, and the electrical connection between the supporting base 3 and the light source 12a on the artificial tree body 1 is achieved through the rotary power connection assembly 2.

The supporting base 3 further includes a built-in power supply 10 and/or a power interface 102 electrically connected to the metal contact piece 24.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 9, specifically, the built-in power supply 10 is a batter box 101, a dry battery is detachably mounted in the battery box 101, and when energy in the dry battery is used up and cannot supply power, the dry battery can be quickly replaced to supply power for the light source 12a. It can be understood that in other embodiments, the dry battery may also be replaced with a rechargeable power supply.

Specifically, the artificial tree body 1 includes a trunk portion 11 vertically arranged and branch portions 111 connected to the trunk portion 11, and the trunk portion 11 and the plurality of branch portions 111 are configured as an artificial tree body 1 imitating a Christmas tree. It can be understood that in other embodiments, the artificial tree body 1 may also be configured as a shape imitating other trees.

Specifically, the light source 12a is a decorative lamp string 12, the decorative lamp string 12 is mounted on the artificial tree body 1, the decorative lamp string 12 includes a plurality of lamp beads 121, and the lamp beads 121 are at least partially exposed to the branch portions 111. It can be understood that in other embodiments the light source 12 a may also be replaced with other electronic components capable of emitting light.

Specifically, FIG. 8, FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 show that the conductive structure includes a conductive mounting sleeve 22 and at least two ring-shaped metal conductive rings 23, the conductive mounting sleeve 22 abuts against the periphery of the rotating shaft core 21, the two metal conductive rings 23 are insulated and arranged at intervals, and the metal conductive rings 23 is electrically connected to the metal contact piece 24.

In this embodiment, the light source 12a is electrically connected to the conductive mounting sleeve 22 through a wire 103.

Specifically, FIG. 6 and FIG. 9 show that a threading hole 104 is formed in the rotating shaft core, two ends of the wire 103 pass through the threading hole 104 and then are respectively electrically connected to the light source 12a and the conductive mounting sleeve 22, so that the wire 103 is not exposed to the supporting base 3, and the winding problem of the wire 103 and articles outside the supporting base 3 is avoided.

Specifically, a threading channel is formed inside the artificial tree body 1, one end of the wire 103 passes through the threading hole 104 and then enters the threading channel to be electrically connected to the light source 12a, and the wire 103 is not exposed to the artificial tree body 1, so that the rotary artificial tree is more beautiful as a whole.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 8, the top of the rotating shaft core 21 is the linkage sleeve 5, the top of the linkage sleeve 5 is formed with an inserting hole 51, and a lower end part of the artificial tree body 1 is inserted into the inserting hole 51 of the linkage sleeve 5. When the driving motor 4 drives the rotating shaft core 21 to rotate, the rotating shaft core 21 drives the artificial tree body 1 by the linkage sleeve 5 to rotate synchronously.

Further, one or more vertically extending rotation-stopping strips 511 are arranged on an inner wall of the inserting hole 51; and when the artificial tree body 1 is inserted into the inserting hole 51, the rotation-stopping strips 511 are clamped at the lower end part of the artificial tree body 1, so that the artificial tree body 1 rotates synchronously with the linkage sleeve 5.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the rotary artificial tree further includes a fixing base 105 for fixing a metal contact piece 24, one end of the metal contact piece 24 is fixed to the fixing base 105, and the other end of the metal contact piece is electrically connected to the metal conductive ring 23. It can be understood that when the driving motor 4 drives the rotating shaft core 21 to rotate, the rotary artificial tree achieves electrical connection through the contact between the metal contact piece 24 and the metal conductive ring 23, and the fixing base 105 can fix the position of the metal contact piece 24, so that the deviation between the metal contact piece 24 and the metal conductive ring 23 when the driving motor 4 rotates can be avoided.

In this embodiment, referring to FIG. 5 and FIG. 9, the rotary artificial tree further includes a control mainboard 106 and a voice module 107, and the control mainboard 106 is electrically connected to the metal contact piece 24, the built-in power supply 10 and/or the power interface 102 and the voice module 107 through wires 103.

Specifically, the voice module 107 is a loudspeaker, and the loudspeaker can be configured to play music. It can be understood that in other embodiments, a user also can control the on and off of the light source 12a and the rotation of the driving motor 4 through the voice module 107.

Specifically, a control button 9 is arranged at the top of the supporting base 3, and the control button 9 is configured to control the forward and backward rotation of the driving motor 4 and/or the rotating speed of the driving motor 4. It can be understood that the control button 9 may further be used for the on and off of the light source 12a and the flashing, color and other lighting effects of the light source 12a, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to several typical embodiments, it should be understood that the terms used are illustrative and exemplary rather than limiting. Since the present disclosure can be specifically implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or essence of the present disclosure, it should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are not limited to any of the foregoing details, but should be broadly interpreted within the spirit and scope defined by the appended claims, so all changes and modifications that fall within the scope of the claims or their equivalents should be covered by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A rotary artificial tree, comprising an artificial tree body, a rotary power connection assembly and a supporting base, wherein two ends of the rotary power connection assembly are respectively connected to the artificial tree body and the supporting base, the artificial tree body is provided with a light source electrically connected to the supporting base, and the supporting base is provided with a driving motor; the rotary power connection assembly comprises a rotating shaft core and a conductive structure sleeved at the periphery of the rotating shaft core, two ends of the rotating shaft core are respectively connected to a power output shaft of the driving motor and the light source, the conductive structure is electrically connected to the light source, and the supporting base comprises a metal contact piece electrically connected to the conductive structure; andthe supporting base further comprises a built-in power supply and/or a power interface electrically connected to the metal contact piece.

2. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 1, where the conductive structure comprises a conductive mounting sleeve and at least two ring-shaped metal conductive rings, the conductive mounting sleeve abuts against the periphery of the rotating shaft core, the metal conductive rings are insulated and arranged at intervals, and the metal conductive rings are electrically connected to the metal contact piece.

3. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 2, further comprising a wire, wherein the light source is electrically connected to the conductive mounting sleeve through the wire.

4. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 3, wherein a threading hole is formed in the rotating shaft core, two ends of the wire pass through the threading hole and then are respectively electrically connected to the light source and the conductive mounting sleeve, and the wire is not exposed to the supporting base.

5. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 4, wherein a threading channel is formed inside the artificial tree body, one end of the wire passes through the threading hole and then enters the threading channel to be electrically connected to the light source, and the wire is not exposed to the artificial tree body.

6. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 2, wherein a linkage sleeve is arranged at the top of the rotating shaft core, an inserting hole is formed at the top of the linkage sleeve, and a lower end part of the artificial tree body is inserted into the inserting hole of the linkage sleeve; and when the driving motor drives the rotating shaft core to rotate, the rotating shaft core drives the artificial tree body by the linkage sleeve to rotate synchronously.

7. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 6, wherein one or more vertically extending rotation-stopping strips are arranged on an inner wall of the inserting hole; and when the artificial tree body is inserted into the inserting hole, the rotation-stopping strips are clamped at the lower end part of the artificial tree body.

8. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 2, further comprising a fixing base for fixing the metal contact piece, wherein one end of the metal contact piece is fixed at the fixing base, and the other end of the metal contact piece is electrically connected to the metal conductive rings.

9. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 8, further comprising a control mainboard and a voice module, wherein the control mainboard is electrically connected to the metal contact piece through the wire, and the voice module is electrically connected to the control mainboard through the wire.

10. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 9, wherein the built-in power supply is a battery box, a dry battery is detachably mounted in the battery box, and the dry battery is electrically connected to the control mainboard through the wire.

11. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 9, wherein a control button is arranged at the top of the supporting base, and the control button is configured to control the forward and backward rotation of the driving motor and/or a rotating speed of the driving motor.

12. The rotary artificial tree according to claim 1, wherein the light source is a decorative lamp string, the artificial tree body is provided with a trunk portion arranged vertically and branch portions connected to the trunk portion, and the decorative lamp string comprises a plurality of lamp beads at least partially exposed to the branch portions.