Patent Application
20200114273
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 to Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-193055 filed on Oct. 12, 2108. The entire content of Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-193055 is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a spinning top toy.
Conventionally, it is well-known that a spinning top toy for battles is provided with a body having the first flange and the first meshing element (projection); and a shaft part having the second flange, a pressing member provided with the second meshing element (raised part), a coil spring urging the pressing member in the upper direction, and a grounding part (see e.g., Patent Document 1).
In the spinning top toy, the body and the shaft part are butted in the vertical direction at the position where the first flange and the second flange are not overlapped in the vertical direction, and at the state against the urging force of the urging member, the body is relatively rotated by a predetermined amount in one direction around the shaft center of the grounding part with respect to the shaft part. The upper surface of the first flange and the lower surface of the second flange are overlapped in the vertical direction, and the body and the shaft part are engaged, and the first meshing element and the second meshing element abuts in the vertical direction so as to function as a rotational resistance.
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 5793631
A battle game by using such spinning top toy starts when more than two spinning top toys are energized and rotated by a launcher (launching apparatus), etc. and are released on a game board. The battle game ends when the body is rotated with respect to the shaft part from the assembled position to the disassembled position by colliding the spinning top toys each other, and the body and shaft part of the spinning top toy are disassembled. During the battle game, the players can feel thrill and enjoy the battle game with the player's empathy to own spinning top toy, etc. Therefore, in order to enjoy the battle game, it is preferable not to finish the battle game immediately.
The present invention was created considering the aforementioned conventional status. An object is to provide a spinning top toy having a structure to take longer time until it is disassembled.
According to the first means, a spinning top toy includes a body having a first flange and a first sliding element; and a shaft part having a second flange, a pressing member provided with a second sliding element, an urging member urging the pressing member in an upper direction, and a grounding part.
A spinning top toy includes a body and a shaft part. The body includes a first flange and a first sliding element. The shaft part is detachably attached to the body. The shaft part includes a second flange, a pressing member, a second sliding element, an urging member urging the pressing member upwardly towards the body, and a grounding part. The urging member urges the pressing member away from the grounding part. The first flange and the second flange overlap in the vertical direction. The shaft part is configured to be detached from the body by relative rotation with respect to the shaft part.
Hereinafter, a spinning top toy of the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the drawings.
The spinning top toy 1 according to the embodiment is a spinning top toy capable of being used in a so-called battle game. Specifically, the spinning top toy 1 can be used in a battle game in which an opponent's spinning top toy 1 is disassembled as shown in the right side of
As shown in
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A hole 102 is formed in the bottom part of the outer frame member 100.
Further, in the edge of the hole 102, four projecting pieces 103 are formed in an equal interval in the circumference direction to support the grounding member 110 from the lower side. Further, in the inner circumference of the outer frame member 100, a stepped section is formed, so that the diameter of the lower half part becomes small with respect to the upper half part, and a plurality of guide grooves 107 extending the vertical direction in the inner piece of the lower half part are formed in an equal interval in the circumference direction.
In the upper end opening part of the outer frame member 100, a flange 104 is formed. A fitting groove 105 is formed on the upper surface of the flange 104 in each of right and left sections facing each other across the shaft center. Each fitting groove 105 is extended in the radial direction of the outer frame member 100. A screw inserting hole 106 passing through in the vertical direction is formed in the bottom of each fitting groove 105.
The grounding member 110 is provided with an inner fitting groove 111 fitting inside the outer frame member 100, and a grounding part 11 provided at the lower end of the inner fitting grove 111.
The inner fitting groove 111 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape. In the upper end opening part of the inner fitting groove 111, a flange 112 is formed. The flange 112 sits on the inner step part of the outer frame member 100 when the inner fitting groove 111 is fitted into the inner side of the outer frame member 100. Further, a notch 113, which extends in the shaft center direction and reaches the upper end at each of the right and left directions facing across the shaft, is formed in the outer circumferential wall of the inner fitting groove 111. Further, a plurality of protruding parts 114, which extends in parallel to the shaft center in the outer circumference of the inner fitting groove 111, is formed in an equal interval in the circumferential direction. The convex-shape 114 is engaged with the guide groove 107 when the inner fitting groove 111 is fitted to the inner side of the outer frame member 100.
In the flange 12 and the cylindrical body 13, a hole 14 is formed at each of the sections facing in the front and back direction across the shaft center of the grounding part 11. Further, in the cylindrical body 13, a projection part 15 is formed at each of the sections facing in the right and left directions across the shaft center of the grounding part 11. The outer surface of the projection parts 15 are flush with the outer circumferential surface of the flange 12.
Further, as shown in
Further, the shaft part 10 is provided with a cylindrical shaped pressing member 18. The pressing member 18 is arranged inside the cylindrical body 13 in a manner surrounding the outer circumference of the cylindrical columnar body 16. At the outer circumferential lower end part of the pressing member 18, leg parts 18c are provided. The leg part 18c is formed at each of the sections facing in the front and back direction across the shaft center of the grounding part 11. The upward movement of the leg parts 18c of the pressing member 18 is restricted at the upper edge of the holes 14, and in the normal condition, the upper end of the pressing member 18 is positioned at the same height as the upper end of the cylindrical body 13. Further, on the upper surface of the ceiling part of the pressing member 18, protruding strips (projections) 21, which extend radially at the sections facing in the right and left direction across the shaft center of the grounding part 11, are formed.
The pressing member 18 is fitted from the lower side to the cylindrical body 13 provided with the flange 12. For the convenience of explanation, this assembled body is called as an upper part assembled body. On the other hand, the grounding member 110 is fitted from the upper side to the outer frame member 100. In this case, the fitting grooves 105 of the outer frame member 100 and the notches 113 of the grounding member 110 are faced in the radial direction. Accordingly, the protruding parts 114 of the grounding member 110 are fitted to the guide grooves 107 of the outer frame member 100. For the convenience of explanation, this assembled body is called as a lower part assembled body.
Next, the upper part assembled body and the lower part assembled body come close to each other, and a coil spring 20 is provided between the pressing member 18 of the upper part assembled body and the flange 112 of the grounding member 110 of the lower part assembled body. The top end parts 163 of the fasteners 160 of the cylindrical columnar body 16 are fitted to the fitting grooves 105 of the outer frame member 100. In this state, the flange 12 of the upper part assembled body is screwed by passing the male screws 19 through the screw inserting holes 106 of the outer frame member 100 and the screw inserting holes 164 of the fasteners 160.
With this, the shaft part 10 is assembled (see
In this embodiment, as shown in
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Further, at the middle region in the vertical direction of the inner circumferential surface of the inner circumferential wall 43a, a protrusion 47 which overhangs in the inward radial direction is projected at each of the sections which are faced each other in the right and left direction across the shaft center of the grounding part 11.
In addition, on the lower end surface of the inner circumferential wall 43a, a raised part 45 in which protrusions and recesses are continuously formed so as to mesh with the aforementioned protruding strips 21 is formed at each of the sections which are faced each other in the right and left direction across the shaft center of the grounding part 11. Further, at the ceiling wall 43b which partitions and forms the annular-shaped recess part 42 of the body 40, arcuate slits 46, which are capable of inserting the tongue-piece parts 34 of the performance variable ring 30 from the lower side, are formed. The arcuate slits 46 have a length in which the tongue-piece parts 34 can be sufficiently moved. Further, one end part of the arcuate slits 46 has narrow width, so that the hooks 54b of the launcher 50, which will be described later, are engaged.
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Next, an example of an assembly method of the spinning top toy 1 will be described. Here, it assumes that the assembly of the shaft part 10 has been already completed. Further, it assumes that the assembly of mounting the identification part 60 to the circular hole 41 has been already completed.
First, the projection parts 15 of the shaft part 10 is fitted to the recessed parts 33 of the performance variable ring 30 from the lower side, and the shaft part 10 and the performance variable ring 30 are assembled to become the fitting state.
Next, the assembled body brings to the position close to the body 40 from the lower side. In this case, the tongue piece parts 34 of the performance variable ring 30 of the aforementioned assembled body are fitted to the predetermined ends of the arcuate slits 46 of the body 40 (see
After that, the shaft part 10 of the aforementioned assembled body pushes to the body 40 side. Then, first, the performance variable ring 30 is pushed to the lower surface of the body 40. Further, the coil spring 20 contracts and the flanges 17 of the shaft part 10 are relatively pushed up to the position higher than the flanges 44 of the body 40.
The shaft part 10 is rotated with respect to the body 40 integrated with the performance variable ring 30 until the tongue-piece parts 34 move to the ends opposite side of the aforementioned predetermined ends (see
Next, an example of how to play with the spinning top toy 1 will be described. In this example of how to play, by rotating the spinning top toy 1, it performs to fight with the opponent's spinning top toy 1.
In this case, a charge of the rotation force of the spinning top toy 1 is performed by a launcher 50 as shown in
In this case, the forks 54 are inserted to the arcuate slits 46 of the body 40, and the hooks 54b are engaged with the lower end of the arcuate slits 46. When the handle 51 of the launcher 50 is pulled to the end, the rotation of the disk and further, the spinning top holder 53 is stopped, and on the other hand, the spinning top toy 1 is rotated further by the inertia force, so that the spinning top toy 1 is released from the spinning top holder 53 in accordance with the inclined surface 54a of the forks 54. In
When the spinning top toy 1 launched in such manner is rotated in a predetermined field and collides with the opponent's spinning top toy 1, by the impact force or friction, etc. due to the collision, in the body 40, the force is applied in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the shaft part 10 and the performance variable ring 30, and with this, the body 40 is relatively rotated in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the shaft part 10 and the performance variable ring 30. The protruding strips 21 are meshed with the raised part 45 of the body 40, and the urging force of the coil spring 20 is applied to the protruding strips 21, so that every time the impact force is applied by the collision, the shaft part 10 is relatively rotated with respect to the body 40 and the meshing position is changed. When reaching the lock releasing position, the engagement of the flanges 44 of the body 40 and the flanges 17 of the shaft part 10 is released, and by the urging force of the coil spring 20, the body 40 is separated from the shaft part 10. As shown in the right side of
The coil spring 20 urges in the direction separating the pressing member 18 and the grounding member 110 away from each other. In this case, when an external force is applied to the spinning top toy 1, and the grounding part 11 is operated in the direction to be retracted into the shaft part main body, in other words, when the shaft part body (fixed part of the outer frame member 100, etc.) is retracted, the coil spring 20 is contracted, and the pressure to the meshing between the raised part 45 of the body 40 and the protruding strips 21 is enhanced (see
The embodiments of the present invention were described above, but the present invention is not limited to the aforementioned embodiments, and needless to say, various modifications may be made within the scope that does not depart from the essential point of the present invention.
For example, in the aforementioned embodiments, as the rotational resistance between the shaft part 10 and the body 40, the protruding strips 21 are formed in the shaft part 10 and the raised part 45 is formed in the body 40. However, the protruding part and the recessed part may be formed in a different shape. Further, the number of these parts is not limited to the number described in the aforementioned embodiments. Further, the rotational resistance is not limited to the meshing elements, but it may be a resistance part made of a rubber, etc. formed on the surfaces faced between the shaft part 10 and the body 40. In a word, it may be any structure as long as it becomes a rotational resistance by performing the slide-contact each other. In other words, it is sufficient to be the sliding element. In this case, by applying the impact force, etc. from the outside, the shaft part 10 and the body 40 are gradually and relatively rotated in the direction to be disassembled.
According to the first means, in a state in which the grounding part and the pressing member are energized by one energizing member in the direction separating from each other and the spinning top toy goes down, the grounding part is pushed to move upward with respect to the shaft body by receiving the reaction force. Accordingly, the contact force of the sliding elements each other is enhanced, so that the rotational resistance increases and it hardly performs the relative rotation.
According to the second means, the sliding elements are configured with the meshing elements, so that when the body of the spinning top toy receives the external force from the above, the meshing force between the meshing elements becomes large.
According to the third means, the energizing member is configured with the coil spring, so that the sliding elements can appropriately contact each other.
The above and/or other aspects, features and/or advantages of various embodiments will be further appreciated in view of the following description in conjunction with the accompanying figures. Various embodiments can include and/or exclude different aspects, features and/or advantages where applicable. In addition, various embodiments can combine one or more aspect or feature of other embodiments where applicable. The descriptions of aspects, features and/or advantages of particular embodiments should not be construed as limiting other embodiments or the claims. In the drawings, the size and relative sizes of layers and regions may be exaggerated for clarity. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items and may be abbreviated as “/”. It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. Unless indicated otherwise, these terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first object could be termed a second object, and, similarly, a second object could be termed a first object without departing from the teachings of the disclosure. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” or “includes” and/or “including” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to or “on” another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to or on the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.). However, the term “contact,” as used herein refers to direct contact (i.e., touching) unless the context indicates otherwise. Terms such as “same,” “planar,” or “coplanar,” as used herein when referring to orientation, layout, location, shapes, sizes, amounts, or other measures do not necessarily mean an exactly identical orientation, layout, location, shape, size, amount, or other measure, but are intended to encompass nearly identical orientation, layout, location, shapes, sizes, amounts, or other measures within acceptable variations that may occur, for example, due to manufacturing processes. The term “substantially” may be used herein to reflect this meaning. Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and/or the present application, and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-193055 | Oct 2018 | JP | national |
