JPH063392U - Ball toys - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a ball play toy that enables a game to be played speedily and allows a water stream for moving a ball to be enjoyed as a fountain, which is visually very interesting. A ball 1, a fountain cylinder 12 for generating fountain so as to move the ball 1, a ball stand 23 which is open above and below and arranged above the fountain cylinder 12, and a fountain cylinder 12 are provided. A compression operation member 13 that is connected and pressurizes the inside of the fountain cylinder 12 by a compression operation.
And is configured so that a game can be played by moving the ball 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a ball play toy for playing a game while moving a ball with a fountain.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As a conventional toy of this type, for example, the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 54-312 is known. This toy was equipped with a water tank filled with water, an underwater floating member such as a ring or ball with a specific gravity slightly larger than that of the water contained in this water tank, and an underwater floating member that can receive the underwater floating member. It is composed of related members such as a rod and a backing plate, and a compression operation member for causing an upward water flow that pushes the underwater floating member upward. With such a configuration, the underwater floating member is pushed up above the related member by the upward water flow generated by operating the compression operation member, and then, when descending in the water under its own weight, some of the related It can be played as an underwater ring-throwing game or an underwater ball throwing game because it is received by the member and falls down without being accepted by the related member.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the conventional toys described above, the underwater floating member has a slightly larger specific gravity than water and descends very slowly in the water, so you can play elegantly and relaxedly, but the results of the game come out. It took time to get there, and it lacked speed. Also, in this toy, the water flow for pushing up the underwater floating member is generated in the water, so the player cannot see this water flow, and only the movement of the underwater floating member can be seen. Since it was monotonous, there was room for improvement in this respect as well.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and a game can be played speedily, and a water stream for moving a ball can be enjoyed as a fountain, and can be visually provided. It aims to provide a very entertaining ball toy.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the ball toy of the present invention has a ball, a fountain cylinder for generating a fountain so as to move the ball, an upper and lower opening, and is arranged above the fountain cylinder. The ball base and a compression operation member that is connected to the fountain cylinder and pressurizes the inside of the fountain cylinder by a compression operation are provided, and the game can be played by moving the ball.

[0006]

[Action]

 The fountain cylinder is pressurized by the compression operation member being compressed to generate a fountain. The ball placed on the ball table is moved by the generated fountain, and a game can be played when the ball moves in the air.

[0007]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show an embodiment of a ball toy to which the present invention is applied. This toy has a hollow main body 2 in which a plurality of balls 1 are housed and related members capable of playing a game with the balls 1, and a fountain is generated in the main body 2 to blow the ball 1 upward. And a ball setting mechanism 4 for setting the ball 1 at a position where the ball 1 can be blown up by the fountain generation mechanism 3.

The main body 2 is formed by fitting the front case 5 and the rear case 6 to each other, and is fixed on a hollow base 7. The front case 5 of the main body 2 is made of, for example, transparent plastic, and the front surface thereof is slightly inclined rearward, while the rear case 6 is made of transparent or opaque plastic and stands upright from the base 7. (See Figure 2). On the rear side of the main body 2, a support plate 8 in the shape of a tree is arranged substantially parallel to the front surface of the front case 5 and screwed. The support plate 8 is integrally provided with five arc-shaped receiving plates (related members) 9 for receiving the balls 1 at intervals in the vertical direction (see FIG. 1). An impeller 10 for decoration is rotatably riveted above the support plate 8.

The fountain generation mechanism 3 is connected to a water tank 11 filled with a liquid 15 such as water serving as a water source of the fountain, a fountain cylinder 12 for blowing the liquid 15 into the main body 2 as fountain, and a fountain cylinder 12. The bellows 13 for generating a fountain in the fountain cylinder 12 by compression and the fountain push button 14 for compressing the bellows 13 are configured.

The water tank 11 is constituted by a lower end portion of the main body 2 extending to the vicinity of the bottom of the base 7, and an upper opening thereof is covered with an intermediate plate 16 fixed to the main body 2. As shown in FIG. 2, the fountain cylinder 12 has its lower end part submerged in the liquid 15 facing the bottom of the water tank 11, penetrates the intermediate plate 16, and is supported substantially parallel to the support plate 8. It extends to near the front position of the lower end of the holding plate 8. The fountain cylinder 12 is fixed to the main body 2 by inserting a connecting pipe 17 projectingly formed on its side surface into one end of a socket 18 integrally formed on the front wall of the water tank 11. A nozzle 19 is formed at the upper end of the fountain cylinder 12, and inside the fountain cylinder 12, an injection valve 20 is provided above the connection pipe 17 and an intake valve 40 is provided below the connection pipe 17. Each of the valves 20 and 40 has a valve body made of a spherical body made of stainless steel, and functions as a check valve that allows the liquid 15 to flow only upward. One end of a pipe 21 is watertightly connected to the other end of the socket 18, and the bellows 13 described above is watertightly attached to the other end of the pipe 21. The bellows 13 is provided so as to project upward from the front portion of the base 7, and the fountain push button 14 is fixed to the bellows 13 so as to cover the bellows 13. A liquid 15 is filled inside each constituent element from the fountain cylinder 12 to the bellows 13.

The ball setting mechanism 4 includes a receiving tray 22 for receiving the balls 1 falling in the main body 2, a link mechanism 24 for moving the balls 1 from the receiving tray 22 to the ball base 23, and a link mechanism 24. Is made up of a small bellows 25 that keeps the watertight and a push button 26 for ball set for operating the link mechanism 24.

The tray 22 is horizontally arranged near the lower end of the support plate 8 so as to cover the entire cross section of the main body 2, and a U-shaped opening 27 is formed at the bottom. The ball base 23 is open at the top and bottom and is formed integrally with the tray 22 so as to surround the outlet of the nozzle 19 of the fountain cylinder 12 at a position adjacent to the opening 27 and slightly higher than this. It is arranged.

The link mechanism 24 is composed of a first lever 29 extending vertically and second and third levers 30 and 31 extending horizontally. The first and second levers 29 and 30 are integrally fixed to each other, while the second and third levers 30 and 31 are pins (first fulcrum) formed at one end of the former 30. 28 are pivotally connected to each other by engaging with an elongated hole formed at one end of the latter 31. The first lever 29 penetrates the intermediate plate 16 and has an upper end portion slidably fitted in the opening 27 of the tray 22 and a lower end portion immersed in the liquid 15 in the water tank 11. . The second and third levers 30 and 31 extend horizontally in the liquid body 15 of the water tank 11 in the lateral direction and the front-rear direction, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the third lever 31 extends outward through a hole 32 formed in the front wall of the water tank 11, and a second fulcrum formed in the hole 32 portion. It is rotatably supported by 33, and a ball set push button 26 is fixed upright on its outer end. The small bellows 25 is arranged so as to surround the portion of the third lever 31 extending outward, and its open end is fitted and bonded to the hole 32 of the water tank 11 in order to ensure water tightness. .

Next, the operation of the ball floating toy having the above configuration will be described.

First, the operation of setting the ball 1 on the ball base 23 will be described. Now, assuming that the plurality of balls 1 are all on the tray 22, one of them falls into the opening 27 of the tray 22 and is placed on the upper surface of the first lever 29 of the link mechanism 24. When the ball setting push button 26 is pushed down with a finger in this state, the third lever 31 connected to this pushes around the second fulcrum 33 as shown by the solid line in FIG. The second lever 30 and the first lever 29 integrated with the second lever 30 are pushed upward via the first fulcrum 28. At this time, the small bellows 25 bends downward following the rotation of the third lever 31 (solid line in FIG. 4). The first lever 29 projects upward from the opening 27 of the tray 22 while being guided by the intermediate plate 16, and causes the ball 1 placed on the upper surface thereof to ride on the adjacent ball base 23. This completes the setting of the ball 1.

When the finger is released from the ball setting push button 26, the link mechanism 24 performs the opposite operation to the above, and the small bellows 25 returns to the original position (the position indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 4). As a result, the first lever 29 retracts downward from the opening 27 of the tray 22, the next ball 1 falls into the opening 27, and the ball 1 can be set on the ball base 23.

Next, when the fountain push button 14 is pressed with a finger in this state, the bellows 13 contracts and the liquid 15 contained therein is pressurized. By this pressurization, the suction valve 40 is closed and the injection valve 20 is opened, so that the liquid 15 is jetted upward from the nozzle 19 into the main body 2. The player can enjoy the ejected liquid 15 as a fountain. Further, the impeller 10 rotates due to the water flow generated when the liquid 15 is ejected.

On the other hand, the ball 1 is blown up by the liquid 15 ejected from the nozzle 19 and rotates in the counterclockwise direction (direction of arrow A) in FIG. 2 while rotating between the front case 5 and the support plate 8. Head up through. After that, the ball 1 falls while colliding with the inner surface of the front case 5 or the support plate 8 and is received by any of the five receiving plates 9 of the support plate 8 to become a winning ball during the fall, or It is not received by any of the receiving plates 9 and falls onto the receiving tray 22 to become a detached ball.

On the other hand, the bellows 13 contracted when the fountain is generated starts to expand due to its elasticity. As a result, a negative pressure is generated between the bellows 13 and the two spheres 20, 20, so that the injection valve 20 is closed to prevent the liquid 15 from flowing out from the nozzle 19 side to the bellows 13 side. By opening the suction valve 40, the liquid 15 is supplied from the water tank 11 to the bellows 13 via the lower end of the fountain cylinder 12 and the suction valve 40. In this way, after ejecting the liquid 15 from the nozzle 19, the liquid 15 is automatically supplied from the water tank 11 only by releasing the finger from the fountain push button 14, and the liquid is supplied to the inner space from the nozzle 19 to the bellows 13. 15 will be maintained and the liquid 15 will be ready for the next spout automatically. Therefore, the setting of the ball 1 on the ball base 23 and the ejection of the liquid 15 from the fountain cylinder 12 described above can be immediately repeated to blow up the balls 1 one after another. The liquid 15 ejected into the main body 2 is collected in the tray 22 and returned to the water tank 11 through the first lever 29.

As described above, in the ball toy of the present embodiment, the fountain generation mechanism 3 creates a fountain in the main body 2 so that the user can enjoy watching the fountain. The game can be played speedily because the game is thrown into the main body 2 while moving or dropping in the air. The fountain can be generated with the fountain push button 14, and the ball 1 can be set with the ball set push button 26 with one-touch operation. The preparations are automatically performed. You can blow up one after another and enjoy the game speedily. Furthermore, since the ball 1, the fountain generation mechanism 3, etc. are sealed in the watertightly formed main body 2, the ejected liquid 15 does not leak to the outside, so that it can be played indoors without any trouble. be able to. As a way of playing the game, for example, of the five receiving plates 9 formed on the supporting plate 8, the score when entering the uppermost one is 5 points, and in the following, 4 to 1 points are assigned in order, and all the balls 1 are Various modes are possible, such as competing for the total score when the blowing is completed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented in various modes. For example, in the embodiment, the ball and the receiving plate are housed in the main body, but the main body can be omitted. In this case, the spouted liquid will be scattered, making the toy particularly suitable for playing in the bathroom or outdoors. Alternatively, in the embodiment, the shape of the tree is expressed by the supporting plate that supports the receiving plate of the ball, but the object of such expression is of course arbitrary. Further, a game may be carried out by providing a temporary ball receiving base above the receiving plate, placing the ball once on the temporary receiving base, and then applying a fountain to the ball to move the ball. Further, by providing appropriate nails or holes in a supporting plate or the like as related members, a game such as a pachinko may be played instead of the ball throwing game shown in the embodiment. Further, in the embodiment, the ball is made to float in the main body, but it is also possible to use other than the ball as such a floating member.

[0023]

[Effect of device]

 As described in detail above, the ball floating toy of the present invention allows the game to be performed while moving the ball in the air by the fountain generated by the fountain cylinder, so that the game is speedy and the water flow for moving the ball is high. You can enjoy it as a fountain, and it is very interesting visually.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball floating toy to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the ball floating toy of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a fountain generation mechanism and a ball setting mechanism of the ball floating toy of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an operating state of a lever and a small bellows of the ball setting mechanism of the swing toy of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ball 2 Main Body 9 Support Plate 11 Water Tank 12 Fountain Cylinder 13 Bellows 19 Nozzle 23 Ball Base

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ball, a fountain cylinder for generating fountain so as to move the ball, a ball stand which is open at the upper and lower sides and is arranged above the fountain cylinder, and is connected to the fountain cylinder. A compression operation member that pressurizes the inside of the fountain cylinder by a compression operation,
A ball play toy characterized in that a game can be played by moving the ball. 2. The ball floating toy according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the ball and the fountain cylinder is housed in a case made of a transparent material. 3. The ball toy according to claim 1, further comprising a water tank for containing the liquid supplied to the fountain cylinder.