JP2903671B2 - Coin toys and piggy banks - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a coin insertion toy for inserting coins from a coin insertion slot, and a savings box using the coin insertion toy.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, various savings boxes have been proposed and widely used inside and outside. Generally, when a coin is inserted into a coin insertion slot provided at an upper portion or a front portion of the box, the coin automatically falls into the box by its own weight, and as a result, The coin is stored in a coin storage room formed inside the body.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Generally, the purpose of use of this kind of piggy bank is to make relatively small amounts of money generated in daily life, especially,
The purpose is to store coins, which are coins, so that a large amount of money can be used when needed. Therefore, a savings box in which a large number of coins are deposited in a short period of time is desired.

However, conventionally, the piggy bank proposed has
Proposals are mainly made from the aesthetic aspect of trying to improve the aesthetic appearance, such as those with the appearance of an animal and those with decorations on the outer periphery, and actively put it in the coin slot. No suggestion has been made from the functional aspect of trying to motivate the holder to insert coins. Therefore, the owner of the piggy bank does not cause any interest, and for this reason, the owner of the piggy bank cannot cause a positive will to insert coins into the coin insertion slot, As a result, there is a problem that no coins are stored in the money box even after a long time.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and can motivate a person who holds a piggy bank to actively insert coins into a coin insertion slot. It is another object of the present invention to provide a savings box in which a large number of coins can be stored in a short time.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and the invention according to claim 1 has a box body having a coin insertion slot and a viewing window; A projection object placed upside down in a space formed therein, coin holding means for holding a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot at the position of the projection object, and a form of the projection object Projected object form changing means for partially changing the form by operating, a concave mirror disposed in the box body, inverting the projected object and projecting through the viewing window as an erect image, and the box body An external operator is provided so as to be manually operable and operates to release the holding of the coin holding means and to drive the projection object shape changing means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coin storage unit provided in the box body for storing the released coin.

In this specification, the form of the object to be projected includes not only the shape of the object to be projected but also the color of the object to be projected, the pattern of the object to be projected, a combination thereof, etc. Shall be considered.

[Operation] The operation of the present invention is as follows.

First, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the position of the projected object, which is placed upside down in the space formed inside the box, can be seen through the viewing window inside the box. Is inverted by the concave mirror provided in the camera and projected as an erect image. First, in this state, when a coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot, the coin is held at the position of the projection object by the coin holding means, and a part of the projection object is changed to a coin. The projected image in the state of being viewed can be seen through the viewing window.

Next, when the external operator provided on the box body is operated from this state, coin holding of the coin holding means is released, and at the same time, a part of the shape of the projection object is changed by the projection object shape changing means. Is temporarily changed. If this change is made instantaneously, the coin inserter would see the coin disappearing from the projected image and at the same time see through the viewing window as the shape of the projected object changes, so it is as if looking at a magic trick. You will feel something interesting like this. In order to increase the fun, in the present invention, the image of the object in the coin holding state and the image of the object changing when the coin is released are changed in a narrative manner compatible with the disappearance of the coin. Is configured.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, during the operation of the first aspect, the coin released from coin holding enters the coin storage unit provided in a part of the box body and is stored.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are overall perspective views showing one embodiment of a money box according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the money box, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the money box, FIG. FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the inside of the front case 4A of the money box as viewed from the back side.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, this piggy bank 1
A box 4 having a coin slot 2 and a viewing window 3, a projected object 5, which is arranged in an inverted manner in a space formed inside the box 4 so as not to be seen from the outside, and a coin slot. A coin holder 10 for holding the coin 7 inserted from the position 2 at the position of the projection object 5, a projection object form changing mechanism 6 (not shown) for changing the form of the projection object 5, The projection target 5 is disposed at a position visible through the viewing window 3.
Concave mirror 8 for inverting the mirror and projecting it as an erect image, and box 4
And an external operator 9 for manually releasing the coin holder 10 and driving the projection object shape changing mechanism 6.

The savings box 1 according to this embodiment is provided with a circular peep window 3 on the front upper portion of a box body 4, and the peep window 3 has a pattern of the upper body of a doll imitating a mouse stroking a crystal ball. Is projected. A coin slot 2 is provided below the viewing window 3. When the coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 2,
As shown in the figure, the pattern of the crystal ball is replaced with a projected image of a coin.
When the mouse is pressed down, the hand of the doll imitating a mouse moves upward as shown in FIG. 2, and at the same time, the projected image of the coin changes to a crystal ball pattern again.

Hereinafter, a specific configuration of the money box 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the box body 4 is composed of a vertically divided front case 4A and a rear case 4B, and the front case 4A and the rear case 4B are provided with stopper screws 11 ‥‥. It is fixed by. In the upper part of the front case 4A, a viewing window 3 through which the inside of the box 4 can be seen.
Are formed. At a lower position of the viewing window 3, a side plate 12 having a flat upper portion is formed integrally with the front case 4A. Two bosses 13 are protruded from the lower part of the back of the side plate 12 at a predetermined interval. This 2
A drawing board 60A, which is a part of the projection object 5, is fixed together with a mounting board 60B across the front end surfaces of the two bosses 13 and the back surface of the side plate 12. At a predetermined position inside the front case 4A and the rear case 4B constituting the box 4, a pair of partition plates 26 for integrally separating the upper concave mirror arrangement chamber 25A and the lower coin storage chamber 25B are integrally formed. Have been.

A coin take-out hole 28 for taking out stored coins is formed in the lower central portion of the coin storage room 25B, and a coin take-out lid 29 is detachably attached to the coin take-out hole 28.

A long hole 30 whose front surface is long in the vertical direction is formed in the front part of the front case 4A, and a pin 31 formed in the manually operable external operator 9 is inserted into the long hole 30. ing. A sliding plate 33 is fixed to the pin 31 via a fixing screw 32. The sliding plate 33 is slidable in the vertical direction of the front ace 4A. The sliding plate 33 has a second slider opening of a lever 68 described later.
An engagement shaft 34 that engages with 96 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, a concave mirror 8 is provided at a position visible through the viewing window 3 in the concave mirror arrangement chamber 25A. Fixed to case 4B. This concave mirror 8
An image of the projection object 5 such as a mouse doll picture 63 drawn on the drawing board 60A is displayed in an upright state inside the view window 3 such that a doll imitating a mouse exists. The curvature of the concave mirror 8 is configured to form an image of the projection target 5 at a position inside the viewing window 3.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the projection object 5 and the projection object shape changing mechanism 6.

 The projection target 5 will be described.

The projection target 5 includes a drawing board 60A on which a picture 63 of a doll imitating a mouse is drawn on the surface, a crystal ball drawing board 62 on which a picture of a crystal ball is drawn, and hands 65a and 65b of a puppet imitating a mouse, respectively. It is composed of rocking plates 64a and 64b carved on the surface, each of which is mounted on the mounting substrate 60B. Of which, rocking plate 64
Reference numerals a and 64b are configured to swing by a projected object form changing mechanism 6 described later. This projection object 5 is the fifth
As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 6, the projection image is reflected by the concave mirror 8 so as to be viewed from the viewing window 3 as an erect image. Also, crystal ball drawing board
As shown in FIG. 3, the space between 62 and the drawing substrate 60A is attached to the attachment substrate 60B with a width t (which becomes a coin passage) through which the coin 7 can pass. Note that the drawing substrate 60A has an opening 61 at the center upper part where the crystal ball drawing plate 62 can be seen, and the coin 7 has the drawing substrate 60A and the crystal ball drawing plate 62.
The crystal ball of the crystal ball drawing plate 62 is held by the coin holder 10 so as to cover the crystal ball.

 Next, the projection object form changing mechanism 6 will be described.

Projection object form changing mechanism 6 for swinging swing plates 64a and 64b
Is provided with an elevating plate 66, swinging plates 64a and 64b, a mounting substrate 60B fixed in a state facing the drawing substrate 60A, and a lever 68.

The projection object form changing mechanism 6 converts the linear movement of the swinging plate 33 due to the depression of the external operation element 9 into the vertical movement of the elevating plate 66 by the operation of the lever 68, and then swings the vertical movement again. This is a mechanism for converting the swing motion of the plates 64a and 64b. That is, the lever 68 has a first slider port 94 and a second slider port 96 in its length direction, and the first slider port 94 projects from the center of the surface of the elevating plate 66 on the mounting substrate 60B side. The provided pin 74 is engaged, and the engaging shaft 34 of the swing plate 33 is engaged with the second slider opening 96. The lever 68 is rotatably supported by fitting a lever pivot shaft 90 projecting from the back surface of the mounting board 60B into an opening 92 provided at the center of the lever 68.

A swing plate support pin 76 protrudes from the center of the surface of the lifting plate 66 on the drawing substrate 60A side, and is engaged with the openings 102a and 102b of the swing plates 64a and 64b, respectively. Further, the pins 74 on the surface of the lifting plate 66 on the side of the mounting board 60B are inserted into the elongated holes 72 formed in the center of the mounting board 60B in the vertical direction, and are engaged with the first slider ports 94 of the lever 68. ing. Also, on the left and right of the long hole 72 of the mounting board 60B, a ridge 7 for guiding the vertical movement of the elevating plate 66 is provided.
Support shafts 80a and 80b for rotatably supporting the swing plates 64a and 64b are integrally formed on the outer sides of both sides of the protrusions 78 and 78, respectively. On the other hand, the mounting board 60 of the lifting plate 66
One end of a lifting plate urging spring 98 for pulling the lifting plate 66 downward is locked at a lower portion of the surface on the B side, and the other end of the spring 98 is locked to a lower end of the mounting board 60B.

FIG. 7 shows the mounting board 60B, the lifting plate 66, the coin holder 1
FIG. 8 is a front view of the state in which the rocking plates 64a, 64b and the lever 68 are mounted, respectively. FIG. 8 is a view of the mounting substrate 60B as viewed from the back, and FIG. 7, FIG. 8, FIG. Referring to the figure,
The relationship between the vertical movement of the elevating plate 66 and the rocking motion of the rocking plates 64a and 64b will be described.

In a state in which the elevating plate 66 is located below (indicated by a dashed line in FIG. 7), the swinging plate support pins 76 are located on the lower side, so that the swinging plates 64a and 64b respectively connect the support shafts 80a and 80b. The puppet's hands 65a and 65b, which rotate upwards around the center and imitate a mouse, are located above. By the action of the concave mirror 8, the projected image is turned upside down from the viewing window 3, so that the hands 65 a and 65 b of the doll imitating the mouse are positioned on both sides of the coin 7 as shown in FIG. It is observed in a state of doing. From this state, when the lifting plate 66 moves upward (indicated by a solid line in FIG. 7), the rocking plate support pins 76 also move upward, so that the rocking plate carved the hand of a doll imitating a mouse.
64a and 64b are pivoted downward about the support shafts 80a and 80b, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 2, the hands 65a and 65b of the doll imitating a mouse change so as to be positioned on the coin 7.

Next, a mechanism for holding and releasing the coin 7 will be described.

In FIG. 6, bearing portions 88, 8 for rotatably supporting the shaft pins 86 of the coin holder 10 are provided at the lower portion of the center of the mounting board 60B.
8 are integrally formed. Further, the coin holder 10 has a cylindrical rotating portion 104 at its lower end, and a projection 106 for contacting the elevating plate 66 is provided on the surface on the mounting board 60B side, and is urged toward the mounting board 60B side. Coil spring 1
08 is provided. Therefore, by inserting the cylindrical rotating portion 104 of the coin holder 10 into the bearing portions 88, 88 and inserting the shaft pin 86 into the shaft holes of the bearing portions 88, 88, the coin holder 10
Can be supported in a state of being urged toward the mounting board 60B so as to be rotatable. As shown in FIG. 3, when the elevating plate 66 is positioned below, the protrusion 106 of the coin holder 10 contacts the lower part of the elevating plate 66, and the upper end of the coil holder 10 as shown in FIG. Protrudes into the coin passage, and the coin 7 inserted from the coin insertion slot 2 comes into contact with the coin 7, thereby holding the coin 7 in front of the crystal ball drawing plate 62. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, when the elevating plate 66 is positioned above, the protrusion 106 of the coin holder 10 enters below the elevating plate 66, and the upper end of the coin holder 10 retreats from the coin passage. Thus, a passage to the coin storage unit 25B is created.

Next, a series of operations when a coin is inserted into the savings box 1 configured as described above will be described.

Before the coin 7 is inserted, as shown in FIG.
The projected image of the projection object 5 seen from the viewing window 3 is a picture 63 of a doll imitating a mouse drawn on the doll body substrate A, the crystal of the crystal plate 62 seen from the opening 61, and the position next to the crystal ball. Doll hands 65a and 65b imitating a mouse.

When the coin 7 is inserted into the coin insertion slot 2 from this state, the coin 7 stops in a state of being in contact with the upper end of the coin holder 10, and from the viewing window 3, as shown in FIG. You can see the image of 62 crystals turned into coin 7.

Here, when the external operator 9 is pressed, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the pressing force is applied to the lever 68 fitted to the engagement shaft 34 via the engagement shaft 34 of the slide plate 33. Second slider port 96
And the lever 68 is rotated clockwise about the lever pivot shaft 90 as a rotation axis. Since the pin 74 of the elevating plate 66 is engaged with the first slider port 94 of the lever 68, the elevating plate 66 moves upward against the urging force of the elevating plate urging spring 98. By this movement, the swinging plates 64a and 64b engaged with the pins 74 of the elevating plate 66
a, 80b is pivoted downward about the pivot axis, and the swing plates 64a, 64b
The hands 65a and 65b of the doll imitating a mouse are positioned below the crystal ball drawing plate 62, and the state is viewed through the concave mirror 8 in an upright state as shown in FIG. Window 3
Will be observed from

Also, at the same time that the lifting plate 66 moves upward, the protrusion 106 of the coin holder 10 that has been in contact with the lower portion of the lifting plate 66 is positioned below the lifting plate 66, so that the coin holder 10 The clearance angle θ becomes small, and as a result, the upper end of the coin holder 10 that has been in contact with the lower part of the coin 7 is disengaged from the coin 7, and the coin 7 drops toward the coin storage unit 25B through the coin passage. Become. The situation at that time is shown in FIG.

When the finger is released from the external operator 9 and the pressing of the external operator 9 is stopped, the elevating plate 66 is pulled back downward by the action of the elevating plate urging spring 98, and the swing plates 64a and 64b are also at the original upper side. At the same time, the coin holder 10 returns to its original inclination (the state shown in FIG. 3), and the coin 7 is stopped at the upper end of the coin holder 10.

Accordingly, a state in which a doll imitating a mouse carries its hand on the coin 7 with the pressing operation of the external operation element 9 can be seen, and at the same time, a sight that the coin 7 changes into a crystal ball can be seen from the view window 3. You will see it, and you will feel as if you are looking at magic tricks. This change attracts interest, and the owner of the piggy bank wants to reproduce the magic, and successively inserts coins 7 into the coin slot 2 through the viewing window 3, as a result, During this time, a large amount of coins will be stored in the coin storage unit 25B.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the gist of the present invention.

For example, in this embodiment, the picture drawn on the drawing board 60A is a doll imitating a mouse, but is not limited to this, and it may be a person having a human appearance, or a figure having the appearance of another object. Good. Further, in this embodiment, the face of the doll imitating a mouse is configured not to change, but the rocking plates 64a, 64b
If the face of a doll imitating a mouse is also changed using such a transformation changing means as described above, the operation becomes more interesting.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, as an example of a change in the form of the projection target 5, an example has been described in which the coin is turned into a crystal ball at the same time as the hand of the doll imitating a mouse is held on the coin.
In addition to this, it is possible to adopt not only a change in shape, such as a change in the color of ears or clothes of a doll imitating a mouse, but also various changes such as a change in color and pattern.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the driving of the rocking plates 64a and 64b as the projection object form changing means and the operation of releasing the coin holding are performed by the manual operation by the pressing operation of the external operation element 9, but If it can be costly,
An electric motor or the like may be used as the power source, and the external operator 9 may be used only as the switch means.

Although the above embodiment has been described as a savings box, it may be used as a coin insertion toy. In that case, the coin storage unit 25B is not necessarily required.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the input object is described as a coin, but the input object is not necessarily limited to coins as long as the object can be projected by the concave mirror 8 as well as the coin. Absent.

[Effects of the Invention] As is apparent from the above description, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the projection object placed in an inverted manner in the space formed inside the box and held in the box. The coin is projected as an erect image by the action of the concave mirror disposed inside the box. When the external operation element is operated in this state, a coin is inserted into the box, and at the same time, a part of the shape of the projection object is operated by the projection shape changing means, so that the shape is changed. In the present invention, since this change is performed instantaneously, the coin inserter sees the scene in which the form of the projected object changes as soon as the coin disappears, and sees magic tricks. You will feel fun.

According to the invention of claim 2, by using the coin insertion toy in a savings box, those holding the savings box want to see such an interesting magic operation, so that coins are successively added. The user wants to insert coins into the insertion slot, and as a result, a large amount of coins can be stored in the savings box in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of a piggy bank according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the piggy bank immediately after a coin has fallen, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the piggy bank, FIG. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the money box, FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the inside of the front case 4A of the money box seen from the back side, and FIG. 6 is a projection object 5 and a projection object shape changing mechanism 6. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the mounting board 60B, a lifting plate 66, a coin holder 10,
FIG. 8 is a front view of the state where the swing plates 64a and 64b and the lever 68 are mounted, respectively. FIG. 8 is a view as viewed from the back surface of the mounting board 60B. FIG. 1 ... piggy bank, 2 ... coin slot, 3 ... peep window,
4 ... box body, 5 ... projected object, 6 ... projected object form changing means, 7 ... coin, 8 ... concave mirror, 9 ... external operator, 10 ... coin holder (coin holder) means).

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A box having a coin slot and a viewing window,
A projection object placed upside down in a space formed inside the box, coin holding means for holding a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot at the position of the projection object, and the projection object Projected object form changing means for operating a part of the form of the object to change the form, and a concave mirror arranged in the box body, and inverting the projected object and projecting through the viewing window as an erect image, An external operator is provided on the box so as to be manually operable, and operates to release the holding of the coin holding means and drive the projection object shape changing means, wherein a coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot, and When the external operation element is operated from a state in which a part of the shape of the projection object has been changed to a coin, coin holding of the coin holding means is released, and at the same time, the projection object is changed by the projection object shape changing means. Form A coin insertion toy that can be temporarily changed. 2. A box having a coin insertion slot and a viewing window,
A projection object placed upside down in a space formed inside the box, coin holding means for holding a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot at the position of the projection object, and the projection object Projected object form changing means for operating a part of the form of the object to change the form, and a concave mirror arranged in the box body, and inverting the projected object and projecting through the viewing window as an erect image, An external operator is provided in the box so as to be manually operable, and operates to release holding of the coin holding means and drive the projection object form changing means, and a coin provided in the box and released from holding. A coin storage unit for storing the coin, when the coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot, and the external operation element is operated from a state in which a part of the projection target is changed to a coin, the coin holding of the coin holding means is performed. Released At the same time, the shape of the projection object is temporarily changed by the projection object shape changing means.