JPS6364233B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a traveling toy with a pencil sharpener that allows infants and children to enjoy and easily sharpen pencils.

Traditionally, pencil sharpeners other than electric ones require both hands to handle, making them difficult for young children and
It was difficult for children to use, and the emphasis was placed on functionality as a practical device, so it was not a pencil sharpener that infants and children could enjoy sharpening pencils with.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a traveling toy with a pencil sharpener that allows pencil sharpening to be done easily and enjoyably. a running body rotatably supporting an axle to which a first gear is fixed; and a second running body rotatably provided on the running body with a pencil insertion hole facing upward, and meshing with the first gear at a lower part of the running body. It consists of a pencil sharpener mechanism that has a gear that can rotate integrally with the pencil sharpener. According to the present invention, when the tip of a pencil is inserted into the pencil insertion hole of the pencil sharpening mechanism and the rear part of the pencil is grasped to push the traveling body in a predetermined direction, the wheel rotates, and this rotation is fixed to the axle. The information is transmitted to the pencil sharpening mechanism through the first gear and the second gear provided in the pencil sharpening mechanism, and the pencil is sharpened.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing the overall configuration and usage state of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a running body formed to resemble a car, and 2 is a pencil inserted into the running body 1.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the traveling body 1. In the figure, numeral 3 denotes a hollow case forming the outer shell of the traveling body 1, and is composed of case halves 3a and 3b integrally molded from a material such as synthetic resin.
A storage chamber 4 is provided at the rear of the case 3 to house a pencil sharpening mechanism, which will be described later, and a through hole 5 is bored in the bottom surface of the storage chamber 4.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a bottom plate fitted to the bottom of the case 3, and axles 9, 10 having wheels 7, 7, 8, 8 at both ends are rotatably supported on the front and rear sides of the bottom plate 6, respectively. . Further, a first gear 11 is fixed to the axle 10, and the first gear 11 transmits pencil sharpening power to a pencil sharpening mechanism to be described later.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a pencil sharpener mechanism housed in the storage chamber 4 as shown by the imaginary line in the figure. By the way, FIG. 3 shows a cross section of the pencil sharpening mechanism 12, and as can be seen from the figure, the pencil sharpening mechanism 12 has the following features:
a rotation transmission section 13 meshing with the first gear 11;
and a pencil sharpener section 14 that sharpens a pencil by receiving the rotational force from the rotation transmission section 13. The rotation transmission section 13 has a stepped columnar overall shape, with a second gear 15 and a large diameter section 1 arranged from the bottom.
6 and the small diameter portion 17 are integrally formed. Further, the small diameter portion 17 is provided with a recess 18 . On the other hand, the pencil sharpener 14 is provided with a pencil insertion hole 19 in the shape of an inverted cone into which the pencil 2 is inserted, and a cutting edge 2 is provided along the generatrix of the pencil insertion hole 19.
0 faces the pencil insertion hole 19. Further, a protrusion 21 is provided on the bottom of the pencil sharpener 14 to protrude downward, and the protrusion 21 is fitted into the recess 18 of the rotational transmission part 13 so as to be slidable only in the vertical direction. . By the way, since a spring 22 is interposed between the rotational transmission section 13 and the pencil sharpener section 14 via the bottom of the storage chamber 4, the elastic force of the spring 22 is reduced when the pencil 2 is not inserted. Therefore, the pencil sharpener 14 is always biased upward. Note that 23 is a space provided to guide the scraps of the pencil 2 scraped off by the cutting blade 20 to the storage chamber 4.

Reference numeral 24 is a square-shaped box body, and the box body 24 is buried about half in the storage chamber 4 so as to be freely fitable and removable. Further, a through hole 25 is bored in the top surface of the box body 24 coaxially with the pencil insertion hole 19. Furthermore, the box body 24
Inside, a pair of rollers 26, 26 made of an elastic material such as rubber are mounted on shafts so as to face each other and hold the pencil 2 between them.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be explained.

Now, the pencil 2 is passed through the through hole 25 between the rollers 26 and 26, and inserted into the pencil insertion hole 19. Further, the pencil sharpener 14 moves downward against the elastic force of the spring 22 that presses the pencil 2 downward, and as a result, the pencil 2,
The positional relationship between the pencil sharpener 14 and the rotational transmission section 13 is as shown in FIG. 3a. Next, when the traveling body 1 is moved forward with one hand, the wheels 7, 7, 8, 8
rotates, and in conjunction with this, the first gear 11 rotates in the traveling direction of the traveling body 1. The rotational power of the first gear 11 is completely transmitted via the second gear 15 to the pencil sharpener 14, which is slidable only in the vertical direction, and as a result, the pencil sharpener 14 is rotated in the circumferential direction.
On the other hand, since the pencil 2 is strongly held between the rollers 26, 26, it is maintained in a fixed position, and as the pencil sharpener 14 rotates, that is, as the pencil 2 is sharpened, the elastic force of the spring 22 causes the pencil sharpener to rotate. 14 moves upward and finally becomes as shown in FIG. 3b. Note that since the pencil sharpener 14 does not move upward any further, the pencil 2 will not be sharpened any further even if the traveling body 1 continues to travel. Incidentally, the chips of the pencil 2 sharpened by the cutting blade 20 are accumulated in the storage chamber 4 through the space 23, and when they reach an appropriate amount, they can be easily disposed of outside by removing the box body 24 from the case 3.

In this example, the running object was described as being used in a toy imitating a car, but it is not limited to this, and may be used in toys such as tanks and locomotives, as well as animal toys, doll toys, etc. It can also be used for.

As described above, according to the present invention, the pencil sharpening mechanism is built into the traveling body so that the pencil can be sharpened in conjunction with the traveling operation of the traveling body, so that infants, children, etc. can use both hands as in the conventional system described above. There is no need to sharpen the pencil by hand, and you can easily sharpen the pencil while having fun by running the moving body with one hand.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a state of use, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part. 1... Running body, 2... Pencil, 12... Pencil sharpener mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A running body rotatably supported by an axle with wheels fixed to both sides and a first gear fixed to the middle part; A traveling toy with a pencil sharpener, comprising: a pencil sharpener mechanism having a second gear that is rotatable integrally with the first gear; and a second gear that meshes with the first gear.