EP0192755A1 - Appareil avec dispositif de commande a voies multiples - Google Patents

Appareil avec dispositif de commande a voies multiples

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EP0192755A1
EP0192755A1 EP19850904652 EP85904652A EP0192755A1 EP 0192755 A1 EP0192755 A1 EP 0192755A1 EP 19850904652 EP19850904652 EP 19850904652 EP 85904652 A EP85904652 A EP 85904652A EP 0192755 A1 EP0192755 A1 EP 0192755A1
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gear
power source
take
motor
gears
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Anthony John Dixon
Peter Richard Manning
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DIXON-MANNING SALES AND MARKETING Ltd
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DIXON-MANNING SALES AND MARKETING Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H17/00—Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor
    • A63H17/26—Details; Accessories
    • A63H17/44—Toy garages for receiving toy vehicles; Filling stations
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H31/00—Gearing for toys
    • A63H31/08—Gear-control mechanisms; Gears for imparting a reciprocating motion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H3/00—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion
    • F16H3/02—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion
    • F16H3/20—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion exclusively or essentially using gears that can be moved out of gear
    • F16H3/34—Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion without gears having orbital motion exclusively or essentially using gears that can be moved out of gear with gears shiftable otherwise than only axially

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  • This invention relates to electro-mechanical apparatus. More particularly, though not necessarily exclusively, the invention is concerned with motor-driven toys .
  • motor-driven toys Over the years the toy industry has known many examples of motor-driven toys. Some have been successful and have enjoyed a long popular life, as for example, the electric train set, but many have enjoyed only a brief period of popularity and then faded from public notice. We believe that a principal reason for this has been the fact that historically such toys have suffered from the drawback that there was a very limited choice of operations which the toy could perform, as a result of which children quickly lost interest in the toy. Even the most successful of the motor-driven toys, namely the electric train set, had a choice only of going forward or backward and at a variable speed. The success of the electric train set lay in the opportunity by means of track design to allow a child to use his or her imagination in running a railway system.
  • electro-mechanical apparatus comprising: a plurality of peripheral work stations, a power source therefor located at a central station, and a transmission located at said central station for selectively coupling said power source to drive respective said work stations; the transmission comprising respective power take- up gears linked to the respective work stations; and the power source comprising an electric motor with an output shaft on which is mounted an output drive gear, and a locating means for locating said power source at said central station in a manner to allow said power source to be manually shifted to bring said output drive gear into driving contact with a selective one of said take-up gears.
  • the power take-off system pro ⁇ vided in effect by the present invention differs wholly from the conventional approach in that in this case the respective power take-up gears are mounted in stationary positions while the power source is moveable to make the selected contact between an output drive gear and a selected said take-up gear.
  • the electric motor is suitably a miniature electric motor and may be mounted in a unit consisting of or comprising a handle or the like adapted to be manually gripped for selectively moving the power source so as to bring the output drive gear into contact with selected said take-up gears.
  • the peripheral work stations may comprise toy versions of respective garage operations such as a petrol pump, a car wash, a lock-up garage, a car park barrier, and a ramp
  • the power source may be provided with an elongate gear shift lever similar to that of a motor car moveable by the child to select which garage operation is to be driven.
  • the motor is battery driven, and the batteries may conveniently be located in the gear shift stick.
  • the invention is not limited to toy garages. The man skilled in the toy art will readily conceive of other environments in which a plurality of operations may be desired to be performed. Examples would be a toy work bench or a toy kitchen.
  • Fig 1 is a front elevational view of an embodiment of electro-mechanical apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention and in the form of a toy gar ⁇ age/petrol station;
  • Fig 2 is a top plan view of the toy of Fig 1 ;
  • Fig 3 is part sectional view as seen in the direc ⁇ tion of the arrows A-A in Fig 2;
  • Fig 4 is a partial sectional view as seen in the direction of the arrows B-B in Fig 1;
  • Fig 5 is a partial sectional view as seen in the direction of the arrows- C-C in Fig 1;
  • Fig 6 is front elevational view of the self con ⁇ tained power source of the toy of Figs 1 to 5;
  • Fig 7 is a side elevational view of the power source of Fig 6 as seen from the left in that Figure;
  • Fig 8 is a top plan view of the power source of Figs 6 and 7;
  • Fig 9 is a longitudinal sectional view as seen in the direction of the arrows D-D in Fig 6;
  • Fig 10 is cross-sectional view as seen in the direc ⁇ tion of the arrows E-E in F g 9.
  • Figs 1-3 of the accompanying drawings there is shown an embodie ent of an electro ⁇ mechanical apparatus in the nature of a motor-driven toy, here in the form of a garage/petrol station 1.
  • Each peripheral work station is linked to the central station 8 through respective shafts 9, 10, 11, 12 mounted for rotation in bearings effectively pro ⁇ vided by apertures in a base 13 of the toy. Coupled to the end of each shaft at the central station 8 is a res-
  • pective bevel gear 14, 15, 16 and 17 (of which only bevel gears 14 and 15 are illustrated in Fig 3).
  • power source 7 is adapted. o be manually shifted to bring an output drive gear 18 thereof into driving contact with
  • gears 14, 15, 16 and 17 thus function as respective power take-off gears linked to the respective peripheral work stations and forming part of a transmission includ ⁇ ing the drive gear 18.
  • the power take-off system so provided comprises power take-up gears 14, 15, 16 and 17 which are mounted in stationary positions while the power source 7 is moveabTe to make selected contact between its output drive gear 18 and a selected one of
  • the base of the toy is effectively formed of two parts, namely a base proper 13 and a plate 19 which overlies the lower base 13, between which plate 19 and base 13 are located the respective shafts9, 10, 11 and
  • the plate 19 serves additionally as a retaining plate for the power source 7 at central station 8.
  • power take- up shaft 9 for petrol pump 2 lies between base 13 and plate 19 running effectively in bearings defined at edges or meeting points between these members.
  • the power take-up bevel gear 14 is mounted at one end of the shaft 9 while a spur gear 20 is mounted at the other end where it is adapted to make meshed contact with counter display gear 21 of the petrol pump 2.
  • the hous- ing of the petrol pump is formed of front and rear plastics parts 22 and 23 which are a press fit together and are received in an appropriate well 24 of the base 13.
  • counter display gear 21 comprises a circular disc 25 integrally moulded with an axle 26 and having a circumferential flange 27 on the rear face of the disc meshed on its radially outer surface for meshed contact with spur gear 20.
  • Counter display gear 21 includes integral forward and rearward pivots 28 and 29 received in corresponding sockets 30 and 31 on the internal faces of the forward and rearward parts 22 and 23 respectively of the pet ⁇ rol pump housing.
  • the front face of disc 25 bears numbers to provide a digital display simulating the filling of a petrol tank with petrol from a pump, front part 22 of the petrol pump housing having a window aperture 32 through which digits on the front face of disc 25 are visible.
  • Counter display gear 21 has a counter weight 33 which enables the displayed digits to be returned to 0.
  • the petrol pump includes a simulated nozzle 34 and hose 35.
  • Nozzle 34 is adapted to be received in an aperture formed in the side of the petrol pump housing and, when so seated, the distal end of petrol pump nozzle 34 engages with a disengaging link 36 (Fig 1) pivotably mounted at 37.
  • a disengaging link 36 (Fig 1) pivotably mounted at 37.
  • Pivoting of disengaging link 36 will bring that link into engagement with counter display gear 21 so as to lift pivot 28 in socket 30 so as to disengage flange 27 from spur gear 20 and enable the counter display gear to rotate under the influence of gravity on its counter weight 33 to bring the visible display through the window 32 back to 0.
  • nozzle 34 is re ⁇ moved from its seat in the housing aperture and made as if to fill the petrol tank of a model car.
  • Drive gear 18 is brought into engagement with take-up gear 14 and power applied so as to rotate the counter dis ⁇ play in the petrol pump.
  • Gears 18 and 14 are disen ⁇ gaged when a child believes that the model car's pet ⁇ rol tank has been sufficiently filled. Reinsertion of nozzle 34 in its seating aperture in the petrol pump housing then returns the counter display to -0. It is believed that the construction and operation of this simulated petrol pump is novel per se .
  • the toy gar ⁇ age/petrol station is separable into several compon ⁇ ents for pa.cking, etc, comprising a main component consisting of the base 13 and parts mounted thereon; a secondary component 37 i nterengagab le with the base 13 via engagement means 38 on the left side of the base 13 as shown in the orientation of Figs 1 and 2; and two further components 39 and 40 similarly engag- able with the first component via interengagi ng means 33 on the right side of the toy as seen in the orient ⁇ ation of Figs 1 and 2. It will be seen that these components define two road ways for model cars through the toy.
  • the first such road way comprises an entrance ramp 41 defined by component 39, a manually raiseable barrier 42 being provided across the opening to entrance ramp 41 , and a central road way 43 past lock ⁇ up 6, petrol pump 2 and service ramp 5 to an exit ramp 44 defined on component 37.
  • Component 40 comprises a long ramp 45 supported by means of a leg 46, so providing the entrance to the second road way of the toy.
  • this road way brings a model toy car to an upper level where it passes a manually raiseable entrance barrier 47 and may then pass along an upper road way 48, and then down an inclined ramp 49 supported by a leg 50 and being formed as part of component 37 or interengagable therewith by means of interengaging means 38 as shown.
  • power take-up shaft 10 for the car-wash 3 similarly lies between base 13 and plate 19 running effectively in bearings defined at edges or meeting points between these members.
  • the power take-up bevel gear 15 is mounted at one end of the shaft 10 while a second bevel gear 51 is mounted at the other end in engagement with a similar bevel gear 52 at one end of auxiliary power take-up shaft 53, the other end of which has a spur gear 54 formed with an integral axially extending key 55 received in a corresponding socket 56 in one end of one of two car-wash bobbins 57.
  • the bobbin 57 is formed in two parts interfitted together and mounting an annual cylindrical body of foam... 58.
  • Upper end member 59 of the bobbin 57 is integrally formed with a pivot 60 received in a socket 61 of an outer housing 62 for car-wash 3, which outer housing straddles the road way.
  • Power is transmitted from spur gear 54 through a gear train 63 to a similar spur gear 64 associated with the second bobbin of the simulated car-wash, the construc ⁇ tion of which is otherwise similar to the first such bobbi n .
  • the car-wash 3 may be operated by bringing drive gear 18 into engagement with power take-up bevel gear 15 to rotate the respective bobbins and associated foam cylinders in opposite senses, the gear train 63 having an even number of gears.
  • the arrangement is such that if a child pushes a toy car into the nip between the two car-wash rollers, they will carry the car through the car-wash, and the car will travel as far as barrier 4.
  • Power take-up shaft 12 has power take-up bevel gear 17 (not shown) at one end and a spur gear 65 (Fig 4 ⁇ at its other end.
  • Spur gear 65 is in mesh with lifting gear 66 which is meshed on one side at 67 and mounted for rotation on a shaft 68.
  • lifting gear 66 carries a follower 69 which engages with a slide 70 forming part of the service ramp 5. Engagement of drive gear 18 with take-up gear 17 will turn lifting gear 6.6 J:o raise follower 69, so lifting slide 70 until follower 69 reaches the upper dead cen- tre position shown in Fig 4, whereafter continued rota ⁇ tion results in the slide 70 and service ramp 5 being lowered.
  • service ramp 5 includes a finger 71 adapted to cam against a depending actuating member 72 integral with raiseable barrier 4. It will be seen that as service ramp 5 is lifted, barrier 4 is raised by being pivoted about its pivot 73. Lowering of service ramp 5 will result in the barrier 4 being returned to its original position closing off the exit road way from car-wash 3. It will be seen that barrier 4 includes a barrier flap 74 hingedly mounted on bar ⁇ rier 4 at 75 and adapted to be pushed out of the way as the car is pushed down the exit road way past the raised barrier 4.
  • the remaining power take-up shaft 11 has power take-up bevel gear 16 (not illustrated) mounted at one end and a cam wheel 76 (Fig 5) mounted adjacent one internal wall of lock-up 6.
  • Cam 77 is integrally moulded on wheel 76 and is engaged by one end of a slid- able follower 78.
  • Follower 78 is adapted to slide long ⁇ itudinally in guides 79 mounted on or integral with the adjacent wall of the lock-up.
  • Distal end 80 of slidable follower 78 is adapted to engage with the inner-surface 81 of a raiseable garage door for the lock-up.
  • Follower 78 is freely slidable in guides 79 or spring biased to its lowermost position so trrat as the wheel 76 rotates, the garage door is first raised and then lowered.
  • the power source includes a motor housing 100 from which the bevel drive gear 18 and a locating tab 101 (for a purpose to be explained below) protrude at the lower end, and a battery housing 102 having a knob 103 at its upper end.
  • the battery housing 102 and knob 103 have the general configuration of a gear stick.
  • the top surface of the knob 103 suitably carries arrows and numbers identifying all the different operations capable of being performed in the toy by manipulating the gear lever in the identified directions, as will be further explained below.
  • the battery housing 102 and motor housing 100 are separated by concave shroud plate 104.
  • a miniature electric motor 105 is mounted within the housing 100 and coupled by reduction gearing 106 to drive gear 18.
  • Battery driven miniature electric motors suitable for our purpose are readily avai lable, as f°>" example from Habuchi Motor Co of Japan.
  • Mounted on the output shaft 107 of motor 105 is a spur gear 108 in mesh with a first integral spur/ worm gear combination 109 which is in mesh with a second integral spur/worm gear combination 110, the worm gear of which is in mesh with a spur gear 111 integrally moulded with bevel gear 18.
  • the spur gear 111/bev ⁇ l gear 18 combination includes integral axles 112 and 113 respectively received in sockets formed in an interior wall of the housing and in an inner surface of locating tab 101.
  • the locating tab 101 is effectively connected to motor housing 100 by a cage or spider 114 through the openings of which bevel gear 18 is visible.
  • Batteries such as 115 are accommodated in the bat ⁇ tery housing 102 defined by the gear stick, access to the interior of the battery housing for insertion or removal of batteries being provided by removing the knob 103 which is keyed to the exterior of the battery hous ⁇ ing and is slidable therealong.
  • a spring 116 is mounted at the lower interior end of battery housing 102 extend ⁇ ing through an opening into the motor housing 100 and making electrical contact with one terminal of motor 105.
  • the motor circuit is completed via the battery, contact plate 117 for the positive pole of the battery, plate 117 being mounted on the interior end surface of knob 103, and a switch contact strip 118 extending the length of the battery housing 102 into the motor housing 100 and into contact with the other terminal of 105.
  • the housings lOOand 102 and the knob 103 are all formed of a plastics material, and it will be noted that there is a gap between positive contact plate 117 and switch con- tact strip 118.
  • the user In order to complete the motor circuit to cause the drive gear 18 to turn, the user must press down on the knob 103 against the bias of spring 116 sufficient to bring positive contact plate 117 into elec ⁇ trical engagement with switch contact strip 118.
  • Figs 1 and 3 show power source 7 mounted in position in the toy. Locating tab 101 is received in a corres- ponding slot in a tab receiving member 82 afixed to base 13.
  • the motor housing 100 is hidden from view within an outer case 83 which can conveniently take the form of a simulated petrol station kiosk through the roof 84 of which the gear stick 102 and knob 103 protrude.
  • the kiosk roof 84 of casing 83 has an opening 85, the con ⁇ figuration of which defines a gate for the gear stick lever 102.
  • the locating slot defined in tab receiving member 82 is configured to allow such movement. It will also be noted that the shroud plate 104 cams against the edge of opening 85 and effectively closes the opening against the ingress of dirt and the insertion of child ⁇ rens' fingers. -—
  • a child wishing to put one of the garage operations into effect selects the appropriate said operation by manually shifting the gear lever in the appropriate direction identified by the marking on the knob 103 to bring drive gear 18 into mesh with the appropriate power take-up gear associated with the part- icular garage operation, and then presses down on the gear stick knob 103 to complete the motor circuit to drive the appropriate garage operation.

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Abstract

Un appareil électro-mécanique comprend une pluralité de postes périphériques de travail (2, 3) et une source d'énergie (7) pour ces postes de travail située à un emplacement central (8). Une transmission est montée à l'emplacement central (8) pour coupler sélectivement la source d'énergie (7) afin de commander des postes de travail respectifs (2, 3). La transmission comprend des engrenages (14, 15) respectifs de prise de force connectés aux postes de travail respectifs (2, 3). La source d'énergie (7) comprend un moteur électrique avec un arbre secondaire sur lequel est monté un engrenage secondaire d'entraînement (18). Un dispositif de guidage (82, 101) guide la source d'énergie (7) à l'emplacement central (8) de façon a permettre le déplacement manuel de la source d'énergie (7) et à mettre l'engrenage secondaire d'entraînement (18) en contact d'entraînement avec un des engrenages sélectionnés de prise de force (14, 15). Un mode de réalisation préféré de l'appareil est un jouet motorisé, tel qu'un poste d'essence/garage dans lequel les postes périphériques de travail sont des versions en miniature d'opérations respectives d'un poste d'essence/garage, telles que lavage de voitures, pont élévateur de voitures, garage verrouillable et pompe à essence. La soure d'énergie peut être une imitation d'un levier de changement de vitesses.
EP19850904652 1984-09-11 1985-09-11 Appareil avec dispositif de commande a voies multiples Withdrawn EP0192755A1 (fr)

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GB08422920A GB2165022B (en) 1984-09-11 1984-09-11 Electro-mechanical apparatus, e.g. a motor driven toy
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JP (1) JPS62500152A (fr)
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