Ball pushing mechanism and ball pushing toy

A ball pushing mechanism, comprising:

• a housing having a cavity and a communication port communicating with the cavity;
• a pushing member slidably provided in the cavity, an elastic member being provided between the pushing member and an interior of the housing, and the pushing member being capable of extending out of the communication port or retracting from the communication port into the cavity;
• and
• an electric drive assembly provided in the cavity, the electric drive assembly and the pushing member being in transmission fit, and the electric drive assembly being capable of driving the pushing member to slide;
• wherein the ball pushing mechanism has a standby state, a pushing state and a return state;
• in the standby state, the pushing member retracts into the cavity, the electric drive assembly locks a position of the pushing member, and the elastic member is in a compressed state;
• in the pushing state, the electric drive assembly releases the pushing member, and the elastic member elastically releases and pushes the pushing member to extend out of the communication port;
• and
• in the return state, the drive assembly drives the pushing member to retract into the communication port.