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US 4,308,686 AGranted
Toy having appendage capable of moving in two directions
AssigneeTomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
InventorMasaki Ikeda
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Abstract
A toy which can repetitively move with respect to the medium supporting it has a toy body with at least one appendage movably mounted to the body. A portion of that appendage is exposed from the body and is positioned to contact the supporting medium. A mechanism within the body is operatively connected to the appendage for moving the appendage such that the portion of the appendage exposed from the body can move in a first direction at one velocity and a second direction at a different velocity. A portion of the mechanism moves with rotary motion which is transferred by another portion of the mechanism to cause still a further portion of the mechanism to move with linear motion. The portion of the mechanism moving with linear motion is operatively connected to the appendage to move the appendage.
Claims13
A toy capable of making repetitive movements with respect to a medium supporting the toy which comprises:
- a toy body;
- at least one appendage movably mounted in said toy body, a portion of said appendage exposed from said toy body and positioned such that said portion of said appendage exposed from said toy body is capable of contacting said support medium;
- means located within said toy body and operatively connected to said appendage for moving said portions of said appendage exposed from said toy body at a first velocity in a first direction and at a different velocity in a different direction;
- said means including rotary means capable of rotary movement, linear means capable of linear movement, and interfacing means for converting said rotary movement into said linear movement;
- said interfacing means including an engagement means pivotly mounted on said linear means, said engagement means reversibly engagable with said rotary means between a positive engagement position wherein rotary movement of said rotary means in one of a clockwise or counterclockwise direction is converted into linear movement of said linear means and a passive position wherein rotary movement of said rotary means in the other of said clockwise or counterclockwise direction is not converted into linear movement of said linear means;
- said linear means operatively connected to said appendage to move said appendage in said first direction and said different direction at said first velocity and said different velocity, respectively.
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A toy capable of making repetitive movements with respect to a medium supporting the toy which comprises:
- a toy body;
- at least one appendage movably mounted in said toy body, a portion of said appendage exposed from said toy body and positioned such that said portion of said appendage exposed from said toy body is capable of contacting said support medium;
- means located within said toy body and operatively connected to said appendage for moving said portions of said appendage exposed from said toy body at a first velocity in a first direction and at a different velocity in a different direction;
- said means including rotary means capable of rotary movement, linear means capable of linear movement, and interfacing means for converting said rotary movement into said linear movement;
- said linear means operatively connected to said appendage to move said appendage in said first direction and said different direction at said first velocity and said different velocity, respectively;
- said means includes a housing;
- a crank disk rotatably attached to said housing and including at least one crank pin located on said crank disk;
- drive means associated with said crank disk for rotating said crank disk and said crank pin with respect to said housing;
- a sliding member slidably mounted on a surface of said housing and located in association with said crank disk, biasing means attaching between said sliding member and said housing to bias said sliding member from a second position toward a first position;
- said sliding member including an engagement means, said engagement means engagable with said crank pin for a portion of one revolution of travel of said crank disk and disengagable with said crank pin for the remainder of said one revolution of travel of said crank disk, said slidable member sliding against the bias of said bias means from said first position to said second position at a first velocity during said engagement of said engagement means and said crank pin and said sliding member sliding under the influence of said biasing means from said second position to said first position at a second velocity during the disengagement of said engagement means and said crank pin;
- said engagement means is operatively capable of said engagement with said crank pin when said crank disk rotates in a first direction and said engagement means is capable of disengaging with said crank pin when said crank disk rotates in the opposite direction such that rotary movement of said crank disk is transferred into linear movement of said sliding member when said crank disk rotates in said first direction and said rotary movement of said crank disk is not transferred to said sliding member when said crank disk rotates in said opposite direction;
- two appendages movably mounted in said toy body such that both appendages move within the same plane, a portion of each of said appendages exposed from said toy body and positioned such that said portion of each of said appendages is capable of contacting said support medium, said portion of each of said appendages exposed from said toy body movable with respect to one another in said plane;
- each of said appendages comprises a lever attaching to said toy body and operatively associated with said sliding member such that said movement of said sliding member is transferred to said lever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.