Toy locomotive
AssigneeShinsei Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorToshiaki Nagano
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Abstract
A toy locomotive includes a locomotive body and a planar track member. The locomotive body comprises a clockwork driving mechanism with a knurled knob, a small bogie and a pinion mounted to an outshaft of the driving mechanism, a crown gear meshing with the pinion, a drive and an auxiliary wheels suspended on the bogie and one or more guide pin also extended from the bogie. The planar track member comprises an endless groove for engaging with the guide pin. The track member may be one of a number of planar track members, such as pages connected together in the manner of a book.
Claims7
A toy locomotive constructed to run along a track defined by a groove in a track surface, which comprises a locomotive body, at least two wheels laterally spaced apart mounted to the body to rotate freely, a clock work driving mechanism disposed in the body having a knurled knob for winding the driving mechanism, a small bogie suspended from the body, a drive wheel suspended from the bogie, a freely rotatable auxiliary wheel disposed opposite to and spaced from the drive wheel suspended from the bogie, the drive mechanism having an output shaft, a pinion mounted to said output shaft, a crown gear meshing with the pinion, the drive wheel being connected with the crown gear, and one or more guide pins connected to and extended downward from the bogie between the drive and auxiliary wheels beyond the bottom of the drive and auxiliary wheels in order to engage the groove in the track surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.