Gear structure for a figurine
OwnerDa-Ming Liuinventor
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Abstract
A gear structure for a figurine. The structure includes coaxial gears provided on a shaft, each of the coaxial gears is provided with toothed portions at a periphery thereof at suitable positions, with a smooth portion between adjacent toothed portions. At suitable positions facing the periphery of each of the coaxial gears, action gear sets are respectively provided to drive at least one joint on a figurine to move such that by rotating the shaft to different angular positions, at least one of the toothed portions on at least one of the coaxial gears engages the corresponding action gear set so as to actuate the action gear set, thereby enabling the figurine to perform at least one action.
Claims6
A gear structure for a figurine, comprising:
- a shaft;
- a plurality of coaxial gears, said coaxial gears being provided on said shaft, each of said coaxial gears being provided with a plurality of toothed portions at a periphery thereof at suitable positions, with a smooth portion between adjacent toothed portions;
- a plurality of action gear sets, said action gear sets being provided at positions facing the periphery of a respective one of the coaxial gears to bring at least one joint on a figurine to move, said shaft being rotated to different angular positions such that at least one of the toothed portions on at least one of the coaxial gears engages a corresponding one of said action gear sets so as to actuate said action gear set, thereby enabling the figurine to perform at least one action;
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- wherein said action gear sets are provided with a limiting wheel and a reset wheel connected to said limiting wheel at suitable positions, said reset wheel being disposed at a position proximate to said toothed portion and having an inner edge provided with a lap block, said lap block being provided with a plurality of radially extending elastic arms that are bent about a suitable angle, said limiting wheel having an outer edge provided with at least one limiting portion at a suitable position, and an inner edge provided with a plurality of equidistantly spaced oblique surfaces having a gradual thickness from thick to thin, a juncture of adjacent oblique surfaces being abutted by a respective one of the elastic arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.