Moving animal toy

• US 4,913,676 A
• Filed: 03/23/1988
• Issued: 04/03/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Iwaya Corporation
• Original Assignee: Iwaya Corporation
• Inventors: Furuya, Takashi, Koguchi, Noriyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rimell, Sam
• Application Number:
  US07/172,251
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• Field of Search: 446/300, 446/301, 446/330, 446/338, 446/353, 446/356, 40/414, 40/416
• US Class Current: 446/300
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/48 Mounting of parts within dolls, e.g. automatic eyes or parts for animation self-moving A63H13/00

Abstract

A moving animal toy wherein when a motor is started upper and lower beaks are pivoted up and down simultaneously to widely open and close its beaks, and at the same time a head is slowly rotated twisting its head sideways. When a voice is uttered against the toy, it is received through a microphone by a voice recording and reproducing device and after a specified recording time elapses, the voice is reproduced by the speaker.

Claims

1. A moving animal toy comprising:

a body frame having a rod;

a head frame including a head support shaft, said head frame mounted on said rod to permit said head frame to pivot up and down about said head support shaft and rotate clockwise and counterclockwise relative to said body frame about said rod, said head frame also having a beak opening, beak support shafts and upper and lower beaks mounted in said beak opening on said beak support shafts for vertical movement in open and closing directions toward and away from each other;

a beak actuating mechanism mounted in said head frame for moving said upper and lower beaks in said open and closing directions;

a head turning mechanism including a motor installed in said body frame and connected to said head frame to rotate said head frame clockwise and counterclockwise about said rod; and

a vertical head actuating mechanism mounted on said body frame to connect said head frame with said motor, which when actuated will pivot said head frame up and down about said head frame support shaft.

2. The moving animal toy according to claim 1 wherein said head turning mechanism comprises:

a cam disk connected to be rotated by said motor;

a rack and pinion means, said rack connected to be reciprocated by said cam to alternately rotate said pinion clockwise and counterclockwise;

a drive gear connected to said pinion for rotation therewith; and

a crown gear connected with said head frame and driven by said drive gear.

3. The moving animal toy according to claim 2, wherein said vertical head actuating mechanism comprises a cam driven by said motor, an arm pivotable back and forth by the rotation of said cam, and a longitudinally moving plate connected to said head frame and mounted rotatably on a support shaft of said pivotable arm.

4. The moving animal toy according to claim 1, wherein said vertical head actuating mechanism comprises a cam driven by said motor, an arm pivotable back and forth by the rotation of said cam, and a longitudinally moving plate connected to said head frame and mounted rotatably on a support shaft of said pivotable arm.

5. A moving animal toy comprising:

a pair of legs;

a body frame having a rod, said body pivotally mounted on said legs for back and forth movement relative thereto;

a head frame including a head support shaft, said head frame mounted on said rod to permit said head frame to pivot up and down about said head support shaft and rotate clockwise and counterclockwise relative to said body frame about said rod, said head frame also having a beak opening, beak support shafts, and upper and lower beaks mounted in said beak opening on said beak support shafts for vertical movement in open and closing directions toward and away from each other;

a beak actuating mechanism mounted in said head frame for moving said upper and lower beaks in said open and closing directions;

a head turning mechanism including a motor installed in said body frame and connected to said head frame to rotate said head frame clockwise and counterclockwise about said rod;

a vertical head actuating mechanism mounted on said body frame to connect said head frame with said motor, which when actuated will pivot said head frame up and down about said head frame support shaft;

a body pivoting mechanism connected to be driven by said motor to pivot said body frame back and forth with respect to said pair of legs; and

a voice recording and reproducing device installed in said body frame, said device having a microphone and a speaker spaced from each other in said body frame, said device being adapted to record a voice entered from the microphone and then reproduce the recorded voice and at the same time start said motor.

6. The moving animal toy according to claim 5, wherein said body pivoting mechanism comprises a body support rod for supporting rotatably said body frame on said pair of legs, a support arm mounted on said rod for pivotal movement in a vertical direction, a pivotable arm mounted on said support arm so as to be pivoted vertically by the rotation of a cam driven by said motor, and a spring for urging said pivotable arm so as to be brought always into engagement with said cam.