Traveling toy and radio-controlled traveling toy

Abstract

A traveling toy and a radio-controlled traveling toy having a transmission which brings about an operational feeling like a real car is provided. Under a shift lever 4 , there is provided a gear box 10 that covers the motor unit and is secured to a chassis rear portion 6 , and a rear wheel shaft 8 extends through the gear box 10 covering a motor unit, with a crank box 12 being disposed on the gear box 10 . A second slider 14 is disposed on the crank box 12 , a first slider 16 is disposed on the second slider 14 , and a shift shaft 18 , which is a shaft portion of a shift lever 4 , stands vertically from the first slider 16 . On top of the shift shaft 18 , a grasping section 20 is disposed to control the shift lever 4.

1 . A traveling toy wherein the traveling speed thereof is controlled by the arranged positions of a shift lever projectingly mounted on a portion of the traveling body. 
   
   
       2 . The traveling toy according to  claim 1 , comprising:
 in the rear portion of the body, a motor that drives the body;   inside the body, a gear box that houses a gear to engage with the motor; and   a crank box that is mounted to said gear box to house a crank, further comprising:   a shift lever;   a first slider that is provided with said shift lever;   a second slider that guides the first slider in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction and that guides said crank box in a direction parallel to the movement direction;   a crank shaft that is caused to rotate by way of the crank, wherein a crank pin is fitted into a pin groove provided to the rear surface of said second slider and wherein said crank pin moves as said second slider moves;   a shift element that has at an end thereof two gear holders projectingly mounted in the downward direction, causing the gear holders to freely rotate about said crank shaft in the direction perpendicular to the movement direction;   a pinion gear that is provided to a leading end of the rotatable shaft of said motor;   a second gear that is provided to a shift gear shaft disposed within said gear box so that the second gear is engaged with said pinion gear;   a third gear that is provided to said shift gear shaft, wherein the third gear is adjacently coupled to said second gear and has a smaller diameter than that of said second gear;   a fourth gear that is provided to said shift gear shaft, wherein the fourth gear has a smaller diameter than that of said third gear and is provided to a side of said second gear opposite to the third gear and about the shift gear shaft;   a fifth gear that is provided in said gear box, and that is provided to the axle having wheels at the opposite ends thereof, and that is engaged with said third gear; and   a sixth gear that is provided to said axle to engage with said fourth gear,   wherein:   said second slider moves as said shift lever moves;   said crank is caused to rotate by way of said second slider, wherein a crank pin is fitted into the pin groove provided on the rear surface of said second slider;   said shift element is caused to rotate as said crank rotates; and   either one of a first and a second combination can be selected,
 with the first combination being that the third and fifth gears are engaged with each other when said gear holders move in the vertical direction with respect to the movement direction as said shift element rotates and when the second gear retained in said gear holders moves so that the third and fifth gears are engaged with each other, and 
 with the second combination being that the fourth and sixth gears are engaged with each other. 
   
   
   
       3 . The traveling toy according to  claim 2 , wherein said shift lever comprises:
 a shift shaft that stands vertically from the first slider;   a grasping section that is disposed on said shift shaft;   a shift button that extends from the top of the grasping section through inside the shift shaft;   a button receiving section that abuts against the bottom of said shift button;   a spring that is disposed between the button receiving section and the shift shaft bottom inside the shift shaft;   a pressing shaft that extends through inside said spring, and that is secured to the button receiving section at the upper end of the pressing shaft, and that has a bottom plate, at the bottom end of the pressing shaft, to be provided to the first slider; and   a pair of locking bosses that is provided to the opposite sides of said pressing shaft in the perpendicular direction with respect to the movement direction, and that is arranged to stand vertically to fit into a pair of grooves provided at the opposite sides of said first slider,   wherein the traveling toy further comprises:   a pair of first guide ribs that is provided to the second slider in the perpendicular direction with respect to the movement direction so as to guide the first slider ribs that are provided to the opposite sides of the first slider with respect to the movement direction;   a pair of second guide ribs that are provided to the upper end of the crank box so as to guide the second slider ribs that are provided to the opposite sides of the second slider in the perpendicular direction with respect to the movement direction; and   locking plates that are provided at both of said second guide ribs to lock said locking bosses,   wherein:   when said shift lever is fixed, either one of said first and second combinations is retained by locking either one of the locking bosses to either one of the locking plates, and   when said shift lever is moved, the button receiving section and the pressing shaft are pressed down by pressing down the shift button so that the locking bosses can be pressed down.   
   
   
       4 . The traveling toy according to  claim 1 , wherein the switch mode selection can be changed by the arranged positions of the shift lever. 
   
   
       5 . A radio-controlled traveling toy having a body wherein the traveling speed thereof can be controlled by the arranged positions of a shift lever projectingly mounted on a portion of the traveling body, and wherein said body comprises a receiving section that is radio-controlled. 
   
   
       6 . The radio-controlled traveling toy according to  claim 5 , comprising:
 in the rear portion of the body, a motor that drives the body;   inside the body, a gear box that houses a gear to engage with the motor; and   a crank box that is mounted to said gear box to house a crank, further comprising:   a shift lever;   a first slider that is provided with said shift lever;   a second slider that guides the first slider in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction and that guides said crank box in a direction parallel to said crank box;   a crank shaft that is caused to rotate by way of the crank, wherein a crank pin is fitted into a pin groove provided to the rear surface of said second slider and wherein said crank pin moves as said second slider moves;   a shift element that has at an end thereof two gear holders projectingly mounted in the downward direction, causing the gear holders to freely rotate about said crank shaft in the direction perpendicular to the movement direction;   a pinion gear that is provided to a leading end of the rotatable shaft of said motor;   a second gear that is provided to a shift gear shaft disposed within said gear box so that the second gear is engaged with said pinion gear;   a third gear that is provided to said shift gear shaft, wherein the third gear is adjacently coupled to said second gear and has a smaller diameter than that of said second gear;   a fourth gear that is provided to said shift gear shaft, wherein the fourth gear has a smaller diameter than that of said third gear and is provided to a side of said second gear opposite to the third gear and about the shift gear shaft;   a fifth gear that is provided in said gear box, and that is provided to the axle having wheels at the opposite ends thereof, and that is engaged with said third gear; and   a sixth gear that is provided to said axle to engage with said fourth gear,   wherein:   said second slider moves as said shift lever moves;   said crank is caused to rotate by way of said second slider, wherein a crank pin is fitted into the pin groove provided on the rear surface of said second slider;   said shift element is caused to rotate as said crank rotates; and   either one of a first and a second combination can be selected,
 with the first combination being that the third and fifth gears are engaged with each other when said gear holders move in the vertical direction with respect to the movement direction as said shift element rotates and when the second gear retained in said gear holders moves so that the third and fifth gears are engaged with each other, and 
 with the second combination being that the fourth and sixth gears are engaged with each other. 
   
   
   
       7 . The radio-controlled traveling toy according to  claim 6 , wherein said shift lever comprises:
 a shift shaft that stands vertically from the first slider;   a grasping section that is disposed on said shift shaft;   a shift button that extends from the top of the grasping section through inside the shift shaft;   a button receiving section that abuts against the bottom of said shift button;   a spring that is disposed between the button receiving section and the shift shaft bottom inside the shift shaft;   a pressing shaft that extends through inside said spring, and that is secured to the button receiving section at the upper end of the pressing shaft, and that has a bottom plate, at the bottom end of the pressing shaft, to be provided to the first slider; and   a pair of locking bosses that is provided to the opposite sides of said pressing shaft in the perpendicular direction with respect to the movement direction, and that is arranged to stand vertically to fit into a pair of grooves provided at the opposite sides of said first slider,   wherein the radio-controlled traveling toy further comprises:   a pair of first guide ribs that is provided to the second slider in the perpendicular direction with respect to the movement direction so as to guide the first slider ribs that are provided to the opposite sides of the first slider with respect to the movement direction;   a pair of second guide ribs that is provided to the upper end of the crank box so as to guide the second slider ribs that are provided to the opposite sides of the second slider in the perpendicular direction with respect to the movement direction; and   locking plates that are provided at both of said second guide ribs to lock said locking bosses,   wherein:   when said shift lever is fixed, either one of said first and second combinations is retained by locking either one of the locking bosses to either one of the locking plates, and   when said shift lever is moved, the button receiving section and the pressing shaft are pressed down by pressing down the shift button so that the locking bosses can be pressed down.   
   
   
       8 . The radio-controlled traveling toy according to  claim 5 , wherein the switch mode selection can be changed by the arranged positions of the shift lever.