Spinner for toy top

This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 119, of Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-2077, filed Apr. 4, 2008, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this application.

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a spinner for a toy top which rotates the toy top to spin the same.

2. Description of the Related Art

Conventionally, a toy top is a very popular children\'s toy, with which a game is played by hitting the toy top against another one to force out an opponent\'s toy top from a playing board. A spinner for rotating the toy top to spin the same has been proposed (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-103062). The spinner includes an insertion hole through which a rack belt is inserted on a side face of a main body of the spinner. A rotation applying mechanism in the main body applies a rotating force to a toy top and a lock mechanism locks the rotation applying mechanism. The spinner is configured such that, when the rack belt is inserted in the insertion hole, the lock mechanism is unlocked and the rotation applying mechanism is actuated by pulling-out the rack belt to apply a rotating force to the toy top. When the rack belt is pulled out from the insertion hole, the lock mechanism is activated to stop the rotation applying mechanism instantaneously, and when the rotation applying mechanism is stopped, the toy top rotating due to inertial force is released from the spinner.

In the abovementioned spinner, it is necessary to perform an operation for pulling out the rack belt from the insertion hole of the main body of the spinner after inserting the rack belt into the insertion hole of the main body of the spinner in order to spin the toy top, which is troublesome as the rack belt must be inserted into the small insertion hole for each spinning and two members, the spinner and the rack belt, must be managed.

In view of these circumstances, the present invention has been made. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a spinner for a toy top where the toy top can be spun merely by loading the toy top on the spinner and pulling a string so that ease of operation can be achieved and simplification of the spinner can be achieved.

There is provided a spinner for a toy top including: a spinner main body; a first gear; a second gear meshing with the first gear, the first and second gears being arranged in the spinner main body; a string having one end thereof attached to the first gear and the other end thereof protruding from the spinner main body so that the other end thereof can be subjected to a pulling operation from the outside, the first gear being formed such that the string can be wound thereon; a toy top holder arranged on the spinner main body to be rotated according to rotation of the second gear; and a biasing member linked with the first gear for biasing the first gear in a direction of winding the string; wherein the toy top holder includes a lower part protruded downwardly from a bottom face of the spinner main body and at least one holding section which is provided on a bottom face of the toy top holder to hold the toy top.

Incidentally, a clutch can be provided between the second gear and the toy top holder.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a pair of engagement holes is formed in the toy top and the toy top holder is provided with a pair of holding sections, so that the toy top is engaged with the toy top holder by inserting the holding sections of the toy top holder into the respective engagement holes of the toy top.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the pair of engagement holes of the toy top are each formed in an arc shape, the pair of holding sections are each formed on the bottom face of the toy top holder in an arc shape corresponding to the engagement holes of the toy top and in an approximately L shape in a side view, and the holding sections are each formed such that a back face thereof inclines downwardly so as to make the holding section narrow toward a lower end and a distal end thereof protrudes from a front face of the holding section in parallel to the bottom face of the toy top holder, so that the distal ends of the holding sections are engaged with lower faces of front end edges of the engagement holes of the toy top.

According to the present invention, a spinner for a toy top excellent in operability where the toy top can be spun by merely loading the toy top on the spinner and pulling the string can be provided. Since the string returns to an initial position by the biasing member rapidly after the toy top is spun, there is no need to insert the rack belt like the conventional spinner, and playing can be started immediately by only setting the toy top.

When the toy top holder is caused to hold a toy top, even if excessive force is applied to the toy top holder, the force can be released by the clutch and it is not transmitted to mechanisms positioned downstream of the second gear, so that failure does not occur in the spinner for the toy top.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a spinner for a toy top according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an internal structure of the spinner for the toy top;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a toy top is loaded on the spinner for the toy top;

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