Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides a music playing method and a music playing device, which have a new music playing mode, have higher interestingness and ease mood.
The music playing device comprises a ball discharging mechanism for releasing falling balls according to a certain rule, a feeding mechanism for conveying the balls to the ball discharging mechanism, a sounding body capable of sounding under the driving of the falling balls, and a transmission mechanism for driving and connecting the feeding mechanism and the ball discharging mechanism.
The music playing device has the advantages that the ball falls onto the sounding body through the ball outlet mechanism to make sound, and different sounds are made by different sounding bodies to play music. The whole musical performance device is composed of mechanical parts, the structure is easy to observe, the device is full of interestingness, the mood is relieved, and meanwhile, the device can be used as an intelligent toy, and the use interest of a user is improved.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the ball discharging mechanism further comprises a slideway which is connected with the feeding mechanism and is obliquely arranged, a ball feeding channel which is communicated with the slideway, and a plurality of groups of ball falling devices which are communicated with the lower ends of the ball feeding channels.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the ball discharging device further comprises a rolling track and a ball discharging channel, wherein the sound generating body is obliquely arranged and positioned below the ball falling device, the rolling track is positioned on one side of the sound generating body, the upper end of the ball discharging channel is communicated with the ball feeding channel, the lower end of the ball discharging channel is communicated with the rolling track, and the rolling track is communicated with the feeding mechanism.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the rolling track further comprises a curved ball feeding track, one end of the ball feeding track is communicated with the rolling track, the other end of the ball feeding track is connected to the side face of the feeding mechanism, and the ball body is decelerated after passing through the ball feeding track and enters from one side perpendicular to the rotation direction of the feeding mechanism.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the ball falling device comprises a ball groove communicated with the lower end of the ball inlet channel, a ball channel arranged below the ball groove, a movable baffle plate capable of being arranged between the ball groove and the ball channel in a sliding manner and a driving device capable of driving the movable baffle plate to move, wherein the movable baffle plate is provided with a ball hole.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the driving device comprises a plurality of groups of sound poking wheels which are coaxially arranged at intervals and are in one-to-one correspondence with the ball falling device, the ball falling device comprises a reset piece, a plurality of sound poking teeth are arranged on the periphery of the sound poking wheels, the sound poking wheels are rotated to push the movable baffle to slide and enable the ball holes to be opposite to the ball channel, and the reset piece can push the movable baffle to reset and enable the ball holes to be staggered with the ball channel.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the positions and the number of the sound poking teeth on the sound poking wheel can be adjusted.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the feeding mechanism comprises a transmission chain and a plurality of groups of dribbling mechanisms, wherein the dribbling mechanisms are in a hook shape and are fixedly connected with the transmission chain, the dribbling mechanisms comprise an inner hook close to the slideway and an outer hook far away from the slideway, the inner hook comprises a first L-shaped hook piece and a first supporting part fixedly connected with the first hook piece, the outer hook comprises a second L-shaped hook piece and a second supporting part fixedly connected with the second hook piece, and the second supporting part is higher than the first supporting part.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the dribbling mechanism further comprises a side barrier located between the inner hook and the outer hook and at a side remote from the first and second hook members.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the dribbling mechanism further comprises a lug arranged between the inner hook and the outer hook, the lower end of the lug is meshed with the gear, and the upper end of the lug is provided with an inclined bulge.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the feeding mechanism is further provided with a ball carrying cavity, the ball carrying cavity is positioned below the transmission chain, and a ball body is positioned in the ball carrying cavity and can be hooked by the ball carrying mechanism.
The invention further provides a music playing method, which comprises the steps of enabling the ball body to circularly move, enabling the ball body to fall from a high place according to a certain rule in the process of the circular movement, and further enabling the sounding body to sound so as to play music.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
Drawings
The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a ball-out mechanism of a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a side view of a ball drop apparatus for a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the operation of a ball drop apparatus for a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a ball unloading passage of a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a dial wheel of a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a side view of a loading mechanism of a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion of a loading mechanism a of a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a bottom structure of a feeding mechanism of a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 10 is an enlarged view of a portion C of a loading mechanism of a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a transmission mechanism of a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numerals:
Ball discharging mechanism 100, slideway 110, ball feeding channel 120, baffle 121, guide plate 122, wall plate 123, ball falling device 130, ball groove 131, ball channel 132, ball hole 133, movable baffle 134, toggle block 135, limit block 136, reset piece 137, ball discharging channel 140,
A sounding body 200,
The feeding mechanism 300, the driving chain 310, the dribbling mechanism 320, the inner hook 321, the first hook piece 322, the first supporting part 323, the outer hook 324, the second hook piece 325, the second supporting part 326, the side baffle 327, the lug 328, the ball carrying cavity 330,
A transmission mechanism 400, a driving gear 410, a first transmission rod 420, a second transmission rod 430, a driven gear 440, a handle 450,
Rolling track 500, ball feeding track 510,
A driving device 600, a dial wheel 610 and dial teeth 620.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that references to orientation descriptions such as upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, top, bottom, etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, the description of the first and second is only for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying the number of technical features indicated or the precedence of the technical features indicated.
In the description of the present invention, unless explicitly defined otherwise, terms such as arrangement, connection, etc. should be construed broadly and the specific meaning of the terms in the present invention can be reasonably determined by those skilled in the art in combination with the specific contents of the technical scheme.
A musical performance method and a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1.
As shown in fig. 1, a musical performance apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is described, including a ball discharging mechanism 100 for discharging balls falling according to a certain rule, a feeding mechanism 300 for feeding the balls to the ball discharging mechanism 100, a sounding body 200, the sounding body 200 being capable of sounding under the driving of the falling balls, and a transmission mechanism 400 driving the connection of the feeding mechanism 300 and the ball discharging mechanism 100. In this embodiment, the sounding body 200 is a musical instrument piece, and the sphere falls onto the corresponding musical instrument piece from the ball falling device 130 to make the musical instrument piece make sounds, so that different musical instrument pieces have different lengths, and different musical instrument pieces are combined to make sounds to form a coherent tune.
Of course, in other embodiments, the drum body can be used as a sounding component to make a sound when the ball is knocked against the drum surface, or the string can be used for sounding when the ball is matched with the lever mechanism, and the ball falls to one end of the lever to lift the other end of the lever so as to touch the string to make a sound.
In this embodiment, in order to enable the ball to automatically slide into the ball falling device 130 and prevent the ball from overflowing, as shown in fig. 2, the ball discharging mechanism 100 further includes a slide rail 110 connected with the feeding mechanism 300 and disposed obliquely, a ball feeding channel 120 connected with the slide rail 110, and a plurality of ball falling devices 130 connected with the lower ends of the ball feeding channels 120. The width of the slideway 110 gradually decreases from one end close to the feeding mechanism 300, a guide plate 122 is further arranged at one end communicated with the ball feeding channel 120, when a ball enters from the slideway 110 and collides with the guide plate 122 to enter the ball feeding channel 120 along the guide direction, the ball feeding channel 120 is provided with baffle plates 121 which are arranged at intervals, the length of each baffle plate 121 gradually shortens from the middle to two sides, when the ball slides into the ball feeding channel 120 from the slideway 110, the ball starts to be filled firstly to the right side under the action of the self inertia force of the ball, and after the ball is filled to the right side, the ball is filled to the left side. The guide plate 122 and the wall plate 123 of the ball inlet channel 120 form a channel which can pass through the ball, the channel is communicated with the ball discharging channel 140, and when the ball overflows, the ball can enter from the channel and then fall from the ball discharging channel 140, so that abnormal operation of the ball outlet mechanism 100 caused by accumulation of too many balls is avoided.
Of course, in other embodiments, the ball feeding channel 120 may be used to split the ball without the baffle 121, so that the ball enters the ball feeding channel 120 completely, and then the ball fills the ball dropping device 130 under the action of gravity.
In this embodiment, in order to realize the functions of collecting and conveying spheres, as shown in fig. 5, the device further comprises a rolling track 500 and a sphere discharging channel 140, wherein the sounding body 200 is obliquely arranged and positioned below the sphere dropping device 130, the rolling track 500 is positioned at one side of the sounding body 200, the upper end of the sphere discharging channel 140 is communicated with the sphere feeding channel 120, the lower end of the sphere discharging channel is communicated with the rolling track 500, and the rolling track 500 is communicated with the feeding mechanism 300. The ball discharging channel 140 is semicircular, extends to the rolling track 500 at the bottom from top to bottom, and the ball overflowed by the ball discharging mechanism 100 can fall onto the rolling track 500 from the ball discharging channel 140, and the inclined bottom end of the sounding body 200 is connected with the rolling track 500, and the ball falling from the ball discharging device rolls onto the rolling track 500 along the inclined surface of the sounding body 200 after striking the sounding body 200, and finally is gathered to the bottom which is communicated with the feeding mechanism 300 as shown in fig. 10.
Of course, in other embodiments, a cavity may be disposed at the bottom of the musical performance apparatus, and all the balls falling from the ball unloading rail and the sounding body 200 are collected in the cavity, the cavity is obliquely disposed and is communicated with the bottom of the feeding mechanism 300, and the balls falling into the cavity can be collected at the feeding mechanism 300 and conveyed into the ball discharging mechanism 100 through the feeding mechanism 300.
In this embodiment, in order to convey the balls collected on the rolling rail 500 to the ball discharging mechanism 100 at the top, as shown in fig. 7 and 9, the rolling rail 500 further includes a curved ball feeding rail 510, the ball feeding rail 510 is connected to the side of the feeding mechanism 300, and the balls are decelerated after passing through the ball feeding rail 510 and enter from one side perpendicular to the rotation direction of the feeding mechanism 300. The rolling speed can be reduced when the ball enters the ball feed rail 510 so that the ball cannot fall out of the bottom of the feed mechanism 300 due to the excessive speed.
Of course, in other embodiments, a rubber pad may be disposed on the rolling track 500, and the ball may be rubbed against the surface of the rubber pad as it passes over the rubber pad.
In this embodiment, in order to control the automatic opening and closing of the falling of the ball, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the ball falling device 130 includes a ball groove 131 communicating with the lower end of the ball inlet channel 120, a ball channel 132 disposed below the ball groove 131, a movable shutter 134 slidably disposed between the ball groove 131 and the ball channel 132, and a driving device 600 capable of driving the movable shutter 134 to move, wherein the movable shutter 134 is provided with a ball hole 133. The ball enters the ball groove 131 through the ball inlet channel 120, the diameter of the ball hole 133 of the movable baffle 134 and the diameter of the ball channel 132 are larger than the diameter of the ball, so that the ball can smoothly pass through the ball hole 133 and the ball channel 132, the ball falling device 130 is further provided with a poking block 135, and the poking block 135 can push the movable baffle 134 to slide.
Of course, according to the actual situation, in other embodiments, the movable baffle 134 may be driven by a mode of matching a screw motor with an infrared sensor, when the infrared signal is blocked, the movable baffle 134 is driven by the screw motor to slide forward, the channel is opened, and when the infrared signal is not blocked, the movable baffle 134 is driven by the screw motor to retract, and the channel is closed.
In this embodiment, in order to make the sounding body 200 sound according to a certain ball falling rule, as shown in fig. 3 and 6, the device further comprises a plurality of groups of sound-poking wheels 610, the sound-poking wheels 610 are coaxially arranged at intervals and are in one-to-one correspondence with the ball falling devices 130, the ball falling devices 130 comprise reset pieces 137, a plurality of sound-poking teeth 620 are arranged on the periphery of the sound-poking wheels 610, the movable baffle 134 can be pushed to slide by rotating the sound-poking wheels 610, the ball holes 133 are opposite to the ball channels 132, and the movable baffle 134 can be pushed to reset by the reset pieces 137, so that the ball holes 133 are staggered with the ball channels 132. The dial teeth 620 can engage with the dial block 135, when the dial wheel 610 rotates, the dial teeth 620 engage with the lower part of the dial block, thereby pushing the dial block to rotate, and pushing the movable baffle 134 to move, opening the channel, and making the ball hole 133 communicate with the ball channel 132, and the ball falls onto the sounding body 200 to make a sound. When the toggle block 135 stops pushing, the movable shutter 134 moves backward due to the gravity of the reset member 137, the ball hole 133 and the ball channel 132 are dislocated, and the ball stops falling. The rear part of the poking block 135 is also provided with a limiting block 136, and the poking block 135 stops rotating when rotating to the position of the limiting block 136 under the gravity action of the reset piece 137.
Of course, according to the actual situation, in other embodiments, a black adhesive tape may be adhered to the surface of the dial wheel 610, and the ball falling device 130 may be implemented by matching with the infrared sensor and the screw motor in the other embodiments, or a hard paper sheet or a polygonal plate may be used to drive the movable baffle 134 to move, where the hard paper sheet or the plate is coaxially arranged at intervals, and cutting is performed at a place corresponding to the periphery of the hard paper sheet or the plate according to the requirement of self-programming music.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the positions and the number of the dial teeth 620 on the dial wheel 610 can be adjusted. The dial teeth 620 are fixed on the dial wheel 610 by means of a slot embedded or screw direct screwing, and a user can adjust the position of the dial teeth 620 on the dial wheel 610 according to the requirement of self-programming music.
In this embodiment, in order to convey the balls collected on the rolling track 500 into the ball discharging mechanism 100 at the top and to hook the balls, and prevent the balls from being accidentally separated during transportation, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, the loading mechanism 300 includes a transmission chain 310 and a plurality of groups of ball transporting mechanisms 320, the ball transporting mechanisms 320 are in a hook shape and fixedly connected with the transmission chain 310, the ball transporting mechanisms 320 include an inner hook 321 near the slideway 110 and an outer hook 324 far from the slideway 110, the inner hook 321 includes a first hook 322 in an L shape, a first supporting portion 323 fixedly connected with the first hook 322, the outer hook 324 includes a second hook 325 in an L shape, and a second supporting portion 326 fixedly connected with the second hook 325, and the second supporting portion 326 is higher than the first supporting portion 323. Since the second supporting portion 326 has a height higher than that of the first supporting portion 323, a groove is formed therebetween, the ball is prevented from rolling out of the outer hook 324 by entering the groove, the ball enters a recess formed between the tips of the inner hook 321 and the outer hook 324 when the dribbling mechanism 320 is at the bottom, the bottom of the ball contacts the groove when the dribbling mechanism 320 is at the ascending state, and the recess and the protrusion 328 are provided at the side to prevent the ball from being separated.
In this embodiment, to prevent the ball from coming out of the side, as shown in fig. 8, the dribbling mechanism 320 further includes a side barrier 327, the side barrier 327 being located between the inner hook 321 and the outer hook 324 and on a side remote from the first hook 322 and the second hook 325.
In this embodiment, in order to prevent the ball from sliding into the slideway 110 at the top, as shown in fig. 8, the dribbling mechanism 320 further comprises a lug 328 arranged between the inner hook 321 and the outer hook 324, the lower end of the lug 328 being engaged with the gear, and the upper end being provided with an inclined protrusion. When the dribbling mechanism 320 is at the top, the bottom of the ball body contacts with the convex block 328, and at this time, as the convex block 328 is provided with a convex block inclined towards the direction of the slideway 110, the ball body is jacked up by the convex block and falls into the slideway 110 to complete the conveying process. The lower end of the lug 328 is part of the engagement of the conveyor chain with a gear that drives the lower end of the lug 328 to rotate the conveyor chain.
In this embodiment, in order for the dribbling mechanism 320 to be able to grasp the ball located at the bottom of the feeding mechanism 300, as shown in fig. 10, the feeding mechanism 300 is further provided with a ball carrying cavity 330, the ball carrying cavity 330 is located below the transmission chain 310, and the ball is located in the ball carrying cavity 330 and can be hooked by the dribbling mechanism 320. The ball carrying cavity 330 is lower than the ball carrying mechanism 320 in height, and is just in the concave position formed by the inner hook 321 and the outer hook 324, and the ball stops moving after entering the ball carrying cavity 330, because the space of the ball carrying cavity 330 just can only accommodate one ball, when the ball is in the ball carrying cavity 330, the ball on the rolling track 500 can not enter. When the ball is grabbed by the dribbling mechanism 320, the following ball is automatically filled under the action of gravity, waiting for the next set of dribbling mechanisms 320 to grab.
In this embodiment, in order to drive the ball discharging mechanism 100 and the feeding mechanism 300, as shown in fig. 11, the transmission mechanism 400 includes a driving gear 410, a first transmission rod 420 rotatably connected to the driving gear 410, a plurality of driven gears 440 rotatably connected to the first transmission rod 420, and a handle 450. The driving wheel is rotationally connected with the handle 450, and is connected with the driven gear 440 through the first transfer line 420, and driven gear 440 drives feed mechanism 300, thereby gear and the gear engagement on the second transfer line 430 that sets up with driven gear 440 are coaxial drives second transfer line 430 and rotate, thereby another gear and the play sound wheel 610 engagement on the second transfer line 430 drive play sound wheel 610 and rotate, and then make ball mechanism 100 can realize the spheroid whereabouts.
Of course, according to the actual situation, in other embodiments, a motor may be rotatably connected to the driving gear 410, so as to implement automatic music playing of the music playing device.
In this embodiment, the method for playing music includes making the ball move circularly, and making the ball fall from a high place according to a certain rule during the circular movement, so as to promote the sounding body 200 to sound, thereby playing music. The ball slides into the ball discharging mechanism 100 and enters the ball discharging device 130 through the ball inlet channel 120, the handle 450 is rotated, the dial wheel 610 is driven to rotate through the transmission mechanism 400, the dial wheel 610 pushes the dial block 135 to push the movable baffle 134 connected with the dial block 135, the movable baffle 134 pushes the reset piece 137 and is communicated with the ball channel 132 to enable the ball to fall onto the sounding body 200 corresponding to the ball discharging device 130 to make sound, after the dial wheel 610 is separated from the dial block 135, the reset piece 137 pushes the movable baffle 134 to be misplaced with the ball channel 132 to enable the ball in the ball groove 131 to not fall, the ball slides into the rolling track 500 from the sounding body 200 and slides into the dribble mechanism 320 of the feeding mechanism 300 under the action of gravity, the transmission chain drives the dribble mechanism 320 to the top, the ball slides into the slideway 110 of the ball discharging mechanism 100 under the action of the inclined bulge of the side plate and is backfilled into the ball discharging device 130, and the overflowed ball enters the rolling track 500 through the ball discharging channel 140 to participate in the transportation circulation. The circulation of the ball is realized and music is played by the ball striking sounding body 200.
A music performance method and an operation mode of the music performance apparatus according to the present embodiment are described in detail below. It is to be understood that the following description is exemplary only and is not intended to limit the invention in any way.
A user firstly puts a ball into the ball discharging mechanism 100, the ball enters the ball discharging device 130 through the ball inlet channel 120, then the user rotates the handle 450, the driving mechanism 400 drives the tone pulling wheel 610 to rotate, the tone pulling wheel 610 pushes the tone pulling block 135 to push the movable baffle 134 connected with the crank of the tone pulling block 135, the movable baffle 134 pushes the reset piece 137 and is communicated with the ball channel 132 to enable the ball to fall into the sounding body 200 at a position corresponding to the ball discharging device 130 to make a sound, after the tone pulling wheel 610 is separated from the tone pulling block 135, the reset piece 137 pushes the movable baffle 134 to be misplaced with the ball channel 132 to enable the ball in the ball groove 131 to not fall, the ball slides into the rolling track 500 from the sounding body 200 and slides into the ball conveying mechanism 320 of the feeding mechanism 300 from the rolling track 500 under the action of gravity, the conveying chain drives the ball conveying mechanism 320 to the top, the ball slides into the slideway 110 of the ball discharging mechanism 100 under the action of the inclined bulge of the side plate and backfills into the ball discharging device 130, and the overflowed ball enters the rolling track 500 through the ball discharging channel 140 to participate in the transportation circulation.
The music playing method and the music playing device have at least the following advantages that the ball falls on the sounding body 200 through the ball discharging mechanism 100 to emit sound, and different sounds are emitted by different sounding bodies 200 to play music. The whole musical performance device is composed of mechanical parts, is simple and easy to understand in structure, is easy to observe, is full of interestingness, and is capable of relieving mood and improving use interests of users.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention.