HK1124386B - A balance unit with direction-setting function - Google Patents

Description

Balancing device with direction setting function

Technical Field

The invention relates to a balancing device with a direction setting function, in particular to a compass.

Background

Most of the existing balancing devices (such as compasses) with direction indication are provided with a containing space isolated from the outside in a shell (container), a light and thin magnetic strip (sheet) body is arranged in the containing space, the middle section of the magnetic strip (sheet) body is supported on a support (seat), and the magnetic strip (sheet) body is driven to point to the south and north directions of the earth by the interaction between the magnetic force of the magnetic strip (sheet) body and the terrestrial magnetism.

However, the above-mentioned balancing devices are generally mainly designed with emphasis on the function of direction indication, and the appearance and shape thereof lack the overall aesthetic and decorative effects, and more commonly, the shape and appearance of the housing (container) are only designed and changed, but the basic structure design of the magnetic strip (sheet) body arranged in the accommodating space of the housing (container) is still maintained, and the function thereof is also lack of variability, so that the stiff design which has been creative for a long time is lacked, and the efficacy of effectively attracting the consumers to buy is difficult to be exerted; therefore, it is an urgent task for the related industry to improve the interest and decoration of the overall structure and appearance to enhance the competitiveness of the product on the premise of exerting the basic predetermined performance.

In view of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior balancing apparatus with direction indication, the inventor has studied and improved the above-mentioned disadvantages, and finally has produced the present invention.

Disclosure of Invention

The main objective of the present invention is to provide a balancing device with a direction setting function, which has the characteristic of presetting a direction indicator and can provide an excellent direction identification function.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a balancing device with a direction setting function, which can adjust the stagnation direction in the natural state according to the requirement, so as to have wider applicability.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a balance device with direction setting function, which can be designed into various shapes in appearance, so as to have various decorative effects.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:

a balancing device with a function of setting direction, characterized by comprising at least: a supporting component, which is connected or fixed on a preset positioning surface; the balance assembly can be provided with at least one balance weight body at the position beside the gravity center of the balance assembly, so that the balance assembly can form an asymmetric balance state on the supporting assembly, the balance assembly forms natural balance on the supporting assembly and can freely rotate on the supporting assembly, the balance weight body has magnetism, and the balance assembly is also provided with a marking part for indicating the direction; and the magnetic component is combined on the balancing component, and the magnetic component drives the balancing component to rotate on the supporting component to point to the set direction by adopting the interaction force between the magnetism of the magnetic component and the geomagnetism.

Compared with the prior art, the invention adopting the technical scheme has the advantages that: the balance component enables the gravity center part to be combined with the contact part of the supporting component in a contact way with a minimal friction force form, so that a natural balance can be formed; the magnetic component is combined on the balancing component according to a set direction, and the magnetic component can drive the balancing component to point to a preset fixed direction by adopting the interaction force between the magnetism of the magnetic component and the geomagnetism.

FIG. 1 is a constructional exploded view of a first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective assembly view of the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2A is a perspective assembly view of a magnetic assembly after being repositioned in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a side sectional plan view of the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3A is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the balancing operation of the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective combination external view of a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective combination external view of a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram (one) of the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view (two) of the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic construction view of a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic construction view of a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram of a seventh embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11A is a partial exploded view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the operational state of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a perspective external view of an eighth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13A is a schematic view of the configuration of fig. 13.

Description of reference numerals: 1. 10, 4, 6-balance assembly; 104-beads; 105-a base; 106-orientation indication; 11. 101, 41, 61-designation; 12-corresponding contact site; 12A-ball pivot; 13-a wing; 14. 103, 43, 63-counterweight body; 2. 20, 200-support components; 15-a closure skirt; 201-fulcrum; 21-contact site; 21A-ball seat; 22. 202-a seat; 23-a hanging type support assembly; 3. 30, 300-magnetic component; 62. 621-locus of containment.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the first embodiment of the present invention, and it is apparent from the perspective combination view and the side combination plan view of fig. 2 and 3 that the structure of the first embodiment of the present invention mainly includes: a balance member 1, a support member 2 (shown in fig. 1 to 5 as a rod or a column), and a magnetic member 3, wherein one end of the support member 2 can form a seat 22 to be stably supported on a predetermined placing surface (such as a table, a floor), or a hanging type support member 23 to be hung at a high place, a contact portion 21 (which can be a contact surface with a minimum friction force) is provided at the other end of the support member 2, the balance member 1 can have a proper shape (such as a doll, an animal, a plant, a flower, a landscape, or other shapes) to have a decorative and aesthetic function basically, a mark portion 11 (which can be a mark point or a mark finger protrusion) for indicating a set direction can be provided on the balance member 1, and a corresponding contact portion 12 provided with respect to the contact portion 21 of the support member 2 is provided at a center of gravity of the balance member 1, the contact type of the two contact parts can be contact combination of a minimal friction force form, and a natural balance is formed; in the form, the contact function of the contact portions 12 and 21 may be a very small area contact (as shown in the embodiments of fig. 3 and 5) in the form of a close point, or a contact between the ball pivot 12A and the ball seat 21A with a very low friction coefficient as shown in fig. 9; besides, at least one counterweight 14 can be further disposed beside the gravity center of the balance assembly 1 (e.g. on the wing portion 13) to make the balance assembly 1 form an asymmetric (inclined) balance state expected by the designer, at least one magnetic assembly 3 is combined on the balance assembly 1, or the balance assembly 1 is directly designed as a magnetic body, and the magnetic assembly 3 is mounted on the balance assembly 1, and can be an exterior of any direction on the balance assembly 1, or can be contained in the balance assembly 1.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a balancing operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the drawing, it can be seen that the magnetic component 3 can drive the balancing component 1 to continuously maintain a certain orientation by using the interaction force between its own magnetism and the earth magnetism, that is, the marking portion 11 can be automatically turned to return to the fixed direction of the balance between the magnetic component 3 and the earth magnetism from the non-set orientation position in the natural balance state (or the marking portion 11 can be directed to different north or south or east or south east or north east or south or west or north or west or other preset directions along with the different directions in which the magnetic component 3 is installed on the balancing component 1) to achieve the preset direction setting indication function.

In practical applications, the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention may also make the weight body 14 have suitable magnetism, or even directly form the weight body 14 as a magnetic body with the same magnetic direction (as shown in fig. 2A and 9), so that the magnetic weight body 14 can directly act to achieve the setting direction indication function similar to the above.

Furthermore, the user can also approach the balance assembly 1 and the magnetic assembly 3 with an external magnetic body, and the magnetic force of the external magnetic body is adopted to interact with the magnetic assembly 3 to influence the balance state of the balance assembly 1, so as to drive the marking part 11 to generate the change of the indication direction, even rotate or slide along the preset path, and the change of the action is utilized to ensure that the balance assembly has the functions of playing and entertainment.

Fig. 5 is a perspective assembly view of a second embodiment of the present invention, which is shown in the drawing, wherein a seat 202 is disposed on the bottom side of the supporting component 20 (which is set to be cylindrical), a contact of a fulcrum with a very small area (shown as a contact between the surface of the ball 104 and the top end surface 201 of the supporting component 20) is formed between the top end of the supporting component 20 and the bottom end of the balancing component 1, and the balancing component 10 can be basically shaped like a doll or other possible decorative objects, and a plurality of outwardly extending blade-shaped weights 103 and direction-indicating indicators 101 can be disposed on the periphery thereof, and a magnetic component 30 in the form of a sheet is combined on the bottom side of the balancing component 10, and the magnetic component 30 can be disposed above the fulcrum to form a very low friction contact state; similarly, the balance assembly 10 can be driven to be in a natural balance state by using the interaction force between the magnetism of the magnetic assembly 30 and the earth magnetism, and the indication portion 101 of the balance assembly is self-maintained to point to the direction of the operator, the setting or the original setting of the object.

Fig. 6 is a perspective combined external view of a third embodiment of the present invention, which shows the structure of the third embodiment of the present invention, wherein the balancing member 4 is a molded body as shown in the foregoing, a plurality of outward extending sheet-shaped balance weights 43 and at least one direction indication part 41 can be arranged on the outer part of the outer sleeve, and a hanging type supporting component 23 (which can be a thin chain or a rope) is combined on the top of the balancing component 4, so that the balancing component 4 is in a suspended balanced state, the balancing component 4 is provided with a hole or a receiving space 42 for inserting the magnetic component 300, since the balance member 4 is suspended and suspended by the suspension type support member 23 and is in a support state with extremely low steering energy loss, therefore, by using the interaction force between the magnetism of the magnetic assembly 300 itself and the earth magnetism, the balance assembly 4 can be driven to point to the set direction with the indicating portion 41 in the natural balance state.

Fig. 7 and 8 are schematic views of various applications of the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and from these two views, the structure of the fourth embodiment of the present invention is that the balancing assembly 6 is a body capable of mounting the magnetic assembly 300, and the bottom thereof can be provided with the above-mentioned various types of fulcrums (not shown) with minimal energy loss, and the balancing assembly 6 can further be provided with a plurality of weight bodies 63 extending outward and at least one direction indication portion 61, and the surface of the balancing assembly 6 is mainly provided with a plurality of different directional receiving portions 62, 621, so that the magnetic assembly 300 can be adjustably received in one of the receiving portions 62, 621; thus, the indication part 61 of the balance assembly 6 can be adjusted to generate indications in different directions, so as to improve the variability and interest in application and playing.

Referring to fig. 10 to 12, the bottom of the balance assembly 10 of the present invention may also be a heavy-weight base 105 with a large arc surface, and the magnetic assembly 300 is disposed therein, and the bottom of the base 105 may be supported on the supporting point 201 of the smooth concave-type (fig. 10) or planar-type (fig. 11) supporting assembly 200 with low friction; the balance assembly 10 and the counterweight type base 105 can be designed to be mutually separated or integrally formed in different forms according to requirements, so that a user can suitably replace the balance assembly 10 with different shapes according to the preference of the user, and the application is more interesting; furthermore, an orientation indicator 106 can be further provided on the counterweight-type base 105, so that when the balance assembly 10 is relatively moved on the base 105, different orientation indication operations (as shown by the phantom lines in fig. 11) can be performed.

In addition, referring to fig. 13 to 13A, in the structural configuration, the combination of the supporting component 2 and the balancing component 1 of the present invention further provides a cover skirt 15 at the bottom of the balancing component 1, and a corresponding contact portion 12 at the inner top of the cover skirt 15, so that the contact point between the contact portion 21 of the supporting component 2 and the corresponding contact portion 12 is covered and hidden in the cover skirt 15, and the whole outer cover of the cover skirt 15 further forms a stable weight lower than the contact point, thereby obtaining an excellent stable balancing effect.

The foregoing description is intended to be illustrative rather than limiting, and it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that many modifications, variations or equivalents may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims (34)

1. A balancing device with a function of setting direction, characterized by comprising at least:

a supporting component, which is connected or fixed on a preset positioning surface;

the balance assembly can be provided with at least one balance weight body at the position beside the gravity center of the balance assembly, so that the balance assembly can form an asymmetric balance state on the supporting assembly, the balance assembly forms natural balance on the supporting assembly and can freely rotate on the supporting assembly, the balance weight body has magnetism, and the balance assembly is also provided with a marking part for indicating the direction;

and the magnetic component is combined on the balancing component, and the magnetic component drives the balancing component to rotate on the supporting component to point to the set direction by adopting the interaction force between the magnetism of the magnetic component and the geomagnetism.

2. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 1, wherein: the supporting component and the balancing component form a mutual contact part, and the contact part has relative contact with extremely small friction force.

3. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 2, wherein: the contact part of the balancing component is provided with a point-like minimum contact area.

4. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 2, wherein: the contact part of the supporting component is provided with a small contact area close to a point.

5. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 2, wherein: the supporting component and the balancing component form the matching of the ball supporting point and the ball support.

6. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 2, wherein: and a counterweight base with a large cambered surface is arranged below the balance component.

7. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 6, wherein: the balance component and the counterweight type base are integrally formed.

8. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 6, wherein: the balance component and the counterweight type base are arranged to be separated from each other.

9. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 6, wherein: the surface of the supporting component corresponding to the base is a plane.

10. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 6, wherein: the surface of the supporting component corresponding to the base is a concave surface.

11. The balancer with a function of setting a direction according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: the support assembly is a rigid support.

12. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 11, wherein: the rigid support is a rod-shaped body.

13. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 11, wherein: the rigid support is a column.

14. The balancer with a function of setting a direction according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: the bottom of the balance component is provided with a cover skirt part, and the inner top of the cover skirt part is provided with a corresponding contact part to receive a top support of the contact part of the support component.

15. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 11, wherein: the bottom of the balance component is provided with a cover skirt part, and the inner top of the cover skirt part is provided with a corresponding contact part to receive a top support of the contact part of the support component.

16. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 12, wherein: the bottom of the balance component is provided with a cover skirt part, and the inner top of the cover skirt part is provided with a corresponding contact part to receive a top support of the contact part of the support component.

17. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 13, wherein: the bottom of the balance component is provided with a cover skirt part, and the inner top of the cover skirt part is provided with a corresponding contact part to receive a top support of the contact part of the support component.

18. The balancer with a function of setting a direction according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: the supporting component is in a hanging type.

19. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 18, wherein: the support assembly is a chain.

20. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 18, wherein: the support member is a cable.

21. The balancer with a function of setting a direction according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: the balance assembly is provided with a plurality of accommodating parts which can correspondingly accommodate the magnetic assemblies, and the accommodating parts have different arrangement directions.

22. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 11, wherein: the balance assembly is provided with a plurality of accommodating parts which can correspondingly accommodate the magnetic assemblies, and the accommodating parts have different arrangement directions.

23. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 10, wherein: the balance assembly is provided with a plurality of accommodating parts which can correspondingly accommodate the magnetic assemblies, and the accommodating parts have different arrangement directions.

24. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 13, wherein: the balance assembly is provided with a plurality of accommodating parts which can correspondingly accommodate the magnetic assemblies, and the accommodating parts have different arrangement directions.

25. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 14, wherein: the balance assembly is provided with a plurality of accommodating parts which can correspondingly accommodate the magnetic assemblies, and the accommodating parts have different arrangement directions.

26. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 15, wherein: the balance assembly is provided with a plurality of accommodating parts which can correspondingly accommodate the magnetic assemblies, and the accommodating parts have different arrangement directions.

27. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 16, wherein: the balance assembly is provided with a plurality of accommodating parts which can correspondingly accommodate the magnetic assemblies, and the accommodating parts have different arrangement directions.

28. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 17, wherein: the balance assembly is provided with a plurality of accommodating parts which can correspondingly accommodate the magnetic assemblies, and the accommodating parts have different arrangement directions.

29. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 18, wherein: the balance assembly is provided with a plurality of accommodating parts which can correspondingly accommodate the magnetic assemblies, and the accommodating parts have different arrangement directions.

30. The balancer with a function of setting a direction according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: the balance component is a magnetic body.

31. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 11, wherein: the balance component is a magnetic body.

32. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 14, wherein: the balance component is a magnetic body.

33. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 18, wherein: the balance component is a magnetic body.

34. The balancing apparatus with a direction setting function according to claim 21, wherein: the balance component is a magnetic body.