US 12,285,698 B2
Top launching device
Makoto Muraki, Tokyo (JP); Kei Nishizawa, Tokyo (JP); and Takeaki Maeda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TOMY COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOMY COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,866.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-132508 (JP), filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0066417 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A63H 1/04 (2006.01); A63H 29/24 (2006.01); A63H 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 1/04 (2013.01) [A63H 29/24 (2013.01); A63H 31/06 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A top launching device for launching a top, comprising:
a device body including first and second input rotors to rotate by rotational force, an output rotor configured to hold the top in a state with a central axis of the output rotor aligned with a central axis of the top and configured to rotate and impart the rotational force to the top, and a coupling rotor configured to transmit the rotational force from the first and second input rotors to the output rotor;
an operating belt configured to be inserted in the device body, and to be engaged with either the first or the second input rotor when the operating belt is in the device body,
the first and the second input rotors configured to rotate by a user pulling the operating belt from the device body,
the output rotor configured to rotate the top, impart the rotational force to the top, and release the top,
the first input rotor having a first gear ratio,
the second input rotor having a second gear ratio being different from the first gear ratio,
the operating belt configured to be selectively engaged with one of the first and second input rotors.