Abstract:
An automated doll with Christmas light bulbs, particularly an automated doll using an axle and a gear mechanism to enlarge the effective space of an upper section inside the doll body. A base and the body are coupled together to accommodate the loading block and the optical fiber. Light-emitting components and a color disk disposed inside the base of the body to attain the effect of bright light emission at the top portion of the automated doll, and to achieve a large angle of rotation for the automated doll.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to an automated doll with light emitting Christmas decorations using an axle and a set of gears to enlarge the effective space at the upper section inside the doll body, and coupling the light-emitting components and a rotational motor with the base of the body together to attain the desired effect. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     The structure of conventional automated dolls, as shown in FIG. 1, has at least one light emitting member disposed in end section  1 ′ of the doll, and a motor  4  mounted on the lower portion of a middle disk member  2 ′. Such motor is coupled with a main transmission axle  50 ′ extending from the middle disk  2 ′ to the interior of a transparent housing  3 ′. The main transmission axle intersects with three axles  51 ′,  52 ′ and  53 ′. The other end of each of the three axles intersects with three transmission sub-axles  54 ′,  55 ′ and  56 ′, which undergo back and forth rotation. An external element, such as the hand of the doll, is coupled to the transmission sub-axles  54 ′,  55 ′ and  56 ′, such element moves back and forth with a large angle. However the conventional rotation mechanism for the dolls of this sort occupies too large a space, and has to wait until the assembly is complete before performing tests for defects. 
     Therefore, in summation of the above description of the prior art, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the related industry conducted extensive research to enhance the structure of the automated doll herein. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Therefore, the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a rotation mechanism for an automated doll having a set of light emitting Christmas decorations, which allows the doll to move with a larger rotation angle. 
     To make it easier to understand the performance, the structure, and the innovative features of the present invention, a preferred embodiment is described together with the attached drawings for the detailed description of the invention. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred but non-limiting embodiment. The description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: 
     FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the conventional automated doll mechanism. 
     FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the mechanism of the present invention. 
     FIG. 3 is a partial, exploded view of the mechanism of the present invention. 
     FIG. 4 is a partial, exploded view of the mechanism of the present invention. 
     FIG. 5 is a partial, exploded view of the mechanism of the present invention. 
     FIG. 6 is a partial, exploded view of the mechanism of the present invention. 
     FIG. 7 is a partial top view of the mechanism of the present invention. 
     FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing external elements mounted on the mechanism of the present invention. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the mechanism of the present invention uses an upper section member  1  to fix the rotation mechanism  5  to the accommodating space inside the upper section member  1 . The transparent accommodating body side casing  111  and a base body  2  also define an accommodating space, and such accommodating space has a light emitting element  3  for providing light, and a rotation motor  4  for providing mechanical energy to the rotation mechanism  5 . This invention can be manufactured with an upper half section and a lower half section as shown in FIG. 3 to facilitate testing functions and lower the cost. 
     Referring to FIGS. 2,  4 ,  5 ,  6 , and  7 , the structure of the present invention comprises an upper section member  1 , a base member  2 , a light emitting element  3 , a rotation motor  4 , and a rotation mechanism  5 . 
     The upper section of the upper section member  1  is a lid  10  of the upper casing, the lower portion of the upper casing is an upper disk  100  having a periphery with a plurality of holes known as upper disk holes  1000 . The upper portion of the upper disk  100  has a post  101 , the top end of the post  101  having a hole rim  1010  and a platform disk  102  extending from both directions of the lateral side of the post  101 , each of the opposite sides of the disk having a hole  1020 . The middle section of the upper section member  1  is an accommodating member  11 , between the upper disk  1000  and a lower disk  110 , having lower disk holes  1100  and a lower disk central hole  1101 . The lower portion of the lower disk  110  has a transparent casing  111 , and the upper portion of the lower disk  110  support a plurality of supporting columns  112 . 
     The space below the upper lid  10  of the upper disk  100  and above the accommodating member  11  of the lower disk  110  forms an internal accommodating space with a plurality of supporting columns  112  (for simplicity, two supporting columns are used for the description of this embodiment). The rotational mechanism  5  is mounted in the accommodating space of the upper section member  1  and is fixed by the upper disk hole  1000  and the lower disk hole  1100 . 
     A base body  2  is attached to the lower edge of the upper section member  1 , and the side casing  20  is also made of transparent material having a hollow middle and an upper section with a disk body as the base disk  21 . The base disk can accommodate the light emitting elements  3  and the rotation motor  4  into the space formed by the edge of the transparent casing  111  of the upper section body, and has hole  210  for the power cord  6  to pass through. 
     The light emitting element  3  and the rotation motor  4  both are disposed and mounted onto the upper section of the base disk  21  and coupled to the power cord  6  for obtaining electrical power. The rotation motor is coupled to a latching axle head  400  at the lower part of the motor linkage axle  40 . The motor transmission axle  40  at the top has a device  401  to press the lower section of the color disk  30 . A threaded portion  402  and the upper latching axle head  403  extend upwardly passing through and being mounted to a color disk hole  300  and fixing the motor linkage axle  40  to the color disk  30  by the screw nut  404  and the threaded portion  402 . There is a central hole  1101  on the lower disk  110  having a latching member  500 , the latching member  500  having an upper surface, a lower surface and a hollow latching hole  5000  for receiving the axle head  501  at the lower section of the main transmission axle  50  and the upper latching axle head  403  of the transmission axle. The upper section  5001  of the latching member protrudes above the upper surface of the lower disk  110 , and the lower section  5002  of the latching member  500  just fits into the central hole  1101  at the lower disk and fixes the latching member  500  to the lower disk  110  by the bracket  5003 . Such an arrangement combines the upper section member and the base body together, with the latch axle head  403  of motor linkage axle  40  inserted not the latching member  500 , and the main transmission axle latching head  501  also just fits into the latching member  500 . 
     The rotational linkage mechanism  5  comprises a main linkage axle  50 , a left transmission link  51 , a right transmission link  52 , a loading block link  53 , and a plurality of curved gears  54 . The main transmission link  50  is disposed at a central position inside the upper section member  1 , the latching axle head  501  at the lower section of the main transmission axle  50  is coupled to the latching member  500  to facilitate the rotation motor  4  to rotate the main linkage axle  50 . The main linkage axle  50  is a dual curved member which is different form the old-fashioned main linkage axle  50 ′ having only one curved member. The main transmission axle  50  extends upward to have a main rotational axle  502  which passes through the hole in the post  101  and can move freely in the interior space. The left transmission link  51  has axle  510  connected to the main transmission link  50  and to the left transmission axle  511 . The left transmission link  51  also has a left axle  512 , engaged with the left transmission axle  511  by gears  54  so that, when the main transmission axle  50  rotates, it moves the left axle  510  in a shifting rotation movement and further rotates the left transmission axle  511  and the left axle  512  in back and forth rotational movement. The left axle  512  extends upward to form a left axle  513  passing through and being mounted to the two-hole edge  1020  of the disk within the space where it can freely move. With a similar principle and structure, and approximately in the position of the three points of the triangle at the space between the upper disk and the lower disk  110  in the upper section of the upper section member  1 , there are a right transmission link  52  and a loading block link. The right transmission link has a right transmission axle  522  engaging a right rotational axle  521  by matching curved gears  54 . The loading block  53  also has a loading block transmission axle  530  and a loading block rotation axle  531  engaged with loading block axle  532  by curved gears  54 . In addition, the loading block transmission axle  530  and the loading block rotational axle  531  respectively has a cup member formed by extending the central space of a volume having a larger area at the bottom as the loading block  533 . 
     As shown in FIG. 8, when decorations  7  are added, the optical fibers  70  in the decorations  7  and the wings  71  can be inserted into the loading block  533 . By the back and forth rotational movement via the loading block linkage axle  531  and the loading block rotational axle  532 , the wings with optical fibers  70  perform the back and forth movement. Furthermore, the main rotation axle  502  is coupled to the external decoration (head)  72 . The left rotation axle  513 , the right rotation axle  523  and the external decoration (hand)  73  are connected, the left rotation axle  513  and the right rotation axle  523  rotate and will in turn rotate the external decoration (hand)  73  with the same angle of back and forth rotation movement, and make the decorations  7  more attractive. The light emitting element  3  on the base disk  21  of the base body  2  will provide a colorful light via the color disk  30  to illuminate the optical fibers  70  and the wings  71 . 
     While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of a preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. To the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.