One-piece artificial shuttlecock
The integrated artificial shuttlecock design addresses the inefficiencies and environmental concerns of natural shuttlecocks by providing a durable and consistent flight performance, enhancing the overall badminton experience.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2023580692
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2022-08-17
- Filing Date
- 2023-07-06
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-04
- Estimated Expiration
- 2043-07-06
AI Technical Summary
Natural shuttlecocks are expensive, inefficient, and environmentally unfriendly, while conventional artificial shuttlecocks lack durability and consistency, making them unsuitable for badminton.
An integrated artificial shuttlecock design featuring a cork, skirt portion, and vanes, with a groove and annular engagement for secure assembly, ensuring consistent flight stability and durability.
The integrated design ensures consistent flight stability, accurate falling point, and improved durability of the shuttlecock, addressing the issues of cost, efficiency, and environmental impact of natural shuttlecocks.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical field]
[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of sports equipment, and in particular to an integrated artificial shuttlecock. [Background technology]
[0002] Natural shuttlecocks have a high market price, low durability, and large quality variations, making badminton a costly sport for badminton enthusiasts. Natural shuttlecocks are made from goose or duck feathers, which are inefficient, waste labor and resources, and are not environmentally friendly in production. However, various nylon shuttlecocks available on the market to replace natural shuttlecocks cannot satisfy the shuttlecock hitting experience, so it is necessary to invent an artificial badminton that is comparable to the excellent performance of natural shuttlecocks, such as flight stability, provides a good shuttlecock hitting experience, is durable, and is affordable. Conventional shuttlecocks are often made by inserting multiple feathers into cork, which makes it difficult to unify the insertion angle and position, has low overall uniformity, is complicated in process, has low durability, and is unstable in quality, so it is necessary to select by trying them one by one.
[0003] As described above, providing an integrated artificial muscle shuttlecock is a technical problem that must be solved as soon as possible by those skilled in the art. Summary of the Invention
[0004] In order to solve the problems existing in the prior art, the present invention aims to provide a one-piece artificial shuttlecock that is comparable to a natural shuttlecock, ensures consistency in shuttlecock standards, and improves the durability of the shuttlecock.
[0005] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following means.
[0006] The present invention provides an integrated artificial shuttlecock including a cork, a skirt portion, and a feather, wherein a groove is formed downward on the top end surface of the cork, and an annular insertion groove is formed downward on the bottom of the groove, the skirt portion includes a cylinder inserted into the insertion groove and a support disk installed on the top of the cylinder and inserted into the groove, a plurality of the feathers are installed on the outer periphery of the support disk, the feathers include an integrally molded feather piece and a feather handle, the feather piece is installed on the top of the feather handle, and the bottom of the feather handle is connected to the support disk, and the cylinder, the support disk, and the feathers are of an integrated molded structure.
[0007] Preferably, an annular engagement portion is provided around the bottom of the cylinder.
[0008] Preferably, two further position limiting portions are provided on the cylindrical wall so as to protrude outward, the two position limiting portions being symmetrically arranged, and the width of the position limiting portions gradually narrowing from the top to the bottom.
[0009] Preferably, the groove is a tapered groove having a diameter gradually decreasing from the top end to the bottom end, and the support disk is a tapered plate that fits into the groove.
[0010] Preferably, the feathers are patterned after natural goose or duck feathers.
[0011] Preferably, there are sixteen of said blades.
[0012] The present invention provides the following beneficial technical effects compared to the prior art:
[0013] In this case, the feathers, the feather handle and the skirt of the shuttlecock are of an integrally molded structure and are integrally fixed to the cork by the skirt, thereby ensuring the rotation angle and correct fixing position of the feathers and the feather handle, helping the shuttlecock to be in a rotating flight state during flight, satisfying the flight stability and landing point accuracy of the shuttlecock, ensuring the consistency of the shuttlecock standard and improving the durability of the shuttlecock. [Brief description of the drawings]
[0014] In order to more clearly describe the embodiments of the present invention or the technical means in the prior art, the drawings necessary for the embodiments are briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without making any creative efforts.
[0015] [Figure 1] This is an integrated artificial shuttlecock according to the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cork according to the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a half cross-sectional view of the cork according to the present invention. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a skirt portion according to the present invention; [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the skirt portion and the blades integrally molded by precision injection molding according to the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the locking block and locking groove not mated according to the present invention; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0016] Hereinafter, the technical means in the present embodiment will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the present embodiment, but obviously, the described embodiment is only a part of the present embodiment, not all of the embodiments. Based on the present embodiment, all other embodiments that a person skilled in the art can obtain without creative labor are all included in the scope of protection of the present embodiment.
[0017] The present invention aims to provide an integrated artificial shuttlecock to solve the problems existing in the prior art.
[0018] In order to make the above objectives, features and advantages of the present invention clearer and easier to understand, the present invention will be described in more detail below in combination with drawings and specific embodiments.
[0019] As shown in Figures 1 to 4, the one-piece artificial shuttlecock of this embodiment includes a cork 1, a skirt portion 2, and a feather 3, a groove 11 is formed downward on the top end surface of the cork 1, and an annular insertion groove 12 is formed downward on the bottom of the groove 11, the skirt portion 2 includes a cylinder 21 inserted into the insertion groove 12 and a support disk 22 installed on the top of the cylinder 21 and inserted into the groove 11, a plurality of feathers 3 are installed on the outer periphery of the support disk 22, the feather 3 includes an integrally molded feather piece 31 and feather handle 32, the feather piece 31 is installed on the top of the feather handle 32, and the bottom of the feather handle 32 is connected to the support disk 22, and the cylinder 21, the support disk 22 and the feather 3 are of an integrally molded structure.
[0020] In order to firmly fix the skirt portion 2 after it is inserted into the cork 1, an annular engagement portion 24 is provided around the bottom of the cylinder 21, and the annular engagement portion 24 is pressed into the insertion groove 12 from the top opening of the insertion groove 12, and finally forcibly pressed into the bottom side wall of the insertion groove 12, thereby realizing the axial position restriction of the skirt portion 2.
[0021] Two further position limiting portions 23 are protruding outward from the cylindrical wall of the cylinder 21, and the two position limiting portions 23 are installed symmetrically, with the width of the position limiting portions 23 gradually narrowing from the top to the bottom. When the cylinder 21 is inserted into the insertion groove 12, the position limiting portions 23 are subjected to force and forcibly pushed into the side wall of the insertion groove 12, thereby combining with the skirt portion 2 and the cork 1 to prevent loosening in the axial and radial directions.
[0022] In this specific embodiment, the groove 11 is a tapered groove whose diameter gradually decreases from the top end to the bottom end, and the support disk 22 is a tapered plate that fits into the groove 11.
[0023] In this specific embodiment, the feathers 3 are 16 in total, and are feathers 3 following the shape of natural goose or duck feathers, and the outer dimensions of the feather handle 32 are similar to the feather handle of natural goose or duck feathers, and its structural shape is an asymptotic U-shape, so as to achieve the optimal hitting effect by the strength, toughness and elasticity of the feather handle 32. A molding die is used to make the feather pieces 31 follow the shape of the feathers 3, and a heating element is attached to the die to generate high temperature, and when the temperature reaches the melting point of the plastic, the feather pieces are made to follow the shape of natural feathers through a melting press molding process.
[0024] In this particular embodiment, the skirt 2 and the wings 3 are of a plastic material.
[0025] The manufacturing method of the one-piece artificial muscle shuttlecock in this embodiment is as follows.
[0026] The skirt portion 2 and the feathers 3 are molded integrally by precision injection molding, and each feather 3 after molding is in a state of being expanded horizontally (as shown in FIG. 5), a connection point is provided between the base of the feather stalk 32 and the support disk 22 of the skirt portion 2, a locking block 33 is installed vertically at the upper end of the base of the feather stalk 32, and locking grooves 34 (as shown in FIG. 6) corresponding one-to-one to each locking block 33 are distributed in the circumferential direction of the top of the support disk 22, the connection points between the feather stalk 32 and the support disk 22 are heated to make each feather 3 stand, and each locking block 33 is fitted into the corresponding locking groove 34, and further the feather stalk 32 and the support disk 22 are welded together. After that, the skirt portion 2 with the feathers 3 attached is inserted into the insertion grooves 12 and 11 of the cork 1 to complete the assembly of the shuttlecock.
[0027] Specifically, the blade stalk 32 and the support disc 22 are welded together by an ultrasonic welding process.
[0028] A semicircular position limiting portion 35 is protruded from one end side of the locking block 33 away from the impeller 32 so that the locking block 33 is radially position-limited after being locked in the locking groove 34, and the position limiting portion 35 is position-limited within a semicircular position limiting groove 36 installed on one side of the locking groove 34, thereby realizing radial position limiting of the locking block 33.
[0029] Although the present application has described the principle and embodiments of the present application through specific examples, the description of the above examples is merely intended to facilitate understanding of the method and the core idea of the present application. At the same time, those skilled in the art will appreciate that there are modifications in both the specific embodiments and the scope of application based on the idea of the present application. For the above reasons, the contents of this specification should not be construed as limiting the present application. [Explanation of symbols]
[0030] 1. Cork 11 Groove 12 Insertion groove 2 Skirt section 21 Cylinder 22 Support disk 23 Position restriction section 24 Annular engagement portion 3. Feather 31 Feather 32 Feather Pattern 33 Locking Block 34 Locking groove 35 Semicircular position limiter 36 Semicircular position limiting groove.
Claims
1. The cork includes a skirt and a blade. The cork has a top end surface formed with an annular groove and an annular insertion groove located on the inner periphery side of the groove. The skirt portion includes a cylinder inserted into the insertion groove, and a support disk installed on a top of the cylinder and inserted into the groove, A plurality of the blades are provided on the outer periphery of the support disk, The blade includes an integrally molded blade piece and blade handle, The blade is mounted on the top of the blade handle; The bottom of the blade stalk is connected to the support disc; The one-piece artificial shuttlecock, wherein the cylinder, the support disk and the vanes are of a one-piece molded structure.
2. The one-piece artificial shuttlecock as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that an annular engagement portion is provided around the bottom of the cylinder.
3. The one-piece artificial shuttlecock according to claim 1, characterized in that: two position limiting parts are further provided on the cylindrical wall of the cylinder to protrude outward, the two position limiting parts are provided symmetrically, and the width of the position limiting parts is gradually narrowed from the top to the bottom.
4. 2. The one-piece artificial shuttlecock according to claim 1, characterized in that the groove is a tapered groove whose diameter gradually decreases from the top end to the bottom end, and the support disk is a tapered plate that fits into the groove.
5. 2. The one-piece artificial shuttlecock according to claim 1, wherein the feathers are feathers that are modeled after the shape of natural goose or duck feathers.
6. The one-piece artificial feather shuttlecock according to claim 1, characterized in that sixteen feathers are provided.
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