Direction changing electromagnetic device for wheeled toys

Claim 1

A direction changing and steering device for a moving toy to be operated by a wireless remote-control device, which comprises in combination: a base plate having two end parts, said end parts being bent upright to define axle supporting members, a wheel axle having two ends, wheels fixed at said two ends and passing through and being held by said axle supporting members of said base plate in a rotatable manner, an engaging disc having an inside surface with a plurality of recessed portions, said disc being fixed coaxially with and in one of said wheels so that said disc may not be rotated in idle, while the other wheel is made freely rotatable in idle, an operating rod arranged in parallel with said wheel axle in a laterally slidable manner through said upright end parts of said base plate so that one of the end parts thereof may be properly engaged with any one of the recessed portions in said engaging disc, when said operating rod is caused to move laterally, an electromagnet mounted on one part of said base plate, and a movable iron piece having two ends, one end of which is fixed on said other end of said operating rod and the other end of said movable iron piece is oscillatably supported in the vicinity of said electromagnet so as to cause the operating rod to shift sidewise, when said movable iron piece is attracted to and contacted with the iron core of said electromagnet, a pivot pin, said base plate being oscillatably fitted on the body of said moving toy by said pivot pin to enable said toy to change its moving direction on the pivot of the wheel, the rotation of said wheel being prevented by the operating rod engaged at its one tip end with said one of the recessed portions of said engaging disc provided inside of the wheel, when said movable iron piece contacts the iron core of said electromagnet by a control signal emitted from the outside.