Tomy Company, Ltd.

Makoto Muraki

Hiroyuki Matsukawa

Takeaki Maeda

Kenji Horikoshi

Yohei Bando

Douglas Arthur Schultheis

Kouji Narita

Kei Nishizawa

Rena Mase

Hiroyuki Hama

Kenta Hashiba

Ryuji Nagatomo

Lily Liu

Shin Young Hong

Maeda Takeaki

Accessory for spinning top toy

Playing surface for spinning top toy

Winder of launching apparatus for spinning top toy

Spinning top toy

A top launching device for launching a top includes a device body and an operating belt. The device body includes first and second input rotors to rotate, 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 input rotor to the output rotor. The operating belt is configured to be inserted in the device body, and to be engaged with either the first or the second input rotor. The output rotor is configured to rotate the top, impart the rotational force to the top, and release the top. The operating belt is configured to be selectively engaged with one of the first and second input rotors.

Top launching device

A top part includes an upper trunk part, and a bottom part including a lower trunk part and first and second rod-shaped shafts. The lower trunk is attached to the upper trunk. The first and second rod-shaped shafts are interchangeable. The first rod-shaped shaft is inserted in an insertion through hole and being attached to the lower trunk. The second rod-shaped shaft is inserted in the insertion through hole and being attached to the lower trunk. When the upper trunk part is rotated and reaches a joint release position, the upper trunk part and the lower trunk part are detached. The bottom part includes first and second engagement part. The first rod-shaped shaft has a first shape to create a first engagement state between the first and second engagement parts. The second rod-shaped shaft has a second shape to create a second engagement state.

Top toy

A top toy includes a trunk part having an insertion hole, first and second shafts, a locking part being configured on the trunk part to lock first and second locked parts and to hold the first and second shafts. The first and second shafts are interchangeable. When the first shaft is employed, the first shaft is inserted in the insertion hole. When the first shaft is employed, the locking part is configured to hold the first shaft elastically and radially inwardly. When the second shaft is employed, the second shaft is inserted in the insertion hole. When the second shaft is employed, the locking part is configured to hold the second shaft elastically and radially inwardly.

Launching apparatus for spinning top toy

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Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Muraki