EP3572135A1 - Plug-in box with rods and fittings - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a construction set with at least one building block with at least two receiving areas for receiving preferably rod-shaped bodies along their axial direction and at least one of the bodies, wherein at least one receiving area of the building block has at least one lateral opening approximately orthogonal to the axial direction of the accommodated body The invention further relates to a building block for a construction set with at least two receiving areas for receiving preferably rod-shaped bodies along their axial direction, at least one receiving area being at least approximately orthogonal to the axial direction of the received body has a lateral opening through which the body can be inserted transversely to the axial direction in the receiving area.

Description

The present invention relates to a construction set according to the preamble of claim 1 and a building block for a construction set according to the preamble of claim 11.

A generic construction set comprises at least one building block with at least two receiving areas for receiving preferably rod-shaped bodies along their axial direction and at least one of the bodies.

A generic building block has at least 2 receiving areas for receiving preferably rod-shaped bodies along their axial direction.

A disadvantage of known construction sets or of building blocks as connecting elements, which are used in particular as a construction toy, is that in the construction of complex structures from the construction set the difficulty is to remove internal connecting elements, which are configured for example as a node, from the complex structure or to add to this, since a pulling apart of the complex structure in the axial direction of the individual bars would be required to remove the connecting element can.

A complex structure may be, for example, a cube of rods, which has at its corners, side centers and center areas each connecting elements, wherein subsequently a connection between opposing surface centers of the cube to be added or removed. In this case, at least one connecting element is provided within the cube, which couples the at least two bars within the cube for connecting the side centers. In this connecting element meet, for example, all 6 rods which connect the respective opposite surface centers of the cube. In a classical construction of connecting elements such a subsequent modification is possible only by partial removal of the cube or a bending of the structure of the cube.

Alternatively, designs of a construction kit are known in which a connector must be inserted or removed during subsequent addition or removal to or from its position along the axial direction of the connecting rods.

Subsequent structural changes to a complex structure are therefore cumbersome in a classic structure of the fasteners and require partial conversion measures or partial disassembly of the complex structure to perform the subsequent change can.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a construction kit or a block, by means of which subsequent changes to a complex structure without disassembly or expansion of the structure are possible.

According to the invention the object is achieved by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1 and the characterizing part of claim 11. Advantageous embodiments of the present invention are given in the dependent claims.

Accordingly, it is provided according to the invention that at least one receiving region of the building block has approximately at least one lateral opening in approximately orthogonal to the axial direction of the received body, via which the body can be inserted into the receiving region transversely to the axial direction.

Thus, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a construction kit which allows lateral introduction of bodies, such as bars or other preferably elongated objects, into a building block. As a result, the body can be connected to the building block. In this case, in particular, the lateral expansion direction of the body in the case of elongated bodies, such as bars, in particular, may be meant to be lateral in this case, in particular transversely to the axial direction. Preferably, the connection between the building block and the body is detachable, wherein the body is again pulled out of the building block laterally to the direction of expansion or axial direction. In addition to the lateral opening, the building block may have a further opening which extends along the axial direction of the connected body and from which the body projects out of the building block along its axial direction. Thus, according to the present invention, a body can be inserted into or removed from a receiving area both laterally and frontally.

The building block, which can also be referred to as a connecting element, can according to the invention connect at least two bodies to one another, wherein preferably each receiving area of the building block is designed to receive a body, in particular a bar.

A receiving region for an (elongate) body or element, preferably a rod, can in particular be realized by a corresponding place on the building block, which can receive the body or the element. Multiple receiving areas may also be formed or interconnected as a unit, wherein at least two of the bodies or elements may be providable in the unitized receiving areas. A particularly wide or correspondingly constructively designed receiving area, which can accommodate a plurality of bodies or elements, can therefore correspond to a plurality of receiving areas according to the present invention.

According to the present invention, a plurality of bodies or elements may be simultaneously received / provided on a building block, wherein the bodies or elements in different spatial directions, preferably at least three spatial directions, may be aligned with the building block.

The fact that the receiving areas of the building blocks to the actual opening or the area in which the body is inserted, have a lateral opening, the building block, even if it is surrounded as a node of a variety of other bodies, so for example in a complex Body is provided, and connected to these, are released from the connection. For this purpose, it is not necessary according to the invention for the further bodies to be removed or the complex structure to be dismantled. Here, the side openings are aligned with each other so that the block can preferably be solved by a movement in two steps of the connected bodies. In one In the first step, the block can be displaced along the axial direction of a body by approximately the length of the block, whereby the remaining connections of the block are released with further connected bodies, which are arranged for example orthogonal to the said body. In a second step, lateral movement of the building block to the axial direction of the still connected body may cause a solution of the building block from the body.

Each of the receiving areas of the building block has two preferably interconnected legs, which hold the body laterally in the receiving area. The two legs together limit the lateral opening, which preferably tapers towards the lateral opening. This can prevent a lateral falling out of the body from the receiving area. The legs may preferably be connected to one another on opposite sides of the lateral opening.

The taper of the lateral opening can be so pronounced that it is merely a cut or slit in the material of the building block or its leg of the receiving area, in which the body can be pushed laterally into the opening / cut / slot. Here, the material of the legs or the entire block may be formed of an elastic material to facilitate pushing the body into the receiving area.

The bodies may preferably be rod-shaped elements or rods, rods or other elongated objects. In principle, the bodies can have any shape, with the axial direction defined according to the invention being the direction in which the body in the receptacle is aligned after connection and projects out of the receiving region from an opening oriented in the axial direction. The lateral opening and the axially aligned opening may be connected to each other and / or an area within which the body is freely negotiable. Thus, the body, for example, via the lateral opening or the opening in the axial direction, are inserted into the receiving area and pulled out over the lateral opening or the opening in the axial direction of the receiving area.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention it is provided that the receiving areas are arranged / aligned so that the axial directions of the received body are aligned at an angle to each other on the block. The longitudinal axis in the individual receiving areas can thus be provided at an angle to each other, which differs from a parallel orientation, ie an angle of 0 relationship should 180 °. As a result, recorded bodies can likewise be arranged at an angle to one another which differs from a parallel alignment.

The individual bodies arranged or connected to the building block are preferably provided in each case in one of the receiving areas. In particular, for forming a complex structure of a plurality of building blocks and bodies, the receiving areas in the building block extend in different directions. The angle subtended by the receiving areas may be any, preferably between 0 ° and 180 ° inclusive.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is provided that at least at one of the receiving areas in the axial direction of the body, a boundary is provided which provides a stop for the body on the block. The limitation may in particular be intended to determine the position of the body on the building block. For this purpose, for example, an inner wall may be provided on the building block, against which the body abuts in its axial direction, whereby a further displacement of the body deeper into the building block or through it is prevented. According to the invention, the Limitation also be provided, for example, by a further body provided on the block, which in its position thwarts the axial direction of the body to be limited and thus also like a wall can prevent the further penetration of the body in its axial direction in the block or through it.

According to an expedient development of the present invention, it is provided that at least two receiving areas of the building block are arranged orthogonal to one another.

It is particularly useful according to a development of the invention that an inner diameter of the receiving areas corresponds approximately to the outer diameter of the body. A particularly positive connection between the body and a receiving region of the building block can be achieved by approximately the same size of the body and receiving area. Since it is preferably not a completely closed circle in the receiving area, the areas of the receiving area are considered for approximately the same size or diameter of body and receiving area, which correspond in shape approximately to the shape of the body or which contact the body , Inner diameter of the receiving area and outer diameter of the body can be approximately the same size, in particular transversely to the lateral opening in the receiving area.

In principle, the receiving area can also be designed as a tunnel or U-shaped, wherein a substantial part of the body is not in contact with the building block or the receiving area. With regard to the approximately same inner circumference of the receiving area and the outer circumference of the body, only the areas which are in direct contact with one another are therefore compared with one another.

In principle, it may be advantageous if the building blocks or the receiving areas are formed from an elastic material, wherein the receiving areas have an inner circumference which is slightly smaller than the outer circumference of the body according to the above definition. Alternatively or additionally, the elastic legs of the receiving area, which surround the body in the manner described above, be designed to be tapered.

According to a development of the invention, it is particularly preferred for at least the inner circumference of the receiving areas and / or the outer circumference of the bodies to have grooves in the axial direction. These grooves can be provided in particular in the contact area between the body and the receiving area. Preferably, the grooves, in particular with respect to the rest of the body, an elasticity, whereby a distortion of the body can be effected in the receiving area. As a result, the body can be provided particularly stationary in the receiving area. The same applies to grooves which are provided on an inner circumference of the receiving area. In principle, the grooves can in particular counteract a displacement of the body orthogonal to the axial direction of the body.

In addition or as an alternative to the grooves, spikes or additional punctiform or lateral points to the axial direction of the body may be provided, in particular on the building block, which engage with the material of the body and provide additional support for the body in the receiving area.

According to a development of the invention it is provided that the building block is formed as a node and has at least three receiving areas, which preferably each extend in a spatial direction. Preferably, each of the receiving areas of the node has a lateral opening approximately orthogonal to the axial direction of a received body. This allows the node even with a full cast with three or six bodies (eg, two bodies per space in opposite directions) are easily removed from inside a complex construction in which the node is provided, for example, as static support.

In principle, the lateral openings for at least two different spatial directions can be provided on the building block, whereby a release of the connection of several bodies, which are connected to the building block, is possible without the need for an overall construction, inside which the building block are located as a node can, should be disassembled. For this purpose, the node may for example be displaced along an axial direction of a first body, whereby the connection to the other bodies may be solvable. Since the block is then only connected to a body, the block can be solved in a simple manner by pulling through the side opening of the body with which it is still connected. This can be provided either directly or by adopting a specific position of the building block to the body, depending on whether the lateral opening is provided continuously or only partially in the receiving area of the building block.

Preferably, at least two of the at least three receiving regions are provided opposite a further receptacle in a plane.

According to a development of the invention, it is particularly preferred for the building block to have a circular area along which circumference receptacles are arranged.

As such a building block, for example, a planar star-shaped distributor may be provided, from which bodies extend in different spatial directions, but in each case within the same plane. Preferably, another orthogonal to the circular area may be provided, which to the connecting body is provided at an angle to the circular plane spanned. The circular region may be either a complete circle, a semicircle, or any other portion of a circle.

It is particularly expedient according to a development of the invention that at least one receptacle is formed continuously through the block, along which a recorded body is displaceable in the axial direction. According to the invention, all or only part of the receiving areas of a building block may have a boundary against which a picked up body abuts. If only a part of the receiving areas have such a boundary, the remaining receiving areas, that is to say the at least one further receiving area, can be formed continuously through the building block. Here, the inventively provided orthogonal to the axial direction formed lateral opening may be at least partially, but preferably formed over the entire length of the continuous receptacle in the building block.

The block is inventively characterized in that at least one receiving area in approximately orthogonal to the axial direction of the received body has at least one lateral opening, via which the body is connected to the receiving area transversely to the axial direction.

Fig. 1a bis 1 c

ein erfindungsgemäßer Bauklotz als Knotenpunkt zur Aufnahme von drei beziehungsweise sechs Körpern,

Fig. 2a und 2b

ein Bauklotz als Winkelelement zur Aufnahme von drei Körpern,

Fig. 3a und 3b

ein Bauklotz mit einem kreisförmigen Bereich,

Fig. 4a und 4b

ein Bauklotz mit einem Kreissegment,

Fig. 5

die Unterseite des Bauklotzes gemäß Fig. 3a,

Fig. 6a und 6b

ein Winkelelement als Bauklotz zur Aufnahme von drei Körpern in unterschiedlichen Richtungen

Fig. 7a und 7b

eine Doppel-Teller förmige Ausführungsform der vorliegenden Erfindung in 2 etwa orthogonal zueinander ausgerichteten Ansichten,

Fig. 8a bis 8c

ein erfindungsgemäßer Bauklotz als Knotenpunkt zur Aufnahme von drei beziehungsweise sechs Körpern,

Fig. 9a und 9b

ein Bauklotz als Winkelelement zur Aufnahme von drei Körpern,

Fig. 10a und 10b

ein Bauklotz mit einem kreisförmigen Bereich,

Fig. 11a und 11b

ein Bauklotz mit einem Kreissegment,

Fig. 12

die Unterseite des Bauklotzes gemäß Fig. 3a und

Fig. 13a und 13b

ein Winkelelement als Bauklotz zur Aufnahme von drei Körpern in unterschiedlichen Richtungen.

Preferred embodiments will be described below with reference to the accompanying figures. Show it:

Fig. 1a to 1 c

an inventive block as a node for receiving three or six bodies,

Fig. 2a and 2b

a building block as an angle element for receiving three bodies,

Fig. 3a and 3b

a building block with a circular area,

Fig. 4a and 4b

a building block with a circle segment,

Fig. 5

the underside of the building block according to Fig. 3a .

Fig. 6a and 6b

an angle element as a building block for receiving three bodies in different directions

Fig. 7a and 7b

a double-plate-shaped embodiment of the present invention in 2 approximately orthogonal aligned views,

Fig. 8a to 8c

an inventive block as a node for receiving three or six bodies,

Fig. 9a and 9b

a building block as an angle element for receiving three bodies,

10a and 10b

a building block with a circular area,

Fig. 11a and 11b

a building block with a circle segment,

Fig. 12

the underside of the building block according to Fig. 3a and

Fig. 13a and 13b

an angle element as a building block for receiving three bodies in different directions.

Basically, lines interrupted by one or more points represent axes of the individual receiving areas along an axial direction of the picked-up bodies.

Fig. 1a shows a plan view of a block according to the invention, which is designed as a node 10. The node 10 has receiving areas 11 for a plurality of, preferably 3, 5 or 6, bodies, which may preferably be rod-shaped or otherwise elongated and along their elongated extent have an axis along which they extend. Preferably, a receiving area for a body is provided in each case.

The distance between the inner walls 12 and 13 of each receiving area 11 corresponds approximately to an outer diameter of the male body. Preferably, the walls 12 and 13 are elastically formed and / or slightly spaced closer to each other than the diameter of the preferably circular in cross-section formed body. The node 10 may have crosswise arranged receiving areas 11, which in the plan view according to Fig. 1a may have an opening 14 in their crossing point, preferably the opening is after Fig. 1a open laterally, here to the right side, which also in the opening 14, a body can be inserted laterally. In principle, the opening 14 can also be enclosed in a circle at least in regions. In such a case, the opening 14 is not open or at least not along its entire length to one side. Each of the receiving regions 11 has a spatial extension, in particular a length, in the axial direction of the bodies to be picked up. This may correspond to approximately at least twice the diameter of the male body. In this way, a particularly firm hold of the body in the receiving area 11 can be effected. In the individual receiving areas 11 grooves may be provided in the axial direction of the male body, which is particularly stationary in the respective body Record area 11 can hold. Alternatively or additionally, at least one spike 15 or at least one other punctiform or transverse to the axial direction of the received body provided elevation may be arranged in the respective receiving area 11, which can provide additional support of the body in the respective receptacle 11.

How out Fig. 1a shows, the cross-shaped receiving areas 11 are open to the observer level. This allows insertion of the body orthogonal to the axial direction of the body in the respective receiving area 11. The inserted into the receiving area body can protrude from the respective receiving area 11 along its axial direction from the coaxial to the axial direction of the body U-shaped or tunnel-shaped opening of the respective receiving area or extend in the opening direction. Such a U- or tunnel-shaped opening goes out in a special way Fig. 1b out. After Fig. 1a would the respective body from above, ie out of the observer plane, into the respective receiving area 11 of the cross-shaped arrangement of four receiving areas 11 downwards possible. The inserted body would move up, down to the right and / or to the left in the drawing plane 1a extend.

In principle, the lateral opening can be U-shaped or tunnel-shaped, such as for example Fig. 1b evident. The respective receiving region 11 can therefore be open at least to one side laterally to the axial direction of the received body. In principle, the lateral opening can also be realized by a slot which can be provided laterally in approximately orthogonal to the orientation of the body in the receiving area 11.

In principle, the lateral opening of the receiving region 11 is also realized when a body inserted in a receiving region 11 is orthogonal to its axial direction at least in a region completely made up of the material of the building block 10 is surrounded. The prerequisite here is that at least one slot or another material interruption is provided laterally, that is to say orthogonal to the axial direction of the received body, through which the body can be pressed laterally into the receiving region 11 through the slot or the otherwise interrupting the material.

In this way, a particularly easy removal of BauMotzes10 from a complex structure consisting of building blocks and bodies, be made without having to disassemble complex structures, since the body by moving the block 10 through the side opening of the respective receiving area through the side slot, the lateral opening or the other lateral material interruption from the receiving area 11 are removable. This avoids that to remove the block 10, the individual provided in the block body must be moved relative to each other in order to solve the connection between body and block can.

This problem occurs in particular when two bodies within the in FIG. 1a indicated cross in each one of the receiving areas 11 are provided. A node or other building block which has no lateral openings, slots or other material interruptions, ie the body in the receiving area 11 is completely surrounded by uninterrupted material of the block 10, can only be removed along the axial direction of the body in the direction of the block 10 be, in which the body protrudes from the receiving area 11.

A building block according to the present invention may, in principle and independently of the embodiment according to the invention, also be referred to as a connecting element or building block or be such or have such. Connecting element and block can be used in particular synonymous.

In FIG. 1a Such a body is indicated in a receiving region 11 and bears the reference numeral 18. This is exemplified as a rod-shaped body. A body to be connected to a building block 10 or connecting element should at least correspond in the contact area between a receiving area 11 and the body in approximately the shape of the receiving area in the manner described above. In principle, it is advantageous if the body has the same shape over the entire length, as a result of which the building block 10 can be arranged on the body not only at the end but, for example, also centrally on the body.

Fig. 1b shows the node according to Fig. 1a in a rotated by 90 ° view about an axis which is concentric with the opening 14.

How out Fig. 1b As can be seen, the opening 14 can also be a receiving area 11, in which a body can be accommodated. This opening can also be to one side, namely upward to the viewing plane Fig. 1b be laterally open, whereby in the opening 14 also a body laterally into the receptacle 11, which extends through the opening 14, can be inserted. In principle, the body can pass through the opening 14 into a region of the cross-shaped connecting regions 11 according to FIG Fig. 1a protrude, whereby the cross-shaped receiving areas 11 are separated from each other. As a result, a body provided in the opening 14 may be provided as an inner boundary. This will cause a slipping of a body in the Fig. 1a shown receiving areas 11 through the node, ie from a receiving area 11 to the other side of the node 10, to an opposite side into a further receiving area and / or out of the node 10 on the opposite side, prevented. In principle, at least one receiving area 11, preferably all receiving areas 11, of each building block according to the invention can have an inner boundary which allows further penetration of the body along its axial direction can prevent a defined depth out into the receiving area 11. The limitation can be understood in particular as a stop.

Fig. 1c shows the block according to Fig. 1a from its back compared to Fig. 1a with the opening 14 and the corresponding receiving space 11 in its center. How out Fig. 1c It can be seen that the receptacle 11 is also open laterally, ie to the left from the perspective of the observer, whereby a lateral insertion of a body approximately in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the body is likewise made possible. An axial direction of an inserted body would preferably be coaxial with an axis of the opening 14 and the receptacle 11 in Fig. 1c extend. The lateral opening extends according to Fig. 1c over the entire left part of the cross. Through this lateral groove or opening can also be subsequently provided a body in the receiving area 11 at the opening 14 when the block 10 is connected, for example, in the center of a cube on several bodies with the centers of several side surfaces of a cube as a complex structure.

Fig. 2a and 2b show in various views a building block 20, which is similar to the building block 10 is constructed. It also has an opening 14 and two of the receiving areas 11, as in Fig. 1a are shown on. The opening 14 may, as in Fig. 2a shown, also in addition a lateral opening or a lateral slot, over which an elongated body is laterally inserted into the opening 14. Alternatively, the opening 14 may also be completely or partially closed laterally, so be surrounded by circular material. Two of the four wings of the node behind Fig. 1a are missing, however, whereas only the openings 17 in the material, which would lead to the now missing wings, can remain. As a result, the number of receivable bodies is reduced by at least two. Such an element can serve in particular as a corner piece, wherein in principle the openings 17, which are the now missing parts of the cross after Fig. 1a lead, even be locked. In such a case, the in Fig. 2a illustrated embodiment L-shaped formed with only two openings in the axial direction of the male body in the plane of the drawing. The closing of the openings 17 can take place independently of a lateral opening of the opening 14.

In principle, the openings 17 can also be referred to as expansion openings.

In principle, the openings 14 may also be referred to as feedthroughs.

Fig. 2b shows the building block 20, or a connecting element, from a rotated by 90 ° about the axis of the opening 17 perspective. Like any building block of the present invention, the angle element according to Fig. 2a and 2b preferably spikes 15, grooves and / or lateral elevations, as described above, have.

Fig. 3a shows a building block 30, which has in a plane circularly arranged receptacles 11 which are arranged concentrically around an opening 14 around. Dimensioning, size and equipment can correspond to building blocks described above. The circular receiving areas 11 are aligned so that either the block can each accommodate an end portion of a body or the block 10 can be attached to a body so that two opposite receiving areas 11 record on the circular area of the body. This may be possible, in particular, when the body, at least in certain areas, has a diameter in the area of contact between the receiving area 11 and the body which corresponds approximately to the diameter of the receiving area 11.

Also, the receiving portions 11 of the circular portion may each have a boundary which is located at an inner end of the receiving portion 11 in the axial direction of a picked-up body, whereby further slipping of the body into the receiving portion 11 or beyond into the interior of the building block 30 may be prevented.

The circular shape or plate shape may have a lateral recess which interrupts the circle / plate and is in communication with the opening 14. This may in particular be a lateral recess in which a said body is inserted laterally.

In approximately orthogonal to the circularly arranged receiving regions 11, a receiving region 11 is likewise provided along the opening 14, in which a further body can be arranged approximately orthogonal to the bodies in the circular region. This is for example Fig. 3b which shows the block in a 90 ° side view opposite Fig. 3a shows. Likewise, the U-shaped or tunnel-shaped structure of the individual receptacles, which are arranged in a circle on the building block 30, is made Fig. 3b particularly clear.

With regard to the level of consideration of Fig. 3a In the lower region of the opening 14, at least one side can be opened laterally, as is particularly clear Fig. 3b emerges, in which the lower portion protrudes to the left from the circular area and a side opening to the observer plane shows.

This lateral opening can also be formed continuously as described above so also the circle or plate body with concern (eg Fig. 3 ) or only an area below the circle or plate body concern (eg Fig. 9 and 10 ).

Fig. 4a and 4b show a Bauklotz40, in particular a connecting element, which basically corresponds in its construction approximately to the connecting element 30. One difference is that no complete circle is provided, but only part of a circle, preferably a semicircle. Incidentally, the embodiment according to 4a, b that of Fig. 3 correspond. Preferably, a quarter or a third circle can be provided. The receiving areas 11 are arranged radially around the opening 14, as in the case of the circular element according to FIGS Fig. 3a and 3b , As in particular from Fig. 4b shows, the opening 14 also has a receiving area 11, which is approximately orthogonal to the receiving areas on the circular segment according to Fig. 4a is arranged and can be opened or closed to the side. Fig. 4a shows the closed variant, in which only a lower foot portion of the opening 14 can be opened laterally. The Bauklotz40 can all cross-form properties of a building block according to the invention, such as grooves, spikes and / or surveys have.

Fig. 5 shows one opposite the Fig. 3a rotated by 180 ° about the center axis of the opening 14 and rotated by 180 ° in the plate plane view, ie the view on the bottom according to Fig. 3a , From this figure, the opening 14 with the lateral receiving portion 11 in the foot and plate clearly shows. The basic structure of the back to Fig. 5 also corresponds to the back of the circular segment-shaped building block 40 after Fig. 4a , where the entire circle must be replaced by a corresponding proportional circle.

Fig. 6a and 6b show two views of a building block 50, which is formed as an angle that can deviate from a right angle. The block 50 can thus be used to connect bodies at an angle other than the 90 ° angle. Apart from the deviating from 90 ° angle between the two wings 19, the embodiment according to the Figures 6a and 6b 2a and 2b essentially deviate from that in that the lateral openings 17 after the Fig. 2a can be missing. In one plane, the angle with the wings 19 after Fig. 6a two receiving areas 11 and an opening 14 which is arranged between the two receiving areas and in the plane of the drawing projects downwards (orthogonal). The opening 14 also has along its center axis a receiving area 11, which in particular from Fig. 6b is apparent. Fig. 6b shows a rotated about the center axis of the opening 14 by 90 ° view, which on the one hand, the receiving areas 11 of Fig. 6a and on the other hand the opening 14 with associated receiving area 11 shows. In relation to the center axis along the opening 14, the two receiving areas 11 according to Fig. 6a lie in one plane. Alternatively, some or all of the receiving areas 11 may point in different spatial directions, with no pair of receiving areas 11 necessarily being able to span an orthogonal plane with respect to the third receiving area, however. Also the building block after the Fig. 6a and 6b can have overarching properties of all embodiments of a building block according to the invention.

The in the Fig. 1 to 6b illustrated blocks are merely exemplary of the present invention. In principle, each of the elements shown can have further or fewer receiving areas, which can be arranged both orthogonally to the already existing receiving areas 11 and at any angle deviating therefrom. Instead of the cross after Fig. 1a can also be provided a star-shaped arrangement with a plurality of lying in a plane receiving areas 11. Between the receiving areas 11 after the FIGS. 2a and 2b can be provided both a right angle, as well as an angle deviating from the right angle.

The circular area of the building block30 after the FIGS. 3a and 3b may have any number of receiving areas 11, where in pairs Receiving areas around the opening 14 around may be arranged opposite or offset from one another, so that no pairs on opposite sides of the opening 14 must be provided.

Furthermore, for example, the Bauklotz30 be formed as a double circle, which can be provided in opposite directions on a block 2 circles or semicircles (Block40), each having any number of receiving areas 11 and can be connected via a common opening 14 as a bridge.

FIGS. 7a and 7b show an embodiment of a building block according to the invention, which as a double-plate arrangement or in cross section as an H-shaped component ( Fig. 7b ). Between the two plates 16, a free space 11 is provided, which is preferably provided annularly between the two plates 16. To connect the two plates 16, a web 17 may be provided, around which preferably the free space 11 extends between the two plates 16 circular or annular.

Although the plates are after Fig. 7a however, they may also have any desired geometry, in particular a polygonal shape or a deformed circular shape, independently of one another.

On the individual surfaces, which can come into contact with the respective free spaces 11 and 11 'during the insertion of rod-shaped bodies 18, spikes 15 can again be provided here. The rod-shaped bodies 18 can be arranged in particular in the region 11 or 11 '.

Approximately parallel to the axis 18 of the embodiment according to FIG. 7 a recess 11 'may be provided ( fig. 7a ), whose longitudinal axis is provided approximately orthogonal to the recess 11.

In particular, in the annular free space 11 formed between the two connected plates 16, rod-shaped bodies 18 can be arranged along its axial direction approximately tangentially to the web 17 along its longitudinal axis. Depending on the size of the rod-shaped body 18, this can contact the web 17 in the inserted state or be provided spaced therefrom.

The free space 11 ', which is formed by a depression in the respective plate 16 approximately orthogonal to the axis 18 at the same height, may correspond in size approximately to the diameter of a rod-shaped body 18 and / or at least be formed so that the rod-shaped Body 18 does not protrude beyond the outer periphery of the plate 16.

Basically, a sandwich-like arrangement with several plates and webs for (parallel) recording of several rod-shaped bodies in the free spaces 11 and in the free spaces 11 'is possible. In such an arrangement, one can also speak of a double, triple, quadruple and so on or multiple H-shaped arrangement.

The rod-shaped bodies 18 mentioned in the description of the figures can basically also be referred to as elongated bodies or generally bodies, which in principle have a diameter at least in one region which corresponds approximately to the recess 11 or 11 'or to a further receptacle according to the present invention in that the body can be arranged and held in this recess.

Accordingly, it is also possible for bodies to be provided in the respective recess, which are only partially adapted to the dimensions or extent of the recesses and, moreover, have a different shape. All of these bodies should be covered by the definition of an elongated body. The deviating shape may in particular have a flat, round shape with a larger or smaller diameter than the receptacle or another geometry.

The embodiment according to the FIGS. 7a and 7b In particular, it can provide a receptacle for rod-shaped elements 14, which permits an individual alignment of the element 14 with respect to the block 60. Since the H-shaped receptacle can extend around the central web 18, free mobility and alignment of the element 14 in the receiving area 11 can be provided. This can allow a freely adjustable angle between the elements 14, in particular when receiving two or more elements 14 in the receiving area 11.

The execution form after FIGS. 7a and 7b may have two receiving areas 11, in which the element 14 is inserted laterally.

Fig. 8a and 8b show in various views a building block 20, which is similar to the Bauklotz10 constructed. It also has an opening 14 and two of the receiving areas 11, as in Fig. 8a are shown on. The opening 14 may, as in Fig. 8a shown, also have a lateral opening or a lateral slot, over which an elongated body is inserted laterally into the opening 14. Alternatively, the opening 14 may also be completely or partially closed laterally, so be surrounded by circular material. Two of the four wings of the node behind Fig. 1a are missing, however, whereas only the openings 17 in the material, which would lead to the now missing wings, can remain. As a result, the number of receivable bodies is reduced by at least two. Such an element can serve in particular as a corner piece, wherein basically the openings 17, which to the now missing parts of the cross to Fig. 1a lead, even be locked. In such a case, the in Fig. 8a illustrated embodiment L-shaped formed with only two openings in the axial direction of the male body in the plane of the drawing. The closing of the openings 17 can take place independently of a lateral opening of the opening 14.

In principle, the openings 17 can also be referred to as expansion openings.

In principle, the openings 14 may also be referred to as feedthroughs.

Fig. 8b shows the building block 20 from a rotated by 180 ° about the axis of the opening 14 perspective. The opening 14 is opposite to in FIG Fig. 8a arranged in the plane of the drawing recording areas rotated by 90 °. Like any building block of the present invention, the angle element according to Fig. 8a and 8b preferably spikes 15, grooves and / or lateral elevations, as described above, have.

Fig. 10a shows a building block 30, which has in a plane circularly arranged receptacles 11 which are arranged concentrically around an opening 14 around. Dimensioning, size and equipment can correspond to building blocks described above. The circular receiving areas 11 are aligned so that either the block can each accommodate an end portion of a body or the block 10 can be attached to a body so that two opposite receiving areas 11 record on the circular area of the body. This may be possible, in particular, when the body, at least in certain areas, has a diameter in the area of contact between the receiving area 11 and the body which corresponds approximately to the diameter of the receiving area 11.

Also, the receiving portions 11 of the circular portion may each have a boundary which is located at an inner end of the receiving portion 11 in the axial direction of a picked-up body, whereby further slipping of the body into the receiving portion 11 or beyond into the interior of the building block 30 may be prevented.

In approximately orthogonal to the circularly arranged receiving regions 11, a receiving region 11 is likewise provided along the opening 14, in which a further body can be arranged approximately orthogonal to the bodies in the circular region. This is for example Fig. 9b which shows the building block in a 90 ° side view Fig. 9a shows. Likewise, the U-shaped or tunnel-shaped structure of the individual receptacles, which are arranged in a circle on the building block 30, is made Fig. 9b particularly clear. With regard to the level of consideration of Fig. 9a In the lower region of the opening 14, at least one side can be opened laterally, as is particularly clear Fig. 9b emerges, in which the lower portion protrudes to the left from the circular area and a side opening to the observer plane shows.

10a and 10b show a building block 40, which basically corresponds in its construction approximately to the building block 30. One difference is that no complete circle is provided, but only part of a circle, preferably a semicircle. Preferably, a quarter or a third circle can be provided. The receiving areas 11 are arranged radially around the opening 14, as in the case of the circular element according to FIGS Fig. 9a and 9b ,

As in particular from Fig. 10b shows, the opening 14 also has a receiving area 11, which is approximately orthogonal to the receiving areas on the circular segment according to Fig. 10a is arranged and can be opened or closed to the side. Fig. 10a shows the closed variant, in which only a lower foot portion of the opening 14 may be laterally open. The building block 40 can also have all cross-sectional properties of a building block according to the invention, such as, for example, grooves, spikes and / or elevations.

Fig. 11 shows one opposite the Fig. 9a rotated by 180 ° about the center axis of the opening 14 view, so the view on the bottom according to Fig. 9a , From this figure, the opening 14 with the lateral receiving area 11 clearly emerges. The basic structure of the back to Fig. 11 also corresponds to the back of the circular segment-shaped building block 40 after Fig. 10a , where the entire circle must be replaced by a corresponding proportional circle.

Fig. 12a and 12b show two views of a building block 50, which is formed as an angle that can deviate from a right angle. Thus, bodies can be connected to one another via the building block 50 at an angle deviating from the 90 ° angle. Apart from the deviating from 90 ° angle between the two wings 19, the embodiment differs according to the Figures 12a and 12b 8a and 8b substantially to the effect that the lateral openings 17 after the Fig. 8a absence. In one plane, the angle with the wings 19 after Fig. 12a two receiving areas 11 and an opening 14 which is arranged between the two receiving areas and projects downwards in the plane of the drawing. The opening 14 also has a receiving area 11 along its center axis, which can be seen in particular from FIG. 13b. Fig. 12b shows a rotated about the center axis of the opening 14 by 90 ° view, which on the one hand, the receiving areas 11 of Fig. 12a and on the other hand the opening 14 with associated receiving area 11 shows. In relation to the center axis along the opening 14, the two receiving areas 11 according to Fig. 12a lie in one plane. Alternatively, some or all of the pick-up areas 11 may point in different spatial directions, with no pair of pick-up areas 11 necessarily being orthogonal to the third pick-up area Must be able to open up a level, however. Also the building block after the Fig. 12a and 12b may have individual or combined properties of all embodiments of a building block according to the invention.

The in the Fig. 8 to 12b illustrated blocks are merely exemplary of the present invention. In principle, each of the elements shown can have further or fewer receiving areas, which can be arranged both orthogonally to the already existing receiving areas 11 and at any angle deviating therefrom. Instead of the cross after Fig. 1a can also be provided a star-shaped arrangement with a plurality of lying in a plane receiving areas 11. Between the receiving areas 11 after the FIGS. 8a and 8b can be provided both a right angle, as well as an angle deviating from the right angle.

The circular area of the building block 30 after the Figures 10a and 10b can have any number of receiving areas 11, wherein pairs of receiving areas around the opening 14 may be arranged opposite each other or offset from each other, so that no pairs on opposite sides of the opening 14 must be provided.

Furthermore, for example, the building block 30 may be formed as a double circle, wherein in opposite directions on a block two circles or semicircles (blocks 40) may be provided, each having an arbitrary number of receiving areas 11 and may be connected via a common opening 14 as a bridge ,

Claims (15)

1. Construction kit with - At least one integrally formed block with at least two receiving areas for receiving, preferably rod-shaped bodies along its axial direction, wherein at least two of the receiving areas are provided transversely to each other and - at least one of the bodies,
characterized, - That at least one receiving area of the building block in approximately orthogonal to the axial direction of the received body has at least one lateral opening, via which the body is inserted in each case in the receiving area transversely to its axial direction. 2. Construction set according to claim 1,
characterized,
in that the receiving areas are arranged to provide the axial directions of the received bodies at a fixed angle to one another on the building block. 3. Construction kit according to one of claims 1 or 2,
characterized,
that at least on one of the receiving areas in the axial direction of the body, a boundary is provided, which provides a stop for the body on the block. 4. Construction kit according to one of claims 1 to 3,
characterized,
that at least two receiving areas of the building block are arranged orthogonal to each other. 5. Construction kit according to one of claims 1 to 4,
characterized,
that an inner periphery of the receiving portions corresponds approximately to the outer periphery of the body. 6. Construction kit according to one of claims 1 to 5,
characterized,
in that at least the inner circumference of the receiving areas and / or the outer circumference of the bodies have grooves in the axial direction. 7. Construction kit according to one of claims 1 to 6,
characterized,
that the building block is formed as a rigid node and has at least three receiving areas, which preferably each extend in a different (space) direction. 8. construction set according to claim 7,
characterized,
that at least two of the at least three receiving areas are provided opposite a further receptacle in a plane. 9. Construction kit according to one of claims 7 or 8,
characterized,
that the building block has a circular area, along the circumference receptacles are arranged. 10. Construction kit according to one of claims 6 to 9,
characterized,
in that at least one receptacle is formed continuously through the building block along which a received body is displaceable in the axial direction. 11. Construction kit according to one of claims 1 to 10,
in that at least one of the transversely extending receptacles is designed as a groove extending outward, that is to say laterally, around an axis. 11. block for a construction set according to one of claims 1 to 10 with at least two receiving areas for receiving, preferably rod-shaped, bodies along its axial direction,
characterized,
in that at least one receiving region has approximately at least one lateral opening or groove in approximately orthogonal to the axial direction, via which the body can be introduced into the respective receiving region transversely to the axial direction. 12. block according to claim 11,
characterized,
that the building block is designed as a self-contained unit and / or one-piece and / or rigid and / or free of repeating subunits unit. 13. block according to claim 11 or 12,
characterized,
that receiving areas are provided in mutually determined orientations. 14. block for a construction set according to one of claims 1 to 10 with at least one laterally open receptacle for a first, preferably elongated, body and a transverse opening for receiving further body,
characterized,
in that the transverse receptacle is formed as at least one groove extending outward, that is to say laterally, around an axis.

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