RU2133130C1 - Construction set - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: toy construction sets, puzzles etc. SUBSTANCE: construction set has links made in the form of cubes and connecting members. Faces of each cube are provided with pair of guiding through slots running in parallel with cube ribs and intersecting in center of related face. Each connecting member adapted for insertion into guiding slots to connect one link to another link is made in the form of two slides interconnected with their centers. Construction set has controlling member and each cube has stop mechanism. Stop mechanism has retainer and four stops positioned on each face of cube. Central through recesses made in slots at slot intersection areas are adapted for flush mounting of retainers in cube cavity. Side through recesses for receiving stops are positioned between central through recesses and ribs. Stops are arranged in groups and each retainer is kinematically connected with one group of stops for flush mounting of these stops. Central through recess are equally spaced from retainers on each face. Controlling member is adapted for flush mounting of retainer. EFFECT: simplified construction and increased strength of construction set members. 7 cl, 25 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to toy building kits, designers with standardized parts for the manufacture of various models, and can be used as a puzzle.

 One of the closest analogues of the claimed technical solution is a designer that contains a set of links in the form of cubes, on the faces of each of which is made a pair of through, parallel to the edges of the cube and intersecting in the center of the corresponding face of the guide grooves, and intended for installation in the guide grooves when connecting the links interconnecting elements, each of which is made in the form of two interconnected centers of sliders (patent GB N 2090751, CL A 63 F 9/08, A 63 H 33/10, 1983).

 A disadvantage of the known designer is its low manufacturability, as well as low amusement when assembling three-dimensional structures from its elements.

 The technical result of the claimed invention is the creation of a designer, the elements of which can be moved plane-parallel relative to each other with the possibility of fixation from movement in the specified plane and in the perpendicular direction and rotated relative to each other, which makes it possible to assemble a variety of models and puzzles, durable and reliable.

 A designer containing a set of links in the form of cubes, on the faces of each of which is made of a pair of through, parallel to the edges of the cube and intersecting in the center of the corresponding face of the guide grooves, and designed to be installed in the guide grooves when connecting the links to each other, connecting elements, each of which is made in the form of two, interconnected by the centers of the sliders, contains a control element, and each cube is a locking mechanism, having on each face of the cube one lock and four stoppers, while in the grooves in the month at their intersections, central through slots are made for fastening with the possibility of fixing the latches into the cavity of the cube, and between the central through slots and ribs there are lateral through slots for installing stoppers, and the stoppers form groups, and each fixer is kinematically connected to one of the groups of stoppers for their while the distance from the Central through-slot to the stoppers on each face is the same, and the control element is made with the possibility of recessing the latch.

 The stoppers of the group are placed in one section of the cube on its different faces.

 The sliders of the connecting elements are made in the form of plates.

 The plates are round in shape.

 The plates are made in the shape of a square.

 The latches are made with magnets, and the control element is made of ferromagnetic material or vice versa.

 The designer is equipped with an additional set of links of different geometric shapes.

 In FIG. 1 shows a diagram of the connection of links between themselves.

 In FIG. 2 shows links in dimetry.

 In FIG. 3 shows a link, a view of one of the faces.

 In FIG. 4 and 5 — section AA in FIG. 3, particular cases of kinematic connections of the clamps with the stoppers.

 In FIG. 6 shows a connecting element.

 In FIG. 7 and 8 depict a control element, a top view and a side view, respectively.

 In FIG. 9 shows a connecting element with a recess for interacting with latches.

 In FIG. 10 shows the base of the connecting element with a conical recess.

 In FIG. 11 and 12 show a connecting element with a cross-shaped recess.

 In FIG. 13 and 14 show another particular case of the execution of the link.

 In FIG. 15 and 16 depict a kinematic game element.

 In FIG. 17 and 18 depict a pyramidal game element.

 In FIG. 19 and 20 show a game element in the form of a wheel.

 In FIG. 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 depict particular cases of a puzzle.

 In FIG. 26, 27 shows a connecting element.

 In FIG. 28 shows a control element.

 In FIG. 29 depicts embodiments of latches.

 The designer contains a set of links in the form of hollow cubes 1 and a set of connecting elements 2 for connecting the links to each other by installing them in the guide grooves 3, which are made on the faces of the cubes and pass through the middle of the ribs 4 of the links parallel to adjacent ribs. At the intersections of the grooves in the latter, central 5 through cuts are made, and between these places and the ribs 4 in the grooves, side 6 through cuts are made, in each of which there is a stopper 7 of the locking mechanism mounted in the cavity of the link to limit the movement of the connecting element along the grooves in places the intersection of the grooves. The locking mechanism is equipped with a latch 8 located in the central slot, recessed into the cube cavity to recess the part of the stoppers. The latch is kinematically connected with the stoppers and installed in each and several central slots.

 One particular case of kinematic coupling is shown in FIG. 4, where the latch is made with at least one bevel installed in the groove, which is made in the stopper 7, and connected with a cube by a spring 9 to return the stopper to its original position in the absence of impact on the latch.

 There may be another kinematic relationship depicted in FIG. 5, where the latch is connected to the stoppers by means of rubber rings 10 and threads 11.

 The latch can be connected by four stoppers placed on the faces adjacent to the face on which it is placed.

The connecting element 2 is formed by a pair of plates 12 connected by the central parts by means of the rod 13. The plates can be:
- round shape (Fig. 9, 10) - allow you to rotate the links relative to the axis of the rod 14:
- square shape (Fig. 9, 10) - stop the rotation of the link in the directions perpendicular to the side.

 The upper and lower plates of the connecting element can have various shapes. The beads 15 on the upper and lower plates can be mutually perpendicular. This arrangement of the sides does not allow them to stray when moving parts of the structure interconnected by several connecting elements.

In the plates 12 can be made recesses 14 of various configurations:
- conical of small diameter and depth (Fig.9) - sinks the latch, fixes from involuntary movement of the connecting element;
- conical large diameter and large depth (Fig. 10) - does not sink the latch;
- cruciform on a round plate or shallow (Fig) - creates four fixed position of the connecting element during its rotation.

 For the convenience of sinking the latch, the designer contains at least one control element 16, which may have protrusions 17 for placement in the grooves of the cubes.

 The designer further comprises a set of game elements made flat and / or convex and / or multifaceted, for example, in the form of a prism 18, a pyramid 19, a wheel 20, reels, gears (not shown in the drawing), etc., on which one or several protrusions 21 of a T-shape for connecting them to the links by installing the protrusions in the groove.

 The outer surface of the links and / or game elements may be partially painted in different colors.

 The latch may be a magnetic rod kinematically connected with the stoppers (Fig. 29). In this case, in the middle of the plates of the connecting elements, for example, ferromagnetic rods are embedded (Fig. 26) or not inserted (Fig. 27).

 The same ferromagnetic rod is integrated into the control element (Fig. 28).

 The constructor works as follows.

 To connect the links to each other, by drowning the stopper 7 in one of the grooves with the retainer 8, install the connecting element 2 in the specified groove and advance it along the groove to the central cavity, after which, releasing the retainer, fix the connecting element with four stops, which, depending on the design its plates interact with the retainer, recess stoppers on adjacent faces, exclude link rotation or not interact with the retainer.

 When a plate with a ferromagnetic rod enters the central cavity, a magnetic interaction occurs between the retainer and the plate, as a result of which the retainer is attracted to the inner surface of the cube, drawing the sides connected with it. When the connecting element is removed from the central cavity, the elastic bands 10 return the stoppers and latches to their original position.

 Similarly, another link is installed on the specified connecting element, or other connecting elements on the specified link for subsequent connection with other links. As shown in FIG. 1, part of the stoppers can be recessed, which will ensure the movement of the connecting element along the groove and its installation in another place.

 In one of the cases where the kinematic connection between the stopper and the latch shown in FIG. 4, the latch 8, while recessing, acts with a bevel on the stopper 7, recessing the latter, and the spring 9 returns the stopper 7 and the latch to its original position.

 Adding game elements to cubes, for example, in the form of prisms, pyramids, wheels, coils, gears, etc., creates a children's designer rich in creativity.

 For the convenience of connecting the elements, you can use the control element 17 to recess the latch.

 Using a different number of cubes of a different combination of designs of connecting elements, as well as cubes with different face colors, makes it possible to create puzzle designs.

 For example, in FIG. Figure 21 shows a puzzle formed by connecting elements on one axis that open stoppers with round plates, cubes, each of which, with the exception of the top, connected connecting elements that do not open stoppers with square plates, four side cubes.

 Plates (the bases of the connecting elements of the bushings) are inserted into the slot of the three faces of the first cube, the task of which is to prevent the connection of the connecting element into the slot, thereby making it possible to move adjacent cubes only along the faces with unfilled slots. Each side cube, in the presence of nearby free space, can move one step along the axis. The puzzle thus assembled is a puzzle known as "Corn", but in which there is no frame, and the balls are replaced with cubes.

 In FIG. 22 shows a flat structure of eight cubes, interconnected in a certain order by connecting elements with mutually perpendicular sides.

 The peculiarity of this design is that for any movements of the cubes, the shape of the square remains unchanged - in this case, of four cubes.

 This flat structure can be extended to a spatial structure (Fig. 23), in which each face will be the previous puzzle (Fig. 22). In this design, a cube formed of eight links always remains unchanged.

 In FIG. 24 depicts a jigsaw puzzle representing a “cross” inserted into the frame of FIG. 25. Cubes in the crosspiece are connected by connecting elements that open the stoppers with square plates. Cubes in the frame are connected by connecting elements that do not open the stoppers. Pressing the end plate of the crosspiece leads to its movement and "capture" of the nodal cube.

Claims (7)

 1. The designer, containing a set of links in the form of cubes, on the faces of each of which is made of a pair of through, parallel to the edges of the cube and intersecting in the center of the corresponding face of the guide grooves, and designed to be installed in the guide grooves when connecting the links to each other, connecting elements, each which is made in the form of two, interconnected by the centers of the sliders, characterized in that the designer contains a control element, and each cube has a locking mechanism having one latch on each face of the cube and Four stoppers, while in the grooves in the place of their intersection, central through slots are made for fastening with the possibility of recessing the latches into the cavity of the cube, and between the central through slots and ribs there are lateral through slots for installing the stoppers, and the stoppers form groups, and each clamp is kinematically connected with one of the groups of stoppers for their recession, while the distance from the central through slot to the stoppers on each face is the same, and the control element is adapted to recess the lock .  2. The designer according to claim 1, characterized in that the stoppers of the group are placed in one section of the cube on its different faces.  3. The designer according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the sliders of the connecting elements are made in the form of plates.  4. The designer according to claim 3, characterized in that the plates are round in shape.  5. The designer according to claim 3, characterized in that the plates are made in the form of a square.  6. The designer according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the latches are made with magnets, and the control element is made of ferromagnetic material or vice versa.  7. The designer according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it is equipped with an additional set of links of different geometric shapes.

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