JPH11300026A - Rotary type spherical body-fitting toy - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary type spherical body fitting toy as stereo puzzle by arranging a plurality of slide piece with a shape precisely the same to make any sliding piece movable to an arbitrary position. SOLUTION: Grooves 1a is carved in a spherical body 1 as core along three great circle zones orthogonal to each other and on angular body-shaped island parts arranged at eight points surrounded by the grooves 1a, a plate material 2 which is similar to the islands and slightly larger that the island parts is mounted to fit in phase. Both sides of the grooves 1a are covered with the periphery part of the plate material 2 to make slide grooves with a T-shaped cross section out of the grooves 1a. Sliding pieces 4 each with a T-shaped cross section at fitting part thereof are so arrange to be inserted into the slide grooves thereby producing a rotary type spherical body fitting toy.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a three-dimensional fitting toy as a three-dimensional puzzle, and more particularly to a toy having an external shape which is spherical, and in which a sliding piece which moves in a groove provided in a spherical core has an arbitrary position. The present invention relates to a rotary ball-fitting toy that can be taken.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional rotary three-dimensional fitting toys are generally sold under the name of Rubik's Cube (registered trademark). This has a cubic shape as a whole, and each surface is divided into nine parts, and 27 small cubes are combined as a whole. And the small cube at the center of each surface has only one surface appearing on the outer surface, and the small cube at the center of each of the 12 ridges has only two surfaces appearing on the outer surface, and eight corners of the large cube The three small cubes appear on the outer surface. Thus, it is composed of three types of small cubes.

When playing a game, the procedure of simultaneously rotating nine small cubes on one surface at a time is repeated several times for each surface, so that the symbol initially appearing on the surface of the large cube is completely disjointed. . It is a game that is played using this toy that restores the discrete symbols to the original symbols.

Various structures have been considered. For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-3956 shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the rotating cube 102 is rotatably attached to the six outer peripheral surfaces of the center cube 101. Then, the ridges 103a of the movable central body 103 are fitted into the arc grooves 102a on the four side surfaces of the rotating cube 102, and the rotating cube 1
02 and the movable central body 103 are pressed and coupled. Further, the ridge 104a of the corner body 104 is fitted into the arc-shaped groove 103b of the movable center body 103, and the movable center body 103 and the corner body 10 are fitted.
4 to form a large cube 100.

FIG. 4 shows another Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-8192.
6 to FIG. 47 are known. This is a sphere 20
Rotational moving bodies 202 having a T-shaped cross section are rotatably mounted at six locations each of which is perpendicular to the center of the one. Then, twelve central moving bodies 203 are provided while being held down by the T-shaped portion of the rotating moving body 202. The middle moving body 203 has a T-shaped cross section in the corner direction, and the corner moving body 204 is attached to eight corners of the T-shaped portion. In this way, each face of the cube is rotated by the moving body 202 and the middle moving body 20.
3, a nine-sided structure is provided by the corner moving body 204.

FIG. 48 shows Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-8193.
To FIG. 50 are known. This is a toy consisting of eight small cubes, and circular umbrella-shaped holding pieces 30 are provided at six positions facing each other at right angles to the center of the sphere 301.
2 are attached with screws 303 so that the holding pieces 302 hold down the triangular diaper-shaped slide pieces 305 provided on each of the seven movable pieces 304. And one of the eight small cubes 306
Is fixedly attached to the sphere 301. In addition, in these prior art documents, there is a statement that the shape can be spherical, but the structure is not described at all.
It does not suggest the invention.

[0007]

The toy described in the prior art has a limitation that nine small cubes on one side must be rotated at the time of playing a game, and the degree of freedom in moving each small cube is small. Had the problem of poor sex.

Further, for the entire large cube, 9
The small cube at the center of the divided small cubes is always positioned at the center of any surface regardless of how the game is rotated during the game. Also, the small cubes at the eight corners of the whole large cube are always positioned at the corners no matter how the rotation is performed. Regarding the twelve ridge lines of the large cube, the small cube at the center is always positioned at the center of the ridge line regardless of the rotation. As described above, since the position where each small cube is positioned is limited, there is a problem that the game property is poor. In addition, when each surface of the small cube is rotated and returned to the original surface position, a pattern other than the central small cube of each surface is always in the same direction as the original, so that there is a problem that the game property is poor. Incidentally, the toy of JP-B-55-8193, which is composed of eight small cubes in its entirety, has a problem that the game property is further poor due to the small number of small cubes.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.
A plurality of sliding pieces having exactly the same shape are provided, and any of the sliding pieces can be moved to an arbitrary position to provide a toy by fitting as a game-rich three-dimensional puzzle.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary sphere-fitting toy according to the present invention, wherein three assumed great circles orthogonal to each other are provided on the outer surface of a sphere serving as a core. Eight identical triangular diaper-shaped spheres divided by bands have a spherical surface having a shape similar to the triangular diaper and having the same diameter as the core sphere and an outer surface concentric with the core sphere. A triangular diaper-shaped plate having a large spherical surface is attached to the surface of the triangular diaper-shaped sphere in the same phase and concentrically with the sphere center, and the three triangular diaper-shaped plates are of the same width dimension orthogonal to each other along the assumed great circle band. A plurality of sliding pieces of the same shape are formed in a continuous manner on the three slide grooves, and a plurality of sliding pieces of the same shape having a substantially spherical outer peripheral shape and a spherical surface whose outer surface is concentric with the outer surface of the triangular diaper-shaped plate material are continuously formed. Sliding Possible and so as not to fall off is obtained by fitted sequences. According to the toy described above, a plurality of sliding pieces arranged in each slide groove have a substantially square and the same shape, and only one surface is shown on the ball surface and slides by an arbitrary number of pieces without falling off. Since the band can be moved in the groove, any sliding piece can be positioned at an arbitrary position in the groove. For this reason, game characteristics are increased.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary ball-fitting toy according to the present invention, wherein a convex portion or a concave portion for engagement is formed on the outer periphery of the triangular diaper-shaped plate, and the sliding between the triangular diaper-shaped plates is performed. An engaging portion is provided on the outer periphery of the sliding piece to be inserted and arranged in the groove. According to the toy described above, since the engaging portion is provided on the outer periphery of the plate, the sliding piece can be reliably prevented from falling off.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary sphere fitting toy according to the present invention, in which three large circular belt slide grooves orthogonal to each other are formed on the outer surface of a sphere serving as a core, and the slide groove is formed on the surface of the sphere. Eight identical triangular tapered islands defined by the grooves are formed, having a similar shape larger than the islands, an inner surface having a spherical surface having the same diameter as the core sphere, and an outer surface being a core sphere. A triangular diaper-shaped plate material having a large concentric spherical surface is attached in phase with the island and concentric with the spherical center, the slide groove is configured as a T-shaped groove, and the lower surface is formed in two orthogonal directions engaging with the T-shaped slide groove. A plurality of sliding pieces having the same shape and having a spherical surface having an engaging portion and having an outer peripheral shape substantially square and having an outer surface concentric with the outer surface of the triangular conical plate are continuously slid between the triangular conical plates. They are arranged as possible. According to the toy described above, since the slide groove is formed to have a T-shaped cross section by the groove of the sphere and the plate material, the slide piece does not fall off.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary ball-fitting toy according to the present invention, wherein the slide groove of the great circle band is divided into two parts separated by a median strip, and both sides of the slide groove are separated by the median strip. A plate material corresponding to a similar shape portion larger than an island of the triangular diaper-shaped plate material is provided to form two rows of T-shaped slide grooves,
The slide pieces are arranged in each slide groove.
According to the toy described above, the two rows of sliding pieces can slide independently of each other, so that the game property can be further enhanced.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary ball-fitting toy according to the present invention, wherein two parallel rows of narrow grooves are engraved on the bottom surfaces of the two rows of T-shaped slide grooves, respectively. On the lower surface, there are four projections that slide into engagement with the narrow grooves.
It is provided individually. According to the toy described above, the sliding piece itself can be prevented from rotating at the crossing position of the T-shaped sliding groove, so that the sliding piece rubs against other pieces in the T-shaped sliding groove and becomes difficult to slide. And the game can be played smoothly.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary ball-fitting toy according to the present invention, wherein a small analogous portion is formed at the center of the surface of the triangular diaper plate, and a slide groove between the triangular diaper plate is formed. The sliding piece has an I-shaped cross section in two perpendicular directions. According to the toy described above, the surface of the sliding piece that appears on the ball surface can be increased, so that the surface of the sliding piece can be made larger than the ball surface of the plate material, and the movement of the entire toy A large symbol area is provided, and game characteristics are increased.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary ball-fitting toy according to the present invention, wherein a spherical surface having an inner surface attached at a central portion at substantially equal intervals to a core ball has a larger diameter than the ball. And a circular umbrella-shaped holding piece having an outer surface concentric with the sphere and having a spherical shape with a larger diameter, and six points where three diameters orthogonal to each other at the center of the sphere intersect with the surface of the sphere. Formed between the inner surface of the holding piece and the outer surface of the sphere, which are attached to the six vertices of the sphere that are divided into eight triangular diametral vertices on the surface of the sphere divided by the connecting arc segments. Eight triangular diaper-shaped sliders, each having a spherical surface having the same diameter as the outer surface of the sphere and having an outer surface having a spherical surface having the same diameter as the inner surface of the holding piece, which is inserted into the formed gap, Similar to slider The inner surface is formed in a spherical surface having the same diameter as the outer surface of the pressing piece, and the outer surface is formed as a large spherical surface concentric with the sphere. An intermediate plate material that forms a U-shaped groove and whose adjacent surfaces are rotation guide surfaces, and that has an analogous shape to the intermediate plate material and is attached to the outside of the intermediate plate material in the same phase, and the inner surface is the same as the outer surface of the intermediate plate material A U-shaped groove formed of the intermediate plate is formed as a slide groove having an I-shaped cross section by forming a spherical surface having a diameter dimension and an outer surface forming a large spherical surface concentric with the sphere. A plate and a plurality of I-shaped slide pieces having the same shape and having a substantially square outer periphery and an outer surface concentric with the outer plate and having a cross section fitted into the slide groove are continuously slid into the slide groove. Movably arranged Than it is. According to the toy described above, in addition to the sliding piece, the triangular diaper-shaped plate member and the slide groove can also be rotated. As a result, the groove for the sliding piece communicates with the other groove on the way, so that the game is complicated and the fun can be increased.

The rotary sphere fitting toy according to the present invention described in claim 8 is a combination of two hollow hemispheres having the same sphere as a core. According to the above-mentioned toy, since the sphere is hollow, the weight of the whole toy can be reduced, and the game can be easily played.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in the rotary ball-fitting toy according to the present invention, a positive number of square sliding pieces are arranged from the crossing position where the slide grooves cross at right angles to the next crossing position. Things. According to the toy described above, any of the sliding pieces can be correctly arranged and positioned at the intersection of the slide grooves, so that the sliding pieces can be moved to an arbitrary slide groove.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary ball-fitting toy according to the present invention, wherein sliding pieces are arranged with a gap corresponding to one piece in a sliding groove. According to the toy described above, a gap of one piece is generated in the slide groove as a whole, so that the movement of the slide piece does not need to be performed in a single-row band shape,
The sliding pieces in contact with the gap can be moved one by one, so that the degree of freedom is further added to the movement of the sliding pieces, and the game performance is further increased.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the whole of the toy of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the whole, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. The whole toy is spherical, and it is assumed that three axes X, Y, and Z are orthogonal to the center O of the sphere. And XY plane, YZ plane, X
Three great circles where three Z planes intersect the sphere surface are obtained.

As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of sliding pieces are arranged on this great circle without any gap, and when the sliding pieces move, the whole sliding pieces arranged in one great circle form one row. It turns as a band. The sliding pieces located at the six positions where the three great circles intersect can be moved in the direction of any great circle row.

Next, the structure will be described with reference to FIG. In the center of the toy, there is a sphere 1 serving as a core, and the sphere 1 has an XY plane, a YZ plane, and an XZ
Three grooves 1a each having a predetermined width and a U-shaped cross section are formed at positions of great circles intersecting the plane. The bottom surface of this groove forms a spherical surface smaller by the depth of the groove. The three grooves 1a cross each other at six points on the spherical surface at right angles. Therefore, a triangular tapered convex island portion (hereinafter referred to as an island portion) 1b is formed at eight locations surrounded by the three grooves 1a.

An outer edge 2a is formed on the island 1b.
The central part of the surface is a triangular diaper with a similar shape larger than b.
A two-layered sheet material (hereinafter, referred to as a plate material) 2 having a similar shape of a triangular diaper having a smaller b than the outer edge portion 2a is attached by screws 3 in the same phase as the triangular diaper of the island portion 1b. Each plate 1a is covered with a predetermined amount on the upper surface on both sides by the plate member 2, and the entire groove is formed to have an I-shaped cross section. The plate 2 has a spherical surface having the same diameter as the sphere 1 on the inner surface in contact with the sphere 1, and has a concentric spherical surface having an outer surface larger by the plate thickness of the plate 2. Accordingly, when the eight plate members are attached to the eight island portions 1b of the sphere 1, the sphere has a spherical shape having three I-shaped grooves in the entire sphere.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a sliding piece inserted into a groove having an I-shaped cross section, and FIG. 7 is a front view of the sliding piece. And this sliding piece 4
Has an I-shaped cross section in both perpendicular and perpendicular directions, has a substantially square shape in a plan view, and has four sides each having an outwardly protruding arc shape, and has an opposite side distance of the I-shaped cross section (hereinafter referred to as a groove). ) Is slightly smaller than the width dimension of) and is slidable in the groove.

Further, an inner portion 4b of the sliding piece 4 having an I-shaped cross section
Is also square, and the opposite side distance is a groove 1 engraved on a sphere 1 that is a core
It is formed slightly smaller than the width of a. The outer surface of the outer portion 4a having the I-shaped cross section forms a spherical surface having the same diameter as the outer surface of the plate member 2, and the inner surface of the inner portion 4b having the I-shaped cross section has the bottom surface of the groove 1a fitted in the groove. And a spherical surface with a slight gap. The upper surface of the upper inner portion 4b forms a spherical surface having the same diameter as the diameter of the sphere 1 serving as a core. Therefore, when the sliding piece 4 is fitted into the groove 1a, the sliding piece 4 is slidable and does not fall off.

The relationship between the diameter of the sphere formed by the outer surface of the plate member 2 and the outer surface of the sliding piece 4 and the width of the slide groove appearing on the outer surface of the sphere is determined from the intersection of the slide grooves. The relationship is such that a positive number of sliding pieces 4 are arranged up to the intersection position.

[0027]

Another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8, 9, 10 and 11. FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view in which a sphere serving as a core is provided with a detent for a plate material. Eight island portions 11b of the sphere 11 are each provided with a triangular tapered recess portion 11c at the center. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 8, in which one end of the concave portion 11c is gradually deepened from the outer surface of the sphere 11 and the other end is sharply deepened stepwise with respect to the outer surface of the sphere 11. Provided to form a recess 11c. The shape of the concave portion 11c is based on the draft angle of the mold when the spherical body 11 is injection-molded, and other shapes may be used. FIG. 10 shows the island 11b.
FIG. 11 is a front view of the plate member 12 to be attached to FIG.
D-shaped cross-section, and a triangular diaper-shaped projection 12b fitted on the inner peripheral surface to the recess 11c with respect to the plate 2 shown in FIG.
have.

[0028]

FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of a triangular diaper-shaped plate material, in which a sphere 21 serving as a core is not provided with a groove.
A protruding ridge portion 22a is provided at the center of the thickness over the entire periphery of the triangular conical plate material 22. The plate member 22 is configured to form a slide groove having an I-shaped cross section with the adjacent plate members 22. At this time, the sliding piece 24 into which the sliding groove is inserted is almost square in cross section, like the piece 4 in FIGS.
The height is the same as the thickness of the plate 22, and the distance between the opposite sides of the square is a width that can be slid by being inserted into the groove width formed by the plate 22.

In the above description, the sliding piece has an I-shaped cross section in both perpendicular and perpendicular directions. However, if the sliding piece is slidable and does not fall off, the section I
Instead of sticking to the shape, it can adopt various shapes.

[0030]

FIG. 13 shows a groove 13 having a U-shaped cross section provided on a spherical body 13. FIG.
A state in which a plate member 14 whose outer peripheral section is perpendicular to the island portion 13b is attached to the island portion 13b to form a T-shaped groove, and a sliding piece 15 having a T-shaped cross section that engages with the T-shaped groove is inserted. It is shown.

[0031]

FIG. 14 shows a sphere 16 provided with a groove 16a, a plate 17 having a vertical outer cross section attached to an island portion 16b to form a groove repelling shape, and a cross-section repelling shape engaging with the groove. This shows a state in which the sliding piece 18 is fitted.

[0032]

FIG. 15 shows a sphere 21 without a groove.
At the outer surface of the spherical body 21, a plate member 25 having an outer peripheral cross-section is attached to the surface of eight triangular conical balls having the same shape divided by three great circle bands assumed on the outer surface of the spherical body 21 to form a T-shaped groove, This figure shows a state in which a sliding piece 26 having a T-shaped cross section is engaged with the groove having a T-shaped cross section.

[0033]

FIG. 16 shows a sphere 21 without a groove.
A plate material 27 having an arcuate concave cross section is attached to eight triangular conical surfaces of the same shape divided by three great circle bands assumed on the outer circumference of the sphere 21 to form a beer barrel-shaped groove. This shows a state in which a slide piece 28 having a beer barrel section is engaged with the groove having a beer barrel section.

Next, how to assemble the present toy will be described by taking as an example a case where 30 sliding pieces 4 are used. The triangular diaper-shaped plate member 2 is attached to six of the eight triangular diaper-shaped convex islands 1b of the sphere 1 except for two adjacent ones. Then, 16 slide pieces 4 are first slid into the formed I-shaped groove. Thereafter, the remaining two plate members 2 and the fourteen slide pieces 4 are simultaneously attached to the sphere 1.

As another assembling method, six island portions 1 are provided.
Then, the plate member 2 is attached to b, and the 23 slide pieces 4 are inserted into the I-shaped grooves. Next, the remaining two sheets 2
17 is held in the sphere 1 in an open state as shown in FIG. 17, and the two plate members 2 are attached to the sphere 1 by closing the two plate members 2 while inserting the remaining seven slide pieces 4 into the I-shaped grooves. In this manner, the inner ceiling surface of the outer portion 4a of the sliding piece 4 is gradually thinned from the center to the outer peripheral edge so that the sliding piece 4 and the plate member 2 can be combined in the open state. Let it form. When the assembly is completed, a gap is formed between the plate member 2 and the upper surface of the outer edge 2a.

As another assembling method, the remaining two plate members 2 and the remaining seven slide pieces 4 are externally assembled and integrally held, and the six plate members 2 and the 23 plate members 2 are already held together. It is also possible to complete the assembling by lowering the outer assembling portion vertically from just above the sphere on which the assembling of the sliding piece 4 is completed.

Next, a game method will be described. For example, the slide pieces are divided into a plurality of groups, and a seal of a different color is attached to the outer surface of the slide piece for each group, and another color seal is further attached to the outer surface of the plate material. Alternatively, a desired color is applied to the surface of the sphere composed of the sliding piece 4 and the plate member 2 by appropriately attaching a colored seal or a design seal to the outer surface of each plate member 2 and the sliding member 4, and the desired pattern is formed. Shall be applied. 3
Rotation is performed by an arbitrary number of frames for an arbitrary frame row among the sliding piece examples arranged in a strip of rows. Next, the other one frame row is rotated by an arbitrary number of frames. By repeating this operation an arbitrary number of times, the first color classification or design is completely disassembled, and the first color classification or design is lost. This game is to move the row of pieces from this state and restore the colors and the symbols. Each person can also devise ways of playing, such as competing for the time required for color coding and symbol restoration by a plurality of people.

[0039]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the above-mentioned toy, since the sliding pieces are continuously inserted into the sliding grooves, the relation of the symmetrical positions of the sliding pieces which are 180 ° opposite to each other and are symmetrical is broken. I can't do that. Therefore, as another embodiment, one of the sliding pieces that are arranged without gaps during assembly is removed to provide a toy with a gap for one piece. By doing so, even a sliding piece located on the opposite side by 180 ° can be moved to an adjacent position and an arbitrary position, and the game property is further increased.

[0040]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The toys described above all have sliding pieces inserted in a line in each sliding groove. In the other embodiment described here, sliding pieces are inserted in two rows in each sliding groove. 18 is an oblique view showing the entire toy, FIG. 19 is an overall front view, FIG. 20 is a sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG. 19, and FIG. 21 is a sectional view taken along the line FF of FIG. FIG. 22 is an explanatory view of the structure. A sphere 31 serving as a core has a convex stripe 31 having a constant width serving as a median strip at each of three great circles where the outer surface intersects the XY plane, the YZ plane, and the XZ plane.
A pair of grooves 31b are engraved on both sides of the ridge 31a, leaving a. The grooves 31b are provided in pairs each of three great circles, and these three pairs of grooves intersect each other at six points on the spherical surface at a right angle. A cubic protruding portion 31c is formed in a state where the portion is left.

Further, at the eight places on the spherical surface surrounded by the three pairs of grooves, a triangular tapered convex island (hereinafter referred to as an island) 31d is provided.
Are formed. In this island portion 31d, an outer edge portion 32a has a similar triangular diaper shape larger than the island portion 31d, and a surface central portion 32b has a similar triangular diaper shape smaller than the outer edge portion 32a. A plate 32 is attached with screws 33 so as to be in phase with the triangular diaper.

The plate 32 has an inner surface in contact with the sphere 31 having a spherical surface having the same diameter as the sphere 31, and an outer surface having a concentric spherical surface having a size larger by the thickness of the plate 32. The upper surface of each groove 31b on the side in contact with the island portion 31d is covered by the plate 32 by a predetermined amount. A rectangular plate 3 of a predetermined width is provided on the upper surface of the ridge 31a.
4 is attached, and the cubic protrusion 31c is provided.
A square plate material 35 having a predetermined size is attached to the upper surface of the. The rectangular plate 34 and the square plate 35
Means that the thickness dimension is the same as the thickness dimension of the outer edge 32a of the plate member 32. The inner surfaces of the rectangular plate material 34 and the square plate material 35 have a spherical surface having the same diameter as the sphere 31.

By attaching these plate members 32, rectangular plate members 34, and square plate members 35 respectively, the grooves 31b are formed.
Is a pair of grooves, the lower part of which is separated by a ridge 31a,
A central portion is formed by a pair of narrow grooves formed by an outer edge portion 32a of the plate member 32 and the rectangular plate member 34, and an upper portion is formed by a central portion 32b of the upper surface of the plate member 32 and is formed by combining a pair of wide grooves. It is a groove. Further, the bottom surface of each groove 31b has a spherical shape concentric with the sphere 31 and has two narrow grooves 31e on the bottom surface as shown in an enlarged view 23 and a GG sectional view 24 of FIG. have.

As shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, the sliding piece 36 to be inserted into each of the grooves 31b has an I-shaped cross section in two perpendicular directions, and the I-shaped upper portion 36a is large. , The lower portion 36b is formed small. The outer surface of the I-shaped upper portion 36a has the same spherical shape as the outer surface of the plate member 32, and the inner surface of the I-shaped lower portion 36b has the same spherical shape as the groove bottom. Further, the inner surface of the lower portion 36b of the I-shape has four projections 36c which fit into the narrow grooves 31e to prevent rattling when the sliding piece 36 slides, and at the intersection of the grooves. , The rotation of the sliding piece 36 is prevented. The upper surface of the lower portion 36b forms a spherical surface having the same diameter as the sphere 31, and the sliding piece 3
6 is performed more smoothly.

Although the upper part 36a of the sliding piece 36 is substantially square as shown in FIG. 26, each side is largely curved outward in an arc shape, and the sliding piece 36 moves while reducing the contact friction between the sliding pieces. Has been made smooth. The above-mentioned sliding piece 36 is inserted into each groove 31b.
Is continuously inserted into the toy, so that the sliding pieces 36 are arranged in two rows on one belt-like portion on the surface as a whole. However, in the inside, the grooves are separated by ridges 31a, which are central separation bands, and the sliding pieces 36 are aligned with the separated grooves 31b. The sliding piece 36 is an I-shaped upper member 3 as shown in FIG.
Apart from 6a, it is also possible to form a member in which the lower member 36b and the intermediate member 36d are integrated, and to assemble these two members.

[Pad movement] One of the two rows of sliding pieces 36 in each groove can be moved as a single strip regardless of the adjacent row of sliding pieces 36. It is. At the intersection of the grooves, the sliding piece 36 can be moved to any of two rows in the right angle direction when the sliding piece 36 is moved in the right angle direction.

[0047]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the toys described above, all triangular diaper-shaped plate members are fixed, and sliding pieces move in slide grooves formed by the triangular diaper-shaped plate members. In the toys described hereinafter, the fixed portion is eliminated, and the triangular diaper-shaped plate and the slide groove are all rotatable.

FIG. 28 is a cross-sectional view of this all-rotating toy. A sphere 41 serving as a core at the center has three ends each having three diameters orthogonal to each other at the center of the sphere. Circular umbrella-shaped holding pieces 42 are fixed via spacers 43 at six contacting positions. The three-dimensional state of this attachment is shown in FIG. The pressing piece 42 has a concentric spherical surface whose inner surface 42a is larger than the outer surface 41a of the sphere 41 by the thickness of the spacer 43, and the outer surface is concentric by the thickness of the pressing piece 42 larger than the inner surface 42a. Has a spherical surface. Therefore, a gap 44b having the thickness of the spacer 43 is formed between the outer surface 41a of the sphere 41 and the inner surface 42a of the holding piece 42.
Triangular tapered sliders 44 are inserted into eight positions on the outer surface 41a of the sphere 41 divided by arc segments connecting the spacers 43 at the points.

FIG. 30 shows a state immediately before the slider 44 is inserted.
Shown in By this insertion, the spacer 4 is provided between the respective sliders 44.
A groove 45 that allows the passage of the slider 3 is formed, and each slider 44 is slidable without falling off between the outer surface 41a of the sphere 41 and the inner surface 42a of the holding piece 42. FIG. 31 shows an appearance state after the slider 44 has been attached. The slider 44 has a spherical surface whose inner surface is substantially the same or the same diameter as the sphere 41, and an outer surface which is a spherical surface whose diameter is substantially the same as or the same as the inner surface of the pressing piece 42. The slider 44
Has a small triangular tapered protrusion 44a similar to the outer peripheral shape of the slider 44 at the center of the outer surface of the slider 44, and the height of the protrusion 44a is substantially equal to the thickness of the pressing piece 42. Identical or identical. In the claims, substantially the same or the same is expressed as the same.

A slider 4 is provided on the outer surface of each projection 44a.
An intermediate plate 46 having a triangular tapered shape similar to the outer peripheral shape of No. 4 is attached in phase with each other.
FIG. 32 shows a state immediately before the mounting of the intermediate plate 46. When the eight intermediate plates 46 are attached and fixed, a complete sphere is formed. The intermediate plate 46 has a slightly smaller triangular diaper-shaped protrusion 46a similar to the outer peripheral shape at the center of the outer surface, and has a two-layer structure, and a U-shaped groove 46b is formed by the intermediate plate 46 adjacent to each other. To form. The inner surface of the intermediate plate 46 is the holding piece 42.
And the outer surface of the projection 46a forms a concentric spherical surface which is larger by the entire thickness of the intermediate plate 46.

FIGS. 33 and 34 show the appearance of the intermediate plate 46 after the mounting of the intermediate plate 46 is completed. 34. However, FIG.
FIG. The toy can rotate the hemisphere portion at a time with the intermediate plate 46 attached. That is, eight intermediate plate members 46 are attached as a whole, and when they are considered separately in FIG.
It is possible to rotate the four left hemisphere parts in the directions of arrows a and b and the four right hemisphere parts in the directions of arrows c and d in the directions opposite to each other, with the horizontal X axis passing through the center of the sphere as the rotation axis. I can do it. At this time, the intermediate plate 46 rotates integrally with the slider 44.

In this rotation, the adjacent end faces of the intermediate plates 46 adjacent to each other act as a rotation guide surface 46d. FIG. 35 shows a state in which the four right hemispheres are rotated by 45 °.
In addition, using the horizontal Y axis passing through the center of the sphere as a rotation axis and rotating the horizontal hemisphere portion in the direction of arrow E or F, and rotating the four other hemisphere portions (not shown) in the opposite direction, using the horizontal Y axis as the rotation axis. Is also possible. Rotating the upper four hemispheres in the direction of arrow or h and the lower four hemispheres in the direction of arrow or null with the vertical Z axis as the rotation axis passing through the center of the sphere. Is also possible.

Further, on the outer surface of the protruding portion 46a of the intermediate plate 46, an outer edge portion 47a has a similar shape larger than the protruding portion 46a and has a triangular tapered shape partially covering the upper surface of the U-shaped groove 46b. However, a two-layered outer plate member 47 forming a similar protruding portion 47b of a triangular conical shape smaller than the outer edge portion 47a is attached in phase. By this attachment, the U-shaped groove 46b is formed as a slide groove 47c having an I-shaped cross section. The outer plate member 47 has a spherical surface whose inner surface is substantially the same or the same diameter as the outer surface of the protruding portion 46a of the intermediate plate member 46, and the outer surface has a concentric spherical surface larger by the entire plate thickness of the outer plate member 47. .

The outer plate 47 and the intermediate plate 46 are connected to the slider 44.
It is also possible to adjust the phases of the triangular conical shape to the projecting portions 44a of each of them, and fix them together by screwing together with screws 48. Also, a recess 46c for fitting is provided on the outer surface of the protrusion 46a of the intermediate plate 46, and a protrusion engaging with the recess 46c is provided on the inner surface of the outer plate 47 to prevent rotation when the intermediate plate 46 and the outer plate 47 are attached. It is also possible to use In a state where all the eight outer plate members 47 are attached in this manner, the toy is formed into a spherical shape having three slide grooves 47c having an I-shaped cross section. Is completed.

FIG. 36 shows the external appearance with the outer plate 47 attached.
Shown in Even in the state where the outer plate material 47 is attached to the toy, it is of course possible to rotate the hemispherical portions collectively in opposite directions as described above. The right hemisphere in FIG.
FIG. 37 shows a state rotated by 5 °. 38 shows the appearance of the completed toy in which the sliding pieces 49 are continuously inserted and arranged in the slide grooves 47c in the state of FIG.

[Sliding Piece Movement] In the normal state, all the slide grooves 47c having the I-shaped cross section communicate with each other. For example, when the right hemisphere portion is rotated, as shown in FIG. The communication of the slide groove 47c is interrupted on the way. Therefore, the sliding piece 49 cannot be moved from the left to the right or from the right to the left. Thereafter, when the rotation of the right hemisphere portion is continued and the left slide groove communicates with any other slide groove on the right side, the slide piece 49 can be freely moved again.

In this way, the sliding piece 49 can be moved to another sliding groove 47c,
Even if the sliding piece 49 is at the 80 ° symmetrical position, the symmetrical relationship can be released, and any sliding piece 49 can be moved to an arbitrary position. In the case where the left and right hemispheres of the toy are rotated in opposite directions as described above, the sliding pieces 49 arranged vertically in the center of the toy correspond to the left or right hemisphere of the toy. It will rotate with any one side.

[0058]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the above-mentioned toys, the sphere serving as the central core has been described as an empty solid sphere. However, the sphere at the center does not need to be empty, and may be formed in a hollow shape. It is more convenient to form the hollow shape as a toy because the weight can be reduced as a toy. Hereinafter, the hollow sphere will be described.

FIG. 39 is an explanatory view of assembly when the hollow sphere is applied to the toy of FIG. FIG. 40 is a three-dimensional explanatory view of the hollow sphere. Two hemisphere bowl-shaped hemispheres 51 having exactly the same shape are arranged facing each other in opposite directions. At the center of the inner surface of each hemisphere 51, a locking piece 51a protrudes toward the center of the radius. The locking piece 51a has a hook-shaped tip and has elasticity toward the hook-shaped front side,
When the two hemispheres 51 are combined, they are strongly engaged with each other at the center of the sphere by the elastic force, thereby preventing the hemisphere 51 from being easily split into two.

Further, the circumference of the bowl-shaped end face of the hemisphere 51 is provided with an inclining portion 51b which is opposite to each other by a semicircle. That is, FIG.
In FIG. 9, the semicircular portion of the bowl-shaped end face located on the hook-shaped rear side of the central locking piece 51a forms an anvil part which projects inward and retreats outward, and the hook-shaped front side of the locking piece 51a. The semicircular portion of the bowl-shaped end face located at the side of the right side of FIG. Therefore, in each of the hemispheres 51b, a step 51c is formed between the projecting side and the retreating side at every 180 ° in each hemisphere. When the two hemispheres 51 are combined, the step 51c serves as a stopper. There is no deviation in the circumferential direction at the brazing portion 51b. Also, since the inside of the semicircular portion of the bowl-shaped end face on the hook-shaped rear side protrudes, the locking piece 51a
The hemisphere 5 in the radial direction to release the locking of the
1 cannot be shifted and the combined spheres are difficult to disassemble easily.

[0061]

Since the toy of the present invention is constructed as described above, the following effects can be obtained. The toy according to claim 1 assumes three great circle bands orthogonal to each other on the outer surface of a sphere serving as a core, and the surface of a triangular diaper-shaped sphere having the same shape at eight places divided by the three great circle bands. A triangular diaper-shaped plate having an inner surface similar to the triangular diaper and having a spherical surface having the same diameter as the core sphere and an outer surface having a large sphere concentric with the core sphere is attached to the triangular diaper. Thus, three slide grooves having the same width and orthogonal to each other are formed along the assumed great circle band, and the three slide grooves have an outer peripheral shape substantially square and an outer surface of which is formed with the outer surface of the triangular diaper-shaped plate material. A large number of concentric spherical sliding pieces of the same shape are continuously slidably inserted and arranged so as not to fall off. Therefore, this toy can move each sliding piece as a band in an arbitrary number of frames, and can move each sliding piece to any of the sliding grooves, so that each sliding piece is positioned at an arbitrary position in the sliding groove. And the game characteristics are increased.

In the toy according to the second aspect, a convex or concave portion for engagement is formed on the outer periphery of the triangular diaper-shaped plate, and an engaging portion for engaging with the convex or concave portion is also provided on the outer periphery of the sliding piece. Therefore, the sliding piece can be reliably prevented from falling off.

In the toy according to the third aspect, three large circular belt slide grooves orthogonal to each other are formed on the outer surface of the sphere serving as a core, and eight triangular diaper-shaped islands of the same shape defined by the slide grooves are formed. On the other hand, a plate material of a similar shape larger than this island is attached in phase with the island and concentrically with the ball center, the slide groove is formed as a T-shaped groove, and a T-shaped engaging portion engaging with the slide groove is provided. A plurality of sliding pieces having a shape are continuously inserted and arranged between plate materials. Therefore, the toy does not fall off because the sliding piece is in T-shaped engagement with the plate material.

In the toy according to the fourth aspect, the slide groove of the great circle belt is divided into two separated by a center separation band to form two rows of T-shaped slide grooves, and a slide piece is continuously provided in each slide groove. They are arranged in a row. In this toy, two rows of sliding pieces can be slid independently of each other, so that the game property is further enhanced.

In the toy according to the fifth aspect, four projections are provided on the lower surface of each sliding piece to be engaged with the thin groove formed on the bottom of the groove, and the sliding piece rotates at the intersection of the grooves. This can prevent the sliding piece from moving smoothly.

In the toy according to the sixth aspect, a small similar shape portion is formed on the outer surface side of the triangular diaper-shaped plate to form an I-shaped slide groove, and the sliding piece also has an I-shaped cross section in two perpendicular directions. is there. In this toy, the occupancy of the sliding piece surface with respect to the ball surface of the entire toy becomes large, and the design area that becomes discrete due to the movement of the sliding piece is large, and the fun is further increased.

In the toy according to the seventh aspect, a holding piece is attached to six outer surfaces of the central sphere serving as a core to prevent falling off and to allow the slider to slide, and the intermediate plate and the outer plate are fixed to the slider. To form a slide groove having an I-shaped cross section, and a slide piece is inserted into the slide groove. Therefore, in addition to the sliding piece, the outer plate material can be rotated, and the slide groove for the sliding piece can be rotated together with the outer plate material. Therefore, the game can be made more interesting. Further, the slide groove is rotated so as to be continuously fitted and inserted.
Even a sliding piece located at a symmetrical position on the opposite side of 0 ° can be moved to an adjacent position and an arbitrary position, which makes the game more interesting.

In the toy according to the eighth aspect, the central sphere serving as the core is hollow, and the weight of the toy as a whole can be reduced, the handling is easy, and the game can be easily performed. became.

In the toy according to the ninth aspect, a positive number of sliding pieces are continuously arranged from the crossing position where the slide grooves cross at right angles to the next crossing position. In this toy, since the sliding pieces can be correctly arranged and positioned at the intersection at the same time, the sliding pieces can be moved to an arbitrary slide groove.

In the toy according to the tenth aspect, the sliding pieces are arranged with a gap corresponding to one piece with respect to the sliding groove. In this toy, it is not necessary to move the sliding pieces in a single row, and it is possible to move the sliding pieces one by one, so that the degree of freedom is added to the movement of the sliding pieces and the game characteristics are further increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a toy of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the toy of the present invention. The plan view and the side view are the same.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an attachment relationship between a core sphere and a plate material.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a sliding piece.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a sliding piece. The side view is the same.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the island portion.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the plate material.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment showing a relationship between a slide groove and a slide piece.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment showing a relationship between a slide groove and a slide piece.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment showing a relationship between a slide groove and a slide piece.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment showing a relationship between a slide groove and a slide piece.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an assembled state.

FIG. 18 is an overall perspective view of another embodiment having two rows of sliding pieces.

FIG. 19 is a front view in the case of two rows of sliding pieces. Plan view,
Both side views are the same.

20 is a sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 19;

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing an attachment relationship between a core sphere and a plate material.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory view showing a narrow groove provided on a groove bottom of a sphere.

24 is a sectional view taken along line GG of FIG.

FIG. 25 is a front view of a sliding piece. The side view is the same.

FIG. 26 is a plan view of a sliding piece.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram of an assembled state of a sliding piece.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory sectional view of another embodiment in which portions other than the sliding pieces are also rotatable.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating attachment of a holding piece.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating attachment of a slider.

FIG. 31 is an external explanatory view showing a state where the mounting of the slider is completed.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating attachment of an intermediate plate member.

FIG. 33 is an external explanatory view showing a state in which the attachment of the intermediate plate is completed.

34 is an HH view of FIG. 33.

FIG. 35 is an explanatory view showing the appearance in which the right hemisphere portion is rotated by 45 ° from the state of FIG. 33;

FIG. 36 is an external explanatory view showing a state where the attachment of the outer plate member is completed.

FIG. 37 is an explanatory view showing the appearance in which the right hemispherical portion is rotated by 45 ° from the state shown in FIG. 36;

38 is an explanatory view showing the appearance of a completed toy in which a sliding piece is inserted into a slide groove in the state of FIG. 37.

FIG. 39 is an explanatory view for assembling a hollow sphere.

FIG. 40 is a three-dimensional view of a hollow sphere.

FIG. 41: Rubik's Cube (registered trademark) of the prior art
FIG.

FIG. 42 is an explanatory view of a central part structure of a conventional technique.

FIG. 43 is a side view of a conventional component.

FIG. 44 is a bottom view of a conventional component.

FIG. 45 is a perspective view of a conventional component.

FIG. 46 is a structural explanatory view of another conventional technique.

FIG. 47 is a structural explanatory view of another conventional technique.

FIG. 48 is a structural explanatory view of another conventional technique.

FIG. 49 is a structural explanatory view of another conventional technique.

FIG. 50 is a perspective view of another conventional component.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,11,13,16,21,31,41 Core sphere 1a, 11a, 13a, 16a, 31b Groove 1b, 11b, 31d Island 2,12,14,17,22,25,27,32 Plate material 2b, 32b Plate material central portion 4, 15, 18, 24, 26, 28, 36, 49 Sliding piece 31a Central separation band 31e Thin groove 36c Projecting portion 41a Sphere outer surface 42 Pressing piece 42a Pressing piece inner surface 44 Slider 44b Gap 46 Intermediate plate 46d Rotation guide surface 47 Outer plate 51 Hemisphere

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A structure in which the outer surfaces of a sphere serving as a core are orthogonal to each other.
The surface of eight identical triangular diaper spheres divided by the assumed great circle band has a spherical surface having a similar shape to the triangular diaper and an inner surface having the same diameter as the core sphere, and an outer surface of the core sphere. A triangular diaper-shaped plate having a large spherical surface concentric with the sphere to be attached is attached to the surface of the triangular diaper-shaped sphere in the same phase and the sphere is concentric, and these triangular diaper-shaped plates are orthogonal to each other along the assumed great circle band. Three slide grooves having the same width are formed, and a plurality of slides of the same shape having a substantially spherical outer peripheral surface and a spherical surface whose outer surface is concentric with the outer surface of the triangular diaper-shaped plate material are formed in the three slide grooves. A rotating ball-fitting toy, wherein the moving pieces are continuously slidable and arranged so as not to fall off. 2. A convex or concave portion for engagement is formed on the outer periphery of the triangular diaper plate, and the convex or concave portion is formed on an outer periphery of a slide piece to be inserted and arranged in a slide groove between the triangular diaper plate. The rotary ball-fitting toy according to claim 1, further comprising an engaging portion to be engaged with. 3. An orthogonal shape to the outer surface of a sphere serving as a core.
The large triangular belt slide grooves are cut out to form eight identical triangular diaper-shaped islands defined by the slide grooves on the sphere surface, and the inner surface has a similar shape portion larger than the islands. A triangular diaper-shaped plate having a spherical surface having the same diameter as the core sphere and having a large spherical surface concentric with the core sphere is attached in phase with the island and with the spherical core concentrically, and the slide groove is formed into a T-shaped groove. A plurality of identical shapes having an engaging portion in two directions at right angles to be engaged with the T-shaped slide groove on the lower surface, and having a substantially spherical outer peripheral surface and a spherical surface whose outer surface is concentric with the outer surface of the triangular tapered plate material. A rotary ball-fitting toy, characterized in that a plurality of sliding pieces are continuously slidably fitted and arranged between the triangular diaper-shaped plate members. 4. The slide groove of the great circle band is divided into two parts separated by a median strip, and a plate material corresponding to a similar shape portion larger than an island of the triangular diaper-shaped plate material on both sides is formed on the median strip. 4. The rotary ball-fitting toy according to claim 3, wherein the toys are provided so as to form two rows of T-shaped slide grooves, and slide pieces are continuously arranged in each slide groove. 5. Two parallel rows of narrow grooves are engraved on the bottom surfaces of the two rows of T-shaped slide grooves, and projecting portions that slide in engagement with the narrow grooves are formed on the lower surface of each sliding piece. The rotary ball fitting toy according to claim 4, wherein four toys are provided. 6. A small analogous portion is formed at the center of the surface of the triangular diaper plate, and a slide groove between the triangular diaper plates is formed in an I-shape. The rotary ball-fitting toy according to any one of claims 3 to 5. 7. An inner surface, which is attached at the center thereof at a substantially equal interval to a sphere serving as a core, forms a sphere having a larger diameter than the sphere, and an outer surface forms a sphere having a larger diameter concentric with the sphere. On the surface of the sphere, which is formed by a circular umbrella-shaped holding piece and an arc segment connecting six points where three diameters orthogonal to each other at the center of the sphere intersect with the surface of the sphere, are formed. Eight triangular conical vertices are inserted into gaps formed between the inner surface of the holding piece attached to the six positions and the outer surface of the sphere, and the inner surface has the same diameter as the outer surface of the sphere Eight triangular diaper-shaped sliders having a spherical surface whose outer surface is a spherical surface having the same diameter as the inner surface of the pressing piece, and having a similar shape to the slider and having the same phase on the outside of the slider. The inner surface is mounted An intermediate surface in which a spherical surface having the same diameter as the outer surface of the holding piece is formed, the outer surface forms a large spherical surface concentric with the sphere, and a U-shaped groove is formed adjacent to each other and the outer edge portions are formed. A plate material, a spherical surface having a shape similar to the intermediate plate material, attached to the outside of the intermediate plate material in the same phase, and having an inner surface having a spherical surface having the same diameter as the outer surface of the intermediate plate material, and an outer surface having a large spherical surface concentric with the sphere. None An outer plate material in which a U-shaped groove formed by the intermediate plate material is formed as a slide groove having an I-shaped cross section by partially covering the upper surface with an outer edge portion, and an outer surface is substantially square and the outer surface is concentric with the outer plate material. I having a spherical surface and a cross section fitted into the slide groove
A rotary ball-fitting toy, wherein a number of sliding pieces having the same shape are arranged so as to be continuously slidable in the slide grooves. 8. A sphere serving as a core is formed by combining two hollow hemispheres having the same shape.
8. The rotary ball fitting toy according to any one of items 1 to 7. 9. The sliding member according to claim 1, wherein a positive number of square sliding pieces are continuously arranged from a crossing position where the sliding grooves cross at right angles to a next crossing position. The rotary ball-fitting toy according to the description. 10. The rotating ball-fitting toy according to claim 1, wherein the sliding pieces are arranged in the sliding groove with a gap corresponding to one piece.