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EP3573728B1
EP3573728B1 EP17703680.3A EP17703680A EP3573728B1 EP 3573728 B1 EP3573728 B1 EP 3573728B1 EP 17703680 A EP17703680 A EP 17703680A EP 3573728 B1 EP3573728 B1 EP 3573728B1
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Johannes HODEK
Ralph Muenzer
Clemens TUERCK
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Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
    • A63F7/22—Accessories; Details
    • A63F7/36—Constructional details not covered by groups A63F7/24 - A63F7/34, i.e. constructional details of rolling boards, rims or play tables, e.g. frame, game boards, guide tracks
    • A63F7/3622—Specially shaped rolling boards for the balls, e.g. ball tracks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
    • A63F7/22—Accessories; Details
    • A63F7/36—Constructional details not covered by groups A63F7/24 - A63F7/34, i.e. constructional details of rolling boards, rims or play tables, e.g. frame, game boards, guide tracks
    • A63F2007/3655—Collapsible, foldable or rollable parts
    • A63F2007/3662—Collapsible, foldable or rollable parts modular, e.g. with connections between modules
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F11/00—Game accessories of general use, e.g. score counters, boxes
    • A63F11/0025—Tools
    • A63F2011/0032—Hammers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F11/00—Game accessories of general use, e.g. score counters, boxes
    • A63F11/0025—Tools
    • A63F2011/0039—Levers or crowbars

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  • the invention relates to a game in the form of a modular ball track system.
  • Games using ball roller tracks have long been known, e.g. B. from the German patent DE 34 02 726 C2 , the European patent specification EP 1 150 753 B1 , the US patent 4,713,038 and from the published British patent application GB 2 285 755 A .
  • Modular ball track systems are also known, for example from the German utility model DE 20 2004 007 574 U1 .
  • a modular marble runway system with a large number of basic building blocks is known, each of which has a cuboid basic body, on the top and bottom of which there are coupling devices, the design of which is reminiscent of the well-known Lego building blocks and similarly allow Lego building blocks to place the basic building blocks on one another in the vertical direction.
  • Each basic building block has a marble track track designed as a groove-like depression and / or a marble track channel designed as an opening through the basic body.
  • This known marble track system further comprises a base plate with recesses arranged in a grid, into which the basic building blocks can be inserted.
  • each base module is provided on its underside with a plurality of coupling projections which fit into corresponding depressions arranged on the base plate.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a ball track system that allows a more varied track design compared to known ball track systems, which is also uncomplicated to use, especially with regard to the construction and dismantling of a ball track, and which can also be manufactured inexpensively in large series .
  • a modular ball track system which has the features of patent claim 1 or of patent claim 2.
  • Common to both main embodiments of the modular ball track system according to the invention is that they comprise a large number of module elements, all of which have the outer shape of one and the same regular hexagon in plan view.
  • Each module element has an upper side, a lower side opposite the upper side and a number of side surfaces corresponding to its number of corners. On his On the upper side, each module element forms at least a section of a ball track that passes through a side surface of the module element.
  • the at least one section of the ball track formed on the top of each module element begins (or ends) on the one side surface of the module element in such a way that the ball track can be continued by a further ball track section of an adjacent module element.
  • the section of the ball track formed on the top of the module element is preferably a recessed section, ie the ball track section is embedded in the top of the module element.
  • Each module element of the plurality of module elements is preferably disk-shaped, ie a height of each module element is significantly less than an extension of the module element in the two other spatial directions.
  • a plug-in base protrudes from the bottom of each module element.
  • a base plate belonging to the first main embodiment of the modular ball track system has a large number of regularly arranged recesses for receiving a plug-in base, the large number of recesses on the base plate being arranged in a grid and a grid dimension of the grid corresponding to the inner circle diameter of the regular hexagon forming the outer shape of the module elements .
  • the ball track sections formed on the upper sides of the module elements thus form a coherent ball track without connecting elements being required between the individual module elements and without the individual module elements having to be fastened to one another.
  • each module element has a recess on its underside for receiving a plug-in base and the base plate belonging to the second main embodiment has a plurality of regularly arranged plug-in bases for interacting with a respective recess, the plurality of plug-in bases on the base plate in turn are arranged in a grid and a grid dimension of the grid corresponds to the incircle diameter of the regular hexagon forming the outer shape of the module elements.
  • module elements which are plugged onto the base plate of the base plate lying directly next to one another, each meet flush with one side surface. The advantages resulting from this correspond to those of the first main embodiment.
  • the pitch is the distance between two recesses or plug-in bases lying directly next to one another on the base plate.
  • the selected grid size and the same external shape and size of the module elements also have the consequence that, despite the large number of possible combinations, a desired combination of module elements can be carried out in an uncomplicated manner in order to implement a desired ball track.
  • the difference between the first main embodiment and the second main embodiment of the ball track system according to the invention lies only in the interchanging of the functional elements of the plug-in base and the recess for receiving a plug-in base. While in the first main embodiment each module element has a plug-in base which protrudes from the underside of the module element and can be plugged into one of the recesses in the base plate, according to the second main embodiment each module element has a recess on its underside with which it fits onto one of the base plates arranged socket is pluggable.
  • the functional elements of the plug-in base and recess are designed in such a way that, when connected to one another, there is a slight clamping effect which holds the respective parts together.
  • each plug-in base can be independent of the external shape of the regular hexagon forming the module elements.
  • the plug-in base can have a circular cylindrical shape, the recess serving to receive a respective plug-in base then also being circular.
  • the shape of each plug-in base and the shape of each recess for receiving a respective plug-in base are preferably selected such that it is only possible to insert two module elements arranged next to one another in or onto the base plate in a position in which these module elements each have one Butt the side surface together.
  • each pole base and each receptacle are designed in such a way that these two functional elements can only interact in one of the positions corresponding to the number of corners of the selected regular polygon, in such a way that module elements arranged next to one another, each with one side surface, abut one another flush.
  • Embodiments of the ball track system according to the invention are particularly preferred, in which the shape of each plug-in base and the shape of each recess for receiving a respective plug-in base has the same shape as the regular hexagon forming the outer shape of the module elements, but with a smaller incircle diameter.
  • the plug-in base and the recess serving to receive the plug-in base also have an interlocking shape of a regular hexagon, the outer dimensions of which, however, are smaller than the outer dimension of the hexagon, which forms the outer shape of the module elements, due to the smaller insect diameter .
  • the correspondence between the outer shape of the module elements and the shape of the plug-in base or the recesses serving to receive a respective plug-in base facilitates an intuitive combination of the individual module elements.
  • preferred configurations include, in addition to the large number of module elements, also connecting rails for bridging a distance between two module elements which are not arranged directly next to one another, each connecting rail forming a section of the ball track.
  • Each connecting rail preferably has two spars which form the ball track section and are arranged parallel to one another, each having a free end on both sides and which are fixed to one another by a plurality of struts which extend transversely to the spars below the ball track.
  • connecting rails have a ladder-like appearance.
  • the free ends of the spars are preferably bent downward in the manner of hooks in order to be able to hang the connecting rails into the module elements, as will be explained in more detail below.
  • the spars preferably have a cylindrical, in particular circular-cylindrical cross section, so that a ball can roll well on the spars of a connecting rail arranged parallel to one another.
  • the struts extending transversely to the spars can be arranged such that they are not touched by a ball rolling on a connecting rail, which reduces the frictional resistance that a ball has to overcome when rolling.
  • Connection rails having spars and struts are advantageously designed such that a strut is arranged near the free ends of the spars and is extended upwards on both sides of the ball track to form guard rails, which at the ends of the connection rail reduce the risk of a ball jumping off reduce the connecting rail.
  • at Holme and struts having connecting rails advantageously provide each spar on its upper side near its free end with a ramp-like elevation, so that a ball rolling on the connecting rail is raised slightly in the region of the end of the connecting rail in order to free from the connecting rail in the on the top of a module element trained ball track section to be able to enter. In this way it is prevented that possible level differences when moving from a connecting rail to a module element cause impacts on a rolling ball which could lead to the ball jumping out of the ball track.
  • the module elements are preferably designed such that each module element immediately adjacent to the or each point at which a ball track section formed on its top passes through a side face of the module element, a pair of suspension openings embedded in the ball track on both sides Has connecting rails.
  • the hook-like free ends of the spars of the connecting rails described above can be inserted into these hook-in openings.
  • These suspension openings are preferably designed such that they allow the connecting rails a predetermined amount of movement in the longitudinal direction of the ball track. In this way, connecting rails with a constant length can connect not only module elements that are on one and the same level, but also module elements that are arranged at different heights.
  • preferred embodiments of ball track systems comprise column elements with a predetermined height, with each column element either on its underside a socket base corresponding to the socket base of the module elements and on its top side a recess corresponding to the recesses for receiving a socket base in the base plate in order to be compatible with the first main embodiment described at the outset, or on its underside has a recess corresponding to the recess of the module elements and on its upper side has a plug base corresponding to the base of the base plate in order to be compatible with the second main embodiment mentioned at the beginning.
  • a ball track system according to the invention preferably comprises column elements with different predetermined heights, e.g. B. column elements, the height of which corresponds to a height unit and column elements, the height of which corresponds to half a height unit.
  • Preferred embodiments of ball track systems according to the invention further comprise at least one intermediate plate, the intermediate plate having a plurality of regularly arranged recesses for receiving a plug-in base, the shape and arrangement of which correspond to the recesses in the base plate for receiving a plug-in base, and each recess of the intermediate plate on its underside is provided with a socket corresponding to the socket of the module elements.
  • an intermediate plate is compatible with the first main embodiment described above.
  • the intermediate plate has a multiplicity of regularly arranged plug-in bases which correspond in shape and arrangement to the plug-in bases of the base plate for interacting with a respective recess, with each plug-in base of the intermediate plate being provided on its underside with a recess corresponding to the recess of the module elements.
  • Such a configuration of the intermediate plate is compatible with the second main embodiment described at the beginning.
  • intermediate plates in combination with the column elements described above, make it possible to implement intermediate levels arranged above the base plate, on which parts of the ball track are located.
  • the or each intermediate plate is preferably made of transparent material, so that such an intermediate plane allows a view of the sections of the ball track located underneath.
  • Several intermediate plates enable the realization of a larger intermediate level on one and the same level or the implementation of several intermediate levels on different levels. The variability of a ball track system according to the invention is further increased in this way.
  • the base plate of a ball track system is preferably formed from a plurality of base plate segments which can be hooked together in the base plate plane.
  • base plate segments which can be hooked together in the base plate plane.
  • a division of the base plate into base plate segments facilitates the packaging and the transport according to the invention Ball track systems and also allows the area of a base plate to be enlarged as required.
  • a ball track system according to the invention can comprise a plurality of module elements, on the upper side of which a first curved ball track section and a second curved ball track section are formed, the first ball track section being more curved than the second ball track section.
  • Such module elements can be combined with one another in many ways in order to implement more or less curved ball tracks or to implement the desired change of direction of a ball track.
  • a ball track system can comprise at least one module element with a central opening which is connected to the at least one ball track section formed on the top of the module element and can accommodate a functional insert which is assigned to the at least a section of the ball track.
  • a functional insert can receive a ball rolling up on the ball track section and drop it down through a hole onto another plane of the ball track if the central opening is designed as a through opening.
  • a functional insert can be designed as a starting ramp, from which a ball begins to roll down a built-up ball track.
  • such a module element with a central opening for receiving a functional insert also enables a more rational production of module elements with different functions, since the module element itself can be of the same design and the different function is only realized by the functional insert inserted into the central opening.
  • Preferred configurations of a ball track system according to the invention also include module elements in which the at least one ball track section which is formed on the top of the module element contains an action element, such as a switch, a looping, a ball lifting mechanism, a slingshot, a funnel, etc.
  • an action element such as a switch, a looping, a ball lifting mechanism, a slingshot, a funnel, etc.
  • a ball track system according to the invention will comprise several balls of the same size and weight.
  • balls of the same size and different weight it is also possible to provide balls of the same size and different weight in order to be able to generate a different course of the game by means of the balls themselves.
  • balls with different magnetic properties can also belong to a ball track system according to the invention, whereby the course of the game can also be influenced.
  • an exemplary module element 12 of a modular ball track system which comprises a plurality of such module elements, all of which have the illustrated outer shape of a regular hexagon of the same size and each form one or more ball track sections on their upper side, which are formed by the module elements being put together let combine.
  • the exemplary module element 12 shown has, like all other module elements of the modular ball track system, an upper side 14, an underside 16 opposite the upper side and six side surfaces 18.
  • a first ball track section 20 begins in FIG Figure 1 left side surface 18 of the module element 12 and extends in a curved shape to the in Figure 1 directly adjacent top surface 18 of the module element 12, the two side surfaces 18 being penetrated by the first ball track section 20 so that the ball track can be continued by adding further module elements.
  • a second ball track section 22 begins in a left, lower side face 18 of FIG Figure 1 Module element 12 shown and runs in a weaker curvature up to the next but one, in Figure 1 right side surface 18 of the module element 12. It goes without saying that the beginning and the end of the ball track sections 20, 22 only depend on the direction in which a ball passes through the corresponding ball track section. The start of a ball track section can therefore also be the end of the ball track section, depending on the direction in which the ball passes through the ball track section.
  • the exemplary module element 12 and all other module elements of the modular ball track system are clearly disc-shaped, i.e. the height of the side surfaces 18 which extend at least approximately at right angles to the upper side 14 is significantly less than the dimensions of the module element 12 in the two other spatial directions of a Cartesian coordinate system .
  • the exemplary module element 12 protrudes from the underside 16 of the exemplary module element 12 and also from all other module elements of the modular ball track system, which in the illustrated embodiment also has the shape of a regular hexagon, the sides of which parallel to the side faces 18 of the outer shape of the module element 12 hexagons.
  • the exemplary module element 12 is a part produced by a plastic injection molding process, which is why the underside 16 is largely open.
  • reinforcing ribs 26 extend between the outer walls 28 forming the side surfaces 18 and the inner walls 30 forming the plug-in base 24.
  • the modular ball track system also includes one in the Figures 4 and 5 shown base plate 32 with a plurality of regularly arranged, here hexagonal Recesses 34, each of which is used to receive a plug base 24.
  • the recesses 34 are arranged on the base plate 32 in a honeycomb-shaped grid here, the grid dimension s of the grid corresponding to the inner circle diameter of the regular hexagon forming the outer shape of the module elements, that is to say the diameter of the largest circle into the hexagon forming the outer shape of the module elements can be registered.
  • module elements such as the exemplary module element 12 can thus be inserted into recesses 34 of the base plate 32, whereby module elements which are inserted into recesses 34 of the base plate 32 lying directly next to one another, each with one of their side surfaces 18, abut one another in such a manner that a ball track section formed on a module element can transition almost seamlessly into a ball track section formed on an adjacent module element.
  • the inciral diameter d of each recess 34 is smaller than the incidental diameter corresponding to the grid dimension s of the hexagon forming the outer shape of a module element.
  • the illustrated base plate 32 is composed of a plurality of base plate segments 36, one of which is shown in an enlarged view in Figure 5 is reproduced.
  • each base plate segment 36 is provided at its edges with dovetail-shaped projections 38 and dovetail-shaped recesses 40, by means of which the individual base plate segments 36 can be hooked together.
  • the illustrated embodiment of the projections 38 and the recesses 40 is only an example. In other, not shown embodiments of base plate segments, the projections and recesses can have a different shape and both projections and recesses can be present on one edge of a base plate segment.
  • the base plate segments 36 of the exemplary embodiment shown here consist of stable cardboard, such as is used, for example, for the production of conventional puzzles, but the base plate segments can also consist of another material, for example of plastic, a metal or of wood.
  • module elements such as the exemplary module element 12 on the base plate 32 form a ball track can be combined by placing the individual module elements next to one another on the base plate 32 in accordance with a desired course of the ball track.
  • the module elements do not necessarily have to be arranged directly next to one another on the base plate 32, because the modular ball track system according to the present invention further comprises connecting rails 42 which are shown in FIGS Figures 6 and 7 are shown.
  • the modular ball track system can also comprise connecting rails with a different length, for example three different connecting rails of different lengths, the length of which has a ratio of 1: 2: 3 to each other, i.e. the longest connecting rail is three times as long as the shortest connecting rail.
  • the connecting rail 42 is essentially formed from two spars 44, which are arranged parallel to one another and form a section of the ball track, with a circular-cylindrical cross section here, the spars 44 being joined together by a plurality (here three) of struts 46 extending transversely to the spars 44 below the ball track ladder-like construct are connected.
  • Each spar 44 has two free ends 48 bent downward in a hook-like manner.
  • the connecting rail 42 can be suspended in a pair of suspension openings 50, which in the exemplary module element 12 (and also in any other module element) at the end or beginning each ball track section formed on a module element (see Figure 1 ). More precisely, the hanging openings 50 on both sides of the ball track are embedded in the ball track immediately adjacent to the point at which a ball track section passes through a side surface 18 of the module element 12.
  • FIGS Figures 8a and 8b show the interaction of the free ends 48 of a connecting rail 42 bent downward like a hook with the hanging openings 50 of a module element 12 in FIGS Figures 8a and 8b shown in more detail. It shows Figure 8a a configuration in which the connecting rail 42 connects a module element 12 to another module element (not shown) located in the same plane, whereas Figure 8b shows a configuration in which the connecting rail 42 connects a higher lying module element 12 with a lower lying module element (not shown).
  • Connecting rails 42 thus serve to bridge a distance between two module elements which are not arranged directly next to one another and which can be located either on the same level or on different levels.
  • each strut 46 arranged near the free ends 48 of the spars 44 is laterally extended and pulled up to place on it Form near the transition from a connecting rail 42 to a module element on both sides of the ball track guardrails 52 on which a ball can be supported if necessary (see Figure 7 ).
  • each spar 44 is also provided in a region near each free end on its upper side with a ramp-like elevation 54, which one on the connecting rail 42 rolling ball just before it passes onto a module element.
  • the connecting rails 42 can advantageously be realized as plastic injection molded parts.
  • the ball track system comprises column elements, of which one column element 56 in FIG Figures 9 and 10 is shown.
  • the column elements 56 have the outer shape of a regular hexagon with a slightly smaller incircle diameter than the module elements. So that the column elements 56 can be freely combined with module elements and the base plate 32, each column element 56 has a recess 34 ′ on its upper side, the arrangement and dimensions of which correspond to a recess 34 of the base plate 32.
  • the plug base 24 of a module element 12 thus fits into this recess 34 '.
  • each column element 56 has a plug base 24' on its underside, which corresponds in shape, arrangement and dimension to the plug base 24 of the module element 12.
  • module elements can thus be arranged at many different heights. For finer heights, this can be done Ball track system contain pillar elements with different heights, for example pillar elements whose height h is only half as large as that in the Figures 9 and 10 Column element 56 shown.
  • FIG. 11 An in Figure 11 Intermediate plate 58 shown which, like the base plate 32, has a multiplicity of regularly arranged hexagonal recesses 34 "for receiving a respective plug base 24, 24 '.
  • the recesses 34" of the intermediate plate 58 are arranged in the same honeycomb grid as the recesses 34 of the base plate 32 and have the same grid dimension s.
  • a plug base 24 ′′ is formed, which fits, for example, into the recess 34 ′ of a column element 56.
  • intermediate plate 58 By supporting an intermediate plate 58 on the base plate 32 by means of a plurality of columns each made up of column elements 56, intermediate planes of the ball track can be realized which make the course of the ball track more interesting and exciting.
  • the illustrated intermediate plate 58 is advantageously made of transparent plastic.
  • Figure 12 shows a module element 12 ', the peripheral shape and dimensions of which in Figure 1 shown module element 12, but which has a central opening 60, which is designed here as a through opening and is connected to a plurality of ball track sections 20 'formed on the upper side 14 of the module element 12' and serves to accommodate a functional insert which is used for at least one of the ball track sections 20 ' assigned.
  • a functional insert which is used for at least one of the ball track sections 20 ' assigned.
  • Figures 13a to 13d several exemplary functional inserts are shown.
  • Figure 13a shows a trough-shaped functional insert 62, which can serve, for example, as a target that all balls should reach. The balls reaching the target then collect in the functional insert 62.
  • Figure 13b shows a ramp-shaped functional insert 62 ', which can be used, for example, to collect balls from a higher level and through one Forward outlet 64 to one of the ball track sections 20 '.
  • the functional insert 62 ' can serve as the starting point of a ball track.
  • Figure 13c shows a functional insert 62 "which receives a ball rolling over a ball track section 20 'of the module element 12' and guides it into the central through opening 60 of the module element 12 ', so that this ball falls from a higher level into an underlying level.
  • Figure 13d finally shows a functional insert 62 "'which is connected to each of the three ball track sections 20' of the module element 12 'and has three troughs 66, in each of which a ball (not shown) can be placed. Now another ball falls centrally from above The three balls located in the troughs 66 "spray" onto the functional insert 62 "', for example using the previously described functional insert 62" in a module element 12' arranged on a higher level, in the direction of the three ball track sections 20 'of the module element 12' from that.
  • the functional inserts 62, 62 ', 62 "and 62'" described above are only examples. Many other functional uses are possible. Also, the central opening 60 of the module element 12 'does not necessarily have to be designed as a through opening, but instead can have a bottom (not shown) if passage of a ball downward is not required.
  • Figure 14 shows a further module element 12 ", which differs from that in Figure 1 Module element 12 shown only differs in that the two ball track sections 20 'and 22' formed on its top 14 intersect.
  • Figure 15 shows a module element 12 "', which leads three ball track sections 20", 21 and 22 "to a common exit, on which one of the connecting rails 42 Figure 6 similar finish rail 68 is mounted.
  • This target entry rail 68 is not used to bridge a distance between two module elements, but to accommodate balls that arrive one after the other in the target. The target placement of the balls results from the sequence of the balls received by the target entry rail 68.
  • Module elements which contain an action element in addition to the at least one ball track section which is formed on its upper side are explained below.
  • FIG 16 shows a plan view of a module element 70 with a switch function.
  • two ball track sections 71, 72 are formed, which together have a Y-shaped shape.
  • a switch element 74 is rotatably mounted over the Y-shaped part of the ball track on the upper side 14 of the module element 70 and has a long guide arm 76 directed towards the foot of the Y and two short control arms 78 directed towards the legs of the Y.
  • a ball arriving at the base of the Y is guided by the guide arm 76 of the switch element 74 into the right ball track section 72 and hits the right of the two control arms 78 there.
  • FIG 17 shows a module element 80 with a so-called vortex function.
  • the module element 80 is provided with a funnel-shaped area 82 which has a central opening 84 at the bottom. Balls entering the module element 80 via the ball track sections 20 ′ first move in the funnel-shaped area 82 in a swirl-line manner and then fall down through the central opening 84 out of the module element 80.
  • FIG. 18 shows a module element 86 with a start function for three balls.
  • three ball receptacles 88 are formed on the top of the module element 86 in a central area, in each of which a ball (not shown) can be placed.
  • a trigger component 90 which overlaps the balls and is resiliently mounted normally to the upper side of the module element 86 prevents the balls arranged in the ball receptacles 88 from rolling out in an upper position into which it is urged by the spring, in each case by means of a threshold 92 which emerges from the associated one Ball track section 20 'protrudes upwards.
  • the sleepers 92 are lowered to such an extent that balls located in the ball receptacles 88 can roll away simultaneously.
  • FIG 19 shows a module element 94 with a so-called Gauss cannon function.
  • a ball track section 96 extending transversely across the module element 94 is blocked by a disk-shaped magnet 98 arranged transversely to the ball track section 96, which is received in a bridge-shaped holder 100.
  • One or two balls of magnetic material which are prevented from rolling away by the magnetic force, can be placed on both sides of the magnet 98. If a further ball now rolls into the ball track section 96 from one side and strikes the balls already located there, a ball on the side of the magnet 98 opposite the impact is released by the impulse of the impacting ball.
  • Figure 20 shows a module element 102 with a ball lifting function.
  • a ball track section 104 is formed with a ramp 106, the level of which is higher than the start of the ball track section 104.
  • a lever 110 is rotatably mounted on a holder 108 which bridges over the ball track section 104.
  • the lever 110 is at its in Figure 20 End arranged at the bottom is provided with a trigger 112, which has a short arm 113 which projects downwards in the position shown and a long arm 114 which extends at right angles thereto in the direction of a rolling ball.
  • a weight 116 is attached to the opposite end of the lever 110.
  • FIG 21 shows another module element 118 with a more pronounced ball lifting function.
  • a lever 110 ' is rotatably mounted on a holder 108' and provided with a weight 116 '.
  • the lever 110' is provided with a cup 120 for receiving a ball.
  • the free edge of this cup 120 abuts against a resiliently mounted release rail 122 mounted in the ball track section 20 'and is thereby prevented from rotating.
  • a ball rolling into the ball track section 20 ' presses down the release rail 122 with its weight when it rolls into the cup 120, so that the lever 110' can rotate freely.
  • the weight 116 ' rotates the lever 110' clockwise, whereby the ball in the cup 120 is carried to the elevated level of the ball track section 20 '.
  • FIG 22 shows a module element 124 with a barrier function.
  • an arcuate barrier element 126 spans a ball track section 125 formed on the upper side 14 of the module element 124.
  • the barrier element 126 of a ball blocks the passage to the part of the ball track section 125 located on the other side of the barrier element spoon-shaped trigger 128, which is assigned to a further ball track section 129 of the module element 124.
  • the barrier formed from the aforementioned two parts is rotatably supported at 130 between the spoon-shaped trigger 128 and the arcuate barrier element 126. If a ball comes into contact with the spoon-shaped trigger 128, it presses it down with its weight and at the same time lifts the barrier element 126, as a result of which a ball which is initially stopped in the ball track section 125 is allowed free passage.
  • FIG. 23 shows a module element 132 with a sling or catapult function.
  • the function of this module element 132 is similar to that with reference to FIG Figure 21 described module element 118, but the module element 132 has only a one-sided lever 110 "with the cup 120.
  • This lever 110" is biased by means of a rubber ring 134 for rotation in the clockwise direction.
  • the lever 110 ′′ rotates in a flash in a clockwise direction due to the elastic prestressing of the rubber ring 134 and catapults the ball located in the cup 120 to the right.
  • FIG. 12 shows a module element 136, the function of which is similar to that with reference to FIG Figure 20 described module element 102.
  • a rolling ball is not raised to a higher level by the trigger 112 'after overcoming the dead center position of the lever 110'", but the hammer-like weight 116" strikes the ball from behind and accelerates it Figure 24 to the right.
  • FIG 25 shows a module element 138 with a ball release function by another ball. Similar to the module element 102, a lever 140 is rotatably mounted, but this lever 140 has two arms 141, 142 arranged at right angles to one another. A first arm 141 is arranged above a discharge ramp 143 of the module element 138 and has a circular opening, the diameter of which corresponds to the diameter of a ball used. In this way, as shown, a ball can be held by the first arm 141 at the upper end of the down ramp 143. A second, in Figure 25 Arm 142 of lever 140 directed vertically downward carries a trigger 144. A ball rolling into module element 138 hits trigger 144, whereby lever 140 rotates somewhat counterclockwise and thereby releases the ball held by first arm 141.
  • FIG 26 shows a module element 146 with a launch function for another bullet.
  • a firing device 148 with a resiliently preloaded piston 150 is arranged on the module element 146.
  • a ball in front of the piston 150 is then shot into the subsequent ball track section.
  • FIG. 27 shows a module element 154 with a three-way splitting function. Similar to that with reference to FIG Figure 16
  • the described module element 70 also has the module element 154 ball track sections with an overall Y-shaped course. However, the ball track section formed by the foot of the Y also extends over the entire module element 154, so that a ball rolling into the foot of the Y can be passed on in three different directions. This is done by means of two switch elements 156, 157 arranged on the right and left of the central ball track, each having a long guide arm 158, 158 'and a short control arm 159, 159' which, as shown, are angled to one another are arranged.
  • the rotatable switch elements 156, 157 are in Figure 27 reproduced in a position that results when a first ball has already left the module element 154 through the ball track exit at the bottom right. The next succeeding ball is now, as shown, directed into the ball track exit of the module element 154 located at the top left, and then sets the switch element 156 in a position which releases the central passage.
  • Figure 28 shows a module element 160 with a bell function.
  • a bell 162 is arranged on the module element 160 such that the edge of the bell cap projects into a ball track section 162, which is formed on the upper side 14 of the module element 160. A ball passing the ball track section 162 strikes the bell 162, so that a bell sound is heard.
  • Figure 29 shows a module element 164 with a roundabout function.
  • a circularly spherical track section 165 is formed on the module element 164 and is connected to two exits 166, 167.
  • a ball entering the circular ball track section 165 through an exit 166 is thus guided in a circle and leaves the module element 164 through the other exit 167.
  • Figure 30 shows a module element 168 on which a looping ball track section 170 is formed.
  • Figure 31 shows a module element 172 with a bridge function.
  • the module element 172 is provided on its upper side 14 with a ball track section 173 which extends in a straight line over the entire module element and also has a ball track section 174 which crosses the ball track section 173 like a bridge.
  • Figure 32 shows a module element 176 with a checkered flag function.
  • a target flag 178 spanning the module element 176 in a bridge-like manner is rotatably mounted on both sides of a target funnel 179, at the lowest point of which there is a trigger 180. If a ball rolls into the target funnel 179, it presses the trigger 180 downward with its weight, as a result of which the rotatably mounted target flag 178 comes out of it Figure 32 shown position is pivoted up to indicate that a ball has reached the target.
  • FIG 33 shows a module element 182 with a so-called splash function.
  • the function of this module element 182 corresponds to the function of with reference to FIG Figure 13d described functional insert 62 "'.
  • Figure 34 shows a module element 184 with a so-called robber ladder function.
  • a first ball track section 185 is formed on the module element 184 and ends below a ball track section 186 spanning the ball track section 185 in a bridge-like manner.
  • the bridge-like ball track section 186 just above the ball track section 185, there is a circular hole 187 in which a ball crossing the bridge-like ball track section 186 normally gets caught.
  • a ball at the end of the ball track section 185 it fills the hole 187 to such an extent that a ball crossing the bridge-like ball track section 186 can continue to roll.
  • a ball rolling into the ball track section 185 if a ball is already in the hole 187, means that this ball is "freed” from the ball rolling into the ball section 185 and can continue to roll.
  • FIG 35 shows a module element 188 with a so-called avalanche function.
  • a funnel 190 is attached to the module element 188 with an outlet 192, which leads to an output of the module element 188.
  • Two inputs of the module element 188 are each provided with a trigger 194, which can be pressed down by the weight of a ball rolling in.
  • a lock (not shown) arranged in the outlet 192 is unlocked by pressing the trigger 194 down, so that all the balls located in the funnel 190 fall down and roll through the outlet 192 into the subsequent ball track.
  • Figure 36 shows a module element 196 with a collection and forwarding function.
  • the module element 196 is provided with a rotatable cup 198 which is mounted in the center Figure 36 balls from a higher level of the ball track can fall from the left.
  • the cup 198 overcomes its dead center position and tilts to the other side, as a result of which the balls collected in it are released into the adjacent ball track section located at a lower level.
  • Figure 37 shows a module element 200 with an impulse function.
  • a longitudinally extending rod 202 is arranged on the module element 200, which extends beyond the module element 200 in both directions and extends into adjacent ball track sections. If one end of the rod 202 is struck by a ball, its momentum propagates through the rod 202 to its opposite end and can be transmitted to a ball in contact with the opposite end.
  • Figure 38 shows the module element 200 Figure 37 in a modified configuration. Again, momentum transfer from one ball to another ball takes place through rod 202, but this momentum transfer is in accordance with Figure 38 achieved by rotating rod 202.

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