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US20130324000A1
US20130324000A1 US13/880,005 US201113880005A US2013324000A1 US 20130324000 A1 US20130324000 A1 US 20130324000A1 US 201113880005 A US201113880005 A US 201113880005A US 2013324000 A1 US2013324000 A1 US 2013324000A1
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Frank Høhrmann Pedersen
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/042—Mechanical, electrical, optical, pneumatic or hydraulic arrangements; Motors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/06—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements
    • A63H33/08—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/06—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements
    • A63H33/08—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails
    • A63H33/086—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements provided with complementary holes, grooves, or protuberances, e.g. dovetails with primary projections fitting by friction in complementary spaces between secondary projections, e.g. sidewalls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26F—PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING
    • B26F1/00—Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor
    • B26F1/32—Hand-held perforating or punching apparatus, e.g. awls
    • B26F1/36—Punching or perforating pliers

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  • the present invention relates to a toy building set comprising at least one building element having a surface on which at least two coupling studs are arranged that extend from the surface, and wherein those coupling studs are configured in a pattern by which there is an mutually fixed distance between adjacent coupling studs, and wherein the toy building set further comprises a perforator, said perforator comprising means for punching material from a sheet material configured from a sheet element made of a thin material, such as a sheet of eg paper, plastics or fabric in such a way that the perforator is capable of punching a hole in the sheet, said hole having such expanse that one or more coupling studs can be introduced into the punched hole.
  • a perforator comprising means for punching material from a sheet material configured from a sheet element made of a thin material, such as a sheet of eg paper, plastics or fabric in such a way that the perforator is capable of punching a hole in the sheet, said hole having such expans
  • the invention also relates to a perforator as such.
  • Perforators for punching holes in paper, foil, fabric and other sheet materials are known today in many configurations. Such perforators can be used in connection with toy building sets of the above-mentioned type with the purpose of building a given structure by use of a plurality of building elements that are interconnected by use of the coupling studs on the building elements, and wherein, on such structure, sheets of paper and the like sheet material can be mounted if, by means of the perforator, one or more holes have been punched through which the coupling studs can be introduced to the effect that the sheet of paper will, after having been mounted on the coupling studs of a given building element, be secured in an efficient manner thereon when another building element is mounted on the same coupling studs.
  • a perforator having an associated template which, along with the perforator, can be used to ensure that the individual holes are punched at the same mutual distance as the distance between two adjacent coupling studs on the building elements.
  • the perforator comprises at least two punching tools arranged at a distance from each other to the effect that there is a clearance between the outer faces of two adjacent punching tools that corresponds to or is smaller than the clearance between two adjacent coupling studs on the building element.
  • the perforator comprises four punching tools arranged in a square pattern. Thereby it is possible to punch, in one and the same operation, four holes at precisely the correct distance to the effect that a building element having four coupling studs can easily be arranged in the same pattern.
  • square pattern is intended to designate, in this context, that the holes and the coupling studs are arranged at the corners of a square, but the same principle may apply if the holes and the coupling studs are arranged at the corners of a rectangle, a trapeze, a triangle, or another pattern.
  • the perforator is configured such that each individual punching tool in the perforator has such expanse that makes it possible, in each hole that can be punched by means of the perforator, to introduce two or more coupling studs.
  • the punching tools are configured such that they precisely punch a hole of such expanse that it allows only one coupling stud to be introduced into the hole to the effect that the number of holes that can be punched by the perforator corresponds precisely to the number of coupling studs on the building element.
  • both the coupling studs and the punching tools conveniently have a circular cylindrical cross section with essentially the same diameter.
  • the perforator is moreover provided with means for activating at least one of the punching tools independently of at least one other of the punching tools, to the effect that the number of holes punched in the same operation can be varied as needed.
  • the perforator may advantageously comprise one single manual operating handle which is configured such that it may effect a simultaneous activation of at least two of the punching tools, and wherein, between the operating handles, a switch is arranged which is configured in such a manner that it is capable of occupying at least two different positions, viz a first position in which only one of the punching tools is activated and a second position in which two or more of the punching tools are activated simultaneously by manual operation of the operating handle.
  • the perforator has a total of four punching tools
  • the switch has a total of three different positions, viz. one in which it is capable of activating only one punching tool, a second position in which it is capable of activating only two punching tools simultaneously, and a third position in which it activates all four punching tools essentially simultaneously.
  • the perforator comprises, in a preferred embodiment, a housing wherein a slot is configured; wherein the punching tools are configured so as to be displaceable transversally of the slot; and wherein the housing is configured with a number of coupling means that are complementary to the coupling studs to the effect that the housing can be mounted on a building element.
  • the perforator whereby the perforator is suitable for use in a commonly known toy building set, the perforator then comprises at least two punching tools, each of which has a cross section in which a centre can be defined to the effect that the distance between centres on the two punching tools is 8 mm, and wherein the distance from centre to the outer face of the punching tool is equal to or larger than 2.4 mm and smaller than 5.6 mm to the effect that the clearance between the outer faces of the punching tools is equal to or smaller than 3.2 mm.
  • the perforator whereby the perforator is suitable for use in another commonly known toy building set, the perforator then comprises two punching tools, each of which has a cross section in which a centre can be defined to the effect that the distance between centres on the two punching tools is 16 mm, and wherein the distance from centre to the outer face of the punching tool is equal to or larger than 4.8 mm and smaller than 11.2 mm to the effect that the clearance between the outer faces of the punching tools is equal to or smaller than 6.4 mm.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a perforator according to the present invention, seen in an inclined view from above and from the front;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a building element for a toy building set according to the present invention, seen in an inclined view from above;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective sectional view showing a part of the perforator shown in FIG. 1 , in a section longitudinally of the perforator and seen in an inclined view from above and from the front;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the perforator shown in FIG. 1 , seen in an inclined view from above and from the front, and wherein the uppermost cover of the housing has been removed;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the perforator shown in FIG. 1 , seen in an inclined view from above and from behind, and wherein the upper cover, the operating handle, and the handle for operating the hole selector have been removed.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perforator 1 according to the present invention, said perforator 1 comprising a housing 2 , wherein a slot 3 is configured wherein a sheet of a (not shown) thin material, such as paper, plastics, fabric, or other material can be introduced, and an operating handle 4 which, when operated, is pressed downwards in a direction towards the housing 2 of the perforator, and thereby activates a number of punching tools that are driven to shift transversally of the slot 3 , whereby the punching tools are driven through the not shown sheet of a thin material and produce one or more holes in the paper depending on the number and configuration of the punching tools.
  • a sheet of a (not shown) thin material such as paper, plastics, fabric, or other material
  • the punching tool shown in FIG. 1 having several separate punching tools, it further comprises a second operating tool 5 which is used to change how many of the punching tools that are activated at the same time when the operating handle 4 is depressed.
  • the perforator can be a separate product suitable for use in existing products or as a tool sold along with a number of building elements.
  • FIG. 1 is one of many embodiments of building elements, and that the invention can be used in connection with building elements having more or fewer coupling studs 8 than is shown in FIG. 1 and optionally having studs of other configurations or mutual distances than the one shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the perforator 1 as shown being provided with a number of indentations 9 on its essentially plane bottom face, said indentations being configured such that they each form a number of coupling means that are complementary relative to the coupling studs 8 on the building element 6 , it is possible to mount the perforator on a building element of a toy building set, if that building element is provided with coupling studs having the same shape and mutual distance as the one shown in FIG. 2 . If the perforator 1 is mounted eg on a building element or a building plate having many more coupling studs 8 than the building element 6 shown in FIG. 2 , such building plate will be able to serve as a kind of boring template for accurate mutual positioning of several groups of holes on a sheet.
  • FIG. 3 shows a part of the same perforator 1 as the one shown in its entirety in FIG. 1 .
  • it is primarily the frontmost end of the perforator that is shown, in a sectional view, wherein the sectional plane is arranged in parallel with and slightly displaced relative to the plane of symmetry of the housing 2 .
  • the operating handle 4 is journalled, relative to the housing 2 , about a shaft 11 , and upon depression of the operating handle 4 in the direction of the housing 2 , the operating handle 4 will press the piston 12 downwards towards a selector disc 13 that subsequently presses one or more of the punching tools 14 downwards transversally to the slot 3 to the effect that the punching tools 14 are, in a known manner, pressed through a not shown sheet that has been shifted into the slot 3 and extends below the punching tools.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 will show the frontmost part of the perforator shown in FIG. 1 , wherein the upper shell that constitutes a part of the housing 2 in FIG. 1 has been removed in FIG. 4 , and wherein the operating handle 4 and the second operating handle 5 have moreover been removed in FIG. 5 .
  • the second operating handle 5 is, via the piston 12 , connected to a hole selector 15 , herein shown in the form of a circular disc with a number of cut-outs that are configured such that, when the hole selector, when positioned as shown in FIG. 5 , is pressed downwards towards the punching tools 14 , all four punching tools 14 will be pressed simultaneously down towards the slot 3 , and in this manner all four punching tools are activated to punch a hole in the sheet.
  • a hole selector 15 herein shown in the form of a circular disc with a number of cut-outs that are configured such that, when the hole selector, when positioned as shown in FIG. 5 , is pressed downwards towards the punching tools 14 , all four punching tools 14 will be pressed simultaneously down towards the slot 3 , and in this manner all four punching tools are activated to punch a hole in the sheet.
  • the two pointers 16 on the hole selector 15 will be precisely clear of two of the four punching tools 14 , and if the hole selector is rotated a further distance in the counter-clockwise direction, it will further be capable of occupying a position in which only one of the four punching tools is activated when the operating handle 4 is depressed.
  • perforators may be suggested that are different from the one described above and shown in the drawing.
  • the principle of the invention can also be used in an embodiment where the perforator is configured as a pair of thongs having two operating handles that can be pressed towards each other and more or fewer punching tools than the four provided herein can be provided.

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