WO2008131594A1 - A rotating toy ball with six rails - Google Patents

Abstract

A puzzle, which is a rotating toy ball with six rails, is provided. The shell of the toy ball is partitioned into twelve equilateral pentagons with same size and twenty equilateral triangles with same size by six rotating rails disposed equably along the circumference of the shell. The pentagons and the triangles are alternately disposed and have same length of side. Each rail is alternately spliced by ten sliding rail pieces (5) and nine push pieces (6), and the rails are matched with the pentagons and the triangles by sliding slots, namely, these parts are clamped together and can relatively slip.

Description

 Six-track rotating toy ball

 The invention relates to an educational toy, more specifically to a six-track rotating toy ball. technical background

 Rubik's cube is a very popular puzzle game. By rotating the outer surface to form a pattern, turn the small piece on the outside to play the game.

 The two most commonly used cubes are the square hexahedral cube and the spherical cube. The spherical cube is also known as a rotatable sphere puzzle. There are a wide variety of existing rotatable sphere puzzles.

 91202351. No. 1 Chinese invention patent discloses a "magic ball", which is a kind of children's intellectual toy with a rotating ball, consisting of a spherical frame and a ball. There are colored blocks on the lobes, and the lobes can move relative to each other. The lobes can be arbitrarily rotated by hand like a Rubik's cube, and the colored blocks on the surface of the lobes are disrupted and restored.

 91218523. Chinese Patent No. 6 discloses a "structure-enhanced rotatable sphere puzzle" comprising a sphere having a grooved track on its surface and a plurality of pieces embedded in the orbit of the sphere groove. The sphere is composed of a main inlay, a sub-inlay and a connecting block. The main inlay, the sub-inlay and the circumferential surface of the connecting block are provided with groove tracks to intersect each other to form a groove track of the sphere; The groove moves on the track to change the track, swap positions or change direction, so that the pieces are arranged in a variety of variations.

88100867. No. 2 Chinese invention patent discloses a "magnetic two- or three-layer cube and a magnetic two- or three-layer magic ball", the central part of which is a sphere, with six 2 X 2 surfaces, 8 small pieces or six 3 The X 3 surface has 6 6 small pieces that are magnetically attracted to each other. Is its A small toy piece that can be rotated around the center and is not easily dissipated. Each sphere can be equipped with the above two sets of surface patches as a complete set of toys. The Rubik's Cube and the Magic Ball are equipped with a number of sets of different patterns, color combinations of plastic sheets or sticky paper surfaces, which have several kinds of simple to complex patterns, color changes and solutions.

 A variety of rotatable sphere puzzles must be constructed with a support device disposed at the center of the ball.

 Disclosure of the Invention - An object of the present invention is to provide a six-track rotating toy ball having a clever structure, high playability, and a plurality of rotating tracks.

 The present invention achieves its object by the following technical solutions.

 The invention designs a six-track rotating toy ball. The structure is divided into six equal-sided pentagon shells of the same size and 20 equal-sized equilateral shells by six rotating orbits uniformly distributed along the circumference of the spherical shell. The triangular shell, the pentagonal shell and the triangular shell have the same side length and are alternately distributed, and each rail is alternately formed by 10 sliding rail pieces and 9 pieces of pushers; the track is a chute between the pentagonal shell and the triangular shell Fit, that is, form a snap and slide relative to each other. The above-mentioned members are formed into a sphere, and the sphere is divided into six intersecting 12 hemispheres by six rotating orbits. Each of the two hemispheres divided by the same rotating track can slide relative to the rotating track, that is, the adjacent pentagonal casing and the triangular casing can slide relative to each other. The invention has six rotating orbits, and divides the spherical surface into a plurality of portions which can slide relative to each other, and has high playability.

The pentagonal shell and the triangular shell of the toy ball of the present design are respectively formed by the two-layer structure of the dough piece and the negative film, and are formed between the dough piece and the negative film for accommodating the sliding track piece and the fader. The sliding space is a concave-shaped chute structure, and the pusher is composed of a diamond-shaped panel and four sliders protruding at four corners of the panel. After the face piece and the back piece of the pentagonal shell and the triangular shell are engaged, a gap is maintained between the side of the sheet and the back sheet for accommodating the bottom of the sliding rail piece, and the two sides of the pentagon shell and the side of the triangular shell are respectively formed. A groove for accommodating the sides of the slide rail piece. The fader can also slide in the gaps and slots to push the sliding track piece.

 The present invention provides one of the twelve pentagon housings as a pentagon-shaped fixing member, and five of the sliding rail pieces are fixed to the side edges of the pentagon-shaped fixing member to form a fixed rail piece. The pentagon and the fixed rail are used to push the other sliding rails, which facilitates the rotation of the five rotating rails during rotation to facilitate rotation.

 The invention can further provide a supporting sphere in the spherical shell, so that the spherical shell is not deformed under pressure when rotating, and the rotating effect is affected.

 In order to set the angle of the stepping during rotation to make the positioning more accurate, the present invention provides a rotational positioning mechanism between the pentagonal housing or the triangular housing and the sliding rail piece, generally adopting an elastic pawl and a groove. structure.

 In order to make the appearance beautiful, the design also mounts a decorative panel having a shape not larger than a pentagonal casing and a triangular casing on the outside of the pentagonal casing and the triangular casing. Each decorative panel is part of a particular pattern and can be assembled into a complete, specific spherical pattern. In this way, during the rotation process, the messy decorative pieces are put back into the original complete spherical pattern.

The toy ball designed by the invention has six rotating orbits which can cross the hemisphere, and the design is exquisite and novel, and the concept is novel. In the messy pieces of decorative pieces back to the original complete In the process of a specific spherical pattern, it has a large difficulty, is very sophisticated, and has high playability.

 DRAWINGS

 Figure 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of the front and back sides of a sliding pentagon;

 Figure 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of the front and back of the pentagonal negative film;

 Figure 3 is a schematic view showing the installation of a sliding pentagon and a pentagon;

 Figure 4 is a schematic view showing the structure of the front and back sides of the triangular dough piece;

 Figure 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of the front and back sides of the triangular film;

 Figure 6 is a schematic view showing the installation of a triangular dough piece and a triangular negative film;

 Figure 7 is a schematic view showing the structure of the front and back of the sliding track piece;

 Figure 8 is a schematic view showing the structure of the front and back of the fader;

 Figure 9 is a schematic view showing the structure of the front and back surfaces of the fixed pentagon surface;

 Figure 10 is a schematic view showing the structure of the front and back surfaces of the fixed track piece;

 Figure 11 is a schematic view showing the installation of a fixed pentagonal panel, a fixed rail piece and a pentagonal film; Figure 12 is a schematic view showing the installation of a fixed pentagonal housing and a triangular housing;

 Figure 13 is a schematic diagram of loading a fader on the basis of Figure 12;

 Figure 14 is a schematic view showing the installation of a sliding pentagon housing and a sliding rail piece;

 Figure 15 is a schematic view showing the process of loading five sliding pentagon shells around a fixed pentagonal housing;

 Figure 16. shows the installation process for the first hemisphere;

 Figure 17 shows the difference between the second hemisphere and the first hemisphere;

Figure 18 is a process of installing the first hemisphere and the second hemisphere; Figure 19 is a process of performing final fixing and decoration;

 Figure 20 is a first structural profile view;

 Figure 21 is a cross-sectional view of the second structure;

 Figure 22 is a cross-sectional view of the third structure.

 detailed description

 The invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

 First, the structure of each component is structured. The sliding pentagon panel 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a mounting member 11 and a positioning pawl 12 on the inner side thereof, and a mounting hole 21 of the fixing member 11 and the pentagonal negative film 2 shown in FIG. Match positioning. The pentagonal negative film has protrusions 22 at five corners and ridges 23 on five sides. The sliding pentagon sheet 1 and the pentagon film 2 are mounted as shown in the arrows of Fig. 3, and the projections 22, the ribs 23 and the sliding pentagon sheet 1 are formed to form a slot 13 and a gap 14.

 The structure of the triangular dough piece 3 shown in Fig. 4 is provided with a mounting member 31 on one side thereof, and is engaged with the mounting hole 41 of the triangular negative film 4 shown in Fig. 5. The triangular negative film has projections on three corners. The three sides are provided with ridges 43. The mounting of the triangular dough piece 3 and the triangular negative film 4 is as shown by the arrow in FIG. 6. The groove 42 and the gap 32 are formed between the protrusion 42, the rib 43 and the triangular dough piece 3, and can be fixed by adding a plug 33. .

 As shown in Fig. 7, the structure of the sliding rail piece 5 is a concave-shaped chute structure, and a sliding groove 51 is provided on one side thereof, and a positioning groove 52 is provided to cooperate with the above-mentioned pawl 12. The structure of the fader 6 is as shown in Fig. 8, and is composed of a diamond-shaped panel and four sliders 61 which are convex at the four corners of the panel.

The fixed pentagonal dough piece 7 shown in Fig. 9 is provided with a mounting member 71 and a fixing on the inner side thereof. The clip 72 and the fixing clip 72 are fixed to the fixing slot 82 of the fixed rail piece 8 as shown in FIG. 10, and the inside of the fixed rail piece 8 is also provided with a sliding slot 81. The mounting process of the fixed pentagon panel 7, the fixed rail piece 8, and the pentagon film 2 is as shown in Fig. 11. First, five fixed rail pieces 8 are mounted on the side of the fixed pentagon piece 7, and the mounting holes 21 of the pentagon type film 2 are further attached. The fixing member 71 is fixed and fixed.

 Next, the installation process between the respective members will be described. As shown in Fig. 12, a fixed pentagonal casing composed of a fixed pentagonal panel 7, a fixed rail piece 8, and a pentagon film 2 is attached to a triangular casing composed of a triangular dough piece 3 and a triangular back piece 4. The triangular housing is slidably mounted on the side of the fixed pentagon housing by the engagement of the chute 81 with the slot 31, as indicated by the arrows in the figure, until the triangular housing is aligned with the sides of the fixed pentagon housing.

 The fader 6 is inserted as shown by the arrow in Fig. 13, and the slider 61 of the fader 6 is slidably engaged with the slot on the side of the fixed pentagon housing and the triangular housing.

 As shown by the arrows in Fig. 14, the sliding rail piece 5 is engaged with a sliding pentagonal housing composed of a sliding pentagon panel 1 and a pentagon-shaped backsheet 2, so that the sliding rail piece 5 can be slotted and slotted in the pentagon housing 13 and the gap Slide between 14 as shown by the arrows in the figure.

 According to the above sliding mounting fit, five sliding pentagon shells are mounted on each corner of the fixed pentagon housing, five triangular shells are mounted on each side, and the corresponding sliding rail pieces 5 and the faders are inserted. 6. The slide rail piece 5 is placed on the side of the housing, and the fader 6 is located at the intersection of the housing, as shown in FIG.

As shown in Fig. 16, a corresponding sliding track piece 5, a fader 6 and a triangular negative piece 4 are inserted between the respective sliding pentagon housings so that the sliding track piece 5 is located on the side of the casing, and the pusher 6 is located at the intersection of the casing. Positionally, the first hemisphere 101 is formed. And in the first hemisphere 101 A support ball 9 composed of two hemispherical shells 91, 92 is inserted therein.

 Next, the second hemisphere is assembled, which differs from the first hemisphere in that a sliding pentagonal housing is used instead of the fixed pentagonal housing in the original first hemisphere, as shown in FIG. 17, in the sliding pentagon sheet 1 and the pentagon film. 2 The sliding pentagon housing is formed with five sliding rail pieces 5 on the side, and the installation process of the first hemisphere is the same during the subsequent installation process to form the second hemisphere.

 The process of engaging the second hemisphere 102 with the first hemisphere 101 and the supporting ball 9 is as shown in Fig. 18, and the positions at which the triangular film is mounted are opposed, and the sliding track piece 5 and the fader 6 are inserted through this position, so that the sliding track piece is made. 5 is located on the side of the housing, and the fader 6 is located at the intersection of the housing.

 The final fixing and decorating process is shown in Fig. 19. Finally, the triangular dough piece 3 and the plug 33 are attached, and the entire six-track rotating toy ball is fixed, and the decorative surface piece 10 is mounted, and the forming figure is as shown in the following figure of Fig. 19. Show.

 The working process of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the structural anatomy.

As shown in Fig. 20, it can be seen that the sliding track is formed by the arrangement of the sliding track piece 5 and the fader 6, wherein the five sliding tracks are alternately formed by 9 sliding track pieces, 9 pieces of faders and 1 fixed track piece. The other slide is alternately composed of 10 slide track pieces and 9 faders. During the rotation process, the entire toy ball is divided into different hemispheres by six staggered tracks, and the hemispheres on both sides of each track can be relatively rotated. During the rotation, the pusher 6 pushes the sliding track piece 5 to move, and the sliding groove 51 of the sliding track piece is just snapped onto the ribs 23 of the pentagonal negative film and the ribs 33 of the triangular negative film, forming a pentagon negative film and a triangular negative film along the gusset Directional sliding of adjacent sides, thereby achieving relative rotation of the hemisphere move.

 The internal structure when rotating is as shown in Fig. 21. When the hemisphere 103 is rotated relative to the hemisphere 104, the sliding track piece and the fader on the working rail 105 will push each other, thereby realizing that the hemisphere 103 is separated from the working rail 105 relative to the hemisphere 104. Turn.

 During the rotation, as shown in Fig. 22, the pawl 12 on the inner side of the slide rail piece will be rotationally positioned with the positioning groove 52 on the slide rail piece, and the purpose of the rotational positioning is to make the pentagonal shell and the triangular shell during the rotation. The sides of the body can be aligned. Each rotation of the wheel, there are five equal positioning points, that is, each relative rotation of 72 degrees can achieve a positioning, making the toy more human.

 The present invention is not limited to the above structure, and any six or more rotating orbits uniformly distributed along the circumference of the spherical shell divide the spherical shell into 12 equal-sized pentagon shells of the same size and 20 cubes of equal-sized triangular shells of the same size. Ball toys are all within the scope of the claimed invention.

Claims

Claim  A six-track rotating toy ball characterized by six rotating orbits uniformly distributed along the circumference of the spherical shell to divide the spherical shell into 12 equal-sized pentagon shells of the same size and 20 equal-sided triangular shells of the same size. The body, the pentagon shell and the triangular shell have the same side length and are alternately distributed. Each track is alternately formed by 10 sliding track pieces and 9 pieces of pushers; the track is matched with the pentagon shell and the triangular shell by a sliding groove type , that is, forming a snap and sliding relative to each other.  2. The six-track rotating toy ball according to claim 1, wherein the pentagon shell and the triangular shell are each formed by a two-layer structure of a sheet and a back sheet, and are formed between the sheet and the sheet for A space that accommodates sliding track pieces and faders.  A six-track rotating toy ball according to claim 2, wherein said sliding rail piece is a concave-shaped chute structure.  4. The six-track rotating toy ball according to claim 3, wherein after the face piece and the back piece of the pentagon case and the triangular case are engaged, a gap is maintained between the side piece and the side of the film. At the bottom of the sliding track piece, the pentagon housing and the two sides of the triangular housing are respectively formed with a groove for receiving the protrusion on both sides of the sliding track piece.  A six-track rotating toy ball according to claim 2, wherein said pusher is constituted by a diamond-shaped panel and four sliders projecting at four corners of the panel.  6. The six-track rotating toy ball according to claim 2, wherein one of the twelve pentagon shells is a pentagon-shaped fixing member, and five of the sliding rail pieces are fixed to the side of the pentagon-shaped fixing member. Form a fixed track piece. The six-track rotating toy ball according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the spherical shell is provided with a supporting sphere. The six-track rotating toy ball according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a slewing positioning mechanism is provided between the pentagon housing or the triangular housing and the sliding rail piece.  A six-track rotating toy ball according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a decorative panel having a shape no larger than a pentagon housing and a triangular housing is mounted outside the pentagon housing and the triangular housing.  10. A six-track rotating toy ball according to claim 9, wherein each of the decorative panels is part of a particular pattern and can be formed into a complete, specific spherical pattern.