JPH10235009A - Jigsaw puzzle and sheet member, and manufacture thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily provide a jigsaw puzzle taking a three-dimensional form when the connection of each piece is completed by constituting at least a part of a plurality of connectable pieces so as to fix a base member and a surface member through an adhesive layer, and changing the thickness of the adhesive layer in at least a part thereof. SOLUTION: In the manufacture of a jigsaw puzzle 1 formed of a plurality of connectable pieces 2 having a part of a pattern printed on the surfaces in which the thickness of each piece 2 corresponding to a cartoon character part 10 is increased to make the character part 10 three-dimensional, an adhesive layer 200 is formed on a base member 100 in the first process, and a surface member 200 having a pattern such as picture, photograph or the like printed thereon is arranged on the adhesive layer 200 in the second process. The base member 100 and the surface member 300 are pressed with a die having the cartoon character part 10 engraved therein in the third process, so that the adhesive layer 200 of the character part 10 is not compressed to keep the three- dimensional form. Thereafter, it is cut into a plurality of pieces to provide the three-dimensional pieces 2 in the forth process.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a jigsaw puzzle and a sheet member having a three-dimensional shape.
The thickness of the adhesive layer is changed by pressing to provide a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle and a sheet member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a jigsaw puzzle in which a plurality of pieces are connected to complete a design such as a painting or a photograph. In recent years, with the dramatic progress of photographic technology and printing technology, a wide variety of extremely high-quality and beautiful jigsaw puzzles have been supplied.

[0003] The jigsaw puzzles include, for example, a jigsaw puzzle of a type which becomes a replica (copied image) when the connection of each piece is completed, and a jigsaw puzzle which becomes various kinds of landscape photographs when the connection is completed. Some puzzles are designed so that the surface of the puzzle shines beautifully, while others have colors that change with temperature.

Similarly, sheet members such as posters and postcards are also provided with beautiful patterns by advanced printing techniques.

In the hobby industry such as jigsaw puzzles,
Since the life cycle is relatively short and the trend is high, it is always required to provide innovative products. Therefore, unlike conventional jigsaw puzzles, the emergence of novel and high value-added products has been strongly desired.

In recent years, in particular, photographs and the like to which the technique of three-dimensional image (3D) has been applied have gained popularity, and more and more three-dimensional products have been favored over flat ones.

Therefore, the density of each piece is set to 0.6 g / cm ³
The following paper etc., by pressing, change the thickness of at least some of the pieces, at the completion of the connection of each piece,
A jigsaw puzzle having a three-dimensional shape has been developed.

[0008]

However, in the conventional jigsaw puzzle or the like having a three-dimensional shape, since the thickness of paper or the like is changed by pressing, the work process becomes complicated and the cost increases. was there.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned problems, and in a jigsaw puzzle composed of a plurality of connectable pieces, a pattern such as a picture or a photograph is provided on the surface of each piece. Are applied, and when the connection of these pieces is completed, the painting, the photograph, etc. are completed, and at least some of the pieces are
The substrate member, an adhesive layer formed on the upper part of the substrate member, and a surface member formed on the upper part of the adhesive layer and having a part of the design such as the picture, photograph, etc. The surface member is configured to be fixed,
The thickness of the adhesive layer is configured to be changed at least partially, and when the connection of each piece is completed, the adhesive layer has a three-dimensional shape.

Further, the thickness of the adhesive layer of the present invention can be changed by pressing the substrate member and the surface member.

The method for manufacturing a jigsaw puzzle according to the present invention is a method for manufacturing a jigsaw puzzle composed of a plurality of connectable pieces, and includes a first step of forming an adhesive layer on an upper portion of a substrate member, A second step of arranging a surface member on which a design such as a painting or a photograph has been applied on the top of the layer;
The method includes a third step of pressing the substrate member and the surface member with a desired die, and a fourth step of cutting the pressed member in the third step into a desired piece.

Further, the sheet member of the present invention has a character,
A sheet member such as a poster or a postcard on which a pattern such as a picture or a photograph is drawn. A part of the sheet member such as the poster or the postcard is a substrate member and an adhesive formed on an upper portion of the substrate member. Layer, and a surface member formed on the adhesive layer and provided with a part of the design such as the picture or the photograph, and is configured such that the substrate member and the surface member are fixed. The thickness of the adhesive layer is configured to change at least partially, and is characterized in that it has a three-dimensional shape.

Further, the thickness of the adhesive layer of the sheet member of the present invention can be changed by pressing the substrate member and the surface member.

The method for manufacturing a sheet member according to the present invention comprises:
A method of manufacturing a sheet member such as a poster or a post card on which a pattern such as a character, a picture, or a photograph is drawn on a surface, wherein a first step of forming an adhesive layer on an upper portion of the substrate member, A second step of arranging a surface member provided with a design such as a painting, a photograph, and the like, and a third step of pressing the substrate member and the surface member with a desired mold.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention constructed as described above
It is a jigsaw puzzle composed of a plurality of connectable pieces, and the surface of each piece is provided with a part of a pattern such as a painting or a photograph. Is completed, at least a part of each of the pieces is a substrate member, an adhesive layer formed on the upper portion of the substrate member, formed on the upper portion of the adhesive layer, such as paintings, photographs, etc. A part of the design is composed of a surface member, the substrate member and the surface member are fixed, the thickness of the adhesive layer is changed at least partially, and when the connection of each piece is completed, a three-dimensional shape It has become like.

Further, the thickness of the adhesive layer of the present invention can be changed by pressing the substrate member and the surface member.

The method for manufacturing a jigsaw puzzle according to the present invention is a method for manufacturing a jigsaw puzzle composed of a plurality of connectable pieces. In a first step, an adhesive layer is formed on an upper part of a substrate member. In two steps, on top of the adhesive layer,
Arrange surface members on which patterns such as paintings, photographs, etc.
In the step, the substrate member and the surface member are pressed by a desired mold, and in the fourth step, the one pressed in the third step is cut into a desired piece.

Further, the sheet member of the present invention has characters,
A sheet member such as a poster or a postcard on which a design such as a picture or a photograph is drawn. A part of the sheet member such as the poster or the postcard includes a substrate member and an adhesive layer formed on the substrate member. And a surface member formed on top of the adhesive layer and having a part of a design such as a painting, a photograph, etc. applied thereto, fixing the substrate member and the surface member, and changing the thickness of the adhesive layer at least partially. And it has a three-dimensional shape.

Further, the thickness of the adhesive layer of the sheet member of the present invention can be changed by pressing the substrate member and the surface member.

The method of manufacturing a sheet member according to the present invention comprises:
A method of manufacturing a sheet member such as a poster, a post card or the like, on which a pattern such as a character, a picture, or a photograph is drawn on the surface. In a first step, an adhesive layer is formed on an upper part of a substrate member. A surface member provided with a design such as a picture or a photograph is disposed on the adhesive layer, and in a third step, the substrate member and the surface member are pressed by a desired mold.

[0021]

【Example】

An embodiment of the jigsaw puzzle 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 3, the jigsaw puzzle 1 of the present embodiment is composed of a plurality of pieces 2, 2,.

The plurality of pieces 2, 2,... Are configured to be connected side by side, and a part of a design such as a painting or a photograph is applied to the surface of each piece 2, 2,. When the connection of the pieces 2, 2,... Is completed, paintings, photographs, and the like are completed. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
It is a cartoon pattern when the connection is completed, but it may be any pattern such as a landscape photograph or constellation.

In the jigsaw puzzle 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pieces 2, 2,...
The main character portion 10 of the manga is configured to swell three-dimensionally.

That is, the thickness of at least a part of each piece can be changed to form a three-dimensional shape when the connection of each piece is completed.

Here, a method of manufacturing the jigsaw puzzle 1 of this embodiment will be described. First, in the first step, the substrate member 10
Then, an adhesive layer 200 is formed on the upper part of the “0”. Although cardboard is used for the substrate member 100 of this embodiment, any material can be used as long as it is a substrate material.

The adhesive layer 200 is formed of an appropriate adhesive, and any adhesive can be used as long as it can fix the substrate member 100 and the surface member 300.

Next, in the second step, as shown in FIG. 4A, a surface member 300 provided with a design such as a picture or a photograph is disposed on the adhesive layer 200. As the surface member 300, paper on which a design such as a picture or a photograph can be printed, or a polymer material such as a synthetic resin can be used. Surface member 300
Can employ an appropriate material.

In the third step, the substrate member 100 and the surface member 300 are pressed by a desired mold. The mold used for this press working is the part 10 of the hero of the cartoon.
Is engraved. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4B, the thickness of the adhesive layer 200 in the pressed portion is reduced.

That is, the adhesive layer 2 of the main character portion 10 of the manga
00 is not compressed by the press, and the three-dimensional shape is maintained.

Further, in the fourth step, as in the ordinary jigsaw puzzle, when the pieces are cut into a plurality of pieces 2, 2,.
A three-dimensional piece 2 as shown in FIG. 6 can be manufactured.

The jigsaw puzzle 1 of the present embodiment configured as described above can provide the three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle 1 in which the main character portion 10 of the cartoon is raised.

The part to be three-dimensionally formed is not limited to the part 10 of the main character of the cartoon, and can be any pattern. Further, if a mold is formed so that the height of the part to be three-dimensionally changed continuously can be three-dimensionalized with a desired gradient.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the jigsaw puzzle 1 of this embodiment can be displayed in the frame member 3 after completion of the combination.

In this embodiment, each piece 2, 2,...
May be replaced by paper 100, and a polymer material such as rubber, urethane, plastic, or the like may be used.

Next, a modification of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a view showing the postcard 1000, in which a cartoon pattern is formed on the surface. Postcard 100
0 corresponds to the sheet member, and the thickness of the pieces 2, 2,... Corresponding to the portion of the hero of the cartoon is increased, and the portion of the hero of the cartoon rises three-dimensionally. Is configured.

In this modification, any pattern such as a landscape photograph can be adopted without being limited to a cartoon pattern. Further, the three-dimensional part is not limited to the main character part 10 of the cartoon.

In the first step of this modification, the substrate member 100
An adhesive layer 200 is formed on the upper portion.

Next, in the second step, as shown in FIG. 4A, a surface member 300 provided with a design such as a picture or a photograph is disposed on the adhesive layer 200.

In the third step, the substrate member 100 and the surface member 300 are pressed by a desired mold. The mold used for this press working is the part 10 of the hero of the cartoon.
Is engraved. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4B, the thickness of the adhesive layer 200 in the pressed portion is reduced.

That is, the adhesive layer 2 of the main character portion 10 of the manga
00 is not compressed by the press, and the three-dimensional shape is maintained.

By the above steps, the post card 10
00 is formed.

As described above, the present modified example is a jigsaw puzzle 1
Is applied to the postcard 1000, and the other description is the same as that of the embodiment of the jigsaw puzzle 1 described above, and therefore, the description is omitted.

In the case of a sheet member, the post card 1
It can be applied to posters and the like without being limited to 000.

Further, although the sheet member is generally made of paper, a polymer material such as rubber, urethane, plastic or the like can be used instead of paper.

[0047]

According to the present invention configured as described above, in a jigsaw puzzle composed of a plurality of connectable pieces, a part of a design such as a picture or a photograph is applied to the surface of each piece, When the connection of these pieces is completed, the painting, the photograph, and the like are completed, and at least some of the pieces are a board member and an adhesive layer formed on the top of the board member. Formed on top of this adhesive layer,
The painting, a surface member on which a part of a design such as a photograph is applied, and the substrate member and the surface member are configured to be fixed, and the thickness of the adhesive layer is at least partially changed. It is a three-dimensional shape when each piece is connected, so it is possible to provide a high value-added jigsaw puzzle in which a part of the design is three-dimensional and the cost is low It has a remarkable effect.

Further, the sheet member of the present invention has characters,
A sheet member such as a poster or a postcard on which a pattern such as a picture or a photograph is drawn. A part of the sheet member such as the poster or the postcard is a substrate member and an adhesive formed on an upper portion of the substrate member. Layer, and a surface member formed on the adhesive layer and provided with a part of the design such as the picture or the photograph, and is configured such that the substrate member and the surface member are fixed. The thickness of the adhesive layer is configured to be at least partially changed, and has a three-dimensional shape, so that it is fundamentally different from a conventional sheet member.
There is an effect that a novel postcard or the like can be provided.

[0049]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a jigsaw puzzle 1 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a partially sectional perspective view illustrating the jigsaw puzzle 1 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a piece 2 of the jigsaw puzzle 1 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4A is a diagram showing a jigsaw puzzle 1 according to the present embodiment before pressing.

FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a jigsaw puzzle 1 according to the present embodiment after pressing.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a post card 1000 of the present modified example.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a piece 2 of the cut jigsaw puzzle 1 of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Jigsaw puzzle 2 piece 3 Frame member 10 Cartoon hero part 100 Board member 200 Adhesive layer 300 Surface member 1000 Postcard

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A jigsaw puzzle comprising a plurality of connectable pieces, a picture, a picture,
A part of the design such as a photograph is applied, and when the connection of these pieces is completed, the painting, the photograph, and the like are completed, and at least a part of the pieces is a board member, An adhesive layer formed on the top of the substrate member, and a surface member formed on the top of the adhesive layer and provided with a part of a design such as the picture, photograph, etc., wherein the substrate member and the surface member Is fixed so that the thickness of the adhesive layer is at least partially changed, and when the connection of each piece is completed, the jigsaw puzzle has a three-dimensional shape. . 2. The jigsaw puzzle according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the adhesive layer is changed by pressing the substrate member and the surface member. 3. A method of manufacturing a jigsaw puzzle composed of a plurality of pieces that can be connected, a first step of forming an adhesive layer on a substrate member, and a step of forming a picture, a photograph, and the like on the adhesive layer. A second step of arranging the patterned surface member, a third step of pressing the substrate member and the surface member with a desired mold, and forming the pressed piece in the third step into a desired piece. And a fourth step of cutting the jigsaw puzzle. 4. A sheet member such as a poster or a post card having a surface on which a pattern such as a character, a picture, or a photograph is drawn, a part of the sheet member such as the poster or the post card includes a substrate member and the substrate. An adhesive layer formed on the upper part of the member, and a surface member formed on the adhesive layer and provided with a part of the design such as the picture, the photograph, etc., wherein the substrate member and the surface member are fixed. Wherein the thickness of the adhesive layer is changed at least in part and has a three-dimensional shape. 5. The sheet member according to claim 4, wherein the thickness of the adhesive layer is changed by pressing the substrate member and the surface member. 6. A method of manufacturing a sheet member such as a poster or a post card on which a pattern such as a character, a picture, or a photograph is drawn on a surface thereof, a first step of forming an adhesive layer on an upper portion of the substrate member, and the bonding step. A sheet comprising a second step of arranging a surface member provided with a design such as a painting or a photograph on the upper part of the layer, and a third step of pressing the substrate member and the surface member with a desired mold. Manufacturing method of the member.