CZ306575B6 - A puzzle with six insertion modules - Google Patents

Abstract

The essence of the invention is a puzzle with six insertion modules consisting of the body of the puzzle, the cube (1), with a cavity in the shape of a hollow three-arm cross inside. When inserting the modules consisting of the guide cube (2) with the wire basket (3), in the given order, their size graded wire baskets (3) penetrate into each other at the centre of the cavity of the three-arm cross. The invention can be used as a logical entertaining puzzle.

Description

Puzzle with six plug-in modules

Field of technology:

It is a puzzle in the shape of a hexagon, the aim of which is to insert six modules into the body of the object in a given order.

Prior art:

Puzzles of this type are already known. It is, for example, according to US 5,106,093 "Puzzle amusement device", a puzzle where pieces are also folded into a hexagon under certain conditions.

Another puzzle of the same type, according to the document US 9 238 170 Bl "Push button puzzle with internal locking mechanism", also solves the insertion of six modules into the body of the hexagon, when it is necessary to follow the order of insertion of these modules. The task is solved with the help of a complex mechanism of rods, locking mechanisms and magnets installed inside the body of the puzzle. If the correct order of inserting the modules is not observed, all modules will always jump out of the inserted position.

Summary of the invention:

The essence of the invention is an assembly of a cube body inside with a hollow three-armed cross, in the cavity of which with a square profile it is possible to slide six movable modules from six sides of the body against each other. Only when we insert the modules in the given order, it is possible for these modules to penetrate into each other in the middle of the cross cavity.

Each of the movable modules consists of a guide cube to which a wire basket is attached. The solid guide cube is the same size for all modules, defines the movement of the module in the cavity of the cross, and they are distinguished from each other by a color or number at the top of each movable module.

The wire basket is formed of a wire of small cross-section so as to define the five sides of the cube, or its edges, and the sixth side is attached to the guide cube. For each, the wire basket modulates to a different size. Their size is graduated from the smallest to the largest so that the wire baskets can fit into each other, so that the smaller basket penetrates the larger basket on each of its five sides. In this way, we will assemble all six wire baskets into each other arbitrarily from all six sides of the cube only if we assemble them in the order from the largest to the smallest.

The advantages of solving a puzzle of this type by means of a cube body inside with a hollow three-armed cross, in the cavity of a square profile six movable modules from six sides of the body can be moved against each other, its simplicity, assembly of few parts, low probability of failure , the possibility of simple rearrangement of moving modules and thus the creation of a new puzzle task. The player can always logically derive further steps to solve the task.

Explanation of drawings

Fig. 1 shows a view of the cube body assembly 1 with the guide cubes 2 extended on the sides of the cube.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the cube body 1 itself with square guide channels inside the hollow three-armed cross-shaped cube body 1.

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Fig. 3 shows a section of the cube body assembly 1 in the position with the movable modules extended, which form a guide cube 2 with a wire basket 3.

Fig. 4 shows a cross-section of the cube body assembly 1 in the position with the movable modules inserted and showing the intersection of all six wire baskets 3 inside the cube body.

Fig. 5 shows a view of the assembly of the movable module formed by the guide cube 2 and the wire basket 3. The top view 4 shows, by way of illustration only, the graduation of the six wire baskets 3, which will thus fit together from the largest to the smallest.

Fig. 6 shows a section of all six movable modules, showing the sizing of the wire baskets 3 and their insertion into the guide blocks 2.

Examples of embodiments of the invention

The function of the whole assembly can be clearly explained on the example of using a logic puzzle with six plug-in modules.

We have the body of the cube, inside which is a cavity in the shape of a three-armed cross, whose arms open onto each of the six sides of the cube. The profile of the hollow guide channels thus formed is square and they meet each other in the center of the cube. The cube body 1 with guide channels is shown in Fig. 2.

Movable modules are inserted into all six guide channels, which are formed by a wire basket with a guide cube so that a part of the guide cube 2 of the movable module protrudes outward from the cube body side 1 and the wire basket 3 is hidden in the cube body 1, as shown in FIG. 1. A section through this assembly is shown in Figure 3. The puzzle is in the "extended" position.

The task of the puzzle solver is to gradually insert the movable modules so that all six are in the "retracted" position and the sides of the cube body 1 are smooth without protruding movable modules, as shown in the section in Fig. 4. This is only possible if they are moving modules inserted in the correct order from largest to smallest. Since the solver does not know the size of the wire baskets 3 for the individual modules, the graduated part of which is inside the body of the cube 1, he must logically derive their size by gradually inserting and removing the modules. In the case of inserting a movable module with a larger wire basket 3 into the body of the cube 1, it may strike a movable module with a wire basket 3 of a smaller size. The mobile module cannot then be inserted and must be extended. Then it is necessary to try to insert another module that can be inserted. In this way, the player gradually creates an idea of the order of the individual movable modules and is able to solve the task of inserting all movable modules. After solving the problem, it is necessary to slide the moving modules out of the body of the cube J in the reverse order.

If the insertion of the modules is chaotic, it is very unlikely that this task will be solved. The number of possible variants of gradual insertion of modules is equal to n factorial, ie the factorial of the number of movable modules according to formula 1.

Formula 1

The number of possible variants of gradual insertion of modules is equal to n factorial, ie the factorial of the number of movable modules, ie:

6! = 720

Claims (1)

PATENT CLAIMS 5. A puzzle with six plug-in modules, characterized in that the body of the puzzle, cube (1), is provided inside with a cavity in the shape of a three-armed cross forming guide channels with a square profile for six movable modules formed by a guide cube (2). , provided with a wire basket (3) graduated in size for each movable module, which are inserted from each of the six sides of the puzzle body, cube (1) into the guide channels of the three-armed cross and at the center of this cross inside the cube body (1) penetrate the wire baskets (3) when inserted in the correct order.