DE1071555B

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Publication number: DE1071555B
Application number: DENDAT1071555D
Authority: DE
Publication date: 1959-12-17

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ANMELDETAG: 24. JULI 1958REGISTRATION DATE: JULY 24, 1958

BEKANNTMACHUNG DER ANMELDUNG UND AUSGABE DER AUSLEGESCHRIFT:NOTICE THE REGISTRATION AND ISSUE OF THE EDITORIAL:

17. DEZEMBER 1959DECEMBER 17, 1959

Baukästen, bei denen die einzelnen Bausteine aus Würfeln bestehen, sind, insbesondere als Kinderspielzeug, allgemein bekannt. Bauwerke, die daraus hergestellt werden, haben den Nachteil, daß sie leicht wieder ineinanderfallen, weil ein Zusammenhalt zwisehen den einzelnen Bausteinen naturgemäß nicht gegeben ist.Construction sets, in which the individual building blocks consist of cubes, are generally known, especially as children's toys. Structures made from it have the disadvantage that they easily fall into each other again, because there is a cohesion between them the individual building blocks is naturally not given.

Diesem Nachteil bekannter Würfelbaukästen will die Erfindung dadurch abhelfen, daß sie Würfelbausteine vorschlägt, die allseitig dauermagnetisch haftend ausgestaltet sind. Es ist auf diese Weise möglich, Bauwerke zu erstellen, deren einzelne Bausteine aneinander haften, als wären sie beispielsweise durch Zement od. dgl. verbunden, wobei aber dem Letztgenannten gegenüber der, Vorteil besteht, daß die einzelnen Bauwerke unter Erhaltung der Bausteine zur neuen Verwendung wieder auseinandergenommen werden können.The invention aims to remedy this disadvantage of known cube building sets by using cube building blocks proposes that are designed to be permanently magnetic on all sides. It is possible in this way To create structures whose individual building blocks adhere to one another as if they were, for example, through Cement od. The like. Connected, but the latter compared to the advantage that the individual Buildings dismantled for new use while preserving the building blocks can be.

Es sind zwar schon Spielbaukästen bekanntgeworden, bei denen die Magnetkraft ausgenutzt wurde. Es handelt sich indes um Stäbe und Stangen, die in irgendeiner Form aneinanderhaftend zusammengesetzt werden konnten. Abgesehen davon, daß damit insbesondere der kindlichen Phantasie entsprechende Bauwerke nicht ausgeführt werden konnten, ergab sich der Nachteil, daß die Stäbe und Stangen sich alsbald entmagnetisierten und damit ihre gegenseitige Haftkraft verloren.It is true that toy building sets have become known in which the magnetic force has been exploited. It is, however, rods and rods that stick together in some form could become. Apart from the fact that it corresponds in particular to the child's imagination Structures could not be carried out, there was the disadvantage that the bars and rods immediately demagnetized and thus lost their mutual adhesive force.

Es ist ferner bekannt, für Baukastenspiele Bausteine zu verwenden, die aus Dauermagneten bestehen, die die Form von Platten aufweisen, die die Pole auf den Breitflächen tragen. Diese vorzugsweise aus oxydischem Werkstoff hergestellten Bausteine haben den Nachteil, klein und unhandlich zu sein, leicht zu zerbrechen und der Gefahr zu unterliegen, sich zu ent-It is also known to use building blocks for modular games, which consist of permanent magnets have the shape of plates that carry the poles on the broad surfaces. These preferably from oxidic Building blocks made from the material have the disadvantage of being small, unwieldy and easy to break and to be subject to the risk of escaping

magnetisieren. Sie haften auch schlecht an den Schmalseiten, weil dort nur der Streufluß ausgenutzt wird, und es ist somit nur schwer möglich, mit diesen Platten Bauwerke aufzuführen. Sie sind daher für das kindliche Spiel ungeeignet. Größere Bausteine dieser Art wären schwer und zerbrechlich. Das gleiche gilt für magnetische Bausteine, die aus kunstharzgebundenem Magnetpulver aufgebaut sind, die im übrigen nicht allseitig haften und außerdem nicht kantenfest sind. Auch nicht allseitig haftend sind bekannte Bausteine, die bewußt nur auf einer, höchstens auf zwei Flächen eines Kunstharzhohlkörpers durch Einbau eines Magnets haftend gemacht sind.magnetize. They also do not adhere well to the narrow sides because only the leakage flux is used there and it is therefore difficult to build structures with these panels. You are therefore for that childish game unsuitable. Larger building blocks of this type would be heavy and fragile. The same goes for for magnetic building blocks made of synthetic resin-bonded magnetic powder, the rest do not adhere on all sides and are also not edge-tight. Well-known building blocks are also not adhesive on all sides, deliberately only on one, at most on two surfaces of a synthetic resin hollow body through installation a magnet are made adherent.

Die allseitig dauermagnetisch haftenden Würfelbausteine gemäß der Erfindung sind so ausgestaltet, daß eine nennenswerte Entmagnetisierung nicht eintritt und der Würfelbaukasten somit auf unbegrenzte Zeit im Sinne der Erfindung verwendbar ist, d. h., es können jederzeit die Würfel in beliebiger Zusam-The cube building blocks according to the invention, which are permanently magnetically adhering on all sides, are designed in such a way that that a noteworthy demagnetization does not occur and the cube construction kit is therefore unlimited Time can be used within the meaning of the invention, d. i.e., the dice can be placed in any combination at any time.

Würfelbausteine für WürfelbaukästenCube building blocks for cube building sets

Anmelder: Deutsdie Edelstahlwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Krefeld, Obersdilesienstr. 16Applicant: Deutsdie Edelstahlwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Krefeld, Obersdilesienstr. 16

Walter Zeischegg₁ Ulm/Donau, ist als Erfinder genannt wordenWalter Zeischegg ₁ Ulm / Donau, has been named as the inventor

menstellung aufeinander und nebeneinander geschichtet werden, wobei sie die ihnen zugewiesene Lage so lange beibehalten, bis sie durch leichte Kraftanwendung wieder auseinandergenommen werden. Es bleibt somit der kindlichen Phantasie ein weiter Spielraum für die Zusammenstellung der verschiedenartigsten Bauwerke. Je nachdem wie die Würfel aufeinandergesetzt werden, treten unter Umständen auch Abstoßungseffekte ein, die ebenfalls bdim Spielen ausgenutzt werden können. Der abstoßende Effekt dient im übrigen auch dazu, ein erstelltes Bauwerk wieder auseinanderzunehmen, indem durch eine entsprechende gegenseitige. Verdrehung zweier Würfel, die das spielende Kind leicht erlernt, die Würfel ohne Kraftaufwand voneinander gelöst werden können. Jederzeit können die Würfel durch leichte Drehung wieder zur Haftung gebracht werden.can be layered on top of and next to each other, keeping the position assigned to them hold until they can be disassembled again by applying slight force. It This leaves the child's imagination wide scope for putting together the most diverse Buildings. Depending on how the cubes are placed on top of each other, they may also kick Repulsion effects, which can also be used in games. The repulsive effect also serves to disassemble a structure that has been created by using a corresponding mutual. Twisting of two dice, which the child can easily learn, the dice without Effort can be resolved from each other. The cubes can be turned at any time by turning them slightly be brought back to liability.

Die dauermagnetisch erregten, allseitig haftenden Würfelbausteine bestehen aus einem hohlen Würfel aus Weicheisen als magnetischem Rückschlußkörper. Dieser verhindert eine Entmagnetisierung, verringert die unerwünschte magnetische Streuung und erhöht so die Haftkraft. Der leichte Hohlkörper dient als Träger für die außen derart fest aufgesetzten Dauermagnete, daß die Eckbezirke jeweils eine Polarität aufweisen, die der raumdiagonal gegenüberliegenden Ecke entgegengesetzt ist.The permanently magnetically excited, all-round adhesive cube blocks consist of a hollow cube made of soft iron as a magnetic return path body. This prevents demagnetization, reduced the unwanted magnetic scattering and thus increases the adhesive force. The light hollow body serves as a Carrier for the permanent magnets attached to the outside in such a way that the corner areas each have a polarity have, which is opposite to the diagonally opposite corner.

In den Zeichnungen sind zwei Ausführungsformen eines solchen Würfelbausteins für den Würfelbaukasten beispielsweise dargestellt.The drawings show two embodiments of such a cube building block for the cube building set for example shown.

Abb. 1 zeigt in perspektivischer Darstellung, wie der aus Weicheisen bestehende magnetische Rückschlußkörper herzustellen ist. Von einem quadratischen Rohr werden kubusförmige Teilel abgelängt und alsdann durch Deckel 2 und 3 aus Weicheisen verschlossen. Die Deckel können aufgeschweißt werden. Es ist aber auch durchaus möglich, sie aufzuklemmen oder aufzukleben. Selbstverständlich ist die HerstellungFig. 1 shows in perspective how the magnetic yoke body made of soft iron is to be produced. Cube-shaped parts are cut to length from a square tube and then closed by covers 2 and 3 made of soft iron. The covers can be welded on. But it is also entirely possible to clamp or glue them on. Production is natural

Claims

of the cubic iron back yoke body is not bound to the method described. Other manufacturing methods are also conceivable, depending on how the cubic iron back yoke body can be manufactured most simply and cheaply. According to one embodiment, the six faces of the cube are each occupied by a permanent magnet plate 5. These permanent magnet plates have alternating polarity in their large areas, as indicated by the inscribed letters N and S. The permanent magnet plates 5 magnetized in this way must be placed in such a way that each cube corner has pole regions of the same polarity. The polarity has to change from corner to corner. The corners of the room that face each other in the spatial diagonal should have opposite polarity. With such a polarization of the cube there is the possibility of making it adhere to another corresponding cube, with only the adjacent corner areas having to have opposite polarity ao. This ratio of polarity to one another can easily be set by rotating one cube accordingly with respect to the other. Otherwise, the cubes repel each other. By placing the plates on the cubic iron back yoke body, as can be seen from Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, a flat cube is not created without further ado, because the edge spaces 6 remain free. The procedure can now be such that either only these edge spaces are filled with a non-ferromagnetic substance, preferably a plastic. It is even more expedient, as can be seen from Fig. 3, to provide the entire body with a cover 7 made of non-ferromagnetic material, in particular made of plastic, the free spaces 6 also being filled with this plastic. This results in a completely stable cube that can withstand the toughest conditions when playing. The embodiment according to FIGS. 4 to 6 is also based on an iron back yoke body according to FIG. The permanent magnets here consist of three-dimensional corner bodies 8 which, as can be seen from Fig. 4, are magnetized in such a way that they have one polarity on their outer surfaces and the other polarity on their inner surfaces. These spatial corners are placed on the cubic iron return body according to Fig. 1 at the corners, in such a way that the polarity changes from corner to corner and the corners that are opposite each other in the spatial diagonal have opposite polarity, as shown in particular in Fig 5 is clear. According to the explanations in connection with Figs. 2 and 3, the entire body is provided with a cover 7 made of non-ferromagnetic material, in particular made of plastic, the plastic also filling the spaces 9 that result between the individual spatial corners 8. A cube is formed with completely smooth and even surfaces. With regard to the adhesive forces exerted by the cube and the assembly of the individual cubes when building structures or the like, there is no fundamental difference compared to the cube according to Figs. 2 and 3. The per se known oxide-ceramic permanent magnet material, preferably based on iron-III-oxide-barium oxide, is preferably used as the permanent magnet material for the construction of the cubes. The cube construction kit or the cube blocks according to the invention can not only be used as a toy, but also for scientific and educational demonstration purposes where it is important to hold any designs or the like in a certain arrangement for a shorter or longer period of time. For all purposes mentioned, the building blocks can be colored or provided with labels, drawings and the like. Since it is expedient anyway to provide the building blocks with a plastic coating, this can of course also be done in different colors. Patent claims:

1. Permanent magnetically excited, all-round adhesive cube building blocks for cube building sets, marked by a hollow cube made of soft iron as a magnetic back yoke body and carrier for the outside so firmly attached Permanent magnets that the corner districts each have a polarity that of the diagonally opposite one another Corner is opposite.

2. Cube bricks according to claim 1, characterized by fixed permanent magnets in the shape of spatial corners with a polarity such that, on the one hand, the inner surfaces have a polarity and on the other hand the outer surfaces have the opposite polarity.

3. cube building blocks according to claim 1, characterized by attached plate-shaped alternating polarity Permanent magnets on the cube faces.

4. cube bricks according to claim 1 to 3, characterized by one of the permanent magnets and the back yoke body enveloping plastic compound, which forms the surface of the cube.

Documents considered: German utility model No. 1 709 776; Swiss Patent No. 312 991; U.S. Patent No. 2,570625.

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