EP0306734B1 - Support de blocs de construction avec blocs de construction - Google Patents

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EP0306734B1
EP0306734B1 EP88113251A EP88113251A EP0306734B1 EP 0306734 B1 EP0306734 B1 EP 0306734B1 EP 88113251 A EP88113251 A EP 88113251A EP 88113251 A EP88113251 A EP 88113251A EP 0306734 B1 EP0306734 B1 EP 0306734B1
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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
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  • the invention relates to a module carrier with modules, in particular teaching modules, which are cuboid in shape and form-fitting and with their side faces adjacent to one another can be plugged onto the module carrier.
  • Such block carriers with blocks are usually used as children's toys.
  • the individual blocks are placed next to each other on the block carrier and, if necessary, arranged further blocks over them in order to be able to create a wide variety of structures.
  • the top of the module has cylindrical elevations; when the modules are plugged in, they penetrate the modules open at the bottom and come into contact with reinforcing ribs arranged on the inside of the modules, which prevents the modules from being moved laterally on the module carrier .
  • To connect modules arranged one above the other they also have corresponding cylindrical elevations on their upper side, which engage from below in the module located above.
  • the system which is made up of building block carriers and building blocks, has been known for a long time and is still very popular with children as a toy.
  • each module is provided with interconnected electrical contacts on at least two side surfaces, the contacts being arranged exclusively on the side walls and the contacts of adjacent modules contacting one another.
  • a circuit can be put together by arranging modules on the module carrier, with which the system not only serves the purpose of creating creative structures, but also acts specifically as teaching aids so that the function of the current and the construction of a circuit are playful convey.
  • the teaching modules can be used for toddlers in kindergarten or children in school, who can experience the nature of electricity much earlier than before. The same applies to the disabled, especially the blind, who can literally understand the essence of electricity by feeling the contacts of the building blocks and thus putting together circuits.
  • modules also have contacts connected to one another on the side faces and the modules are positively fixed on a base plate, but here the contacts between the individual modules are not made by direct contact of the modules with one another, but via special contact strip between base plate and building blocks or over wires laid above the building blocks.
  • the contacts are made directly between adjacent side surfaces of adjacent building blocks, but these surfaces also have the connecting means for fixing the building blocks to one another, so they are not made over a base plate held together.
  • the building blocks provided with electrical contacts according to the invention are arranged only two-dimensionally on the building block carrier.
  • a wide variety of components provided with electrical contacts can be used, for example simple components with two contacts arranged on opposite side surfaces of the components, which are connected to one another by means of a current-carrying line, and likewise two contacts which are arranged on adjacent side surfaces and thus bring about an angular connection, furthermore three contacts arranged on adjacent sides, with which the module acts as a T-piece, finally all four side surfaces of the module can be provided with contacts, only the respectively opposite contacts being connected to one another and thus a stone functioning as an intersection.
  • the modules can also be constructed much more complicated, such that, for example, a switch, a lamp, a battery, a resistor, a capacitor, etc. or even measuring devices are arranged between two contacts located on opposite side surfaces of the module.
  • each module is hollow and receives a circuit board inside, to which the contacts receiving leaf springs are connected at their ends, the contacts pushing through the recesses in the side surfaces.
  • Such a design of the building blocks makes it possible to convert the conventional building blocks in the simplest manner in the sense of the invention, in that the building blocks only have the corresponding number of recesses in the area of their side faces must be provided for receiving the contacts, then to insert the circuit board with the leaf springs into the cavity and to insert the contacts into the recesses, which then protrude beyond the outer surfaces of the components due to the inherent tension of the leaf springs and thus ensure that the plugged-in state Contact the contacts of neighboring blocks in the system.
  • a major advantage of the building block carrier according to the invention with the building blocks is that after equipping the conventional building blocks with circuit board, contacts, decorative bricks and identification symbol, no tools are required to set up a circuit and to change or expand it. Only the modules are implemented or new current paths are created by adding further contact modules.
  • FIG. 1 shows a known plate-shaped block carrier 1 which is provided with a multiplicity of cylindrical elevations 3 running perpendicular to the carrier surface 2.
  • the module 4 according to the invention is cuboid and has no bottom, so that it can be plugged onto the cylindrical elevations 3.
  • it has webs 7 which are connected to the side walls 5a to 5d of the module 4 and run perpendicular to the top wall 6 of the module 4 and which have the corresponding cylindrical elevations 3 when the module 4 is plugged on of the module carrier 1 enclose without play.
  • the block 4 On the top of the top wall 6, the block 4 is provided with four cylindrical elevations 9, so that a further block could be plugged onto the block 4 in a known manner.
  • the internally hollow module receives in its interior a rectangular, conductive circuit board 10, the central bore of which passes through the cylindrical extension 8. With the circuit board 10, four angled metallic leaf springs 11 are fastened by means of rivets 12. At their lower ends, the leaf springs 11 receive metal cylinders 13 which act as contacts and which pass through appropriately designed recesses in the side walls 5a to 5d.
  • the length of the cylinders 13 is slightly greater than the thickness of the side walls 5a to 5d, due to the internal stress of the leaf springs 11, which rest in the region of their lower end on the inside of the side walls 5a to 5d, the raised contact surfaces 15 of the cylinders 13 protrude the side walls 5a to 5d.
  • the opposite side walls 5a, 5c and 5b, 5d are passed through cylinders 13 by means of lines 16 and 17 or via the etched copper cladding of the circuit board 10a, so that the circuit board is connected to the circuit board according to the left representation of FIG. 4, the module has the function of an intersection.
  • a module provided with the circuit board according to the right-hand illustration of FIG. 4 has the function of a straight line connection.
  • the intersection and the straight line are symbolically illustrated on their flat upper surfaces.
  • the underside of the cover stone 18 is provided with a cubic cavity, which surround the cylindrical elevations 9 when the cover stone 18 is attached.
  • any circuits can be built on the module carrier.
  • the individual modules are to be placed on the module carrier in such a way that the contacts 13 of one module with the contacts 13 of the other module get into the system and thus allow electricity to flow.
  • the formation of the building blocks with the leaf springs 11 ensures permanent contact between adjacent cylinders 13, since these are pushed slightly against the force of the leaf spring 11 into the building block when the building blocks are placed on the building block carrier, and thus the pressing force of the metal cylinders 13 in contact is increased .
  • a wide variety of elements can be arranged within their cavities to form a circuit.
  • a battery can be arranged, in a further module having corresponding contacts, a switch, in other modules a resistor, a capacitor, a measuring device, etc.

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1. Support de blocs de construction comportant des blocs de construction notamment des blocs de construction éducatifs de forme carrée et qui peuvent être engagés par une liaison par la forme sur le support de blocs de construction, de manière jointive par les faces latérales, support caractérisé en ce que chaque bloc de construction (4) comporte sur au moins deux surfaces latérales (5a, 5c), des contacts électriques (13) reliés les uns aux autres, les contacts étant exclusivement prévus sur les parois latérales et touchant les contacts (13) des blocs de construction voisins (4).
2. Support de blocs de construction comportant des blocs de construction selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le bloc de construction (4) est creux et reçoit intérieurement une platine (10) dont les extrémités sont reliées à des ressorts-lames (11) recevant les contacts (13), ces contacts (13) traversant avec précontrainte les cavités (14) des surfaces latérales (5a, 5c).
3. Support de blocs de construction comportant des blocs de construction selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les contacts sont des corps (13) présentant une symétrie de rotation et qui sont traversés par des cavités (14) ayant une symétrie de rotation.
4. Support de blocs de construction comportant les blocs de construction selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que chaque bloc de construction (4) est muni sur les surfaces latérales opposées (5a, 5c, 5b, 5d) de contacts (13) reliés entre eux.
5. Support de blocs de construction comportant des blocs de construction selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le bloc de construction (4) comporte des éléments reliés aux contacts (13) pour former un circuit électrique, notamment une batterie, un commutateur, une résistance, un condensateur, un appareil de mesure etc.
6. Support de blocs de construction comportant des blocs de construction selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les blocs de construction (4) peuvent recevoir par enfichage d'autres blocs de construction (18) sans contacts (13).
EP88113251A 1987-08-27 1988-08-16 Support de blocs de construction avec blocs de construction Expired - Lifetime EP0306734B2 (fr)

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AT88113251T ATE70729T1 (de) 1987-08-27 1988-08-16 Bausteintraeger mit bausteinen.

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DE8711607U DE8711607U1 (de) 1987-08-27 1987-08-27 Bausteinträger mit Bausteinen

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EP0306734B2 (fr) † 1987-08-27 1995-05-31 Peter Baumeister Support de blocs de construction avec blocs de construction
CN109173287A (zh) * 2018-08-22 2019-01-11 业成科技（成都）有限公司 积木块
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