EP0578621A1 - Puzzle - Google Patents

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EP0578621A1
EP0578621A1 EP93830292A EP93830292A EP0578621A1 EP 0578621 A1 EP0578621 A1 EP 0578621A1 EP 93830292 A EP93830292 A EP 93830292A EP 93830292 A EP93830292 A EP 93830292A EP 0578621 A1 EP0578621 A1 EP 0578621A1
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Alfredo Iacovacci
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/08—Puzzles provided with elements movable in relation, i.e. movably connected, to each other
    • A63F9/0826—Three-dimensional puzzles with slidable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged, e.g. Rubik's cube
    • A63F9/0857—Three-dimensional puzzles with slidable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged, e.g. Rubik's cube with elements slidably connected to a visible central body, e.g. beads in grooves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2250/00—Miscellaneous game characteristics
    • A63F2250/48—Miscellaneous game characteristics with special provisions for gripping by hand
    • A63F2250/482—Miscellaneous game characteristics with special provisions for gripping by hand with holes or fingers, e.g. blind hole

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  • the present invention relates to a puzzle.
  • the present invention relates to a puzzle made up of dowels or pieces that can be moved on a surface of a sphere along maximum circle circumferences arranged perpendicularly to each other.
  • the disclosed game is characterized by pieces slideably assembled in contact with each other in grooves made on the outer surface of a sphere.
  • the Applicant has now studied a new structure for the realization and the assembling of a puzzle of the disclosed type, which solves all the mentioned problems turning out to be extremely simple and cheap as regards its construction, and reliable in the operation of the game.
  • a structure for a puzzle is suggested endowed with a system for locking the position of the pieces in their position.
  • a puzzle of the type wherein a plurality of pieces are moved along rows or columns to obtain a defined combination, wherein the pieces are slideably assembled in contact with each other within grooves made on the surface of a sphere along maximum circle circumferences perpendicular to each other, characterized in that the structure of the sphere is made up of four upper sphere sectors and of four lower sphere sectors, so coupled to each other through a central element as to realize three grooves on maximum diametre circles arranged at 90° to each other, a plurality of pieces for the realization of the puzzle being slideably arranged in said grooves; said four upper sphere sectors and said four lower sphere sectors being dimensionally equal to each other.
  • said central element is made up of a central disk bearing a plurality of, particularly eight, holes to couple corresponding coupling pins inferiorly realized on said sphere sectors and a plurality of joint elements, preferably flexible flaps, that couple with corresponding check elements provided below said sphere sectors, the positioning of the sphere sectors on the central element and the sizes of the same and of the central element being such as to make up three grooves on maximum circle arcs of the resulting sphere arranged at 90° to each other.
  • the joint elements of the corresponding upper and lower sphere sectors can be so shaped as to couple to each other when the relevant sphere sectors are coupled to said central element.
  • an element is provided for locking the position of the pieces in correspondence with each one of the three grooves at 90°, said element being so structured as to allow the free movement of the pieces along the grooves and to fix their position when they are no longer moved.
  • said locking element can be made up of a central cylindrical element arranged on said central element in correspondence with the crossover between the two grooves at 90°, perpendicular to the central element so as to be able to move, compressed towards the lower part by the pieces that are moved along said two grooves and pushed towards the upper part by lower elastic means, preferably elastic flaps, realized centrally on said central element, and by a shaped element substantially parallel to said central element, elastically coupled to said cylindrical element, so as to push towards the lower part the pieces that slide along the groove parallel to said central element and to be pushed towards the upper part by the pieces themselves.
  • Said cylindrical element preferably will be coupled to the central element (disk) by means of at least two vertical guides.
  • said locking element can be made up of a cylindrical element, as disclosed,, but not coupled with elastic means arranged on said central element, and with at least two shaped elements elastically coupled with said cylindrical element so as to give it the necessary push towards the upper part.
  • each one of the pieces slideable in said grooves is made up of a pin, inside the sphere, upon which a dowel is mounted, outerly of the sphere itself, preferably by hot calking.
  • said central element is made up of two specular parts that couple with each other through joint means arranged on a first face of theirs and each one endowed, on the other face, with means for fixing the four upper (lower) sphere sectors.
  • the puzzle 1 which has the shape of a sphere made up of eight sphere sectors 2 which realize among them three grooves for the movement of n pieces 3.
  • Pieces 3 bear on their outer face a digital indication, but they can also be white or bear more complex indications, such as for instance is the case of figure 2, whereby one can have various kinds and levels of game.
  • Each one of sphere sectors 2 is provided with a grip recess 4.
  • Pieces 3 slide along the mentioned grooves, realized at 90° to each other, on maximum diametre circles according to arrows A, B and C of figure 1.
  • each sphere sector 2 inferiorly has an unsymmetrical flap 8 that goes to jointwise couple with tongues 9 provided on disk 5 so as to realize an integral coupling.
  • a locking element 10, or slider is provided made up of a cylindrical element 11 with a rounded head, and of a projecting shaped element 12.
  • the cylindrical element 11 has vertical guides 13 laterally and shaped flaps inferiorly that couple with an elastic structure 14 realized centrally on disk 5.
  • the cylindrical element acts as a lock of the position of pieces 3 that slide on the two grooves perpendicular to disk 5.
  • Piece 5 which passes, pushes the slider 10 towards the lower part, compressing elastic element 14 which, in turn, when piece 5 has positioned itself, pushes the slider towards the upper part locking the position of the piece.
  • Projecting element 12 acts upon the pieces 3 that slide along the groove parallel to disk 5.
  • Each one of the pieces is made up of a pin 15 having the head turned towards the lower part, inside sphere 1, and the stem turned towards the outside, and of a dowel 16 coupled with the stem of pin 15, outerly with respect to sphere 1, through hot calking.
  • the shape of the two facing parts of pin 15 and of dowel 16 is such as to be able to slide along a circumferential groove.
  • one (or more) dowel 17 is coupled upon which the indication is borne, by jointing pins 18 in holes 19, endowed with four pawls (not shown) for locking pins 18.
  • the indication on the dowel 16 can also be realized by pressing, glueing or in any other suitable manner.
  • cylindrical element 11 can be substituted by two elements 11' and 11'' that don't find themselves axially central with respect to piece 3 (see figure 6b).
  • FIG. 8a and 8b a second embodiment is shown of the central element 5 made up of two specular elements 5' and 5'' that couple, by a side, jointwise betwwen them and that have, by the other side, holes 6' for the insertion of pins borne by said sphere sectors 2.
  • figure 9 a further embodiment of the game according to the present invention is shown, similar to that of figure 3, whereby corresponding parts will be indicated with the same numerals.
  • the central element 5 has four groups of holes 6 corresponding, respectively, to pins 7 of upper sphere sectors 2 in the drawing, or to holes 7' of lower sphere sectors 2 in the drawing, and that allow the passage of the screw 20 which inserts itself into the central through hole 21 realized on the sphere sectors themselves.

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ITRM920510A IT1258412B (it) 1992-07-06 1992-07-06 Gioco di pazienza perfezionato.

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EP0823269A1 (fr) * 1996-08-08 1998-02-11 Chang, Hong-ling Sphère de jeu avec blocs coulissants disposés sur sa périphérie
US5836584A (en) * 1997-07-08 1998-11-17 Chen; Tsun Ding Spherical puzzle toy
GB2373196A (en) * 2001-01-26 2002-09-18 Zoran Vasilevic A Puzzle
US6857632B2 (en) 2002-10-07 2005-02-22 Terry Lee Tanner Puzzles
US7451985B2 (en) * 2006-09-08 2008-11-18 Adam Giermek Rotational ring puzzle
WO2011127225A3 (fr) * 2010-04-07 2012-01-05 E.O. Artsiely Agriculture And Product Development Ltd. Casse-tête tridimensionnel de manipulation
EP2730322A1 (fr) * 2011-06-30 2014-05-14 Obschestvo S Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu "rashen.ru" Jouet en 3d de type casse-tête
WO2014099100A1 (fr) * 2012-12-19 2014-06-26 Baddle Ball, L.L.C. Puzzle en trois dimensions

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GB2088728A (en) * 1980-12-05 1982-06-16 Elzett Muevek Ball puzzle with sliding elements
CH632418A5 (de) * 1981-06-18 1982-10-15 Imag Verlags Ag Vorrichtung zum herstellen von folgemustern mittels verschiebbarer elemente am vorrichtungskoerper.
US4452454A (en) * 1982-07-30 1984-06-05 Greene Wilton R Manipulatable game
DE8524945U1 (de) * 1985-08-31 1985-10-10 Hirth, Hubert, 7570 Baden-Baden Puzzle-Spiel
DE8905359U1 (de) * 1989-04-27 1989-07-27 Székelyhidi, Attila, Debrecen Kugelförmiges Gerät, insbesondere für dreidimensionale Logikspiele
US5114148A (en) * 1991-07-09 1992-05-19 Liu Ming Zen Puzzle device

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GB2088728A (en) * 1980-12-05 1982-06-16 Elzett Muevek Ball puzzle with sliding elements
CH632418A5 (de) * 1981-06-18 1982-10-15 Imag Verlags Ag Vorrichtung zum herstellen von folgemustern mittels verschiebbarer elemente am vorrichtungskoerper.
US4452454A (en) * 1982-07-30 1984-06-05 Greene Wilton R Manipulatable game
DE8524945U1 (de) * 1985-08-31 1985-10-10 Hirth, Hubert, 7570 Baden-Baden Puzzle-Spiel
DE8905359U1 (de) * 1989-04-27 1989-07-27 Székelyhidi, Attila, Debrecen Kugelförmiges Gerät, insbesondere für dreidimensionale Logikspiele
US5114148A (en) * 1991-07-09 1992-05-19 Liu Ming Zen Puzzle device

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EP0823269A1 (fr) * 1996-08-08 1998-02-11 Chang, Hong-ling Sphère de jeu avec blocs coulissants disposés sur sa périphérie
US5836584A (en) * 1997-07-08 1998-11-17 Chen; Tsun Ding Spherical puzzle toy
GB2373196A (en) * 2001-01-26 2002-09-18 Zoran Vasilevic A Puzzle
US6857632B2 (en) 2002-10-07 2005-02-22 Terry Lee Tanner Puzzles
US7451985B2 (en) * 2006-09-08 2008-11-18 Adam Giermek Rotational ring puzzle
WO2011127225A3 (fr) * 2010-04-07 2012-01-05 E.O. Artsiely Agriculture And Product Development Ltd. Casse-tête tridimensionnel de manipulation
US8387984B2 (en) 2010-04-07 2013-03-05 Bahry Uri Management Ltd. Manipulative three-dimensional puzzle
EP2730322A1 (fr) * 2011-06-30 2014-05-14 Obschestvo S Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu "rashen.ru" Jouet en 3d de type casse-tête
EP2730322A4 (fr) * 2011-06-30 2015-04-29 Obschestvo S Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu Rashen Ru Jouet en 3d de type casse-tête
WO2014099100A1 (fr) * 2012-12-19 2014-06-26 Baddle Ball, L.L.C. Puzzle en trois dimensions

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CN1081389A (zh) 1994-02-02
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JPH0686868A (ja) 1994-03-29
ITRM920510A0 (it) 1992-07-06

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