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EP0611319B1
EP0611319B1 EP93919294A EP93919294A EP0611319B1 EP 0611319 B1 EP0611319 B1 EP 0611319B1 EP 93919294 A EP93919294 A EP 93919294A EP 93919294 A EP93919294 A EP 93919294A EP 0611319 B1 EP0611319 B1 EP 0611319B1
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  • the task of the game is to achieve certain arrangements of the dice. Moving the cubes is made possible by a so-called empty space.
  • the empty space can be moved to the inner position by means of a mechanism, so that the toy takes the form of a symmetrical body.
  • the cubes have markings, for example the sides of the cubes can have been painted with different colors, but without specifying how this painting should take place.
  • a three-dimensional game device (DE 4 106 826 A1) which has a cube frame and 26 blocks.
  • the 26 blocks on each of which a number or part of a picture is painted, have been inserted into the cube frame and can be moved either by hand or with the help of a magnetic block. It also shows that all six faces of a cube have been given the same number, namely the numbers from 1 to 27, the number 14 not being present.
  • the cubes should then be arranged spatially so that so-called magic number squares are created in three levels, i.e. a single specific place in the cube frame should be found for each of the 26 cubes. This also applies when painting the cube sides with an image.
  • the invention is based on the object of marking the sides of a game device of the type mentioned, in particular to provide it with three different colors so that the dice in a first position all face out with the first color, all in a second position point outwards with the second color and in a third position - with the exception of one side of the cube on each side of the frame - all point outwards with the third color.
  • certain arrangements can actually be achieved, for example if the cubes have been provided with the colors green, red and yellow, for example, giving the impression that the cubes in the frame cube are all green or all red.
  • a single side of the cube has a different color, for example, if yellow is selected as the third color, one cube on each side of the frame shows a green area to the outside.
  • the surface of the inner cube that is to say the cube which does not adjoin one of the corners or one of the edges of the frame cube.
  • Each individual cube has six sides, and depending on the position of the cube in the frame cube described above, three, two or only one side faces out.
  • the 26 cubes offer a total of 2 x 1026 positions. With three colors, there are approximately 20,000 color combinations per page and a total of 0.6 x 1026 color combinations.
  • the patterns already mentioned are assigned different degrees of difficulty. For example, the exclusively green or red cube has difficulty level 1, whereas the cube with red corners, green edges and an orange center would have difficulty level 17.
  • a frame cube has been shown so that three sides of this cube are visible.
  • the invisible sides are correspondingly designed with square windows, although the shape of the windows of the cage is not important in connection with the invention.
  • the individual cubes can be seen behind the recesses in the cage:
  • the corner cubes are denoted by 10, three of which face outwards.
  • the so-called edge cubes are designated by 11, of which two sides point outwards.
  • the center cubes are designated by 12, which only point outward with one side.
  • each cube can take one of 27 positions because each cube can be moved in three dimensions. This means that, depending on its position, a cube faces either with one, two or even three faces, whereby the remaining faces are not visible. In any case, each cube can be moved so that one or the other surface alternately faces outwards and all surfaces can be made visible.

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PCT No. PCT/EP93/02423 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 29, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 29, 1994 PCT Filed Sep. 8, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/05386 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 1994.A three-dimensional playing device has a cubic frame having nine windows per face of the cube arranged in three rows and three columns and 26 (3x9-1=26) dice arranged inside the cubic frame, movable in three dimensions and whose sides bear color indicia, specifically, six equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a first common corner each has a first color thereon and another three sides sharing a second common corner each has a second color thereon; two equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the first color thereon, and, of their remaining sides, one side has the second color thereon and two sides have a third color thereon; two equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the second color thereon, and of their remaining sides, one side has the first color thereon and two sides have the third color thereon; four equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the third color thereon, and, of their remaining sides, two sides have the first color thereon and one side has the second color thereon; four equal dice in each of which three sides sharing a common corner each has the third color thereon, and, of their remaining sides, one side has the first color thereon and two sides have the second color thereon, and each of the remaining eight dice has all three colors thereon, two sides of each color.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein dreidimensionales Spielgerät, aufweisend einen Rahmenwürfel mit jeweils neun in drei Reihen und drei Spalten angeordneten Fenstern je Rahmenseite und 26 (3 x 9 - 1 = 26) im Inneren des Rahmenwürfels angeordneten und in drei Dimensionen verschiebbaren Würfeln, deren Würfelseiten Markierungen, insbesondere Farben, aufweisen.The invention relates to a three-dimensional game device, comprising a frame cube with nine windows arranged in three rows and three columns per frame side and 26 (3 x 9 - 1 = 26) arranged inside the frame cube and cubes that can be moved in three dimensions, the sides of the cube Markings, especially colors, have.

Es sind dreidimensionale Translationsspielzeuge bekannt (WO 89/07968, veröffentlicht 8.9.89 bzw. US-PS 3 845 959), bei denen 3 x 9 - 1 = 26 durch einen Rahmen zusammengehaltene Würfel in drei Dimensionen verschoben werden können. Durch diese Veschiebungen können alle Würfel in 27 unterschiedliche räumliche Positionen gebracht werden. Die Spielaufgabe besteht in dem Erreichen bestimmter Anordnungen der Würfel. Das Verschieben der Würfel wird durch einen sogenannten Leerplatz ermöglicht. Mittels eines Mechanismusses kann der Leerplatz an die innere Position verschoben werden, so daß das Spielzeug die Gestalt eines symmetrischen Körpers einnimmt. Bei den bekannten Translationssielzeugen tragen die Würfel Markierungen, z.B. können die Würfelseiten mit unterschiedlichen Farben bemalt worden sein, ohne daß aber angegeben worden ist, wie diese Bemalung erfolgen soll.Three-dimensional translation toys are known (WO 89/07968, published September 8, 1989 or US Pat. No. 3,845,959), in which 3 x 9-1 = 26 cubes held together by a frame can be moved in three dimensions. Through these displacements, all cubes can be brought into 27 different spatial positions. The task of the game is to achieve certain arrangements of the dice. Moving the cubes is made possible by a so-called empty space. The empty space can be moved to the inner position by means of a mechanism, so that the toy takes the form of a symmetrical body. In the case of the known translator toys, the cubes have markings, for example the sides of the cubes can have been painted with different colors, but without specifying how this painting should take place.

Es ist ein dreidimensionales Spielgerät (DE 4 106 826 A 1) bekannt, das einen Würfelrahmen und 26 Blöcke aufweist. Die 26 Blöcke, auf die jeweils eine Zahl oder ein Teil eines Bildes gemalt ist, sind in dem Würfelrahmen eingefügt worden und können darin entweder von Hand oder mit Hilfe eines Magnetblockes bewegt werden. Weiterhin ist dort gezeigt, daß alle sechs Flächen eines Würfels mit ein und der selben Zahl versehen worden sind, und zwar mit den Zahlen von 1 bis 27, wobei die Zahl 14 nicht vorhanden ist. Die Würfel sollen dann räumlich so angeordnet werden, daß sogenannte magische Zahlenquadrate in drei Ebenen entstehen, d.h. es soll für jeden einzelnen der 26 Würfel ein einziger bestimmter Platz im Würfelrahmen gefunden werden. Bei Bemalung der Würfelseiten mittels eines Bildes trifft dies ebenfalls zu.A three-dimensional game device (DE 4 106 826 A1) is known which has a cube frame and 26 blocks. The 26 blocks, on each of which a number or part of a picture is painted, have been inserted into the cube frame and can be moved either by hand or with the help of a magnetic block. It also shows that all six faces of a cube have been given the same number, namely the numbers from 1 to 27, the number 14 not being present. The cubes should then be arranged spatially so that so-called magic number squares are created in three levels, i.e. a single specific place in the cube frame should be found for each of the 26 cubes. This also applies when painting the cube sides with an image.

Der Erfindung liegt hingegen die Aufgabe zugrunde, die Würfelseiten eines Spielgeräts der eingangs genannten Art so zu markieren, insbesondere so mit drei unterschiedlichen Farben zu versehen, daß die Würfel in einer ersten Position alle mit der ersten Farbe nach außen zeigen, in einer zweiten Position alle mit der zweiten Farbe nach außen zeigen und in einer dritten Position - bis auf eine Würfelseite je Rahmenseite - alle mit der dritten Farbe nach außen zeigen.The invention, however, is based on the object of marking the sides of a game device of the type mentioned, in particular to provide it with three different colors so that the dice in a first position all face out with the first color, all in a second position point outwards with the second color and in a third position - with the exception of one side of the cube on each side of the frame - all point outwards with the third color.

Erreicht wird dies durch die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Patentanspruchs angegebenen Markierungen der Würfel.This is achieved by the markings of the cubes specified in the characterizing part of the patent claim.

Die Erfindung ist im Zusammenhang mit Würfeln beschrieben worden. Es ist jedoch nicht zwingend erforderlich, Würfel in der beschriebenen Art und Weise zu verwenden und zusammenzusetzen, denkbar sind auch andere Formen von Einzelelementen, beispielsweise solche, die eine Grundfläche in Form einer Raute oder einer anderen geometrischen Figur haben.The invention has been described in connection with cubes. However, it is not absolutely necessary to use and assemble cubes in the manner described, other forms of individual elements are also conceivable, for example those which have a base area in the form of a rhombus or another geometric figure.

Bei dem dreidimensionalen Spielgerät gemäß der Erfindung kann durch bestimmte Anordnungen tatsächlich erreicht werden, wenn die Würfel beispielsweise mit den Farben grün, rot und gelb versehen worden sind, daß der Eindruck entsteht, daß die Würfel im Rahmenwürfel alle grün bzw. alle rot wären.In the three-dimensional game device according to the invention, certain arrangements can actually be achieved, for example if the cubes have been provided with the colors green, red and yellow, for example, giving the impression that the cubes in the frame cube are all green or all red.

Bei der dritten Farbe ist eine einzige Würfelseite andersfarbig, beispielsweise bei Wahl von gelb als dritter Farbe zeigt jeweils ein Würfel einer Rahmenseite eine grüne Fläche nach außen. Es besteht hier die Möglichkeit, frei zu wählen, welche der Flächen andersfarbig sein soll, bevorzugt wird die Fläche des Innenwürfels, also desjenigen Würfels, der nicht an eine der Ecken oder eine der Kanten des Rahmenwürfels angrenzt.In the third color, a single side of the cube has a different color, for example, if yellow is selected as the third color, one cube on each side of the frame shows a green area to the outside. There is the possibility here to freely choose which of the surfaces should be of a different color, preference is given to the surface of the inner cube, that is to say the cube which does not adjoin one of the corners or one of the edges of the frame cube.

Wenn man 3 x 3 Würfel in drei Ebenen aufeinander legt und zu einem Großwürfel innerhalb eines Rahmenwürfels anordnet, benötigt man hierzu 27 Würfel. Will man die Würfel nun im Innern des Rahmenwürfels bewegen können, so muß ein Leerplatz verbleiben, und hier wird in Zusammenhang mit der Erfindung der Kern, d.h. der Mittelpunkt des Rahmenwürfels gewählt.If you place 3 x 3 cubes on three levels on top of each other and arrange them into a large cube within a frame cube, you need 27 cubes. If one wants to be able to move the cubes inside the frame cube, an empty space must remain, and here in connection with the invention the core, i.e. the center of the frame cube is chosen.

Jeder einzelne Würfel hat sechs Seiten, und je nach Lage des Würfels in dem oben geschilderten Rahmenwürfel zeigen drei, zwei oder nur eine Seite nach außen. Bei jedem Eckwürfel zeigen drei Seiten, denen eine Ecke gemeinsam ist, nach außen. Bei den Kantenwürfeln weisen zwei Seiten, die eine gemeinsame Kante haben, nach außen. Beim Mittelwürfel weist nur eine einzige Fläche nach außen.Each individual cube has six sides, and depending on the position of the cube in the frame cube described above, three, two or only one side faces out. For each corner cube, three sides with a corner in common face outwards. In the case of the edge cubes, two sides that have a common edge face outwards. In the middle cube, only one surface faces outwards.

Die gesamte Oberfläche eines Rahmenwürfels bei freibleibendem Kern beläuft sich auf 3 x 3 x 6 = 54 Seitenflächen. Die gesamte Oberfläche aller 26 Würfel beläuft sich auf 6 x 26 = 156 Seitenflächen. Die verbleibenden 102 Seiten (156 - 54 = 102) der Würfel sind unsichtbar.The entire surface of a frame cube with the core remaining free is 3 x 3 x 6 = 54 side surfaces. The total surface of all 26 cubes amounts to 6 x 26 = 156 side surfaces. The remaining 102 sides (156 - 54 = 102) of the dice are invisible.

Wenn man erreichen will, daß alle nach außen zeigenden Seiten der 26 Würfel die gleiche Farbe haben, müssen mithin 54 Flächen diese Farbe tragen, und zwar sind von acht Würfeln drei Seiten mit einer gemeinsamen. Ecke mit dieser Farbe zu versehen, von den zwölf Kantenwürfeln sind jeweils zwei Seiten mit dieser Farbe zu versehen und bei sechs Mittelwürfeln nur eine Seite, also 8 x 3 + 12 x 2 + 1 x 6 = 54.If you want to ensure that all outward-facing sides of the 26 cubes have the same color, 54 surfaces must have this color, and that is that eight of the three cubes have three sides with a common color. This color must be provided on the corner, two sides of each of the twelve edge cubes must be provided with this color and only one side of six center cubes, i.e. 8 x 3 + 12 x 2 + 1 x 6 = 54.

Verschiebt man nun die - bereits bemalten - Würfel in eine zweite Position, in der alle nach außen zeigenden Flächen eine weitere Farbe zeigen sollen, so gilt entsprechend das gleiche, wie vorangehend gesagt. Dadurch sind nunmehr 2 x 54 Seiten der insgesamt 156 vorhandenen Seiten mit zwei Farben belegt, so daß für die dritte Farbe keine 54 Flächen mehr zur Verfügung stehen. Man kann nur noch 48 Seiten mit der dritten Farbe versehen und auf jeder Seite des Rahmenwürfels hat eine Seite eines Würfels eine andere Farbe, die erste oder die zweite Farbe.If you now move the - already painted - cubes into a second position, in which all the outward-facing surfaces should show another color, the same applies accordingly, as said before. As a result, 2 x 54 pages of the total of 156 pages are now covered with two colors, so that there are no more 54 areas available for the third color. You can only add the third color to 48 sides and on each side of the frame cube, one side of a cube has a different color, the first or the second color.

Es liegt auf der Hand, daß mit Hilfe gemäß der Erfindung markierter Würfel auch andere Bilder zusammengesetzt werden können, als daß alle Flächen des Rahmenwürfels mit der gleichen Farbe nach außen zeigen. Es können Kombinationen von Mustern zusammengesetzt werden, bei denen beispielsweise die acht äußeren Würfel einer Seite des Rahmenwürfels die gleiche Farbe tragen und der Mittelwürfel eine andere, und es können auch Kreuz-Darstellungen und sonstige Darstellungen gebildet werden.It is obvious that with the help of cubes marked according to the invention, other images can also be put together than that all surfaces of the frame cube face outwards with the same color. Combinations of patterns can be put together in which, for example, the eight outer cubes on one side of the frame cube are the same color bear and the middle cube another, and cross representations and other representations can also be formed.

Bei den 26 Würfeln gibt es insgesamt 2 x 10²⁶ Stellungsmöglichkeiten. Bei drei Farben gibt es pro Seite ca. 20000 Farbkombinationen und insgesamt 0,6 x 10²⁶ Farbkombinationen.The 26 cubes offer a total of 2 x 10²⁶ positions. With three colors, there are approximately 20,000 color combinations per page and a total of 0.6 x 10²⁶ color combinations.

Die bereits erwähnten Muster sind mit verschiedenen Schwierigkeitsgraden belegt. Der ausschließlich grüne oder rote Würfel hat beispielsweise den Schwierigkeitsgrad 1, wohingegen der auf allen Seiten mit roten Ecken, grünen Kanten und einem orangen Mittelpunkt gestaltete Würfel den Schwierigkeitsgrad 17 hätte.The patterns already mentioned are assigned different degrees of difficulty. For example, the exclusively green or red cube has difficulty level 1, whereas the cube with red corners, green edges and an orange center would have difficulty level 17.

In der einzigen Figur der Zeichnung ist ein Spielzeug gemäß der Erfindung in schaubildlicher Darstellung gezeigt.In the single figure of the drawing, a toy according to the invention is shown in a diagrammatic representation.

In der Figur ist ein Rahmenwürfel so dargestellt worden, daß drei Seiten dieses Würfels sichtbar sind. Die nicht sichtbaren Seiten sind in entsprechender Weise mit viereckigen Fenstern ausgebildet, obgleich es im Zusammenhang mit der Erfindung auf die Form der Fenster des Käfigs nicht ankommt.In the figure, a frame cube has been shown so that three sides of this cube are visible. The invisible sides are correspondingly designed with square windows, although the shape of the windows of the cage is not important in connection with the invention.

Hinter den Ausnehmungen des Käfigs sind die einzelnen Würfel zu erkennen:
Mit 10 sind die Eckwürfel bezeichnet, von denen drei Flächen nach außen zeigen. Mit 11 sind die sogenannten Kantenwürfel bezeichnet, von denen zwei Seiten nach außen zeigen. Mit 12 sind die Mittelwürfel bezeichnet, die nur mit einer Seite nach außen zeigen.
The individual cubes can be seen behind the recesses in the cage:
The corner cubes are denoted by 10, three of which face outwards. The so-called edge cubes are designated by 11, of which two sides point outwards. The center cubes are designated by 12, which only point outward with one side.

Die Figur macht deutlich, daß jeder Würfel eine von 27 Positionen einnehmen kann, weil jeder Würfel in drei Dimensionen verschiebbar ist. Dies bedeutet, daß ein Würfel je nach seiner Position entweder mit einer, mit zwei oder gar mit drei Flächen nach außen zeigt, wobei die verbleibenden Flächen nicht sichtbar sind. In jedem Falle kann jeder Würfel so verschoben werden, daß abwechselnd die eine oder andere Fläche nach außen zeigt und insgesamt alle Flächen sichtbar gemacht werden können.The figure shows that each cube can take one of 27 positions because each cube can be moved in three dimensions. This means that, depending on its position, a cube faces either with one, two or even three faces, whereby the remaining faces are not visible. In any case, each cube can be moved so that one or the other surface alternately faces outwards and all surfaces can be made visible.

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  1. Three-dimensional playing device, comprising a cubic frame having nine windows per face of the cube arranged in three rows and three columns and 26 (3 x 9 - 1 = 26) dice arranged inside the cubic frame and being movable in three dimensions, whose faces bear uniform markings, in particular uniform colours, characterized in that the following dice are provided:
    Six equal dice of which three sides sharing a common corner have a first and a second colour respectively;
    two equal dice of which three sides sharing a common corner have the first colour, their remaining sides having once the second colour and twice the third colour;
    two equal dice of which three sides sharing a common corner have the second colour, the remaining sides having once the first colour and twice the third colour;
    four equal dice of which three sides sharing a common corner have the third colour, the remaining sides having twice the first colour and once the second colour;
    four equal dice of which three sides sharing a common corner have the third colour, the remaining sides having once the first colour and twice the second colour; the remaining eight dice have all three colours, two sides of each colour.
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