EP0611321B1 - Vis pour un jeu de construction - Google Patents

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EP0611321B1
EP0611321B1 EP92923709A EP92923709A EP0611321B1 EP 0611321 B1 EP0611321 B1 EP 0611321B1 EP 92923709 A EP92923709 A EP 92923709A EP 92923709 A EP92923709 A EP 92923709A EP 0611321 B1 EP0611321 B1 EP 0611321B1
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toy building
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Flemming Hojberg Olsen
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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
    • A63H33/042—Mechanical, electrical, optical, pneumatic or hydraulic arrangements; Motors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H17/00—Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor
    • A63H17/26—Details; Accessories
    • A63H17/262—Chassis; Wheel mountings; Wheels; Axles; Suspensions; Fitting body portions to chassis

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  • the invention concerns a toy building set comprising a screw with a shank with threads for screwing into another of the elements of the toy building set with a preformed threaded hole, so that the screw is capable of resisting a force acting transversely to the shank of the screw at a distance from the element.
  • the International Patent Application WO-A-9009825 discloses a screw which blocks the flexible properties of an element. Here too, the tension is applied to the screw in the longitudinal direction.
  • the diameter of the threaded section of the screw is determined by the dimensions of the element into which the screw is inserted. With respect to the overall structure the dimensions of this element are often to be minimized, so that the diameter of the threaded section is likewise minimized.
  • the moment of force on the screw is determined partly by the size of the transverse component of the force acting on the screw, partly by the distance between the point of application of the force and the contact point of the shank with the element (the arm on which the force acts) in which the screw is secured.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to provide a toy building set with a screw, said screw being constructed such that it is better capable of resisting forces acting transversely to the longitudinal direction of the screw and at a distance from that of the elements of the toy building set in which the screw is placed in a preformed threaded hole.
  • the engagement area consists of a conical engagement face on the screw.
  • the conical engagement face can advantageously be caused to engage a corresponding conical engagement face on the element in which the screw is placed.
  • the conical engagement face on the screw can advantageously form a transition between the small diameter of the threaded section and a shank section having a diameter greater than said diameter. This is expedient in particular if the latter is not subject to any diameter restrictions.
  • Special screws and wheels for use in machines may have a form which has important similarities with the screw according to the ivention.
  • Such an example is known from "La construction procedurachanique” (1982), Editions de l'Usine salt, page 48, fig. 6, in which a knurl wheel is disclosed.
  • the invention concerns hollow screws of plastics, and that said prior art concerns solid metal items. If the bending strength of a metal rod is to be increased, the diameter will be increased. Part of the bending moment can be transferred to the tractive force if the rod is embodied with a stepped configuration between two rod parts having different diameters; however, the bending strength of the rod will never reach that of a rod having a uniform diameter corresponding to the diameter of the thickest rod part.
  • Two complementary, conical engagement areas on the screw and the building element, respectively, will usually be preferable.
  • the pitch of the threads will typically be relatively great, so that the engagement faces can advantageously be formed with complementary depressions and projections, such that the screw is retained in its inserted position when the depressions and the projections are engaged.
  • the projection may expediently be shaped as a round knob.
  • the depression can be formed asymmetrically with a steep stop face and an inclined guide face. Sufficient retention of the screw can be achieved by these features, even if the threads on it are just formed by about one convolution.
  • the screw can hereby be manufactured by injection moulding using simple tools.
  • the invention furthermore relates to the use of a screw as stated in claim 9.
  • Fig. 1 shows a screw according to the invention. It comprises a screw head 12 with a shank having a threaded section 24 with one thread 25 at the end facing away from the screw head 12.
  • the threaded section 24 terminates downwardly in a conical section 22 which is formed with two diametrically positioned locking holes 23.
  • the conical section 22 constitutes a borderline section between the threaded section 24 having a relatively small diameter and the rest of the screw shank having a greater diameter.
  • the screw 10 of the invention is preferably manufactured from plastics by injection moulding and it is therefore usually hollow.
  • the shank section 14 of the screw between the head 12 and the conical face 22 thus has a greater diameter than the threaded section 24.
  • the shank section 14 has an annular bead 19 which is formed with a guide face 21 and a stop face 20.
  • the shank 14 merges into a shank section 16 via a conical guide face 15, the shank section 16 having the same diameter as the bead 19.
  • a hub 40 shown in fig. 4 can be received and rotatably secured on the shank portion 14 positioned between the bead 19 and the head 12.
  • the guide face 21 permits such reception, while the blocking face 20 prevents removal of the hub 40 again.
  • the guide face 15 and the shank section 14 correspond to the hole in the hub 40, and the complementary guide face (not shown) of the hole can advantageously be recessed with respect to the outer side of the hub to provide a better guide between the parts during the assembling process.
  • the head 12 on the screw 10 preferably has longitudinal grooves so that the screw will have a better finger grip when the screw 10 is to be screwed into another element.
  • the end face 11 of the screw head 12 may be formed with an opening which is adapted to receive a specially constructed tool by means of which the screw can be tightened.
  • the screw is adapted to be received in a threaded hole 35 on another element 30 incorporated in the toy building set, said threaded hole 35 having a conical section which is complementary to the conical section 22 of the screw, and which is formed with two diametrically positioned locking bosses 37. These locking bosses are adapted to be received in the locking holes 23 of the screw.
  • the locking bosses 37 are preferably in the form of small rotational-symmetric knobs, while the holes 23 will be asymmetric.
  • the holes will thus have a guide face serving to guide the locking bosses 37 into engagement, and a stop face counteracting further tightening. This is possible i.a. because the materials are flexible, and because the thread 25 has a great pitch. It will be clear to a skilled person that it will also be possible to provide the screw with locking bosses, while the conical section 36 on the toy building element 30 is then provided with complementary locking holes.
  • a vehicle built-with the toy building set may be considered as being bodies consisting of several individual subbodies. These subbodies may e.g. consist of the actual vehicle bottom with a superstructure as well as each of the four wheels.
  • a load e.g. caused by a drop
  • torsional forces will occur between the subbodies incorporated in the body.
  • the moments depend partly on the size of the forces, partly on the arm on which the forces act. Since the engagement area of the screw (the conical section 22 in fig.
  • Fig. 2 shows a preferred embodiment of the screw of the invention, where a conical engagement area 22 is provided between the threaded section 24 of the screw and the rest of the shank 14 of the screw.
  • the screw is screwed into the element 30 and thus received and retained in the threaded hole 35 and the threaded coupling 42. Since two complementary conical sections 22 and 36 are involved, the engagement area of the screw will likewise be a continuous conical face. In practice, however, there will often be a gap between the two faces, but owing to the flexibility of the screw the faces 22 and 36 will be pressed together under external, mechanical forces.
  • Fig. 3 shows another embodiment of a screw according to the invention, where the screw via its threaded section 24 is threadedly coupled with the threaded section of the screw hole 35.
  • the shank 14 of the screw has the same diameter as the threaded section 24 of the screw.
  • Relief takes place here through a bead 41 with conical faces, the engagement face 22 being one of these.
  • the threaded hole on the element 30 terminates in a step-wise expansion, so that the engagement face here is just formed by a ring-shaped contact line 37.
  • This embodiment provides substantially the same technical effect as the embodiment shown in fig. 2, since the point of application 22b will be positioned on the contact line 37.
  • Fig. 5 shows an alternative embodiment of the screw shown in fig. 1, where the threaded section 24 of the screw merges into the shank section 14 of the screw via a conical section 22.
  • the building element 30, into which the screw has been screwed, has a threaded hole 35 with a likewise conical section 36.
  • the screw is coupled with the building element 30 via the threaded coupling 42, and the additional fixing between the screw and the element is provided by a pair of locking bosses 39, which are arranged in the bottom of the threaded hole and are adapted to be received in the tip of the screw in the two locking holes 43 formed there. It is hereby ensured that the force provided by a wheel mounted on the screw does not loosen the screw from the building element 30. This might otherwise occur because of the great pitch of the thread 25. This great pitch is caused by the wish that it should be easy to mount the screw during play and that the production of the screw should be facilitated, it being possible to manufacture it by means of simple tools.

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Abstract

Une vis pour un jeu de construction comprend une tige pourvue d'une partie filetée devant se visser dans un autre des éléments du jeu de construction, cet élément étant pourvu d'un trou fileté préformé. La vis est conçue pour résister aux forces transversales agissant sur la tige de la vis, à une certaine distance de l'élément. La vis comprend une zone de contact en prolongement de la partie filetée, et qui, lorsqu'elle vissée, entre en contact avec une zone de contact correspondante située dans l'autre élément du jeu de construction, pourvu du trou fileté. La vis est ainsi soutenue dans une région située à une distance radiale, par rapport à l'axe longitudinal de la vis, supérieure au rayon de la partie filetée.

Claims (7)

  1. Jeu de construction comprenant un élément de construction (30) dans lequel se trouve un trou taraudé préformé (35), et une vis (10) comportant une tige creuse (14) présentant une partie filetée (24) à l'une de ses extrémités pour visser dans le trou taraudé formé dans l'élément de construction (30),
    ladite vis étant réalisée en une matière thermoplastique et conçue sous forme d'un corps creux comprenant la tige (14), la tige (14) présentant une surface de contact (22) destinée à venir en contact avec une surface de contact complémentaire (35) de l'élément de construction, lorsque la vis (10) est vissée dans le trou taraudé (35) formé dans l'élément de construction (30),
    caractérisé en ce que la surface de contact (22) formée sur la vis (10) se présente sous forme d'un collier annulaire conique espacé de ladite extrémité et augmentant de rayon au fur et à mesure que la distance depuis la partie filetée (24) augmente.
  2. Jeu de construction selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la face conique est continue.
  3. Jeu de construction selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le collier forme une zone de transition entre la partie filetée (25) qui a un premier diamètre et une partie (14) de la tige dont le diamètre est plus grand que le diamètre de la partie filetée.
  4. Jeu de construction selon les revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les surfaces de contact (22,36) comportent des évidements (37) et des saillies (23) complémentaires.
  5. Jeu de construction selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que la surface de contact (22) de la vis (10) comporte au moins un évidement (23), et la surface de contact (36) de l'autre élément (30) comporte au moins un bouton (37) destiné à être reçu dans l'évidement (23).
  6. Jeu de construction selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que l'évidement (23) est asymétrique de telle sorte que dans le sens de la circonférence il présente une face latérale à forte pente servant de face d'arrêt, et une face latérale inclinée servant de face de guidage lors de l'interverrouillage des éléments par mise en contact du bouton (37) avec l'évidement (23).
  7. Jeu de construction selon les revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la partie filetée (24) de la tige (14) est constituée par une seule spire autour de la tige de la vis.
EP92923709A 1991-11-06 1992-11-05 Vis pour un jeu de construction Expired - Lifetime EP0611321B1 (fr)

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DK183091A DK168194B1 (da) 1991-11-06 1991-11-06 En skrue til et legetøjsbyggesæt
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PCT/DK1992/000321 WO1993008887A1 (fr) 1991-11-06 1992-11-05 Vis pour un jeu de construction

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EP1464369A1 (fr) * 2003-04-04 2004-10-06 Theodorus Suibertus Anthonius ROLF Bloc démontable pour jeu de construction, vis associée et tournevis
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