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EP0997171B1
EP0997171B1 EP99121230A EP99121230A EP0997171B1 EP 0997171 B1 EP0997171 B1 EP 0997171B1 EP 99121230 A EP99121230 A EP 99121230A EP 99121230 A EP99121230 A EP 99121230A EP 0997171 B1 EP0997171 B1 EP 0997171B1
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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
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  • the application refers to a body for dicing for Dice games.
  • Dice body for dice games In a cube body for dice games is basically the Requirement to fulfill that all side surfaces of the cube body fall almost equally frequently.
  • Dice body for dice games therefore, traditionally consist of a six-sided Cube with six square equal sides.
  • the four sides, eight, twelve or twenty equal sides exhibit.
  • Game dice with page numbers not equal to four, six, Twelve or twenty can only be formed as non-regular polyhedra be, i. not all sides and angles of the Dice bodies are the same.
  • non-regular polyhedra formed cube bodies therefore, poses the problem that due to the asymmetry certain sides more often when rolling or less often than other pages. This circumstance seemed so far the desire for a body to roll with seven pages to stand in.
  • the object of the invention is to a seven-sided body for dicing create its seven sides when rolling with equal frequency fall.
  • the cube body according to the invention is a seven-surface polyhedron with two mutually parallel end faces and five mutually equal side surfaces between the faces, which form an equiangular pentagon and perpendicular stand to the side surfaces.
  • the distance between the two end faces from each other to the inner periphery of the end faces is dimensioned such that when dicing every face almost as often lying down as lying down every side surface. Basically, it is such that the five side surfaces each equally fall, as well as the two end surfaces in each case fall on equal footing, i.e. while lying down, you can lie down while rolling.
  • the height of the cube i.
  • the front surface distance is compared to the inner circumference of the end faces in such a way set each face to fall just as frequently as each Side surface. That means every face on a statistical average every For the seventh time, every page area is statistically averaged every seventh time falls. This creates a seven-sided body for rolling, despite the its non-regular polyhedral form the most important requirement for a cube body for dice games, namely the requirement that each side be common falls.
  • the ratio of the face distance to the face inside circumference must between 1.0 and 2.0. Only then is it guaranteed that all seven surfaces of the cube body fall in common. In particular, at a ratio of Face distance to the inner circumference of 1,2 ensures that all seven Side surfaces fall about equally frequently.
  • a cavity with a Rolling provided, which is smaller than the cavity and formed in this is freely movable.
  • the corners of the cube body between an end face and two side surfaces rounded, so that the cube is more uniform and can roll less jumping.
  • a cube body 10 is shown, the made of wood, but also of other materials, for example Plastic or metal can be made.
  • the cube body 10 is a seven-sided polyhedron and has two end faces 12,13, which are parallel to each other. Furthermore, the cube body 10 has five equal side surfaces 11: 14-17, which form an equilateral pentagon with each other. The side surfaces 11, 14 to 17 are perpendicular to the End faces 12,13.
  • the distance Y of the two end faces 12,13 each other is about 1.2 times as large as the inner circumference X the end faces 12,13. At this ratio of end face inner circumference Y and face distance X to each other, so gave Attempts, all side surfaces 11-17 of the cube body 10 fall when rolling, almost equally, i. every page 11-17 of the Dice body 10 comes almost equally to the bottom Lying after being diced. This is the main requirement to a game cube body, namely the requirement that each Side, i. each number, about the same number of cubes falls, fulfills.
  • the two end faces 12,13 with the cube numbers 2 and 3 provided while the side surfaces 11, 14-17 are consecutively numbered with the numbers 1,4,5,6 and 7 are. If one of the end faces 12, 13 falls during rolling, always counts the above number of dice. Falls the cube body 10 on a side surface 11,14-17, so are always two side surfaces 11,14-17 overhead. In this case, each counts larger of the two overhead dice numbers, unless the Dice numbers 1 and 7 are at the same time overhead. In this In case "1" hits 7 and counts the number of dice 1.
  • the cube body 10 has a Cavity 20, in which a freely movable rolling element 22nd is included.
  • the rolling element 22 is made of metal and ensures a greater total weight of the cube, so that a more even cube and a more even cube course result.
  • the corners and edges of the cube especially the corners between an end face 12, 13 and two side faces 11, 14-17 are rounded to a more even roll allow the cube body 10.

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Die Anmeldung bezieht sich auf einen Körper zum Würfeln für Würfelspiele.The application refers to a body for dicing for Dice games.

Bei einem Würfelkörper für Würfelspiele ist grundsätzlich die Forderung zu erfüllen, dass alle Seitenflächen des Würfelkörpers annähernd gleich häufig fallen. Würfelkörper für Würfelspiele bestehen daher klassicherweise aus einem sechsseitigen Würfel mit sechs quadratisch gleichen Seitenflächen. Als symmetrische Würfelkörper mit weniger oder mehr als sechs Seiten sind weitere geometrisch reguläre Polyeder bekannt, die vier Seiten, acht, zwölf oder zwanzig gleiche Seitenflächen aufweisen. Spielwürfel mit Seitenzahlen ungleich vier, sechs, zwölf oder zwanzig können nur als nicht-reguläre Polyeder ausgebildet sein, d.h. nicht alle Seitenflächen und Winkel des Würfelkörpers sind gleich. Bei den als nicht reguläre Polyeder ausgebildeten Würfelkörpern stellt sich daher das Problem, dass aufgrund der Asymmetrie bestimmte Seiten beim Würfeln häufiger oder seltener als andere Seiten fallen. Dieser Umstand schien bisher dem Wunsch nach einem Körper zum Würfeln mit sieben Seiten entgegenzustehen.In a cube body for dice games is basically the Requirement to fulfill that all side surfaces of the cube body fall almost equally frequently. Dice body for dice games therefore, traditionally consist of a six-sided Cube with six square equal sides. As symmetric cubes with less than or more than six Pages are known more geometrically regular polyhedra, the four sides, eight, twelve or twenty equal sides exhibit. Game dice with page numbers not equal to four, six, Twelve or twenty can only be formed as non-regular polyhedra be, i. not all sides and angles of the Dice bodies are the same. In the case of non-regular polyhedra formed cube bodies, therefore, poses the problem that due to the asymmetry certain sides more often when rolling or less often than other pages. This circumstance seemed so far the desire for a body to roll with seven pages to stand in.

In US-A-4,900,034 ist ein siebenseitiger Würfel offenbart, der von fünf Seitenflächen eines gleichseitigen Fünfeckes sowie zwei Stirnflächen gebildet wird. Der Abstand der beiden Stirnflächen zueinander ist kleiner als der von den fünf Seiten des Fünfeckes eingeschlossene Innenkreis, so dass die Fläche der Stirnflächen größer ist als die Fläche der Seitenflächen. Die Stirnflächen fallen daher jeweils häufiger als die Seitenflächen.In US-A-4,900,034 a seven-sided cube is disclosed, of which five Side surfaces of an equilateral pentagon and two end faces formed becomes. The distance between the two end faces is smaller than that of the five sides of the pentagon enclosed inner circle, so that the area of the pentagon End faces is larger than the surface of the side surfaces. The faces fall therefore each more common than the side surfaces.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, einen siebenseitigen Körper zum Würfeln zu schaffen, dessen sieben Seiten beim Würfeln mit jeweils gleicher Häufigkeit fallen.The object of the invention is to a seven-sided body for dicing create its seven sides when rolling with equal frequency fall.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß gelöst durch die Merkmale des Anspruchs 1.This object is achieved by the features of the claim 1.

Der erfindungsgemäße Würfelkörper ist ein siebenflächiger Polyeder mit zwei zueinander parallelen Stirnflächen und fünf zueinander gleichen Seitenflächen zwischen den Stirnflächen, die ein gleichwinkliges Fünfeck bilden und senkrecht zu den Seitenflächen stehen. Der Abstand der beiden Stirnflächen voneinander zu dem Innenumfang der Stirnflächen ist derart bemessen, dass beim Würfeln jede Stirnfläche annähernd genau so häufig untenliegend zum Liegen kommt wie jede Seitenfläche. Grundsätzlich ist es so, dass die fünf Seitenflächen jeweils gleichhäufig fallen, wie auch die beiden Stirnflächen jeweils gleichhäufig fallen, d.h. beim Würfeln untenliegend zum Liegen kommen. Die Höhe des Würfels, d.h. der Stirnflächenabstand, ist gegenüber dem Innenumfang der Stirnflächen derart eingestellt, dass jede Stirnfläche jeweils genauso häufig fällt wie jede Seitenfläche. Das bedeutet, dass jede Stirnfläche im statistischen Mittel jedes siebte Mal fällt, wie auch jede Seitenfläche statistisch gemittelt jedes siebte Mal fällt. Dadurch ist ein siebenseitiger Körper zum Würfeln geschaffen, der trotz seiner nichtregulären Polyederform die wichtigste Forderung an einen Würfelkörper für Würfelspiele erfüllt, nämlich die Forderung, dass jede Seite gleichhäufig fällt.The cube body according to the invention is a seven-surface polyhedron with two mutually parallel end faces and five mutually equal side surfaces between the faces, which form an equiangular pentagon and perpendicular stand to the side surfaces. The distance between the two end faces from each other to the inner periphery of the end faces is dimensioned such that when dicing every face almost as often lying down as lying down every side surface. Basically, it is such that the five side surfaces each equally fall, as well as the two end surfaces in each case fall on equal footing, i.e. while lying down, you can lie down while rolling. The height of the cube, i. the front surface distance, is compared to the inner circumference of the end faces in such a way set each face to fall just as frequently as each Side surface. That means every face on a statistical average every For the seventh time, every page area is statistically averaged every seventh time falls. This creates a seven-sided body for rolling, despite the its non-regular polyhedral form the most important requirement for a cube body for dice games, namely the requirement that each side be common falls.

Das Verhältnis vom Stirnflächenabstand zum Stirnflächeninnenumfang muss zwischen 1,0 und 2,0 liegen. Nur dann ist gewährleistet, dass alle sieben Flächen des Würfelkörpers gleichhäufig fallen. Insbesondere ist bei einem Verhältnis vom Stirnflächenabstand zum -innenumfang von 1,2 gewährleistet, dass alle sieben Seitenflächen etwa gleich häufig fallen.The ratio of the face distance to the face inside circumference must between 1.0 and 2.0. Only then is it guaranteed that all seven surfaces of the cube body fall in common. In particular, at a ratio of Face distance to the inner circumference of 1,2 ensures that all seven Side surfaces fall about equally frequently.

Vorzugsweise ist im Zentrum des Würfelkörpers ein Hohlraum mit einem Rollelement vorgesehen, das kleiner als der Hohlraum ausgebildet und in diesem freibeweglich ist. Dadurch erhält der Würfelkörper beim Würfeln eine bessere Rolldynamik. Der Wüfelkörper rollt weiter und gleichmäßiger, so dass das Würfelergebnis weniger durch gezieltes Würfeln des Würfelkörpers manipuliert werden kann.Preferably, in the center of the cube body is a cavity with a Rolling provided, which is smaller than the cavity and formed in this is freely movable. This gives the cube body when rolling a better Roll dynamics. The Wüfelkörper rolls on and even, so that the Dice result less manipulated by targeted dicing of the dice body can be.

Vorzugsweise sind die Ecken des Würfelkörpers zwischen einer Stirnfläche und zwei Seitenflächen abgerundet ausgebildet, so dass der Würfel gleichmäßiger und weniger springend abrollen kann.Preferably, the corners of the cube body between an end face and two side surfaces rounded, so that the cube is more uniform and can roll less jumping.

Im folgenden wird unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnungen ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung näher erläutert.An embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings the invention explained in more detail.

Es zeigen:

Fig.1
eine erste Stirnseite des erfindungsgemäßen Würfelkörpers,
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drei Seitenflächen des Würfelkörpers der Fig. 1,
Fig. 3
zwei weitere Seitenflächen des Würfelkörpers der Fig. 1, und
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die zweite Stirnfläche des Würfelkörpers der Fig. 1.
Show it:
Fig.1
a first end face of the cube body according to the invention,
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three side surfaces of the cube body of Fig. 1,
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two further side surfaces of the die body of Fig. 1, and
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the second end face of the die body of FIG. 1.

In den Figuren 1 bis 4 ist ein Würfelkörper 10 dargestellt, der aus Holz besteht, jedoch auch aus anderen Materialien, beispielsweise Kunststoff oder Metall hergestellt sein kann.In the figures 1 to 4, a cube body 10 is shown, the made of wood, but also of other materials, for example Plastic or metal can be made.

Der Würfelkörper 10 ist ein siebenseitiger Polyeder und weist zwei Stirnflächen 12,13 auf, die parallel zueinander stehen. Ferner weist der Würfelkörper 10 fünf gleiche Seitenflächen 11,14-17 auf, die ein gleichseitiges Fünfeck miteinander bilden. Die Seitenflächen 11, 14 bis 17 stehen senkrecht zu den Stirnflächen 12,13. Der Abstand Y der beiden Stirnflächen 12,13 voneinander ist ungefähr 1,2-fach so groß wie der Innenumfang X der Stirnflächen 12,13. Bei diesem Verhältnis von Stirnflächeninnenumfang Y und Stirnflächenabstand X zueinander, so ergaben Versuche, fallen alle Seitenflächen 11-17 des Würfelkörpers 10 beim Würfeln annähernd gleichhäufig, d.h. jede Seite 11-17 des Würfelkörpers 10 kommt annähernd gleichhäufig untenliegend zum Liegen, nachdem gewürfelt wurde. Dadurch ist die Hauptforderung an einen Spielwürfel-Körper, nämlich die Forderung, dass jede Seite, d.h. jede Zahl, des Würfelkörpers ungefähr gleichhäufig fällt, erfüllt.The cube body 10 is a seven-sided polyhedron and has two end faces 12,13, which are parallel to each other. Furthermore, the cube body 10 has five equal side surfaces 11: 14-17, which form an equilateral pentagon with each other. The side surfaces 11, 14 to 17 are perpendicular to the End faces 12,13. The distance Y of the two end faces 12,13 each other is about 1.2 times as large as the inner circumference X the end faces 12,13. At this ratio of end face inner circumference Y and face distance X to each other, so gave Attempts, all side surfaces 11-17 of the cube body 10 fall when rolling, almost equally, i. every page 11-17 of the Dice body 10 comes almost equally to the bottom Lying after being diced. This is the main requirement to a game cube body, namely the requirement that each Side, i. each number, about the same number of cubes falls, fulfills.

Im vorliegenden Beispiel sind die beiden Stirnflächen 12,13 mit den Würfelzahlen 2 und 3 versehen, während die Seitenflächen 11,14-17 nacheinander mit den Würfelzahlen 1,4,5,6 und 7 versehen sind. Fällt beim Würfeln eine der Stirnflächen 12,13, zählt stets die obenliegende Würfelzahl. Fällt der Würfelkörper 10 auf eine Seitenfläche 11,14-17, so sind stets zwei Seitenflächen 11,14-17 obenliegend. In diesem Fall zählt jeweils die größere der beiden obenliegenden Würfelzahlen, es sei denn, die Würfelzahlen 1 und 7 sind gleichzeitig obenliegend. In diesem Fall "schlägt" die 1 die 7 und zählt die Würfelzahl 1. In the present example, the two end faces 12,13 with the cube numbers 2 and 3 provided while the side surfaces 11, 14-17 are consecutively numbered with the numbers 1,4,5,6 and 7 are. If one of the end faces 12, 13 falls during rolling, always counts the above number of dice. Falls the cube body 10 on a side surface 11,14-17, so are always two side surfaces 11,14-17 overhead. In this case, each counts larger of the two overhead dice numbers, unless the Dice numbers 1 and 7 are at the same time overhead. In this In case "1" hits 7 and counts the number of dice 1.

Wie in Figur 4 dargestellt, weist der Würfelkörper 10 einen Hohlraum 20 auf, in dem ein frei bewegliches Rollelement 22 eingeschlossen ist. Das Rollelement 22 besteht aus Metall und sorgt für ein größeres Gesamtgewicht des Würfels, so dass sich ein gleichmäßigerer Würfelverlauf und eine gleichmäßigere Würfelbahn ergeben.As shown in Figure 4, the cube body 10 has a Cavity 20, in which a freely movable rolling element 22nd is included. The rolling element 22 is made of metal and ensures a greater total weight of the cube, so that a more even cube and a more even cube course result.

Die Ecken und Kanten des Würfels, insbesondere die Ecken zwischen einer Stirnfläche 12,13 und zwei Seitenflächen 11,14-17 sind abgerundet ausgebildet, um ein gleichmäßigeres Rollen des Würfelkörpers 10 zu ermöglichen.The corners and edges of the cube, especially the corners between an end face 12, 13 and two side faces 11, 14-17 are rounded to a more even roll allow the cube body 10.

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  1. Dicing body for dicing games, wherein
    the body (10) is a seven-face polyhedron comprising two parallel end faces (12,13) and five equal side faces (11, 14-17) between the end faces, each forming an equiangular pentagon and extending vertically to the side faces (11,14-17),
    the distance (Y) between the two end faces (12,13) relative to the inner circumference (X) of the end faces (12,13) is dimensioned in such a way that upon dicing each end face (12,13) lands face down approximately as frequently as every side face (11,14-17),
    characterized in that the distance (Y) between the two end faces (12,13) is greater than the inner circumference (X) of the end faces , and
    that the ratio of the distance (Y) between end faces to the inner circumference (X) is between 1.0 and 2.0.
  2. Body of claim 1, characterised in that a hollow space (20) is provided in the centre of the dice with a roll element (22) which is smaller than the hollow space (20) and can freely move in it.
  3. Body of one of claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the corners between an end face (12,13) and two side faces (11,14-17) are rounded.
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