EP1044710A2 - Device for remodelling a toy construction element - Google Patents

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EP1044710A2
EP1044710A2 EP00103841A EP00103841A EP1044710A2 EP 1044710 A2 EP1044710 A2 EP 1044710A2 EP 00103841 A EP00103841 A EP 00103841A EP 00103841 A EP00103841 A EP 00103841A EP 1044710 A2 EP1044710 A2 EP 1044710A2
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  • the invention relates to a shaping device for forming a a solid foam made of plastically deformable building blocks an essentially cuboid, preferably elongated, building block.
  • Such a game module is disclosed in DE 197 49 493.
  • the known one The toy building block is molded from an agricultural raw material by injection molding and foamed.
  • the game module has approximately a cylindrical shape with spherical end faces on it is self-adhesive by moistening and thereby connectable with other game components.
  • the known one Because of its cylindrical shape and its spherical end faces, there is no toy module flat outer shape, which makes it difficult, for example To build a model wall from the well-known building blocks.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of a shaping device to propose a game module of the type described above an essentially cuboid game component can be formed.
  • the shaping device according to the invention has two or more Parts that can be assembled so that the shaping device one has essentially cuboid interior.
  • the interior of the Shaping device forms a shaping space which has an inserted, plastically deformable building block into a cuboid or at least approximately transformed into a cuboid.
  • There are one width and one Height of the molding space of the composite molding device smaller than a diameter of the game component to be inserted and a length of the molding space is shorter than a maximum length of the one to be inserted Game building block.
  • a volume of the shaping space is preferably smaller as a volume of the game component to be inserted before it is formed.
  • the toy module into the shaping device and when closing the shaping device by assembling its parts Shaping device pressure forces on the game block, this to to form a cuboid.
  • the parts of the Shaping device for example, can be plugged together. It is also possible, to pivotally connect the parts of the shaping device to one another. After opening the shaping device and removing the reshaped toy building block essentially has the shape of a cuboid and can be easily with other, also cuboid and the same size Assemble game building blocks, for example, into a model wall.
  • Boundary surfaces of the molding space of the molding device convex d. H. doming opposing boundary surfaces itself inwards into the shaping space.
  • the curvature can for example, be imitated by an angular shape.
  • Purpose of convex boundary surfaces of the shaping space is a To compensate for the resilience of the game building block: after forming due to its elasticity, the building block reshapes somewhat Direction of its original cylindrical shape with spherical faces, d. H. a Outer surface of the game block, which is from a flat boundary surface of the Forming space of the shaping device is deformed Removing the game component from the shaping device again somewhat outward.
  • the outer surface of the Game building block from the convex boundary surface of the shaping space in Concave inward with respect to the building block.
  • the reshaping of the Playing block effects after its removal from the shaping device then that of the convex boundary surface of the molding space shaped outer surface of the building block after removal of the building block from the shaping device is approximately flat.
  • an embodiment of the invention provides an insertion bevel that adjoins a boundary surface of the shaping space.
  • the game component slides with one End face or with its circumference along the insertion slope and will thereby axially compressed (shortened) or pressed in a transverse direction.
  • the Insert bevels make it easier to insert the play module into the Shaping device.
  • the shaping device has two insertion bevels, which are arranged opposite each other in pairs are and together a kind of insertion funnel for inserting the game component form into the shaping device.
  • the shaping device 10, 12 shown in FIG. 1 has two parts, both made of plastic.
  • One of the two parts which is referred to below as the lower part 12, has a bottom wall 14 sloping longitudinal edges. Between the sloping long edges the bottom wall 14 has a convex shape in a transverse direction, as can be seen in FIG curved surface 15.
  • End walls 16 are at right angles at both ends from the bottom wall 14.
  • the End walls facing insertion bevels 18 the distance from each other increases with increasing distance from the bottom wall 14.
  • the two insertion bevels 18 form an insertion funnel Shaping device 10, 12.
  • the other part of the shaping device 10, 12 which is subsequently referred to as the upper part 10 has a length that corresponds to the distance between the two end walls 16 of the lower part 12 corresponds to one another.
  • the upper part 10 has a ceiling wall 20, from the longitudinal edges of which two side walls 22 protrude at right angles.
  • An inner surface 24 of the top wall 20 between the two Side surfaces 22 are convexly curved like the convex opposite them Surface 15 of the bottom wall 14 ( Figure 2).
  • the side walls 22 have Insert bevels 26 on their mutually facing, free longitudinal edges.
  • the use of the shaping device 10, 12 according to the invention is the following: In the lower part 12 between the two end walls 16 plastically deformable, consisting of a solid foam, essentially cylindrical game block 28 inserted, as shown in Figure 1 with dashed lines.
  • the game module 28 is made from a renewable agricultural raw material foamed, it has spherical end faces when inserted into the lower part 12 the play module 28 slides with its end faces on the insertion bevels 18 the end walls 16 along and is thereby axially to a clear distance End walls 16 compressed.
  • the upper part 10 is placed on the lower part 12 and slides the upper part 10 with its insertion bevels 26 on the circumference of the game component 28 along and presses this to a clear distance of the side walls 22nd together.
  • the upper part 10 is pressed against the lower part 12 until the Insert bevels 26 of the upper part 10 on the oblique longitudinal edges of the Bottom wall 14 of the lower part 12 abut.
  • This composite state the shaping device 10, 12 is drawn in FIG. 2.
  • the game module 28 has both its diameter and its axial Length an oversize with respect to the shaping device 10, 12. At the Insert the play block 28 into the shaping device 10, 12 and at Assembling the upper part 10 with the lower part 12, i. H. when closing the Shaping device 10, 12, the game module 28 is both axially compressed as well as in the transverse direction in two mutually perpendicular directions pressed together. As a result, the game module 28 essentially becomes too formed into an oblong cuboid.
  • the outside of the game module 28 can be used with other ones Simply assemble play building blocks 28 into a wall, for example. That the two other lateral outer surfaces of the toy module 28 follow one another its recovery behavior after removal from the shaping device Arching 10, 12 convex outwards does not bother you, because on these surfaces during construction no building blocks 28 are attached to a model wall.
  • the insertion bevels 18 of the end walls 16 can be further than shown by the Bottom wall 14 extended and pulled apart to also to be able to simply insert longer game components 28 into the lower part 12.

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The shaping appliance (10,12) is in two or more parts assembled together so that the interior of the shaping piece is cube-shaped. Two opposite-facing surfaces (15,24) of the shaping-interior are convexly curved. An insertion-sloping part (18,26) next to the surfaces around the shaping interior.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Formgebungsvorrichtung zum Umformen eines aus einem festen Schaum bestehenden, plastisch verformbaren Spielbausteins zu einem im wesentlichen quaderförmigen, vorzugsweise länglichen Spielbaustein.The invention relates to a shaping device for forming a a solid foam made of plastically deformable building blocks an essentially cuboid, preferably elongated, building block.

Ein derartiger Spielbaustein ist offenbart in der DE 197 49 493. Der bekannte Spielbaustein ist aus einem Agrarrohstoff durch Spritzgießen geformt und aufgeschäumt. Der Spielbaustein weist näherungsweise eine zylindrische Form mit balligen Stirnflächen auf Er ist durch Befeuchten selbstklebend und dadurch mit weiteren Spielbausteinen verbindbar. Jedoch weist der bekannte Spielbaustein aufgrund seiner Zylinderform und seiner balligen Stirnflächen keine ebene Außenform aus, wodurch es erschwert ist, beispielsweise eine Modellmauer aus den bekannten Spielbausteinen zu errichten.Such a game module is disclosed in DE 197 49 493. The known one The toy building block is molded from an agricultural raw material by injection molding and foamed. The game module has approximately a cylindrical shape with spherical end faces on it is self-adhesive by moistening and thereby connectable with other game components. However, the known one Because of its cylindrical shape and its spherical end faces, there is no toy module flat outer shape, which makes it difficult, for example To build a model wall from the well-known building blocks.

Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Formgebungsvorrichtung vorzuschlagen, mit der ein Spielbaustein der vorstehend beschriebenen Art zu einem im wesentlichen quaderförmigen Spielbaustein umformbar ist.The invention is therefore based on the object of a shaping device to propose a game module of the type described above an essentially cuboid game component can be formed.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß durch die Merkmale des Anspruchs 1 gelöst. Die erfindungsgemäße Formgebungsvorrichtung weist zwei oder mehr Teile auf, die so zusammensetzbar sind, daß die Formgebungsvorrichtung einen im wesentlichen quaderförmigen Innenraum aufweist. Der Innenraum der Formgebungsvorrichtung bildet einen Formgebungsraum, der einen eingelegten, plastisch verformbaren Spielbaustein zu einem Quader oder zumindest näherungsweise zu einem Quader umformt. Dabei sind eine Breite und eine Höhe des Formgebungsraums der zusammengesetzten Formgebungsvorrichtung kleiner als ein Durchmesser des einzulegenden Spielbausteins und eine Länge des Formgebungsraums ist kürzer als eine maximale Länge des einzulegenden Spielbausteins. Vorzugsweise ist ein Volumen des Formgebungsraums kleiner als ein Volumen des einzulegenden Spielbausteins vor dessen Umformung. Beim Einlegen des Spielbausteins in die Formgebungsvorrichtung und beim Schließen der Formgebungsvorrichtung durch Zusammensetzen ihrer Teile übt die Formgebungsvorrichtung Druckkräfte auf den Spielbaustein aus, die diesen zu einem Quader umformen. Zum Zusammensetzen sind die Teile der Formgebungsvorrichtung beispielsweise zusammensteckbar. Es ist auch möglich, die Teile der Formgebungsvorrichtung schwenkbar miteinander zu verbinden. Nach dem Öffnen der Formgebungsvorrichtung und Entnehmen des umgeformten Spielbausteins hat dieser im wesentlichen die Form eines Quaders und läßt sich einfach mit weiteren, ebenfalls quaderförmigen und gleich großen Spielbausteinen beispielsweise zu einer Modellmauer zusammensetzen.This object is achieved by the features of claim 1 solved. The shaping device according to the invention has two or more Parts that can be assembled so that the shaping device one has essentially cuboid interior. The interior of the Shaping device forms a shaping space which has an inserted, plastically deformable building block into a cuboid or at least approximately transformed into a cuboid. There are one width and one Height of the molding space of the composite molding device smaller than a diameter of the game component to be inserted and a length of the molding space is shorter than a maximum length of the one to be inserted Game building block. A volume of the shaping space is preferably smaller as a volume of the game component to be inserted before it is formed. At the Insert the toy module into the shaping device and when closing the shaping device by assembling its parts Shaping device pressure forces on the game block, this to to form a cuboid. To assemble are the parts of the Shaping device, for example, can be plugged together. It is also possible, to pivotally connect the parts of the shaping device to one another. After opening the shaping device and removing the reshaped toy building block essentially has the shape of a cuboid and can be easily with other, also cuboid and the same size Assemble game building blocks, for example, into a model wall.

Bei einer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung sind einander gegenüberliegende Begrenzungsflächen des Formgebungsraums der Formgebungsvorrichtung konvex gewölbt, d. h. einander gegenüberliegende Begrenzungsflächen wölben sich nach innen in den Formgebungsraum hinein. Die Wölbung kann beispielsweise auch durch eine kantige Form nachgeahmt sein. Zweck der konvexen Begrenzungsflächen des Formgebungsraums ist es, ein Rückstellvermögen des Spielbausteins zu kompensieren: Nach dem Umformen formt sich der Spielbaustein aufgrund seiner Elastizität wieder etwas zurück in Richtung seiner ursprünglichen Zylinderform mit balligen Stirnflächen, d. h. eine Außenfläche des Spielbausteins, die von einer ebenen Begrenzungsfläche des Formgebungsraums der Formgebungsvorrichtung umgeformt ist, wölbt sich nach Entnahme des Spielbausteins aus der Formgebungsvorrichtung wieder etwas nach Außen. Um diesen Effekt zu kompensieren, wird die Außenfläche des Spielbausteins von der konvexen Begrenzungsfläche des Formgebungsraums in bezug auf den Spielbaustein konkav nach innen gewölbt. Die Rückformung des Spielbausteins nach seiner Entnahme aus der Formgebungsvorrichtung bewirkt dann, daß die von der konvexen Begrenzungsfläche des Formgebungsraums geformte Außenfläche des Spielbausteins nach Entnahme des Spielbausteins aus der Formgebungsvorrichtung in etwa eben ist.In one embodiment of the invention, they are opposite one another Boundary surfaces of the molding space of the molding device convex, d. H. doming opposing boundary surfaces itself inwards into the shaping space. The curvature can for example, be imitated by an angular shape. Purpose of convex boundary surfaces of the shaping space is a To compensate for the resilience of the game building block: after forming due to its elasticity, the building block reshapes somewhat Direction of its original cylindrical shape with spherical faces, d. H. a Outer surface of the game block, which is from a flat boundary surface of the Forming space of the shaping device is deformed Removing the game component from the shaping device again somewhat outward. In order to compensate for this effect, the outer surface of the Game building block from the convex boundary surface of the shaping space in Concave inward with respect to the building block. The reshaping of the Playing block effects after its removal from the shaping device then that of the convex boundary surface of the molding space shaped outer surface of the building block after removal of the building block from the shaping device is approximately flat.

Um den Spielbaustein einfach in die geöffnete Formgebungsvorrichtung einlegen zu können, sieht eine Ausgestaltung der Erfindung eine Einlegeschräge vor, die sich an eine Begrenzungsfläche des Formgebungsraums anschließt. Beim Einlegen in die Formgebungsvorrichtung gleitet der Spielbaustein mit einer Stirnfläche oder mit seinem Umfang an der Einlegeschräge entlang und wird dabei axial gestaucht (verkürzt) bzw. in einer Querrichtung gepreßt. Die Einlegeschräge erleichtert das Einlegen des Spielbausteins in die Formgebungsvorrichtung.To simply insert the game module into the open shaping device To be able, an embodiment of the invention provides an insertion bevel that adjoins a boundary surface of the shaping space. At the Inserting into the shaping device, the game component slides with one End face or with its circumference along the insertion slope and will thereby axially compressed (shortened) or pressed in a transverse direction. The Insert bevels make it easier to insert the play module into the Shaping device.

Bei einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung weist die Formgebungsvorrichtung jeweils zwei Einlegeschrägen auf, die einander paarweise gegenüberliegend angeordnet sind und die zusammen eine Art Einlegetrichter zum Einlegen des Spielbausteins in die Formgebungsvorrichtung bilden.In one development of the invention, the shaping device has two insertion bevels, which are arranged opposite each other in pairs are and together a kind of insertion funnel for inserting the game component form into the shaping device.

Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

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Die in Figur 1 dargestellte, erfindungsgemäße Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 weist zwei Teile auf, die beide aus Kunststoff bestehen. Eines der Beiden Teile, das nachfolgend als Unterteil 12 bezeichnet wir, weist eine Bodenwand 14 mit schrägen Längsseitenrändern auf. Zwischen den schrägen Längsseitenrändern weist die Bodenwand 14 wie in Figur 2 sichtbar eine in einer Querrichtung konvex gewölbte Fläche 15 auf. An beiden Enden stehen Stirnwände 16 rechtwinklig von der Bodenwand 14 ab. Mit Abstand von der Bodenwand 14 weisen die Stirnwände einander zugewandte Einlegeschrägen 18 auf, deren Abstand von einander sich mit zunehmendem Abstand von der Bodenwand 14 vergrößert. Die beiden Einlegeschrägen 18 bilden einen Einlegetrichter der Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12.The shaping device 10, 12 shown in FIG. 1 has two parts, both made of plastic. One of the two parts which is referred to below as the lower part 12, has a bottom wall 14 sloping longitudinal edges. Between the sloping long edges the bottom wall 14 has a convex shape in a transverse direction, as can be seen in FIG curved surface 15. End walls 16 are at right angles at both ends from the bottom wall 14. At a distance from the bottom wall 14, the End walls facing insertion bevels 18, the distance from each other increases with increasing distance from the bottom wall 14. The two insertion bevels 18 form an insertion funnel Shaping device 10, 12.

Das andere Teil der Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 das nachfolgend als Oberteil 10 bezeichnet wird, hat eine Länge, die dem Abstand der beiden Stirnwände 16 des Unterteils 12 voneinander entspricht. Das Oberteil 10 weist eine Deckenwand 20 auf, von deren Längsrändern zwei Seitenwände 22 rechtwinklig abstehen. Eine innere Oberfläche 24 der Deckenwand 20 zwischen den beiden Seitenflächen 22 ist konvex gewölbt wie die ihr gegenüberliegende konvexe Fläche 15 der Bodenwand 14 (Figur 2). Die Seitenwände 22 weisen Einlegeschrägen 26 an ihren einander zugewandten, freien Längsrändern auf.The other part of the shaping device 10, 12 which is subsequently referred to as the upper part 10 has a length that corresponds to the distance between the two end walls 16 of the lower part 12 corresponds to one another. The upper part 10 has a ceiling wall 20, from the longitudinal edges of which two side walls 22 protrude at right angles. An inner surface 24 of the top wall 20 between the two Side surfaces 22 are convexly curved like the convex opposite them Surface 15 of the bottom wall 14 (Figure 2). The side walls 22 have Insert bevels 26 on their mutually facing, free longitudinal edges.

Die Verwendung der erfindungsgemäßen Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 ist folgende: In das Unterteil 12 wird zwischen die beiden Stirnwände 16 ein plastisch verformbarer, aus einem festen Schaum bestehender, im wesentlichen zylindrischer Spielbaustein 28 eingelegt, wie in Figur 1 mit Strichlinien dargestellt. Der Spielbaustein 28 ist aus einem nachwachsenden Agrarrohstoff aufgeschäumt, er weist ballige Stirnflächen auf Beim Einlegen in das Unterteil 12 gleitet der Spielbaustein 28 mit seinen Stirnflächen an den Einlegeschrägen 18 der Stirnwände 16 entlang und wird dadurch axial auf einen lichten Abstand der Stirnwände 16 zusammengedrückt.The use of the shaping device 10, 12 according to the invention is the following: In the lower part 12 between the two end walls 16 plastically deformable, consisting of a solid foam, essentially cylindrical game block 28 inserted, as shown in Figure 1 with dashed lines. The game module 28 is made from a renewable agricultural raw material foamed, it has spherical end faces when inserted into the lower part 12 the play module 28 slides with its end faces on the insertion bevels 18 the end walls 16 along and is thereby axially to a clear distance End walls 16 compressed.

Anschließend wird das Oberteil 10 auf das Unterteil 12 aufgesetzt dabei gleitet das Oberteil 10 mit seinen Einlegeschrägen 26 am Umfang des Spielbausteins 28 entlang und drückt diesen auf einen lichten Abstand der Seitenwände 22 zusammen. Das Oberteil 10 wird soweit gegen das Unterteil 12 gedrückt, bis die Einlegeschrägen 26 des Oberteils 10 an den schrägen Längsseitenrändern der Bodenwand 14 des Unterteils 12 anliegen. Dieser zusammengesetzte Zustand der Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 ist in Figur 2 gezeichnet.Then the upper part 10 is placed on the lower part 12 and slides the upper part 10 with its insertion bevels 26 on the circumference of the game component 28 along and presses this to a clear distance of the side walls 22nd together. The upper part 10 is pressed against the lower part 12 until the Insert bevels 26 of the upper part 10 on the oblique longitudinal edges of the Bottom wall 14 of the lower part 12 abut. This composite state the shaping device 10, 12 is drawn in FIG. 2.

Der Spielbaustein 28 weist sowohl im Durchmesser als auch in seiner axialen Länge ein Übermaß in bezug auf die Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 auf. Beim Einlegen des Spielbausteins 28 in die Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 und beim Zusammensetzen des Oberteils 10 mit dem Unterteil 12, d. h. beim Schließen der Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 wird der Spielbaustein 28 sowohl axial gestaucht als auch in Querrichtung in zwei zueinander senkrechten Richtungen zusammengedrückt. Dadurch wird der Spielbaustein 28 im wesentlichen zu einem länglichen Quader umgeformt.The game module 28 has both its diameter and its axial Length an oversize with respect to the shaping device 10, 12. At the Insert the play block 28 into the shaping device 10, 12 and at Assembling the upper part 10 with the lower part 12, i. H. when closing the Shaping device 10, 12, the game module 28 is both axially compressed as well as in the transverse direction in two mutually perpendicular directions pressed together. As a result, the game module 28 essentially becomes too formed into an oblong cuboid.

In geschlossenem Zustand der Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 begrenzen deren Ober- und Unterteil 10, 12 einen im wesentlichen quaderförmigen Innenraum zwischen sich, der als Formgebungsraum bezeichnet wird. Die einander gegenüberliegenden konvex gewölbten Oberflächen 15, 24 der Bodenwand 14 des Unterteils 12 und der Deckenwand 20 des Oberteils 10 bilden zwei von sechs Begrenzungsflächen des Formgebungsraums. Diese konvexen Begrenzungsflächen 15, 24 formen an ihnen anliegende Außenflächen des Spielbausteins 28 konkav nach innen (Figur 2). Nach Öffnen der Formgebungsvorrichtung 10 und Entnahme des Spielbausteins 28 formen sich dessen Außenflächen wieder etwas zurück, wodurch die in der geschlossenen Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 konkaven Außenflächen des Spielbausteins 28 im wesentlichen eben werden. Durch diese beiden, einander gegenüberliegenden, im wesentlichen ebenen Außenflächen läßt sich der Spielbaustein 28 mit weiteren, ebensolchen Spielbausteinen 28 einfach beispielsweise zu einer Mauer zusammensetzen. Daß die beiden anderen seitlichen Außenflächen des Spielbausteins 28 sich in folge dessen Rückformverhaltens nach Entnahme aus der Formgebungsvorrichtung 10, 12 konvex nach außen wölben, stört nicht, da an diesen Flächen beim Bau einer Modellmauer keine Spielbausteine 28 angesetzt werden. In the closed state of the shaping device 10, 12 limit it Upper and lower part 10, 12 an essentially cuboid interior between them, which is called the shaping space. The one another opposite convex surfaces 15, 24 of the bottom wall 14 the lower part 12 and the top wall 20 of the upper part 10 form two of six Boundary surfaces of the molding space. These convex boundary surfaces 15, 24 form outer surfaces of the play module 28 which are in contact with them concave inwards (Figure 2). After opening the shaping device 10 and Removal of the toy module 28, its outer surfaces form something again back, whereby the in the closed shaping device 10, 12 concave outer surfaces of the toy block 28 become substantially flat. Through these two, opposite each other, essentially flat The outside of the game module 28 can be used with other ones Simply assemble play building blocks 28 into a wall, for example. That the two other lateral outer surfaces of the toy module 28 follow one another its recovery behavior after removal from the shaping device Arching 10, 12 convex outwards does not bother you, because on these surfaces during construction no building blocks 28 are attached to a model wall.

Die Einlegeschrägen 18 der Stirnwände 16 können weiter als dargestellt von der Bodenwand 14 wegverlängert und auseinandergezogen werden, um auch längere Spielbausteine 28 einfach in das Unterteil 12 einlegen zu können.The insertion bevels 18 of the end walls 16 can be further than shown by the Bottom wall 14 extended and pulled apart to also to be able to simply insert longer game components 28 into the lower part 12.

Da ein lichter Abstand der Stirnwände 16 des Unterteils 12 kleiner als eine axiale Länge des Spielbausteins 28 ist, und der Spielbaustein 28 beim Einlegen axial gestaucht wird, formen die Stirnwände 16 die ursprünglich balligen Stirnflächen des Spielbausteins 28 zu im wesentlichen ebenen Stirnflächen um.Since a clear distance of the end walls 16 of the lower part 12 is smaller than an axial Length of the game module 28 is, and the game module 28 axially when inserted is compressed, the end walls 16 form the originally spherical end faces of the game module 28 to substantially flat end faces.

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Formgebungsvorrichtung zum Umformen eines aus einem festen Schaum bestehenden, plastisch verformbaren Spielbausteins zu einem im wesentlichen quaderförmigen Spielbaustein, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Formgebungsvorrichtung (10, 12) zwei- oder mehrteilig ist, und daß die Teile (10, 12) der Formgebungsvorrichtung (10, 12) zusammensetzbar sind, so daß die Formgebungsvorrichtung (10, 12) einen im wesentlichen quaderförmigen Innenraum (Formgebungsraum) aufweist.Shaping device for shaping a plastically deformable toy building block consisting of a solid foam into an essentially cuboid toy building block, characterized in that the shaping device (10, 12) is in two or more parts, and in that the parts (10, 12) of the shaping device (10 , 12) can be assembled, so that the shaping device (10, 12) has a substantially cuboid interior (shaping space). Formgebungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwei einander gegenüberliegende Begrenzungsflächen (15, 24) des Formgebungsraums ein konvex gewölbte Form aufweisen.Shaping device according to claim 1, characterized in that two opposing boundary surfaces (15, 24) of the shaping space have a convexly curved shape. Formgebungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Formgebungsvorrichtung (10, 12) eine Einlegeschräge (18, 26) aufweist, die sich an eine Begrenzungsfläche des Formgebungsraums anschließt.Shaping device according to claim 1, characterized in that the shaping device (10, 12) has an insertion bevel (18, 26) which adjoins a boundary surface of the shaping space. Formgebungsvorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Formgebungsvorrichtung (10, 12) Einlegeschrägen (18, 26) aufweist, die einander paarweise gegenüberliegend angeordnet sind.Shaping device according to claim 3, characterized in that the shaping device (10, 12) has insertion bevels (18, 26) which are arranged opposite one another in pairs.
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