ES1237174U - Color polyhedral magnetic puzzle (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Color polyhedral magnetic puzzle characterized in that it is composed of 64 pyramidal polyhedral pieces that are attracted, adjusted and articulated by the magnetism they are endowed with. Of these 64 pieces 12 are small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), 12 are large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2), 20 are large triangular pyramids (figure 3) and 20 are small triangular pyramids (figure 4).

Description

DESCRIPTION

Magnetic polyhedral color puzzle.

Technical sector

This is a recreational game that is presented as a colored object in a polyhedral approach to a sphere about 18 centimeters in diameter.

The constructed figure is the result of a structural order composed of small pyramidal geometric pieces of colors.

The design of magnetization of the pieces produces cohesion of some figures with others and between these some interrelations of the form with the colors are discovered.

Background of the invention

As for similar games I found the game MAG block, with a single figure that comes from the partition of the cube into 24 pieces. This game also uses magnetism for the composition and there are different colors.

Another game to which it may seem is the Rubik's cube that also proposes the organization of colors on the faces of a polyhedron, although it uses the rotational movements of a mechanical device for its composition.

Another similar game that does not use color is Roger Von Oech's Ball of Whacks®.

It has the shape of the rhombic triacontahedron and is composed of 30 blocks of magnetic design that can be disassembled and rearranged infinitely.

Explanation of the invention.

The puzzle or puzzle game presented is made with 64 pyramidal polyhedral pieces that attract, adjust and articulate with magnetism and on which the color has been ordered on their faces to also make a chromatic composition.

Each polyhedron has a ferrite magnet inside, located in the center of its base.

The small pentagonal pyramids, the large pentagonal pyramids and the large triangular pyramids, also have triangular pieces of magnetic sheet attached to the entire surface of their lateral faces.

The characteristic in the game is given by the use of magnetic sheets on the faces of polyhedra, these sheets have anisotropic magnetization, this is with a preferred magnetism direction, so that they attract each other strongly they must place in the right direction and overlap different poles. This anisotropic magnetization allows a better assembly.

The magnetic sheets are made with strontium ferrite and flexible plastic. The strontium ferrite is arranged on the sheet in strips about 2 mm thick and the strips next to it have the opposite magnetization.

Regarding the known we can highlight that for the composition of the game we have greater precision with anisotropic magnetization. It is used for the attraction of faces lateral to each other and in the direction to the upper vertex. They will only attract each other if they coincide positively with negative and in the same magnetic directions.

Isotropic magnetization is also used, this is without direction of the preferred magnetism, with the ferrite magnetic discs centered on the base and interior of the pieces, which allows rotating figures in contact on the other suitable magnetic pole and rotating the pieces up to The desired position.

In the elaboration of the color polyhedral magnetic puzzle and for the final coating of the surfaces of the figures, colored vinyl sheets are used. The order of the colors on the surfaces of the polyhedra is a proposal for the final solution of the puzzle.

Brief description of the drawings

Figure 1 represents a small pentagonal pyramid in an elevation view.

Figure 1 ^” represents a small pentagonal pyramid in a plan view.

Figure 2 depicts a large pentagonal pyramid in an elevation view.

Figure 2 "represents a large pentagonal pyramid in a plan view.

Figure 3 represents a large triangular pyramid in an elevation view.

Figure 3 "depicts a large triangular pyramid in a plan view.

Figure 4 depicts a small triangular pyramid in an elevation view.

Figure 4 "represents a small triangular pyramid in a plan view.

Figure 5 represents a composition with Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, in a side view.

Figure 5 "represents a composition with Fig. 3" and Fig. 4 "in a plan view.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In the assembly of the color polyhedral magnetic puzzle, the construction of polyhedra with chromatic results is proposed through matching and color grouping.

64 pieces, 12 small pentagonal pyramids for the construction of the dodecahedron, 12 large pentagonal pyramids plus 20 large triangular pyramids for the construction of the icosidodecahedron and 20 small triangular pyramids or tetrahedra are supplied. All these pieces for the construction of the crashed icosidodecahedron.

Solutions for assembly: by joining the large triangular pyramids with the small triangular pyramids or tetrahedra by matching the color of their bases and their faces, we obtain a composite figure to assemble. With any model of the large pentagonal pyramid that we choose, we will look at the figures that have composed the same five colors as the base of the large pentagonal pyramid that we have chosen to start and add them to the lateral triangular faces of the pentagonal pyramid in the position in which the pentagon is surrounded by triangular faces of the same color but the composite figures that we have added to the pentagonal pyramid chosen to start have to be paired with the same colors also of the composite figures that are to be placed at their sides.

Once this is done, we will have a large triangular pyramid in the nucleus and five compound figures that surround it perimetrically presenting five new colors that will correspond to the next five large pentagonal pyramids that will be located where the color of the pentagonal surface of the figure coincides with that of the place to occupy Next we will look for the following figures composed with two colors that coincide with the two of the pentagonal surfaces that are to be found next to them, so we will have built half of the icosidodecahedron.

If we turn it around, we can place the following composite figures, having just surrounded the five unfinished large pentagonal pyramids with these five, then we will see the location in the color results for each of the following five figures, but before assembling them in their location We can look for the most attractive chromatic composition in the color of the side faces of the same figures to place them visible another composition of five colors matched inside the figure under construction. We continue to locate the following composite figures finishing surrounding the previous pentagonal pyramids, and we only have one space left to place the last pentagonal pyramid. Next we will have to place the twelve small triangular pyramids matching them on the pentagonal surfaces of the same color to complete the crashed icosahedron.

Industrial application

The research carried out allows us to know that to achieve the reproduction of a large number of copies, good results can be obtained with industrial procedures.

Claims (7)

1. Color polyhedral magnetic puzzle characterized in that it is composed of 64 pyramidal polyhedral pieces that are attracted, adjusted and articulated by the magnetism they are endowed with. Of these 64 pieces 12 are small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), 12 are large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2), 20 are large triangular pyramids (figure 3) and 20 are small triangular pyramids (figure 4). 2. Color polyhedral magnetic puzzle characterized in that it is composed of 64 pyramidal polyhedral pieces that are attracted, adjusted and articulated by the magnetism they are endowed with. Of these 64 pieces 12 are small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), 12 are large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2), 20 are large triangular pyramids (figure 3) and 20 are small triangular pyramids (figure 4), according to claim 1 characterized in that each piece incorporates in the center and interior of its base a ferrite magnet of isotropic magnetism. 3. Color polyhedral magnetic puzzle characterized in that it is composed of 64 pyramidal polyhedral pieces that are attracted, adjusted and articulated by the magnetism they are endowed with. Of these 64 pieces 12 are small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), 12 are large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2), 20 are large triangular pyramids (figure 3) and 20 are small triangular pyramids (figure 4), according to claim 2 characterized in that the polarity of the ferrite magnet of isotropic magnetism inside the base of the 12 small pentagonal pyramids and of the 20 large triangular pyramids, is opposite to the polarity of the ferrite magnet inside the base of the 12 pyramids large pentagonal and 20 small triangular pyramids. 4. Color polyhedral magnetic puzzle characterized in that it is composed of 64 pyramidal polyhedral pieces that are attracted, adjusted and articulated by the magnetism they are endowed with. Of these 64 pieces 12 are small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), 12 are large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2), 20 are large triangular pyramids (figure 3) and 20 are small triangular pyramids (figure 4), according to the preceding claims characterized in that the magnetic sheets that are incorporated into the lateral faces of the 12 small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), the 12 large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2) and the 20 large triangular pyramids (figure 3) have an anisotropic magnetism. 5. Color polyhedral magnetic puzzle characterized in that it is composed of 64 pyramidal polyhedral pieces that are attracted, adjusted and articulated by the magnetism they are endowed with. Of these 64 pieces 12 are small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), 12 are large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2), 20 are large triangular pyramids (figure 3) and 20 are small triangular pyramids (figure 4), according to the preceding claims characterized in that the magnetic sheets that are incorporated into the side faces of the 12 small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), the 12 large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2) and the 20 large triangular pyramids (figure 3) are made of flexible plastic with ferrite of strontium in strips about 2 mm wide. 6. Color polyhedral magnetic puzzle characterized in that it is composed of 64 pyramidal polyhedral pieces that are attracted, adjusted and articulated by the magnetism they are endowed with. Of these 64 pieces 12 are small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), 12 are large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2), 20 are large triangular pyramids (figure 3) and 20 are small triangular pyramids (figure 4), according to The preceding claims characterized in that the entire surface of the pieces is covered with colored vinyl sheets. 7. Color polyhedral magnetic puzzle characterized in that it is composed of 64 pyramidal polyhedral pieces that are attracted, adjusted and articulated by the magnetism they are endowed with. Of these 64 pieces 12 are small pentagonal pyramids (figure 1), 12 are large pentagonal pyramids (figure 2), 20 are large triangular pyramids (figure 3) and 20 are small triangular pyramids (figure 4), according to the preceding claims characterized in that each of the 64 pieces has a different color code.