JP2022045473A - Metal block toy - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a metal block toy usable at any place, and allowing for combining blocks together at a high degree of freedom, so as to enable forming various models.SOLUTION: A metal block toy has: rectangular cylinders 2 each including two congruent and parallel surfaces provided at a top and a bottom, and further including first holes penetrating through centers of the two surfaces, and second and third holes arranged in centers of side surfaces, respectively, perpendicularly to each other, as well as, both perpendicularly to the first holes, wherein diameters of the first, second and third holes are substantially the same; rod-shaped bodies each having substantially the same diameter as the first hole, and including fourth holes being perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped body and each having a spiral groove carved inside, and including protrusions or recesses each having a spiral grooves carved at both ends in the longitudinal direction; and fixing parts 20 for each fixing a positional relationship between the rectangular cylinder 2 and the rod-shaped body by being screwed with the fourth hole, the protrusions or the recesses, in a state where the rod-shaped body is caused to pass through the rectangular cylinder 2, and the holes of the rectangular cylinder 2 and the fourth hole of the rod-shaped body, the protrusions or the recesses are aligned. The metal block toy can be formed in various shapes according to manners of connecting the rectangular cylinders 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

Regarding the technology of metal block toys.

A block toy is a toy that is used to combine small connectable parts and make various shapes. Block toys range from those for infants to those for adults who have mechanical parts and electronic controls to operate the finished work.
Against this background, block toys are simply enjoyable for children, are also meaningful as educational toys, and can be enjoyed by adults as part of their hobbies.

By the way, conventionally, various technical proposals have been made regarding block toys. For example, in Patent Document 1, 27 blocks are attracted by a magnetic force, and each block is rotated by using the adsorption surface. As a result, magnetically coupled cube toys that can realize various arrangements have been proposed.

Utility Model Registration No. 3078815

However, since the above-mentioned conventional technique uses a magnet, there is a problem that the place of use and the shape of the modeled object are restricted.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a metal block toy capable of forming various shaped objects by combining blocks with a high degree of freedom regardless of the place of use.

One form of the disclosed metal block toy is a metal block toy formed of a metal material, which is a straight pillar body having two jointly parallel surfaces on the upper and lower sides, and the center of the two surfaces is formed. The first hole to penetrate and the second hole and the third hole orthogonal to the first hole and orthogonal to each other are provided in the center of the side surface of the first hole, the second hole and the third hole. A straight pillar body having substantially the same diameter and a rod-shaped body having substantially the same diameter as the first hole, and a fourth hole having a spiral groove carved inward at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped body. A rod-shaped body having protrusions or recesses in which spiral grooves are carved at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and a hole of the straight pillar body and the rod-shaped body through which the rod-shaped body is passed through the straight pillar body. The positional relationship between the straight column body and the rod-shaped body is fixed by screwing into the fourth hole, the convex portion or the concave portion in a state where the position is aligned with the fourth hole, the convex portion or the concave portion. It has a fixed portion, and is characterized in that it can be formed into various shapes depending on how the rod-shaped body and the plurality of straight pillar bodies are connected by the fixed portion.

The disclosed metal block toys can be used anywhere, and blocks can be combined with each other with a high degree of freedom to form various shaped objects.

It is a figure which shows an example of the straight prism body which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the straight prism body which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the straight prism body which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the deburring part in the straight pillar body which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the rod-shaped body which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the fixed part which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the connection example of the metal block toy which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the connection example of the metal block toy which concerns on this embodiment.

A mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Structure of metal block toy according to this embodiment)

The structure of the metal block toy (hereinafter, simply referred to as “the toy”) 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. 1 to 6 are diagrams for explaining the structure of each component constituting the toy 1, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams showing a connection example of the toy 1.

The toy 1 is a toy made of a metal material such as brass, aluminum, iron, stainless steel, and titanium. Although the toy 1 is a metal material, it has a structure as described below. Therefore, the production of the toy 1 requires advanced metal processing technology. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the toy 1 has a straight pillar body 2, a rod-shaped body 12, and a fixing portion 20.

The straight pillar body 2 is a so-called straight pillar body having two surfaces (bottom surfaces) 4 that are jointly parallel to each other in the vertical direction. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rectangular parallelepiped 2 may be a cube (cuboid) or a cylinder. The straight pillar 2 has a first hole 6 penetrating the center of the two bottom surfaces 4, and a second hole 8 and a third hole orthogonal to the first hole 6 and orthogonal to each other in the center of the side surface of the straight pillar 2. 10 and. The diameters of the first hole 6, the second hole 8, and the third hole 10 are processed to have substantially the same size. Further, the first hole 6, the second hole 8, and the third hole 10 may have a spiral groove of a female screw carved, or may have no such groove.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rectangular parallelepiped 2 is a rectangular parallelepiped, and the length of the first hole 6 is longer than the length of the second hole 8 and the third hole 10, and the second hole 8 and the second hole 8 and the third hole 10 are longer. A plurality of 3 holes 10 may be formed at equal intervals and the same number may be formed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the straight column body 2 is composed of a plurality of types having different lengths in the first hole 6 direction, and the length in the first hole 6 direction is a predetermined unit length. It may be a form composed of a plurality of types having an integral multiple. For example, the length of the straight pillar 2 shown in FIG. 3 has four times the length (predetermined unit length) of the straight pillar 2 shown in FIG.

Since the straight pillar body 2 is a metal member, in the step of forming the holes 6, 8 and 10, the portion where the outer circumferences of any two of the holes 6, 8 and 10 intersect is called a burr. Unnecessary protrusions are unintentionally formed, and the rod-shaped body 12, which will be described later, cannot be smoothly inserted and removed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, in the straight column body 2, the corner of the portion where the outer circumferences of any two of the first hole 6, the second hole 8 and the third hole 10 intersect is removed ( Deburring is performed), and the deburring portion 22 is formed. It is preferable that the deburring portion 22 is formed not by polishing with a file but by cutting with a tool.

The rod-shaped body 12 is a rod-shaped member having a diameter substantially the same as the holes 6, 8 and 10 formed in the straight column body 2. As shown in FIG. 5, the rod-shaped body 12 includes a fourth hole 14 orthogonal to its own longitudinal direction and having a spiral groove carved inside. That is, the fourth hole 14 plays the role of a female screw. Further, the rod-shaped body 12 is provided with convex portions 16 or concave portions 18 in which spiral grooves are carved at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped body 12. The convex portion 16 serves as a male screw, and the concave portion 18 serves as a female screw. The convex portion 16 can be screwed into the fourth hole 14 and the concave portion 18.

As shown in FIGS. 5A to 5D, one or more fourth holes 14 are formed at the same intervals as the intervals of the second holes 8 and the third holes 10. Further, the rod-shaped body 12 is composed of a plurality of types having a length similar to the length of the first hole 6, the second hole 8 or the third hole 10.

That is, the rod-shaped body 12 may be formed of a plurality of types having an integral multiple of a predetermined unit length, which is the same as the length of the straight pillar body 2 in the direction of the first hole 6. That is, the rod-shaped body 12 may be in a form composed of a plurality of different types.
The length of the rod-shaped body 12 can be increased by connecting the convex portion 16 of one rod-shaped body 12 with the fourth hole 14 and the concave portion 18 of the other rod-shaped body 12.

It is assumed that the rod-shaped body 12 is passed through the straight pillar body 2 and the positions of the holes 6, 8 and 10 of the straight pillar body 2 and the fourth hole 14, the convex portion 16 or the concave portion 18 of the straight pillar body 12 are aligned. do. The fixing portion 20 is a member for fixing the positional relationship between the straight column body 2 and the rod-shaped body 12 by screwing into the fourth hole 14, the convex portion 16 or the concave portion 18 in that state.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the fixing portion 20 may have a concave portion screwed with the convex portion 16. Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, it may be in the form of having a convex portion screwed with the fourth hole 14 or the concave portion 18. Since the rod-shaped body 12 includes a concave portion that is screwed with the convex portion 16, and a convex portion that is screwed with the fourth hole 14 or the concave portion 18, the rod-shaped body 12 may function as the fixing portion 20. That is, the rod-shaped body 12 may be considered as the fixed portion 20 depending on the method of use.
In the toy 1, various shaped objects can be formed by freely connecting a plurality of straight pillars 2 by using the rod-shaped body 12 and the fixing portion 20.

As shown in FIG. 7, a rod-shaped body 12 having the same length is passed through the first hole 6 of the three straight pillar bodies 2 arranged in a straight line, and the fixing portion 20 is screwed into the convex portions 16 or the concave portions 18 at both ends of the rod-shaped body 12. Thereby, the positional relationship between the straight pillar body 2 and the rod-shaped body 12 can be fixed. Similarly, the positional relationship between the two or four or more straight pillar bodies 2 and the rod-shaped body 12 can be fixed.

As shown in FIG. 8, one straight pillar body 2 and another straight pillar body 2 can be connected by using the fixing portion 20. At this time, the rod-shaped body 12 is inserted into one straight pillar body 2 and the other straight pillar body 2, and by using the inserted rod-shaped body 12 as the fixing portion 20, the two straight pillar bodies are used. 2 are connected. Further, the fourth hole 14 of the rod-shaped body 12 inserted into the straight pillar body 2 and the second hole 8 or the third hole 10 of the straight pillar body 2 are rod-shaped bodies so that the directions of the holes are the same. 12 is arranged.
By repeating the connection of the straight pillars 2 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the toy 1 can be made into various shapes.

In this way, the toy 1 connects the straight pillar body 2 by screwing the rod-shaped body 12 and the fixing portion 20 that are passed through the straight pillar body 2, and repeats such connection to form various shapes. Can be done. That is, since the toy 1 does not use a connecting means such as a magnet that limits the place of use, the blocks 2 can be combined with each other with a high degree of freedom to form various shaped objects regardless of the place of use.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments thereof, and various modifications are made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.・ Can be changed.

1 Metal block toy 2 Straight pillar body 4 Bottom surface 6 1st hole 8 2nd hole 10 3rd hole 12 Rod-shaped body 14 4th hole 16 Convex part 18 Concave part 20 Fixing part 22 Deburring part

Claims (5)

A metal block toy made of metal,
A straight column body having two surfaces that are jointly parallel to each other in the vertical direction, the first hole penetrating the center of the two surfaces, and the first hole orthogonal to the first hole in the center of the side surface and orthogonal to each other. A straight column body having two holes and a third hole, and having substantially the same diameter of the first hole, the second hole, and the third hole.
It is a rod-shaped body having substantially the same diameter as the first hole, and has a fourth hole orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped body and having a spiral groove carved inward, and spirals at both ends in the longitudinal direction. A rod-shaped body having a convex or concave portion with a groove in the shape of a rod,
The fourth hole, the convex portion, in a state where the rod-shaped body is passed through the straight pillar body and the hole of the straight pillar body is aligned with the fourth hole, the convex portion or the concave portion of the rod-shaped body. Alternatively, it has a fixing portion for fixing the positional relationship between the straight prism body and the rod-shaped body by screwing into the recess.
A metal block toy characterized in that it can be made into various shapes depending on how the rod-shaped body and the plurality of straight pillar bodies are connected by the fixing portion. The length of the first hole is longer than the length of the second hole and the third hole.
A plurality of the second hole and the third hole are formed at equal intervals and the same number is formed.
A plurality of the fourth holes are formed at the same intervals as the intervals of the second holes.
The metal block toy according to claim 1, wherein the length of the rod-shaped body is about the same as the length of the first hole, the second hole, or the third hole. The straight column includes a plurality of types having different lengths in the first hole direction and having an integral multiple of a predetermined unit length.
The metal block toy according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the rod-shaped body includes a plurality of types having an integral multiple of the predetermined unit length. The invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the corner of the portion where the outer circumferences of any two of the first hole, the second hole, and the third hole intersect is removed. Metal block toys. The metal block toy according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the rectangular parallelepiped is a cube, a rectangular parallelepiped, or a cylinder.

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