JPH09140855A - Magnet game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the puzzle property more complex by utilizing magnets. SOLUTION: Magnet blocks incorporating magnets rotatable centering on shafts are provided in a game board 1. The upper face of the game board 1 is partitioned so that pieces 8 can be mounted to face the magnet blocks. The piece 8 has a magnet section rotatable centering on a shaft 11 in it, and the magnet section is repulsed or attracted by the magnet of the magnet block located at the opposite position. The piece 8 is provided with a window section 13, and part of a display section 14 located on the upper face of the magnet section of the piece 8 can be seen through the window section 13. Each time a piece 8 is mounted, the magnets of the magnet blocks in the game board 1 are affected, and the magnet sections of the already mounted pieces 8 are also affected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnet game device which enhances puzzle characteristics by utilizing attraction and repulsion of permanent magnets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a puzzle toy utilizing the action of attraction and repulsion of a permanent magnet, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-153679.
There is a multi-faced rotating puzzle toy of Japanese publication. In this, a permanent magnet is provided in a matrisk shape inside the game board which is a turntable, and a plurality of pieces can be placed on the upper surface of the game board. The top consists of an outer frame and a rotor with a magnet that is rotatable with respect to the outer frame.The outer frame is sized so that it can be placed corresponding to the permanent magnets inside the game board. Is a regular hexahedron, and the four surfaces on which the rotation axis does not pass are the display portion, and the permanent magnet is provided on the back surface of the four surfaces.

Then, one piece is placed on the game board in a state of being cut off, and each piece is moved forward, backward, leftward, and rightward so that the display portion of each piece is in a desired alignment state. When the pieces move, the rotor may be flipped under the influence of the permanent magnets on the game board, which further increases the puzzle property. If you want to continue the puzzle after the puzzle is completed, rotate the turntable part of the game board to disturb the attraction state of the pieces by the permanent magnets of the game board, make the display of the pieces uneven, and re-create the pieces. You can do the next puzzle immediately without placing it.

[0004]

However, in the structure of the above-mentioned prior art, although the puzzle property is increased by utilizing the permanent magnet, the permanent magnets provided on the game board side are arranged or arranged in the direction of the magnetic poles. It is unchanged, and the permanent magnets on the pieces and on the game board side do not magnetically interfere with each other. Therefore, there is a drawback in that it is not possible to provide a complicated nervous breakdown game because the complexity of the puzzle is insufficient.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, both the piece-side permanent magnets and the game board-side permanent magnets are rotatable, and the piece-side permanent magnets and the game are arranged. The permanent magnets on the board side and the permanent magnets on the top side and the permanent magnets on the game board side are magnetically interfered with each other, so that the puzzle property becomes more complicated.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In a magnet game device of the present invention, a plurality of magnets magnetized in a radial direction and rotatable about a central axis are provided in a matrisk shape inside a game board.
On the upper surface of the game board, a plurality of pieces are partitioned so that they can be placed on the facing surfaces of the magnets, and the pieces are provided with an outer frame and a magnet part rotatable with respect to the outer frame. A shaft that is rotatable with respect to the outer frame is provided at the center of the magnet section.
One of the shafts is provided so as to project from the outer frame, the magnet part is provided with a display part having two or more colors, and the outer frame facing the display part is transparent to one color of the display part. There is a window part that enables it, and it is placed on the game board with the axis of the piece holding the magnet part fixed, and the magnet part of the piece and the magnet of the game board interfere with each other. I try to change the direction.

Preferably, the magnets inside the game board are magnetized in two or more ways, and more preferably, the magnets inside the game board can be freely rearranged by the user.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the game board 1 includes a main body 2 and an upper lid 3.
The upper surface of the upper lid 3 has a top 8 which will be described later.
Is partitioned so as to be placed at a position facing a magnet block described later in the game board 1. As shown in FIG. 2, inside the game board 1, a magnet block 4 that is detachable from the game board 1 is provided so that the position can be rearranged. Inside the magnet block 4, there are provided permanent magnets 6 magnetized with four poles or magnetized with two poles at an angle of 135 degrees at equal intervals so as to be rotatable about an axis 5. As shown in FIG. 7, in this example, the second magnet from the left from the top and the third magnet from the top and the third from the left are the magnets 7 with 2-pole magnetization, and the magnets with 4-pole magnetization elsewhere. Are arranged.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the top 8 mounted on the game board 1 is composed of a cylindrical outer frame 9 and a magnet portion 10 magnetized with four poles. A window portion 13 is provided on a part of the upper surface of the outer frame 9 so that a part of the upper surface of the magnet portion 10 can be seen through. The upper surface of the magnet unit 10 is color-coded into four colors along the magnetization of the four poles as shown in FIG.
It is 4. A shaft 11 is fixed to the center of the magnet unit 10 with an adhesive 12 or the like, and the magnet unit 10 is rotatable about the shaft 11. One of the shafts 11 projects from above the outer frame 9 so that the magnet portion 10 can be fixed from the outside so as not to rotate with respect to the outer frame 9. Therefore, when the player places the piece 8 on the game board 1, it is possible to place the piece 8 on the game board 1 while displaying the color intended by the player through the window 13.

By placing a piece 8 on the game board 1,
The magnet 6 provided inside the top 8 and the magnet 6 of the magnet block 4 at a position facing the position where the top 8 is placed.
Causes suction or repulsion. When the magnets 6 of the magnet block 4 rotate due to the repulsion, the magnets 6 or 7 in the other magnet blocks 4 rotate accordingly. For example, FIG.
Referring to, assuming that the top left magnet 6 is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise by the top 8, the first from the top is 2 from the left.
The second magnet 6 rotates 90 degrees clockwise, and the second leftmost first magnet 6 also rotates clockwise 90 degrees. In response to this movement, all the magnets rotate one after another such as the third magnet from the left from the top and the third magnet from the left from the top. In the case of attraction, the magnets 6 of the magnet blocks 4 located at the opposite positions do not rotate, so that all the magnets in the game board 1 do not change. Therefore, if the magnets of the magnet block 4 are rotated, if a plurality of pieces 8 are placed on the game board 1, the magnet portion 10 of the piece 8 is also rotated and the color appearing on the display portion 13 of the piece 8 is displayed. Will change.

These movements are the movements of the 4-pole magnetized magnet 6 of the magnet block 4, but when the top 8 is placed on the 2-pole magnetized magnet 7, the movement is the 4-pole magnetized magnet 6. Different from when. That is, the 2-pole magnetized magnet 7 is the other 4-pole magnetized magnet 6
On the other hand, since there is only one pole in the attracting state, unlike the magnet 6 having a four-pole magnetized structure, it may rotate only 45 degrees even if it has a repulsive relationship with the top 8. In other words, the magnets of the other magnet blocks 4 may not be affected in either the repulsive relationship or the attraction relationship with the top 8 (see FIG. 10). Of course, it may rotate 90 degrees depending on the case. At this time, the same movement as in the case of 4-pole magnetization is performed for each magnet block 4
Magnets do.

Next, an example of how to play using this magnet game device will be described. The purpose of the game is to arrange the frames so that the colors are aligned vertically as shown in FIG. First, the player holds one axis 8 so that a suitable color, for example, white (a solid portion of the display section 14) can be seen from the window 13 and holds the axis 11 in the uppermost stage of the game board 1. Place the second piece from the left. Since the shaft 11 is gripped when the top 8 is placed, the magnet portion 10 of the top 8 does not rotate and is placed on the game board 1 with white visible through the window 13.

If the magnets of the top 8 and the magnets of the game board 1 facing each other are attracting, each magnet block 4 of the game board 1
Magnet does not rotate. But if it was a repulsive relationship,
The magnets of the magnet block 4 inside the game board 1 change from the state of FIG. 7 to the state of FIG. Next, the player takes the second piece 8 so that white can be seen through the window 13 as with the first piece, and places the second piece at the second position from the top and the second position from the left. . The permanent magnet 7 at the second position from the top and the second position from the left does not rotate clearly because it is magnetized by two poles, and only the permanent magnet 7 may rotate as shown in FIG.
That is, at a position where one of the four poles of the top 8 and one of the two poles of the permanent magnet 7 attract each other and the remaining one pole of the permanent magnet 7 does not repel the magnet 6 of the surrounding magnet block 4. May be retained. This time, it is assumed that this condition is satisfied, and the permanent magnet 7 is only rotated by 45 degrees.

Therefore, two white pieces 8 are vertically arranged on the game board 1. Similarly, if the third frame 8 is taken white and placed at the third position from the top and the second position from the left, if the magnet block 4 at the position facing this frame 8 is in the attraction relation, Although three whites are lined up vertically without changing the color, if there is a repulsive relationship, each magnet of the magnet block 4 will rotate, and the colors of the two frames placed earlier will change from white. It will change to another color.

By sequentially placing the frames 8 in this manner, the previously placed frames are affected and the color of the display portion 13 of the frames 8 changes. Therefore, not only the pieces placed by the player but also the already placed pieces become uncertain and become a puzzle with a high degree of difficulty. When the puzzle is completed and another player wants to try the puzzle, the magnet blocks 4 of the game board 1 can be rearranged so that the puzzle can be played in a different pattern from the previous one.

When a plurality of people try to play at the same time, the rules can be changed such that the player who has the two rows of colors first wins. At this time, the player can place the pieces to change the color of the pieces of the other players to prevent the opponent's colors from matching, which can make the game interesting. In the embodiment, the number of magnet blocks on the game board is 16, but the number is not limited to this. Further, although two two-pole magnets are used, the number is not limited to two. Further, the method of magnetizing is not limited to two poles and four poles.

[0017]

According to the magnet game device of the present invention, when a player puts a piece on a game board in a state of a color arbitrarily selected, since there is a rotatable magnet portion inside the piece and inside the game board, When one of the magnets on the game board is rotated, it affects all the magnets on the game board and all the pieces that are already placed, so that a more complicated puzzle is obtained. Further, since the arrangement of the magnet portion of the game board can be arbitrarily changed, there is no fear that the puzzle pattern is fixed. Further, since the magnet parts of the game board include those with 4-pole magnetization and those with 2-pole magnetization, the movement of the magnet part inside the game board can be made more complicated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a game board according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a top according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a top according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a magnet portion of the top.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the outer frame of the frame.

FIG. 7: Arrangement example of magnets in the game board

FIG. 8: Example at the end of the puzzle

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing when a magnet in the game board is rotated.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a case where a two-pole magnetized magnet does not affect other magnets when the magnet rotates.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 game board 4 magnet block 6 magnet with 4 poles magnetized 7 magnet with 2 poles magnet 8 coma 11 shaft 13 window 14 display

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of magnets magnetized in a radial direction and rotatable about a central axis are provided inside the game board in a matrisk shape, and a plurality of tops of the magnets are provided on the upper surface of the game board. It is divided so that it can be placed on the opposite surface, and the top has an outer frame and a magnet part rotatable with respect to the outer frame, and a shaft is provided at the center of the magnet part. The shaft is rotatably provided on the outer frame, one of the shafts is provided so as to project from the outer frame, and the magnet part is provided with a display part having two or more colors. , The outer frame facing the display unit is provided with one of the display units.
A window is provided to allow the color to be seen through, and it is placed on the game board with the axis of the piece held and the magnet section fixed, and the magnet section of the piece and the magnet of the game board are placed. A magnet game device characterized in that the magnets of the game board are changed in direction by interfering with each other. 2. The magnet game device according to claim 1, wherein the magnet inside the game board is magnetized in two or more ways. 3. The magnet game device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the magnet inside the game board can be freely rearranged by a user.