JPH1147435A - Magnet puzzle device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a puzzle game which can be enjoyed by persons including infants and adults, in dependence upon a degree of difficulty. SOLUTION: A puzzle board 2 is rotatably provided, facing the upper surface of a puzzle base 1 in which fixed magnets 4 thicknesswise magnetized, are arranged in order with their polarities being randomly arranged. Partitions 2b are arranged in order to locate pieces 3 at positions opposing to the magnets. A color applied on each of polar surfaces of a movable magnet 6 provided in each of the pieces set on the puzzle board 2, can be selected in response to whether the movable magnet 6 is reversed or not. Each of the pieces is a body which has a single polygonal shape or a combination of at least two polygonal shapes. When the pieces are displaced on the puzzle board 2, a desired picture pattern can be obtained. Thus, variously arrangements of the pieces in combination can exhibit variety.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnet puzzle device which has improved puzzle properties by utilizing the attraction and repulsion of a permanent magnet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A puzzle toy utilizing the attraction and repulsion of a permanent magnet is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-57-153679.
There is a multifaceted rotary puzzle toy disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. In this case, a permanent magnet is provided in a matrix shape inside a game board serving as a turntable, and a plurality of frames can be placed on the upper surface of the game board. The top is composed of an outer frame and a rotor with a magnet part rotatable with respect to the outer frame, and the outer frame is provided in a size that can be placed corresponding to a permanent magnet inside the game board. Is a hexahedron and has four display surfaces on which the rotation axis does not pass, and a permanent magnet is provided on the back surface of the four surfaces.

[0003] Then, only one frame is mounted on the game board in a state where one frame is missing, and each frame is moved forward, backward, left and right to bring the display unit of each frame into a desired alignment state. At the time of the movement of the piece, the rotor may be inverted under the influence of the permanent magnet of the game board, which further increases the puzzleability. If you want to continue the puzzle after the puzzle is completed, rotate the turntable part of the game board to disturb the suction state of the pieces by the permanent magnet of the game board, make the display of the pieces uneven, and re-play the pieces. The next puzzle can be played immediately without any placement.

[0004]

However, in the configuration of the above-mentioned prior art, although the puzzle property is increased by using the permanent magnet, the top is placed in one direction, and
There is only one movable part in one frame. For this reason, there is a disadvantage that the complexity of the puzzle is insufficient and a complicated nervous breakdown game cannot be provided.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a magnet puzzle device according to the present invention arranges a piece in a partition formed on a puzzle board, and fixes a piece on a puzzle board with a fixed magnet on the puzzle board. The color of the magnetic pole surface is selected by reversing or not reversing according to the combination of the polarity of the top and the movable magnet with the movable magnet, and a desired picture pattern can be formed. By rotating the puzzle board, the combination of polarities becomes different, so that a plurality of arrangement states of frames can be obtained, so that various puzzle games can be enjoyed.

[0006] The top is composed of a polygonal cylinder in which a movable magnet is housed, and this cylinder is composed of a single cylinder and a composite cylinder composed of two or more cylinders. The conditions for placing the game on the board can be complicated, and the puzzle game can be used by a wide range of ages by providing a difficulty level to the puzzle game.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In a magnet puzzle apparatus according to the present invention, the pole faces of a plurality of fixed magnets magnetized in the thickness direction on a plane are arranged neatly, and the polarities of the pole faces are randomly arranged. A puzzle table, a puzzle board that is rotatable in a state facing the puzzle table, and has a polygonal partition disposed on the upper surface at a position that can face the fixed magnet, and a cylindrical body that can be placed on the partition And a top that is magnetized in the thickness direction and is reversibly supported and houses a movable magnet with a colored magnetic pole surface.When the top is placed on a partition, the movable magnet is inverted. Select the color that is colored on the movable magnet by not changing or inverting,
It is characterized in that a desired picture pattern can be formed on a puzzle board by a combination of colors. The top may be constituted by a combination of a single cylinder and a composite cylinder formed by combining two or more cylinders.

[0008]

1 (a) and 1 (b) schematically show the overall structure of one embodiment, ignoring the dimensional ratio. The puzzle game device according to the present invention includes a puzzle table 1 and a puzzle board 2 which is rotatably provided facing the puzzle table 1.
The puzzle board 2 is composed of a plurality of pieces 3 placed on the puzzle board 2. In the puzzle table 1, fixed magnets 4 made of permanent magnets magnetized in the thickness direction are arranged neatly at positions facing the frame placing positions formed by the partitions 2b on the puzzle board 2. However, the polarities on the upper surface are randomly arranged. The puzzle table 1 is formed in a regular hexagonal thick plate shape. It is desirable that the fixed magnet 4 generates a strong magnetic flux. In this embodiment, a ferrite bond magnet is employed as the fixed magnet.

A bearing portion 1a is provided at the center of the upper surface of the puzzle table 1, and supports a core shaft portion 2a formed at the center of the lower surface of the puzzle board 2. The puzzle board 2 is rotatably supported in opposition to the puzzle base 1, and a locking portion (not shown) for stopping the rotation by a click motion at every 60 ° rotation angle is provided. It is.

As shown in FIG. 2, the puzzle board 2 is formed in a hexagonal shape having an outer periphery slightly larger than the plane shape of the puzzle table. A plurality of partitions 2b are provided in an orderly manner. Here, the partition 2b has a hexagonal shape arranged in a honeycomb shape at a position facing the fixed magnet of the puzzle table 1. Therefore, when the puzzle board is rotated by 60 °, each partition 2b
Can be opposed to the permanent magnets 4 arranged at positions rotated by 60 °, respectively (see FIG. 1A). FIG. 3 is a view of the puzzle board as viewed from directly above, where the fixed magnets 4 at each frame position are shown.
2 shows an example of the polarity according to FIG.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the frame 3, in which a movable magnet 6, 6 is provided for each cylinder in a composite cylinder 5 formed by connecting two cylinders made of a hexagonal transparent body. . A groove (not shown) is provided at the lower end of the joint surface of each cylinder so that the outer peripheral edge of the partition 2b can be engaged when the piece is placed on the puzzle board 2. It can be stably mounted on the top.

The movable magnet 6 is rotatably attached to the center of the cylindrical body 5 by supporting shafts 6a, 6a vertically projecting from the outer peripheral surface. The movable magnet 6 employs a ferrite-bonded magnet of the same material as the fixed magnet 4, is formed in a disk shape, and is magnetized in the thickness direction. Each of these magnetic pole faces is given an arbitrary color irrespective of the polarity. In the present embodiment, the magnetic pole surface is directly colored with ink or the like, and the description is continued with the one indicated by a spot pattern (light color) as red and the one indicated by fine hatching (dark color) as blue. It shall be.

FIG. 5 shows a plan view of the top 3. The top 3 includes a composite cylinder 5 as shown in FIG. 3A and a single cylinder 7 as shown in FIG. 3B. In the puzzle game, a piece composed of these composite cylinders 5 and a piece composed of a single cylinder 7 are combined and placed on the puzzle board 2, and when the movable magnet and the fixed magnet approach each other, they are repelled and attracted. A color that is colored on the pole face by reversing by force or not reversing is selected. The picture is completed by sequentially selecting such colors.

The frame 3 may be a composite cylinder formed by combining three or four cylinders in accordance with the difficulty of the game, in addition to these cylinders. The movable magnet 6
Is not limited to a circular plate, and may be any shape such as a hexagon or an ellipse as long as it can be inverted in a cylinder.
Further, although the frame is formed of a cylindrical body made of a transparent body, the frame is not limited to the transparent body, but may be a cylindrical body of opaque color.
In this case, it is preferable that the end face of the cylindrical body be flush with the end face of the movable magnet so that the color of the movable magnet can be easily seen. Further, the coloring of the movable magnet is not limited to directly coloring the magnet, and colored paper, adhesive tape, or the like may be attached to the movable magnet.

Next, the outline of the puzzle game of the present invention will be described. First, as a premise of the game, it is assumed that the configuration of the puzzle game device to be prepared is such that the polarity of the fixed magnets provided on the puzzle table 1 is randomly arranged as shown in FIG. 4, and the puzzle board 2 is as shown in FIG. It is assumed that nineteen hexagonal cells are arranged in order by the partition 2b.

The top 3 is composed of a single cylindrical body and a composite cylindrical body formed by combining one and two cylindrical bodies. As for the polarity of the movable magnet 6, each red surface is selected in advance as shown in Table 1.

[0017]

[Table 1]

According to the method of playing the puzzle game by such a combination, the pieces 3 are placed in the partitions 2b on the puzzle board 2 and the pieces 3 are replaced so as to have a predetermined picture pattern to be completed. Things. When the top 3 is placed in the partition 2b, the movable magnet 6 may or may not be inverted in relation to the polarity of the fixed magnet 4, but in any case, the top surface is colored by placing the top. Will be selected.

As an example of completing the puzzle, there is one in which the upper surfaces of all the movable magnets are colored red or blue. In this case, the player rearranges the frames using trial and error and memory, and completes the replacement work by trial and error until all the frames have the same color. When competing with others, you will have to compete for time. In addition, in order to complete the game, a model picture may be prepared in addition to the above, and the game may be selected and completed depending on the difficulty level. FIG. 6 shows Table 1.
(A) is a frame composed of a composite cylinder 5, and (b) is a frame composed of a single cylinder 7. It is a top.

When a desired picture pattern in the puzzle game is completed, the puzzle board 2 is rotated by an arbitrary rotation angle in units of 60 ° to proceed to the next game. Since the fixed magnets 4 provided on the puzzle table 1 have randomly arranged polarities, the rotation of the puzzle board 2 causes a completely different combination of polarity and color from the previous time to wait for the next puzzle game. . In addition, the number of types of puzzle game devices can be increased by changing the number and combination of pieces, or by adopting various combinations such as shapes and colors.

[0021]

According to the present invention, a plurality of pieces on which a movable magnet, which is magnetized in the thickness direction and is supported in a reversible manner, is placed inside a cylindrical body, is fixed to a fixed magnet provided on a puzzle table. The rebound of
By inverting or not inverting by using the attraction force, a color that is colored on the magnetic pole surface is selected to form a desired picture pattern on the puzzle board, so that the game can be advanced by relying on memory power. it can. Since the difficulty of completing the puzzle can be set widely, it is possible to entertain a wide range of people from infants to adults.

Further, since the partition is polygonal, the direction in which the composite cylinder can be placed is multi-directional. Therefore, the difficulty level of the puzzle can be increased. Further, when a top composed of a composite cylinder is used, a plurality of movable magnets are used, so that the difficulty level of the puzzle can be increased accordingly. By rotating the puzzle board by any angle, it is possible to change the combination of the polarity of the conventional fixed magnet and movable magnet,
You can challenge puzzle games with new combinations. Therefore, it is possible to overcome the tiredness of the game due to getting used to, and to enjoy the game for a long time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view showing an outline of a main part of one embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state of an upper surface of the puzzle board.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of an arrangement state of polarities on an upper surface of a puzzle table.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a frame.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are plan views showing examples of frames, wherein FIG. 5A shows a frame made of a composite cylinder, and FIG. 5B shows a frame made of a single cylinder.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of arrangement of frames on a puzzle board.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Puzzle stand 2 Puzzle board 2b Partition 3 Top 4 Fixed magnet 5, 7 Cylindrical body 6 Moving magnet

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A puzzle table in which magnetic pole faces of a plurality of fixed magnets magnetized in a thickness direction on a plane are arranged neatly and the polarities of the magnetic pole faces are randomly arranged, and a puzzle table facing the puzzle table. A puzzle board in which a polygonal partition is disposed at a position on the upper surface that can face the fixed magnet, and a cylindrical body that can be placed on the partition, and has a thickness direction inside. A movable magnet magnetized and reversibly supported and containing a movable magnet with a colored magnetic pole surface, wherein the movable magnet is inverted or not inverted when the top is placed on the partition. A color that is colored on the movable magnet, and a desired picture pattern can be formed on the puzzle board by a combination of the colors. 2. The magnet puzzle according to claim 1, wherein the top is formed by combining a single cylinder and a composite cylinder formed by combining two or more cylinders. apparatus.