KR101903326B1 - Cube Assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cube assembly capable of freely operating a great cube. According to the present invention, a cube to form a regular hexahedron comprises: a central shaft hole to form the center of the cube; a first shaft protruding to the upper side of the central shaft hole; a second shaft protruding to the lower side of the central shaft hole; a third shaft protruding to the front side of the central shaft hole; a fourth shaft protruding to the rear side of the central shaft hole; a fifth shaft protruding to the left side of the central shaft hole; a sixth shaft protruding to the right side of the central shaft hole; six central cells coupled to the first to sixth shafts to be able to rotate; eight vortex cells disposed on eight vortexes of the cube and coupled to be able to rotate in accordance with movement of the central cell; twelve edge cells disposed on twelve edges between the central cell and the vortex cell, and coupled to be able to rotate in accordance with the movement of the central cell; an upper support extended to the first shaft to support rotation of the first shaft; and a lower support extended to the first shaft to support rotation of the second shaft.

Description

[0001] CUBE ASSEMBLY [0002]

The present invention relates to a cube, and more particularly, to a cube assembly for driving a cube freely.

The human brain and intelligence continue to develop together with age, but the brain becomes more susceptible to dulling when there is no training in intelligence development, so there are many toys or games for developing human intelligence in the market, Is developed with constant incidents.

Among the toys or games for intelligent development, the cube (or so-called magic cube), which is widely prevalent in the early days, has six surfaces each consisting of nine small (3x3) moving surfaces, Each of the six sides of the square cube is generally colored in a single color, that is, nine small moving surfaces of each side are the same color, and a layer is rotated to change its position Since the small moving surfaces of all the faces of the layer are each moved to different faces of different colors, these faces have various colors, that is, all six faces are changed and when playing, the method of playing is that of the six faces of the square cube It scrambles the colors and then rotates all the layers to move all the small moving faces until each of the faces find their own color.

Patent Application Publication No. 10-1999-0085215

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cube assembly capable of freely driving a cube of a large size.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cube which forms a cube as a whole, comprising: a central shaft hole forming a center of a cube; a first shaft protruding upward from the central shaft hole; A third shaft projecting forward of the central shaft hole; a fourth shaft projecting rearward of the central shaft hole; a fifth shaft projecting to the left of the central shaft hole; A sixth axis projecting to the right side of the central shaft hole, six center cells rotatably coupled to the first axis to the sixth axis, and eight corners of the cube, And eight vertex cells provided at the 12 corners between the center cell and the vertex cell and having twelve edges movably coupled with the movement of the center cell, And, extending to the first axis extends in the upper support and the second shaft that supports the first rotary shaft may be configured to include a lower support for supporting the second rotation axis.

Wherein the center cell comprises a central cell body portion of a cube, a central cell curved portion formed by being recessed on one side surface of the central cell body portion, and a protrusion extending perpendicularly to the central cell curved portion, And a central cell axis in which one of the six axes is rotatably inserted.

The vertex cell includes a vertex cell body portion of a cube, a vertical corner tangent to a vertex of one side of the vertex cell body, a first vertex cell guide portion extending on a side opposite to a vertical edge of the two horizontal edges, A second vertex cell guide portion extending to a side opposite to a horizontal edge of one of the corners and a third vertex cell guide portion extending to a side opposite to the horizontal edge of the other one of the corners tangent to the vertex.

The first vertex cell guide unit includes a first vertex cell guide body portion that forms a body and a second vertex cell guide body portion that is provided on the guide body portion and is vertically positioned on the inner side of the surface of the vertex cell, -1 rollers, and a first-second roller which is provided on the guide body and is vertically positioned on the outer side of the surface of the vertex cell and is symmetrically arranged in a pair.

The edge cell includes a corner cell body portion of a cube, a corner cell curved portion that forms a curved surface by being recessed by one side edge of the corner cell body portion, and a corner cell portion that is perpendicular to the corner cell curved portion at the center of the corner cell curved portion, Wherein the corner cell guide body includes a corner cell guide body portion forming a body and a pair of the corner cell guide body portion formed at one end of the corner cell guide body portion so as to be vertically rotatable A pair of first corner rollers provided at the other end of the corner cell guide body and a first and second corner rollers provided to be vertically rotatable on a contacting surface.

The cube assembly according to the present invention has the following effects.

There is an advantage that a curved surface is formed in each cell constituting the cube and a guide roller is formed therein, so that the operation of the whole cube can be easily driven.

1 is a perspective view of a cube assembly according to the present invention;
2 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of the cube assembly of FIG. 1;
Figures 3a and 3b show the center cell of the cube assembly of Figure 1;
FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C show vertex cells making up the cube assembly of FIG. 1; FIG.
Figures 5A and 5B show the corner cells that make up the cube assembly of Figure 1;
FIG. 6 is a view showing a configuration of cells in an upper layer constituting the cube assembly of FIG. 1; FIG.
7 is a view showing a configuration of cells of an intermediate layer constituting the cube assembly of FIG. 1;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the cube assembly according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1, the cube assembly according to the present invention includes a central shaft hole 10 forming a center of a cube and a protruding portion 20 extending upward from the central shaft hole 10, A second shaft 12 protruding downward from the central shaft hole 10; a third shaft 13 protruding forward of the central shaft hole 10; A fifth shaft 15 protruding to the left of the central shaft hole 10 and a sixth shaft 15 projecting to the right side of the central shaft hole 10, Six central cells 20 rotatably coupled to the first axis 11 to the sixth axis 16 and eight central points 20 provided at eight vertexes of the cube, 8 vertex cells 30 that are movably coupled with the movement of the center cell 20 and the vertex cells 30 and are provided at the 12 corners between the center cell 20 and the vertex cell 30, Twelve edge cells 40 movably coupled with the movement of the simmering 20 and an upper support 17 extending to the first shaft 11 and supporting the rotation of the first shaft 11, And a lower support 18 extending from the second shaft 12 to support the rotation of the second shaft.

In the cube assembly of the present invention, as shown in Fig. 1, 26 cells constitute a rectangular parallelepiped.

First, a center shaft hole 10 formed as a center of the cube is provided inside the cube assembly. A first shaft 11, a second shaft 12, a third shaft 13 and a fourth shaft 14, which extend upwardly, downwardly, forwardly, rearwardly, leftwardly and rightwardly and extend respectively to the central shaft hole 10, ), A fifth shaft 15, and a sixth shaft 16 are formed.

The center cell 20 is rotatably coupled to each of the six axes. The center cell 20 is formed in a structure as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, and is rotatably coupled to each of the axes.

As shown in FIG. 1, the central cell 20 is provided with six central cell body portions 22, each of which is a cube, A central cell curved surface portion 24 formed on one side surface of the central cell body portion 22 and extending perpendicularly to the central cell curved surface portion 24 to form the first axis 11, And a central axis of rotation 26, into which one of the six shafts 16 is rotatably inserted.

A bearing is further provided on the inner circumferential surface of the shaft hole of the center cell axis holder 26 so that the center cell 20 can be easily rotated with respect to the shaft.

A vertex cell 30 is provided at a vertex of the cube assembly. Eight vertex cells 30 are provided and each vertex cell is movably coupled according to movement of the center cell 20 in contact with each vertex cell.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the vertex cell 30 includes a vertex cell body 32 of a cube, A vertical corner 33 contacting the vertex of one side of the vertex cell body 32 and a first vertex cell guide 35 extending from the opposite side of the vertical edge 33 among the two horizontal edges 34a and 34b, A second vertex cell guide portion 36 extending to the opposite side of one of the horizontal edges 34a of the corners tangent to the vertexes and a third vertex cell guide portion 36a extending to the opposite side of the other horizontal edge 34b of the corners tangent to the vertexes, And a vertex-point cell guide unit 37.

The first vertex cell guide portion 35, the second vertex cell guide portion 36 and the third vertex cell guide portion 37 are formed by the central cell curved surface portion 24 of the center cell 20, And is guided while being in contact with the corner cell curved surface portion 44 of the edge cell 40 to be described in Fig.

Each of the vertex cell guide units 35, 36, and 37 may have various configurations for the above-described functions, and may be configured as follows.

The first vertex cell guide unit 35 includes a first vertex cell guide body 35a and a first vertex cell guide body 35a. The first vertex cell guide unit 35a includes a first vertex cell guide body 35a, A first 1-1 rollers 35b disposed vertically on the inner side of the surface of the vertex cell 30 and symmetrically arranged in a pair, And a second roller 35c disposed vertically above the outer side of the second roller 35c and symmetrically arranged in a pair.

The second vertex cell guide unit 36 includes a second vertex cell guide body 36a forming a body and a second vertex cell guide body 36a provided on the second vertex cell guide body 36a. A second-1 roller 36b vertically positioned on the inner side of the surface of the vertex cell 30 and symmetrically arranged in a pair, a second-first roller 36b provided on the second vertex cell guide body 36b, And a second-second roller 36c disposed vertically above the outer side of the first and second rollers 36a and 36b to be symmetrical with respect to each other.

The third vertex cell guide unit 37 includes a third vertex cell guide body 37a forming the body and the third vertex cell guide body 37a. A third-first roller 37b vertically positioned on the inner side of the surface of the vertex cell 30 and symmetrically arranged in a pair, a third-first roller 37b provided on the third vertex cell guide body 37a, And a third-second roller 37c disposed vertically above the outer side of the third-second roller 37c so as to be symmetrical with respect to each other.

The first 1-1 rollers 35b, the 1-2 rollers 35c, the 2-1 rollers 36b, the 2-2 rollers 36c, the 3-1 rollers 37b, -2 rollers 37c move while touching the adjoining center cell curved surface portion 24 and the corner cell curved surface portion 44 to be described below and the vertex cell 30 is moved.

A corner cell 40 is provided at 12 corners between the center cell 20 and the vertex cell 30. The corner cells (40) are movably coupled according to the movement of the adjacent center cell (20).

5A and 5B, the corner cell 40 includes a corner cell body 42 having a cube shape, a plurality of corner cells 42, A corner cell curved surface portion 44 forming a curved surface with one side edge of the corner cell body portion 42 being recessed and a corner cell curved portion 44 perpendicularly intersecting the corner cell curved surface portion 44 at the center of the corner cell curved surface portion 44 And a corner cell guide portion 46 which protrudes and extends.

The corner cell guide portion 46 is movable along the center cell curved portion 24. For the above function, the corner cell guide portion 46 includes a corner cell guide body portion A first corner roller 46b which is provided at one end of the corner cell guide body 46a and is rotatable perpendicular to the contact surface, And a second edge roller 46c which is provided on the other end and is rotatable perpendicular to the contact surface.

When the first edge roller 46b and the second edge roller 46c are moved along the center cell curved surface portion 24 contacting with each other, the corner cells 40 can be moved.

Further, the cube assembly according to the present invention may further include an upper support 17 and a lower support 18. As shown in FIG. 1, an upper support 17 extending to the first shaft 11 and supporting the rotation of the first shaft 11 is provided, A lower support 18 for supporting the rotation of the second shaft 12 may be further provided.

As described above, it is to be understood that the technical structure of the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the present invention.

It is to be understood, therefore, that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, and the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents It is to be understood that all changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.

10: central axis 11: 1st axis
12: 2nd axis 13: 3rd axis
14: fourth axis 15: fifth axis
16: sixth shaft 17: upper guide
18: lower guide 20: center cell
22: central cell body portion 24: central cell curved surface portion
26: Center cell axis study 30: Vertex cell
32: vertex cell body portion 33: vertical corner
34a: Horizontal edge 34b: Horizontal edge
35: first vertex cell guide part 35a: first vertex cell guide body part
35b: 1st-1st roller 35c: 1st-2nd roller
36: second vertex cell guide part 36a: second vertex cell guide body part
36b: 2nd-1st roller 36c: 2nd-2nd roller
37: third vertex point cell guide portion 37a: third vertex point cell guide body portion
37b: 3rd-1st roller 37c: 3rd-2nd roller
40: edge cell 42: corner cell body
44: corner cell curved portion 46: corner cell guide portion
46a: Corner cell guide body portion

Claims (5)

In a cube forming a cube as a whole,
A central pivot forming the center of the cube;
A first shaft projecting upwardly of the central shaft hole;
A second shaft projecting downward from the central shaft hole;
A third shaft projecting forwardly of the central shaft hole;
A fourth shaft projecting rearward of the central shaft hole;
A fifth shaft projecting to the left of the central shaft hole;
A sixth shaft projecting to the right of the central shaft hole;
Six central cells rotatably coupled to the first axis to the sixth axis, respectively;
Eight vertex cells provided at eight vertexes of the cube and movably coupled according to the movement of the center cell;
Twelve corner cells provided at the 12 corners between the center cell and the vertex cell and movably coupled according to the movement of the center cell;
An upper support extending from the first shaft to support rotation of the first shaft; And
And a lower support extending from the second shaft to support rotation of the second shaft,
Wherein the center cell comprises:
A center cell body portion of a cube;
A central cell curved surface portion formed on one side surface of the central cell body portion;
And a center cell axis extending perpendicularly to the center cell curved surface portion and in which one of the first axis to the sixth axis is rotatably inserted,
Wherein the vertex cell comprises:
A vertex cell body portion of a cube;
A first vertex cell guide portion extending perpendicularly to a vertex of one side of the vertex cell body and a second vertex of the two horizontal edges opposite to the vertical edge;
A second vertex cell guide portion extending to a side opposite to one horizontal edge of the edge tangent to the vertex;
A third vertex cell guide portion extending to the opposite side of the other one of the corners tangent to the vertex;
Wherein the edge cell comprises:
An edge cell body portion of a cube;
A corner cell curved surface portion formed with one side edge of the corner cell body to form a curved surface;
And a corner cell guide portion vertically protruding and extending perpendicular to the corner cell curved portion at the center of the corner cell curved portion,
The edge cell guide portion includes:
A corner cell guide body portion forming a body;
A pair of first corner rollers provided at one end of the corner cell guide body and provided so as to be vertically rotatable on a contacting surface;
A first and second corner rollers provided at the other end of the corner cell guide body and provided to be rotatable in a direction perpendicular to a contacting surface;
The first vertex cell guide unit includes:
A first vertex cell guide body portion forming a body;
A first 1-1 roller provided in the first vertex cell guide body portion and vertically positioned above the inner side of the surface of the vertex cell and symmetrically arranged in a pair;
A first and second rollers provided on the first vertex cell guide body and vertically positioned above the outer surface of the vertex cell and symmetrically arranged in a pair;
The second vertex cell guide unit includes:
A second vertex cell guide body part forming a body;
A second-1 roller provided on the second vertex cell guide body portion and vertically positioned above the inner side of the surface of the vertex cell and symmetrically arranged in a pair;
A second 2-2 roller provided on the second vertex cell guide body portion and vertically positioned above the outer surface of the vertex cell and symmetrically arranged in a pair;
The third vertex cell guide unit includes:
A third vertex cell guide body part forming a body;
A third-1 roller provided on the third vertex cell guide body part (37a) and vertically positioned above the inner side of the surface of the vertex cell and symmetrically arranged in a pair;
A third-second roller provided on the third vertex cell guide body portion and vertically positioned above the outer surface of the vertex cell (30) and symmetrically arranged in a pair;
Wherein the first 1-1 roller, the 1-2 roller, the 2-1 roller, the 2-2 roller, the 3-1 roller, and the 3-2 roller contact the adjacent center cell curved portion and the corner cell curved portion, And the vertex cells are moved.


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