RU200263U1 - TIME CAPSULE PUZZLE - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model is a base made in the form of a cylinder, on the generatrix of which there are holes for placing magnets. On the sides of the base are hemispherical transitions. The transitions are motionless relative to the base and to each other. Each transition has a groove located on the surface of the hemisphere; on each side of the base, the smaller transition is located inside the larger one. Rings are located between the transitions on one axis, which occupy the entire distance between the transitions. The number of rings is not limited. Each ring has grooves along the axis of the ring. The rings can rotate separately from each other and from the transitions. There are recesses for magnets on the inside of the rings. The number of grooves is equal to the number of grooves on the ring. In the grooves on the rings and transitions, there are game pieces that are tightly to each other. The tokens consist of two parts and are connected by a cylindrical bridge. The upper and lower parts are larger than the jumper, which allows you to insert the game chip into the groove, and it will not fall out. There is a recess in the upper part of the playing piece on the side of the bridge, which ensures a snug fit of the piece on the transition. Chips in groups have different colors. Numbers can be placed on the top surface of the game pieces. To start the game, you need to place the pieces in the slots in a random order. The object of the game is to move the pieces along the grooves until they are grouped. To move the chip between the rings, you must align the groove with the chip with the grooves on the transition. The difficulty of the game lies in the fact that in a puzzle game, the pieces in the grooves are close to each other, and there is no free space between them. By moving one piece, the entire row moves through the transition, or the whole ring rotates. The puzzle game can be used as a trainer for developing memory, logical thinking or fine motor skills of hands. The game is perfect for speedcubing competitions - the art of speedy puzzle solving.

Description

The field of technology.

The utility model (Fig. 1) refers to logical volumetric puzzle games and can be used to develop logical thinking and spatial imagination.

State of the art.

Known volumetric logic game - "Cylinder puzzle Zaerko" authors Zaerko A.P. and Belobabova A.A. (Patent No. 194030) 2019.

The game is a cylinder with rings rotating around the central axis, in the grooves of which there are colored chips. From the end of the cylinder there are hemispherical transitions with grooves and counters. The slots on the transitions intersect. By rotating the rings and moving the chips along the grooves, it is necessary to collect a certain combination of chips by color.

The disadvantages of this puzzle are:

the complexity of manufacturing hemispherical transitions;

the complexity of the geometric construction and the further manufacture of chips.

The "Time Capsule" utility model takes into account the described shortcomings.

Disclosure of the essence of the description of the utility model.

The technical result achieved by the implementation of this utility model is to reduce the complexity of manufacturing the utility model.

The specified technical result is achieved by simplifying the design of transitions and chips. The grooves on the transitions are located one below the other. In the design of the puzzle piece "Zaerko puzzle cylinder" there are bevels of the edges in its upper part, which are absent in this utility model, and there are mates in the upper part of the token. Each ring has grooves for moving chips. The rings are located on the base coaxially and the chips can move between the rings. Due to the identical design of all the chips, each of them can be in any groove on the rings and transitions. The variability of the game can be changed by using a different arrangement of colors, placing the chips on the upper plane of the numbers and using a transparent material for the manufacture of overlays.

FIG. 1 shows a utility model with twelve counters (item 4) on each ring (item 2). A total of four such rings are placed on the base (pos. 1). The magnets (pos. 6) are mounted in the rings and base so that the magnets in the ring are attracted to the magnets in the base. This ensures accurate alignment of the grooves of the ring with the grooves on the transitions (pos. 3) after turning the ring. To start the game, you need to randomly arrange the chips in the grooves of the rings and transitions. The goal of the game is to move the chips along the grooves until they are grouped by color, if numbers are shown, then ordering the numbers in ascending or descending order. On the sides of the base there are transitions with a groove. The transitions hold the rings together on the base. There are decorative overlays on the transitions (pos. 5). Moving chips along a closed path is possible only in four places when the groove coincides, with the required chip, with the groove on the transition. The difficulty of the game lies in the fact that in a puzzle game, the chips in the grooves are tightly to each other, and there is no free space between them. Moving one chip along the closed path of the groove moves the entire row in which it stands. It is physically impossible to simultaneously see the position of all playing pieces on the rings, and when moving a piece on one side of the ring, it is necessary to remember the position of the pieces on the opposite side and imagine their movement. Magnets provide precise positioning of rings with counters when aligning grooves during rotation.

Brief description of the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a front view, left, section and axonometric projection of the utility model.

FIG. 2 shows a front view, left, cross-section and axonometric projection of the base.

FIG. 3 shows a front view, left, section and axonometric projection of the ring.

FIG. 4 shows a front view, left, cross-section and axonometric projection of the outer transition.

FIG. 5 shows a front view, left, cross-section and axonometric projection of the inner transition.

FIG. 6 shows a front view, left, cross-section and axonometric projection of the chip.

FIG. 7 shows a front, left, cross-section and axonometric projection of a decorative strip.

Implementation of the utility model.

The puzzle game (Fig. 1) consists of a base, rings, game pieces, transitions, magnets and decorative overlays.

The base (Fig. 2) is a cylinder with four rows of grooves located opposite each other on the generatrix of the cylinder and intended to accommodate magnets. The number of grooves in a row corresponds to the number of rings on the base. The base serves as an axis for placing and rotating rings and a base for securing transitions. The height of the base cylinder is the sum of the heights of all rings located on the base. The number of rings is not limited.

The ring (Fig. 3) is a hollow cylinder, the height of which is equal to the width of the top of the game piece. On the outer side of the ring, there are grooves along the axis of the cylinder and are intended to accommodate game pieces. The number of grooves is not limited and must be a multiple of four. On the inner side of the ring there are recesses for placing magnets, the number of which coincides with the number of chips on the ring.

The magnets are shaped like a small cylinder. When installing magnets in the rings and in the base, they must ensure that the ring is attracted to the base, which contributes to the exact alignment of the grooves of the transitions and rings.

The transition of the puzzle game consists of two parts: the external transition (Fig. 4), the internal transition (Fig. 5). The outer transition is a part of a half of a hollow sphere obtained by cutting off a part from the hemisphere by two parallel planes equidistant from the central plane perpendicular to the base of the hemisphere, connected to a part of a hollow cylinder obtained by cutting off a part from the cylinder by two parallel planes equidistant from the central plane perpendicular to the base of the cylinder on the plane. Inside the body of the transition there is a groove for placing game pieces in it. The internal transition has a similar design as the external transition. The difference is that on the inner transition, the height of the hollow cylinder is less than the height of the hollow cylinder of the outer transition. Both parts of the transition are connected in such a way that the smaller part is located inside the larger one. The number of game pieces in the outer transition is by two game pieces more than in the inner transition.

The game piece (Fig. 6) consists of an upper and a lower part. The upper part is a square parallelepiped, in which two opposite faces are made square. At the bottom of the parallelepiped there are fillets that provide smooth touch of the chips when displaced relative to each other at the transitions. On the lower plane of the parallelepiped there is a cylinder-shaped depression. This design of the upper part of the chip ensures that the chip touches the truncated sphere of transition along the circumference, thereby ensuring the stability of the chip during the transition.

The lower part of the chip is a square parallelepiped, in which two opposite faces are square, with rounded edges to ensure unhindered movement along the grooves and compensate for the displacement of the chip relative to the axis of the groove. The upper and lower parts are connected by a cylindrical bridge. The chips are located in constant conjunction with each other.

The decorative overlay (Fig. 7) is designed to hold the game pieces on the ring in places between the transitions, as well as for more convenient use and improve the appearance of the utility model. It is a half of a sphere connected along a plane with a half of a cylinder, dissected by a plane passing through the axis of the cylinder. The cover has a groove for an internal transition.

This utility model is economically made from plastic, preferably by injection molding. It is also possible to manufacture from other hard materials.

Claims (1)

A logic game consisting of a cylindrical base, external and internal transitions, rings, chips, linings and magnets, and on the cylindrical base in four rows of grooves located opposite each other on the generatrices of the cylinder, magnets are placed, on which rings are coaxially placed and placed at the ends transitions, rings represent a hollow cylinder, on the outer part of which there are grooves for chips, and on the inner part there are magnets in recesses, the number of which coincides with the number of grooves for chips, the outer transition is a hollow hemisphere, dissected by two parallel planes equidistant from the central plane perpendicular to the base of the hemisphere at a distance equal to half the width of the upper part of the chip, aligned with the hollow cylinder along the plane, and has a groove for placing the chips, and the inner transition, which differs from the outer transition by the lower height of the hollow cylinder, is located inside the outer transition in such a way, so that the trajectories of the grooves are perpendicular and form a closed trajectory of the groove with rings and a transition on the opposite side of the base, the game pieces consist of the upper and lower parts connected by a cylindrical bridge, the upper part is made in the form of a square parallelepiped with a depression in the center on the lower plane, the lower part is made in the form of a square parallelepiped with rounded edges, the linings are a part of a hemisphere connected to the cylinder half along the plane and having a recess for an internal transition located on the lateral plane of the external transition.

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