EP0391472A1 - Construction pour jeux de combinaisons - Google Patents

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EP0391472A1
EP0391472A1 EP90200752A EP90200752A EP0391472A1 EP 0391472 A1 EP0391472 A1 EP 0391472A1 EP 90200752 A EP90200752 A EP 90200752A EP 90200752 A EP90200752 A EP 90200752A EP 0391472 A1 EP0391472 A1 EP 0391472A1
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Giancarlo Simoncelli
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/08—Puzzles provided with elements movable in relation, i.e. movably connected, to each other
    • A63F9/0803—Two-dimensional puzzles with slideable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged
    • A63F9/0823—Two-dimensional puzzles with slideable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged having overlapping circles with interchangeable elements

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  • the present invention relates to a structure for games of combinatorial skill, in particular of the type comprising pieces moveable inside the interior of the same structure.
  • Games of combinatorial skill are already known, which comprise pieces capable of changing their mutual position along obliged paths.
  • the purpose of the instant invention is of providing a structure for combinatorial games, capable of obviating the above said drawbacks.
  • Such purposes are achieved by a structure for games of ombinatorial skill in particular of the type comprising pieces moveable inside the interior of the same structure, characterized in that it comprises at least one pair of circular sliding tracks occupied by said moveable pieces, with said tracks so intersecting as to make it possible the moveable pieces which occupy them to change the track they slide along.
  • the game structure according to the instant invention makes it possible a range of solutions of graduallly increasing difficulty to be organized.
  • a first solution of the game can be, e g., that solution according to which all of the moveable pieces of a same colour are gathered as a group on a same track.
  • a second solution can be that solution according to which the moveable pieces are ordered on one single track as a function of their numbers, and independently from their colours.
  • the moveable pieces can be ordered, e.g., on a plurality of tracks according to their relevant numberings, and independently from their colours.
  • the moveable pieces can be ordered on a plurality of tracks, with the relevant piece numberings and the relevant colours being respected.
  • the game structure according to the present invention comprises a base 2, a first selector wheel 3 and a second selector wheel 4, a first cover element 5, a first set of moveable pieces 6 and a second set of moveable pieces 6A, a first pin 7 and a second pin 8, a first reference element 9 and a second reference element 10, a slipping-preventing gasket 39.
  • the base 2 comprises a first obliged-sliding track 11 and a second obliged-sliding track 12, of substantially circular development.
  • the firs sliding track 11 and the second sliding track 12 are so concatenate, as to intersect in two points, and define a first inner circular portion 44 and a second inner circular portion 45, each of which is on the inner side relatively to the relevant sliding track.
  • the first inner circular portion 44 on the inner side relatively to the first sliding track 11, and the second inner circular portion 45 on the inner side relatively to the first sliding track 12 respectively comprise a first housing 13 and a second housing 14 respectively for the first reference element 9 and for the second reference element 10.
  • the first inner circular portion 44 furthermore comprises at its centre a first shaft 15 housed inside a first bore 16.
  • the first shaft 15 has an outer diameter of such a size as to be able to rotatably support a first hub 17 provided on the first selector wheel 3.
  • the first shaft 15 is axially provided with a first blind bore 22 whose inner diameter is such as to be capable of housing, with the due interference, the first pin 7.
  • the second inner circular portion 45 is provided at its centre with just a second bore 18 whose inner diameter is such as to be capable of housing a second shaft 19 provided on the first cover element 5.
  • the second shaft 19, provided on said first cover element 5, has such an outer diameter as to be capable of supporting, standing inside the second bore 18, a second hub 21 provided on the second selector wheel 4.
  • the second shaft 19 is provided with a second blind bore 20 of such a diameter as to be capable of housing, with the due interference, the second pin 8.
  • the first obliged-sliding track 11 and the second obliged-sliding track 12 respectively comprise first side walls 23 and second side walls 24, between which a first fixed wall 25 and a second fixed wall 26, and a first moveable wall 27 and a second moveable wall 28 are interposed.
  • the second fixed wall 26 is provided on the first cover element 5, and the first fixed wall 25 is provided on the base 2.
  • Both of said moveable walls 27 and 28 are provided on the relevant selector wheels 3, 4 and respectively comprise at least one first spacer pin 29 used in order to space the moveable pieces 6, 6a from each other and at least one second spacer pin 30 also usd in order to space the moveable pieces 6, 6A from each other.
  • the distance existing between two spacer pins 29, 30 adjacent to each other is slightly longer than the maximum dimension of any moveable pieces 6, 6A; inasmuch as said moveable pieces 6, 6A have a plan of circular shape, such a dimension corresponds to the diameter of said moveable pieces.
  • Both the first selector wheel 3 and the second selector wheel 4 respectively comprise a first circumferential crenelation 31 and a second circumferential crenelation 32 comprising merlons 43 and intermediate spaces 42.
  • the intermediate spaces 42 respectively engage with a first tooth 34 and a second tooth 35, in such a way that when the game is assembled each selector wheel 3, 4 can take, by sequential indexing movements, a discrete set of defined positions.
  • the first circular sliding track 11 and the second circular sliding track 12 respectively run, after their intersections, through the second inner circular portion 45 and the first inner circular portion 44.
  • the first inner circular portion 44 comprises at least one opening, and in the case in points three openings 41, such as to make visible the corresponding moveable pieces -- with these "visible" pieces being hence ideally separated from the other ones.
  • Such an element in combination with reference elements provided on said moveable pieces, makes it possible further schemes of ordered arrangement of the same moveable pieces to be defined.
  • three moveable pieces can be provided, which owing to their colour(s) and/or graphic marks, can be regarded as torn off from the sets of moveable pieces 6, 6A, but which can anyway allow at least one further, particularly simple, solution to be defined, and furthermore make it possible the other solutions to be simplified, by reducing the number of the moveable pieces of at least one of the two piece sets 6, 6A.
  • three moveable pieces are marked with the symbols "1", "X", "2", according to the casualness according to which they get arranged in correspondence of the relevant openings, the results of the football matches of the National Football Game and of the prize contest coupled with it can be prognosticated.
  • the base 2 comprises finally two diametrically opposite blind bores 37 having such a diameter as to be capable of housing, with interference, a pair of studs 38 provided on the inner surface of the first cover element 5 and a peripheral groove 33 with a rectangular cross-­section, suitable for retaining the foot 40 of the slipping-preventing gasket 39, made from a high-adherence elastic material.
  • At least one of the selector wheels 3, 4 and at least one cover element not facing said wheel should be made from a transparent material; in the herein exemplified case, the first selector wheel 3 and the first cover element 5 -- which are coplanar -- are made transparent
  • the game is assembled according to the following modalities.
  • the reference elements 9 and 10 are positioned inside their relevant housings 13 and 14 provided on the inner circular portions 44 and 45
  • the second selector wheel 4, fastened by means of the relevant pin 8 is then associated with the base 2.
  • the moveable pieces 6 and 6A are then distributed inside the sliding tracks 11 and 12.
  • the first cover element is pressure-constrained onto the base, by means of the engagement of the studs 38 inside the diametrically opposite blind bores 37.
  • the first selector wheel 3 is fastened by means of the first pin 7.
  • the slipping-preventing gasket 39 is assembled.
  • said game structure is usually made in pocket size; it may furthermore comprise an eye (not shown in the figures), through which a small cord can be slid, in order that said game structure can be hung at the player's neck, like an ornament.
  • the player can canalize the two moveable pieces which are at the points of intersection of the tracks 11 and 12, into that track whose relevant moveable wall 27 and 28 was moved If the selector wheel which had not been revolved beforehand is subsequently revolved, a new change takes place in the sliding track of the two moveable pieces which, following the previous wheel revolving, are at the intersection points.
  • the player can, by starting from a whatever arrangement of the same moveable wheels, return them back to an ordered arrangement marching any one of the target arrangements preset by him.
  • the reference marks reported on the moveable pieces can be of any kinds: alphabetical characters, numerical characters, colours, colour combinations, and still others.
  • any of the reference elements 9, 10 can be provided with reference marks or with different colours, as a function of the colour of each one of the two sets of moveable pieces 6, 6A.
  • Each set of moveable pieces 6, 6A can be furthermore marked with a numeral.
  • the moveable pieces 6, 6a can be ordered according to a desired, preset arrangement, e g., as already said, both by the moveable pieces being gathered in groups according to their colours, or by them being gathered in one or more ordered group(s) according to their progressive numbering, or simultaneously according to both of said criterions, or according to further criterions.
  • the hereinabove disclosed and illustrated structure only comprises two sliding tracks 11 and 12 and two sets of moveable pieces 6, 6A; however, that does not exclude that the game may be given different forms of practical embodiment, e.g., of the type with three of more sliding tracks, like those shown in Figures 4-6.

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EP0050755A1 (fr) * 1980-10-24 1982-05-05 Fok-Gyem Finommechanikai és Elektronikus Müszergyárto Szövetkezet Jeu logique
GB2101897A (en) * 1981-05-11 1983-01-26 Tsukuda Original Shunting puzzle
EP0089581A1 (fr) * 1982-03-19 1983-09-28 Ipari Müszergyár Jouet pour jeu de société logique
US4468033A (en) * 1981-09-14 1984-08-28 Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc. Object transfer toy utilizing gears for component coordination
DE8700530U1 (de) * 1987-01-13 1987-02-26 elasto FORM Gerhard Sperber, 8562 Hersbruck Geschicklichkeitsspiel
WO1988006472A1 (fr) * 1987-03-06 1988-09-07 Cathrein, Angela Dispositif de jeu

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EP0050755A1 (fr) * 1980-10-24 1982-05-05 Fok-Gyem Finommechanikai és Elektronikus Müszergyárto Szövetkezet Jeu logique
GB2101897A (en) * 1981-05-11 1983-01-26 Tsukuda Original Shunting puzzle
US4468033A (en) * 1981-09-14 1984-08-28 Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc. Object transfer toy utilizing gears for component coordination
EP0089581A1 (fr) * 1982-03-19 1983-09-28 Ipari Müszergyár Jouet pour jeu de société logique
DE8700530U1 (de) * 1987-01-13 1987-02-26 elasto FORM Gerhard Sperber, 8562 Hersbruck Geschicklichkeitsspiel
WO1988006472A1 (fr) * 1987-03-06 1988-09-07 Cathrein, Angela Dispositif de jeu

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