BUILDING SET WITH FLAT BUILDING BRICKS

Abstract: With a building set of the kind which comprises plate-formed building bricks (1) and assembly elements (10) for the coupling together of the building bricks (10) along the edges, a special assembly element is shown which can be used for hinged connections, stiff plane connections, stiff right-angled connections and combinations hereof. The assembly element (10) is in the form of a cylinder with a height equal to the diameter and being provided with two tongues (11 and 12) and a tongue hole (13). The many possible combinations arise in that a number of assembly elements (10) are used at each connection, but these are oriented in different ways.

Description: BUILDING SET WITH FLAT BUILDING BRICKS This invention relates to building sets of the kind consisting of building bricks, preferably flat bricks or plate elements, with a groove-like recess formed in the edge, the internal sides of said recess being arranged to engage with tongue parts on assembly el¬ ements. There exist many such building sets or assembly sys¬ tems, whereby it is possible to assemble plate elem¬ ents lying in one plane, for example see the German publications nos. 2251951, 2535738 and 2741814. With the constructions known from the above publications it is not possible to carry out an assembly with the plate elements at right angles to each other without the use of a special assembly element which can only be utilized for angle assemblies. The object of the present invention is to overcome this disadvantage. The building set according to the invention is char¬ acteristic in that the assembly element is formed as a cylindrical body, the height of which is equal to the diameter and equal to the thickness of the plate element, and which on the one end surface is provided with a centrally situated tongue part, while in the middle on the side there is provided a second tongue part with its axis at right angles to the first axis, i.e. the cylinder axis, and that both tongue parts are formed as swivel elements with extensions which are arranged to engage with the internal sides in the groove-like recess. OMPI A particularly expedient embodiment is characteristic in that the second end surface of the assembly elem¬ ent is provided with a centrally positioned tongue ' hole of essentially the same shape as the tongue parts. With such a building set it is possible to carry out quite a lot. of assemblies with the use of the same assembly element,, or rather with the use of several of these, merely by turning them differently during the assembly. If one thus considers two plate elem¬ ents, one can couple them together in stiff connec¬ tion in one plane, in a hinge connection or in a stiff right-rangled connection with each other. If one con- siders three plate elements, they can be coupled to¬ gether along an axis in loose hinge connection with one another, where they can not form an angle of less than 90 to each other, in stiff T-connection , or in a T-connection where each of the two flanges which lie in extension of each other (the top of the T) can be made loose for hinge connection with the above-men¬ tioned limitation for angles greater than 90 . Finally, if one considers four plate elements, these can be coupled together in a stiff cross. The possi¬ bilities, however, are still not herewith exhausted. According to the invention, the building set can be further characteristic in that the assembly element, in the area around the tongue hole, is provided with one or more ' slots r hereby making it possible to in¬ sert the tongue in the tongue hole even though one chooses a relatively ' hard and less flexible material-. Finally, the building set can be characteristic in that the cylindrical part of the assembly element has a height which is divisible into the side length for' the plate element, i.e. the length is a multiple of the height. One can thus achieve completely closed assemblies without holes along the assembly edges in the assembled building set. The invention is described more closely with refer- ence to the drawing, where fig. 1 shows a cross section through a square plate element according to the inven- . ... tion, consisting of two half parts. fig. 2 shows a quarter of the one half part seen from the inner side and on an en¬ larged scale in relation to that shown in fig. 1, figs. 3, 4 and 5 are double right-angled illu¬ strations of an assembly element accor¬ ding to the invention, in that fig. 3 shows the assembly element seen from the side, fig. 4 is a section along the line IV-IV in f g. 3, fig. 5 ^ shows the element seen from the left in fig. 3, fig. 6 shows a second assembly element for use _ OMPI with the building set and seen from the front, fig. 7 is the same element seen from the side, 5 and fig. 8 the element seen from the end, fig. 9 shows a second embodiment of the assem- 0 bly element shown in figs. 3, 4 and 5, fig. 10 shows a third assembly element for use with the building set and seen from the f ont, 5 fig. 11 shows the element seen from the end, and fig. 12 shows the element seen from a third Q side. In fig. 1 is shown a plate element 1 consisting of two half parts 2 and 3. The plate element is square*, in shape when seen from above, and is provided with a 5 groove-like recess :(4)..-extending..continuously around •its edge, said recess having sides 5 and 6 which, in the embodiment shown here, have a barrel-shaped cross section. The plate element consists of two parts in order to save material, in that hereby there can be 0 produced a cavity 7. The half parts 2 and 3 are form¬ ed with a:.,snap-lock arrangement as shown at 8 and 9. . Actually, the two half parts are identical, in that they are turned 90 around an axis lying in the plane of the paper and at right angles to the plane of the OMPI element before the assembly. The snap-lock parts bel¬ onging to the snap-locks 8 and 9 comprise a male part along the one side and a female part along the suc-r . * ceeding side in the circumferential direction, in the manner as shown in fig. 2. In fig. 3 is shown an assembly element 10 consisting of a cylindrical part of a height which is equal to the diameter, and which is divisible into the side length of the plate element 1. In the shown figures 1, 3, 4 and 5, there are four cylinder measurements to the side length, but other proportions can natur¬ ally be chosen. In the one end surface, the assembly element is also provided with a tongue part 11 which is centrally disposed, i. e. along the cylinder axis. In the centre of the side of the cylindrical part is provided a second tongue part 12 which stands at right angles, to the cylinder axis..In the other end surface of the cylindrical part there is a tongue..hole 13. At this ' hole there are formed slots 14 and 15 which make it easier to expand the hole when inserting a tongue part. The tongue parts 11 and 12, the tongue hole 13 and the groove-like recess 4 in the plate el¬ ement 1 are dimensioned in accordance with one anoth- er, i.e. each of the tongues from another assembly element can be locked firmly in the groove-like re¬ cess. In fig. 9 is shown a slightly different embodiment of a cylindrical assembly element, this element having a flat side 16 from which extends the tongue part 12. The element in fig. 9 is, for the remainder, formed in the same way as shown in figs. 3-5, but with a suitable choice of material can be formed without the OMPI slots ' 14 and 15, in that a number of plastic materials can be deformed sufficiently to allow a tongue element such as 11 or 12 to be inserted in the tongue hole 13. This also applies for the embodiment shown in figs. 3 - 5, where the choice of material also determines whether or not the slots 14 and 15 are necessary. The many possibilities of coupling together now arise in. the coupling of the assembly elements together in different ways, and it will be obvious how this can be done. If one considers fig. 3 and imagines a col¬ umn of assembly elements inserted into each other so that they have a common cylinder axis, one can envi¬ sion the tongue parts 12 swivelled out in different directions and coupled -to different plate. lements. If one now merely turns one of the " assembly elements so that its axis lies at right angles to the hinge line or the axes of the others, a right—angled connec¬ tion between two plate elements can be achieved. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show an element which, seen, from the end as shown in fig. 8, has a contour of that of two tongues in extension of each other, and which in a. manner known in itself can therefore be used for the simple coupling of plate elements. In the dimension shown, it is intended for the coupling together of two plate elements, but there is nothing to prevent the element from being longer and thus suitable for many plate elements. Figs. 10, 11 and 12 show a third embodiment of an as¬ sembly element which can be used for the coupling of plate elements, but which can also be coupled with the assembly elements shown in figs. 3-5 and 9. This element has a groove-like recess 4 of the same form as shown in fig. 1, parallel with the long sides, but can also have a barrel-shaped section in the direction parallel with the short sides, see fig. 12, so that a tongue part 11 or 12 can be inserted both from a short side and a long side. The stippled lines in fig. 10 show how the barrel-shaped sections can be arranged. The tongue part on the element shown in fig. 10 or 11 can thus be inserted in the di ferent grooves in cor¬ responding elements, which is why the long side is preferably a complete multiple of the length of the short side, for example twice as long, so that two el¬ ements can be brought into engagement with the tongue part on a third. It will be obvious to those familiar with the tech¬ nique that many other types of elements can be formed within the scope of the invention, in that the ele - ents shown in the drawings are only examples of embod¬ iments. It will also be obvious that one can change the .mu¬ tual dimensions and. the size of the individual ele- ents without deviating from the general idea. _ O PI

Claims: C L I M S 1. Building set of the kind comprising building bricks, preferably flat bricks or plate elements (1) , 5 in the edge of which is formed a groove—like recess (4) having internal sides arranged to engage with tongue parts (11, 12) on assembly elements (10) , .c h a r a c t e r i z e d- in that the assembly ele¬ ment (10) is formed as a cylindrical body with a ' ..• ■ 0 height which is equal to the diameter and equal to- the thickness of the plate element (1) , and which on the one end surface is provided with a centrally pos¬ itioned tongue part (11) , while in the middle of the side there is provided a second tongue part (12) with 5 an axis which is at right angles to the axis of the first, i.e. the cylinder axis, and in that both tongue parts are formed as swivelling bodies with extended parts arranged to engage with the internal sides of the groove-like recess (4) . 0 2. Building set according to claim 1, c h a r a c t¬ e r i z e d in that the other end surface of the as¬ sembly element (10) is provided with a centrally pos¬ itioned tongue hole (13) of essentially the same shape 5 as the tongue parts. 3. Building set according to claim 2, c h.a r a c t- e r i z e d in that the .assembly .element . (10) , .in the .area around the tongue hole (13) , is provided with Q one or more slots (14) . 4. Building set according to claim 1, 2 or 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the cylindrical part of the assembly element has a height which is divisible into the side length of the plate element, i.e. the length is a multiple of the height.

Inventors: POULSEN RICHARD, POULSEN, RICHARD
Applicants: MOBY FLEX APS, MOBY-FLEX APS
Application year: 1983
Main classification: A63H33
IPC codes: A63H33