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US 5,301,943 AGranted
Puzzle with a toroidal channel engaging a plurality of toroidal rings perpendicular thereto
OwnerImre Asztalosinventor
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Abstract
The apparatus is a puzzle which includes a central toroidal channel with a rotating cogged wheel therein. A plurality of hollow toroidal rings intersect perpendicular to the central toroidal channel. These toroidal rings include balls of different colors. These balls pass from toroidal ring to toroidal ring through the toroidal channel. The object of the puzzle is to intermix balls of different colors and then rearrange the balls so that all balls of a single color are in a single toroidal ring.
Claims15
A puzzle apparatus including:
- a central closed loop channel;
- a plurality of peripheral closed lop channels intersecting substantially perpendicularly with said central closed loop channel and in communication with said central closed loop channel, said peripheral closed loop channels being toroidal with a circular path and a circular cross section, and said central closed loop channel being toroidal with a circular path;
- a plurality of spherical balls which travel within said central closed loop channel and said plurality of peripheral closed loop channels, said balls being provided in M groups of N balls each, each of M groups being a different color one from another, and wherein M is equal to the number of peripheral closed loop channels;
- first means for urging said balls to traverse said central closed loop channel;
- second means for urging said balls to traverse said peripheral closed loop channels;
- wherein said balls travel a path including said central closed loop channel and said plurality of peripheral closed loop channels in response to said first and second means for urging.
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