Cylindrical Sliding Puzzle with Guide Rails for Easy Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sliding puzzles, such as paper card and plastic types, lack stereo perception and funniness, and have components that are easily lost during assembly, leading to high production costs and low convenience of use.
Innovation Solution
A sliding puzzle with a cylindrical support featuring a guide rail structure and blocks that slide along it, connected through chutes and curved plates, allowing for easy assembly and reducing the risk of component loss, while maintaining structural stability and enabling smooth movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If blocks are fixed to the main body seat through buckles or magnetic suction, then the blocks are securely attached, but the components are easy to lose during assembly and the assembly process is complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex fastening mechanisms (buckles, magnetic suction) and replaces them with a simple guide rail structure. The blocks are equipped with guide rails that slide into corresponding slots on the support, eliminating the need for separate fastening components and significantly simplifying the assembly process while maintaining secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the block structure into distinct components: a block body and an integrated guide rail. This segmentation allows the guide rail to be a separate, easily attachable component that simplifies assembly while ensuring reliable connection through the sliding mechanism.
2Stability of the object's composition
If multiple blocks are assembled one by one through fastening, then the structure is stable, but the assembly time is long and production efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the time-consuming fastening steps by extracting the core function of attachment and implementing it through a simple slide-in guide rail mechanism. This allows blocks to be quickly assembled without repeated fastening operations, significantly improving production efficiency while maintaining structural stability.
3Ease of operation
If traditional sliding puzzle structures are used, then the assembly is simple, but the stereo perception is poor and the toy is less engaging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D paper card or flat plastic sliding puzzles to a 3D cylindrical structure. The blocks are arranged on a cylindrical support with guide rails that extend in multiple directions, providing true stereo perception and enhanced engagement while maintaining assembly simplicity through the standardized guide rail interface.
4Reliability
If the entire sliding puzzle is replaced due to local damage, then the functionality is restored, but the production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the sliding puzzle into independently replaceable components: the cylindrical support and individual blocks with integrated guide rails. This allows damaged blocks to be replaced individually rather than replacing the entire puzzle, significantly reducing production costs while maintaining functional reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables selective replacement of damaged blocks while retaining undamaged components. The standardized guide rail interface ensures that replaced blocks can be easily recovered and reused in future replacements, reducing overall material consumption and production costs.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a sliding puzzle. The sliding puzzle includes a cylindrical support and a plurality of blocks. The cylindrical support provided with two opposite bottom surfaces and a side surface connected between the two bottom surfaces, wherein the side surface is provided with a guide rail structure. Each of the blocks is mounted on the guide rail structure and can slide along the guide rail structure to change a position. The sliding puzzle in this solution can effectively decrease the possibility of loss of block parts in an assembling process of the sliding puzzle and improves the convenience of use of the sliding puzzle. Meanwhile, compared with the paper card type and plastic sliding puzzles, the sliding puzzle in this solution improves the stereo perception and the funniness. The sliding puzzle is simple in structure, convenient to assemble, and connected firmly.