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The Kép Korong (Picture Disc) is a predecessor of the Hockey Puck, and has the same mechanism but with fewer pieces. It has the shape of a thick disk. In the centre are two semicircular parts, and around these are 6 segment pieces. The centre can rotate with respect to the segments, and one of its halves can be given a 180 degree turn to change the order of the segments. Each side has a picture of a cartoon character. A neat feature is that in its solved state the centre must be out of alignment to complete the pictures. It is extremely rare and hard to find. The Kép Korong was invented by András Végh, a Hungarian physicist. He filed a patent, HU 184418, on 01 April 1981 which was granted on 30 June 1987. Rubik's Cheese is a predecessor of the Rubik's Ufo, and has the same internal mechanism except that it has only one layer instead of two. It is quite a rare and expensive puzzle. It is essentially the same puzzle as the Kép Korong, except that it has no rotating centre, so any three adjacent segments can turn at all times. Each segment has different colours on top and bottom, and in the solved position each side of each piece shares its colour with a piece next to it. The solved position therefore shows three colours on each side of the puzzle. The picture above shows the version where there are three identical pairs of pieces, but it is more common for the pieces to have six different colour pairings so that in the solved position the three coloured regions of one layer do not coincide with the three regions of the other. The US patent for Rubik's Cheese was filed on 9 November 1981 and granted 18 October 1983, US 4,410,179, but its first patent is the Hungarian patent HU180612, filed 9 November 1980. If your browser supports JavaScript, then you can play the Rubik's Cheese by clicking the links below: