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Detachable modular drive unit for projection screen apparatus

US4060310A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 6, 1976
Grant dateNov 29, 1977
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Expiry dateJan 6, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B21/58
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A projection screen apparatus includes a modular screen unit and a separate modular drive motor unit generally forming an extension of the screen unit. The screen unit has an elongate roller and a flexible screen which is wound on the roller when it is in a closed position and unwound from the roller when it is in an exposed position. The drive unit is detachably secured adjacent the screen unit and has an electric motor releasably coupled to the roller to rotate the roller to move the screen between exposed and closed positions.

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