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Perspective drawing machine

US4899454A · kind A · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 16, 1988
Grant dateFeb 13, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43L13/145
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A drafting table includes vertical and horizontal straight edged supports together with drive mechanisms for moving the vertical straight edge such that it will always point to a viewing point and for moving the horizontal straight edges in plural different modes. In a first mode, the two horizontal straight edges are moved such that their edges always point to respective vanishing points. In a second mode the horizontal straight edges are moved such that one continues to point to a vanishing point while the other maintains a fixed angle with respect to horizontal, and so that their edges always intersect at a point along the line of view. The drive mechanisms for the horizontal straight edge supports can be disabled, reversed or their drive ratios changed in accordance with the particular drawing being made.

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