Pliable pin strip
US5343644A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09F19/12
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A display device includes a highly pliable web having an array of longitudinally and transversely pins mounted on a face of the web, the pins having shanks projecting upwardly perpendicular to the area of the web at which the respective pin shanks are located. A shaping member has a contoured pressed against the underface of the web to recoverably deform the web and vary the pin shank orientations. Different webs and pin anchoring constructions are described.
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