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Magnetic pen

US5674104A · kind A · utility

27Cited by
3References
10Claims
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Filing dateJan 5, 1996
Grant dateOct 7, 1997
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Expiry dateJan 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB43L1/008
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A magnetic pen for drawing lines on the main surface of a magnetic display sheet consisting of a plurality of microcapsules in which oily liquid having photoabsorptive ferromagnetic powder and photoreflective non-magnetic powder are mixed in sealed relationship, and wherein the magnetic pen includes a core member having a spherical crown shape, a magnet constituting part of a notched surface of the core member, the core member being supported by the pen such that the notched surface of the core member protrudes from the tip of the pen and a spherical contraposition is generated by a part of the spherical surface of the core member, and wherein the notched surface of the core member is brought into contact with the main surface of the magnetic display sheet by the force of a stroke drawing line.

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