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Magnetic display apparatus

US5820385A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 5, 1996
Grant dateOct 13, 1998
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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 display apparatus having a magnetic display sheet consisting of a plurality of microcapsules having oily liquid having photoabsorptive ferromagnetic powder and photoreflective non-magnetic powder, an apparatus for erasing with a magnet a line drawn on the display sheet by the magnetic pen, a magnet, a mechanism for moving the magnet along a major portion of the magnetic display sheet and a power source for moving the mechanism which supports the magnet.

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