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US 2003/0203348 A1Published application
Image retainer
OwnerY. Chernov, G. Kleyman +1inventors
InventorsY. Chernov, G. Kleyman, L. Kofman
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Abstract
A device for retaining a three-dimensional image includes a retainer capable of arresting displacement of pins in a position corresponding to a contour of a load applied to the pins.
Claims10
An image retainer:
- a support having a multiplicity of apertures arranged in parallel rows;
- a plurality of pins displaceable through the apertures in response to applying a load, which has a contour, to one ends of the pins so that the pins move toward an impressed position, in which opposite ends of selectively impressed pins recreate the contour corresponding to an image of the object;
- and
- a retainer cooperating with the pins so that further displacement of the pins in the impressed position is arrested to maintain the contour regardless of the orientation of the support.
1 more element
A method for retaining a three-dimensional image, comprising the steps of:
- applying a load to one ends of pins, thereby displacing the pins to an imprint position corresponding to a three-dimensional image of the load;
- and
- engaging the displaced pins in the imprint position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.