Material Sampler
AssigneeMykola Adeyev
InventorsMykola Adeyev, James Watson, Robert Curtis, Ben Crundwell, Andrew Julian Stockdale
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Abstract
An apparatus (1) arranged to store and display a plurality of material samples (9), the apparatus (1) comprising a plurality of sample supports (21) arranged to hold the material samples (9), the sample supports (21) being moveable to allow a user to access a selected material sample (9); a controller (27) configured to receive a selection identifying a material sample (9) to be displayed; and a display mechanism configured to move the selected sample (9) from a first position, in which the selected sample (9) is not visible, to an extended position in which the selected sample (9) is visible and/or touchable by a user.
Claims21
1-42. (canceled)
An apparatus arranged to store and display a plurality of material samples, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of sample supports arranged to hold the material samples, the sample supports being moveable to allow a user to access a selected material sample;
- a housing having an aperture;
- a controller configured to receive a selection identifying a material sample to be displayed;
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- a display mechanism configured to move the selected sample from a first position within the housing, to an extended position in which at least a portion of the selected sample is projected through the aperture, such that it is visible and/or touchable by a user.
A method of delivering a material sample to a user, the method comprising:
- a) using a selection mechanism to select a material sample;
- b) causing the selection mechanism to communicate the identity of the selected material sample to an apparatus arranged to store a plurality of material samples;
- and
- c) causing the apparatus to show the user the selected material sample, by projecting the selected material sample through an aperture in a housing encasing the plurality of samples.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.