Compartmentalized magnet device
AssigneeDesign Factory Inc.
InventorsNobuyuki Yamazaki, Hisae Yamashita
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a polyhedron magnet device for attaching to magnetically attractive surfaces and holding items. The device includes a plurality of sidewalls extending in a longitudinal direction along the surface of the device, partitions, and end walls, which are placed perpendicularly to sidewalls to form one or more magnet holding chambers and separation chambers.
Claims22
A magnet device (20) for attaching to magnetically attractive surfaces and holding items therebetween, the device (20) comprising:
- a plurality of walls forming a plurality of chambers (22, 24, 26) enclosed therein;
- at least one (22, 26) of said chambers (22, 24, 26) having a magnet (30) freely movably enclosed therein to both rotatably and translationally move within said chamber (22, 26) and turn about two separate axes and abut any internal wall of said chamber (22, 26) when brought close to a magnetically attractive surface;
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- at least one other chamber (24) is empty and located next to said magnet (30) holding chamber (22, 26).
A polyhedron magnet device (20) for attaching to magnetically attractive surfaces and holding items therebetween, the device (20) comprising:
- a plurality of sidewalls (32) extending in a longitudinal direction, and partitions (34) and end walls (36) placed perpendicularly to said sidewalls (32) for forming a plurality of chambers (22, 24, 26), said chambers (22, 24, 26) defining a plurality of magnet holding chambers (22, 26) and at least one separation chamber (24) between said magnet holding chambers (22, 26);
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- one or more magnets (30) movably enclosed in each of said magnet holding chambers (22, 26) to both rotatably and translationally move within said respective chamber (22, 26) and turn about two separate axes and abut any internal wall of said respective magnet-holding chamber (22, 26) when brought close to a magnetically attractive surface,
- wherein said separation chamber (24) does not contain a magnet and maintains magnetic interaction between said magnets (30) in said magnet holding chambers (22, 26).
A magnet device (8) for attaching to magnetically attractive surfaces and holding items therebetween, the device (8) comprising:
- a plurality of walls (10) defining an interior chamber (12);
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- a magnet (14) enclosed within said chamber (12),
- wherein interior corners of said walls (10) defining said chamber (12) are rounded to smoothly transition between flat surfaces of adjacent walls (10) to prevent the magnet (14) from being wedged in areas of contact between said walls (10) and permit free rotational and translational movement and rotation about two separate axes of said magnet (14) within said chamber (12) to abut any internal wall of said chamber (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.