Automaton capable of writing a signature
AssigneeMontres Jaquet Droz SA
InventorFrançois Junod
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Abstract
Automaton capable of writing a signature formed of a series of characters or of stylized signature, wherein the automaton is housed in a volume of a case and operates by means of a system of three cams, wherein two cams encode the movements of a hinged arm carrying a writing instrument in the two dimensions of a writing plane, and wherein a third cam is used to raise or lower the hinged arm perpendicularly to the writing plane, wherein the hinged arm is movable between a first folded position and a second extended position in which the arm transmits to the writing instrument the movements imparted thereto by the system of three cams.
Claims27
An automaton capable of writing a signature formed of a series of characters or of stylised signature, wherein the automaton is housed in a volume of a case and operates by means of a system of three cams, wherein two cams encode the movements of a hinged arm carrying a writing instrument in the two dimensions of a writing plane, and wherein a third cam is used to raise or lower the hinged arm perpendicularly to the writing plane, wherein the hinged arm is movable between a first folded position and a second extended position in which the arm transmits to the writing instrument the movements imparted thereto by the system of three cams.
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