Thermal eraser for tactile drawings

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9403401
APP PUB NO 20130075385A1
SERIAL NO

13685002

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A thermal eraser for erasing tactile drawing features from a tactile drawing medium, along with methods of erasing tactile drawing features formed on a tactile drawing medium, are disclosed. The thermal eraser has a heated tip that can be heated to a temperature sufficient to cause the tactile drawing feature to flow back into the surface of the tactile drawing medium. The heated tip has a tip temperature that can be controlled by a temperature-regulating circuit. A set-point temperature can be used to set the tip temperature and maintain the tip temperature. The thermal eraser can be controlled by hand or by an electro-mechanical device such as a tactile printer.

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UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE85 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET WATERMAN 209 BURLINGTON VT 05405

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Accomando, Katherine Beverly, US 2 11
Banks, William David Saratoga Springs, US 2 11
Brown, Keegan Jennings Roxbury, US 2 11
Coffee, Joshua South Burlington, US 2 11
Coleman, Michael South Burlington, US 43 1156
Funabashi, Kristin Leigh Brookline, US 2 11
Hashimoto, Akie Durham, US 2 11
Risko, Rebecca Ferndale, US 3 11
Rosen, Michael Burlington, US 77 1329

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