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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1997
W Brooks Drew, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
G Frank Dye, Greensboro, NC (US);
F Martin Black, Greensboro, NC (US);
Reader Vision, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
An improved solenoid and reset pin for a modular display apparatus for displaying indicia at a front thereof having a frame for rotationally mounting a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes first and second display faces joined along respective adjacent edges. A triggering mechanism has a plurality of solenoids adapted for selective actuation to rotate selected ones of the pixels for changing the pattern of the desired display indicia and a plurality reset pins to return the pixels to an original position. The reset pins and the plungers for the solenoids include a spring and a rod extending axially outward from said spring to provide radial flexibility.