ME 4182
Team: 5 + 1 Guys Engineering
Nathan Bessette,
Rahul Bhatia,
Andrew Cass,
Zeeshan Saiyed,
Glen Stewart
YJ Chok

• Presented:
– Problem Statement
– Task Assignments
– Project Plan
– Design Partition
• Received critical review of deliverables

• Problem Statement
– Focus Value Statement
– Adjust Wording http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gth649t/problemsta tement.pdf

• Design Partition
– Refined description
– Removed Implementation section http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gth649t/designparti tion.pdf

• Task Partition
– Refined task assignments http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gth649t/taskassign ment.pdf

• Project Plan
– Provided a specific timeline http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gth649t/projectplan
.pdf

• The question was posed:
– “…you should also think about how the eraser will get cleaned. Because the cleaning will be one driving factor.”
• Design Solution
– Eraser will be detachable to allow for quick removal and replacement

• Patent Search
– Pictures of patents
– Patent numbers
– General patent description

Chain AUTOMATED
BOARD ERASER
Patent No.:
US 6,948,210 B1
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Shaft
Eraser
Pulley
Brief Description: This patent is for a system for automatic erasure of a board embodied by a motor plus a pair of rods capable of being rotatably driven by the motor. Pulleys attached to each of the rods with an eraser member affixed to two belts provide horizontal erasing action.

Automatic
Chalkboard Eraser
Roller Track Patent No.:
US 3,731,335
Circular Wipers
Filing Date:
Jul 7, 1971
Chalk Board
Date of Issue:
May 1973
Drive Motor
Description: This patent is for an automatic chalkboard eraser which consists of a span of rotatably mounted erasers held against the board. Electric motors power the body of the system side to side and rotate the erasers which span the length of the board. Rollers at the top and bottom of the system facilitate transverse motion. There is a manual and automatic switch on the front which controls the mechanical motion.

Housing
Front View
APPARATUS AND
A METHOD FOR
AUTOMATICALLY
ERASING A
Sprayers
BLACKBOARD
Patent No.:
US 6,730,720 B1
Wipers
Cutaway
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Top View
Brief Description: This patent is a device that is meant to erase as well as clean a blackboard. The device moves horizontally with rotating brushes on a vertical axis. A washing liquid is also applied with wipers to clean the board after erasing the board.

Patent No.: 6056468
Date Issued: 5/2/00
Felt strip
Mounting shaft
This patent was granted for a wiper blade style eraser tool for white boards. The wiper blade eraser can be used as a stand alone or it can be adapted onto an existing marker, as it has various cross-sections.
This patent is not the entirety of our invention but is a critical part in terms of eraser design for the automated whiteboard wiper to have the least amount of friction and the highest removal efficiency with the lowest number of passes.

Date of Patent: Jun. 14, 1994 Patent No.: US 5,319,820
Brief Description: A system that utilizes a vertically sliding pivoting head mounted to a frame attached to the surrounding wall. The entire assembly can slide horizontally while the head can move vertically when cleaning the board. The head can be lifted off the surface for selective cleaning. The cleaning medium is sponge-like and removable.

Writing Board with an
Automatic Erase
Device
Patent No.:
US 5,607,312
Date of Patent:
Mar. 4, 1997
Brief Description: This device utilizes a frame, a driving roller and a supporting roller mounted on the frame to drive an endless writing sheet around. An elongated, fixed eraser which is extended along the width of the sheet is disposed in the touching of the back surface of the writing sheet. The written material is thus erased at the back while the sheet is being rolled.

• Procure whiteboard
– Compare prices and purchase whiteboard
– Look into supporting building materials
• Concept designs
– Present different conceptual designs
• Drawings, descriptions, and key points