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| Year | Description |
| 1991 | Invention patented by Peter S. Hoagland on June 4th, 1991. Abstract: A drafting device includes a body and a roller assembly rotatably mounted on the body for allowing movement of the drafting device across a support surface. The drafting device also includes a spring disposed between the body and roller assembly for producing friction on the roller assembly to resist unintended rolling of the roller assembly. |
| 1994 | Invention patented by Chiang-Ming Chen and Kun-Mao Chen on June 31th, 1994. Abstract: A drafting device includes a pair of magnetic boards securely mounted to upper and lower surfaces of a base frame respectively, a ruler movably engaged on the magnetic board, a pair of cavities defined in each of the four corners of the lower surface of the base frame, and a protrusion being formed between the pair of cavities. A guiding member is securely mounted to each of the four corners of the base frame and includes a locking block having a first wall member and a second wall member mounted on the upper and lower surfaces of the base frame respectively, a slot being defined in the second wall member through which the protrusion is received, a recess defined in an underside of the locking block between the first and second wall members and having a width equal to the distance between a bottom face of the cavity and the upper surface of the base frame. A guiding line loops around each of the guiding members and passes through two ends of the ruler. |
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