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Method and apparatus for producing objective color references for color matching or identifying

  • US 20060029909A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2005
  • Published: 02/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A display device for color identifying or matching, comprising:

  • one or more colored discs of varying transparency concentrically arranged, each having a tab attached to the periphery of the disc constituting a means to rotate the discs individually around a center pivot;

    front and back circular opaque holder portions of similar dimensions to the discs attached to the front side and back side of the concentrically arranged discs, the front and back opaque holder portions having a viewing window which recesses from the outer peripheral edge of the holder towards the center of the display device;

    the discs and the opaque holders being attached at their center by a rivet facilitating rotation of the individual discs relative to each other and the opaque holders;

    the individual discs having printed directly on said discs symbolic indicators which constitute the percentage of color in view;

    wherein;

    (a) the symbolic indicators on the discs are viewable in the viewing window when said discs are rotated relative to the individual discs;

    (b) the symbolic indicators are printed at a distance from the center of the display device on the individual disc so as to not interfere with the symbolic indicators from other discs.

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