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Exhibitor:
Association of Hungarian Inventors - MAFE Inventor and
Invention: SZÁNTAY Judit and SZÁNTAY |
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1. The Invention |
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Title Rolling
Numbers The problem the inventor(s) wanted to solve A novel supplementary tool
for teaching the conversion between everyday units of measurement. Description. A playful, simple teaching
device, which facilitates and greatly simplifies the teaching, learning and
practicing of unit conversions. Presentation. The prototype is preferably a wheel of 21cm diameter, made of
cardboard and divided into 7 concentric circles and 8 identical sectors. Each
sector represents a digit. All circles have different colors. The outermost circle
depicts the chosen metric unit for a given measure. The middle of the wheel represents
the chosen unit, to the right of which we find the prefixes in decreasing order(centi, deci, milli) and to the left those in increasing order (deca,
hecto, kilo) The Latin name of a prefix is also
depicted in the national language together with its meaning. In the centre of
the wheel there is a black and a colored pointer that can be rotated along
the wheel. The unit to be converted is always represented in black, while the
unit we are looking for is depicted in color. The wheel also comes with 10
small cardboard objects numbered from 0 to 9.;these may be of any suitable
shape depending on the target age group Application In any learning community
or individually. Advantages Cheap, can be fabricated from
many types of material (paper, plastic, leather, textile, wood) in any
different sizes can be practice. Carried in a pocket or placed on a wall or
an exercise book for systematic. Stage of development. Product Documentation available: Leaflet |
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2. The inventor (or inventors) |
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Name(s) SZÁNTAY Judit
(Ms) and SZÁNTAY Georgina (Ms) Self introduction. I am a retired chemistry
teacher who graduated from the Technical University of Budapest. My
granddaughter Owner of the invention? Inventors |
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3. Protection |
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Patent Status: Hu
patent application Priority 19. 09. 2003. Countries where it is in force |
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4. Business
intention Selling the product |
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