Patent ID: 8602787

Claim:
A Braille writer, comprising: a chassis supporting a plurality of finger operated keys, each key mechanically interconnected with an embossing mechanism so that depression of a key causes a corresponding one of a plurality of pins in the embossing mechanism to extend outwardly from the embossing mechanism to create a raised dot on paper adjacent to the embossing mechanism; and an erase mechanism, comprising a first plate adjacent to the embossing mechanism comprising a plurality of indents arranged in a full Braille cell, including all possible pins of the Braille system being used, a second plate placed in opposition to the first plate and comprising a corresponding plurality of raised elements arranged in a full Braille cell, and an actuator for pressing the first plate and the second plate together; wherein the first plate and second plate are oriented such that compressing the paper between the first plate and second plate creates a plurality of lowered dots on the paper; and wherein the plurality of indents of the erase mechanism are fixed at a distance from the plurality of pins in the embossing mechanism equal to a spacing between two cells in a Braille system.