Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Illuminated sign – Edge illuminated
Patent
1981-08-06
1983-11-29
Mancene, Gene
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Illuminated sign
Edge illuminated
G09F 1300
Patent
active
044174128
ABSTRACT:
A display device includes a plurality of optical fiber elements which are bunched together at one end adjacent a light source. The light emitting ends of the optical fiber elements pass through apertures in a moveable panel. The apertures may be arranged into a desired configuration and, in part, serve as locators for the light emitting ends of the optical elements. The moveable panel is moveable to a first position proximate the light emitting ends of the optical fiber elements, and where so positioned, the ends of the optical fiber elements are moved to substantially conform to the pattern of the apertures in the moveable panel to present an illuminated display substantially the same as the aperture pattern. The moveable panel is then moveable to a second position in which it is displaced from the light emitting ends of the optical fiber elements, and when so positioned the ends of the optical fibers move to form a second image distinct from the first. The moveable panel may be moved from the first to the second positions repeatedly to create a display in which the light emitting ends forming the first image are oriented by the movement of the panel into a second image.
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Contreras Wenceslao J.
Mancene Gene
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