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US 4,055,692 AGranted
Gas pump counter display and method of formation thereof
OwnerBernard S. Zionts, Victor Ziontsinventors
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Abstract
A display unit for gas pump counters and the method of formation thereof are presented. The display unit converts a conventional three digit gas pump display unit to a four digit display unit by forming a fourth digit display window in existing gas pump units and then covering the windows with a uniform mask to present a uniform appearance.
Claims6
A modified display plate for liquid dispensing apparatus, the display plate having:
- an array of aligned windows formed in the body of the display plate;
- an enlarged window in said array;
- and
- a mask mounted on said display plate, said mask having a plurality of windows therein each aligned with each of said display plate windows other than said enlarged window and two windows aligned with the enlarged window
1 more element
The method of modifying a display plate for liquid dispensing apparatus having a plurality of aligned windows forming an indicating array, including the steps of:
- enlarging one of the windows of the array of the display plate;
- and
- applying a mask to the display plate, said mask having a plurality of windows cooperating with said array of windows of the display plate to form an array of openings of greater number than originally on the display
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.