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US 4,056,709 AGranted
Taximeter indicator arrangement
AssigneeKienzle Apparate GmbH
InventorsHans-Peter Scholl, Alfons Heimburger, Ulrich Warkentin, Manfred Saufferer
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AssigneeKienzle Apparate GmbH
InventorsHans-Peter Scholl, Alfons Heimburger, Ulrich Warkentin, Manfred Saufferer
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A digital taximeter provides a visual read out of a first and a second multi-digit number. Instead of a plurality of discrete one-digit illuminated-digit display units arranged together to be capable of displaying multi-digit numbers, use is made of a single multi-digit illuminated-digit display unit having a row of equal-size digit zones. One or more of the middle ones of the digit zones are blocked from view to form a first and a second group of digit zones respectively adapted for the display of the first and the second multi-digit numbers and located to either side of the digit zones which are blocked from view. Although the digit zones are actually all of the same size, those of the first group are made to appear larger than those of the second group, in correspondence to the greater importance of the fare indication compared to the extra-charge indication.
In a digital taximeter of the type operative for providing a visual read out of at least a first and a second multi-digit number, in combination,
In a digital taximeter as defined in claim 10, further including an indicia-bearing plate covering said generally flat mask member and provided with first and second apertures in register with said first and second viewing frame means and dimensioned so that said first and second groups of digit zones and also said first and second viewing frame means are visible through said first and second apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.