Light collector means for irradiating a liquid crystal display device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro Kotani
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Abstract
A light collector means such as a focusing lens is provided adjacent to a liquid crystal display device for irradiating the liquid crystal display device. In an electronic apparatus such as an electronic calculator or an electronic timepiece including a tiltable, shielding hood structure slidably mounted on the housing of the electronic apparatus above the liquid crystal display device, the light collector means is preferably positioned at the end of the hood structure.
Claims14
In a housing for an electronic calculator including a calculator body having an upper surface provided with a keyboard section and an indication section of the liquid crystal type, and a shielding hood structure mounted on the end portion of the upper surface of said calculator body adjacent said indication section, said shielding hood having a lowermost end portion adjacent said calculator body and extending to an upper end portion positioned above said indication section, the improvement comprising:
- a light collector means mounted at said upper end of said shielding hood structure for refracting light beams introduced therein toward said indication section.
The housing for an electronic calculator of claim 14, wherein the shielding hood structure is tiltable from an open position to a closed position above only said indication section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.