Automotive display apparatus

An automotive display apparatus comprising:

• an indicator installed in a dashboard for displaying information on driving conditions;
• a defroster duct defining a defrost air passage and installed within the dashboard for defrosting a windshield;
• wherein the dashboard has an opening provided therethrough, said opening defining one end of said defroster duct and constructed for opening in said dashboard and for allowing light from the display of the indicator to pass out of said defroster duct through said opening in said dashboard such that both the defrost air and light from the display of the indicator pass from said opening in said dashboard so as to be reflected by the surface of the windshield, with the indicator light being reflected toward a viewing point of a driver so that the driver can see a virtual image of the display at a location in front of the windshield;
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• means for passing light from said indicator to the windshield surface via said defrost air passage, said passing means comprising a transparent face plate disposed upstream from said opening through the dashboard and is arranged between the indicator and the defrost air passage such that the face-plate constitutes part of the defroster duct, the display apparatus constructed such that defroster air in the defrost duct ascends along the surface of the face-plate and is blown at the surface of the windshield via the opening through the dashboard.