Illuminated natural gas flow display panel assembly
AssigneePublic Service Company of Colorado
InventorsKenneth K. Christensen, Randy A. Bishop, Daniel Bettis, Michael Markano
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Abstract
An illuminated natural gas display panel assembly simulates the generation and transmission of natural gas to different classes of users by means of a plurality of elongated strips of light-transmitting arrays, each strip made up of a plurality of LEDs and with different light-sequencing circuits for individually controlling the rate and direction of sequencing of the lights to represent a desired pressure level and direction of flow along each said array; and different colored light elements are employed to aid in giving the optical illusion of different pressure levels along each of the light-transmitting arrays.
Claims13
In a natural gas display panel assembly for simulating the generation and transmission of natural gas to users wherein an opaque panel includes visual representations of a gas supply source an different types of users including industrial and residential users, the combination therewith comprising:
- a plurality of elongated light-transmitting arrays on said panel, each of said arrays including a series of light-transmitting holes in said panel extending between said supply source and each of said users;
- a plurality of light elements including means supporting said light elements behind said holes along each of said arrays;
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- light sequencing means associated with each of said plurality of light elements associated with each said array for sequentially activating said light elements simultaneously along each said array but at different sequencing rates in accordance with the pressure level of the natural gas flowing to each of said users whereby to simulate the rate an direction of flow of natural gas to each of said users.
In a fluid flow display panel assembly for simulating the flow of fluid to spaced locations on an opaque panel wherein said panel includes visual representations of a fluid supply source and different structural units representing end users for said fluid, the combination therewith comprising:
- a plurality of elongated light-transmitting, linear arrays on said panel, each of said arrays extending to one of said end users;
- a plurality of elongated strips of light elements including means supporting said strips along each of said arrays, said light-transmitting arrays being in the form of light-transmitting holes in closely spaced relation to one another, each of said strips disposed behind a plurality of said light-transmitting holes with said light elements aligned with said light-transmitting holes;
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- light-sequencing means for said strips associated with each said array for sequentially activating said light elements simultaneously along said strips of said arrays at different rates whereby to simulate the pressure and direction of flow of fluid to each of said end users.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.