US 5,936,914 A · Electronic appliance equipped with light emitting apparatus

Abstract

In an electronic appliance equipped with a light emitting apparatus 30, a transparent sheet member 31 having a character, a pattern or other symbols is arranged on a front surface of a transmission type flat-shaped light emitting apparatus 32. A colored sheet member 33 is arranged behind this light emitting apparatus. Openings 21 are formed in the colored sheet member 31, the light emitting apparatus 32, and the transparent sheet member 33. These openings are communicated therethrough. A pointer shaft 19 and 20 of a gear train mechanism 17 for indicating a present time is penetrated through the openings. Hands 22 and 23 are rotatably driven above the transparent sheet member 31. When the light emitting apparatus 32 is turned OFF, the colored sheet member 33 can be observed through the transparent sheet member 31 and the transparent light emitting apparatus 32. Accordingly, the colored sheet member 33 may provide high-grade quality and decorative feelings. When the light emitting apparatus 32 is turned ON, the emitted light can illuminate the hands 22 and 23 via the transparent sheet member 31.

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Dependent claims

An electronic appliance comprising:

a transparent sheet member having an opening formed at an inner portion thereof, said transparent sheet member having at least one of a character and a pattern formed thereon;
an electroluminescent element which is transparent when no voltage is applied thereto and which emits light when a voltage is applied thereto, said electroluminescent element being overlapped with a lower surface of said transparent sheet member and having an opening at a position opposite to said opening of said transparent sheet member;
a colored sheet member formed of a solar cell overlapped with a lower surface of said electroluminescent element and having an opening at a position opposite to said opening of said electroluminescent element;
a gear train mechanism arranged under said colored sheet member;
a pointer shaft projected from said gear train mechanism through said openings of said colored sheet member, said electroluminescent element, and said transparent sheet member toward an upper portion of said transparent sheet member;
and
a pointer mounted on said pointer shaft.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic appliance equipped with light emitting apparatus

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Electronic appliance equipped with light emitting apparatus

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