Display system

• US 3,333,565 A
• Filed: 08/27/1964
• Issued: 08/01/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Stanley N. Roscoe
• Original Assignee: Stanley N. Roscoe
• Inventors: Roscoe, Stanley N.
• Application Number:
  US04/392,555
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• US Class Current: 116/280
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 13/06 Moving bands G01D13/10 takes precedence

Claims

2. A DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATION ALONG A SCALE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS COMPRISING A DISPLAY STRUCTURE HAVING AN APPROXIMATELY FLAT SURFACE WITH A SELECTED AREA, A PLURALITY OF SCALE INDICATION SEGMENTS ON SAID SURFACE POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND ADJACENT EACH OTHER IN SAID AREA, TAPE HOLDING MEANS, MOVABLE TAPE MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID TAPE HOLDING MEANS AND POSITIONED ADJACENT TO SAID AREA TO DEVELOP A PLURALITY OF INDEX BAR SEGMENTS SEQUENTIALLY ALONG SAID SCALE SEGMENTS, EACH SEGMENT HAVING AN INDEX EDGE MOVABLE ALONG THE CORRESPONDING SCALE SEGMENT, SAID INDEX EDGES FORMING A STEP FUNCTION SO THAT WHEN ONE INDEX EDGE IS MOVED ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CORRESPONDING SCALE SEGMENT AND PAST THE EDGE OF SAID SELECTED AREA THE INDEX EDGE OF THE ADJACENT BAR SEGMENT IS DISPLAYED AT AN ADJACENT SCALE SEGMENT, AND BI-DIRECTIONAL SERVO MOTOR MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TAPE HOLDING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TAPE MEANS SELECTED DISTANCES ALONG SAID AREA.