Conically graduated display instrument for a motor vehicle
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1. A pointer instrument having a graduated disk and a contour element in an edge region thereof—
- said edge region having a viewing surface—
and a pointer, characterized in that the pointer is mounted underneath the graduated disk and has a pointer section which is arranged above the surface of the contour element, wherein the contour element and the graduate disk each have a cutout, the cutout of the contour element and the cutout of the graduated disk are arranged to accept a tip of the pointer and wherein the pointer is a unitary piece and the graduated disk and the contour element are a unitary piece.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a pointer instrument comprising a graduated disk, a contour element which is arranged in the edge region of the disk and has a visible surface, and a pointer. The invention also relates to a method for producing a pointer instrument.
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1. A pointer instrument having a graduated disk and a contour element in an edge region thereof—
- said edge region having a viewing surface—
and a pointer, characterized in that the pointer is mounted underneath the graduated disk and has a pointer section which is arranged above the surface of the contour element, wherein the contour element and the graduate disk each have a cutout, the cutout of the contour element and the cutout of the graduated disk are arranged to accept a tip of the pointer and wherein the pointer is a unitary piece and the graduated disk and the contour element are a unitary piece. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- said edge region having a viewing surface—
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11. A method for mounting a pointer instrument, which has
a graduated disk having a center, an edge region with a viewing surface, and a contour element in the edge region of the graduated disk, wherein the contour element is provided with a cutout, and a pointer which has an elongate region with which it is attached to a drive, has a bent region at its tip, and is made from a unitary piece, wherein the graduated disk has a cutout which is arranged in a region of the cutout of the contour element, characterized in that the pointer is mounted underneath the graduated disk and has a section which is arranged above the surface of the contour element and wherein the pointer is made to extend from the edge region of the graduated disk in the region of the cutout of the contour element in a direction of the center of the graduated disk, and is then rotated into the region of the contour element.
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13. A method, for mounting a pointer instrument which has
a graduated disk and a contour element, wherein the contour element is provided with a cutout, and a pointer which has an elongate region with which it is attached to a drive, and has a bent region at its tip, wherein the graduated disk has a cutout which is arranged in a region of the cutout of the contour element, characterized in that the bent region is made to extend through the cutout of the graduated disk from below and is then rotated in the region of the contour element.
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