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US Patent 5842297
Issued Date
December 1, 1998
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A luminant sign comprises a base including a pair of opposed casings and a image plate made of transparent acrylic resin and engaged with the base. The base has a circuit board with a plurality of illuminators disposed therein. A front face and a rear face of the image plate have a number of display areas defined thereon by peripheral grooves of pictures or words. Each display area has a plurality of reflective surfaces formed therein in directions non-parallel to the beam directions of the illuminators. With this arrangement, each display area of the image plate will achieve a uniform intensity.
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Published
December 1, 1998
Application Number
08/795,304
Filed
February 4, 1997
US Classification
40/546   362/812
Int'l Classification
F21V   8/00   (20060101)   G09F   13/14   (20060101)   G09F   13/04   (20060101)  
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40/546   40/547   362/31   362/812  
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