Appeal No. 1998-2606
Application 08/446,415
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. An image display apparatus characterized by:
a substrate wherein said substrate acts as a base having
an integrated circuit and electrical connections;
a driver mounted on said substrate and electrically
connected to said integrated circuit, said driver including a
controllable rotatably positionable drive providing a
plurality of drive rotational positions in response to
electrical signal inputs;
a generally planar image disc having at least one
radially disposed indication on a generally planar portion
thereof; said image disc being driven by said drive for
rotational movement thereby; and
a light source electrically connected to said integrated
circuit for illuminating said indication upon juxtaposition
with said light source via rotational positioning of said
image disc and illumination of said light source.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Whittlesey 2,749,541 June 5,
1956
Watkins 3,492,615 Jan. 27,
1970
Fales 3,660,814 May 2,
1972
Ikeda 4,884,058 Nov. 28,
1989
Ayres et al. (Ayres) 5,442,338 Aug. 15,
1995
(filed May 3,
1993)
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