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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1975
Kiyoyuki Arai, Tokyo, JA;
Copal Company Limited, Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
Indicating device comprising a plurality of overturnable indicating flaps bearing information on both sides thereof and rotatably mounted along the periphery of a rotating drum for indicating necessary information successively by one of the sides of the respective flap after the successive indication has been effected by the other side of the respective flap as the drum rotates, a guide plate having a guide hole for engaging with side edges of the respective flaps so as to guide the flaps with the same oriented in the tangential direction to the circumference of the drum as the drum rotates, a recess being formed in the circular guide hole for permitting the respective flaps to be overturned in the recess as the same is brought into the recess, and an actuating lever capable of engaging the respective flaps when brought into the recess so as to overturn the flaps within the recess. The actuating lever is supported rotatably in the indicating device and urged by a spring against the periphery of the drum so as to insure the positive engagement of the actuating lever with the respective flaps.