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Electronic watch with illumination device

US4221112A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 13, 1978
Grant dateSep 9, 1980
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Expiry dateNov 13, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04G9/0041
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic watch construction which comprises a casing, a watch glass supported by the casing, a module fixedly held in the casing and having a recess facing the watch glass, and a liquid crystal display cell at least a portion of which is disposed in the recess of the module, the display cell being fixedly mounted on one side of the module. An illumination device is disposed in the recess of the module below the liquid crystal display cell to illuminate the liquid crystal display cell.

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