JPH0319067Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a tape running direction display device that is small in size and has good visibility.More specifically, this tape running direction display device is small in size and has many operations, such as an auto-reverse car stereo. It is most suitable for use in operation panels that have members, etc.

A conventional tape running direction display device is simply constructed by arranging two triangular display bodies such that their tips are located in opposite directions and their vertical sides face each other. The tape running direction was indicated by one of the triangular indicators alone. However, with the above-mentioned conventional devices, when the display device is made smaller, the display function is not fully demonstrated and the display direction cannot be accurately recognized. This has the disadvantage that it requires space and becomes an obstacle to downsizing the operation panel.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

Conventionally, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the operation panel 1
simply two relatively large triangular display bodies 2A,
2B are located in opposite directions to each other on the vertical sides 2A.
-1 and 2B-1 were arranged at an arbitrary interval to form a display device having no common parts, and display was performed by illuminating one of the triangular display bodies 2A and 2B. . As a result, it had the above-mentioned drawbacks.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional art by configuring a display device as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. That is, two triangular display elements A
1 and A4, and are arranged so that their tips are oriented in opposite directions so that their respective vertical sides 3 face each other, and both oblique sides 4 of each of the two triangular display elements A1 and A4 are Other triangular display elements A2, A
While the tips of the groups 3, A5, and A6 are positioned opposite to the tips of the two triangular display elements A1 and A4, the other triangular display elements A2, A3, and A
The above display device is constructed by arranging the hypotenuses of groups 5 and A6 opposite each other. In the above configuration, among the triangular display element group, A1, A2, A3, A4 or A1,
The triangle formed by A4, A5, and A6 is called a display body.

As a lighting method for a display body consisting of the above combination, as shown by diagonal lines in FIG.
4, A5, A6 groups) to form a direction indicator by lighting or blinking, or triangular display elements A2, A3, A4 groups (or A1, A5, A6 groups) as shown by diagonal lines in FIG. lights up or flashes to form a direction indicator.

Because the present invention has the above-mentioned configuration, it requires an extremely small space compared to the conventional one, and therefore the space can be used effectively.For example, by using the same space as the conventional one, the display body can be made larger. Visibility is improved and inconveniences due to misidentification can be prevented. The display in the above configuration, for example, the triangular display elements A2 and A3 in FIG.
, and then as soon as the same element is turned off, the element A4 is turned on, and then, as soon as the same element A4 is turned off, the elements A2 and A3 are turned on again, and the above operation is repeated sequentially to display the image. You can also do that.

Although the car stereo has been described above, it can be used, for example, as a direction indicating device for automobiles, elevators, etc. Note that the present invention can also be implemented using LEDs, LCDs, small lamps, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an example of a conventional tape running direction display device. FIG. 2 is a front view of another example of a conventional tape running direction display device. FIG. 3 is a front view of a tape running direction display device as an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a front view of a tape running direction display device as another example of the present invention. A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A
6 is a triangular display element. 1 is an operation panel, 2 is a display body. 3 is the vertical side and 4 is the hypotenuse.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A tape running direction display device used in auto-reverse type cassette tape recorders, etc.
Two triangular display elements are disposed on the front operation panel of the tape recorder with their respective vertical sides facing each other such that their tips are located in opposite directions, and the two triangular display elements The tips of each of the other triangular display elements are positioned opposite to the tips of the two triangular display elements, and the hypotenuses of the other triangular display elements are placed opposite to each other. What is claimed is: 1. A tape running direction display device comprising: a display device comprising: a plurality of display element groups of said display device; display in one of two directions;