Patent ID: 6379015
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G01D

Abstract:
An indicating instrument, in particular for a vehicle, having a pointer comprising a vane, which vane is connected fixed in terms of rotation to a pointer shaft and can be driven by the pointer shaft, a pointer light source for illumination and a dial, the dial having a scale for representing a value of a variable shown by the pointer, wherein the dial is translucent to prevent a clear view of components behind the pointer, the pointer is arranged extending along the opposite side of the dial from a viewer, a surface of the dial on its outer side is reflection-reducing, and the dial has an optical transparency which is suitable for reading the pointer by illumination of the pointer with light from the light source, the optical transparency being suitable for reading the pointer in the absence of the illumination with light from the light source by contrast between the pointer and the dial.