Patent ID: 6854416

Claim:
A display instrument comprising at least two illuminated pointers which are located one on top of the other, each composed of a head and a pointer lug and rotatable independently of one another about a common display axis, the illuminated pointers being composed of a light-guiding material and each having a light entry face and light injected there exiting on a side of the pointer lugs facing a viewer, a drive unit ( 3 ), the drive unit ( 3 ) driving an upper pointer ( 4 ) of said pointers, a lower pointer ( 6 ) of said pointers being located, or moveable, between the drive unit ( 3 ) and the upper pointer ( 4 ), wherein for at least two of the illuminated pointers ( 4 , 6 ) there is a common light source, and light is fed to the illuminated pointers ( 4 , 6 ) via a light splitter ( 10 ), wherein a drive shaft ( 7 ) of the upper pointer ( 4 ) serves as a light guide and a portion of the drive shaft ( 7 ) is embodied as the light splitter ( 10 ), and the light is led from the drive shaft ( 7 ) of the upper pointer ( 4 ) via the light splitter ( 10 ) to a generated surface ( 32 ) of the lower pointer ( 6 ), and light from the light source enters a bottom portion of the drive shaft, and is conducted via the drive shaft ( 7 ) through the drive unit ( 3 ) to the light splitter ( 10 ).