JPH07198867A - Display board for timepiece - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a display board for a timepiece which has a solid feeling and in which high-grad feeling can be expressed. CONSTITUTION:An uneven pattern 18 and the like are performed on a transparent plate 16 provided on an E(electroluminescence) board 2. In addition, a part of the surface of the transparent plate 16 is covered with an ornament part composed of an ornament plate 20, an organic coat 22 and an inorganic coat 24. As a result, solid feeling can be expressed by a distance between the surface of the luminous EL board 2 and the ornament part and superimposed complex designs.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a timepiece display plate for illuminating a time display section using an electroluminescence substrate (hereinafter abbreviated as "EL substrate").

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional timepiece that uses an EL substrate to illuminate a time display portion, a mark, an hour character, or the like is directly attached to the surface of the EL substrate, or a pattern is formed by printing or the like.
Further, there is also one in which the EL substrate is covered with a plate-like member having a window hole, and the upper surface thereof is printed or a film is attached.

[0003]

In a conventional timepiece using an EL substrate, the surface of the EL substrate can be used as it is as a display plate, or a flat member can be attached to the EL substrate to form a flat member. Since the display plate was used as a display plate, the display plate had a relatively flat and uniform design. For this reason, there is a problem in that it is impossible to provide a high-class feeling and a high-quality feeling.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display panel for a timepiece that has a three-dimensional effect and a high-class appearance.

[0005]

A timepiece display plate of the present invention is a light-transmitting timepiece display plate disposed on an upper surface of an electroluminescent substrate, in which a surface having a concavo-convex pattern and a step are formed. A transparent plate having a surface formed of at least one of a formed surface, a surface on which a lens-shaped portion is formed, and a flat surface; and a decorative portion formed so as to cover a part of the surface of the transparent plate, It consists of

The decorative portion is at least one of a shell, a colored transparent plate, a decorative plate composed of a patterned metal plate, an organic film formed by printing and painting, an inorganic film formed by vapor deposition and plating. It consists of one.

Further, the decorative plate has feet for fixing the timepiece display plate to the module, and by fixing these feet to the module, the electroluminescence substrate is fixed between the decorative plate and the module. is there.

Further, by using the foot of the decorative plate, the decorative plate is positioned with respect to the electroluminescent substrate and the transparent plate.

[0009]

In the timepiece display plate of the present invention, the transparent plate provided on the EL substrate is provided with a pattern such as irregularities, and a part of the surface thereof is covered with the decorative portion. Therefore, the EL that emits light
The distance between the surface of the substrate and the decorative portion and the overlapping and complicated patterns can give a three-dimensional effect.

[0010]

1 is a cross-sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 2 is an EL substrate, and as shown in FIG. 2, an electroluminescent substance such as zinc sulfide 8 is sandwiched between transparent electrodes 4 and 6 and further sealed with films 10 and 12.

Reference numeral 16 is a transparent plate made of a transparent acrylic plate provided on the EL substrate 2. On the upper surface of the transparent plate 16, an uneven pattern 18 formed by hot pressing or at the time of injection molding is provided.

Reference numeral 20 is a decorative plate composed of a metal plate, shellfish, colored transparent plate, etc., 22 is an organic film formed by printing, painting, etc., and 24 is an inorganic film formed by vapor deposition, plating, etc. The decorative plate 20 in this embodiment is fixed to the upper surface of the transparent plate 16, and the organic coating 22 and the inorganic coating 24 are formed on the flat surface on the EL plate 2 side.

In this embodiment, the transparent plate 1 is provided between the organic coating 22 and the inorganic coating 24 and the uneven pattern 18 of the transparent plate 16.
6 is present, and the concavo-convex pattern 18 and the organic coating 22 and the inorganic coating 24 are overlapped with each other to form a complicated pattern, so that an extremely three-dimensional effect can be obtained.

When a metal plate is used as the decorative plate 20, the metal plate may be subjected to etching, press punching, or the like to form the time-characters and patterns formed of through holes. It is possible to form an extremely complicated pattern by overlapping the concave-convex pattern 18, the organic coating 22 and the inorganic coating 24 provided on the surface of the transparent plate 16 and the like.

It should be noted that any one or two of the decorative plate 20, the organic film 22 and the inorganic film 24 and the transparent plate 1 are used.
6 may be combined, or all may be combined to form a complicated pattern, and the same applies to each of the following embodiments. In addition to the pattern, time letters, product names, marks and the like can be formed on the surface of the decorative plate 20 or the transparent plate 16.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In each of the following embodiments, the same parts as those of the timepiece display plate shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. In this embodiment, a flat portion having no uneven pattern 18 is provided on the upper surface of the transparent plate 16, and the organic coating 22 and the inorganic coating 24 are formed there.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the transparent plate 16
The uneven pattern 18 is formed on the surface of the EL substrate 2 side, and the organic film 22 and the inorganic film 24 are formed on the flat surface above the uneven pattern 18.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the transparent plate 16
An uneven pattern 18 is formed on both the upper and lower surfaces of the to create a more complex and three-dimensional pattern. Also in this embodiment, the organic coating 22 and the inorganic coating 24 can be easily formed by providing partially flat portions on the upper and lower surfaces of the transparent plate 16.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the transparent plate 16
The stepped portion 26 is provided on the upper surface of the, and the three-dimensional effect is provided by the larger unevenness. Also in the case of this embodiment, it is possible to form the organic coating 22 and the inorganic coating 24 on both the upper and lower surfaces of the transparent plate 16. The stepped portion 26 may be used for positioning the transparent plate 16 and the decorative plate 20 when fixing the decorative plate 20 to the upper surface of the transparent plate 16.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. A lens-shaped portion 28 is formed on the upper surface of the transparent plate 16 in this embodiment. The lens-shaped portion 28 collects light from the EL substrate 2 and makes the organic coating 22 and the inorganic coating 24 formed in a position corresponding to the lens-shaped portion 28 on the lower surface of the transparent plate 16 more three-dimensional. To show to.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. The surface of the transparent plate 16 in this embodiment is a flat surface on both the upper and lower surfaces, and patterns and time characters are formed by the organic coating 22, the inorganic coating 24, and the decorative plate 20 provided on the surface.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the transparent plate 16
A decorative plate 20 made of a metal plate on which a time-character and a pattern made of a through hole is formed by etching, stamping, or the like is attached to a part of the upper surface of the red plate. A colored transparent plate 36 made of an acrylic plate having a color such as green is attached. In the present embodiment, the decorative plate 20 can provide a three-dimensional light emitting type display plate having metallic luster, and the colored transparent plate 36 can provide a three-dimensional light emitting type display plate having various color tones. Can also be provided.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing a timepiece display plate constructed by combining the above embodiments. The uneven pattern 18 of the transparent plate 16, the organic coating 22 and the inorganic coating 24 are the transparent plate 1
It can be formed on one or both of the upper and lower surfaces of 6, and can also be formed at a position overlapping the decorative plate 20 and the lens-shaped portion 28. Further, although not shown in the drawings, when the decorative plate 20 is a metal plate, the time character and the pattern composed of the through holes described in the eighth embodiment may be formed on the decorative plate 20, and the colored transparent plate 36 may be formed. You may add and attach.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention. A metal plate is used as the decorative plate 20 in this embodiment, and the foot 30 is formed on the lower surface of the metal plate. Holes 32 and 34 are formed in the transparent plate 16 and the EL substrate 2 at positions corresponding to the feet 30, and these holes 32 and
By passing the foot 30 through 34, the position of the decorative plate 20 with respect to the transparent plate 16 and the EL substrate 2 can be accurately determined.

The foot 30 is fixed to the module. By fixing the foot 30 to the module, the transparent plate 16 is provided between the module and the decorative plate 20.
The EL substrate 2 can be sandwiched and fixed.

[0026]

According to the present invention, since a pattern or the like can be formed and arranged in a complicated and three-dimensional manner, it is possible to provide a display board for a timepiece which is three-dimensional, high-class, and high-quality when light is emitted. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the EL substrate shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a timepiece display plate formed by combining the embodiments.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a timepiece display plate according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 EL substrate 16 Transparent plate 18 Concavo-convex pattern 20 Decorative plate 22 Organic coating 24 Inorganic coating 26 Stepped portion 28 Lens-shaped portion 30 Feet 36 Colored transparent plate

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A light-transmitting timepiece display plate disposed on the upper surface of an electroluminescent substrate, the surface having an uneven pattern, the surface having a step, and the surface having a lens-shaped portion. A timepiece display plate, comprising: a transparent plate having at least one of flat surfaces and a decorative portion formed so as to cover a part of the surface of the transparent plate. 2. The decorative portion is at least one of a shell, a colored transparent plate, a decorative plate composed of a patterned metal plate, an organic film formed by printing and painting, and an inorganic film formed by vapor deposition and plating. The timepiece display board according to claim 1, wherein the display board comprises one piece. 3. A light-transmitting timepiece display plate disposed on the upper surface of an electroluminescent substrate, the surface having an uneven pattern, the surface having a step, and the surface having a lens-shaped portion. A transparent plate having a surface composed of at least one of flat surfaces, and a decorative plate formed to cover a part of the surface of the transparent plate and having a foot for fixing the timepiece display plate to the module And a display plate for a timepiece, wherein the electroluminescent substrate is fixed between the decorative plate and the module by fixing the foot of the decorative plate to the module. 4. A light-transmitting timepiece display plate disposed on the upper surface of an electroluminescent substrate, the surface having an uneven pattern, the surface having a step, and the surface having a lens-shaped portion. A transparent plate having a surface formed of at least one of flat surfaces, and a decorative plate formed to cover a part of the surface of the transparent plate and having a foot,
A display board for a timepiece, wherein the decorative plate is positioned with respect to the electroluminescent substrate and the transparent plate by the foot.