ELECTRONIC TIMER WITH DIRECT LIGHT-EMITTING INDICATOR Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: time measuring equipment, in particular, clocks for personal and public use. SUBSTANCE: device has main digital or analog display, additional light-emitting display, and integral time-counting circuit which controls light-emitting display. Additional display is designed as 6*10 matrix having 60 light- emitting elements, which may be arranged in either single line or two straight parallel lines. Device has buttons for setting current time and reset of indications. In addition in order to save power of storage batteries device has mode for switching light-emitting display off without interruption of timer operations. EFFECT: facilitated use in dark environment, increased functional capabilities. 3 dwg