Electro-optical indicator devices with multiple anodes for each cell

Claim 1

AN ELECTROOPTICAL INDICATOR DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LIGHT-PRODUCING CELLS LYING IN SUBSTANTIALLY A COMMON STRATUM AND ADAPTED TO BE SELECTIVELY ENERGIZED IN GROUPS TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATIONS OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, EACH CELL INCLUDING A SEPARATE LIGHT-PRODUCING MEANS AND A LIGHT-PRODUCING MEDIUM ADJACENT TO SAID LIGHTPRODUCING MEANS, AND A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE AND DISCRETE ACTUATING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH CELL, EACH OF THE SEPARATE ACTUATING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE PARTICULAR LIGHT-PRODUCING MEANS HAVING AN OPERATING PORTION WHICH IS DISPOSED IN OPERATIVE RELATION WITH THE ONE PARTICULAR LIGHT-PRODUCING MEANS, THE ACTUATING MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS WITH EACH COMBINATION INCLUDING ONE ACTUATING MEANS FROM EACH OF A PLURALITY OF CELLS, EACH COMBINATION OF ACTUATING MEANS THUS BEING ADAPTED TO ENERGIZE A DIFFERENT COMBINATION OF LIGHT-PRODUCING MEANS TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT CHARACTER REPRESENTATIONS.