Electroluminescent instrument lighting

Claim 1

INSTRUMENT INDICATING MEANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A POINTER HAVING A METAL PIECE OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SHAPE OF A POINTER; A COATING DISPOSED ABOUT SAID METAL PIECE INCLUDING AN ELECTROLUMINESCENT PHOSPHOR IN A CERAMIC DIELECTRIC; A TRANSPARENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COATING DISPOSED ABOUT SAID PHOSPHOR COATING; A FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR SAID TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE COATING AND A SECOND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR SAID METAL PIECE; SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS BEING ARRANGED FOR APPLYING A VOLTAGE BETWEEN SAID METAL PIECE AND SAID TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE COATING; AN ELECTROLUMINESCENT DIAL DISPOSED BEHIND SAID POINTER, SAID POINTER BEING MOVABLE OVER THE FACE OF SAID DIAL; MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID POINTER TO PROVIDE SAID MOVEMENT OVER THE FACE OF SAID DIAL; MEANS TO ENERGIZE SAID DIAL SO THT LIGHT MAY BE EMITTED THEREFROM, THE LIGHT FROM SAID DIAL BEING DIRECTED FROM BEHIND SAID POINTER AND BEING VISIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE LIGHT WHICH IS EMITTED FROM SAID POINTER UPON ENERGIZATION.