Solid state clock

Claim 1

IN A SOLID STATE CLOCK, THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES, AT LEAST TWO SETS OF ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANELS, EACH SET INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANELS POSITIONED ON THE CLOCKFACE IN AN ARRAY AT INTERVALS CORRESPONDING TO THE SUCCESSIVE POSITIONS OF A CLOCK HAND REPRESENTED THEREBY, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SET OF PANELS FOR CAUSING A PANEL TO BE ILUMINATED WHEN EFFECTIVELY ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, MEANS FOR INITIALLY ASSOCIATING THE ILLUMINATING MEANS WITH A SELECTED PANEL IN EACH SET, MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PHOTOCONDUCTIVE CELLS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SET OF PANELS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE PARTIAL ILLUMINATION OF A PANEL IN A SET (1) FOR CONDITIONING THE NEXT SUCCEEDING PANEL IN THAT SET FOR ILLUMINATION, (2) FOR DISASSOCIATING THE ILLUMINATING MEANS FROM THE THEN ILLUMINATED PANEL IN THAT SET SO THAT IT IS EXTINGUISHED, AND (3) FOR EFFECTIVELY ASSOCIATING THE ILLUMINATING MEANS WITH THE PARTIALLY ILLUMINATED PANEL SO THAT IT IS FULLY ILLUMINTED, AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WIH EACH SET OF PANELS AND MOMENTARILY OPERATIVE ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT PRESCRIBED TIME FUNCTIONS IN RESPECT TO EACH SET FOR CAUSING A CONDITIONED PANEL IN A SET TO BE PARTIALLY ILLUMINATED SO THAT THE PANELS IN EACH SET ARE SUCCESSIVELY ILLUMINATED TO INDICATE THE POSITIONS OF THE CLOCK HANDS REPRESENTED THEREBY THE MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF EXTINGUISHING PHOTOCONDUCTIVE CELLS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANELS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE ILLUMINATION OF EACH PANEL FOR CAUSING THE NEXT PRECEDING PANEL TO BE EXTINGUISHED.