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Claim 1

A DISPLAY CLOCK COMPRISING A CASING HAVING LIGHT TRANSMITTING FACE, AT LEAST ONE OF AN HOUR HAND AND A MINUTE HAND, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID HANDS FOR ROTATION ABOUT A COMMON AXIS OVER A SURFACE OF SAID FACE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID HANDS ABOUT SAID AXIS WITH SAID HOUR HAND MAKING A COMPLETE REVOLUTION IN AN HOUR AND SAID MINUTE HAND MAKING A COMPLETE REVOLUTION IN A MINUTE, A CYLINDRICAL MEMBER OF LIGHT TRANSMITTING MATERIAL COAXIAL WITH SAID AXIS AND POSITIONED REARWARD OF SAID FACE WITH ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER TERMINATING CLOSE TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID FACE, AN ELONGATED ENDLESS LIGHT TRANSMITTING WEB HAVING A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVE SEGMENTS OF CONTRASTING COLORS WITH SAID SEGMENTS EACH HAVING A LENGTH EQUAL TO THE OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND WITH A PORTION OF SAID WEB LOOPED ABOUT SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID WEB LONGITUDINALLY ABOUT SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION AS VIEWED FROM SAID FACE WHEREBY SAID SEGMENTS WILL SUCCESSIVELY ENCIRCLE SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, LIGHT GENERATING MEANS POSITIONED OUTSIDE OF AND SUBSTANTIALLY ENCIRCLING SAID PORTION OF SAID WEB WHEREBY LIGHT MAY BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH SAID PORTION AND SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, A PAIR OF BAFFLE MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND LYING IN PLANES PASSING THROUGH SAID AXIS, MEANS FOR ROTATING ONE OF SAID BAFFLE MEANS ABOUT SAID AXIS IN SYNCHRONISM WITH ONE OF SAID HANDS, MEANS SUPPORTING THE OTHER OF SAID BAFFLE MEANS IN A POSITION COINCIDENT WITH TWELVE O''CLOCK, AND MEANS FOR PERMITTING THE PASSAGE OF ONE BAFFLE MEANS PAST THE OTHER AS SAID ONE BAFFLE MEANS MOVES PAST TWELVE O''CLOCK.