WO1988006777A1

WO1988006777A1 - Information support

Info

Publication number: WO1988006777A1
Application number: PCT/DE1988/000096
Authority: WO
Inventors: Albert Henning
Original assignee: Albert Henning
Priority date: 1987-02-28
Filing date: 1988-02-25
Publication date: 1988-09-07
Also published as: AU1346388A; EP0305422A1

Abstract

An information support with spatially arranged information on one side of a transparent front plate (1) and the same information (4a) or other information arranged in essentially coincident manner on the other side of the said front plate (1) or one one side of one or several plates (2, 3, 7, 8) arranged behind the front plate (1). In one embodiment with mobile plates (2, 3, 7, 8), these plates may be displaced in a first direction by means of two pivoting plates (28b) coupled in parallel. The said pivoting plates displace the support plates (2, 3, 7, 8) by acting directly on two of their opposing anterior faces or by means of separate transmission bodies (29, 34).

Description

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The invention relates to an information carrier with spatially appearing information, such as writing and images. The invention also includes a method for producing such an information carrier

The invention is based on the object of providing an information carrier with spatially appearing information, such as To create type or / and image representations that can be produced in a simple manner. The spatial impression on the viewer should be created with the help of two-dimensional writing and images. In particular, the spatial design of text or picture elements should be avoided, and the three-dimensional representation of text and picture elements in the surface should also be avoided. Finally, the spatial appearance of the information should be flexible, so that the image or font information is thereby attracted greater attention by the viewer. In addition, a method for producing such an information carrier is also to be created.

This object is achieved according to the invention by an information carrier, in which the information on one side of a front carrier plate and essentially congruent with it, the same information or other information also on the other side of this carrier plate or on each are arranged on one side of one or more further carrier plates lying behind the front carrier plate. In the simplest embodiment, the information carrier accordingly consists of a crystal-clear carrier plate, on the front and back of which information is located one behind the other, e.g. Writings or image representations are attached. Since the viewer sees the information twice, namely in a front level on the front of the carrier plate and - unless covered by the information on the front plate - in a rear level on the back of the carrier plate, he gets the impression of a spatial dimension of information. The spatial

Depth of information depends on the distance between the foremost u rearmost information level. In the present application, “information” is to be understood as meaning letters, numbers and pictorial representations in the form of layers (on a carrier plate), which in general can have a thickness in the range from 1 μm to 100 μm and are glued on painted, printed, photographically produced or applied by another method. The information is therefore a layer that is visually visible.

The information can be mounted on the front of a first carrier plate and on the front of a second carrier plate, and the information of the second carrier plate can be connected to the rear of the first carrier plate with the latter facing the rear. The two carrier plates are provided with information that is completely the same in size and shape, e.g. printed. Both plates are placed on top of one another so that the same information elements, e.g. Letters or picture elements, exactly one above the other. If you e.g. the two plates by welding, gluing or screwing together, a carrier with spatially appearing information is obtained. The distance of the levels, in. to which the information is arranged corresponds to the thickness of the carrier plate. This distance, i.e. the apparent third dimension of the information presented is expediently proportional to the size of the presentation, i.e. their two-dimensional size.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a number of n carrier plates with information only attached on the front side are connected to one another such that the rear side of each carrier plate faces the front side of the adjacent carrier plate. In this case, there are as many superimposed display levels as there are carrier plates. The spatial dimension of an information element is thus generated not only by two, but by n flat information elements lying one behind the other. The optical impression of the information has a more real three-dimensional effect, the greater the number n of the congruent flat information elements lying one behind the other. The larger the two-dimensional information element, the larger the number n of planar elements lying one behind the other in the third dimension is expediently chosen.

In a further embodiment of the information carrier, the information or parts of this information are present on a part of all the carrier plates. orderly. If the information or parts of it are only applied to a part of all the carrier plates, it is expedient, according to the desired spatial depth of the information, that only the front plates, ie the plates facing the viewer, are occupied with information or also the plates behind. In this way, different areas of the text or image can be given different spatial depths. In many cases, the viewer can be given a spatial image impression if the foremost plates facing the viewer are covered with elements of the object to be imaged in accordance with the actual spatial arrangement of these elements on the object. In this way, the spatial representation of, for example, a motor vehicle can be conveyed, for example, with only a few carrier plates (»image planes). Since several display levels are available in the information carrier according to the invention, different representations can also be combined. Thus, for example, appearing spatial fonts or a coat of arms can be attached to the front panels, while an image can be attached to the rearmost panel, ie the one furthest from the viewer.

The carrier plates are expediently firmly connected to one another in such a position that the information lies in an escape direction perpendicular to the carrier plates. This creates a stationary spatial representation.

In another preferred embodiment of the invention, only the foremost carrier plate is fixed and the rear carrier plates are displaceable in one or two dimensions relative to their normal position, in which the information of all carrier plates lies in an escape direction perpendicular to the carrier plates. As a result, the spatial dimension or, to a certain extent, the spatial shadow that adjoins the flat information to the rear can be moved periodically. For an eye-catcher is created that ^dazu-: leads that the viewer gains interest in the information and takes the information note. In this embodiment, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ... n. Carrier plate can be moved by the distance x, 2x, 3x, ... (nl) x from the normal position, whereby x _. is in the range from 0 to 10 mm, preferably from 0.5 to 3 mm. The displaceable carrier plates are all displaced in the same direction, for example to the right relative to the information on the front carrier plate or to the left and / or up or down. However, the maximum displacement of the carrier plates from plate to plate backwards increases by the distance x, so that only one strip of the width x is visible from the information on the rear carrier plates in the maximum displacement position, so that a dimension graduated to the rear each information element is visible, which gives a spatial impression of each element. Depending on the type of drive of the movable carrier plates, their speed of displacement can be the same, so that the steps form one after the other, or the speeds of displacement of the carrier plates are proportional to their maximum displacement. In the latter case, the step image of the spatial dimension arises as a result of the relative speeds of the carrier plates with every deviation from the normal position.

According to the preferred embodiment of the information carrier, the rear carrier plates can be displaced in a first direction of displacement by means of two pivot plates pivoted in parallel and the pivot plates act on two opposite end faces (edges) of the carrier plates directly or via separate transmission bodies. The desired displacement of the support plates can be achieved in a simple manner by the pair of swivel plates acting on the end faces of the plates, since when the swivel plates are swiveled, the support plates are simultaneously shifted in stages, i.e. the second (movable) plate behind the first fixed carrier plate is shifted by the distance x, the third plate behind it by the distance 2x and the fourth plate behind it by the distance 3x.

The two swivel plates are expediently arranged parallel to one another, and they also remain essentially parallel to one another during their swiveling movements. The package of carrier plates is located between the swivel plates and is displaced in a stepped manner in steps when the plates are swiveled, as a result of which the desired movement effect of the information is achieved.

Preferably, the two pivot plates act on the two seitli- ^"chen end faces of backing plates are one and the carrier plates by the pivotal movements of the pivoting plates horizontally displaceable. Infol¬ the reciprocating stepped displacement of the support plates ge ent is the impression that the depth or . the shadow of the individual information tion oscillates horizontally back and forth. This catches the eye of the beholder, so that he or she takes note of the information even if he is not interested in it.

In a further embodiment of the invention, a third swivel plate acts directly or via separate transmission bodies on the lower end faces of the movable carrier plates, which can thereby be displaced in a second, preferably ^' vertically upward direction. In this case, the spatial impression of the information not only pulsates back and forth horizontally, but also in the vertical direction. With a suitable superimposition of the two displacement movements, the impression arises that the spatial dimension of the information is circulating.

The transmission bodies are preferably roller needles, the diameter of which is equal to the thickness of the carrier plates. In this embodiment, the swivel plate lies against the roller needles, which in turn are in contact with the narrow end faces of the carrier plates. The arrangement of the roller needles between the swivel plate and the carrier plates prevents the swivel plates from pressing the edges of the carrier plates when swiveling out of the normal position and wearing or damaging them over time. Such a deformation or damage to the edge of the carrier plate could impair the relative displaceability of the carrier plates with respect to one another. Through the interposition of the roller needles, the force is always transmitted from the swivel plates to approximately the middle of the narrow sides of the carrier plates, so that no edge stress occurs on the carrier plates even in the extreme swivel positions. One or two roller needles can be provided for the power transmission for each support plate and swivel plate.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the swivel plates are connected to a swivel drive. This swivel drive comprises an electric geared motor with an eccentric shaft, the swivel plates being connected to the eccentric shaft via flexible or rigid connecting elements. Since the swivel plates are not firmly connected to the carrier plates, each swivel plate can only move the carrier plate package when it is pivoted toward the carrier plate package. When the swivel plate swings back, the movable plates of the plate pack are gradually shifted by the opposite swivel plate. The flexible connecting elements can, for example, threads or tapes made of a material with low stretchability (under the tensile forces occurring during the displacement). be, for example made of polyamide or the like. The opposite swivel plates can also be connected in an articulated manner via a rigid connecting element. The eccentric then engages in this rigid connecting element and converts the rotating movement of the eccentric shaft into the reciprocating movement of the rigid connecting element and thus the pair of swivel plates and the carrier plate package.

The swivel plates are expediently hinged to the fixed frame of the information carrier by means of hinges. The hinge must have a sufficient distance from the first stationary support plate so that the pivoting of the pivoting plates is not hindered even in their extreme pivoting positions.

In another embodiment with displaceable rear carrier plates, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ... n. Carrier plate each formed in the displacement area of the following plate projections, the mutual distance of the projections of a plate from one carrier plate to the next decreases or increases by the distance 2x and the rearmost carrier plate is connected to a reciprocating displacement drive. The rearmost back and forth driven carrier plate meets the protrusions of the carrier plate lying against it, which is thereby carried along and in turn takes the plate in front of it after being displaced by the distance x. Due to the periodic back and forth movement of the plates, the spatial shadow of the information swings from one side to the other. Of course, the disk pack can also be moved back and forth in the same way in the direction perpendicular to this direction of displacement, so that the viewer is given the impression that the spatial shadow of the information is moving around the information on the foremost disk. The displacement drive can e.g. be an electro-hydraulically controlled piston / cylinder unit.

In a further embodiment of the disk drive, the rear (2nd, 3rd, 4th, ... n ..) carrier plates can be displaced by rotatable cam disks. The cam disks expediently sit on a common shaft which is driven by a geared motor. The rear carrier plates are expediently displaced in one direction by the cam disks and brought back in the opposite direction by spring or gravity. The last (n.) Carrier plate expediently consists of an opaque material. This rearmost support plate represents the background for the spatially appearing information. For example, it can be white or light gray if the flat information elements are black. In addition to the spatial impression, there is also a good ^* contrast. At least one light source is expediently arranged behind the rearmost support plate. One or more fluorescent tubes can be used for this purpose, for example. The rearmost support plate is expediently translucent, so that the light source (s) achieve uniform illumination of the background of the information. According to another embodiment, the last (n.) Carrier plate can be provided on the back with an opaque coating. The coating can be a paint layer or a laminated film.

In another embodiment of the invention, the information on the back is mounted on a carrier plate as a mirror image of the information on the front. In this simplest embodiment, a single transparent support plate is sufficient. However, since the information is applied in mirror image on both sides of the plate, e.g. must be printed, it is necessary to prepare the information in a mirror-image form first. In this embodiment too, more than two display levels can be provided. In this case, two or more support plates are coated on both sides, with transparent information-free plates interposed.

The information can be applied to the carrier plate in the form of an opaque coating or printing. The coating can e.g. a film laminated onto the carrier plate (s), in particular glued on. It is also possible to apply the coating in the form of a liquid paint. In a preferred embodiment, the information on the front carrier plate is of a different color than the information on the rear carrier plate (s).

In a special embodiment of the invention, the carrier plates are coated or printed in an opaque manner and the information is formed by recesses in this coating or printing. The information then appears spatially embedded from the top into the depth of the information carrier, with the back of each information through the Illumination appears bright. This negative representation of the information is opposed by the positive representation, in which the opaque information applied to the transparent carrier plates is raised on the opaque, illuminated background surface.

The relationship 0.466-b = d preferably applies to a package of firmly connected carrier plates, where b, the width of the information and d mean the thickness of the carrier plates. If this relationship is maintained, the information appears down to an incidence direction of 25 ° against the plate level as a compact body. Analogously, the relationship 0.466 (b-x) = d expediently applies to a package of mutually displaceable carrier plates, where b is the width of the information, x is the maximum relative displacement of two adjacent carrier plates and d is the thickness of the carrier plates.

The method for producing the information carrier is characterized according to the invention in that the information is applied in each case to one side of two or more transparent carrier plates, the carrier plates are placed on one another such that the information side of a carrier plate faces the information-free side of the adjacent carrier plate and arranges the carrier plates in relation to one another such that all information lies in an escape direction perpendicular to the carrier plates. Depending on the size of the information, the number of carrier plates and thus the successive display levels are selected. The carrier plates can be made of plastic material, e.g. Polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polymethyl methacrylate, or consist of inorganic glass.

^' "One embodiment of the process is carrier for the preparation of Informations¬ characterized in that the Vor¬ the side of a clear-sighted support plate applying the information and the information thus applied in mirror image on the back of the support plate so as to coincide with the information on the front In the simplest case, one can get by with a carrier plate, but the information record must also be available as a mirror image, and the two records must be applied to the disk in exactly opposite directions, since the two display levels, in contrast to the aforementioned method, also several carrier plates can no longer be shifted or aligned with each other after the application. The information can be applied as coatings in the form of films or liquid coating agents. The liquid coating agents can be applied, for example, through a mask and then dried. It is also possible to provide the carrier plate with a photo layer and then to optically or electronically irradiate it through a mask and then to develop the information carrier. According to another embodiment, the information can be applied by a printing process, preferably by screen printing. In this way, the carrier plates can be quickly and in large numbers with text and / or images.

It is preferable to choose the material for the last one, i.e. rearmost support plate, an opaque material. This opaque carrier plate forms the background for the spatially appearing information. It can be translucent if you want to illuminate the information carriers from the back. In another embodiment of the method, an opaque coating in the form of a lamination or a coat of paint is applied to the last support plate in the viewing direction or to the rear side of the support plate carrying the mirror-image information. In this case, the lamination or painting forms the background for the spatially appearing text / image representations.

According to one embodiment, the carrier plates can be firmly connected to one another. In another embodiment, the rearmost support plate or all but one of the support plates is connected to a displacement drive.

Several embodiments of the information carrier according to the invention are described below with reference to the drawing. Show it

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a carrier plate with inscription, which is part of the information carrier according to the invention;

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of the information carrier according to the invention;

3 shows a section along the line III-III of Figure 2; Figure 4 shows a second embodiment of the information carrier according to the invention in a perspective view;

5 shows a section along the line V-V of Figure 4 on an enlarged scale;

6 shows the cross section of an embodiment of the carrier plate package, in which the congruent information is partly arranged on all carrier plates and partly only on a part of the carrier plates.

FIG. 7 shows the rear view of a carrier plate package in a frame with a displacement drive via hinges;

8 shows a section along the line VIII-VIII of Figure 7;

FIG. 9 shows a section similar to FIG. 8, but after gradual displacement of the movable carrier plates;

Figure 10 is a section along the line X-X of Figure 7 with a schematic representation of the drive of the vertical displacement of the support plates;

Figure 11 is a section similar to Figure 8, but with modified power transmission from the pivot plate to the support plates;

Figure 12 shows a section similar to Figure 11, but after gradual displacement of the movable support plates;

FIG. 13 shows a third embodiment of the information carrier according to the invention in the normal position in section with a schematic representation of a second embodiment of the displacement drive;

FIG. 14 the information carrier according to FIG. 13 in its maximum displacement position; and

FIG. 15 shows a fourth embodiment of the information carrier according to the invention in section with a schematic representation of a further displacement drive. Figure 1 shows a rectangular plate 1 made of clear plastic, for example made of polyvinyl chloride. On the front side 1 of the plate 1, written information 4 in the form of corresponding film cuts (thickness approximately 50 μm) is glued on. To form the first embodiment of the information carrier, three such carrier plates 1, 2, 3 are placed one on top of the other in accordance with FIG. 2 in such a way that the information 4 is exactly aligned. As can also be seen from FIG. 3, an opaque coating 6 is applied to the back 3 of the rearmost plate 3, which forms the background of the spatially appearing font information 4. The plates 1 to 3 are firmly connected at their edges, in particular welded or glued, so that the information carrier forms a compact unit. The font information 4 shown in FIG. 3 on the front side of the plates 1 to 3 is drawn thicker than it actually is for reasons of clear representation. The information 4 therefore does not hinder the planar juxtaposition of the rear side 1 or 2 of the plate 1 or 2 on the front side 2 or 3 of the plate 2 or 3 behind it. If the information 4 is applied by a printing process, their thickness is so small in any case that they do not affect the flat abutment of the plates 1 to 3. The planar juxtaposition is also ensured if the information 4 is generated in the photo layers (not shown) on the plates 1 to 3 by the usual photographic process. It is of course also possible to use the information 4 on the

Install front sides 1, 2, 3 of plates 1, 2, 3 so deep that the

Surface of the information 4 is flush with the front sides 1, 2, 3 of the plates 1, 2, 3 containing them.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the a b

Carrier plate 1, both on the front 1 and on the back 1, the font information 4 and 4 respectively. On the back 1 of the plate 1 there is an opaque plate 5, which is welded to the plate 1 by edge welding

(not shown) is firmly connected and forms the background for the spatial font. In this embodiment too, the information 4, 4 can be applied to the front or rear side of the plate 1 by various methods. However, the lettering pattern is to be applied congruently on the reverse in a mirror-image representation, while in the embodiments according to FIGS. 1 to 3 all front pages 1 ^a , 2 ^a , 3 are provided with the same lettering. FIG. 6 shows a plate pack consisting of eight carrier plates 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, to which information 4 is applied on the front side, for example by screen printing. The information is arranged at positions X on all eight carrier plates, at positions Y, on the other hand, only on the three carrier plates 3, 7, 8, which are at the rear in viewing direction 27. At the point Z, however, the information 4 is only arranged on the plates 1, 2, 7 and 8. In this way, information, such as images, is represented in a particularly plastic effect, because it is expanded or structured differently in the third dimension, ie perpendicular to the carrier plates. For example, while the information at positions X extends across the entire depth of the display space, the information at positions Y is only in the rear (lower) area of the display space. At point Z, the congruent information is located on the back and on the front of the display space, with only the small spatial depth of 2 carrier plate thicknesses. At point Z, the viewer thus has the impression that the information is interrupted in the third dimension. Spatially appearing images can easily be displayed in this way by depicting the parts of an object closest to the viewer on the foremost plates of the plate package, parts located at a greater distance on the middle plates of the package and the ones furthest to the rear Parts and / or the background on the rearmost plates of the plate package. In order to capture the image elements to be imaged on the individual plates, section planes perpendicular to the viewing direction are expediently placed through the object to be imaged and the parts of the object sectioned by these section planes are imaged on the respective plates.

FIGS. 7 to 10 show a further embodiment of the displacement drive of the carrier plates 1-3, 7, 8. For this purpose, the carrier plate package is arranged between two hinges 28, one plate 28 of which is attached to the frame 15, while the other hinge plate 28 is freely pivotable about the vertical axis of the hinge 28. On the swiveling hinge plate 28, a support plate 29 is attached on the support plate side, which rests against the end faces (narrow sides) of the movable support plates 2, 3, 7, 8. The first, ie foremost carrier plate 1 in the viewing direction is fixed in the frame 15. As can be seen from Figure 9, the pivoting of the hinge plate 28 causes a gradual displacement of the carrier plates 2,3,7,8. As a result, the information located on the carrier plates, which in the normal position (FIG. 8) lie congruently one behind the other, is also gradually shifted. The platen 29 consists of a Plastic with a smooth surface so that there is no edge wear on the plates 2,3,7,8.

The pivotable hinge plates 28 of the two laterally arranged hinges 28 each have a pin 30 on their vertical edges. A flexible connecting element 31 is guided around each of the two pins 30. The other ends of the connecting elements 31 are loosely attached by means of loops to an eccentric 33 which is attached to a disk 32 driven by a gear motor 14. When the disk 32 is rotated, e.g. connecting elements 31 made of polyamide fiber are pulled alternately, so that the hinge plates 28 pivot alternately and the carrier plates 2, 3, 7, 8 are shifted alternately stepwise to the left (as shown in FIG. 9) and to the right (not shown).

At the lower edge of the carrier plate package 1-3,7,8 a hinge 28 is also attached to the frame 15, as can be seen from FIG. The movable end plates 2,3,7,8 rest with their lower end faces (narrow sides) on the support plate 29 of the pivotable hinge plate 28. The hinge plate 28 also carries a pin 30 which is connected to the eccentric via the flexible connecting element 31. All three flexible connecting elements 31 are thus guided around the eccentric 33, so that the carrier plate package is gradually shifted back and forth both horizontally and vertically when the disc 32 rotates. No hinge 28 is required on the upper edge of the carrier plate package, since the plates 2, 3, 7, 8 follow this hinge plate 28 when the lower hinge plate 28 is pivoted down, and as a result a gradual displacement also occurs during the downward movement. In this embodiment, the graduated oscillating movement of the carrier plates 2, 3, 7, 8 is generated by a geared motor 14.

In the embodiment according to FIGS. 11 and 12, the support plate 29 on the pivotable hinge plate 28 is missing. Instead, each movable support plate 2, 3, 7, 8 is assigned a roller needle 34 which transmits the force from the pivotable hinge plate 28 to the associated carrier plate 2,3,7,8 causes. The advantage of the force transmission by means of roller needles 34 is that the force is transmitted approximately in the middle to the end faces of the carrier plates 2, 3, 7, 8 and an edge pressure as in the embodiment according to FIGS. 8 and 9 is avoided. Otherwise done the drive of the pivotable hinge plate 28 in the embodiment according to FIGS. 11 and 12 in the same way as in the embodiment according to FIGS. 7 to 10.

The illustrated drive of the carrier plates 2, 3, 7, 8, which can take place in the horizontal and / or vertical direction, results in a corresponding reciprocating or circulating displacement of the depth region of the information. This catches the viewer's gaze going in the direction 27 and achieves a desired advertising effect if the information applied to the carrier plate package serves an advertising purpose. This is especially true when the plate pack is illuminated on the back. In this case, the rearmost plate 8 expediently has an opaque coating or it is itself opaque, but translucent for the light rays hitting the rear.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the information carrier consists of a package of five carrier plates 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 with the written information 4. FIG. 13 shows the plate pack in the normal position of the plates, in which the font information 4 lies one above the other in the direction perpendicular to the carrier plates. On the opposite edges of the carrier plates 1, 2, 3, 7 apart from the rearmost plate, projections 9 directed towards the rear are formed in each case. The rearmost plate 8 is connected via a drive rod 10 to a piston / cylinder unit 11 which is driven by the electric motor 14, pump 13 and control valve 12 and which gives the plate 8 a reciprocating displacement movement. If the drive rod 10 is extended, the carrier plate 8 moves away from the piston / cylinder unit 11. Here it comes in succession to the projections 9 of the carrier plates 7, 3, 2 and 1 and takes the plates 7, 3, 2 with them until the extreme plate position shown in FIG. 14 is reached, in which all the upper projections 9 lie close together, while the lower projections 9 have the maximum distance from each other. The relative displacement x that occurs here between two adjacent plates can be, for example, 3 mm and has the consequence that the information from the rear plates 2, 3, 7, 8 is inclined to the information on the front plate 1, as is evident from this Figure 14 can be seen. Since the rear plate 8 is constantly moved back and forth by the drive 11-14, the information 4 of the rear plates 2, 3, 7, 8 also constantly back and forth. This will draw the attention of one the person initially ignoring the information is directed to the information given on the disk package.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 15, the carrier plates 2, 3, 7, 8 are slidably accommodated in a frame 15, while the front plate 1 is fixedly arranged in the frame. On one side the support plates 2, 3, 8, 8 cam disks 20, 19, 18, 17 rest which are supported by a common shaft 16 which is mounted in the frame 15. The opposite sides of the carrier plates 2, 3, 7, 8 are resiliently supported in the frame 15 by means of coil springs 25, 24, 23, 22. The shaft 16 is driven by an electric motor 14 via a reduction gear 21 at a low speed (of the order of 10 to 50 rpm). The cams 20, 19, 18, 17 are matched to the amplitudes of the plates 2, 3, 7, 8, i.e. e.g. plate 3 vibrates at twice, plate 7 at three times and plate at four times the amplitude of plate 2. In addition, cams 17-20 are adjusted relative to one another in such a way that the arrangement shown in FIG. the related information 4 lies in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the carrier plates 1-3, 7, 8.

In order to keep the friction of the carrier plates 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 low and not to wear the information 4 due to friction, the carrier plates are kept at a small distance (0.2 mm), e.g. by edge coatings of appropriate thickness. In addition, the plates can be mounted on ball or roller bearings in order to reduce friction, in particular if the plates are of considerable weight due to their size and thickness for use in outdoor advertising.

The information on the rear carrier plates 2, 3, 7, 8 can be formed in such a way that they enlarge, preferably broaden, the information on the front carrier plate 1 when the plates are moved.

In another embodiment, the information on all carrier plates 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 is of the same color, e.g. black, and operates the plate in such a way that the information on the front plate 1 is displaced by shifting the rear plates 2, 3, 7, 8 into arbitrary, i.e. irregular positions is made to disappear and is made visible again by shifting them back into their normal position. The information of the front plate disappears in that the information of the rear plate covers the entire background, so that the information of the front plate

Claims

1. Information carrier with spatially appearing information, such as type and image representations, characterized in that the information on one side (1) of a clear front carrier plate (1) and essentially congruent with these same information or others Information is also arranged on the other side (1) of this carrier plate (1) or on one side of one or more transparent carrier plates (2, 3, 7, 8) behind the front carrier plate (1).

2. Information carrier according to claim 1, characterized in that a number of n carrier plates (1, 2, 3 ...) with only information attached on the front side (4) are connected to one another such that the rear side (1, 2,. ..) each support plate (1, 2, 3 ...) faces the front (2, 3, ...) of the adjacent support plate (2, 3 ...).

3. Information carrier according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the preferably picture elements representing information (4) or parts of this information (4) on a part of all carrier plates (1,2,3, 7,8), preferably the foremost, the Carrier plates (1, 2) facing the observer and the rearmost carrier plate (s) (8, 7) facing away from the observer are arranged.

4. Information carrier according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized gekenn¬ characterized in that the front carrier plate (1) is fixed and the rear carrier plates (2,3,7,8) relative to the normal position in which the information tions (4) of all carrier plates lie in an escape direction perpendicular to the carrier plates (1, 2, 3, 7, 8) and can be displaced in one or two dimensions.

5. Information carrier according to claim 4, characterized in that the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, .... n. Carrier plate (2,3,7,8) by the distance x, 2x, 3x, ... (n-l) x is displaceable from the normal position.

6. Information carrier according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the carrier plates (2, 3, 7, 8) are displaceable in a first direction of displacement by two pivot plates (28) articulated in parallel, which on two opposite end faces of the carrier plates (2 , 3, 7, 8) act directly or via separate transmission elements (29 or 34), preferably the roller needle, in terms of displacement.

7. Information carrier according to claim 6, characterized in that the swivel plates (28) are connected via flexible or rigid connecting elements (31 to a swivel drive, preferably to the eccentric shaft (33) of an electric transmission motor (14).

8. Information carrier according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that on opposite plate edges of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th., .... n. Carrier plate (2,3,7,8) are each formed in the displacement area of the following plate projections (9), the distance of the projections (9) from one carrier plate to the next increases or decreases by the distance 2x and the rearmost Carrier plate (8) with a reciprocating shift

^• power drive (10-14) is connected.

9. Information carrier according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized ge indicates that the carrier plates (1,2,3,7,8) are firmly connected to one another to form a package, preferably in such a position that the information (4) lie in an escape direction perpendicular to the carrier plates (1, 2, 3), and the relationship 0.466-b = d applies to the carrier plate package, where b is the width of the information (4) and d is the thickness of the carrier plate

10. Information carrier according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized geke a b records that the information (4, 4) in the form of an opaque coating or printing on the carrier plate (1,2,3, ...) are attached

11. Information carrier according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized ge indicates that the carrier plates (1,2,3,7,8) are coated or printed opaque and the information (4) are formed by recesses in these coatings or prints .