Abstract: A graphic display panel for displaying, monitoring, and controlling conditions of a process plant, the graphic display panel including a graphic display sandwiched between translucent support surfaces, and permitting quick and easy rearrangement and repositioning of a lamp assembly associated with the display. The lamp assembly is selectively removably attached to the rear surface of the panel in juxtaposition with a graphic symbol in the graphic display, and illuminates only the localized region including that symbol. Attachment of the lamp assembly directly to the rear surface of the translucent panel permits accurate positioning of the lamp assembly in juxtaposition with a corresponding graphic symbol visible from the rear surface of the display panel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 31, 1988
Date of Patent:
September 17, 1991
Assignee:
Fitzgerald Engineering Company, Inc.
Inventors:
Charles A. Fitzgerald, Daniel S. Sweeney
Abstract: A control panel for displaying, monitoring and controlling conditions of a process plant, the control panel includes a graphic display, and permits quick and easy rearrangement and repositioning of control switches associated with the graphic display. The control switches are mounted behind a graphic display panel without extending through the display panel, and the control switches are actuated by the presence of an object such as an operator's finger at the outside of the display panel. The control switches may be magnetically secured in place, so as to permit ease of repositioning.