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An illuminated advertisement type display comprising an open front housing that is closed by a transparent panel of plastic or the like which has a display printed thereon simulating a neon sign. Within the housing, there is a fluorescent light bulb that provides illumination for the printed display

An illuminated advertisement type display comprising an open front housing that is closed by a transparent panel of plastic or the like which has a display printed thereon simulating a neon sign. Within the housing, there is a fluorescent light bulb that provides illumination for the printed display. The printing is by “transparent”pigment that may have incorporated therein translucent substances in small amounts, but sufficient to occlude the vision of the fluorescent light bulb to a viewer of the display. Surrounding the printed display is a coating of opaque material, so that the areas surrounding the printed matter is black. This coating may be a high reflecting aluminum foil which also reflects light produced by the fluorescent light to increase the light transmited through the panel.

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A simulated neon tube sign comprising a panel having a message portion which is clear and colorless and is transparent to visible light surrounded by a portion that is opaque to visible light, a printing on the message portion of a shape simulating a neon tube and of a color of such tube when it is

A simulated neon tube sign comprising a panel having a message portion which is clear and colorless and is transparent to visible light surrounded by a portion that is opaque to visible light, a printing on the message portion of a shape simulating a neon tube and of a color of such tube when it is electrically actuated, said transparent area being a flat surface, said panel having a front side from which it is to be viewed and a reverse side on which the message is formed, said printing comprising a substantially transparent pigment and said opaque portion including an opaque reflecting medium on the back of the panel that reflects light impinging thereon from the rear of the panel in a direction rearwardly of the panel, a reflector located rearwardly of the panel, a light source comprising a fluorescent tube of a diameter substantially greater than the diameter of the simulated neon tube, said light source being between the reflector and the panel for illuminating the rear side of the panel, said reflector receiving light from the rear of the light source and also light reflected rearwardly of the panel by the afforesaid opaque reflecting medium on the reverse side of the panel and said reflector reflecting the incident light back towards said panel to increase the light passing through the transparent dye forming the simulated neon tube.