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EP0144916B1
EP0144916B1 EP84114473A EP84114473A EP0144916B1 EP 0144916 B1 EP0144916 B1 EP 0144916B1 EP 84114473 A EP84114473 A EP 84114473A EP 84114473 A EP84114473 A EP 84114473A EP 0144916 B1 EP0144916 B1 EP 0144916B1
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Jaroslav Keprda
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2215/00—Tactile feedback
    • H01H2215/004—Collapsible dome or bubble
    • H01H2215/012—Positioning of individual dome
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2221/00—Actuators
    • H01H2221/066—Actuators replaceable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2223/00—Casings
    • H01H2223/054—Mounting of key housings on same printed circuit
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2233/00—Key modules
    • H01H2233/03—Key modules mounted on support plate or frame
    • H01H2233/034—Snap coupling
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2233/00—Key modules
    • H01H2233/05—Actuator part on body
    • H01H2233/054—Snap coupling
    • H01H2233/056—Snap coupling with limited freedom
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2239/00—Miscellaneous
    • H01H2239/008—Static electricity considerations

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  • the invention relates to a key with a bell-shaped or dome-shaped key body made of elastic material, which can be clamped with an edge delimiting its open side between a base plate and a key housing part.
  • Such a button is known from DE-A-30 41 470.
  • the key body designated there as the sealing membrane sits with its flat outer edge on the surface of a base plate referred to there as a support part and is pressed against the base plate by a housing part called a cap there.
  • a housing part called a cap there As a result, the space enclosed by the key body and the base plate, in which the contacts of the key are located, is sealed off from the outside world, in particular from the operating side of the key, so that, at least from this side, no foreign bodies in the contact space formed by the key body and base plate can reach.
  • the key known from DE-A-30 41 470 can also be used as a key module, so that a keyboard can be formed from several such keys, which are attached to a plate.
  • buttons efforts are made to arrange the fixed contacts directly on a plate to which the button is attached. In such a case, the number of parts that make up the key can be further reduced. The outer edge of the key body can then be clamped between a housing part of the key and this plate.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to design a key of the type mentioned in the introduction in such a way that only a single key part has to be handled when such keys are attached to a plate carrying the fixed contacts of the keys.
  • this object is achieved in that the key housing part in the region of the key body edge on its side facing the key body has niche-like recesses with access openings provided essentially at right angles to the base plate and in that the key body has projections in the region of its edge.
  • the key body and the key housing part can be connected to each other before fixing these parts to a plate carrying the fixed contacts of the key, without special connecting means such.
  • B. adhesive are required. This gives a composite body consisting of the key housing part and the key body, which can be handled in an uncomplicated manner and therefore considerably simplifies the assembly process.
  • the niche-like recesses consist of a coherent circumferential groove of the key housing part and that the key body has a web-like approach corresponding to the groove on its edge.
  • the key housing part is provided on its side parallel to the open side of the key body with snap pins.
  • the composite body consisting of the key housing part and the key body can be particularly easily attached to the plate carrying the fixed contacts of the key.
  • the key body has at its edge a wedge-shaped circumferential web projecting from this edge parallel to the direction of the axis of the key, that the key housing part is provided on the outside in the region of the edge with a circumferential edge attachment, ' which has a wedge-shaped, circumferential web projecting parallel to the axis, and that the key housing part on its side facing away from the open side of the key body has a hollow cylindrical extension, that the extension on its inside is provided with grooves parallel to the axis, and that ramp bodies are arranged in the grooves, each of which has a steeper sliding surface on its side facing the key body than on the side facing away from the key body.
  • the figure shows, enlarged and in section, a side view of the composite body consisting of the key housing part and the key body, which is locked on a plate carrying the fixed contacts of the key.
  • the key housing part 1 which is made of a dimensionally stable plastic and with side walls 3 extending at right angles to a base plate 2, encloses a space 4 in which the key body 5, which is made of an elastic plastic material or rubber, is arranged.
  • the approximately dome-shaped or bell-shaped key body 5 has a thickened edge 6 facing the plate 2, which has a parallel to the plate 2 and to Key housing part 1 facing web-like approach 7 is provided.
  • This approach 7 is fitted into a circumferential groove 8 of the key housing part 1, which is delimited by two webs 9, 10.
  • the webs 9, 10 are directed towards the center of the key body 5 and thereby comprise the projection 7 together with the side walls 3 of the key housing part 1 such that the key body 5 fitted into the groove 8 with the web-like extension 7 in this way with the key housing part 1 is connected.
  • the web 10 of the key housing part 1 which is more distant from the base plate 2 also serves as an abutment to counter the edge 6 of the key body protruding toward the base plate 2 when the composite body 11 consisting of the key housing part 1 and the key body 5 is placed on the base plate 2 to press the base plate 2.
  • radially resilient dowel pins 12 penetrate holes 13 provided in the base plate 2 and adapted to the dowel pins 12. In the radially resilient area of the dowel pins 12, these are provided with a collar 14 which increases their diameter. This collar 14 can pass through the radial compression of the dowel pins 12 through the bore 13 in the base plate 2 and then, by returning to its original circumference, locks the composite body 11 on the base plate 2.
  • the radial compressibility of the dowel pins 12 can e.g. B. caused by a slit 15 of these pins.
  • a contact space 16 is sealed off from the outside world, in particular from the operating side of the key, since the edge of the bell-shaped or dome-shaped key body 5 is pressed against the base plate 2.
  • the sealing effect can be further improved by a wedge-shaped web 17 of the key body 5 projecting from this edge 6 against the base plate 2.
  • the sealing of the contact space 16 with respect to the outside of the key can be further improved if the key housing part 1 is provided in the region of the edge 6 of the key body 5 with an outer circumferential edge attachment 25 which has a circumferential, wedge-shaped web directed towards the base plate 2 28 has.
  • this web 28 presses into an elastic mat 29, indicated in dashed lines in the figure, placed on the plate 2, which for the area of the plate 2, which is delimited by one of the webs 9, Has recesses.
  • Such a mat 29 is, for. B. provided for shielding electrostatic interference from a keyboard.
  • a key cap provided with resilient snap arms, the snap arms of which slide in the grooves 24, can thereby be easily connected to the housing part 1.
  • the axis 21 can be resilient.
  • Retractable snap arms slide the ramp bodies 23 slightly from the sides 26, but are then locked by the sides 27 with projections provided at the ends of the snap arms and directed against the grooves 24.
  • the key cap is pressed in further, it touches the key body 5 with central projections and finally causes it to collapse or collapse. If the key cap is released, it is brought back into the starting position by the key body 5.
  • keyboards can be built in an uncomplicated manner, keyboards can be changed in their structure, and finally key modules can be exchanged.

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Abstract

A bell or dome-shaped key member of elastic material is fitted at its edge which bounds the open side of the key member into a groove of a key housing part which can be latched to a printed circuitboard, the fit is provided with a web-like projection 7 such that the key member 5, together with the housing part 1, forms a composite member which can be manipulated in an uncomplicated manner.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Taste mit einem glocken- oder kuppelförmigen, aus elastischem Material bestehenden Tastenkörper, der mit einem seine offene Seite begrenzenden Rand zwischen einer Basisplatte und einem Tastengehäuseteil einklammbar ist.The invention relates to a key with a bell-shaped or dome-shaped key body made of elastic material, which can be clamped with an edge delimiting its open side between a base plate and a key housing part.

Eine solche Taste ist aus der DE-A- 30 41 470 bekannt. Der dort als Dichtmembran bezeichnete Tastenkörper sitzt mit seinem flachen Außenrand auf der Oberfläche einer dort als Stützteil bezeichneten Basisplatte und wird durch ein dort Überwurfkappe genanntes Gehäuseteil gegen die Basisplatte gepreßt. Infolgedessen ist der von dem Tastenkörper und der Basisplatte umschlossene Raum, in welchem sich die Kontakte der Taste befinden, gegenüber der Außenwelt abgeschlossen, insbesondere gegenüber der Bedienseite der Taste, so daß zumindest von dieser Seite her keine Fremdkörper in den von Tastenkörper und Basisplatte gebildeten Kontaktraum gelangen können.Such a button is known from DE-A-30 41 470. The key body designated there as the sealing membrane sits with its flat outer edge on the surface of a base plate referred to there as a support part and is pressed against the base plate by a housing part called a cap there. As a result, the space enclosed by the key body and the base plate, in which the contacts of the key are located, is sealed off from the outside world, in particular from the operating side of the key, so that, at least from this side, no foreign bodies in the contact space formed by the key body and base plate can reach.

Die aus der DE-A- 30 41 470 hekannte Taste ist außerdem als Tastenmodul verwendbar, so daß aus mehreren solchen Tasten, die an einer Platte befestigt sind, eine Tastatur gebildet werden kann.The key known from DE-A-30 41 470 can also be used as a key module, so that a keyboard can be formed from several such keys, which are attached to a plate.

Bei dieser bekannten Taste trägt jedoch eine von der Platte gesonderte Scheibe die Festkontakte der Taste.In this known button, however, a separate disk from the plate carries the fixed contacts of the button.

Zur Vereinfachung solcher Tasten ist man bestrebt, die Festkontakte unmittelbar auf einer Platte anzuordnen, an der die Taste befestigt ist. In einem solchen Fall kann nämlich die Zahl der Teile, aus der sich die Taste zusammensetzt, weiter reduziert werden. Der äußere Rand des Tastenkörpers kann dann zwischen einem Gehäuseteil der Taste und dieser Platte eingeklemmt werden.To simplify such buttons, efforts are made to arrange the fixed contacts directly on a plate to which the button is attached. In such a case, the number of parts that make up the key can be further reduced. The outer edge of the key body can then be clamped between a housing part of the key and this plate.

Insbesondere bei der Bestückung von solchen Platten mit Tasten ist es erwünscht, wenn möglichst wenig voneinander gesondert zu handhabende Tastenteile vorliegen.In particular when equipping such plates with keys, it is desirable if there are as few key parts to be handled separately as possible.

Aufgabe vorliegender Erfindung ist es daher, eine Taste der eingangs genannten Art derart auszubilden, daß bei der Befestigung solcher Tasten an einer die Festkontakte der Tasten tragenden Platte nur ein einziges Tastenteil gehandhabt werden muß.The object of the present invention is therefore to design a key of the type mentioned in the introduction in such a way that only a single key part has to be handled when such keys are attached to a plate carrying the fixed contacts of the keys.

Erfindungsgemäß ergibt sich die Lösung dieser Aufgabe dadurch, daß das Tastengehäuseteil im Bereich des Tastenkörperrandes auf seiner dem Tastenkörper zugewandten Seite nischenartige Ausnehmungen mit im wesentlichen rechtwinkelig zur Basisplatte vorgesehenen Zugangsöffnungen hat und daß der Tastenkörper im Bereich seines Randes in die Ausnehmungen ragende Ansätze aufweist.According to the invention, this object is achieved in that the key housing part in the region of the key body edge on its side facing the key body has niche-like recesses with access openings provided essentially at right angles to the base plate and in that the key body has projections in the region of its edge.

Auf diese Weise kann der Tastenkörper und das Tastengehäuseteil schon vor dem Fixieren dieser Teile an einer die Festkontakte der Taste tragenden Platte miteinander verbunden werden, ohne daß hierzu besondere Verbindungsmittel, wie z. B. Klebstoff, benötigt werden. Man erhält dadurch einen aus Tastengehäuseteil und Tastenkörper bestehenden Verbundkörper, der unkompliziert gehandhabt werden kann und deshalb den Montagevorgang wesentlich erleichtert.In this way, the key body and the key housing part can be connected to each other before fixing these parts to a plate carrying the fixed contacts of the key, without special connecting means such. B. adhesive, are required. This gives a composite body consisting of the key housing part and the key body, which can be handled in an uncomplicated manner and therefore considerably simplifies the assembly process.

In weiterer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung kann vorgesehen sein, daß die nischenartigen Ausnehmungen aus einer zusammenhängenden umlaufenden Nut des Tastengehäuseteiles bestehen und daß der Tastenkörper an seinem Rand einen der Nut entsprechenden stegartigen Ansatz aufweist.In a further embodiment of the invention it can be provided that the niche-like recesses consist of a coherent circumferential groove of the key housing part and that the key body has a web-like approach corresponding to the groove on its edge.

Auf diese Weise ergibt sich ein besonders sicherer Sitz des Tastenkörpers im Tastengehäuseteil.This results in a particularly secure fit of the key body in the key housing part.

Dann kann im Rahmen der Efindung noch vorgesehen sein, daß das Tastengehäuseteil an seiner parallel zur offenen Seite des Tastenkörpers gerichteten Seite mit Schnapp-Stiften versehen ist.Then it can be provided within the scope of the invention that the key housing part is provided on its side parallel to the open side of the key body with snap pins.

Wie an sich bekannt, kann auf diese Weise der aus Tastengehäuseteil und Tastenkörper bestehende Verbundkörper an der die Festkontakte der Taste tragenden Platte besonders unkompliziert befestigt werden.As is known per se, the composite body consisting of the key housing part and the key body can be particularly easily attached to the plate carrying the fixed contacts of the key.

Schließlich kann noch vorgesehen sein, daß der Tastenkörper an seinem Rand einen parallel zur Richtung der Achse der Taste von diesem Rand vorspringenden, keilförmigen umlaufenden Steg aufweist, daß das Tastengehäuseteil auf seiner Außenseite im Bereich des Randes mit einem umlaufenden Rand-Ansatz versehen ist, 'der einen parallelaur Richtung der Achse vorspringenden, keilförmigen, umlaufenden Steg hat, und daß das Tastengehäuseteil auf seiner, von der offenen Seite des Tastenkörpers abgewandten Seite einen hohlzylindrischen Ansatz aufweist, daß der Ansatz auf seiner Innenseite mit parallel zur Achse gerichteten Nuten versehen ist, und daß in den Nuten Rampenkörper angeordnet sind, die auf ihrer dem Tastenkörper zugewandten Seite jeweils eine steilere Aufgleitfläche haben, als auf der vom Tastenkörper abgewandten Seite. Nachfolgend wird ein Ausführungsbeispiel der erfindungsgemäßen Taste anhand einer Figur noch näher erläutert.Finally, it can also be provided that the key body has at its edge a wedge-shaped circumferential web projecting from this edge parallel to the direction of the axis of the key, that the key housing part is provided on the outside in the region of the edge with a circumferential edge attachment, ' which has a wedge-shaped, circumferential web projecting parallel to the axis, and that the key housing part on its side facing away from the open side of the key body has a hollow cylindrical extension, that the extension on its inside is provided with grooves parallel to the axis, and that ramp bodies are arranged in the grooves, each of which has a steeper sliding surface on its side facing the key body than on the side facing away from the key body. An exemplary embodiment of the button according to the invention is explained in more detail below with reference to a figure.

Die Figur zeigt vergrößert und im Schnitt eine Seitenansicht des aus Tastengehäuseteil und Tastenkörper bestehenden Verbundkörpers, der an einer die Festkontakte der Taste tragenden Platte verrastet ist.The figure shows, enlarged and in section, a side view of the composite body consisting of the key housing part and the key body, which is locked on a plate carrying the fixed contacts of the key.

Im einzelnen ist der Figur zu entnehmen, daß der aus einem formstabilen Kunststoff bestehende Tastengehäuseteil 1 mit rechtwinkelig zu einer Basisplatte 2 verlaufenden Seitenwänden 3 einen Raum 4 umschließt, in welchem der aus einem elastischen Kunststoffmaterial oder Gummi bestehende Tastenkörper 5 angeordnet ist.In detail, it can be seen from the figure that the key housing part 1, which is made of a dimensionally stable plastic and with side walls 3 extending at right angles to a base plate 2, encloses a space 4 in which the key body 5, which is made of an elastic plastic material or rubber, is arranged.

Der etwa kuppel- oder glockenförmig ausgebildete Tastenkörper 5 weist einen der Platte 2 zugewandten verdickten Rand 6 auf, der mit einem parallel zur Platte 2 und zum Tastengehäuseteil 1 hin gerichteten stegartigen Ansatz 7 versehen ist. Dieser Ansatz 7 ist in eine umlaufende Nut 8 des Tastengehäuseteiles 1 eingepaßt, die durch zwei Stege 9, 10 begrenzt wird. Die Stege 9, 10 sind zum Zentrum des Tastenkörpers 5 hin gerichtet und umfassen dadurch den Ansatz 7 zusammen mit den Seitenwänden 3 des Tastengehäuseteiles 1 derart, daß der mit dem stegartigen Ansatz 7 in die Nut 8 eingepaßte Tastenkörper 5 auf diese Weise mit dem Tastengehäuseteil 1 verbunden wird.The approximately dome-shaped or bell-shaped key body 5 has a thickened edge 6 facing the plate 2, which has a parallel to the plate 2 and to Key housing part 1 facing web-like approach 7 is provided. This approach 7 is fitted into a circumferential groove 8 of the key housing part 1, which is delimited by two webs 9, 10. The webs 9, 10 are directed towards the center of the key body 5 and thereby comprise the projection 7 together with the side walls 3 of the key housing part 1 such that the key body 5 fitted into the groove 8 with the web-like extension 7 in this way with the key housing part 1 is connected.

Der von der Basisplatte 2 entferntere Steg 10 des Tastengehäuseteiles 1 dient dabei zugleich als Widerlager, um beim Aufsetzen des aus Tastengehäuseteil 1 und Tastenkörper 5 bestehenden Verbundkörpers 11 auf die Basisplatte 2 den in Richtung zur Basisplatte 2 über das Tastengehäuseteil 1 vorstehenden Rand 6 des Tastenkörpers gegen die Basisplatte 2 zu drücken.The web 10 of the key housing part 1 which is more distant from the base plate 2 also serves as an abutment to counter the edge 6 of the key body protruding toward the base plate 2 when the composite body 11 consisting of the key housing part 1 and the key body 5 is placed on the base plate 2 to press the base plate 2.

Beim Aufsetzen des Verbundkörpers 11 auf die Basisplatte 2 durchdringen radial federnd ausgebildete Paßstifte 12 in der Basisplatte 2 vorgesehene und den Paßstiften 12 angepaßte Bohrungen 13. Im radial federnden Bereich der Paßstifte 12 sind diese mit einem deren Durchmesser vergrößernden Bund 14 versehen. Dieser Bund 14 kann durch das radiale Zusammendrücken der Paßstifte 12 durch die Bohrung 13 in der Basisplatte 2 hindurchgelangen und verriegelt dann, indem er seinen ursprünglichen Umfang wieder annimmt, den Verbundkörper 11 an der Basisplatte 2. Die radiale Zusammendrückbarkeit der Paßstifte 12 kann z. B. durch eine Schlitzung 15 dieser Stifte bewirkt werden.When the composite body 11 is placed on the base plate 2, radially resilient dowel pins 12 penetrate holes 13 provided in the base plate 2 and adapted to the dowel pins 12. In the radially resilient area of the dowel pins 12, these are provided with a collar 14 which increases their diameter. This collar 14 can pass through the radial compression of the dowel pins 12 through the bore 13 in the base plate 2 and then, by returning to its original circumference, locks the composite body 11 on the base plate 2. The radial compressibility of the dowel pins 12 can e.g. B. caused by a slit 15 of these pins.

Nach dem Verrasten des Verbundkörpers 11 an der Basisplatte 2 ist ein Kontaktraum 16 gegenüber der Außenwelt, insbesondere gegenüber der Bedienseite der Taste, abgedichtet, da der glocken- bzw. kuppelförmige Tastenkörper 5 mit seinem Rand 6 gegen die Basisplatte 2 gedrückt wird. Dabei kann die Abdichtungswirkung noch durch einen von diesem Rand 6 gegen die Basisplatte 2 vorspringenden keilförmigen Steg 17 des Tastenkörpers 5 verbessert werden.After the composite body 11 has latched onto the base plate 2, a contact space 16 is sealed off from the outside world, in particular from the operating side of the key, since the edge of the bell-shaped or dome-shaped key body 5 is pressed against the base plate 2. The sealing effect can be further improved by a wedge-shaped web 17 of the key body 5 projecting from this edge 6 against the base plate 2.

Die nach Art einer gedruckten Schaltung an der Basisplatte 2 unterhalb des Tastenkörpers 5 fixierten Festkontakte 18, die im unbetätigten Zustand der Taste voneinander isoliert sind, werden durch einen elektrisch leitenden Belag 19, der an der Decke 20 des Tastenkörpers 5 angeordnet ist, miteinanderverbunden, wenn der kuppel- bzw. glockenförmige Tastenkörper 5 durch einen in Richtung der Achse 21 der Taste auf den Tastenkörper einwirkenden Druck zum Einbrechen gebracht wird und dadurch der leitende Belag 19 an der Basisplatte 2, insbesondere an den Festkontakten 18, zur Anlage kommt. Wird die Druckeinwirkung auf den Tastenkörper 5 beendet, so springt der Tastenkörper 5 selbsttätig wieder in seine Ausgangsgestalt zurück.The fixed contacts 18, which are fixed in the manner of a printed circuit on the base plate 2 below the key body 5 and which are insulated from one another when the key is not actuated, are connected to one another by an electrically conductive covering 19 which is arranged on the ceiling 20 of the key body 5 the dome-shaped or bell-shaped key body 5 is caused to break in by a pressure acting on the key body in the direction of the axis 21 of the key, and as a result the conductive coating 19 comes to rest on the base plate 2, in particular on the fixed contacts 18. If the pressure on the key body 5 is ended, the key body 5 automatically jumps back to its original shape.

Die Abdichtung des Kontaktraumes 16 gegenüber der Außenwelt der Taste kann noch weiter verbessert werden, wenn man das Tastengehäuseteil 1 im Bereich des Randes 6 des Tastenkörpers 5 mit einem äußeren umlaufenden Rand-Ansatz 25 versieht, der einen zur Basisplatte 2 gerichteten, umlaufenden, keilförmigen Steg 28 aufweist. Dieser Steg 28 drückt sich beim Aufsetzen des Verbundkörpers 11 auf die Platte 2 in eine in der Figur strichliert angedeutete, auf die Platte 2 aufgelegte elastische Matte 29, die für den Bereich der Platte 2, der etwa jeweils durch einen der Stege 9 begrenzt wird, Aussparungen aufweist. Eine solche Matte 29 wird z. B. zur Abschirmung elektrostatischer Störfelder von einer Tastatur vorgesehen.The sealing of the contact space 16 with respect to the outside of the key can be further improved if the key housing part 1 is provided in the region of the edge 6 of the key body 5 with an outer circumferential edge attachment 25 which has a circumferential, wedge-shaped web directed towards the base plate 2 28 has. When the composite body 11 is placed on the plate 2, this web 28 presses into an elastic mat 29, indicated in dashed lines in the figure, placed on the plate 2, which for the area of the plate 2, which is delimited by one of the webs 9, Has recesses. Such a mat 29 is, for. B. provided for shielding electrostatic interference from a keyboard.

Schließlich ist das Gehäuseteil 1 in Richtung der Achse 21 auf seiner, von der offenen Seite des Tastenkörpers 5 abgewandten Seite, mit einem hohlzylindrischen Ansatz 22 versehen, der auf seiner Innenseite parallel zur Achse 21 gerichtete Nuten 24 aufweist. In diesen Nuten sind Rampenkörper 23 angeordnet, die auf der einen Seite 26, die vom Tastenkörper 5 abgewandt ist, flachere Aufgleitflächen haben, als auf ihrer anderen Seite 27.Finally, the housing part 1 is provided in the direction of the axis 21 on its side facing away from the open side of the key body 5 with a hollow cylindrical projection 22 which has grooves 24 directed parallel to the axis 21 on its inside. Ramp bodies 23 are arranged in these grooves, which have flatter sliding surfaces on one side 26, which faces away from the key body 5, than on their other side 27.

Eine mit federnden Schnapparmen versehen Tastenkappe, wobei deren Schnapparme in den Nuten 24 gleiten, kann dadurch unkompliziert mit dem Gehäuseteil 1 verbunden werden. Beim Aufstecken der Tastenkappe auf den Ansatz 22 können die zur Achse 21 federnd . zurückweichenden Schnapparme die Rampenkörper 23 von den Seiten 26 her leicht übergleiten, werden jedoch dann mit an den Enden der Schnapparme vorgesehenen, gegen die Nuten 24 gerichteten Vorsprüngen durch die Seiten 27 verriegelt. Beim weiteren Eindrücken der Tastenkappe berührt diese mit zentralen Vorsprüngen den Tastenkörper 5 und bringt ihn schließlich zum Ein- bzw. Zusammenbrechen. Wird die Tastenkappe losgelassen, so wird sie durch den Tastenkörper 5 wieder in die Ausgangslage zurückgebracht.A key cap provided with resilient snap arms, the snap arms of which slide in the grooves 24, can thereby be easily connected to the housing part 1. When pushing the key cap onto the extension 22, the axis 21 can be resilient. Retractable snap arms slide the ramp bodies 23 slightly from the sides 26, but are then locked by the sides 27 with projections provided at the ends of the snap arms and directed against the grooves 24. When the key cap is pressed in further, it touches the key body 5 with central projections and finally causes it to collapse or collapse. If the key cap is released, it is brought back into the starting position by the key body 5.

Durch entsprechende Bemessung der Haltekräfte zwischen Kappe und Gehäuseteil 1, sowie zwischen Gehäuseteil 1 bzw. Verbundkörper 11 und Platte 2 kann erreicht werden, daß sich die Kappe vom Gehäuseteil 1 bzw. vom Verbundkörper leichter wieder abziehen läßt, als der Verbundkörper 11 von der Platte 2.By appropriate dimensioning of the holding forces between the cap and the housing part 1 and between the housing part 1 or the composite body 11 and the plate 2, it can be achieved that the cap can be removed from the housing part 1 or from the composite body more easily than the composite body 11 from the plate 2 .

Mit vorliegendem Verbundkörper 11 wird ein Tastenbaustein geschaffen, mit dessen Hilfe unkompliziert Tastaturen aufgebaut, Tastaturen in ihrem Aufbau geändert und schließlich Tastenbausteine ausgetauscht werden können.With the present composite body 11, a key module is created, with the aid of which keyboards can be built in an uncomplicated manner, keyboards can be changed in their structure, and finally key modules can be exchanged.

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1. A push button comprising a bell-shaped or dome-shaped push button body (5) which consists of elastic material and which can be clamped by an edge (6), which delimits its open side, between a base plate (2) and a push button housing component (1), characterised in that in the region of the push button body edge (6), on its side facing towards the push button body (5), the push button housing component (1) has niche-like recesses (8) which have access openings fundamentally at right angles to the base plate (2), and that in the region of its edge (6) the push button body (5) has projections (7) which extend into the recesses.
2. A push button as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the niche-like recesses (8) consist of a continuous peripheral groove (8) in the push button housing component (1), and that at its edge (6) the push button body (5) has a rib- like projection (7) which corresponds to the groove (8).
3. A push button as claimed in one of Claims 1 or 2, characterised in that on its side which is parallel to the open side of the push button body, the push button housing component (1) is provided with locking pins (12) which have barb- like projections (14).
4. A push button as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, characterised in that at its edge (6), the push button body (5) is provided with a tapered, peripheral rib (17) which projects from this edge (6) parallel to the direction of the axis (21) of the push button.
5. A push button as claimed in Claim 4, characterised in that on its outside, in the region of the edge (6), the push button housing component (1) is provided with a peripheral edge projection (25) which has a tapered, peripheral rib (28) which projects parallel to the direction of the axis (21).
6. A push button as claimed in one of the preceding Claims, characterised in that on its side which faces away from the open side of the push button body (5), the push button housing component (1) has a hollow cylindrical projection (22),
that on its inside the projection (22) is provided with grooves (24) extending in parallel to the axis (21
and that the grooves (24) contain ramp components (23) which, on their side (27) facing towards the push button body, each have a steeper ascending surface than on the side (26) facing away from the push button body (5).
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