EP0326807B1 - Bouton poussoir - Google Patents

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EP0326807B1
EP0326807B1 EP89100197A EP89100197A EP0326807B1 EP 0326807 B1 EP0326807 B1 EP 0326807B1 EP 89100197 A EP89100197 A EP 89100197A EP 89100197 A EP89100197 A EP 89100197A EP 0326807 B1 EP0326807 B1 EP 0326807B1
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pressure plate
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Fritz Berger
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Elektro-Apparatebau Olten AG
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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
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/12—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • 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
    • H01H13/50—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a single operating member

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  • the present invention relates to a key switch according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such push buttons are described for example in CH-PS 612 791. They all have the advantage that they show the connection contact lugs for the various switch contacts on their back in a plane that is oriented at right angles to the scanning direction and are therefore easily accessible after installation in a mounting wall.
  • the slide moved at the press of a button acts on a number of plungers corresponding to the number of switching contacts, which in turn actuate the movable contact carriers.
  • the dimensional tolerances that occur during the manufacture of the individual parts have the consequence that if there are several switch contacts and a corresponding number of plungers, the switch contacts are not actuated simultaneously when the button is pressed.
  • the object of the present invention is to improve a pushbutton switch of the type mentioned in such a way that all switch contacts are actuated simultaneously while the button is pressed.
  • the push button switch shown in FIG. 1 has a housing 1 with a front frame 2, which is visible from the front after installation in a control panel.
  • a front frame 2 Arranged in the front frame 2 is the transparent, push-in hood support 3, on which a colored, translucent dome, not shown, is placed.
  • the pressure hood support 3 is provided on its neck 4 with two mutually opposite latching windows 5, which are used for connection to a slide 6 which is axially displaceable in the housing 1 and which is provided with corresponding latching lugs 8 for this purpose.
  • the designed with a hollow profile slide 6 has a substantially cylindrical inner surface into which the Dome neck 4 can be plugged in without play until its latching windows 5 latch with corresponding latches 8.
  • the pressure hood support 3 and the slide 6 thus form a fixed part which can be axially displaced in the housing 1.
  • the displacement of the slide 6 upwards is limited by two tabs 7, which cooperate with corresponding not visible projections on the inner wall of the housing 1.
  • the pushbutton switch is equipped with a signal lamp, it has two lamp contact springs 9 fixedly arranged in the housing 1, to which a lamp, not shown, which is arranged in the housing 1 and which can be replaced, is connected.
  • the slide 6 is provided on its lower end face with four support legs 10, against which an annular pressure plate 11 rests.
  • the number of support legs is irrelevant. It is essential that they form at least three points of contact with respect to the pressure plate 11, which points of contact delimit a surface.
  • the housing 1 is provided with two latching windows 12, into which two latching lugs 13 are latched in the neck 14 of an upper housing part 15.
  • the upper housing part 15 forms, with a lower housing part 16, a switching element housing 17 which is firmly connected to the housing and forms the key switch.
  • the switching element housing 17 three plungers 18 to 20 are vertically displaceably mounted.
  • Each plunger 18 to 20 has the top End a center hole 21, in which an associated pin 22 engages on the pressure plate 11. Since the pins 22 lie on a diameter line of the pressure plate 11, the points of application of the forces transmitted by the plungers 18 to 20 to the pressure plate 11 are also on this diameter line and thus axially symmetrical to the vertical axis of the pressure plate 11.
  • the pressure plate is perpendicular to this diameter line 11 stiffened with a rib 23 which forms at its ends two downwardly open bearing caps 24. These each serve to receive the upper end of a compression spring 25, which is pushed with the lower end over a centering pin 26 on the upper housing part 15 and is supported there. The compression springs 25 thus press the pressure plate 11 against the support legs 10 and keep them in contact with them.
  • the lamp contact springs 9 are inserted into the corresponding cross-sectionally U-shaped guides in the upper housing part 15, in which they are held with a friction fit.
  • the legs 10 of the slide 6 push the pressure plate 11 further down (and thus away from the angled ends) until it presses slightly against one another presses the plunger 18 to 20 and rests against it without play.
  • the compression springs 25 are also compressed further.
  • the plungers 18 to 20 engage in a form-fitting manner on the free ends of the movable contact carriers 27, which are pivotably mounted on the switching element housing 17 at 28.
  • a tension spring 29 continues to act, which pulls it upwards and into contact with the plunger. Due to the tension spring 29, the contact carrier 27 always has the tendency to assume its basic position and, in addition, the associated plunger 18 to 20 is pressed upwards and held in abutment with the pressure plate 11, so that it exerts a restoring force on the slide 6 in the direction of movement.
  • One, two or three movable contact carriers 27 can be present in the switching element housing 17. Depending on the number of movable contact carriers 27, there are one, two or three plungers 18 to 20.
  • Fig. 2 shows a cross section through a switching contact in the switching element housing 17.
  • the movable contact carrier 27 carries a contact bridge with two contacts 30, each resting on a stop pin 31 in the basic position.
  • the movable contact carrier 27 is on the one hand pivotably mounted at 28 and has an articulation point 32.
  • the tension spring 29 engages at the free end of the movable contact 27 and presses it against the plunger 18. This is held in contact with the pressure plate 11 and presses the slide 6 with the pressure hood support 3 upwards.
  • the free end of the movable contact carrier 27 is pivoted downward about the joint 32 until the movable contact carrier 27 bends upwards when a dead position is exceeded and its contact bridge with the contacts 30 against the fixed pair of contacts 33 and bridges. If the plunger 28 is released, the tension spring 29 pulls it up again until the movable contact carrier 27 kinks downward when the dead position is exceeded and the contacts 30 snap back onto the stop pin 31.

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  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)
  • Switches With Compound Operations (AREA)
  • Massaging Devices (AREA)
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Claims (5)

  1. Bouton-poussoir comportant un coulisseau (6) coulissant axialement dans un boîtier (1) et relié au poussoir (3, 4), avec un élément de commutation (17) prévu à l'extrémité du boîtier opposée au poussoir (3, 4), ayant une ou plusieurs paires de contacts fixes (33) auxquelles sont associés des supports de contact (27) mobiles, commandés chacun par une biellette (18-20), cette biellette (18-20) étant coulissante dans le chemin de la force allant du coulisseau (6) vers le porte-contact (27) mobile, en étant maintenue dans une première position par l'action d'un ressort (27) et pouvant être déplacée dans une seconde position contre l'action de ce ressort de façon que pour une pression sur le poussoir (3, 4), le coulisseau (6) déplace la biellette (18-20) de sa première à sa seconde position pour actionner elle-même le support de contact (27) mobile, bouton-poussoir caractérisé en ce qu'entre le coulisseau (6) et la ou les biellette(s) se trouve une plaque de pression (11) montée flottante, et chaque biellette (18-20) exerce sur la plaque de pression (11) une force de rappel par le ressort (29) associé et maintient cette plaque en appui contre le coulisseau (6) par au moins trois points de contact et la force de rappel qui en résulte dans la direction de déplacement du coulisseau (6) passe par la surface délimitée par les points de contact.
  2. Bouton-poussoir selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le coulisseau (6) est un profilé creux et sur sa face frontale tournée vers la plaque de pression (11) il comporte des saillies (10) formant au moins trois points de contact.
  3. Bouton-poussoir selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la plaque de pression (11) est de forme annulaire avec une nervure diamétrale (23) et les biellettes (18-20) s'appuient contre la plaque de pression (11) symétriquement par rapport à la ligne diamétrale représentée par cette nervure (23).
  4. Bouton-poussoir selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que du côté de la plaque de pression (11) opposé au coulisseau (6), se trouve au moins un autre élément de ressort (25) qui s'appuie solidairement sur le boîtier, la plaque de pression (11) étant ainsi sollicitée par une force supplémentaire pour être poussée contre le coulisseau (6) et en ce que dans la direction de déplacement du coulisseau (6), la force résultante provenant des forces de rappel transmises par les biellettes (18-20) et les forces supplémentaires passe par les surfaces délimitées par les points de contact.
  5. Bouton-poussoir selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les éléments de ressort (25) supplémentaires exercent une force complémentaire sur la plaque de pression sur la ligne diamétrale représentée par la nervure (23).
EP89100197A 1988-02-01 1989-01-07 Bouton poussoir Expired - Lifetime EP0326807B1 (fr)

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AT89100197T ATE102739T1 (de) 1988-02-01 1989-01-07 Tastschalter.

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CH329/88 1988-02-01
CH329/88A CH675503A5 (fr) 1988-02-01 1988-02-01

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EP0326807A2 EP0326807A2 (fr) 1989-08-09
EP0326807A3 EP0326807A3 (fr) 1991-02-06
EP0326807B1 true EP0326807B1 (fr) 1994-03-09

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EP (1) EP0326807B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP2810078B2 (fr)
AT (1) ATE102739T1 (fr)
CH (1) CH675503A5 (fr)
DE (1) DE58907148D1 (fr)

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JP2810078B2 (ja) 1998-10-15
EP0326807A3 (fr) 1991-02-06
CH675503A5 (fr) 1990-09-28
DE58907148D1 (de) 1994-04-14
JPH01227315A (ja) 1989-09-11
EP0326807A2 (fr) 1989-08-09
US4945194A (en) 1990-07-31
ATE102739T1 (de) 1994-03-15

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