EP3912180A1 - Push-button switch assembly with means for indicating a switch status - Google Patents
Push-button switch assembly with means for indicating a switch statusInfo
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- EP3912180A1 EP3912180A1 EP20700581.0A EP20700581A EP3912180A1 EP 3912180 A1 EP3912180 A1 EP 3912180A1 EP 20700581 A EP20700581 A EP 20700581A EP 3912180 A1 EP3912180 A1 EP 3912180A1
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- light guide
- switch arrangement
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Classifications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
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- H01H3/022—Emergency operating parts, e.g. for stop-switch in dangerous conditions
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a key switch arrangement in which different switching states depending on the
- the pushbutton switch arrangement can be designed, for example, as an emergency stop switch with which an electrical contact between two conductors can be separated.
- Such a pushbutton switch arrangement usually has various components which are assembled according to a modular system, as described, for example, in document EP 1 261 979 B1.
- the key guide can be designed as a hollow body and has a plunger in its interior, which is arranged in the key guide so as to be displaceable in the axial direction by means of the actuating head.
- Such a push-button arrangement can on a
- Housing body to be mounted inside one
- Manufacturing effort is producible and enables a reliable and clearly recognizable display of a switching state for an operator.
- Switching state includes an actuating head for actuating the push-button arrangement with a disk-shaped
- the key switch arrangement further comprises a sleeve-shaped key guide which is coupled to the actuating head, so that the upper part is arranged above the key guide and the lower part surrounds the key guide with respect to a longitudinal axis of the key switch arrangement.
- the pushbutton switch arrangement furthermore has an optical waveguide for guiding light, which is coupled to the actuating head, so that the optical waveguide at least in sections with respect to the longitudinal axis
- the light guide extends with a head-side end at a predetermined position through the actuating head, so that by means of a
- Light radiation which is based on the longitudinal axis at a foot-side end opposite the soapy end in the Optical fiber can be coupled in, the push-button arrangement can be illuminated in a predetermined manner.
- the light guide enables a useful light function of the push-button arrangement, which illuminates the push-button arrangement in clearly visible positions from the outside.
- the light function thus set up realizes in addition to conventional ones
- Color coding a light indicator and contributes to a simple and particularly reliable identification of a particular switching state.
- the upper part of the actuating head has a
- Actuating head is mushroom-shaped, for example.
- the light guide is, for example, rod-shaped, so that one end of the light guide is circular
- Opening in the upper part of the actuator head extends. Due to the advantageous light guide function that the light guide provides, reliable and special
- the components of the are related to the longitudinal axis
- Pushbutton switch arrangement in particular designed to be rotationally symmetrical, individual elements such as recesses and locking lugs being exempt from this.
- the actuating head with the disk-shaped upper part and the tubular lower part is designed in two parts.
- Light guide has an upper section that the
- the upper part and the lower part of the actuating head are designed such that a peripheral edge of the upper section of the light guide is clamped between them. can be arranged and enables a radially circumferential coupling of light.
- Key switch arrangement can be provided, so that a particularly clear lighting function by means of the described
- the light guide is designed in two parts and has a rod-shaped element, to which a funnel-shaped element is connected in relation to the longitudinal axis, and a disk-shaped element which is coupled to the upper part of the actuating head.
- the disc-shaped element limits in
- funnel-shaped element forms a cavity and forms a predetermined light guiding function.
- Such a configuration contributes to a particularly efficient lighting function
- the rod-shaped element and the funnel-shaped element can each be designed as separate components and connected to one another. Preferably form that
- rod-shaped element and the funnel-shaped element together form an integral component of the light guide. This component of the light guide with the rod-shaped
- Element and the funnel-shaped element realizes a Y-shape based on a cross section along the longitudinal axis.
- the shape could also be called tulip-shaped.
- the disk-shaped element forms a cover or a further separate component
- the light guide can also be made in one piece and have a predetermined geometry without an enclosed cavity.
- the above-described upper section of the light guide includes in particular the funnel-shaped element and the disk-shaped element of the light guide and can also be referred to as a disk-shaped section.
- the previously described lower section of the light guide comprises in particular the rod-shaped element of the light guide and can also be referred to as a rod-shaped section.
- the light guide can be used in particular in the context of a
- the light guide preferably has highly transparent polycarbonate as the material.
- the light guide can be made of plexiglass, such as PMMA.
- an outer surface of the light guide can be specifically designed to be reflective, so that a coupled-in light radiation follows the shape of the light guide and only a small proportion of the light emerges at undesired positions. Reflective properties of the light guide can be achieved, for example, by a coating
- the light guide has a contour with one or more stages which are set up to remove a portion of a light radiation coupled into the light guide
- Optical fiber can be specified.
- the light guide has a corrugated on a surface that extends through the actuating head
- the corrugated surface is formed on the circumferential outer edge of the funnel-shaped element of the light guide, which is between the upper part and the lower part of the
- Actuating head is arranged.
- the light guide can also have one at other positions
- a predetermined coupling of light radiation can be set up by means of a specific specification of the contour of the light guide. For example, light radiation through the rod-shaped element of the light guide up to
- the geometry such as a size of the step-shaped area, a number of steps and a size of a respective step, can be used to set how large a portion of the light radiation is that reaches the projecting area of the disk-shaped element and is coupled out frontally, and how large is a proportion of the light radiation that reaches the corrugated annular surface of the funnel-shaped element and is coupled out laterally.
- the pushbutton switch arrangement has a sleeve-shaped plunger, which
- sleeve-shaped plunger is used in particular to transmit power when the actuating head is actuated to other components of the push-button arrangement, such as a locking unit, and is related to the longitudinal axis between the
- the plunger can serve as a mounting and coupling component for the light guide.
- the plunger preferably reshapes the shape of the light guide and couples the light guide to the actuating head and the button guide.
- the tappet on the inside which faces the light guide and contacts it in sections, for example along the longitudinal axis, is particularly preferably designed in such a way that light radiation coupled into the light guide reflects through the inside of the tappet and again
- Light guide is supplied. This can be done using, for example a coating in the form of a white
- the pushbutton switch arrangement has a coupling sleeve which is coupled to the button guide at the foot-side end of the light guide and which has an inner surface which at least in sections has a predetermined curvature in order to light radiation to be coupled into the light guide in the direction of the foot-side end of the light guide.
- a coupling sleeve can thus serve as a mechanical coupling and holder and, moreover, a lighting coupling for advantageously coupling as large a proportion of light as possible into the
- the coupling sleeve has an upper section which, in an operational state, the button switch arrangement is adjacent to the
- Coupling of light radiation in the light guide affects.
- the pushbutton switch arrangement has a lamp unit with a light-emitting diode, which is coupled to the button guide in relation to the longitudinal axis at an end opposite the actuating head, so that light radiation from the light-emitting diode can be coupled into the light guide at the foot-side end of the light guide.
- the key switch arrangement is by pressing the
- Actuating head in particular switchable from a non-triggered state to a triggered state
- the pushbutton switch arrangement being designed such that in the triggered state an electrical contact between two conductors which can be coupled to the pushbutton switch arrangement
- Contact element is separable if the contact element is designed as an opener and the electrical contact between the two conductors is closed in the non-triggered state.
- the pushbutton switch arrangement is designed such that in the triggered state, an electrical contact between two conductors in the contact element can be closed if that
- the push button switch arrangement can be actuated by pressing and / or turning the actuating head.
- the pushbutton switch arrangement is designed as an emergency stop switch or as a stop switch and, by means of the specially provided light guide and the described lighting function, enables a particularly reliable and clearly recognizable display of a switching state and thus contributes to safety.
- the key switch arrangement can be any type of key switch arrangement.
- adapter means for attaching the key switch arrangement to a housing body, which is coupled to the key guide.
- Figure 2 is a cross section of the key switch arrangement
- FIGS. 3A-3D show an embodiment of a light guide for the push-button arrangement according to FIG. 1;
- Figures 4A-4C an embodiment of an upper part of a
- FIGS 5A-5D an embodiment of the top of the
- FIG. 6A-6B show an embodiment of a coupling sleeve for the push-button arrangement according to FIG. 1.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a push-button arrangement 1 according to the invention with the identification of a
- the pushbutton switch arrangement 1 has a mushroom-shaped actuating head 10 for actuating the
- Push button switch arrangement 1 which is a disk-shaped
- the key switch arrangement 1 also has a key guide 20.
- the key guide 20 is coupled to the actuating head 10 and in relation to a longitudinal axis L of the key switch arrangement 1 in the lower part 12 of the actuating head 10 arranged so that the lower part 12 surrounds the key guide 20.
- the upper part 11 is arranged above the key guide 20 with respect to the longitudinal axis L.
- the pushbutton switch arrangement 1 further comprises a light guide 40 for guiding light, which is coupled to the actuating head 10, so that in relation to the longitudinal axis L
- Light guide 40 is arranged in sections within the actuating head 10 and within the key guide 20.
- the light guide 40 extends with an end 47 on the head side at a predetermined position through the actuating head 10, so that by means of light radiation, which is relative to the longitudinal axis L, on the end 47 soapy the head
- the pushbutton switch arrangement 1 can be illuminated in a predetermined manner.
- Light guide 40 formed in two parts and has a first component with a rod-shaped element 41 and an adjoining funnel-shaped element 42.
- a separate second component is formed by a disc-shaped element 43 which has a projecting area 45 which extends through a central opening 13 in the upper part 11 of the actuating head 10.
- the rod-shaped element 41 can also be tubular and comprise a cavity or a channel.
- the light guide 40 also extends between the
- Components of the push button switch arrangement 1 are related to the longitudinal axis L is predominantly rotationally symmetrical.
- Elements 42 of the light guide 40 therefore enable 360 ° illumination of the push-button arrangement 1 to clearly
- disc-shaped element 43 centrally coupled out of the actuator head and contributes to a simple and
- the first component 41, 42 of the light guide 40 forms a Y structure on which the second component or. the disc-shaped element 43 of the light guide 40 rests as a kind of cover element.
- Existing lugs or grooves ensure a predetermined and stable hold of the components 41, 42, 43 of the light guide 40 to one another.
- the structure of the light guide 40 contributes to a particularly useful light guide function, which clearly illuminates the push-button arrangement 1
- the key switch arrangement 1 also has a
- the sleeve-shaped plunger 24 which surrounds the light guide 40 with respect to the longitudinal axis L.
- the sleeve-shaped plunger 24 serves, among other things, to transmit power when the actuating head 10 is actuated to other components of the push-button switches.
- Light guide surrounds in a ring and snaps into place
- Switching states allows, and is based on the longitudinal axis L between the actuating head 10 and. the key guide 20 and the light guide 40 arranged.
- the plunger 24 can serve as a mounting and coupling component for the light guide 40.
- the plunger 24 forms the contour of the light guide 40 or. the first component 41, 42 of the
- Light guide 40 and couples the light guide 40th
- the tappet 24 is particularly preferably designed on the inside, which faces the light guide 40, in such a way that light radiation coupled into the light guide 40 reflects through the inside of the tappet 24 and further in the
- Light guide 40 is guided. This can be done, for example, by means of a coating in the form of a white one
- the inner surface is therefore preferably with predetermined reflection properties
- the key switch arrangement 1 also has one
- Illuminant unit 50 with a light-emitting diode 51 which is coupled with respect to the longitudinal axis L at one end opposite the actuating head 10 by means of a coupling sleeve 26 to the key guide 20, so that light radiation from the light-emitting diode 51 can be coupled into the light guide 40 at the foot-side end 48 of the light guide 40 is.
- Light radiation from the light-emitting diode 51 enters in the direction of the light guide 40, is guided in this and on the circumferential edge of the funnel-shaped element 42 and the projecting one Area 45 of the disc-shaped element 43 is coupled out of it and thus provides a clearly recognizable one
- Illumination of the pushbutton switches - arrangement 1 ready, which contributes to a safe location and identification.
- one or more spring elements 22 are illustrated, which the button switch arrangement 1 or. Adjacent components of the push button arrangement 1 Preload. In this way, a basic state of the pushbutton switch arrangement 1 can be set up, which is actuated and pressed into one
- the pushbutton switch arrangement 1 is activated by actuating the actuating head 10, for example, from a non-triggered state to one
- the key switch arrangement 1 is designed such that in the triggered
- the pushbutton switch arrangement 1 realizes, for example, an emergency stop switch or a stop switch and, by means of the specially provided light guide 40 and the lighting function provided, enables a particularly reliable and clearly recognizable display of a switching state and thus contributes to safety.
- the pushbutton switch arrangement 1 comprises an annular adapter device 30 for fastening the
- Push-button arrangement 1 on a housing body According to
- the button guide 20 is green solid-colored material, especially one
- FIG. 2 illustrates a view of the pushbutton switch arrangement 1 from below onto the foot-side end 48 of the light guide 40, in which the central arrangement of the light guide 40 or the rod-shaped element 41 of the light guide 40 can be seen.
- the light guide 40 is from the key guide 20, the
- annular adapter device 30 and one
- the adapter centering 29 interacts, among other things, with a locking element 31
- Adapter device 30 together, which form a rotation protection for the adapter device 30.
- FIGS. 3A to 3D show different views of an embodiment of the light guide 40 and. of the Y-shaped part 41, 42 of the light guide 40.
- the specially shaped light guide 40 has areas on the rod-shaped element 41
- the funnel-shaped element 42 can be designed to be continuously curved or, as shown in the exemplary embodiment shown, have one or more steps 49 which lead to a useful one
- Light guiding function and light decoupling can contribute.
- a raised ring structure and / or lugs can be formed on a surface of the funnel-shaped element 42 are designed to interact with the covering disc-shaped element 43.
- the light guide 40 also has on a peripheral edge of the funnel-shaped element 42, which extends through the
- Actuating head 10 extends, a corrugated
- the light guide 40 can also be roughened or corrugated at other positions
- the light guide 40 thus has a specially designed shape and surface structure, each of which contributes to an advantageous light guide function and light coupling.
- the surface of the light guide 40 can be highly polished to become one
- Figure 3B shows the light guide 40 with the attached
- Lugs and / or recesses are provided which, with respect to the longitudinal axis L, enable attachment and coupling to components of the push-button switch arrangement 1 located further out.
- sealing element 25 There is also a sealing element 25
- FIG. 3C shows a side view of the first component 41
- FIG. 3D shows one
- FIGS. 4A to 4C show different views of the upper components of the push-button arrangement 1.
- FIG. 4A illustrates the upper part 11 of the actuating head 10 with the central opening 13, into which the correspondingly shaped projecting area 45 of the disk-shaped element 43 of the light guide 40 is in one engages the assembled state (see FIGS. 4B and 4C).
- Edges, lugs and / or recesses of the upper part 11 and / or the disc-shaped element 43 contribute, for example, to simple and secure attachment of the respective components when the
- FIGS. 5A to 5D show further views of the partially installed light guide 40, on which the upper part 11 of the actuating head 10 and the sleeve-shaped plunger 24 are already arranged. It can be seen, inter alia, from FIGS. 5A and 5B that the corrugated surface structure 44 on the outwardly facing edge of the funnel-shaped
- Element 42 may not necessarily be fully, but may also be formed in sections to a local
- Coupling sleeve 26 is at the foot end 48 of the
- Optical fiber 40 coupled to the key guide 20 (cf.
- the coupling sleeve 26 has an elliptical curvature on the upper section facing the light guide 40, which has a beneficial effect on the coupling of light radiation into the light guide 40.
- the coupling sleeve 26 can be used for mechanical coupling and mounting, for example for connecting the illuminant unit 50, and can also contribute to an advantageous light-technical coupling of the largest possible proportion of light in the light guide 40.
- Coupling sleeve 26 contribute to the light guidance.
- a respective material and a respective shape and color of the components of the push-button switching arrangement 1 which influence the light guidance are preferably designed to be coordinated with one another in such a way that one
- Light guide 40 enables a useful light function of the pushbutton switch arrangement 1, in addition to conventional color coding, to implement a light indicator and to contribute to a particularly reliable identification of a respective switching state.
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