GB1376691A - Photoelectric pushbutton switch - Google Patents

Photoelectric pushbutton switch

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Publication number
GB1376691A
GB1376691A GB5431772A GB5431772A GB1376691A GB 1376691 A GB1376691 A GB 1376691A GB 5431772 A GB5431772 A GB 5431772A GB 5431772 A GB5431772 A GB 5431772A GB 1376691 A GB1376691 A GB 1376691A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
channels
cover
light beams
switches
photo
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Expired
Application number
GB5431772A
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International Standard Electric Corp
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International Standard Electric Corp
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Publication date
Priority claimed from DE19712159682 external-priority patent/DE2159682C3/en
Application filed by International Standard Electric Corp filed Critical International Standard Electric Corp
Publication of GB1376691A publication Critical patent/GB1376691A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06C—DIGITAL COMPUTERS IN WHICH ALL THE COMPUTATION IS EFFECTED MECHANICALLY
    • G06C7/00—Input mechanisms
    • G06C7/02—Keyboards
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J5/00—Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection
    • B41J5/08—Character or syllable selected by means of keys or keyboards of the typewriter type
    • B41J5/12—Construction of key buttons
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/042—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
    • G06F3/0421—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/965—Switches controlled by moving an element forming part of the switch
    • H03K17/968—Switches controlled by moving an element forming part of the switch using opto-electronic devices
    • H03K17/969—Switches controlled by moving an element forming part of the switch using opto-electronic devices having a plurality of control members, e.g. keyboard

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)
  • Switches Operated By Changes In Physical Conditions (AREA)

Abstract

1376691 Photo-electric key switches INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ELECTRIC CORP 24 Nov 1972 [1 Dec 1971] 54317/72 Heading G1A [Also in Divisions B6 and H4] A photo-electric push-button switch comprises a body having two crossing light channels and a resiliently mounted key in the form of a cover movable from one position in which the channels are cleared to a second position in which the channels are closed. As shown, Fig. 1, the body 1 is of opaque plastics material and has two crossing channels 2, 3 which may be filled with a transparent plastics material or glass, for light beams extending between respective sources and detectors (not shown). The cover 4 is retained by pins 8, 9 which snap into bores 10 in the body and is biased by means of a spring 5 located by means of a recess 6 in the body and a projection 7 on the cover. When depressed the skirt of the cover obscures the ends of the channels to interrupt the light beams. A plurality of such switches can be mounted on a common base-plate by means of lugs 11 to form a co-ordinate array with appropriate light beams passing through each row and column of switches for a business machine e.g. typewriter or calculator keyboard or as a telephone keyboard.
GB5431772A 1971-12-01 1972-11-24 Photoelectric pushbutton switch Expired GB1376691A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19712159682 DE2159682C3 (en) 1971-12-01 Photoelectric key switch

Publications (1)

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GB1376691A true GB1376691A (en) 1974-12-11

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GB5431772A Expired GB1376691A (en) 1971-12-01 1972-11-24 Photoelectric pushbutton switch

Country Status (3)

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FR (1) FR2164194A5 (en)
GB (1) GB1376691A (en)
NL (1) NL7216211A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4540427A (en) * 1979-07-31 1985-09-10 Isaflex Ag Method for improving water retention qualities of soil and an agent for performing this method

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3373990D1 (en) * 1982-04-15 1987-11-12 Standard Telephon & Radio Ag Key element
FR2831965B1 (en) * 2001-11-07 2006-08-04 Siemens Ag DEVICE FOR VISUALIZATION BY PROJECTION

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4540427A (en) * 1979-07-31 1985-09-10 Isaflex Ag Method for improving water retention qualities of soil and an agent for performing this method

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Publication number Publication date
FR2164194A5 (en) 1973-07-27
DE2159682B2 (en) 1976-08-19
NL7216211A (en) 1973-06-05
DE2159682A1 (en) 1973-06-20

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