JP4988790B2 - Pushbutton switch with built-in display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pushbutton switch with a built-in display device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pushbutton switch with a built-in display device that is devised so that the display device does not interlock with the operation of the pushbutton.

  Conventionally, a pushbutton switch has a built-in display device, and a pushbutton switch with a built-in display device that allows an image such as a figure or a character displayed on the display device to be viewed from the outside through the pushbutton has been, It is known from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228707.

JP 2003-077357 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 01-231224

  The display device built-in type pushbutton switch described in Patent Document 1 has a small-sized display device such as a liquid crystal display panel attached to the pushbutton member itself, and generally has such a configuration.

  In recent years, video game machines with a monitor TV screen, which is called an amusement machine, are becoming larger and more realistic, and pushbutton switches used there are also getting larger.

  Such a pushbutton switch with a built-in display device of a video game machine requires swiftness, such as in a battle game, so it is handled violently, such as hitting a pushbutton member with a hand or a fist. In many cases. In such a case, if the display device is attached to the push button member and is configured to move together with the push button member, there is a problem that the display device is likely to break down or break due to an impact. This problem becomes more serious as the display device becomes larger with the increase in the size of the pushbutton switch with a built-in display device.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the purpose of the present invention is that even if the push button member is handled roughly such as by hitting it with a hand or a fist, the display device may break down or be damaged. The purpose of this is to provide a pushbutton switch with a built-in display device that prevents this as much as possible.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides a switch body having a body body having a substantially cup-shaped cross section and having a plurality of mounting holes in a bottom plate, and a mounting cylinder portion projecting downward from the body body. The cross section has a substantially cup shape and has a plurality of insertion holes at the bottom, a plunger body where a transparent clear cap is placed on the top, and a plunger portion projecting downward from the plunger body, Each of the push button members housed in the body body so as to be slidable in the vertical direction and a plurality of mounting legs suspended from the lower part, and these mounting legs are provided at the bottom of the push button member The display device mounting base that is loosely inserted into the insertion hole and fixed to the mounting holes of the switch body, and is provided with a gap around the push button member, and the display device mounting base. A display device mounted on a play device mounting base with a gap between the inner wall of the push button member and the clear cap, and a mounting cylinder that is detachably locked to the mounting cylinder portion of the switch body A switch that is opened and closed by the plunger portion of the pushbutton member, and an elastic means that is elastically disposed in the plunger portion between the switch and the pushbutton member, By being comprised by this, it was comprised so that the impact and vibration added to the said pushbutton member might not be transmitted to the said display apparatus.

  As described above, the present invention is configured so that even if the display device is attached to the switch body and accommodated in the push button member, the push button member is not affected by the switch operation of the push button switch. Even if an impact is applied to the display device, the impact and vibration are not transmitted to the display device, so that it is possible to prevent the display device from being broken or broken by a rough operation on the push button member as much as possible. Is.

  In addition, the switch body can exhibit an effect that the shape and dimensions thereof can be freely changed regardless of the shape and dimensions of the display device.

  In addition, by making the switch detachable from the switch body, there is no need to change the switch by changing the shape and dimensions of the mounting cylinder even if the shape of the switch body is changed. obtain.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the state which attached the display apparatus built-in type pushbutton switch which concerns on this invention to the operation panel. It is a top view of the pushbutton switch with a built-in display device according to the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the display apparatus built-in type pushbutton switch which concerns on this invention. It is a top view of the switch body of the pushbutton switch with a built-in display device according to the present invention. It is a front view of the plunger main body of the pushbutton switch with a built-in display device according to the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the attachment cylinder part of the switch body of the display apparatus built-in type pushbutton switch which concerns on this invention, and the attachment cylinder body of a switch. It is a top view of the switch of the pushbutton switch with a built-in display device according to the present invention. It is a top view which shows the other Example of the display apparatus built-in type pushbutton switch which concerns on this invention. It is further another Example of the pushbutton switch with a built-in display apparatus which concerns on this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. A feature of the present invention is that a switch body and a pusher that is attached to the switch body so as to be slidable in the vertical direction are attached. A button member, a switch attached to the switch body and turned on and off by the push button member, and a display device housed in the clear cap of the push button member while being attached to the switch body, The display device is located on the switch body via the display device fixing base.

  1 to 7 show an embodiment of a pushbutton switch 1 with a built-in display device according to the present invention (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as a pushbutton switch 1), and the pushbutton with a built-in display device according to the first embodiment. The switch body 2 constituting the switch 1 includes a body main body 2b having a substantially cup shape on the side where a flange portion 2a is provided at an upper end edge, and a mounting cylinder portion 2c suspended from the center of the body main body 2b. The bottom plate 2n of the body main body 2b is provided with four mounting holes 2d at equal intervals. The mounting cylinder portion 2c has a male screw portion 2e formed on the outer periphery thereof, and particularly, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, four guide grooves 2f are provided at equal intervals on the lower end portion, and the guide grooves on the inner periphery thereof are provided. On the side where 2f is provided, four locking pieces 2i, 2i, 2j, 2j are provided with predetermined large gaps 2g, 2g and small gaps 2h, 2h. Each of the locking pieces 2i, 2i and 2j, 2j is at a diagonal position, and the width of one large gap 2g, 2g adjacent to the locking pieces 2j, 2j is the small gap 2h, It is formed wider than the width of 2h. Further, protrusions 2k and 2k are provided on one side of the upper surface of the locking pieces 2i and 2i. Further, convex portions 2m and 2m are provided on the other locking pieces 2j and 2j side.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the push button member 3 includes a cup-shaped plunger body 3a having substantially the same shape as the switch body except that the flange portion 2a is not provided, and the plunger body 3a. A clear cap 3b made of a transparent light-transmitting synthetic resin and having a hook-like shape attached to the upper part of the switch body 2 is suspended from a substantially central portion of the plunger main body 3a and is accommodated in a mounting cylinder portion of the switch body 2 The plunger body 3a is provided with four insertion holes 3d (only two are shown) at equal intervals on the bottom of the plunger body 3a, and a spring on the top of the plunger 3c. A receiving portion 3e is provided, and engagement pieces 3f and 3f are provided at the distal end of the plunger portion 3c. One of the engagement pieces also serves as the switch pressing portion 3g at the same time.

  The switch 4 is, for example, a push button type micro switch in which the push button 4a is exposed on one side of the upper part, and an attachment cylinder 4c is erected on the upper part of the switch body 4b. Locking projections 4d and 4d are projected from the mounting cylinder 4c at diagonal positions on the outer periphery thereof.

  In particular, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the plunger main body 3 a of the pushbutton member 3 has a disk shape made of, for example, a liquid crystal display plate in the mounting recess 5 b via the display device fixing base 5. The display device 6 is accommodated, and four mounting legs 5a (only two are shown) suspended from the lower portion of the display device fixing base 5 are loosely inserted into the insertion holes 3d provided in the bottom of the plunger body 3a. The switch body 2 is fixed to the mounting hole 2d provided in the bottom plate 2n. That is, the inner diameter of the insertion hole 3d is formed to be larger than the outer diameter of the mounting leg 5a, so that a gap a is provided. Further, a gap b is provided between the display device fixing base 5 and the plunger body 3a. By being provided, it is devised so that the impact on the push button member 3 and the vibration and vibration accompanying the impact are not transmitted to the display device fixing base 5 and thus the display device 6. A fixed leg 6a is suspended from the display device 6, and the fixed leg 6a is inserted and fixed in a mounting hole 5c provided in the axial direction of the mounting leg 5a. A harness 7 is further led out from the display device 6, and the harness 7 passes through the fixed leg 6 a and is led out of the switch body 2 and connected to the connector 8.

  The elastic means 9 is, for example, a compression coil spring. In particular, as shown in FIG. 1, a spring receiving portion 3e provided inside the plunger portion 3c and a locking projection 4d provided on the mounting cylinder 4c of the switch 4 The push button member 3 is always urged to slide upward. In the push button member 3, an engagement piece 3 f provided at a lower portion of the plunger portion 3 c is engaged with a lower end portion of the mounting cylinder portion 2 c of the switch body 2. Note that one of the engagement pieces 3 f also serves as a switch pressing portion 3 g for the switch 4.

  In order to attach the pushbutton switch 1 to the operation panel 10 of the video game machine, for example, with the switch 4 removed from the plunger portion 3c, the mounting hole provided in the operation panel 10 as shown in FIG. 10a is inserted from the side of the mounting cylinder 2c of the switch body 2, and the flange 2a is locked to the mounting hole 10a. Next, after fitting the mounting tube portion 11a of the mounting member 11 having a hook shape into the male screw portion 2e of the switch body 2, the tightening nut 12 is screwed into the male screw portion 2e and tightened, whereby the switch body 2 Is attached to the operation panel 10 between the flange portion 2 a and the upper end portion of the attachment member 11. After that, by attaching the switch 4 to the plunger portion 3c, the assembly of the pushbutton switch 1 to the operation panel 10 is completed. In addition, what was shown by the instruction | indication symbol 11b in FIG. 1 is an escape hole for releasing the lower end part of the attachment leg part 5a.

  Next, the switch 4 is attached to the switch body 2, but the switch body 2 and the switch 4 are configured to be detachable. At the time of assembly, the switch 4 is attached from the mounting cylinder 4c to the mounting cylinder 2c of the switch body 2. The engaging projections 4d and 4d are inserted through the large gaps 2g and 2g of the mounting cylinder portion 2c, and when the tip of the mounting cylinder portion 2c hits the upper surface of the switch body 4b, the side provided with the projections 2k and 2k Is rotated in the opposite direction (in the direction of the projections 2k and 2k, the projections 2k and 2k cannot be rotated and rotated), while engaging with the locking pieces 2i and 2i, the locking projections 4d and 4d are rotated. , Abuts against the protrusions 2k, 2k, so that the switch 4 is attached to the attachment cylinder portion 2c of the switch body 2 when stopped. When detaching the switch 4 from the switch body 2, it is rotated in the opposite direction to that at the time of mounting to disengage the locking projections 4d, 4d from the locking pieces 2i, 2i, and then the large gaps 2g, 2g Accordingly, the locking projections 4d and 4d are removed and removed.

  Next, the operation at the time of operating the push button switch 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, when the clear cap 3b of the push button member 3 is pushed by hand, the clear cap 3b is brought into the elasticity of the elastic means 9. The plunger body 3a is pushed together with the plunger body 3a into the body body 2b, and stops when the bottom portion of the plunger body 3a comes into contact with the bottom surface of the body body 2b. However, it is still preferable if the bottom of the plunger main body 3a does not hit the bottom of the body main body 2b. When the plunger main body 3a is lowered, the engaging piece 3f of the plunger portion 3c simultaneously moves downward, and the switch pressing portion 3g pushes the push button 4a of the switch 4 to perform the switch operation.

  When the hand is released from the clear cap 3b, the plunger body 3a returns to the original position together with the clear cap 3b by the elastic force of the elastic means 9, and the engaging pieces 3f and 3f are engaged with the lower end of the mounting cylinder portion 2c. It can be stopped. The push button member 3 moves up and down during the switch operation, but the plunger main body 3a and the display device fixing base 5 are not interlocked and only move up and down within the body main body 2b. The display device 6 is kept in a fixed position without being moved.

  Therefore, even if the push button member 3 is beaten roughly, as described above, the impact is not directly transmitted to the display device 6, so that the display device 6 is broken or broken by the impact. It can be prevented as much as possible.

  In addition, since the display device has a wide screen, it can display various images, and can enjoy and enjoy the screen, display various instructions and status to the video game machine. is there.

  FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the pushbutton switch with a built-in display device according to the present invention. In the display device built-in type pushbutton switch 15 according to the second embodiment, the shape of the switch body 16 is a planar circular shape as in the first embodiment, but the shape of the display device 17 has a planar rectangular shape. This is different from that of the first embodiment. However, since the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  When implemented in this way, in the case of a switch body having the same diameter as that of the first embodiment, the display area of the display device 17 is slightly reduced, but the display screen can be easily viewed when an image is displayed.

  FIG. 9 shows still another embodiment of the pushbutton switch with a built-in display device according to the present invention. The pushbutton switch 20 with a built-in display device according to the third embodiment is different from that of the previous embodiment in the shape of the switch body 21 and has a planar rectangular shape, and the display device 22 also has a planar rectangular shape.

  If implemented in this way, the display screen of the display device can be enlarged, which is particularly advantageous when displaying moving images.

  In the above embodiments, the display device has been described as a liquid crystal display device, but it can be changed to other devices such as an EL and a plasma display device.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, the display device is resistant to impacts on the push button member, and is therefore preferably used as a push button switch for a large business video game machine in a game center.

1, 15, 20 Display device built-in type pushbutton switch 2, 16, 21 Switch body 2a Flange 2b Body body 2c Mounting cylinder 2d Mounting hole 2e Male screw 2g Guide groove 2g Large gap 2h Small gap 2i Locking piece 2j Locking piece 3 Push button member 3a Plunger body 3b Clear cap 3c Plunger part 3d Insertion hole 3e Spring receiving part 3f Engagement piece 3g Switch pressing part 4 Switch 4a Push button 4b Switch body 4c Mounting cylinder 4d Locking protrusion 5 Display device fixing base 5a Mounting leg 5b Mounting recess 6, 17, 22 Display device 7 Harness 8 Connector 9 Elastic means 10 Operation panel 10a Mounting hole 11 Mounting member 11a Mounting cylinder 12 Tightening nut

Claims (1)

A switch body having a body body having a substantially cup shape in cross section and having a plurality of mounting holes in the bottom plate, and a mounting tube portion projecting downward from the body body;
  Similarly, it has a substantially cup shape in cross section and has a plurality of insertion holes at the bottom, a plunger main body with a transparent clear cap on the top, and a plunger portion protruding below the plunger main body, A push button member housed in the body body so as to be slidable in the vertical direction;
  There are mounting legs suspended from the lower part, and these mounting legs are loosely inserted into the respective insertion holes provided in the bottom of the pushbutton member to be fixed to the respective mounting holes of the switch body, and A display device mounting base housed in the push button member with a gap around the periphery;
  A display device mounted on the display device mounting base with a gap between the inner wall of the pushbutton member and the clear cap; and
  A switch that has an attachment cylinder body that is detachably locked to the attachment cylinder part of the switch body, and that is opened and closed by the plunger part of the pushbutton member;
  By configuring the switch and the push button member with elastic means that is elastically placed in the plunger portion,
  A push button switch with a built-in display device, wherein an impact or vibration applied to the push button member is not transmitted to the display device.

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