JP5008588B2 - Emergency button structure of electrical equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an emergency button structure for an electrical device, and more particularly to an emergency button structure for an electrical device that prevents sound from being generated when the emergency button is operated.

  In the home security system, when an suspicious person encounters in the room, an emergency button is pressed to make an emergency call so as not to be noticed. In conventional portable and fixed emergency buttons, a substantially seesaw-shaped operating body is pivotally supported by a casing, and a tact switch is provided on the back side of the operating body. 2A and 2B are diagrams showing the structure of a conventional portable emergency button. FIG. 2A is a front view when the emergency button is off, FIG. 2B is a front view when the emergency button is on, and FIG. These are CC sectional drawing of FIG.2 (b).

  In FIG. 2, the emergency button structure is rotatable on a casing 21, an opening 23 provided on the operation surface 22 of the casing 21, and a rotary shaft 24 provided on the back side of the operation surface 22 near the opening 23. The switch lever 25 supported on the circuit board 27, the circuit board 27 on which the tact switch 26 is mounted, the support portion 25 a that is provided substantially at the center of the switch lever 25 and rotatably supports the rotary shaft 24, and one end of the switch lever 25. Provided on the back side of the operation surface 22 near the opening portion 23 of the housing 21 and the push portion 25b that pushes the tact switch 26, the claw portion 25c provided at one end of the switch lever 25, and the switch A protrusion 28 having an engaging portion 28a for engaging the claw portion 25c when the lever 25 is turned on and an engaging portion 28b for engaging the claw portion 25c when the lever 25 is turned off, and the opening portion 23 of the housing 1. Provided beside, and a receiving unit 29 for storing the other end 25d when turning off the switch lever 25.

  In this configuration, when the emergency button is turned on, when the switch lever 25 is turned on, the push portion 25b of the switch lever 25 pushes the tact switch 26, as shown in FIG. At the same time when the switch lever 25 is turned on, the claw portion 25c of the switch lever 25 and the engaging portion 28a of the protruding portion 28 are engaged to maintain this state. When the emergency button is turned off, when the switch lever 25 is turned off, the engagement between the claw portion 25c and the engagement portion 28a of the projection portion 28 is disengaged, and this time, the engagement between the claw portion 25c and the projection portion 28 is released. The joining portion 28b is engaged and this state is maintained (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2003-242576 A (paragraphs 0018, 0019, FIG. 1)

In the conventional emergency button structure, the tact switch 26 is pressed by the pressing portion 25b of the switch lever 25 pivotally supported on the rotary shaft 24 provided on the housing 21 so that the tact switch itself operates. In addition, since the claw portion 25c and the engaging portions 28a and 28b are held by the switch holding mechanism, a beeping sound is generated, and it is noticed that the emergency button has been pressed when encountering a suspicious person in the room. There was a risk that it would end up.
Further, the structure of the switch lever 25 has a substantially seesaw shape, and there is a possibility that it cannot be thinned because it is necessary to secure a stroke.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric device that does not make a sound during an emergency operation and has a thin emergency button.

  An emergency button structure for an electric device according to the present invention includes a housing having an opening on an operation surface, and a sliding window that is reciprocally mounted along the vicinity of both opposing edges of the opening and opens and closes the opening. And a light receiving element that receives incident light from outside when the sliding window is opened in an emergency and the slide window is opened in an emergency, and determines that the sliding window is opened by the output of the light receiving element. And a control unit that outputs a signal.

In addition, the magnets for windows respectively attached to both end portions of the sliding window on the reciprocating direction side, and attached to both edges of the opening portion on the reciprocating direction side of the sliding window, the sliding window is normally attached. A housing magnet that holds each of the window magnets so that the sliding window holds the closed state and the sliding window keeps the opening opened in an emergency. .
Furthermore, a sound absorbing material is provided on one surface of the housing magnet and the window magnet that are in contact with each other when the sliding window is opened and closed.

  According to the present invention, the casing having an opening on the operation surface, the sliding window that is reciprocably mounted along the vicinity of both opposing edges of the opening, and opens and closes the opening, the casing A light receiving element that receives incident light from outside when the sliding window is opened in an emergency, and a control that outputs an emergency signal by determining that the sliding window is opened by the output of the light receiving element Because the operation sound when the switch is turned on (opening the sliding window: emergency signal output) and off (closing the sliding window: no emergency signal output) can be silenced, It can be operated without being noticed by an intruder, and since it is not necessary to secure a stroke in the thickness direction of the housing unlike the substantially seesaw-shaped switch lever used in a conventional emergency button, a thin structure can be achieved.

  In addition, the magnets for windows respectively attached to both end portions of the sliding window on the reciprocating direction side, and attached to both edges of the opening portion on the reciprocating direction side of the sliding window, the sliding window is normally attached. A housing magnet for attracting each of the window magnets so that the sliding window is held in a closed state and the sliding window is held in an opened state in an emergency. The sliding window can be held fully open or fully closed. Furthermore, since a sound-absorbing material is provided on one surface of the casing magnet and the window magnet that are in contact with each other when the sliding window is opened / closed, this occurs when the magnets are in contact with each other and when they are detached. Sound can be eliminated.

  FIG. 1 is a view showing an emergency button structure of a portable electric device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a front view of the electric device when an emergency button structure is off, and FIG. 1 (b). FIG. 1C is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1B, and FIG. 1D is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1C.

In the figure, the emergency button structure of the electric device is the rear side of the operation surface 2 in the vicinity of the housing 1, the opening 3 provided on the operation surface 2 of the housing 1, and the opposite edges 3 c of the opening 3. A guide rail 5 having an L-shaped cross section provided on the slide rail, a slide window (emergency button) 4 that is supported by the guide rail 5 so as to be reciprocally movable and opens and closes the opening 3, and a knob 4a provided on the slide window The window side closing magnet 6a attached to the end of the sliding window 4 on the sliding direction side, the window side opening magnet 6b attached to the end of the opening direction sliding side, and the closing of the sliding window 4 of the opening 3 A casing-side closing magnet 7a that is attached in the vicinity of the direction-side edge 3a and that attracts the window-side closing magnet 6a so that the sliding window 4 keeps the opening 3 closed in a normal state, and the sliding of the opening 3 It is attached near the edge 3b of the opening direction side of the window 4, Ride window 4 is provided with a housing-side opening magnet 7b to adsorb the window side open magnet 6b to retain a state of opening the opening 3.
In addition, the guide rail 5 is provided with a notch (not shown) so that the slide window 4 can be attached and detached from the back side of the operation surface 2.

  Further, when the sliding window 4 is housed inside the housing 1 and is opened in an emergency, it is determined that the light receiving element 8 that receives incident light from the outside and the slide window 4 is opened by the output of the light receiving element 8. A circuit board 9 on which the light receiving element 8 is mounted as well as a controller that outputs an emergency signal, a sound absorbing material 10a provided on the window side closing magnet 6a side of the casing side closing magnet 7a, and a casing side opening magnet 7b. And a sound absorbing material 10b provided on the window opening magnet 6b side.

  The sound absorbing materials 10a and 10b are made of urethane, elastomer or the like. The light receiving element 8 is a photodiode, a CDS (cadmium sulfide) cell, or the like.

Next, the operation of the emergency button structure of the electrical apparatus showing the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
When the resident encounters a suspicious person in the room, the normally closed sliding window 4 is moved by the knob 4a in the direction to open the opening 3 (-mark). Is detached from the housing-side closing magnet 7a on the housing side, and the sliding window 4 slides the guide rail 5 to open the opening 3. When the window-side opening magnet 6b approaches the case-side opening magnet 7b, the window-side opening magnet 7b is attracted by the case-side opening magnet 7b and comes into contact with the sound-absorbing material 10b provided on the case-side opening magnet 7b to stop. 4 is held open.
When the sliding window 4 opens the opening 3, the light receiving element 8 receives incident light from the outside, and when the light receiving signal is output from the light receiving element 8, the control unit determines that the sliding window 4 has been opened and makes an emergency. Output a signal. This emergency signal is transmitted to a monitoring device (not shown) of the home security system.

Next, when the safety against the suspicious person is confirmed after the emergency signal is received by the monitoring device, the slide window 4 is moved in a direction (marked with a circle) to close the opening 3 by the knob 4a. The window-side opening magnet 6b of the window 4 is detached from the case-side opening magnet 7b on the case 1 side, and the sliding window 4 slides the guide rail 5 to close the opening 3. When the window-side closing magnet 6a approaches the casing-side closing magnet 7a, the casing-side closing magnet 7a is attracted, comes into contact with the sound absorbing material 10a provided on the casing-side closing magnet 7a, stops, and the sliding window 4 is kept closed.
When the sliding window 4 closes the opening 3, the light receiving element 8 does not receive the incident light from the outside, so that the output of the light receiving signal from the light receiving element 8 stops and the control unit determines that the sliding window 4 is closed. Stop the emergency signal.

Although this embodiment shows the emergency button structure of a portable electric device, it may be applied to an emergency button of a fixed type intercom device. Send it to the management board.
Further, although the sound absorbing materials 10a and 10b are provided on the housing side closing magnet 7a and the housing side opening magnet 7b, respectively, they may be provided on the window side closing magnet 6a and the window side opening magnet 6b side.

As described above, by using the sliding window 4, the sound of the emergency button itself that is generated when the claw portion 25c of the conventional switch lever 25 is held by the projection 28 can be silenced.
Further, since the sound absorbing materials 10a and 10b are respectively provided on the surfaces of the casing-side closing magnet 7a and the casing-side opening magnet 7b, the window-side closing magnet 6a, the casing-side closing magnet 7a, the window-side opening magnet 6b, and the casing are provided. The sound at the time of contact and separation of the body side opening magnet 7b can be eliminated.
Furthermore, by using the sliding window 4, it is not necessary to secure the stroke of the emergency button in the thickness direction of the housing 1, so that the housing 1 can be thinned (for example, H2 is conventionally used, and the present invention is H1). ).

It is a figure which shows the emergency button structure of the electric equipment which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the emergency button structure of the conventional electric equipment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case, 2 Operation surface, 3 Opening part, 4 Sliding window, 5 Guide rail, 6a Window side closing magnet, 6b Window side opening magnet, 7a Housing side closing magnet, 7b Housing side opening magnet, 8 Light receiving element, 9 Circuit board, 10a Sound absorbing material, 10b Sound absorbing material.

Claims (3)

A housing having an opening on the operation surface;
A sliding window that is attached so as to be able to reciprocate along the vicinity of both opposing edges of the opening, and that opens and closes the opening,
A light receiving element that is housed in the housing and receives incident light from outside when the sliding window is opened in an emergency;
A control unit that determines that the sliding window has been opened by the output of the light receiving element and outputs an emergency signal;
An emergency button structure for electrical equipment, characterized by comprising: Window magnets respectively attached to both ends of the sliding window on the reciprocating direction side;
It is attached near both edges of the sliding window on the reciprocating direction side of the opening, and the sliding window normally keeps the opening closed, and the sliding window opens the opening in an emergency. A housing magnet for attracting each of the window magnets so as to maintain a state;
The emergency button structure for an electric device according to claim 1, further comprising:   3. The emergency button structure for an electric device according to claim 1, wherein a sound absorbing material is provided on one of the surfaces of the housing magnet and the window magnet that are in contact with each other when the sliding window is opened and closed.

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