JPH07123487A - Manipulator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the safety of a remote controller by preventing prank by providing a lock state by turning off an incorporated switch when the manipulator is detached from a fitting stand. CONSTITUTION:A lead switch 4 of a remote controller 5 fitted to a fitting stand 1 is turned on by the magnet of the stand 1, and the remote controller 5 is set in a lock cancel state. When the remote controller 5 is detached from the stand 1 by any prank, the switch 4 is turned off, and the remote controller 5 is turned to the lock state. Therefore, the remotely controlled manipulator, which safety is improved by preventing the prank, can be provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operating device for household equipment such as a water heater.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a gas fan heater, by pressing two operation switches at the same time (for about 1 second), a locked state (child lock) is established, and normal operation commands are not accepted. .

Then, the lock is released only when the "off" operation is performed by the restriction release switch, and the normal state where the operation instruction signal can be input and returned is returned.

[0004]

However, in order to bring the device into the locked state in the above-mentioned conventional structure, the user must remember the operating method once and intentionally perform it whenever necessary, and release it. In order to do so, there was a problem that the regulation release switch had to be operated every time.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems.
The purpose is to prevent the operation instruction from being automatically restricted when the operation main body is separated from the mounting base, thereby not impairing convenience and becoming unsafe.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an operating device according to the present invention outputs a driving instruction signal by an operation switch for inputting an instruction signal to an appliance and an input operation of the driving operation switch. It has an operation main body with an output circuit, a mounting base for accommodating the operation main body, and an input regulation switch that limits the output of the instruction signal and locks it when the operation main body is removed from the mounting base. is there.

[0007]

With the above-described structure, the operating device of the present invention limits the output of the instruction signal by the action of the input regulation switch even if the operating body is removed from the mounting base by a child or the like and the operating switch is operated. Unsafe driving due to mischief or the like can be prevented, and at the same time, operability and convenience are not impaired by enabling a basic operation that does not normally cause unsafe operation.

[0008]

Embodiments of the operating device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a remote controller for a water heater as an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an internal circuit diagram thereof. In both figures, a remote controller 5 as an operation body is attached to a mounting base 2, and the mounting base 2 is fixed to a wall 1. A magnet 3 is embedded in the mounting base 2 to be mounted, and the remote controller 5 has a reed switch 4 built in at a position facing the magnet 3.
The reed switch 4 is turned on when an electric switch (not shown) is turned on / off by the force of the magnet 3 and the magnet approaches, that is, when the remote controller 5 is housed in the mounting base 2. The reed switch 4 is incorporated in the circuit as shown in FIG. 2, and by turning the reed switch 4 ON / OFF, the IC 6 can know the state of the reed switch 4 as a Hi / Low signal.

The remote controller 5 wirelessly communicates between the output circuit 8 and a control circuit of a water heater (not shown). As shown in FIG. 3, there are switches 9 and 10 for turning on / off the operation of the water heater on the front surface of the remote controller 5, a temperature control switch 11 for adjusting the temperature to set the hot water supply temperature, and this set temperature. A liquid crystal display 12 and the like for displaying, etc. are provided.

According to the above construction, when the remote controller 5 is mounted on the mount 2, the reed switch 4 is turned on by the force of the magnet 3 and the remote controller IC 6 inputs a low signal. At this time, if the program in the IC 6 is made to accept various switches of the remote controller for Low signal input, the remote controller can be used. On the other hand, when the remote controller 5 is removed from the mount 2, the influence of the magnet 3 disappears, the reed switch 4 is turned off, and the IC 6 of the remote controller is Hi.
A signal is input (when a Hi signal is input, the program is such that the switch operation is limitedly accepted) and the operation is stopped. It indicates that the liquid crystal display 12 is locked.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the mounting base 2
Since the magnet 3 and the reed switch 4 are built in the remote controller 5 and the remote controller 5, respectively, the remote controller 5 can be locked or unlocked by separating or storing the remote controller 5 from the mounting base 2. . In this embodiment, the IC
The program of No. 6 is designed to operate by limiting the upper limit of the temperature setting of the water heater to 60 ° when the Hi signal is input, thereby achieving both convenience and safety. Also, instead of the reed switch 4, another component such as a light receiving element may be used to eliminate the magnet 3.

[0013]

As is apparent from the above description, in the operating device of the present invention, the output of the instruction signal is limited when the operation body is detached from the mounting base, and therefore unsafe operation due to mischievous operation of a child or the like. In addition to preventing the above, the operation main body can be carried and operated, and convenience is not impaired.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a locked state and an unlocked state of an operating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal circuit diagram of the device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a remote controller of the same device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Mounting base 3 Magnet 4 Reed switch 5 Remote control 6 IC 10 Run-off switch 11 Temperature control switch

Front page continued (72) Inventor Takao Asada 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A driving operation switch for inputting and operating an instruction signal to an instrument, an operation main body having an output circuit for outputting a driving instruction signal in response to an input operation of the operation operation switch, and a mounting base for accommodating the operation main body. And provided on the operation body, when the operation body is removed from the mounting base,
An operating device, comprising: an input regulating switch that automatically limits the input operation or limits the output of the driving instruction signal to put it in a locked state.