JPH0946055A - Input apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent increase of bacteria when an input apparatus such as a remote controller, a key board switch, and a mouse is used by many unspecified operators. SOLUTION: In an input apparatus wherein cases 1, 2, and the operation parts 3 of a switch which are exposed to the outside are formed by using molded objects of resin, the molded objects 1, 2, 3 are formed by using antibacterial resin wherein antibacterial agent is mixed in resin molding material.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device such as a remote controller, a keyboard switch, and a mouse, which is used by a large number of people.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional input devices of this kind, for example, operation buttons used in a remote controller, parts exposed to the outside and touched by humans are composed of general-purpose resin molded by a mold. There is.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned structure, various bacteria are propagated on the surface while being repeatedly touched by human hands, and increase with time, which is unsanitary.

[0004]

According to the present invention, it is achieved by molding a molding part such as an operation button of an input device, for example, a remote controller, a case, or the like, with a molding material mixed with an antibacterial agent.

[0005]

According to the above structure, various bacteria cannot be propagated and the bacteria decrease with the passage of time, which is hygienic.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of the present invention relating to a remote controller which is an input device will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b). In the figure, 1 is an upper case, 2 is a lower case, and 3 is a switch operation button. The upper case 1, the lower case 2, and the operation button 3 are exposed to the outside. Where upper case 1
A case is formed by the lower case 2 and the lower case 2, and an electric circuit component, a battery, and the like are housed inside the case, but the illustration is omitted.

The upper case 1, the lower case 2, and the operation button 3 are formed by mixing a resin material such as ABS with an antibacterial agent such as an inorganic silver antibacterial agent and molding the mixed antibacterial resin material.

The antibacterial resin material having the above-mentioned structure has a function of preventing the growth of bacteria adhered when the operator touches it.

Although the above description of the remote controller is also applied to a keyboard switch, a mouse, or a telephone.

[0010]

As described above, according to the input device of the present invention, in the input device in which the case exposed to the outside and the operation portion of the switch are made of resin molded products, the molded products are antibacterial agents. Since it is molded from the mixed antibacterial resin, when the operator touches the input device, there is an advantage that various bacteria are reduced and it is hygienic and does not give the operator an unpleasant feeling.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of a remote controller according to the present invention, FIG. 1 (a) is a front view, and FIG. 1 (b) is a cross-sectional view with the interior omitted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Upper case 2 Lower case 3 Operation buttons

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input device having a case and a switch operating portion exposed to the outside made of a resin molded product, wherein the molded product is molded with an antibacterial resin in which an antibacterial agent is mixed with a molding material. Input device characterized by the following.