JPH1012095A - Switch with braille - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate braille reading, enable a button position to be confirmed, and reduce operation errors by providing a switch case with a braille portion and a push button with its same width spaced on a coaxial line of a rotary shaft. SOLUTION: A switch substrate 13 is mounted on a top case 11b of an operation board 11, and switches 1, 2, and 3 and momentary switch units 1b, 2b, and 3b are mounted on a front face thereof. Further, on the front face thereof, switch covers 1A, 2A, and 3A provided with push buttons 1c, 1c, and 3c with their same width as braille portions 1a, 2a, and 3a are engaged and mounted. When these push buttons 1c, 2c, and 3c are pressed, rotary shafts 1f, 2f, and 3f axially attached to engagement grooves 1d, 2d, and 3d are rotated with their shafts being at their centers, and protrusions 1e, 2e, and 3e on a back side thereof some into contact with contacts of the momentary switch units 1b, 2b, and 3b and enter an ON state. Thus, since the braille portion of the switch case is provided on a coaxial line of the rotary shaft spaced from the push button, braille reading is facilitated, a button position can be confirmed, and operation errors can be prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a switch with braille provided on an operation panel of a telephone, an intercom, other electric equipment, or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, switches and switches provided for operating telephones, intercoms, and other electric devices are known, for example, those described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-34522, and those actually opened. 1962-152537
With the display of room temperature and humidity and the time described in the official gazette,
2. Description of the Related Art A housing information panel provided with a receiver such as a door phone is known. These switches and the house information panel are not particularly provided with a function of reading Braille, but can be operated only by ordinary people.

Therefore, a method of providing a Braille portion on the surface of the switch panel or the operation panel and enabling reading in Braille is conventionally performed by attaching a sheet provided with display printing and Braille in an overlapped manner. It has been used by attaching it to places.

[0004]

However, in the above-described post-attachment method, there is a problem that it is difficult to cope with a print sheet, and that when display printing and Braille overlap, printed characters are more difficult to read. was there. Further, in some cases, if the user presses hard when reading braille, there is a concern that a malfunction such as turning on a switch may occur.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to solve these problems and to make it possible for a Braille portion to be positioned at a position separated from a push button of a switch. The present invention provides a switch with braille that can easily read braille, eliminates erroneous operation of the switch, and can reduce the number of assembly steps.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a switch with a Braille switch in which a Braille section and a push button of the switch are provided side by side on a front surface, and a rotary shaft is provided at a distance from the push button. A tactile switch attached to a switch substrate on the back side, and a tactile switch in which the tactile switch is operated by pressing the push button, wherein the braille portion of the switch case is configured to rotate the tactile switch. It is characterized by being provided substantially on the axis of the shaft.

[0007]

In the switch with Braille of the present invention, the Braille portion of the switch case is provided at a distance from the push button and substantially on the axis of the rotating shaft provided on the switch case, so that the Braille can be read. Easy to remove, while reading the braille with the fingertip, since the belly of the finger is in contact with the upper end of the push button of the outer bulge, the fingertip is easy to move horizontally according to the width of the braille part, Since the position of the push button is constantly checked, erroneous operation of the push button is prevented, and erroneous operation of the switch is prevented. Further, the assembling can be easily performed, and the number of assembling steps can be reduced.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of an intercom provided with a switch with braille of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an operation panel 11 of an intercom 10 according to the present embodiment is shown.
Below the display plate 11a, a switch 1 for calling an extension, a switch 2 for correcting backlight of the monitor TV, and a switch 3 for intercom response are provided.

Above switches 1, 2, and 3,
A Braille section 1a, a Braille section 2a, and a Braille section 3a for displaying respective functions are provided correspondingly.
A monitor TV 4 is mounted near the center of the operation panel 11, and a speaker 5 is provided near an upper end of the monitor TV 4.

Therefore, unlike the conventional Braille display or display position, in this embodiment, the Braille 1a, the Braille 2a, and the Braille 3a are located above the corresponding switches 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Since it is provided independently in
Easy to read Braille, and switch ON / OF
Since the operation of F is performed at a different position, the malfunction of the switch is eliminated.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 and shows the details of the switch with braille. In FIG. 2, a switch board 13 is attached to an upper case 11b of the operation panel 11 with screws 14, and the tact switch body 1 of the switches 1, 2, and 3 is provided on the front surface of the switch board 13.
b, 2b, and 3b are attached.

The tact switch 1b, 2b or 3b
On the front surface is a bulge and its width is in Braille parts 1a, 2
push buttons 1c, 2c, which are approximately the same width as the widths of a and 3a,
And 3c, and switch covers 1A, 2A, and 3A provided with Braille portions 1a, 2a, and 3a on the upper portion thereof are fitted and attached to the upper case 11b (FIG. 3).
In detail).

By pressing the push buttons 1c, 2c or 3c from the front side, the fitting grooves 1d, 2d or 3d are pressed.
, And the projections 1e, 2e, or 3e on the back side contact the contacts of the tact switches 1b, 2b, and 3b. It will be in the ON state.

Braille portions 1a, 2a, and 3a provided above the push buttons 1c, 2c, and 3c are substantially separated from the push buttons 1c, 2c, and 3c by a distance from the rotary shaft 1a.
f, 2f, and 3f, which are provided almost immediately above, so that even if the Braille portion 1a, 2a, or 3a is pressed somewhat strongly during reading of Braille with a fingertip, the switch 1c, It is prevented that 2c or 3c is turned ON.

More specifically, in the switch with braille of the present invention, the braille of the upper braille section 1a, 2a, or 3a is read, and then the finger is slightly lowered and the operation is performed.
Push button 1c, 2c, or 3 of switch 1, 2, or 3
Press c to turn on the switch,
Operation is easy and quick.

Also, while reading braille with the fingertip, the belly of the finger is in contact with the upper end of the push button 1c, 2c, or 3c of the external bulge, so that the fingertip is in the Braille section 1a, 2a, or 3a. , And the position of the push button 1c, 2c, or 3c is always checked, so that malfunction of the push button 1c, 2c, or 3c can be more easily prevented.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing an assembly structure of the switch cover shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, operation panel 1
The upper case 11b is provided with a fitting portion 11c of a switch case 2a constituting the switch 2, and fitting grooves 11d and 1d provided at both ends above the fitting portion 11c.
1d, rotating shafts 2f at both ends above the switch case 2a,
2f is fitted, and switch case 2A is upper case 1.
1b.

In the same manner as described above, the switch cases 1A and 3A of the switches 1 and 3 are also assembled by fitting to the upper case 11b, and the switch board 13 is mounted from the inside of the upper case 11b as described above. The intercom 10 is completed.

In the above embodiment, the example in which the switch with braille of the present invention is used for an intercom is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a telephone, an operation panel of a washing toilet with a heated toilet seat, an air conditioner It is suitably used by incorporating it into an operation panel or the like.

[0020]

In the switch with braille of the present invention, the braille portion of the switch case is provided at a distance from the push button and substantially on the axis of the rotating shaft provided on the switch case. It is easy to read, and while reading braille with the fingertip, the tip of the finger is in contact with the upper end of the push button of the external bulge, so the fingertip can easily move horizontally according to the width of the braille part, Further, since the position of the push button is constantly checked, erroneous operation of the push button is prevented, and erroneous operation of the switch is prevented. Further, the assembling can be easily performed, and the number of assembling steps can be reduced. Therefore, it is suitably used as a switch with braille.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of an intercom provided with a switch with braille of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing an assembly structure of the switch cover shown in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2, 3 switch 1A, 2A, 3A Switch cover 1a, 2a, 3a Braille portion 1b, 2b, 3b Tact switch body 1c, 2c, 3c Push button 1d, 2d, 3d, 11d Fitting groove 1e, 2e, 3e Projection 1f, 2f, 3f Rotating axis 4 Monitor TV 5 Speaker 10 Intercom 11 Operation panel 11a Display 11b Upper cover 11c Fitting part 13 Switch board 14 Screw

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A tact switch mounted on a switch board is provided on the back side of a switch case provided with a Braille portion and a switch push button on a front surface thereof and a rotary shaft provided at a distance from the push button. A tactile switch in which a tact switch is actuated by pressing the push button, wherein the braille portion of the switch case is provided substantially on the axis of the rotating shaft. Features a switch with braille.