JPS5915370Y2 - push button support device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a support device for a push button, and is intended to be installed without using screws.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a conventional device of this type has a through hole 2 at the rear of a push button 1, and the push button 1 is inserted into a panel 3, and a boss 4 is provided integrally with the panel 3. One end of the spring piece 5 is fixed to this boss 4 with a screw 6, and the other end of the spring piece 5 is inserted into the through hole 2 of the push button 1 to urge the push button 1 inward to install it. There used to be.

Note that in reality, a switch (not shown) facing the push button 1 has a spring body that is more resilient than the spring piece 5, and this spring body biases the push button 1 outward. It enables operation as .

The present invention does not use the above-mentioned screws, and the push button is attached only with a spring piece.

An example of this will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

In this embodiment, an abbreviated groove 11 is provided at the rear end of the push button 10, and a hole 1 in the panel 12 into which the push button 10 is inserted is provided.
Ribs 14 and 15 are provided adjacent to the left and right sides of 3, respectively.

These ribs 14, 15 have their tips thinner than other parts to provide a step between them and the other parts, and further provide holding grooves 16, 17 on the lower surface of each tip.

Further, 18 is a linear spring piece for supporting the push button 10,
One end is positioned in the step part of the rib 14 and the holding groove 16
The other end is positioned at the stepped portion of the knob 15 and is locked in the holding groove 17, and the central portion is inserted into the groove 11 of the push button 10 to support the push button 10.

In addition, the spring piece 18 is given elasticity by processing a part between the push button 10 and the rib 14 and between the push button 10 and the rib 15 into a coil shape.

In the above state (the state shown in FIGS. 3 and 4), the push button 10 is pulled inward by the urging force of the spring piece 18.

Of course, in FIGS. 3 and 4, there is a switch (not shown) opposite the push button 10, and the elastic force of the spring body of this switch is made stronger than that of the spring piece 18, so that the push button 10 is normally The spring body biases the push button 1 outward, allowing it to function as a push button.

As explained above, according to the present invention, the first button is located adjacent to the left and right sides of the push button. A second rib is provided, and a spring piece whose part is processed into a coil shape to give elasticity is provided, and one end of this spring piece engages with the first rib and the other end engages with the second rib. By inserting the center part of the spring piece into the groove provided at the rear end of the push button to bias the push button inward and supporting the push button, the push button can be pressed without using screws to fix the spring. In addition, since the push button is pulled inward and horizontally by the spring piece, the push button is less tilted and there is no misalignment with the panel.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are a perspective view and a side sectional view of a conventional push button support device, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a push button support device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view of the same device. Figure 5 a, l
) and c are a side sectional view and a rear view of the same device. 10...Push button, 11...Groove, 14.1
5...Rib, 16°17...Retaining groove,
18... Spring piece.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A retaining groove is provided at the rear end of a push button supported by the panel so as to be movable in an inward and outward direction, and first grooves are provided in the panel so as to be adjacent to each other on both sides of the push button. A second rib is provided, and a spring piece whose part is processed into a coil shape to give elasticity is provided, one end of this spring piece is attached to the first rib, and the other end of the spring piece is attached to the second rib.
The push button support device is constructed by engaging the ribs of the spring pieces respectively, engaging the center portions of the spring pieces with the retaining grooves of the push button, and supporting the push button so as to pull the push button inward by the elastic force of the spring pieces.