KR960014212B1 - Button with strength of stability - Google Patents

Abstract

The button is designed to have self restoring force. The button includes : a fixing table (31) for fixing a button; a movable table (32); a cover (20) of an office equipment or electronic appliances; a push rod (36) for pressing a switch (5) located under the cover (20); and more than one tension bar (33) for providing the button with restoring force.

Description

Self resilient button

1 is a conventional button combination.

(A) is a front view of a button by this invention, (b) is a top view of a button by this invention, (c) is a bottom view of a button by this invention, (d) is a button by this invention AA 'cross section.

3 is a coupling of the button according to the invention.

(A) and (b) of FIG. 4 show another embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1,20: cover 2: circuit board

3: boss 4: screw

5: switch 6,30: button

7, 36: push bar 8: jamming protrusion

9: hang groove 10: tension support

11: light emitting element 13, 38: light transmitting part

21: buttonhole 22: fixing protrusion

23: rib groove 31: fixed base

32: Reunion 33: Tension bar

34: fixed shaft 35: fixed hole

39: rib

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to buttons used for office equipment such as copiers, laser printers, facsimiles, and other electronic devices, and more particularly, to buttons having self-resilience. In general, an operation unit is provided on one side of the device to enable a user to provide a signal required for an operation of an office device or an electronic device from the outside of the device, and the operation unit is generally provided with a button on a cover of the device. A switch is provided to be positioned below the button on a circuit board fixed inside the cover. Therefore, a switch is provided so as to be located below the button on the circuit board fixed inside the cover. Therefore, when the user presses the button, the button is moved downwards and the switch is operated by pressing the switch. Therefore, the button waits in the upwardly moved state (hereinafter referred to as 'dash state'), moves downward by the user's pressing operation, and operates the switch. It must be restored to a state (hereinafter referred to as 'restoration operation'). Therefore, a means for providing a restoring force is required for the maintenance and restoration of the standby state of the button. Now, a conventional button will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings of FIG. 1. 1 is a coupling diagram of a conventional button, in which 1 is a cover, 2 is a circuit board, 3 is a boss, 4 is a screw, 5 is a switch, 6 is a button, 7 is a push rod, 8 is a locking protrusion, and 9 is a locking A groove, 10 is a tension support, 11 is a light emitting element, 12 is a light emitting path, and 13 is a light transmitting part. As shown in the figure, in the conventional case, in order to position the circuit board 2 at a predetermined distance under the cover 1, the boss 3 and the screw 4 are fixed by using the user. In order to be able to perform various operations for operating the device from the outside of the device, the cover 1 is provided with as many buttons 6 as necessary, and under each button 6 of the circuit board 2 It is constructed by positioning each switch 5 which is switched as the button 6 is pressed. Then, in order to maintain and restore the standby state of the button 6, the push bar 7 and the locking protrusion 8 which press the switch 5 on the button 6 are integrally formed, and the cover 1 The locking projection 8 is inserted into the locking groove 9 to prevent the release of the button 6 and the tension support 10 to provide a restoring force to the button 6 during the restoration operation, or Instead of the tension support 10, a spring or the like is used. In addition, a light emitting element 11 is provided on the circuit board 2 to inform a user of the current state of the device, and the button 6 emits light so that light can pass through the light emitting element 11. The unit 13 is configured to allow a user to visually check the light of the light emitting element 11, and at this time, the light is emitted to the cover 1 to guide the light emitted by the light emitting element 11. The path 12 is added and comprised. However, the conventional technology, which is configured and operated as described above, has a structure that is complex, high in production cost, low in assembly productivity, by using a resilience providing means for button holding and restoring operation. Also, when the user pressed the edge of the button, there was a problem such that the button is inclined to one side. Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, it is composed of a single piece, and its object is to provide a button that has its own restoring force. The present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the button is installed on the cover of the office equipment or electronic equipment and operated by pressing a switch which is located at a certain distance interval below, provided with means for fixing the installation position Fixing table: a rotating table located inside the fixing table to move up and down: and a button having a self-restoring force including at least one tension bar that is provided by connecting between the fixing table and the rotating table to provide a restoring force to the rotating table To provide. Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention; (A) to (D) of Figure 2 is a front view, a plan view, a bottom view, a cross-sectional view of a button according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a combination of buttons according to an embodiment of the present invention, 4 (a) and 4 (b) show another embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, 20 is a cover, 21 is a buttonhole, 22 is a fixing protrusion, 23 is a rib groove, 30 is a button, 31 is a fixing stand, 32 is a turning band, 33 is a tension bar, 34 is a fixing shaft, 35 is a fixing hole, 36 Silver push rod, 37 are light emitting paths, 38 are light transmitting portions, and 39 are ribs. As shown in FIG. 2, the edge part of the button 30 which concerns on this invention is comprised by the fixing stand 31 which clamps the position fixing means for fixing an installation position. In addition, an upper side of the fixing unit 31 is protruded out of the cover 20 through the button hole 21 of the device cover 20 so that the user can press it by hand, and a switch below the center portion thereof. A pressing bar 36 for pressing (5) is formed, and a pivoting table 32 configured to move in the vertical direction is provided. In addition, at least one tension bar 33 is preferably connected and fixed between the inner circumferential surface of the fixing table 31 and the outer circumferential surface of the shaking table 32 in order to provide a restoring force to the shaking table 32. In the embodiment of FIG. 2 of the present invention, three tension bars are connected. Here, the tension bar 33 is formed in an arc shape, and both ends thereof are bent in opposite directions to each other. In addition, one end of the tension bar 33 is connected to the inner circumferential surface of the fixing table 31, the tartan of the tension bar 33 is connected to the outer circumferential surface of the heedongdae 32. Accordingly, when the user's finger presses the shake table 32 downward, the other end of the shake table 32 is pressed down the other end of the tension bar 33 connected to the shake table 32. It is to be restored in the upward direction so that the moving table 32 is also restored in the upward direction. The other end of the tension bar 33 connected to the tension bar 33 is to be restored in the upward direction, so that the slide table 32 is also restored in the upward direction. The tension bar 33 is formed to have a predetermined length, but is formed to an appropriate length to provide an optimal restoring force according to the properties of the material. In the above configuration, as the position fixing means of the holder 31, one or more fixing shafts 34 having a predetermined length equal to the distance between the cover 20 and the circuit board 2, the lower end of the holder 31 It is preferable to form in. Therefore, the button 30 is configured as described above is fixed to a fixed position by a fixed stand 31, because the dongdae 32 is connected to the fixed stand 31 by a plurality of tension bars 33, By the restoring force formed by the tension bar 33 is to ensure that the play table 32 is always in the standby state. Therefore, when the user slows down the zygote 32 to move down and presses the switch 5, when the user's pressing force is released, the restoring force is provided by the tension of the tension bar 33. 32 is moved upward and restored. At this time, the tension bar 33 can be formed by adjusting its length and thickness to provide an appropriate restoring force according to the environment at that time, and also appropriately assigned the number according to the shape of the zygote 32 in the installation position. Can be positioned to have a uniform tension. In addition, in order to set the position at which the button 30 is fixed to the cover 20 or to prevent the fixed position from being displaced, at least one fixing protrusion 22 is formed at the cover 20, and the fixing table It is preferable that one or more fixing holes 35 into which the fixing protrusions 22 are inserted are added to the 31. In addition, in order to prevent the slide table 32 from being displaced from side to side due to deformation of the tension bar 33 or the like, at least one rib 39 is integrally formed on the slide table 32, and the cover ( It is preferable that the ribs 23 into which the ribs 39 are inserted are added to 20. In addition, when the light emitting element 11 is added to the circuit board 2 to inform the user of the operation state of the device, the light transmitting part through which the light of the light emitting element 11 is transmitted to the daedae 32 It is preferable that the light emitting element 11 integrally constitute 38 with the light emitting element 11 below the light transmitting portion 38. As shown in FIG. 4, the present invention configured as described above has a triangular button by modifying the shapes of the fixed bases 31 'and 31, the rare and non-trading zones 32' and 32, and the rare and rare zones 32 'and 32. 30 'or rectangular buttons 30 can be configured. As described above, the present invention provides a button having a self-restoring force, does not require a separate restoring force providing means, the configuration is simple, the button can be produced in one single part, easy to assemble and one The above tension bar provides tension in a balanced manner, thereby preventing the tilting zone from tilting to one side.

Claims (5)

A button (31) provided on a cover (20) of an office device or an electronic device to press and operate a switch (5) positioned at a predetermined distance thereunder and having a means for fixing an installation position. ); The upper side protrudes to the outside of the cover 20, the bottom portion is provided with a pressing rod 36 for pressing the switch 5 downwards, a stool table that is located in the interior of the fixing 31 to move up and down ( 32); And at least one tension bar 33 connected between the process table 31 and the pivoting table 32 to provide a restoring force to the slide table 32. . According to claim 1, wherein the means for fixing the mounting position of the holder 31 is formed to the length of the distance between the position where the cover 20 and the switch 5 is installed at the lower end of the holder 31. A button having self-resilience, characterized in that it comprises at least one fixed shaft (34). The method of claim 1, wherein the cover 20, at least one fixing projection 22 formed on the cover 20 to set the position where the button 30 is fixed and to prevent displacement; And at least one fixing hole (35) formed in the fixing stand (31) for inserting the fixing protrusion (22). The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one rib (39) formed integrally with the slide table (32) to prevent left and right displacement of the slide table (32): and the rib (39) on the cover (20). Button having a self-resilience, characterized in that it further comprises a rib groove 23 provided in the same number to insert the. The method of claim 1, wherein the daedae 32 is formed in the light transmitting portion 38 for transmitting the light of the element 11 that is emitted therein, and the lower side of the light transmitting portion 38 to emit light from the element A button having a self-restoring power, characterized in that formed by further forming an integral light emitting path 37 for guiding the light.