Switch device and timepiece
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroyuki Hosobuchi
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Abstract
A switch device including a base member provided with a stem insertion hole, an operation member which has an engaging groove provided in an outer circumferential surface thereof, and is slidably and rotatably inserted into the stem insertion hole of the base member, a stopper member having an engaging portion which is arranged in the engaging groove of the operation member and moved along with sliding of the operation member, and a release member which releases the engaging portion from the engaging groove, in which the release member includes a pressing portion which is operated from one surface side of the base member so as to release the engaging portion from the engaging groove.
Claims17
A switch device comprising:
- a base member provided with a stem insertion hole;
- an operation member which has an engaging groove provided in an outer circumferential surface thereof, and is slidably and rotatably inserted into the stem insertion hole of the base member;
- a stopper member having an engaging portion which is arranged in the engaging groove of the operation member and moved along with sliding of the operation member;
- and
- a release member which releases the engaging portion from the engaging groove,
- wherein the release member includes a pressing portion which is operated from one surface side of the base member so as to release the engaging portion from the engaging groove, and
- wherein the pressing portion is a plate spring that is arranged to be exposed on the one surface side of the base member and that is flexurally deformed toward the stopper member, and includes a pressing operation portion which is subjected to a pressing operation performed from the one surface side of the base member, and a release portion which releases the engaging portion from the engaging groove by pressing a projection of the engaging portion in response to the pressing operation performed on the pressing operation portion.
A timepiece comprising:
- a base member provided with a stem insertion hole;
- an operation member which has an engaging groove provided in an outer circumferential surface thereof, and is slidably and rotatably inserted into the stem insertion hole of the base member;
- a stopper member having an engaging portion which is arranged in the engaging groove of the operation member and moved along with sliding of the operation member;
- a release member which releases the engaging portion from the engaging groove;
- and
- a dial plate arranged on the one surface side of the base member,
- wherein an opening section for exposing at least a portion of the release member on the one surface side is formed on the dial plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.