A push-button switch in which said switch comprises:
- a housing having an accommodating portion;
- a stationary contact disposed in a bottom portion of said accommodating portion;
- a movable contact disposed above said stationary contact;
- an operating member which is slidably accommodated in said accommodating portion, and which has:
- a pressing portion that is outward projected from a side portion of said housing;
- and an actuating portion that has a cantilever structure, and that is projected from said pressing portion into said accommodating portion;
- and a cover which is configured by a metal plate, which is attached to an upper portion of said housing to cover said accommodating portion, and which has a guiding portion against which a tip end side of said actuating portion is buttable, and, when said pressing portion is pressed in a lateral direction, said tip end side of said actuating portion is caused to butt against said guiding portion to be guided toward said movable contact which is on a lower side, thereby contacting said movable contact with said stationary contact, wherein said switch further comprises:
- a second actuating member which has a peripheral portion that is positioned and fixed to be accommodated in a peripheral side portion of said accommodating portion, which is formed in continuously with said peripheral portion and projected into said accommodating portion to be opposed to said actuating portion, and which has a cantilever structure;
- a pair of said guiding portions which are disposed on both sides of said tip end side of said second actuating member;
- first inclined portions which are disposed on said guiding portions, respectively, and which are inclined with respect to a pressing direction of said pressing portion;
- a second inclined portion which is disposed on an upper portion of a tip end side of said actuating portion, and which is opposed to said first inclined portions;
- a third inclined portion which is disposed on a lower portion of said tip end side of said actuating portion, and which extends in a direction intersecting with said first and second inclined portions that are opposed to each other;
- a fourth inclined portion which is disposed on an upper portion of a tip end side of said second actuating member, and which is opposed to said third inclined portion;
- and a projection which is disposed on a lower portion to said tip end side of said second actuating member, and which is opposed to said movable contact, and, when said pressing portion is pressed in the lateral direction, while said tip end side of said actuating portion causes said second inclined portion to butt against said first inclined portion and is guided toward said movable contact which is on the lower side, said tip end side of said actuating member causes said second inclined portion to butt against said third inclined portion to displace said tip end side of said second actuating member toward said movable contact which is on the lower side, and said projection to butt against said movable contact to depress said movable contact, whereby said movable contact is contacted with said stationary contact.