In-Line Slide Switch

An in-line slide dimming switch, comprising a base, a cover, a printed circuit board and a plurality of wire holders, characterized in that the base is a casing with a hollow formed at the top of the base, a large accommodating space formed inside the base, a pivoting frame formed separately at left and right ends of the base, an accommodating space penetrating from top to bottom in the pivoting frame and passing out from an outer side of the base, a separating ridge formed at the center of a surface of an inner sidewall and extended from top to bottom, a latching ridge transversally disposed on an outer surface of the outer sidewall member, and a pivoting slot formed at the bottom edge of both sidewalls of the inner sidewall;

• the cover is a casing with a hollow formed at the bottom of the cover and covered and engaged with the base, and a large accommodating space is formed therein, and a longitudinal slide slot is formed at the top of the large accommodating space and a groove being formed on each of the left and right end surfaces of the large accommodating space;
• the printed circuit board has a switch and dimming circuit and a potentiometer electrically coupled to each other, and the potentiometer is provided for adjusting the electric potential of a sliding handle situated at a position higher than the printed circuit board, so that a pushing member of a slide member may be pushed to drive the sliding handle to move, and an accommodating recess is formed at the left and right ends of the printed circuit board and large enough to frame the pivoting frame on both sides of the base, and a conductive plate is installed above the accommodating recess and electrically coupled to the switch and dimming circuit, and a conductive tip is formed and extended outwardly from an inner side of the conductive plate;
• the printed circuit board is installed horizontally into the large accommodating space of the base, and the accommodating recesses on both sides frame the pivoting frames on both sides of the base respectively;
• and the quantity of the wire holders is two and the two wire holders are installed symmetrically sideway, and a pivoting shaft is extended out from the inner side of the bottom wall of each wire holder towards both sides to enter into the pivoting slot of the base to define a pivoting status, and an inner sidewall is disposed at the top of the pivoting shaft and has a separating ridge formed at the center of the outer side of the inner sidewall;
• and outer end of the bottom wall is extended upward to form an outer sidewall, and a latching edge is formed at the inner edge;
• and a block is coupled between the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall, and an insert hole is penetrated through the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall.