Control device of push-button type with flat architecture
AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SAS
InventorsBertrand FRUCHARD, Francis CHAUVET
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Abstract
A push-button with a receptacle and a cover plate, an actuating button actuatable in translation between two positions, a rest position and a pushed-in position, the cover plate being arranged at the periphery of the actuating button, a device for guiding the actuating button in translation between the two positions, and a return device for returning the actuating button from the pushed-in position toward the rest position. The guiding device include at least a pin including a bent rod shaped to have a first part pivotally mounted on a fastening unit of the actuating button and a second part pivotally mounted on a fastening unit of the cover plate, and the return device are designed to act on the pin by mechanical or magnetic effect.
Claims11
A device of push-button type comprising:
- a body comprising a casing comprising a receptacle and a cover plate fixed on the receptacle,
- an actuating button that can be actuated in translation along a main axis with respect to the body between at least two positions, a rest position and a pushed-in position, the cover plate being arranged at the periphery of the actuating button,
- guiding means for guiding the actuating button in translation between the two positions thereof,
- return means for returning the actuating button from the pushed-in position toward the rest position,
- wherein:
- the guiding means comprise at least a pin comprising a bent rod shaped to have a first part pivotally mounted on a fastening unit of the actuating button and at least a second part pivotally mounted on a fastening unit of the cover plate,
- the return means are rigidly connected to the body and designed to act on the pin by mechanical or magnetic effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.