Push-button for game machine
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsMasaaki Sumi, Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takehiro Agata
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Abstract
To achieve a push-button for a game machine, capable of maintaining excellent waterproof performance and having excellent operability even when a large amount of liquid is spilled, or even when liquid is spilled while the push-button is pressed. A push-button for a game machine includes: an elastic body provided in a flange shape integrally with a key top with an outer periphery of the key top and having an outer end held between a base and a bezel; and a discharge path that communicates with a space partitioned by the key top, the bezel, and the elastic body and discharges liquid having entered the space to the outside.
Claims15
A push-button for a game machine, the push-button comprising:
- a base;
- a button body supported by the base so as to be pressable;
- a spring component disposed between the base and the button body and configured to return the button body pressed;
- a frame having, inside, an opening through which a central portion of the button body moves in a pressing direction, the frame covering an outer periphery of the button body from an opposite side of the base and being fixed to the base;
- an elastic body provided in a flange shape integrally with the button body on the outer periphery of the button body and having an outer end held between the base and the frame;
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- a discharge path configured to communicate with a space partitioned by the button body, the frame, and the elastic body, the discharge path being configured to discharge liquid entering the space to the outside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.