Identification cap actuator assembly
AssigneeGTE Automatic Electric Labs Inc.
InventorGeorge M. Janda
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Abstract
A momentary contact actuator and identification cap assembly disposed to be used with a single switch of a laminated flat-panel keyboard. The assembly consists of a clear cap component which snaps over a flat-panel switch, an identification insert, and a tension bar including spring arms situated within the interior of the clear cap. The spring arms hold the assembly suspended over the associated flat-panel switch. Manual pressure applied to the clear cap deflects the assembly operating the flat-panel switch.
Claims5
An identification cap actuator adapted to cooperate with circuit closing a means, said circuit closing means including a circuit board having conductors thereon, a resilient dome contact element in spaced apart relationship to said conductors and adapted to make contact with said conductors upon the application of a force thereon, said circuit board further including a pair of slots extending through said circuit board each on an opposite side of said dome contact element, said identification cap actuator comprising:
- a clear cap having top and bottom surfaces and at least two walls extending perpendicularly to said top and bottom surfaces, each of said walls including leg portions extending beyond said respective wall and each leg portion inserted into a different one of said circuit board slots;
- a tension bar including a horizontally oriented member, a pair of arms each arm extending obliquely from said horizontal member and in opposite directions from each other and a finger located between said arms, said tension bar arranged to install within said clear cap with said arms resting on said circuit board and holding said clear cap in a spaced relation to said circuit board with said finger in juxtaposition to said dome contact element;
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- an indentification insert including identifying indicia thereon sandwiched between said clear cap bottom surface and said tension bar horizontal member, said indicia visible through said clear cap top surface;
- whereby, in response to a manual pressure applied to said clear cap top surface said clear cap legs extend through said respective slots and said tension bar is urged downward allowing said tension bar finger to apply said pressure to said dome contact element allowing said dome contact element to contact said conductors.
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