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US 4,395,611 AGranted
Illuminated push-button switch
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsShiro Kondo, Yasuo Takii
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Abstract
An illuminated push-button switch which has the functions of both the optical display and the mechanical display, and which produces a plurality of displays simultaneously, the displays being easily recognizable.
Claims4
An illuminated push-button switch, comprising
- a housing member receiving a switch actuated by axial movement of an operation portion;
- a push-button member disposed slidably within said housing member and having an arm portion engaging said operation portion of said switch for actuation thereof during movement of said push-button within said housing member;
- a light source mounted within said housing member;
- said push-button member having at its outer end portion a display formed by a plurality of illuminable display elements;
- and
- shutter means including a rotatable plate member movable from a position blocking light from one of said display elements during depression of said push-button member to actuate said switch, said shutter means including a tongue portion carried by said push-button member, an opaque plate member, and means including an arm mounted slidably to said push button-member for carrying said shutter means.
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An illuminated push-button switch, comprising
- a housing member receiving a switch actuated by axial movement of an operation portion;
- a push-button member disposed slidably within said housing member and having an arm portion engaging said operation portion of said switch for actuation thereof during movement of said push-button within said housing member;
- a light source mounted within said housing member;
- said push-button member having at its outer end portion a display formed by a plurality of illuminable display elements;
- and
- shutter means including a rotatable plate member movable from a position blocking light from one of said display elements during depression of said push-button member to actuate said switch, said shutter means including a tongue portion carried by said push-button member and an opaque plate member carried rotatably by an arm mounted slidably to said push-button member;
- further including a wall extending inwardly between said display portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.