Vandal-resistant push-button actuator

A vandal-resistant push-button actuator, comprising:

• a push-button defining a push-button axis;
• push-button mounting means having a passageway therein for slidably receiving the push-button therein;
• first resilient means disposed between the push-button and the passageway of the push-button mounting means for resiliently absorbing a force applied to the push-button in a direction transverse to the push-button axis;
• and second resilient means disposed between the push-button and the passageway spaced apart from the first resilient means for resiliently absorbing a force applied to the push-button in a direction transverse to the push-button axis.

A vandal-resistant push-button actuator, comprising:

• a push-button;
• push-button mounting means having a passageway therein for slidably receiving the push-button therein;
• a lubricant between the push-button and the passageway;
• and means for confining the lubricant between the push-button and the passageway.

A vandal-resistant push-button assembly, comprising:

• a sleeve and escutcheon member having a sleeve end extending in a first direction and an escutcheon end extending in a second direction opposite the first direction, the escutcheon end having a generally conical first surface facing in the second direction and a second surface facing in the first direction for abutting an outer surface of a mounting plate;
• a push-button having a push-button head and a shaft;
• the sleeve and escutcheon member having a central aperture therethrough extending along an axis thereof, the shaft of the push-button being slidably mounted in the central aperture;
• the push-button head having a convex outer surface facing in the second direction and extending outwardly of the conical first surface of the escutcheon end;
• the conical first surface of the escutcheon end forming an angle with a plane transverse to the axis of the sleeve and escutcheon member which is smaller than an angle formed between a tangent to the convex outer surface of the push-button head adjacent the conical first surface of the sleeve and escutcheon member and the plane.