Operating device having static eliminator and electronic apparatus having operating device

An operating apparatus for an electronic apparatus, said operating apparatus comprising:

• a rotatable dial having a recess portion at the center of said dial;
• a button provided in the recess portion of the center of said dial;
• a rotary conductive member engaged between the recess portion of the center of said dial and the button, and having a strip projecting radially outward from the recess portion of the center of said dial;
• and
• a fixed circular conductive member disposed between said dial and the electronic apparatus with the center of said dial serving as its center axis, so as to contact the strip of said rotary conductive member and so that static electricity applied to the electronic apparatus flows through said fixed circular conductive member for grounding away from switching circuitry of the electronic apparatus.

An electronic apparatus comprising:

• a rotatable dial;
• a brush plate rotated by said rotatable dial;
• a rotary conductive member rotated by said rotatable dial;
• and
• a fixed conductive member in contact with said rotary conductive member and insulated from said brush plate so that static electricity applied to said electronic apparatus passes via said rotary conductive member to said fixed conductive member and away from said brush plate.