Actuator and electrical appliance having fixed member with a coil and movable members having magnets

An actuator comprising:

• a fixed section that includes a spindle, a coil fixed to the spindle, a partition wall disposed at a center of the spindle, a first spring stopping member disposed at one end of the spindle, and a second spring stopping member disposed at another end of the spindle;
• a first movable section that includes:
• a first magnet magnetized in an inside-outside direction and disposed to cover the outer peripheral surface of one end in an axial direction of the fixed section;
• a first output connection portion to which a movable member of an electrical appliance is attached,
• the first movable section being mounted on the spindle in an elastically-maintained state between the partition wall and the first spring stopping member by a first compression coil spring inserted over the spindle between the partition wall and the first movable section and by another first compression coil spring inserted over the spindle between the first spring stopping member and the first movable section, and the first movable section being movable in the axial direction;
• and
• a second movable section that includes:
• a second magnet magnetized in the inside-outside direction and disposed to cover the outer peripheral surface of the other end in the axial direction of the fixed section;
• a second output connection portion to which a movable member of an electrical appliance is attached,
• the second movable section being mounted on the spindle in an elastically-maintained state between the partition wall and the second spring stopping member by a second compression coil spring inserted over the spindle between the partition wall and the second movable section and by another second compression coil spring inserted over the spindle between the second spring stopping member and the second movable section, and the second movable section being movable in the axial direction,
• wherein:
• the first movable section and the second movable section are arranged symmetrically in the axial direction with respect to the partition wall,
• the first output connection portion and the second output connection portion each have an attachment portion projecting in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the first movable section and the second movable section, and
• when current flows in the coil, the first movable section and the second movable section move in opposite directions.