In-line slide switch

An in-line slide dimming switch comprising a base, a cover, a printed circuit board and first and second wire holders, wherein the base is a casing with a hollow formed at a top of the base, with a first accommodating space formed inside the base, with first and second pivoting frames formed separately at left and right ends of the base, with a second accommodating space penetrating from the top to the bottom in each pivoting frame and passing out from an outer side of the base, with a separating ridge formed at a center of a surface of an inner sidewall and extended from the top to the bottom of each pivoting frame, with first and second latching ridges transversally disposed on an outer surface of the base, with a pivoting slot formed at a bottom edge of both sidewalls of each pivoting frame;

• wherein the cover is a casing with a hollow formed at a bottom of the cover and covered and engaged with the base, wherein a third accommodating space is formed in the cover, and wherein a longitudinal slide slot is formed at a top of third accommodating space with a groove formed on each of left and right end surfaces of the third accommodating space;
• wherein the printed circuit board has a switch and dimming circuit and a potentiometer electrically coupled to each other, wherein the potentiometer adjusts an electric potential of a sliding handle situated at a position higher than the printed circuit board, wherein a pushing member of a slide member is pushed to drive the sliding handle to move, wherein first and second accommodating recesses are formed at left and right ends of the printed circuit board and large enough to frame the first and second pivoting frames, wherein a conductive plate is installed above the first and second accommodating recesses and electrically coupled to the switch and dimming circuit, and wherein first and second conductive tips are formed and extend outwardly from the conductive plate;
• wherein the printed circuit board is installed horizontally into first accommodating space of the base, wherein first and second pivoting shafts extend out from each wire holder to enter into the pivoting slots of the first and second pivoting frames to define a pivoting vertical status and a horizontal status, wherein an inner sidewall is disposed above the first and second pivoting shafts and has a separating ridge formed at a center of an outer side of the inner sidewall;
• wherein an outer end of a bottom wall of each wire holder extends upward to form an outer sidewall, wherein a latching edge is formed at an inner edge of the outer sidewall;
• wherein a block is coupled between the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall, and an insert hole is penetrated through the block, with the insert hole extending perpendicular to the inner sidewall, the outer sidewall and the separating ridge, with the inner sidewall, the outer sidewall and the separating ridge extending parallel to a corresponding one of the first and second conductive tips and the insert hole extending perpendicular to the corresponding one of the first and second conductive tips in the vertical status, with the inner sidewall, the outer sidewall and the separating ridge extending perpendicular to the corresponding one of the first and second conductive tips in the horizontal status and the insert hole extending parallel to the corresponding one of the first and second conductive tips in the horizontal status, with the latching edges of the first and second wire holders engaging the first and second latching ridges in the horizontal status and with the latching edges of the first and second wire holders spaced from the first and second latching ridges in the vertical status.