The aspects of the disclosed embodiments relate to the switch technical field, particularly to a dimmer switch.
The dimmer switch is used to adjust the illumination intensity of a light and it is often seen in our daily lives. The shell of the dimmer switch provides a button that is used to adjust the intensity of illumination. Presently, users can only coarsely adjust illumination intensity by using the button, which makes it difficult for the user to accurately adjust to a specific lighting level and it is not convenient.
Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the aspects of the disclosed embodiments is to overcome the existing technology defect in the lack of accuracy in adjusting lighting intensity, so as to provide a dimmer switch that can more accurately adjust the level of illumination intensity.
For this purpose, the aspects of the disclosed embodiments provide a dimmer switch, which is comprised of a shell, a first regulating structure and a second regulating structure. The shell has a circuit board and a dial button for controlling the ON/OFF state of the switch; the first regulating structure is located on the shell, which includes a first potentiometer connected with the circuit board, and the resistor used for regulating the first potentiometer, a push button for coarse adjustment of illumination intensity, the push button moves reciprocate along the shell to drive the first potentiometer action; the second regulating structure is located on the shell and has the second potentiometer connected with circuit board, and a resistor used for regulating the second potentiometer, a rotary knob for coarse adjustment of illumination intensity, the rotary knob moves reciprocate along the shell to drive the second potentiometer action.
The push button is connected to the shell through a sliding rail structure, the sliding rail structure is comprised of a slide groove arranged on the inner surface of the side plate of the shell and at least one slide block located on one side of the push button that can be connected with the slide groove.
There are two bulges located on either side along the width of the push button bottom surface, which extend toward the upper cover of the shell and slide to contact with the upper cover.
The knob is comprised of a tooth-shaped piece arranged on the upper part and the lower connecting rod, which can connect with the mounting hole set of the second potentiometer.
The cross-section of the connecting rod is hexagonal and the shape of the mounting hole is a matching hexagon.
Part of the tooth-shape is exposed outside of the shell.
The outer wall of the shell is provided with a baffle plate located below the tooth-shape part, and its edge is beyond the outer contour of the tooth-shape part.
The shell has an indicator mark corresponding to the push button and knob to adjust the illumination intensity.
The technical proposal of the present disclosure has the following advantages:
1. The dimmer switch provided by this utility model, including the shell, which includes the circuit boards and dial button used to control the switch ON/OFF state, the first regulating structure and the second regulating structure, the first regulating structure is arranged on the shell, and includes the first potentiometer connected to a circuit board, and the push button for adjusting the resistor of the first potentiometer to rough tune the illumination intensity, the push button moves reciprocate along the shell, to drive the first potentiometer action; the second regulating structure is arranged on the shell, and includes the second potentiometer connected to a circuit board, and the rotary knob for adjusting the resistor of the second potentiometer to rough tune the illumination intensity. The rotary knob drives the second potentiometer to rotate, the dimmer switch can use the push button for coarse tuning the illumination intensity, and also use the knob to further fine-tune the illumination intensity based on the coarse tuning, so that it is convenient for users to adjust to specific lighting intensity levels accurately.
2. The push button of this dimmer switch provided by the utility model slides to connect with the shell through a sliding rail structure, the slide rail structure is comprised of a slide groove arranged on the inner surface of the side plate of the shell, and at least one slide block arranged on one side of the push button and can connect with the slide groove, the sliding rail structure can greatly reduce the friction between the push button and the shell in the operation of the dimmer switch, and the structure of the sliding chute and the sliding block is simple.
3. There are two bulges located on either side of the dimmer switch provided by the utility model, along the width of the bottom of the push button, and they extend toward the direction of the upper cover of the shell and slide into contact with the upper cover. In this way, the bulges can reduce the contact area between the bottom of the push button and the upper cover of the shell, thereby reducing the friction between the two, so as to facilitate the push of the button.
4. In the dimming switch provided by the utility model, the knob is comprised of a toothed piece arranged on the upper part and the connecting rod arranged on the lower part, which connects with the mounting hole set of the second potentiometer, the toothed parts are easy for users to rotate by hand.
5. On the dimming switch provided by the utility model, the outer wall of the shell provides a baffle plate located below the toothed piece, and its edge extends beyond the outer contour of the toothed piece. This can prevent the user from inadvertently touching the tooth-shape parts, which could result in faulted operation. In addition, the baffle avoids abrasion with the tooth-shape parts within packaging throughout transport, thus improving the reliability.
To more clearly state the specific implementation mode of the present disclosure or the technical scheme in the prior art, the following will briefly describe the specific implementation or images that may be required in prior art descriptions. It is clear that the attached images described below are just some implementations of the utility model, for the general technicians in this field, they can obtain other images according to provided images without any creative effort.
Attached images description: 1. Shell; 11. Circuit board; 12. Twist; 13. Chute; 2, First Potentiometer 3, Push Button; 31. Slider; 32. Bulge; 4. Second Potentiometer; 41. Mounting Hole; 5. Knob; 51. Tooth-Shape Parts; 52. Connecting Rod; 6. Baffle; 7. Indicating Marks
The following will give a clear and complete description of the technical scheme of the present disclosure. The described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present disclosure but not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all the other embodiments obtained by the general technicians in the field without doing creative work will all belong to the present disclosure protection scope.
In the description of the aspects of the disclosed embodiments, it must be stated that, the terms “center,” “up,” “down,” “left,” “right,” “vertical,” “horizontal,” “inside,” “outside,” and other indications of orientation or position relations are all based on the orientation or position of relations in the attached images, the only purpose is to describe the utility model easily instead of indicating or implying that the referred device or element must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular direction. Therefore, it cannot be understood as a limitation of the utility model. Furthermore, the terms “first,” “second,” and “third,” are used only for descriptive purpose and cannot be understood to indicate or imply relative importance.
In the description of the aspects of the disclosed embodiments, it must be stated that, unless otherwise expressly stipulated and limited, the terms “install,” “link,” “connect,” should be used in a broad sense. For example: it can be fixed connection, removable connection, or one connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediary, or the internal connection of two components. For general technicians in this field, they can understand the specific meaning of the above terms of this utility model in specific circumstances.
In addition, the technical characteristics involved in the different embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not constitute a conflict with each other.
This embodiment provides a dimmer switch, as shown in
Shell 1, as shown in
The first regulating structure is located on shell 1, as shown in
The second regulating structure is located on shell 1, as shown in
The dimmer switch provided by the present disclosure comprises of a shell 1, a first adjusting structure, and a second adjusting structure. Shell 1 has a circuit board 11 and a dial button 12 for controlling the on-off state of the switch. The first regulating structure is located on shell 1, and has the first potentiometer 2 that connects with the circuit board 11, and a push button 3 of adjusting the resistor of the first potentiometer to rough adjust the illumination intensity, the push button 3 moves reciprocate along shell 1 to drive the first potentiometer 2 to move; the second regulating structure is located on the shell 1 and has the second potentiometer 4 that connected with the circuit board 11, and a rotary knob 5 of adjusting the resistor of the second potentiometer 4 to rough adjust the illumination intensity. Knob 5 drives the second potentiometer 4 to rotate. The dimmer switch can adjust the illumination intensity by the push button 3, and also fine tunes the lighting intensity through the knob 5 based on the coarse tuning, so that it is easy for the user to accurately adjust the light to the desired brightness.
The above embodiments are only examples for clear description, rather than a restriction on implementation. For general technicians in the field, they can make other changes or variations based on the above description. It is unnecessary and impossible to list all implementations here, but the obvious changes or variations arising therefrom still belong to the protection scope of utility model creation.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2020231944405 | Dec 2020 | CN | national |