Claims
- 1. A push button switch assembly comprising:
- a pair of upper and lower contacts;
- a cylindrical slider body having an inner bottom surface for pressing said contacts;
- a button having an inner bottom surface facing said inner bottom surface of said slider body, for pressing said slider body, said button having a guide means for guiding said slider body,
- projections provided, respectively, on said inner bottom surface of said button and said inner bottom surface of said slider body, each of said projections having a side surface formed therein with a recess; and
- a coil spring disposed between said inner bottom surface of said button and said inner bottom surface of said slider body and having both end parts thereof fitted, respectively, on said projections and locked respectively by said recesses;
- a casing holding said button so as to enable said button to move vertically, and housing at least said contacts therein; wherein each of said projections is planar, having said side surface thereof formed with recesses, wherein said inner bottom surface of said slider body has further formed therein access through-holes at positions below said recesses.
- 2. A push button switch assembly as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of both end parts of said coil spring is formed of densely wound coil wire which is locked in said recesses.
- 3. A push button switch assembly comprising:
- a pair of upper and lower contacts;
- a cylindrical slider body having an inner bottom surface, for pressing said contacts;
- a button having an inner bottom surface facing said inner bottom surface of said slider body, for pressing said slider body, said button having a guide means for guiding said slider body;
- planar projections provided, respectively, on said inner surface of said slider body and said inner surface of said button, and each projection being provided with recesses in its side surfaces, said inner bottom surface of said slider body being formed therein with access through-holes at positions below said recesses;
- a coil spring disposed between said inner bottom surface of said button and said inner surface of said slider body and having both end parts thereof fitted on said projections and locked in said recesses; and
- a casing holding said button so as to enable said button to move vertically, and housing at least said contacts therein.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 437,908, filed Nov. 13, 1989, abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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