<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE ep-patent-document PUBLIC "-//EPO//EP PATENT DOCUMENT 1.4//EN" "ep-patent-document-v1-4.dtd"><!-- Disclaimer: This ST.36 XML data has been generated from A2/A1 XML data enriched with the publication date of the A3 document - March 2013 - EPO - Directorate Publication - kbaumeister@epo.org --><ep-patent-document id="EP87116320A3" file="EP87116320NWA3.xml" lang="en" doc-number="0267541" date-publ="19900321" kind="A3" country="EP" status="N" dtd-version="ep-patent-document-v1-4"><SDOBI lang="en"><B000><eptags><B001EP>......DE....FRGB..IT..............................</B001EP><B005EP>R</B005EP></eptags></B000><B100><B110>0267541</B110><B120><B121>EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION</B121></B120><B130>A3</B130><B140><date>19900321</date></B140><B190>EP</B190></B100><B200><B210>87116320.0</B210><B220><date>19871105</date></B220><B240 /><B250>en</B250><B251EP>en</B251EP><B260>en</B260></B200><B300><B310>173716/86</B310><B320><date>19861112</date></B320><B330><ctry>JP</ctry></B330></B300><B400><B405><date>19900321</date><bnum>199012</bnum></B405><B430><date>19880518</date><bnum>198820</bnum></B430></B400><B500><B510><B516>4</B516><B511> 4H 01H  13/70   A</B511><B512> 4H 01H   3/12   B</B512></B510><B540><B541>de</B541><B542>Tastatur</B542><B541>en</B541><B542>A keyboard</B542><B541>fr</B541><B542>Un clavier</B542></B540><B560 /></B500><B700><B710><B711><snm>SMK CO., LTD.</snm><iid>00917040</iid><irf>M/FUR-28-EP</irf><adr><str>No. 5-5, Togoshi 6-chome
Shinagawa-ku</str><city>Tokyo 142</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B711></B710><B720><B721><snm>Yoshida, Haruo</snm><adr><str>c/o S M K Co., Ltd.
5-5 Togoshi 6-chome</str><city>Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 142</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721></B720><B740><B741><snm>Popp, Eugen, Dr.</snm><sfx>et al</sfx><iid>00038661</iid><adr><str>MEISSNER, BOLTE &amp; PARTNER
Widenmayerstrasse 48</str><city>80538 München</city><ctry>DE</ctry></adr></B741></B740></B700><B800><B840><ctry>DE</ctry><ctry>FR</ctry><ctry>GB</ctry><ctry>IT</ctry></B840><B880><date>19900321</date><bnum>199012</bnum></B880></B800></SDOBI><abstract id="abst" lang="en"><p id="pa01" num="0001">The present invention relates to a keyboard designed so that the depression of any key top (3) causes a correspon­ding switch (2) to be opened or closed through a keay stem (10). An upper board (5) of the keyboard is provided with a plural number of key stem guide holes (8) equally distanced in both the directions of X axis and Y axis. In said upper board (5), four slip stopper guide holes (9) are provided symmetrically with respect to each key stem guide hole (8) at a right angle to each other. Further­more, slip stoppers (13) are provided extending from the bottom of said key top (3), symmetrically with respect to the key stem (10) at 180° to each other. Said key top (3) is available in plural number of sizes, that is, in sizes with the depth of width which is integral-number times the unit size. The key top (3) of the unit size is provided with one key stem (10), whereas the key top of n-times the unit size is provided with n pieces of key stems (10). The keys (1) arranged in the manner described above are designed so that their respective directions can be altered by 90°.  <img id="iaf01" file="imgaf001.tif" wi="84" he="91" img-content="drawing" img-format="tif" /></p></abstract><search-report-data id="srep" srep-office="EP" date-produced="" lang=""><doc-page id="srep0001" file="srep0001.tif" type="tif" orientation="portrait" he="297" wi="210" /></search-report-data></ep-patent-document>