(19)
(11) EP 0 856 861 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.08.1998 Bulletin 1998/32

(21) Application number: 98100432.8

(22) Date of filing: 13.01.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: H01H 3/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 30.01.1997 DE 19703394

(71) Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Becker, Ronald
    V.le G. Borghi 27, 21025 Comerio (IT)
  • Gollnick, Roman
    V.le G. Borghi 27, 21025 Comerio (IT)

(74) Representative: Guerci, Alessandro 
Whirlpool Europe S.r.l. Patent Department Viale G. Borghi 27
21025 Comerio (VA)
21025 Comerio (VA) (IT)

   


(54) Push-button arrangement


(57) The invention relates to a push-button arrangement having a push-button switch (11) which is arranged on a printed board (10) and which may be actuated by means of a ram (20) of a ram cap (21), the ram cap (21) being held by means of catch springs (22) in a ram holder (12), on which a pression spring (30) which is pushed on to the ram is supported, which spring (30) holds the ram cap (21) in an initial rest position, and the ram cap (21) projecting into an opening of a switch strip (14). The switch strip (14) with the actuating elements can be configured independently from the remaining structure of the push-buttons in that a push-button cover (25) is placed on to the ram cap (21) which is led and held in the correspondingly enlarged opening of the switch strip (14) so as to be adjustable, the switch strip (14) having a guide bush (15) directed towards the ram holder (12) and the push-button cover (25) lying in the initial rest position with a bearing web (27) against the guide bush (15) of the switch strip (14), and enclosing the guide bush (15) with a guide web (28).






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