(19)
(11) EP 0 858 087 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

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

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.08.1998 Bulletin 1998/33

(21) Application number: 98100573.9

(22) Date of filing: 15.01.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: H01H 13/02
(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: 06.02.1997 DE 19704419

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Becker, Ronald
    21025 Comerio (IT)
  • Heil, Michael
    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 with a push-button cover which is adjustable in a switch strip to a limited extent, and which actuates a push-button switch arranged on a board by means of a ram, and which, after it has been released, returns into its initial position by means of spring power. The outlay for the construction of the push-button arrangement is reduced in that the fibre-optic light guide, which is under initial tension and goes out on springs, is supported on the push-button cover and the push-button switch, and in that an LED is integrated into the push-button switch.






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