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(11) | EP 1 223 593 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Switch device |
| (57) A detection switch structure permitting a reduction in height of a switch body without
sacrificing springing performance characteristics of a switching contact formed of
a clip-shaped plate spring and capable of stabilizing operation by causing a manipulating
lever and a movable contact consisting of a coil spring to turn around the same rotational
center is to be provided. This structure is provided with a housing having an accommodating
section; a common contact and a switching contact arranged along with each other on
an inner bottom face of the accommodating section ; a movable contact consisting of
a coil spring, having a first arm in contact with the common contact all the time
and a second arm capable of coming into and going out of contact with the switching
contact; a manipulating lever having an operating section and rotatably holding the
second arm of the movable contact; and a cover covering the top of the housing, wherein
the switching contact has a contact bent in a clip shape with which the second arm
is to be in sliding contact, this contact is formed in parallel to an inner bottom
face of the accommodating section, and the contact is provided with a guide, projecting
above the contact, for guiding the sliding contact of the second arm. |