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(11) EP 1 391 889 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
02.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/23

(43) Date of publication:
25.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/09

(21) Application number: 03255238.2

(22) Date of filing: 22.08.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G11B 19/00, G10H 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 23.08.2002 JP 2002243852

(71) Applicant: Pioneer Corporation
Tokyo 153-8654 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kataoka, Yoshinori, c/o Pioneer Corporation
    Tokorozawa-shi Saitama 359-8522 (JP)
  • Kaburagi, Keitaro, c/o Pioneer Corporation
    Tokorozawa-shi Saitama 359-8522 (JP)
  • Kikuchi, Tetsuya, c/o Pioneer Corporation
    Tokorozawa-shi Saitama 359-8522 (JP)
  • Kawami, Hiroshi, c/o Pioneer Corporation
    Tokorozawa-shi Saitama 359-8522 (JP)

(74) Representative: Haley, Stephen 
Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Switch device, data-processing apparatus and playback apparatus


(57) A tape-shaped switch (500) is provided on a base part (410). Coil springs (460) support a ring-shaped rotational drive section (450) on the position opposed to the switch (500), biasing the same away from the base part (410), so that that the rotational drive section (450) may move toward and from the base part (410). First buffers are provided in association with the switches (501) of the tape-shaped switch (500), respectively. A flange (313) extends outward from the disc-shaped table plate (311) of a jog table unit (310) and is mounted on the rotational drive section (450). When the user depresses the jog table unit (310), moving the same downward, at least one of the switches (501) is closed. The motion of the jot table unit (310) is reliably detected because it is detected at a position outside that part of the jog table unit (310), which is depressed so that good feeling of the operation can be obtained.