CN101266853A - Slide operation apparatus - Google Patents

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CN101266853A
CN101266853A CNA2008100835640A CN200810083564A CN101266853A CN 101266853 A CN101266853 A CN 101266853A CN A2008100835640 A CNA2008100835640 A CN A2008100835640A CN 200810083564 A CN200810083564 A CN 200810083564A CN 101266853 A CN101266853 A CN 101266853A
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The invention provides a slide operation apparatus capable of preventing a movable unit from being unintentionally moved in a box body, while being easy to assemble and simple in construction. The movable unit includes a gondola to which an operating element is fixed. The gondola is adapted to be movable relative to upper and lower guide bars. A sliding contact assembly includes a plate spring to which an insulation sheet is assembled. The sliding contact assembly in a curved state is mounted to a fixture portion of the operating element by having pawls of the plate spring engaged with notches formed in the fixture portion. During the entire movement process of the movable unit, the curved convex portion of the sliding contact assembly is in sliding contact with the lower guide bar.

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Gliding operation device
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of gliding operation device, this device has casing, be provided with the mobile unit that moves when the operating parts of this device is operated or handles in this casing, this gliding operation device is used for setting volume or other parameter in the system of gliding operation device is installed.
Background technology
Routinely, the gliding operation device known a kind of volume controller on being installed in frequency mixer or other system.This gliding operation device generally includes casing, is provided with the mobile unit that is used to move in this casing.This mobile unit for example can move by the operating parts that the hand-held also manual operation of user is fixed to mobile unit.The shift position of the detection mobile units such as frequency mixer of gliding operation device is installed, and based on the set positions volume that is detected or other parameter.
Usually, mobile unit be suitable for by round bar or other move guiding piece guiding and in casing along the vertically moving of casing, described round bar or other move that guiding piece is arranged in this casing and along vertical setting of this casing.
Also known a kind of gliding operation device, it can regulate the resistance to sliding (TOHKEMY 2002-8907 communique) between mobile unit and the mobile guiding piece in the moving process of mobile unit.This gliding operation device side of comprising shape U-shaped (squared U-shaped) spring, this spring are arranged to utilize the chucking power of suitably being regulated by screw and this mobile guiding piece of clamping can be regulated resistance to sliding (force of sliding friction) thus.
Yet as mentioned above, disclosed gliding operation device need be provided for producing the U-shaped spring and the screw of friction in TOHKEMY 2002-8907 communique, causes the complex structure of friction-generating mechanism thus, and this can have problems.Another problem is: owing to must being mounted to clamping, the U-shaped spring moves guiding piece, and necessary attachment screw, thereby be not easy to assemble frictional force generation mechanism.
In recent years, known gliding operation device does not comprise brush type checkout gear, but comprises that magnetic detection device or other are used for the non-contact detection device of the position probing of mobile unit (TOHKEMY 2006-49302 communique).Such gliding operation device can not utilize the resistance to sliding between mobile unit and the position probing brush to keep this mobile unit.Thus, this mobile unit freely moves, so this mobile unit may not inadvertently be moved, and for example drops from its initial position with respect to this Unit Installation angle according to this mobile unit.In order to eliminate this situation, above-mentioned frictional force generation mechanism or other mechanism must additionally be installed as in the moving process of this mobile unit and apply suitable resistance to sliding to this mobile unit.
The mobile unit of disclosed this gliding operation device comprises position transducer in TOHKEMY 2006-49302 communique, and this transducer is suitable for exporting the signal of the position of representing this mobile unit.The guide through hole of the housing of the flexible flat cable that is used for transmitting detection signal by being formed at this device extends to the outside of this device from this mobile unit.Such gliding operation device comprises ground wire, and high pressure is by this ground wire discharge, and if any, this high pressure is by being supplied by the operating parts of the user of static electrification operation.
Recently, frequency mixer or other signal processing system that a plurality of gliding operation devices are installed need have " contact induction function ", are which gliding operation device is operated so that frequency mixer or other system can identify current.Utilize this contact induction function, for example, in the frequency mixer, be activated by a corresponding channel of gliding operation device of current operation of user or manipulation, perhaps can overwriting data when device moves.In order to realize the contact induction function, rear portion noise (ham noise) detection line for example is set in each gliding operation device.This rear portion noise measuring line is in identical electromotive force with the operating parts of gliding operation device, and does not have ground connection.When the user touches the operating parts of arbitrary gliding operation device,, then can detect and the contacting of current operated operating parts in case detect the rear portion noise that produces in the rear portion noise measuring line.
But on the other hand, in order to realize the contact induction function, operating parts can not electrical grounding.In this case, when the user who has high-pressure electrostatic contacts arbitrary operating parts, operation of gliding operation device possible errors ground or generation fault, this will have problems.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of gliding operation device, this device can prevent that mobile unit from not inadvertently being moved in casing, is easy to assembling and simple in structure simultaneously.
The invention provides a kind of gliding operation device, this device can be realized the contact induction function, to discern current operated operating parts, guarantees to provide discharge path simultaneously, and the static that wherein is applied to operating parts can discharge by this discharge path.
According to first scheme of the present invention, a kind of gliding operation device is provided, comprising: casing, it has sliding part; Mobile unit, it has a plurality of junction surfaces and remains in the described casing, with can vertically moving along described casing; Operating parts, it is mounted to described mobile unit regularly and is suitable for being operated; And leaf spring, it has relative end, and described relative end is formed with and corresponding junction surface, the junction surface of described mobile unit; Wherein, described leaf spring is suitable for remaining on case of bending by having the junction surface that engages with the junction surface of described mobile unit, described leaf spring has curved protrusion, and this protuberance is suitable in the moving process of described mobile unit and the basic sliding contact of the sliding part of described casing.
Gliding operation device according to first scheme of the present invention can prevent that mobile unit from not inadvertently being moved in casing, be easy to assembling and simple in structure simultaneously.
In the present invention, gliding operation device can comprise: elongated mobile guiding piece, and it is as this sliding part vertically being arranged in the described casing along described casing; Described sliding unit can be supported sliding by described mobile guiding piece, and the curved protrusion of described leaf spring can be suitable in the moving process of described mobile unit and the basic sliding contact of described mobile guiding piece.
In this case, mobile guiding piece has guiding function and sliding contact function, thereby can be so that gliding operation device has simple more and compact structure.
On the described leaf spring insulating component can be installed.
The curved protrusion of described leaf spring can be suitable for the sliding part sliding contact by this insulating component and described casing.
This gliding operation device can comprise: elongated mobile guiding piece, and it is as this sliding part vertically being arranged in the described casing along described casing; Wherein, described insulating component can have longitudinal center portion, described central part be formed with through hole and be arranged on described leaf spring, with the contacted curved protrusion of described mobile guiding piece, and contacting between longitudinal center portion that can be by described insulating component and the described mobile guiding piece produces friction, can prevent that thus described mobile unit from not inadvertently being moved.
According to alternative plan of the present invention, a kind of gliding operation device is provided, comprising: casing, it is made by electric conducting material and is suitable for ground connection; Mobile unit, it remains in the described casing, with can vertically moving along described casing; Operating parts, it comprises the conduction knob and is mounted to described mobile unit regularly that described operating parts is suitable for moving described mobile unit when being operated; Casing side conductive part, its with respect to described casing be fix and conduct with described casing; Mobile unit side conductive part, it is arranged in the described mobile unit, described mobile unit side conductive part right and wrong ground connection and conduct with the conduction knob of described operating parts; And insulating component, it is arranged in described casing side conductive part and the mobile unit side conductive part one, and with described casing side conductive part and mobile unit side conductive part in another basic sliding contact, in the moving process of described mobile unit, to keep the constant adjacency between described casing side conductive part and the described mobile unit side conductive part.
Utilization can realize that according to the gliding operation device of alternative plan of the present invention the contact induction function is operated to discern current which operating parts, guarantees to provide discharge path simultaneously, and the static that wherein is applied to operating parts can be by this discharge path discharge.
Mobile unit side conductive part can be made of leaf spring, and described casing side conductive part comprises elongated mobile guiding piece, and described mobile guiding piece is suitable for keeping moving of described mobile unit.
Described insulating component can be formed with through hole, and described mobile unit side conductive part is mounted to described through hole.
By the explanation of reference accompanying drawing to illustrative examples, it is clear that further feature of the present invention will become.
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Fig. 1 is the stereogram of gliding operation device according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates gliding operation device to be in stereogram with time housing phase-separated state;
Fig. 3 is the plane graph of gliding operation device;
Fig. 4 A is the schematic diagram of the mobile unit of gliding operation device during from top view;
Fig. 4 B is the cutaway view of the line A-A in Fig. 4 A;
Fig. 5 A is the front view of leaf spring, and this leaf spring is the part of the sliding contact assembly of gliding operation device;
Fig. 5 B is the front view of insulating trip, and this insulating trip is the other parts of this assembly;
Fig. 5 C and Fig. 5 D illustrate how the sliding contact assembly assembles and how assembly is installed to the schematic diagram of fixed part of the operating parts of gliding operation device;
Fig. 5 E is the enlarged drawing of the part A shown in Fig. 5 D;
Fig. 5 F is the enlarged drawing of the part B shown in Fig. 5 D;
Fig. 6 A illustrates the operating parts of this gliding operation device and the schematic diagram of the wiring around the circuit board;
Fig. 6 B illustrates calcspar in the circuit board, that realize the contact detection circuit of contact induction function;
Fig. 7 A is the part front view that illustrates according to the fixed part of the operating parts of first modification of present embodiment;
Fig. 7 B is the front view of leaf spring of the sliding contact assembly of this first modification;
Fig. 7 C is the front view that a leaf spring is shown, and the length of this leaf spring is different from the length of the leaf spring shown in Fig. 7 B;
Fig. 7 D is the front view that a leaf spring is shown, and the length of this leaf spring is different from the length of the leaf spring shown in Fig. 7 B and Fig. 7 C;
Fig. 7 E is the part amplification sectional view according to the sliding contact assembly of second modification;
Fig. 7 F is the front view according to the sliding contact assembly of the 3rd modification;
Fig. 8 A is the end view of the modification of schematically illustrated this sliding contact assembly;
Fig. 8 B is the plane graph of the sliding contact assembly shown in Fig. 8 A;
Fig. 8 C is the end view of another modification of schematically illustrated sliding contact assembly;
Fig. 8 D is the plane graph of the sliding contact assembly shown in Fig. 8 C;
Fig. 9 A is the stereogram of the modification of schematically illustrated a plurality of insulation divisions;
Fig. 9 B is one a plane graph in a plurality of insulation divisions shown in Fig. 9 A;
Fig. 9 C is the front view of the insulation division shown in Fig. 9 A;
Fig. 9 D is the plane graph of another modification of schematically illustrated insulation division.
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The present invention is described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing that preferred embodiment is shown.
Fig. 1 shows the stereogram of gliding operation device according to an embodiment of the invention.This gliding operation device comprises casing, and this casing constitutes for the shell of this device and by main casing 10 that is suitable for being assembled together and time housing 40.Fig. 2 shows the stereogram of gliding operation device, and wherein time housing separates with this gliding operation device.Fig. 3 shows the plane graph of this gliding operation device.
As shown in Figure 2, mobile unit 70 and last guide rod 78, following guide rod 79 are set in the main casing 10 of gliding operation device, wherein said upward guide rod 78, following guide rod 79 are round bar.The slender member 50 of the side of forming, cross section shape U-shaped is set in the top of main casing 10, and at a vertical distolateral motor 59 that is provided with of slender member 50.
Usually, a plurality of gliding operation devices are mounted to frequency mixer or other system with as sound volume control device along desired orientation.For convenience of description, with see from inferior housing 40 in the past direction determine hereinafter described vertically and horizontal direction, and at the knob 81 of the upside setting operation spare 80 of this gliding operation device.Especially, be called as " top ", be called as " left " towards the direction (referring to Fig. 2) of motor 59, and look, be called " the place ahead " towards reader's direction from Fig. 2 towards the direction of knob 81.
As shown in Figure 2, main casing 10 is made of base plate 11, the mainboard 12, left plate 13, right plate 14 and the top board 15 that are arranged on the rear side of this device.This top board 15 has right part and left part, and described right part and left part are extended a plurality of installation sheets 16 that are suitable for being equipped with slender member 50 with formation forward.Main casing 10 is integrally formed by the conductive metal sheet such as steel plate.
Be formed for keeping the supported hole 20,21 of guide rod 78 at the upside of the left plate 13 of main casing 10 and right plate 14, and under the downside of the left plate 13 of main casing 10 and right plate 14 is formed for keeping the supported hole 22,23 of guide rod 79.As shown in Figure 1, in the longitudinal center portion of the mainboard 12 of main casing 10, form cable jack 24.
As shown in Figure 2, slender member 50 utilizes screw 25,26 to be fixed to main casing 10 by installation sheet 16.As shown in Figures 2 and 3, longitudinally form seam 55 in the bottom of slender member 50, operating parts 80 moves along this seam 55.Upper left end and upper right side portion at slender member 50 are provided with installation sheet 51,52 respectively.The gliding operation device that assembles is mounted to frequency mixer etc. by having the installation sheet 51,52 that is fixed on the panel of frequency mixer etc. via screw 53,54.
As shown in Figure 3, a pulley 56 is connected to the output shaft (not shown) of motor 59, stretching out from the left part of slender member 50, and in the right part of slender member 50 banded fulcrum post (belt restpin) 58 is set, and stretches out with the right part from this slender member.Between pulley 56 and banded fulcrum post 58, be extended with rubber strip 57.Operating parts 80 is fixed with band stabilizer (belt fixture) 85, and the pars intermedia of rubber strip 57 is fixed to band stabilizer 85.When rubber strip 57 by the front and back rotation of motor 59 during reciprocating motion, the knob 81 of operating parts 80 and the mobile unit 70 that forms as one with operating parts 80 are along vertical reciprocating motion of slender member 50.For example, when carrying out scene recovery operation (scene recalloperation), drive current is supplied to motor 59, and mobile unit 70 is urged to the position of expectation automatically by motor 59 thus.Perhaps, the user can move to mobile unit 70 position of expectation by the knob 81 of manual operation or manipulation operations part 80.As described below, knob 81 can be made by electric conducting material, and the Handheld Division 34 of being made by rubber etc. covers (referring to Fig. 2).When manual operation, the user can catch the Handheld Division 34 of knob 81.
When observing in plane graph, inferior housing 40 (referring to Fig. 1) is by the resin side of being integrally formed as shape U-shaped.The junction surface (not shown) that this time housing 40 passes through to be had is assembled to main casing 10, and the junction surface of these housings is installed by buckle and is bonded with each other.As shown in Figure 1, the left plate 41 of inferior housing 40 is formed with recess 42,43, to correspond respectively to guide rod 78 and following guide rod 79.Although and not shown, inferior housing 40 also has right panel, this right panel is configured to similar and symmetrical to left plate 41.
As shown in Figure 2, mobile unit 70 is equipped with circuit board 72.For example, circuit board 72 is connected to the front surface of rear portion 71a (referring to Fig. 4 B) of the suspension bracket (gondola) 71 of mobile unit 70 by screw etc.Magnetic sensor 73 is set on the front surface of circuit board 72, and this magnetic sensor 73 for example is made of the IC of Hall element.
And circuit board 72 is connected with flat cable 30.This flat cable 30 that is arranged in the main casing 10 comprises: cable close end 31, and it is fixed to circuit board 72; And extension 32, it extends from this cable close end 31.This extension 32 extends to the right from this cable close end by cable penetration (run-off) 96a of portion of the right wall 96 of this suspension bracket 71, turns back left to extend to outside (referring to Fig. 1) by cable jack 24 then.The folded back position of this extension 32 changes according to the shift position of mobile unit 70 along left and right directions, to follow moving of mobile unit 70.
Mobile unit 70 when Fig. 4 A schematically shows from forward observation.Fig. 4 B is the cutaway view along the line A-A of Fig. 4 A.In Fig. 4 A, omitted signal to circuit board 72 and transducer 73.
Shown in Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B, mobile unit 70 comprises suspension bracket 71, and this suspension bracket 71 is formed from a resin and forms the rectangular box shape with unlimited front side, and this operating parts 80 is fixed to this suspension bracket 71.Operating parts 80 forms the knob 81 of T shape when comprising from forward observation, and also comprises fixed part 82, and this fixed part 82 is arranged on the below of knob 81 and rectangular external shape during from forward observation.Operation keys 80 is integrally formed by electric conducting material.Fixed part 82 is for example by metal insert injection moulding (outsert-molded) or be connected to suspension bracket 71 and be fixed to suspension bracket 71.
Suspension bracket 71 has left wall 95 and right wall 96, and this left side wall 95 and right wall 96 are formed with a last through hole and lower through-hole that runs through along left and right directions respectively.Last guide rod 78 extends through through hole, and guide rod 79 extends through lower through-hole down, and suspension bracket 71 can move slidably with respect to last guide rod 78 and following guide rod 79 thus.Thereby, by moving of guide rod 78 and guide rod 79 guiding suspension brackets 71.
Be provided for detecting the mechanism of the position of mobile unit 70, this mechanism is similar to disclosed well known organization in the TOHKEMY 2006-49302 communique.Particularly, as shown in Figure 2, last guide rod 78 roughly is formed with pole surface 88 along the lower surface of its entire longitudinal length.This pole surface 88 alternately is magnetized to N magnetic pole and S magnetic pole.The cross section of last guide rod 78 forms circle, and has smooth lower surface.Therefore, the lower surface with the corresponding pole surface 88 of the lower surface of last guide rod 78 forms flat surfaces.Suspension bracket 71 is subjected to the restriction of guide rod 78 along the vertical direction with the position of fore-and-aft direction.Therefore, the motion track of suspension bracket 71 is subjected to the restriction of guide rod 78, has guaranteed that thus the stable of mobile unit 70 moves, and has improved the accuracy of the position probing of mobile unit 70.
Although not shown, be provided for rotation stop (whirl-stop) mechanism of guide rod 78 at the correct position of casing, this casing is the shell of gliding operation device, always the pole surface 88 that goes up guide rod 78 thus is towards the below.For example, by the above-mentioned through hole (not shown) of formation suspension bracket 71 or the supported hole of main casing 10, it is had and the similar cross sectional shape of the cross sectional shape of last guide rod 78, can realize rotating stop mechanism, wherein go up guide rod 78 and extend, and upward the cross sectional shape of guide rod 78 is circular and has smooth lower surface by described through hole.Transducer 73 (referring to Fig. 2) is arranged on the below of guide rod 78 with the pole surface 88 towards last guide rod 78, and has little gap (space) between transducer 73 and the pole surface 88.
By moving of mobile unit 70, transducer 73 moves with respect to the pole surface 88 of last guide rod 78, and whenever transducer 73 passes the N utmost point of pole surface 88 and the border between the S utmost point, transducer 73 output pulse signals.According to the quantity of pulse signal, can detect the amount of movement of mobile unit 70.The magnetic pole that is formed on the pole surface 88 for example is arranged to two row.Be arranged at magnetic pole in the delegation wherein with respect to being arranged at magnetic pole on another row, and two row pulse signals of phase shift are from transducer 73 outputs along vertical phase shift pi/2 of last guide rod 78.Therefore, can detect the moving direction (a right or left side) of mobile unit 70 according to the shift direction of pulse signal.The current location of mobile unit 70 can be detected according to the positional information of detected amount and moving direction and the mobile position before of expression, and is stored in the control circuit of unshowned frequency mixer.Need not speak more, though at mobile unit by manual when mobile, moving of mobile unit 70 also can be detected by transducer 73.
As shown in Figure 2, the last guide rod 78 and the following guide rod 79 that engage with suspension bracket 71 are supported by the opposed end with the supported hole 20-23 that inserts main casing 10.Last guide rod 78 is arranged to make pole surface 88 towards the below.
Shown in Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B, in the 71a of the rear portion of suspension bracket 71, form hole 71b, and in the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80, form and the corresponding hole 83 of hole 71b.Form left and right a pair of recess 83a (junction surface) in the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80, the vertical position place of guide rod 79 is connected with hole 83 described recess 83a being provided with down.Form among the rear portion 71a of suspension bracket 71 and the corresponding 71ba of portion (junction surface) that runs through of recess 83a, and this runs through the 71ba of portion and is connected with hole 71b.Between the fixed part 82 of following guide rod 79 and operating parts 80, accompany sliding contact assembly 60.This sliding contact assembly 60 joins to merging with fixed part 82 and is mounted to fixed part 82.
Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B show the leaf spring 61 of sliding contact assembly 60 and the front view of insulating trip 64 respectively.Fig. 5 C and Fig. 5 D schematically show the fixed part 82 how sliding contact assembly 60 assembled and how to engage and be installed to operating parts 80.
Sliding contact assembly 60 is made of leaf spring 61 that is assembled together and insulating trip 64.Leaf spring 61 is made by conducting metal, and comprises bar shaped portion (barrel portion) 62, and the longitudinal relative end of this bar shaped portion 62 is formed with pawl 63.The given shape that leaf spring 61 itself has crooked under free state (being to raise up in the example shown in Fig. 5 C), and have such characteristic: the back-flexing state can be realized by pushing its convex surface, and after this this state can be stably kept.Should be noted in the discussion above that leaf spring 61 also can be smooth under free state.
Insulating trip 64 is integrally formed by the insulating material such as resin.Shown in Fig. 5 B, the longitudinal relative end portion of insulating trip 64 is formed with the pawl 63 corresponding pair of engaging holes 66 with leaf spring 61, and the longitudinal center portion of insulating trip 64 is formed with the through hole 65 that is used to discharge.In order to assemble sliding contact assembly 60, shown in Fig. 5 C and Fig. 5 D, the concave surface that makes leaf spring 61 is towards insulating trip 64, and in this state, and the pawl 63 of leaf spring 61 is inserted in the conjugate foramen 66 of insulating trip 64.So the concave surface of leaf spring 61 is extruded the bending direction with counter-rotating leaf spring 61, the new concave surface of leaf spring 61 becomes tight contact insulating trip 64 thus.Thereby insulating trip 64 and leaf spring 61 are made for one.
Fig. 5 E and Fig. 5 F show the A portion among Fig. 5 D and the larger scale map of B portion respectively.The sliding contact assembly 60 that assembles was installed to suspension bracket 71 before last guide rod 78 is inserted in the suspension bracket 71 with following guide rod 79.Particularly, shown in Fig. 4 B and Fig. 5 E, pawl 63 leaf spring 61, that stretch out from the conjugate foramen 66 of insulating trip 64 inserts to engage with recess 83a, thus, the sliding contact assembly 60 that is in case of bending is mounted to fixed part 82, and wherein this recess 83a is connected with the hole 83 of the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80.Subsequently, last guide rod 78 and following guide rod 79 insert suspension bracket 71.
The sliding contact assembly 60 that is mounted to fixed part 82 bends to and following guide rod 79 contacted degree.Particularly, the longitudinal center portion of insulating trip 64 (forming through hole 65 places) contacts for the recess of sliding contact assembly 60 and with following guide rod 79 (referring to Fig. 5 F).Even in the moving process of mobile unit 70, still keep in touch between insulating trip 64 and the following guide rod 79.Thus, in the whole moving process of mobile unit 70, sliding contact assembly 60 and following guide rod 79 sliding contacts.As a result, produce the friction of expectation, prevent that thus mobile unit 70 from not inadvertently being moved.Owing between leaf spring 61 and following guide rod 79, insert insulating trip 64, thereby in the whole moving process of mobile unit 70, leaf spring 61 does not contact with following guide rod 79 self.Yet leaf spring 61 is arranged to guide rod 79 under close corresponding to the constant distance (being equal to or less than about 100 μ m) of insulating trip 64 thickness.Leaf spring 61 and following guide rod 79 are arranged to close mutually at through hole 65 places especially, and do not insert any element between them.
The frictional force that produces between sliding contact assembly 60 and the following guide rod 79 is determined according to the spring constant of the flexibility of sliding contact assembly 60 and length, leaf spring 61 etc.For example, frictional force is set as has such value:, allow mobile unit to remain on initial position and can not drop from this position even when gliding operation device is mounted to frequency mixer and guide rod 79 is provided with vertically down.
Fig. 6 A schematically shows the wiring around operating parts 80 and the circuit board 72.In Fig. 6 A, show the cross section of the Handheld Division 34 of operating parts 80.As mentioned above, knob 81 is covered (referring to Fig. 2) by the Handheld Division 34 of being made by rubber etc.As shown in Figure 6A, knob 81 is assembled and be fixed in Handheld Division 34.Handheld Division 34, by the outer surface of the direct hand-held of user on and Handheld Division 34, with knob 81 contacted inner surfaces on all form conductive coating 28 continuously.Thus, the surface of Handheld Division 34 conducts by the fixed part 82 of knob 81 with operating parts 80.
In gliding operation device, be provided with: power line 92; Three signal line 93 (93-1 to 93-3) are used to transmit the signal from transducer 73 outputs; And rear portion noise measuring line 94.These lines 92-94 is contained in the flat cable shown in Figure 2 30, and be arranged to be parallel to cable 30 extension 32 vertically.
In circuit board 72, power line 92 and three signal line 93 are connected to transducer 73.When using gliding operation device ,+5V voltage is fed to power line 92.Obtain by holding wire 93 from the pulse signal of transducer 73 outputs, detect the current location of mobile unit 70 thus.Rear portion noise measuring line 94 is electrically connected to fixed part 82 by unshowned connecting line, and line 94 always is in identical electromotive force with fixed part 82 thus.
In the circuit (electrical path) that forms by conductive coating 28, knob 81, fixed part 82, sliding contact assembly 60, following guide rod 79 and main casing 10, only between the leaf spring 61 of sliding contact assembly 60 and following guide rod 79, have electric insulation part, as mentioned above, this electric insulation part is extended on the distance corresponding to the thickness of insulating trip 64.Part circuit, that extend to leaf spring 61 from the conductive coating 28 of operating parts 80 is in conduction state and does not have ground connection.On the other hand, main casing 10 is by frequency mixer ground connection, and gliding operation device is installed on this frequency mixer.Because guide rod 79 always contacts main casing 10 down, a following guide rod 79 is ground connection also.
Fig. 6 B shows the calcspar of realizing the contact detection circuit of contact induction function in the circuit board 72.The similar gliding operation device of a plurality of structures can be mounted to the frequency mixer (not shown).The contact induction function is the operated function of which gliding operation device for making frequency mixer identify current.Based on the contact induction function, when the Handheld Division 34 of the operating parts 80 of arbitrary gliding operation device during by user's hand-held, channel corresponding to current operated device in the frequency mixer is activated, and perhaps for example when device is operated, carries out the data rewrite operation in frequency mixer.In frequency mixer, what determine is, is contact condition when the user contacts the Handheld Division 34 of operating parts 80 of arbitrary device, and is contactless state when the user makes its finger leave Handheld Division 34.
Contact detection circuit 37 is set in each gliding operation device, and CPU99 is set in frequency mixer.The various circuit 39 that contact detection circuit 37 comprises the OSC (oscillator) 38 that produces sine wave signal and comprises the full-wave rectifier that do not illustrate separately, differential amplifier, A/D converter etc.
As shown in Figure 6A, the operating parts 80 of each gliding operation device (more specifically, its Handheld Division 34) is connected to down guide rod 79 with high impedance.Thus, be easy to pick up the rear portion noise that when the user contacts the Handheld Division 34 of operating parts 80 of gliding operation device, is produced with rear portion noise measuring line 94 that the conductive coating 28 of Handheld Division 34 has a same potential.By detecting the rear portion noise, can detect and the contacting of the operating parts 80 of gliding operation device.
Particularly, when user's operating of contacts spare 80 (more specifically, its Handheld Division 34) time, because user's health has resistance and electric capacity, thereby the static capacity of system's (comprising from user's health to rear portion noise measuring line 94) changes, and changed the amplitude size of the output of unshowned LPF (low pass filter) among the OSC 38 (referring to Fig. 6 B) thus.Amplitude variations is detected by various circuit 39, and variable signal outputs to the CPU 99 of frequency mixer from described various circuit 39.Based on variable signal, CPU 99 can identify the contact/contactless state of each gliding operation device that is installed on the frequency mixer.
Utilize above-mentioned setting, when user's operation that has static or manipulation operations part 80, high pressure is by the fixed part 82 instantaneous leaf springs 61 that are applied to of conductive coating 28, knob 81 and the operating parts 80 of Handheld Division 34.If too high voltage (for example, more than or equal to 5kV) is applied to leaf spring 61, then can produce electric spark in the through hole 65 between leaf spring 61 and following guide rod 79, this electric spark is by guide rod 79 and main casing 10 discharges down.
According to present embodiment, in the whole moving process of mobile unit 70, the curved protrusion of the leaf spring 61 of sliding contact assembly 60 and following guide rod 79 sliding contacts.Because the protuberance of leaf spring 61 and the friction between the following guide rod 79, no matter gliding operation device is any state, has prevented that all mobile unit 70 from not inadvertently being moved in the casing of this device.And the pawl by leaf spring 61 engages with recess 83a in being formed at fixed part 82, and the sliding contact assembly 60 (referring to Fig. 5 D) that is made of leaf spring 61 and insulating trip 64 is mounted to the fixed part 82 (referring to Fig. 4 B and Fig. 5 E) of operating parts 80.Therefore, need not assembly 60 to be fixed to operating parts 80 by screw etc., thus can simplified structure, reduce cost and be easy to assembling.
Especially, non-contact sensor 73 to the mobile generation physical resistance of mobile unit 70, therefore is not suitable for using with the friction-generating mechanism that is made of sliding contact assembly 60.Should be noted in the discussion above that transducer 73 except can also being other type for the non-contact sensor that comprises magnetic sensor or optical pickocff.
The combination of sliding contact assembly 60 and following guide rod 79 has realized being used for the mobile guiding function and the braking function of mobile unit 70 based on sliding contact, prevents complex structure thus, and is easy to make this device compactness that becomes.
Yet according to present embodiment, the leaf spring 61 of sliding contact assembly 60 does not always contact with following guide rod 79 in the whole moving process of mobile unit 70, thereby can realize the contact induction function.In addition, in the whole moving process of mobile unit 70, insulating trip of sliding contact assembly 60 64 and following guide rod 79 sliding contacts, thus leaf spring 61 always be arranged to corresponding to the constant distance of the thickness of insulating trip 64 near time guide rod 79.Thus, all the time guarantee discharge path by the through hole 65 that is formed in the insulating trip 64, the static that is applied to operating parts 80 can be by this discharge path discharge, thereby not only realized the contact induction function, and reduced when the user who has high-pressure electrostatic contacts the operating parts 80 of this device misoperation and plant failure that the high pressure that produces causes.
With reference to Fig. 7 A to Fig. 9 D each modification is described below.
Fig. 7 A to Fig. 7 D shows according to the operating parts 80 of first modification and slide assembly 60.Fig. 7 A shows the part front view of the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80, and Fig. 7 B to Fig. 7 D shows the front view of the mutually different leaf spring of length 61A to 61C respectively.Shown in Fig. 7 B to Fig. 7 D, prepared the leaf spring 61A to 61C of the mutually different polytype of length (for example three types).Shown in Fig. 7 A, the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80 is formed with two clamp unit 86A, 86B.One of expectation among the selection leaf spring 61A to 61C as the fixed part 82 of leaf spring 61 to be connected to operating parts 80, and the pawl 63 of selected leaf spring 61 engages with this clamp unit 86A or another clamp unit 86B, can regulate the degree of crook of leaf spring 61 thus, be the contact strength between assembly 60 and the following guide rod 79, thereby can regulate final frictional force.In this modification,, can carry out six stages and regulate by from three types leaf spring 61A to 61C, selecting leaf spring 61 and from two clamp unit 86A, 86B, selecting pair of engaging hole 86.The number of types of leaf spring and the logarithm of conjugate foramen are not to be defined in this.Leaf spring can be prepared, and conjugate foramen can be in the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80, formed more than two pairs more than three types.
In the above-described embodiments, the insulating trip 64 of sliding contact assembly 60 is used for keeping the constant adjacency between leaf spring 61 and the following guide rod 79.Yet, only from guaranteeing to provide the angle of discharge path, keep the conductive part of constant distances to be not limited to leaf spring 61 with following guide rod 79, but can be for being in identical electromotive force (referring to Fig. 6 A) with the conductive coating 28 of operating parts 80 and being arranged on arbitrary conductive part on the side of mobile unit 70.
Fig. 7 E shows the part amplification sectional view according to the sliding contact assembly of second modification.Shown in Fig. 7 E, the sliding contact assembly comprises crooked elastic insulated member 164, and this insulating component 164 is corresponding with the insulating trip 64 and the leaf spring 61 of the assembly 60 of the foregoing description.Insulating component 164 is arranged to contact with following guide rod 79, and forms porosely 165, and the conductive member 67 of sliding contact assembly is fixedly secured in the hole 165, and between the top of conductive member 67 67a and following guide rod 79 constant distance is set.Although not shown, the fixed part 82 of conductive member 67 by operating parts 80 has the electromotive force identical with conductive coating 28.Insulating component 164 can not have elasticity.Under the sort of situation, the sheet similar with insulating trip 64 can be used in combination with leaf spring.Leaf spring can not be used to constitute discharge path, but can be used for this sheet is remained on case of bending.
Still utilize setting according to second modification, form the discharge path that is applied to the high-pressure electrostatic on the operating parts 80 in the hole 165 in the insulating component 164 that is formed at the sliding contact assembly between the top 67a of conductive member 67 and the following guide rod 79, can realize guaranteeing to provide the effect of discharge path thus in a second embodiment, this effect is similar to the effect that realizes in the foregoing description.
In the above-described embodiments, sliding contact assembly 60 is made of insulating trip 64 that is assembled together and leaf spring 61, but this is not determinate.Fig. 7 F shows the front view of the 3rd modification of sliding contact assembly.In this sliding contact assembly 160, at surface-coated insulating coating 68 leaf spring 61, that face down guide rod 79 1 sides.This insulating coating 68 is formed with the no coating 68a of portion (referring to Fig. 5 B) corresponding to through hole 65, is used to guarantee to provide discharge path.
In the above-described embodiments, sliding contact assembly 60 is suitable for and following guide rod 79 sliding contacts.Yet, need not only have mobile guiding function but also have under the situation based on the braking function of sliding contact at mobile unit 70, as schematically illustrated among Fig. 8 A to Fig. 8 D, sliding contact assembly 60 can with any part sliding contact this device, that be provided with regularly and conduct with main casing 10 with respect to main casing 10.
Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B schematically show the end view and the plane graph of the modification of sliding contact assembly 60.Shown in Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B, sliding contact assembly 60 is mounted to the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80, and its crooked convex surface is towards the rear, promptly towards the mainboard 12 of main casing 10.In the whole moving process of mobile unit 70, the protuberance of sliding contact assembly 60 and mainboard 12 sliding contacts.
Fig. 8 C and Fig. 8 D schematically show the end view and the front view of another modification of sliding contact assembly 60.Shown in Fig. 8 C and Fig. 8 D, the bottom of the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80 has the extension 82a that extends forward.Sliding contact assembly 60 is mounted to the extension 82a of fixed part 82, and its crooked convex surface down, promptly towards the base plate 11 of main casing 10.In the whole moving process of mobile unit 70, the protuberance of sliding contact assembly 60 and base plate 11 sliding contacts.
In the above-described embodiments, realizing insulation function the circuit that extends to main casing 10 from operating parts 80, this insulating trip 64 is arranged on mobile unit 70 1 sides, promptly is arranged on the mobile side of this device insulating trip 64 as insulation division.Yet schematically illustrated as Fig. 9 A to Fig. 9 D, insulation division can be arranged on the Stationary side (for example main casing 10) of this device, or is arranged on moving and fixation side of this device.
Fig. 9 A to Fig. 9 C schematically shows stereogram, plane graph and the front view of the modification of insulation division.Shown in Fig. 9 A to Fig. 9 C, the insulation division 97 (97A and 97B) that extends along left and right directions is fixed on the front surface of mainboard 12 of main casing 10.Form seam 98 between insulation division 97A and 97B, this seam 98 provides the discharge path of similar through hole 65 (referring to Fig. 5 B).The thickness of each insulation division 97 is approximately equal to the thickness of insulating trip 64 (referring to Fig. 5 B).
The slip leaf spring 260 that is equal to the sliding contact assembly 60 of present embodiment only is made of leaf spring, and does not have the insulating trip that is assembled together with this leaf spring.This slip leaf spring 260 is installed to the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80, and its crooked convex surface is towards the rear, promptly towards the mainboard 12 of main casing 10.In the whole moving process of mobile unit 70, the protuberance of slip leaf spring 260 and insulation division 97A, 97B sliding contact, and maintain a certain distance with mainboard 12, this distance is corresponding to the thickness of insulation division 97.
Utilize above-mentioned setting, form the discharge path that is applied to the high-pressure electrostatic on the operating parts 80 by the seam between slip leaf spring 260 and the mainboard 12, can realize guaranteeing to provide the effect of discharge path thus, this effect is similar to the effect that the foregoing description is realized.
Insulation division can be arranged on the mobile side and the fixation side of this device, shown in Fig. 9 D, wherein shows another modification of insulation division.Particularly, on the fixation side of this device, insulation division 97A, 97B are arranged in the mainboard 12 of main casing 10, the situation shown in Fig. 9 A to Fig. 9 C.On the mobile side of this device, be provided with the sliding contact assembly 60 (referring to Fig. 5 C) that constitutes by leaf spring 61 and insulating trip 64.In this case, form discharge paths by seam between insulation division 97A, the 97B 98 and the through hole 65 that is formed in the insulating trip 64.In this case, preferably, should suitably set between mainboard 12 and the leaf spring 61 distance (equaling the gross thickness of insulation division 97 and insulating trip 64) so that gross thickness smaller or equal to about 100 μ m.
In the foregoing description and modification, pawl 63 is formed in the leaf spring 61, and recess 83a and conjugate foramen 86 be formed in the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80, makes sliding contact assembly 60,160 or 260 be installed to the fixed part 82 of operating parts 80 thus.Yet this is not determinate, as long as sliding contact assembly 60 grades can remain on case of bending.For example, groove be can form and recess 83a and conjugate foramen 86 waited to substitute.Leaf spring 61 can be formed with recess or conjugate foramen, and fixed part 82 can be formed with pawl.Two or more pawls or other junction surface can be arranged on each left side and right side of in leaf spring 61 and the fixed part 82 one, and the recess of respective amount or conjugate foramen or other junction surface can be formed in another of leaf spring 61 and fixed part 82.
Under the situation that need not the contact induction function, for example,, make operating parts 80 keep identical electromotive force, thereby the countermeasure of reply electrostatic noise can easily be provided with main casing 10 by insulating trip 64 is removed from sliding contact assembly 60.

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1. gliding operation device comprises:
Casing, it has sliding part;
Mobile unit, it has a plurality of junction surfaces and remains in the described casing, with can vertically moving along described casing;
Operating parts, it is mounted to described mobile unit regularly and is suitable for being operated; And
Leaf spring, it has relative end, and described relative end is formed with and corresponding junction surface, the junction surface of described mobile unit;
Wherein, described leaf spring is suitable for remaining on case of bending by having the junction surface that engages with the junction surface of described mobile unit, described leaf spring has curved protrusion, and this protuberance is suitable in the moving process of described mobile unit and the basic sliding contact of the sliding part of described casing.
2. gliding operation device according to claim 1 comprises:
Elongated mobile guiding piece, it is as this sliding part vertically being arranged in the described casing along described casing;
Wherein, described mobile unit is supported sliding by described mobile guiding piece, and the curved protrusion of described leaf spring is suitable in the moving process of described mobile unit and the basic sliding contact of described mobile guiding piece.
3. gliding operation device according to claim 1 wherein, is equipped with an insulating component on the described leaf spring.
4. gliding operation device according to claim 3, wherein, the curved protrusion of described leaf spring is suitable for the sliding part sliding contact by this insulating component and described casing.
5. gliding operation device according to claim 4 comprises:
Elongated mobile guiding piece, it is as this sliding part vertically being arranged in the described casing along described casing;
Wherein, described insulating component has longitudinal center portion, described central part be formed with through hole and be arranged on described leaf spring, with the contacted curved protrusion of described mobile guiding piece, and contacting between the longitudinal center portion by described insulating component and the described mobile guiding piece produces friction, prevents that thus described mobile unit from not inadvertently being moved.
6. gliding operation device comprises:
Casing, it is made by electric conducting material and is suitable for ground connection;
Mobile unit, it remains in the described casing, with can vertically moving along described casing;
Operating parts, it comprises the conduction knob and is mounted to described mobile unit regularly that described operating parts is suitable for moving described mobile unit when being operated;
Casing side conductive part, its with respect to described casing be fix and conduct with described casing;
Mobile unit side conductive part, it is arranged in the described mobile unit, described mobile unit side conductive part right and wrong ground connection and conduct with the conduction knob of described operating parts; And
Insulating component, it is arranged in described casing side conductive part and the mobile unit side conductive part one, and with described casing side conductive part and mobile unit side conductive part in another basic sliding contact, in the moving process of described mobile unit, to keep the constant adjacency between described casing side conductive part and the described mobile unit side conductive part.
7. gliding operation device according to claim 6, wherein, described mobile unit side conductive part is made of leaf spring, and
Described casing side conductive part comprises elongated mobile guiding piece, and described mobile guiding piece is suitable for keeping moving of described mobile unit.
8. gliding operation device according to claim 7, wherein, described insulating component is formed with through hole, and described mobile unit side conductive part is mounted to described through hole.
9. gliding operation device according to claim 6, wherein, described insulating component is formed with through hole, and described mobile unit side conductive part is mounted to described through hole.
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