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EP0080028B1
EP0080028B1 EP82107616A EP82107616A EP0080028B1 EP 0080028 B1 EP0080028 B1 EP 0080028B1 EP 82107616 A EP82107616 A EP 82107616A EP 82107616 A EP82107616 A EP 82107616A EP 0080028 B1 EP0080028 B1 EP 0080028B1
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    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
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  • the invention relates to a pressure switch with stationary switching contacts arranged in the housing bottom of the switch housing, an actuating piston provided with an external pushbutton and carrying the movable switching contacts, axially movably guided against a return spring in the switch housing, and a latching device which acts between the actuating piston and the switch housing and consists of a link guide and guide pin, which holds the actuating piston in a first switching position after a first actuation and releases it again in a subsequent actuation to return to the rest position.
  • the two first-mentioned publications relate to pressure switches with an eccentrically arranged latching device which easily jams.
  • the third-mentioned publication works with a slide guide arranged in the longitudinal plane of the switch, which, although essentially centering the actuating forces on the center of the switch, requires a pivoting lever as an additional transmission element, which also has to be moved out of the axial center of the switch.
  • the main disadvantage is that the locking device is exposed inside the switch housing, so that interference can also occur there when dirt enters the setting.
  • the switch designs according to GB-A-698 547 and FR-A-929 828 also make use of toothed circular ring surfaces and a rotatably mounted guide pin.
  • a disadvantage of these previously known arrangements is that the rotatable guide pin must also perform an axial movement in addition to its rotational movement during each switching operation. In this way, the risk of jamming is particularly great and faulty contact is more than likely, since the guide pin, which is movable in the axial and circumferential directions, itself forms a conductive bridge piece which has to bridge the fixed contacts arranged eccentrically to the switch axis.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an improved pressure switch of the type mentioned in the introduction, in which the actuating forces acting on the latching device act exactly axially and can be arranged completely encapsulated in the slotted guide and guide pin in a very compact design.
  • the actuating piston contains an inner cylindrical recess in which, with a small distance from one another, circular ring surfaces have radially directed teeth of different tooth heights, which together form a circumferential zigzag-shaped Form the slide guide, and that an engaging in the cylindrical recess, arranged centrally in the switch housing carries the diametrically extending, rotatably but axially non-displaceably mounted guide pin, the ends of which engage in the slide guide.
  • Embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.
  • the pressure switch shown in the drawings consists of a prismatic switch housing 1 of essentially rectangular cross section.
  • the switch housing 1 is closed at the bottom by a housing base 2, so that the entire housing is given a cup-shaped shape.
  • At two or four points of the housing resilient snap-in catches 3 are provided on the outside, which give the possibility of inserting the pressure switch into a corresponding dashboard wall without the need for any screw connections.
  • the knife-shaped connections 4 provided for a corresponding socket protrude from the housing base 2 of the switch housing. These connections 4 are formed in one piece with the fixed contacts 5 provided in the interior of the switch housing 1.
  • the (in the exemplary embodiment) eight contacts 5 are in the switch housing in groups of four on opposite housing walls.
  • the contacts 5 with the connections 4 are, as can be seen from a comparison of FIGS. 1 and 3, bent in the area of the housing base 2, thereby promoting their safe storage.
  • a wide one Ren hold get the contacts 5 by arranged on the housing base 2 upwardly projecting plastic parts which penetrate in the contacts 5 provided longitudinal slots 8 on the side facing the movable contacts.
  • These longitudinal slots 8 have a length that corresponds approximately to the switch stroke. Characterized in that the longitudinal slots 8 penetrating plastic mass is processed in the upper or in the lower area or not co-molded, it can be achieved that the movable contacts to be described below establish a conductive connection either when the pressure switch is pressed or not pressed.
  • a guide pin 7 for the socket On the underside of the housing base 2 there is a guide pin 7 for the socket and possibly also a recess. can be inserted into the switching elements, such as resistors and the like.
  • the inner cross section of the switch housing 1 is rectangular with rounded corners.
  • an actuating piston 9 is inserted into the switch housing 1, which is firmly connected to a rectangular tube 10 which carries a push button 12 at the outer end.
  • a snap-in connection 11 between the rectangular tube 10 and the pushbutton 12 which gives the possibility of exchanging the pushbutton 12 or removing it for changing the signal lamp 25.
  • the box-shaped walls of the rectangular tube 10 are recessed on the side surfaces at the point 31, so that the rectangular tube 10 is guided together with the actuating piston 9 only in the rounded corner parts 30.
  • the actuating piston 9 is, as shown in FIG., Formed in two parts.
  • the upper and lower parts 13 and 14 to be firmly connected during assembly delimit the inner cylindrical recess 40, in which the actual locking device of the pressure switch is accommodated in a completely encapsulated manner.
  • In the recess 40 protrudes through a central opening 20 of the lower actuating piston part (lower part 14) in the housing base 2 of the switch housing 1 bolt 21, which also serves as a guide for a helical compression spring 22, which is on the one hand on the housing base 2 and on the other hand on the underside of the Actuating piston part (lower part 14) is supported around the bolt 21.
  • the helical compression spring 22 is the actual return spring for the pressure switch.
  • the bolt 21 In the interior of the recess 40, the bolt 21 carries a diametrically extending guide pin 23 which is axially immovable but rotatably mounted at the end of the bolt 21.
  • This guide pin 23 cooperates with a guide track 19, which is generated as follows.
  • the toothed circular ring surface 15 On the inside of the lower part 14 of the actuating piston 9 facing the recess 40 is the toothed circular ring surface 15 shown in FIG. 15.
  • the inside of the upper part 13 of the actuating piston 9 bears a toothed circular ring surface 16 accordingly.
  • the teeth of the lower circular ring surface 15 have different pairs configured teeth, whereby - as the development according to FIG. 8 shows - the tooth bases 17a are lower than the tooth bases 17b.
  • the pressure switch is in the switched-off state when the guide pin 23 lies in the lower tooth base 17a. If the guide pin 23 is located in the higher tooth base 17b, the switch is in the switch-on position.
  • the upper and lower circular ring surfaces 15 and 16 have four toothed circular ring segments 41, 42, so that when the guide pin 23 is rotated completely, the switch-on position and the switch-off position twice are reached.
  • the toothing on the upper part 13 of the actuating piston is designed such that it carries teeth 43a and 43b, which are of different heights and differ, in accordance with the higher and lower tooth bases of the lower part 14 high tooth bases 17a and 17b on the lower part 14 are substantially opposite.
  • the movable switching contacts 26 are mounted on two opposite longitudinal sides of the actuating piston 9 and fastened there at point 28.
  • the free ends of the movable contacts 26 carry, at their free end, grinding brackets 27 for acting on the fixed contacts 5 arranged in a coaxial orientation.
  • a conductive connection between the fixed results when the push button 12 is pressed or not pressed and moving contact.
  • the connecting webs optionally provided between the movable contacts 26 can ensure that two or more of the connections 4 are connected to one another or not.
  • these webs 29 can be placed anywhere be cut so that the switch can serve a plurality of independent circuits.
  • the upper part 13 of the actuating piston 9 carries the socket 24 for a signal lamp 25, with which the switching state of the pressure switch can also be signaled to the outside via the aforementioned contact arrangement.
  • the push button 12 is of course provided with a corresponding opening, a translucent central section or the like.

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1. A push-button switch having stationary switch contacts (5) disposed in the bottom (2) of the switch housing (1), an actuating piston (9) which is provided with an external push-button (12), carries the movable switch contacts (26) and is guided for axial movement in the switch housing (1) against a restoring spring, and a detent device which acts between actuating piston (9) and switch housing (1) and consists of a coulisse guide and guide pin (23) and which holds the actuating piston (9) in a first switch position after a first actuation and releases it again for return to the position of rest on a following actuation, characterised in that the actuating piston (9) contains an inner cylindrical recess (40) in which circular surfaces (15, 16) situated opposite one another with slight spacing, comprise radially directed teeth (43, 44) of different heights which together form an encircling zig-zag-shaped coulisse guideway (19), and that a pin (21) which engages in the cylindrical recess (40) and is disposed centrally in the switch housing (1) carries the guide pin (23) which extends diametrically and is mounted for rotation but held against axial displacement and the ends of which engage in the coulisse guideway (19).

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Druckschalter mit im Gehäuseboden des Schaltergehäuses angeordneten stationären Schaltkontakten, einem mit äußerer Drucktaste versehenen, die beweglichen Schaltkontakte tragenden, entgegen einer Rückstellfeder im Schaltergehäuse axial beweglich geführten Betätigungskolben und einer zwischen Betätigungskolben und Schaltergehäuse wirkenden, aus Kulissenführung und Führungsstift bestehenden Rasteinrichtung, welche den Betätigungskolben nach einer ersten Betätigung in einer ersten Schaltstellung hält und ihn bei einer nachfolgenden Betätigung wieder zur Rückkehr in die Ruhestellung freigibt.The invention relates to a pressure switch with stationary switching contacts arranged in the housing bottom of the switch housing, an actuating piston provided with an external pushbutton and carrying the movable switching contacts, axially movably guided against a return spring in the switch housing, and a latching device which acts between the actuating piston and the switch housing and consists of a link guide and guide pin, which holds the actuating piston in a first switching position after a first actuation and releases it again in a subsequent actuation to return to the rest position.

Solche Druckschalter sind bekannt aus den Druckschriften DE-A-23 08 771, 24 17 330 und 26 06 551. In Verbindung mit einer aus Kulisse und Stift bestehenden Rasteinrichtung sind zum Stand der Technik noch zu erwähnen GB-A-698 547 und FR-A-929 828.Such pressure switches are known from the publications DE-A-23 08 771, 24 17 330 and 26 06 551. In connection with a locking device consisting of a link and pin, the prior art should also be mentioned GB-A-698 547 and FR- A-929 828.

Die beiden erstgenannten Druckschriften betreffen Druckschalter mit einer exzentrisch angeordneten Rasteinrichtung, die leicht zu Verklemmungen kommt. Die drittgenannte Druckschrift arbeitet mit einer in der Längsebene des Schalters angeordneten Kulissenführung, die zwar die Betätigungskräfte im wesentlichen auf die Mitte des Schalters zentriert, aber als zusätzliches Übertragungsglied einen Schwenkhebel benötigt, der auch wieder aus der axialen Mitte des Schalters herausbewegt werden muß. Nachteilig ist vor allem, daß die Rasteinrichtung innerhalb des Schaltergehäuses freiliegt, so daß es auch dort bei Eindringen von Schmutz in die Kulisse zu Störungen kommen kann.The two first-mentioned publications relate to pressure switches with an eccentrically arranged latching device which easily jams. The third-mentioned publication works with a slide guide arranged in the longitudinal plane of the switch, which, although essentially centering the actuating forces on the center of the switch, requires a pivoting lever as an additional transmission element, which also has to be moved out of the axial center of the switch. The main disadvantage is that the locking device is exposed inside the switch housing, so that interference can also occur there when dirt enters the setting.

Bei den Schalterausbildungen gemäß GB-A-698 547 und FR-A-929 828 wird ebenfalls von gezahnten Kreisringflächen und einem drehbar gelagerten Führungsstift Gebrauch gemacht. Nachteilig ist bei diesen vorbekannten Anordnungen, daß der drehbare Führungsstift zusätzlich zu seiner Drehbewegung auch bei jedem Schaltvorgang eine axiale Bewegung ausführen muß. Auf diese Weise ist die Gefahr einer Verklemmung besonders groß und eine fehlerhafte Kontaktgabe ist mehr als wahrscheinlich, da der in axialer und Umfangsrichtung bewegliche Führungsstift selbst ein leitendes Brückenstück bildet, welches die exzentrisch zur Schalterachse angeordneten festen Kontakte überbrücken muß.The switch designs according to GB-A-698 547 and FR-A-929 828 also make use of toothed circular ring surfaces and a rotatably mounted guide pin. A disadvantage of these previously known arrangements is that the rotatable guide pin must also perform an axial movement in addition to its rotational movement during each switching operation. In this way, the risk of jamming is particularly great and faulty contact is more than likely, since the guide pin, which is movable in the axial and circumferential directions, itself forms a conductive bridge piece which has to bridge the fixed contacts arranged eccentrically to the switch axis.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist die Schaffung eines verbesserten Druckschalters der einleitend genannten Art, bei dem die auf die Rasteinrichtung wirkenden Betätigungskräfte exakt axial angreifen und bei dem Kulissenführung und Führungsstift in sehr gedrungener Bauweise vollständig gekapselt angeordnet werden können.The object of the present invention is to provide an improved pressure switch of the type mentioned in the introduction, in which the actuating forces acting on the latching device act exactly axially and can be arranged completely encapsulated in the slotted guide and guide pin in a very compact design.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß vorgeschlagen, einen Druckschalter der einleitend genannten Art so auszubilden, daß der Betätigungskolben eine innere zylindrische Ausnehmung enthält, in der mit geringem Abstand einander gegenüberliegende Kreisringflächen radial gerichtete Zähne unterschiedlicher Zahnhöhe aufweisen, die zusammen eine ringsumlaufende zick-zack-förmige Kulissenführungsbahn bilden, und daß ein in die zylindrische Ausnehmung eingreifender, zentrisch im Schaltergehäuse angeordneter Bolzen den sich diametral erstreckenden, drehbar aber axial unverschiebbar gelagerten Führungsstift trägt, dessen Enden in die Kulissenführungsbahn eingreifen.To achieve this object, it is proposed according to the invention to design a pressure switch of the type mentioned in the introduction so that the actuating piston contains an inner cylindrical recess in which, with a small distance from one another, circular ring surfaces have radially directed teeth of different tooth heights, which together form a circumferential zigzag-shaped Form the slide guide, and that an engaging in the cylindrical recess, arranged centrally in the switch housing carries the diametrically extending, rotatably but axially non-displaceably mounted guide pin, the ends of which engage in the slide guide.

Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind Gegenstände der abhängigen Ansprüche.Embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

Nachfolgend wird anhand der Zeichnungen eine bevorzugte Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Druckschalters näher erläutert. In den Zeichnungen zeigen :

  • Figur 1 einen vertikalen Längsschnitt durch den erfindungsgemäßen Druckschalter im ausgeschalteten Zustand,
  • Figur 2 eine Draufsicht auf den Druckschalter der Fig. 1 bei abgenommener Drucktaste,
  • Figur 3 eine Unteransicht zu Fig. 1,
  • Figur 4 einen vertikalen Längsschnitt durch den Druckschalter der Fig. 1 in einer um 90° gedrehten Ebene,
  • Figur 5 eine vergrößerte Einzelheit zu Fig. 4,
  • Figur 6 eine Draufsicht auf den unteren gezahnten Kulissenring gemäß der Schnittlinie VI-VI der Fig. 5,
  • Figur 7 eine Draufsicht auf den oberen gezahnten Kulissenring gemäß der Schnittlinie VII-VII der Fig. 5 und
  • Figur 8 eine von der Seite gesehene Abwicklung des Umfanges der Kulissenführung mit in Ausschaltstellung stehendem Führungsstift.
A preferred embodiment of a pressure switch according to the invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawings show:
  • FIG. 1 shows a vertical longitudinal section through the pressure switch according to the invention in the switched-off state,
  • FIG. 2 shows a top view of the pressure switch of FIG. 1 with the push button removed,
  • FIG. 3 shows a bottom view of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 4 shows a vertical longitudinal section through the pressure switch of FIG. 1 in a plane rotated by 90 °,
  • FIG. 5 shows an enlarged detail of FIG. 4,
  • FIG. 6 shows a plan view of the lower toothed link ring according to the section line VI-VI of FIG. 5,
  • Figure 7 is a plan view of the upper toothed backdrop ring according to section line VII-VII of Fig. 5 and
  • Figure 8 is a side view of the circumference of the link guide with the guide pin in the off position.

Der in den Zeichnungen dargestellte Druckschalter besteht aus einem prismatischen Schaltergehäuse 1 von im wesentlichen rechteckförmigem Querschnitt. Das Schaltergehäuse 1 ist an der Unterseite durch einen Gehäuseboden 2 verschlossen, so daß das komplette Gehäuse eine becherförmige Gestalt erhält. An zwei oder vier Stellen des Gehäuses sind an der Außenseite federnde Einschnapprasten 3 vorgesehen, die die Möglichkeit geben, den Druckschalter in eine entsprechende Armaturenwand einzusetzen, ohne daß es irgendwelcher Schraubverbindungen bedarf.The pressure switch shown in the drawings consists of a prismatic switch housing 1 of essentially rectangular cross section. The switch housing 1 is closed at the bottom by a housing base 2, so that the entire housing is given a cup-shaped shape. At two or four points of the housing resilient snap-in catches 3 are provided on the outside, which give the possibility of inserting the pressure switch into a corresponding dashboard wall without the need for any screw connections.

Am Gehäuseboden 2 des Schaltergehäuses ragen die für eine entsprechende Steckdose vorgesehenen messerförmigen Anschlüsse 4 hervor. Diese Anschlüsse 4 sind einteilig mit den im Inneren des Schaltergehäuses 1 vorgesehenen festen Kontakten 5 ausgebildet. Die (im Ausführungsbeispiel) acht Kontakte 5 liegen im Schaltergehäuse in Vierergruppen an gegenüberliegenden Gehäusewandungen. Die Kontakte 5 mit den Anschlüssen 4 sind, wie sich aus einem Vergleich der Fig. 1 und 3 ergibt, im Bereich des Gehäusebodens 2 abgekröpft, wodurch ihre sichere Lagerung begünstigt wird. Einen weiteren Halt erhalten die Kontakte 5 durch an den Gehäuseboden 2 angeordnete nach oben ragende Kunststoffteile, die in den Kontakten 5 vorgesehene Längsschlitze 8 auf der den beweglichen Kontakten zugewandten Seite durchdringen. Diese Längsschlitze 8 haben eine Länge, die etwa dem Schalterhub entspricht. Dadurch, daß die Längsschlitze 8 durchdringende Kunststoffmasse im oberen oder im unteren Bereich abgearbeitet oder nicht mitangespritzt wird, läßt sich erreichen, daß die nachfolgend noch zu beschreibenden beweglichen Kontakte entweder bei gedrücktem oder bei nicht gedrücktem Druckschalter eine leitende Verbindung herstellen oder nicht.The knife-shaped connections 4 provided for a corresponding socket protrude from the housing base 2 of the switch housing. These connections 4 are formed in one piece with the fixed contacts 5 provided in the interior of the switch housing 1. The (in the exemplary embodiment) eight contacts 5 are in the switch housing in groups of four on opposite housing walls. The contacts 5 with the connections 4 are, as can be seen from a comparison of FIGS. 1 and 3, bent in the area of the housing base 2, thereby promoting their safe storage. A wide one Ren hold get the contacts 5 by arranged on the housing base 2 upwardly projecting plastic parts which penetrate in the contacts 5 provided longitudinal slots 8 on the side facing the movable contacts. These longitudinal slots 8 have a length that corresponds approximately to the switch stroke. Characterized in that the longitudinal slots 8 penetrating plastic mass is processed in the upper or in the lower area or not co-molded, it can be achieved that the movable contacts to be described below establish a conductive connection either when the pressure switch is pressed or not pressed.

An der Unterseite des Gehäusebodens 2 befindet sich ein Führungszapfen 7 für die Steckdose und gegebenenfalls auch noch eine Ausnehmung. in die Schaltelemente, wie beispielsweise Widerstände und dergleichen eingelegt werden können.On the underside of the housing base 2 there is a guide pin 7 for the socket and possibly also a recess. can be inserted into the switching elements, such as resistors and the like.

Wie die Fig. 2 erkennen läßt, ist der Innenquerschnitt des Schaltergehäuses 1 rechteckförmig mit abgerundeten Ecken. Entsprechend dieser Konfiguration ist in das Schaltergehäuse 1 ein Betätigungskolben 9 eingesetzt, welcher fest mit einem Rechteckrohr 10 verbunden ist, das am Außenende eine Drucktaste 12 trägt. Zwischen dem Rechteckrohr 10 und der Drucktaste 12 befindet sich eine Einschnappverbindung 11, die die Möglichkeit gibt, die Drucktaste 12 auszutauschen oder zum Wechsel der Signallampe 25 abzunehmen.As can be seen in FIG. 2, the inner cross section of the switch housing 1 is rectangular with rounded corners. According to this configuration, an actuating piston 9 is inserted into the switch housing 1, which is firmly connected to a rectangular tube 10 which carries a push button 12 at the outer end. There is a snap-in connection 11 between the rectangular tube 10 and the pushbutton 12, which gives the possibility of exchanging the pushbutton 12 or removing it for changing the signal lamp 25.

Damit der Betätigungskolben 9 in axialer Richtung gut geführt und leicht beweglich ist, sind die kastenförmigen Wände des Rechteckrohres 10 an den Seitenflächen an der Stelle 31 ausgespart, so daß das Rechteckrohr 10 zusammen mit dem Betätigungskolben 9 nur in den abgerundeten Eckteilen 30 geführt ist.So that the actuating piston 9 is well guided in the axial direction and easy to move, the box-shaped walls of the rectangular tube 10 are recessed on the side surfaces at the point 31, so that the rectangular tube 10 is guided together with the actuating piston 9 only in the rounded corner parts 30.

Der Betätigungskolben 9 ist, wie Fig. zeigt, zweiteilig ausgebildet. Die bei der Montage fest zu verbindenden Ober- und Unterteile 13 und 14 begrenzen die innere zylindrische Ausnehmung 40, in der vollständig gekapselt die eigentliche Rastvorrichtung des Druckschalters untergebracht ist. In die Ausnehmung 40 ragt über eine Mittelöffnung 20 des unteren Betätigungskolbenteiles (Unterteil 14) ein im Gehäuseboden 2 des Schaltergehäuses 1 gelagerter Bolzen 21 hinein, der zugleich als Führung für eine Schraubendruckfeder 22 dient, die sich einerseits am Gehäuseboden 2 und andererseits an der Unterseite des Betätigungskolbenteiles (Unterteil 14) rings um den Bolzen 21 abstützt. Die Schraubendruckfeder 22 ist die eigentliche Rückstellfeder für den Druckschalter.The actuating piston 9 is, as shown in FIG., Formed in two parts. The upper and lower parts 13 and 14 to be firmly connected during assembly delimit the inner cylindrical recess 40, in which the actual locking device of the pressure switch is accommodated in a completely encapsulated manner. In the recess 40 protrudes through a central opening 20 of the lower actuating piston part (lower part 14) in the housing base 2 of the switch housing 1 bolt 21, which also serves as a guide for a helical compression spring 22, which is on the one hand on the housing base 2 and on the other hand on the underside of the Actuating piston part (lower part 14) is supported around the bolt 21. The helical compression spring 22 is the actual return spring for the pressure switch.

Im Inneren der Ausnehmung 40 trägt der Bolzen 21 einen sich diametral erstreckenden Führungsstift 23, der am Ende des Bolzens 21 axial unverschieblich aber drehbar gelagert ist. Dieser Führungsstift 23 arbeitet mit einer Kulissenführungsbahn 19 zusammen, die wie folgt erzeugt ist.In the interior of the recess 40, the bolt 21 carries a diametrically extending guide pin 23 which is axially immovable but rotatably mounted at the end of the bolt 21. This guide pin 23 cooperates with a guide track 19, which is generated as follows.

An der der Ausnehmung 40 zugewandten Innenseite des Unterteiles 14 des Betätigungskolbens 9 befindet sich die in Fig. dargestellte gezahnte Kreisringfläche 15. In entsprechender Weise trägt die Innenseite des Oberteils 13 des Betätigungskolbens 9 eine gezahnte Kreisringfläche 16. Die Zähne der unteren Kreisringfläche 15 haben paarweise unterschiedlich ausgestaltete Zähne, wobei - wie die Abwicklung gemäß Fig. 8 zeigt - die Zahngründe 17a tiefer liegen als die Zahngründe 17b. Wie aus Fig. 8 erkennbar, befindet sich der Druckschalter im Ausschaltzustand, wenn der Führungsstift 23 im tiefer gelegenen Zahngrund 17a liegt. Befindet sich der Führungsstift 23 in dem höher gelegenen Zahngrund 17b, befindet sich der Schalter in der Einschaltstellung.On the inside of the lower part 14 of the actuating piston 9 facing the recess 40 is the toothed circular ring surface 15 shown in FIG. 15. The inside of the upper part 13 of the actuating piston 9 bears a toothed circular ring surface 16 accordingly. The teeth of the lower circular ring surface 15 have different pairs configured teeth, whereby - as the development according to FIG. 8 shows - the tooth bases 17a are lower than the tooth bases 17b. As can be seen from FIG. 8, the pressure switch is in the switched-off state when the guide pin 23 lies in the lower tooth base 17a. If the guide pin 23 is located in the higher tooth base 17b, the switch is in the switch-on position.

Wie aus den Fig. 6 bis 8 erkennbar ist, haben die oberen und unteren Kreisringflächen 15 und 16 vier gezahnte Kreisringsegmente 41, 42, so daß bei einer vollständigen Umdrehung des Führungsstiftes 23 zweimal die Einschalt- und zweimal die Ausschaltstellung erreicht wird.As can be seen from FIGS. 6 to 8, the upper and lower circular ring surfaces 15 and 16 have four toothed circular ring segments 41, 42, so that when the guide pin 23 is rotated completely, the switch-on position and the switch-off position twice are reached.

Damit der Führungsstift 23 beim Drücken der Drucktaste 12 eine Bewegung in Umfangsrichtung aufnimmt, ist die Verzahnung am Oberteil 13 des Betätigungskolbens so ausgebildet, daß diese entsprechend den höheren und niedrigeren Zahngründen vom Unterteil 14 Zähne 43a und 43b trägt, die unterschiedlich hoch sind und den unterschiedlichen hohen Zahngründen 17a und 17b am Unterteil 14 im wesentlichen gegenüberliegen.So that the guide pin 23 receives a movement in the circumferential direction when the pushbutton 12 is pressed, the toothing on the upper part 13 of the actuating piston is designed such that it carries teeth 43a and 43b, which are of different heights and differ, in accordance with the higher and lower tooth bases of the lower part 14 high tooth bases 17a and 17b on the lower part 14 are substantially opposite.

Wird ausgehend von der Ausschaltstellung gemäß Fig. 8 der Betätigungskolben bei axial unbewegtich gehaltenem Führungsstift 23 gedrückt, wandert der letztere in der zick-zack-förmigen Kulissenführungsbahn 19 bezüglich der Fig. 8 nach rechts, um dann nach Überschreiten der benachbarten Zahnspitze nach Loslassen der Drucktaste weiter nach rechts zu wandern, bis er den Zahngrund 17b erreicht und dort verbleibt, um die Einschaltstellung zu fixieren.If the actuating piston is pressed starting from the switch-off position according to FIG. 8 while the guide pin 23 is held axially immovably, the latter moves in the zigzag-shaped link guide track 19 to the right with respect to FIG. 8 and then after the adjacent tooth tip has been passed after the pushbutton has been released continue to walk to the right until it reaches the tooth base 17b and remains there to fix the switch-on position.

Bei einer nachfolgenden Betätigung der Drucktaste 12 wandert der Führungsstift 23 bezüglich der Fig. 8 weiter nach rechts, um dann den nächsten tiefen Zahngrund 17a zu erreichen und erneut die Ausschaltstellung zu arretieren.When the pushbutton 12 is subsequently actuated, the guide pin 23 moves further to the right in relation to FIG. 8, in order then to reach the next deep tooth base 17a and to lock the switch-off position again.

Wie die Zeichnungen erkennen lassen, sind an zwei gegenüberliegenden Längsseiten des Betätigungskolbens 9 die beweglichen Schaltkontakte 26 gelagert und dort an der Stelle 28 befestigt. Die freien Enden der beweglichen Kontakte 26 tragen an ihrem freien Ende Schleifbügel 27 zur Beaufschlagung der in koaxiler Ausrichtung angeordneten festen Kontakte 5. Je nach Ausfüllung der Längsschlitze 8 in den festen Kontakten 5 ergibt sich bei gedrückter oder auch ungedrückter Drucktaste 12 eine leitende Verbindung zwischen festem und beweglichem Kontakt. Die wahlweise zwischen den beweglichen Kontakten 26 vorgesehenen Verbindungsstege können dafür sorgen, daß zwei oder mehr der Anschlüsse 4 miteinander verbunden werden oder nicht. Je nach zugedachter Schaltfunktion können diese Stege 29 an beliebigen Stellen durchtrennt werden, damit der Schalter einer Mehrzahl von unabhängigen Schaltkreisen dienen kann.As can be seen in the drawings, the movable switching contacts 26 are mounted on two opposite longitudinal sides of the actuating piston 9 and fastened there at point 28. The free ends of the movable contacts 26 carry, at their free end, grinding brackets 27 for acting on the fixed contacts 5 arranged in a coaxial orientation. Depending on the filling of the longitudinal slots 8 in the fixed contacts 5, a conductive connection between the fixed results when the push button 12 is pressed or not pressed and moving contact. The connecting webs optionally provided between the movable contacts 26 can ensure that two or more of the connections 4 are connected to one another or not. Depending on the intended switching function, these webs 29 can be placed anywhere be cut so that the switch can serve a plurality of independent circuits.

Das Oberteil 13 des Betätigungskolbens 9 trägt die Fassung 24 für eine Signallampe 25, mit der ebenfalls über die vorerwähnte Kontaktanordnung der Schaltzustand des Druckschalters nach außen signalisiert werden kann. Zu diesem Zweck ist selbstverständlich die Drucktaste 12 mit einer entsprechenden Öffnung, einem durchscheinenden Mittelabschnitt oder dergleichen versehen.The upper part 13 of the actuating piston 9 carries the socket 24 for a signal lamp 25, with which the switching state of the pressure switch can also be signaled to the outside via the aforementioned contact arrangement. For this purpose, the push button 12 is of course provided with a corresponding opening, a translucent central section or the like.

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1. A push-button switch having stationary switch contacts (5) disposed in the bottom (2) of the switch housing (1), an actuating piston (9) which is provided with an external push-button (12), carries the movable switch contacts (26) and is guided for axial movement in the switch housing (1) against a restoring spring, and a detent device which acts between actuating piston (9) and switch housing (1) and consists of a coulisse guide and guide pin (23) and which holds the actuating piston (9) in a first switch position after a first actuation and releases it again for return to the position of rest on a following actuation, characterised in that the actuating piston (9) contains an inner cylindrical recess (40) in which circular surfaces (15, 16) situated opposite one another with slight spacing, comprise radially directed teeth (43, 44) of different heights which together form an encircling zig-zag-shaped coulisse guideway (19), and that a pin (21) which engages in the cylindrical recess (40) and is disposed centrally in the switch housing (1) carries the guide pin (23) which extends diametrically and is mounted for rotation but held against axial displacement and the ends of which engage in the coulisse guideway (19).
2. A push-button switch according to claim 1, characterised in that the pin (21) carrying the rotatably mounted guide pin (23) is mounted on the bottom (2) of the housing and serves as a guide for a helical restoring spring (22) which is supported on the one hand on the bottom (2) of the housing and on the other hand at the underside of the actuating piston (9).
3. A push-button switch according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the switch housing (1) and the actuating piston (9) have rectangular cross- sections adapted to one another, with rounded corners (30), and are guided telescopically one inside the other.
4. A push-button switch according to claim 3, characterised in that the actuating piston (9) is guided in the switch housing (1) only in the region of the four rounded corners (30).
5. A push-button switch according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the upper end of the actuating piston (9) is formed by a tube (10) which carries the push-button (12) and surrounds a signal lamp (25).
6. A push-button switch according to claim 5, characterised in that the socket (24) of the signal lamp (25) is rigidly connected to the upper wall (13) of the actuating piston (9).
7. A push-button switch according to claim 5 or 6, characterised in that the push-button (12) is made translucent, at least in its centre portion.
8. A push-button switch according to one of the claims 5 to 7, characterised in that the push-button (12) is detachably connected to the upper end of the tube (10).
9. A push-button switch according to one of the claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the movable switch contacts (26) are disposed in two rows situated opposite one another along the large cross-sectional dimension of the actuating piston (9).
10. A push-button switch according to one of the claims 1 to 9, characterised in that the rear ends of the movable contacts (26) rest positively in slots in the walls of the actuating piston (9) and are formed, at their free front ends projecting downwards, into contact bridges (27) which act on the fixed contacts (5) correspondingly disposed in the bottom (2) of the switch housing (1).
11. A push-button switch according to one of the claims 1 to 10, characterised in that the fixed contacts (5) are bent at an angle and are positively mounted in the bottom (2) of the housing in the region of their bend (6), the bends (6) ensuring that the terminals (4) projecting downwards at the bottom (2) of the housing correspond to the configuration of an associated socket.
12. A push-button switch according to one of the claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the inwardly projecting ends of the fixed contacts (5) are provided with a slot (8), the length of which corresponds substantially to the maximum stroke of the pressure switch, these slots (8) being penetrated by projecting insulating composition of the contact anchoring, in the upper region or in the lower region, according to the intended switching function.
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