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Light pen

  • US 20110090668A1
  • Filed: 01/11/2008
  • Published: 04/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A light pen, adapted to allow a switch structure thereof to be more durable and dependable and have a shorter stroke, comprising:

  • a pen shell, being tubular;

    a luminescence element, movably combined with said pen shell and provided with first and second pins;

    a first magnet, movably installed in said pen shell;

    a second magnet, fixed in said pen shell and positioned above said first magnet;

    wherein, said pen shell is used for accepting a battery;

    two adjacent sides of said first and said second magnets has different magnetism, said first and said second magnets are always separated, and approach each other once an external force is exerted thereon;

    said first pin and said second pin of the luminescence element ordinarily respectively do not turn on a circuit constituted by a first terminal and a second terminal of the battery to allow said luminescence element not to radiate;

    when said first and said second magnets are near, said first pin and said second pin of said luminescence element respectively turn on said circuit constituted by said first terminal and said second terminal of said battery to allow said luminescence element to radiate.

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