Control push-button device for switching an electronic or electric circuit
First Claim
1. A push-button switch, comprising a casing provided with an opening, a push-button movable through said opening between a first and a second end positions in the casing, a plate of insulating material forming a wall of the casing and carrying at least one switching means adapted to pass from a first conduction state to a second conduction state when submitted to a magnetic field, at least an element of magnetic material secured to said casing, and at least a permanent magnet carried by said push-button for controlling the conduction state of the switching means when the push-button is in its second end position and for forming with said element of magnetic material magnetic return means for returning the push-button it its first end position.
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Abstract
Push-button movable in a casing for switching an electric circuit and comprising magnetic return means and contact elements carried by the casing, said contact elements being electric or electronic components adapted to pass individually from a first conducting state to a second conducting state when the push-button is moved from a first position to a second position within the casing.
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- 1. A push-button switch, comprising a casing provided with an opening, a push-button movable through said opening between a first and a second end positions in the casing, a plate of insulating material forming a wall of the casing and carrying at least one switching means adapted to pass from a first conduction state to a second conduction state when submitted to a magnetic field, at least an element of magnetic material secured to said casing, and at least a permanent magnet carried by said push-button for controlling the conduction state of the switching means when the push-button is in its second end position and for forming with said element of magnetic material magnetic return means for returning the push-button it its first end position.
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