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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Motoyuki Saito, Higashiyamato, JP;
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2001 / ; 200340 ; 368290 ;
Abstract
A pushbutton for actuating a switch of an electronic timepiece wherein the pushbutton may be reduced in diameter. According to the present invention, in order to reduce the diameter of the pushbutton, a packing of resilient material for providing a watertight seal is pressed into a pipe secured to a hole in watch case, the packing is so arranged that it may be axially moved in the pipe by the pushbutton body for actuating a switch provided in the watch case.