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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1991
Soetsu Kamada, Furukawa, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light irradiating switch apparatus which is comparatively small in vertical dimension and low in production cost. The light irradiating switch apparatus comprises a casing, a printed circuit board mounted on the casing, a switch element mounted on the printed circuit board, a light source mounted on the printed circuit board, a light intercepting slide member mounted for sliding movement in the casing, and a light transmitting key top mounted on the slide member and having an indicating portion thereon. The printed circuit board having a slot formed therein in such a manner as to surround the light source, and the slide member has an end portion fitted in the slot of the printed circuit board for movement in a perpendicular direction to the printed circuit board.