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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2001
Klaus Rapp, Bad Dürrheim, DE;
Rainer Kizele, Tuttlingen, DE;
Marquardt GmbH, Rietheim-Weilheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an electrical switch with a housing ( ). In the housing ( ) there is a contact system ( ), to which a switching effect can be applied by means of an actuating member ( ) which is arranged in an opening ( ) on the housing ( ) and partly protrudes out of the housing ( ). The part of the actuating member ( ) protruding out of the housing ( ) as well as the opening ( ) in the housing ( ) is covered by a cap ( ) allowing the movement of the actuating member ( ). The cap ( ) has a cover of a hard material and a sleeve-like part ( ) of a flexible material, designed in the manner of a bellows. The cover, designed essentially in the manner of a planar surface ( ), is arranged on the part of the actuating member ( ) protruding out of the opening ( ) in such a way that the actuating member ( ) can be moved via a side of the cover facing the user. One end of the sleeve-like part ( ) is fastened along a peripheral edge on the side of the planar surface ( ) of the cover facing away from the user. The other end of the sleeve-like part ( ) protrudes laterally beyond the surface ( ) of the cover, the protruding other end of the sleeve-like part ( ) being arranged on a region ( ) of the housing ( ) surrounding the opening ( ).