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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Haruki Hiranuma, Chiba, JP;
Koremoto Takeda, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 29/00 (2006.01); G04B 37/00 (2006.01); H01H 1/06 (2006.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 13/70 (2006.01); H01H 9/20 (2006.01); G04B 3/00 (2006.01); G04B 3/04 (2006.01); G04C 3/00 (2006.01); H01H 13/06 (2006.01); G04B 37/10 (2006.01); H01H 13/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/20 (2013.01); G04B 3/001 (2013.01); G04B 3/043 (2013.01); G04B 3/046 (2013.01); G04C 3/001 (2013.01); H01H 3/12 (2013.01); H01H 13/06 (2013.01); G04B 37/106 (2013.01); H01H 13/52 (2013.01); H01H 2225/016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pushbutton of a portable apparatus is locked against inward axial movement by engagement with a locking member when the locking member is unthreaded a distancefrom the apparatus body and brought into abutment with a fixed stopper member. The pushbutton is released from its locked state when the locking member is threaded into the apparatus body and brought out of abutment with the stopper member and into abutment with the apparatus body. In its unlocked state, a head portion of the pushbutton is axially spaced a distancefrom an opposedly facing portion of the locking member, wherein≦.