Patent ID: 6697050
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
A mouse with a wheel, for controlling an image on a display device, comprising:a gear coaxially mounted to a rotary shaft of the wheel; a rocking member in which rocking arms extend from both sides thereof with a rocking shaft formed parallel to the rotary shaft of the wheel as a center; a pawl member mounted to the rocking member, the pawl member being biased to engage the gear; and contact switches disposed at locations that allow the contact switches to come into contact with the rocking arms corresponding thereto, in which when the rocking member rocks to one side, the corresponding contact switch comes into contact with the corresponding rocking arm in order to achieve electrical conduction; wherein when the contact switches are connected to a counter circuit for determining an amount of rotation of the wheel, and the wheel is rotated in one direction, the gear rotates in a same direction as the wheel rotates in order for a crest of the gear to push the pawl member in one direction, causing the rocking member to rock in one direction, so that the corresponding rocking arm comes into contact with the corresponding contact switch in order to bring the corresponding contact switch into a state allowing electrical conduction, after which when the pawl member moves over one crest of the gear, the rocking member returns to a neutral position in order to bring the corresponding contact switch into a state not allowing electrical conduction.