Patent ID: 6713703
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A door opener switch with a tubular housing and a button that moves axially in the housing to actuate a switching mechanism that is connected with the housing, whereby the button is held in its idle position by a restoring force and can be pushed in against the action of said restoring force with a lever that is oriented transversely in the displacement path of the button and can be pivoted by the button around a pivot bearing, which lever acts with a point at some distance from the pivot bearing on the switching mechanism, whereby the button is in contact with the lever between the pivot bearing and the point, wherein, on the back side of the housing there is an additional button which is concentric to the first button, the pivot bearing is located in a lever element which can be moved in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the housing toward the first button, the additional button contacts the lever element and the additional button can be held in its idle position by the restoring force and can be pushed in against the action of said restoring force.