Patent ID: 7707863
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B60R,E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An ignition switch device for an industrial machine to start and stop an engine of the industrial machine, the ignition switch device comprising: a switching means having a key hole allowing a regular ignition key to be inserted thereinto, and capable of being rotationally operated in a predetermined direction with the inserted ignition key to start and stop the engine of the industrial machine; a case covering the switching means and formed with an insertion hole allowing the key hole to face the outside; a shutter disposed on a surface of the case, and rotatable between a closed position where the insertion hole of the case is closed and an open position where the insertion hole is opened to allow the key hole to face outside; a protruding portion formed within the range of rotation of the shutter and protruding from the surface of the case, whose protruding end being in contact with a rear surface of the shutter while the shutter rotates; and wherein the shutter comprises a cutout that is adapted to guide a tip of the ignition key into the key hole during rotation of the shutter.