Patent ID: 7735347
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B60R,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An ignition switch device for a driver's seat of 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 main guide shape formed by a groove formed on a surface of the case, and extending toward the insertion hole to allow the tip of the ignition key to be guided to the key hole; the main guide shape extending from an edge of the case toward the insertion hole; a shutter disposed on the surface of the case, and rotatable between a closed position where the insertion hole of the case is closed and an open position wherein the insertion hole is opened to allow the key hole to face outside; and an auxiliary guide shape formed on the surface of the case along a contour edge of the shutter in the closed position, and extending toward the main guide shape to allow the tip of the ignition key to be guided to the main guide shape.