Patent ID: 8783944
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
1. A switch device comprising: a rotating operation member which has a through-hole formed therein in an axial direction; a pressing operation member which is movable within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and which is press-operable from one opening of the through-hole, wherein the pressing operation member is provided so as to rotate integrally with the rotating operation member, when the rotating operation member rotates; a first coil spring which is arranged within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and biases the pressing operation member outwardly in the axial direction; a second coil spring which is arranged within the through-hole of the rotating operation member and biases the rotating operation member outwardly in the axial direction; a locking section which locks the rotating operation member in a locked state in which the rotating operation member is inoperable to perform a function associated therewith, wherein when the locking section locks the rotating operation member in the locked state, the pressing operation member is operable to perform a function associated therewith, and when the locking section unlocks the rotating operation member so that the rotating operation member is in an unlocked state, the pressing operation member is inoperable to perform the function associated therewith.