Patent ID: 7316244

Claim:
A solenoid valve with manual buttons comprising: a main valve unit building in a spool for switching a channel, and a solenoid operating unit for driving said spool; wherein said main valve unit includes manual buttons manually capable of switching said spool, and a safety member movably disposed; wherein the manual buttons are inserted into button attaching holes which are formed in a housing of the main valve unit so as to be depressed in the direction orthogonal to the axial line of the main valve unit from the top face of the housing, and the manual buttons include locking grooves in a part positioned into the button attaching holes; and wherein the safety member is disposed on the top face of the housing so as to move in the axial direction of the main valve unit, the safety member includes a head for operating and a locking wall, the locking wall extends to the manual buttons from the head and an end thereof enters an inside portion of the housing and engages/disengages with/from the locking grooves of the manual buttons in the inside of the housing, and the safety member is manually capable of moving between a locking position for locking said manual buttons in an inoperable state by locking said safety member in said manual buttons and an unlocking position for unlocking said manual buttons by releasing said safety member from said manual buttons.