Patent ID: 8754550

Claim:
A self-contained apparatus comprising: a control unit for operation control, a non-contact sensor switch assembly electrically coupled to said control unit for switching on/off a power supply for said control unit, the non-contact sensor switch assembly comprising: a switching transistor for switching on/off said power supply to said control unit, and a proximity sensor unit, said proximity sensor unit comprising: a charge induction portion inducible by an approaching body part of a person, and a capacitive proximity sensor portion electrically coupled between said charge induction portion and said switching transistor, said capacitive proximity sensor being thereby actuated to trigger said switching transistor to switch on the supply of said power supply to said control unit responsive to a change of inductive-capacitive coupling between said charge induction and capacitive proximity sensor portions being induced by an approaching body part of a person, said capacitive proximity sensor being actuated to unswitch said switching transistor when the approaching body part of the person is moved out of the sensing range of said charge induction portion.