Patent ID: 7094983

Claim:
A dual switch for a compound device combining two pieces of equipment including a disk device and a video device in which a slot is provided for each of the two pieces of equipment on a front panel thereof for removal or insertion of a recording medium, comprising: two switching means on a base plate; and a button capable of selectively actuating either switching means for taking a recording medium out of a corresponding slot, said button having resilient means responsive to removal of pressure from said button to return said button to an original position thereof; wherein: said button is a seesaw button fitted in an aperture in the front panel, the front panel has a support traverse crossing the aperture, the button has two arrow-headed legs integrally connected to opposite ends of a rear side of said button and a resilient support leg integrally connected to a middle part of the rear side of said button, the arrow-headed legs have a length sufficient to reach said switching means, and said button is loosely fastened in the aperture so that the arrow-headed legs can be caught by counter notches on a rear side of the front panel and said support leg stands on said support traverse.