Pedal type switch with counting socket and clock timing and adjustable timing functions

By designing foot pedal switches with counting sockets, clock timing and adjustable timing functions, the problem of lack of multi-functional operation in the existing technology is solved, and the operation of using foot to control electronic devices and having multiple functions is improved. The scope of use and promotion of equipment.

CN222483161UActive Publication Date: 2025-02-14SHENZHEN RDING TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202420212061.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-01-29
Publication Date
2025-02-14
Estimated Expiration
2034-01-29

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Technical Problem

Existing foot switches lack sockets, clocks, counting, timing and adjustable timing capabilities, limiting their use and promotion.

Method used

A foot pedal switch with counting socket, clock timing and adjustable timing functions is designed to connect the controlled electronic equipment through wires, use the foot pedal press switch to control the power supply or signal of the electronic equipment, and add the socket part to achieve multiple Functional operation.

Benefits of technology

It realizes the function of controlling electronic equipment with foot, and also has the functions of power socket, clock, counting, timing and adjustable timing time. It is simple to operate, easy to carry, and convenient for promotion.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a pedal type switch with a counting socket and clock timing and adjustable timing functions. The existing foot switch has few functions, and the application and popularization range is influenced and limited. The socket comprises a socket part, a pedal part, a shared bottom shell and a connecting line channel part, the socket part and the pedal part are arranged on the left side and the right side of the shared bottom shell respectively, the adjacent middle portions of the socket part and the pedal part are provided with the connecting line channel part, and the lower portion of the shared bottom shell is provided with a self-adhesion foot pad and a bottom shell fixing installation hole. The socket part comprises a panel, a card type socket, a power indicator, a counter, a rotary coding switch and the like. The pedal part comprises a pedal, a spring, a high-power microswitch, a rotary tail card, a protective tube assembly and the like. A power supply or a signal of the electronic equipment is controlled by pedaling the pressing switch, so that the function of controlling the electronic equipment by feet is realized, and meanwhile, the functions of a power socket, a clock, timing and adjustable timing duration can be realized.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to a foot pedal switch with a counting socket and clock timing and adjustable timing functions. Background Art

[0002] The existing foot switch does not have the functions of socket, clock, counting, timing and adjustable timing duration, and its use and promotion scope are greatly affected and limited. Utility Model Content

[0003] The purpose of the utility model is to provide a foot pedal switch with a counting socket, a clock timing and an adjustable timing function, which uses wires to connect the controlled electronic equipment, controls the power supply or signal of the electronic equipment by pressing the switch with the foot, and realizes the function of controlling the electronic equipment with the foot. At the same time, the utility model adds a socket design, which can realize the functions of power socket, clock, counting, timing and adjustable timing duration. It is simple to operate, easy to carry, and conducive to promotion.

[0004] The utility model consists of a socket part, a pedal part, a common bottom shell, and a connecting wire channel part. The socket part and the pedal part are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the common bottom shell. A connecting wire channel part is arranged in the middle part where the socket part and the pedal part are adjacent to each other. A self-adhesive foot pad is arranged at the lower part of the common bottom shell. Bottom shell fixing installation holes are arranged in the middle part of the front and back sides of the common bottom shell, which can conveniently fix the device to other equipment or places.

[0005] The connecting wire channel part includes a wire hole, a wire trough groove, a wire trough cover, and a wire trough cover mounting hole. The wire hole is arranged at the lower part of the baffle of the common bottom shell socket part, the wire trough groove is arranged adjacent to the common bottom shell pedal part, and the wire trough cover is arranged at the upper part of the wire trough groove. The wire trough cover is fixed at the wire trough cover mounting hole of the common bottom shell pedal part by a built-in mounting column, and the wires can be passed through the connecting wire channel part.

[0006] The socket part includes a panel, a card socket, a power indicator light, a counter, a PCB board A, a PCB board B, a relay, and a rotary coding switch. A card socket mounting hole and a card socket fixing buckle are set in the middle of the panel for installing the card socket; power indicator light mounting holes are set in front of both sides of the card socket mounting hole and power indicator lights are installed; a high-power micro switch B fixing seat is set behind one side of the card socket mounting hole and a high-power micro switch B is installed; a counter mounting hole is set in the front of the panel and a counter is installed, and the counter includes a counter housing, a counter label, a counter cover, a counter PCB board B, a counter fixing spring, an LED indicator light, a touch switch, and a digital tube. A counter label is set on the surface of the counter housing, and the counter label is provided with corresponding LED indicators and digital tube windows as well as touch switch labels The counter housing is provided with a counter PCB board B, a counter fixing spring, an LED indicator opening, a touch switch opening, a digital tube opening, a screw column D, a wire outlet opening, and a cover fixing buckle. The bottom of the counter housing is covered and sealed by the counter cover and fixed by the cover fixing buckle. The counter PCB board B is installed with a touch switch, a digital tube, and an LED indicator. The counter PCB board B is fixed in the counter housing by the counter PCB board B fixing screws; a relay is arranged in the rear part of one side of the shared bottom shell socket; a baffle slot, a baffle and a baffle opening are arranged on the back of one side of the shared bottom shell socket, and a rotary coding switch is arranged on the back of the baffle; a screw column A is arranged in the middle of one side of the shared bottom shell socket, and the PCB board A is installed by the PCB board A fixing screw; a high-power micro switch fixing seat is arranged on one side of the shared bottom shell socket B , screw column B, snap-on groove and baffle. Screw column C and panel snap-on are provided inside the panel. The panel is installed on the surface of one side of the common bottom shell socket. The panel snap-on is snapped into the snap-on groove and baffle. Screw column C and screw column B are fixed with panel fixing screws.

[0007] The pedal part includes a pedal, a spring, a high-power micro switch, a rotating tail card, and a fuse assembly. A pedal air avoidance opening is set on the rear side of the pedal, a wire groove air avoidance opening is set on the left side of the pedal, and a semicircular shaft shoulder and a circular buckle are set inside the front side of the pedal; on one side of the shared bottom shell pedal, a pedal spring fixing seat is set at the front center and a spring is installed; at the front two corners of one side of the shared bottom shell pedal, a semicircular shaft seat, a circular buckle hole, and a square through hole are set, and the semicircular shaft seat and the semicircular shaft shoulder cooperate, and the circular buckle hole and the circular buckle cooperate to form a rotating axis, so that the pedal can be rotated up and down along the rotating axis, and the pedal can be pressed downward to trigger the fixed high-power micro switch to realize the pedal action; the square through hole is used to separate the circular buckle and the circular buckle hole to realize the disassembly of the pedal from the bottom shell; at the rear of one side of the shared bottom shell pedal, a high-power micro switch fixing seat is set on one side A, used to fix a high-power micro switch; the other side is provided with a fuse holder mounting hole and a rotating tail card mounting hole. The fuse assembly includes a fuse holder, a fuse, and a fuse cap, which are installed at the fuse holder mounting hole by a fixing nut. The rotating tail card is fixed to the rotating tail card mounting hole by a slope buckle, and a power cord is wrapped in the rotating tail card; a wire trough avoidance opening is provided on the side of the pedal to avoid the wire trough groove and the wire trough cover, and the pedal avoidance opening is used to avoid the rotating tail card and the fuse cap.

[0008] The circuit principle of the utility model is:

[0009] Power line input: connect the input power;

[0010] Fuse: responsible for protecting the user's electrical equipment and the internal circuit of the product;

[0011] Relay: responsible for controlling the power on and off and outputting to the socket;

[0012] Output socket: output voltage, users connect electrical equipment;

[0013] Power indicator light 1: Input power indicator light;

[0014] Power indicator light 2: output status indicator light;

[0015] Power supply circuit: responsible for supplying power to each internal circuit;

[0016] Relay drive circuit: responsible for driving the relay on and off according to the instructions of the microcontroller;

[0017] Rotary coding switch: used for user-operated timing settings;

[0018] Timing circuit: responsible for generating timing data according to the coding switch value and transmitting it to the microcontroller;

[0019] Single chip microcomputer circuit: responsible for data processing of each circuit, issuing relay drive instructions according to control switch and timing status processing, and transmitting relevant data to the counter circuit;

[0020] Counter circuit: responsible for processing the microcontroller data and driving the digital tube to display the value;

[0021] Digital tube: used to display the counting value;

[0022] LED indicator: responsible for indicating the relevant status of the counter;

[0023] Touch switch: used for setting the user-operated counter;

[0024] Micro switch 1: The user operates this switch to control the on and off of the relay;

[0025] Micro switch 2: used to switch the normally open and normally closed states of the relay;

[0026] When in use, just connect the wire to the electronic device.

[0027] The advantages of the utility model are that the power supply or signal of the electronic device can be controlled by pressing the switch with the foot, so that the function of controlling the electronic device with the foot can be realized, and the functions of the power socket, clock, timing and adjustable timing duration can be realized at the same time, the operation is simple, and it is easy to carry and is conducive to promotion. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the exploded state of each component of the utility model;

[0030] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the common bottom shell structure of the utility model;

[0031] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the bottom structure of the common bottom shell of the utility model;

[0032] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the back structure of the socket panel of the utility model;

[0033] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the back structure of the socket part counter housing of the utility model;

[0034] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the back structure of the pedal part of the utility model;

[0035] Figure 8 It is a circuit principle block diagram of the utility model.

[0036] In the figure, 1 is a common bottom shell, 2 is a spring, 3 is a high-power micro switch, 4 is a rotary tail card, 5 is a fuse holder, 6 is a fixing nut, 7 is a fuse, 8 is a fuse cap, 9 is a wire slot cover, 10 is a pedal, 11 is a panel, 12 is a counter housing, 13 is a card socket, 14 is a baffle, 15 is PCB board A, 16 is a relay, 17 is a rotary encoding switch, 18 is a PCB board A fixing screw, 19 is a high-power micro switch, 20 is a power indicator light, 21 is a counter PCB board B, 22 is a touch switch, 23 is a digital tube, 24 is an LED indicator, 25 is a counter PCB board B fixing screw, 26 is a counter cover, 27 is a counter label, 28 is a panel fixing screw, 29 is a self-adhesive foot pad, 30 is a bottom shell fixing installation hole, 31 is a semicircular shaft seat, 32 is a square through hole, 33 is a round buckle hole, 34 is a spring fixing seat, and 35 is a high-power micro switch fixing seat A, 36 is the fuse holder installation hole, 37 is the rotating tail card installation hole, 38 is the slope buckle, 39 is the wire slot groove, 40 is the wire slot cover installation hole, 41 is the wire hole, 42 is the baffle slot, 43 is the baffle opening, 44 is the screw column A, 45 is the high-power micro switch fixing seat B , 46 is screw column B, 47 is buckle groove and baffle, 48 is semicircular shoulder, 49 is round buckle, 50 is pedal spring fixing seat, 51 is wire slot avoidance, 52 is pedal avoidance, 53 is card socket mounting hole, 54 is card socket fixing buckle, 55 is high-power micro switch B opening, 56 is power indicator light mounting hole, 57 is counter mounting hole, 58 is screw column C, 59 is panel buckle, 60 is counter fixing spring clip, 61 is LED indicator light opening, 62 is micro switch opening, 63 is digital tube opening, 64 is screw column D, 65 is outlet opening, 66 is cover fixing buckle, 67 is power cord. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] The present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings:

[0038] The utility model is composed of a socket part, a pedal part, a common bottom shell (1), and a connection line channel part. The socket part and the pedal part are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the common bottom shell (1). The middle part of the socket part and the pedal part is adjacent to each other, and a connection line channel part is arranged. The lower part of the common bottom shell (1) is provided with a self-adhesive foot pad (29). The middle part of the front and rear sides of the common bottom shell (1) is provided with a bottom shell fixing installation hole (30), which can facilitate the device to be fixedly installed on other equipment or places.

[0039] The connecting wire channel part comprises a wire hole (41), a wire slot groove (39), a wire slot cover (9), and a wire slot cover mounting hole (40). The wire hole (41) is arranged at the lower part of the baffle plate of the socket part of the common bottom shell (1), the wire slot groove (39) is arranged at the adjacent part of the pedal part of the common bottom shell (1), the wire slot cover (9) is arranged at the upper part of the wire slot groove (39), and the wire slot cover (9) is fixed at the wire slot cover mounting hole (40) of the pedal part of the common bottom shell (1) by a mounting column built in the wire slot cover (9). A wire can be passed through the connecting wire channel part.

[0040] The socket part comprises a panel (11), a card socket (13), a power indicator light (20), a counter, a PCB board A (15), a PCB board B (21), and a rotary coding switch (17). A card socket mounting hole (53) and a card socket fixing buckle (54) are provided in the middle of the panel (11) for mounting the card socket (13); power indicator light mounting holes (56) are provided in front of both sides of the card socket mounting hole (53) and the power indicator light (20) is installed thereon; a high-power micro switch B opening (55) is provided behind one side of the card socket mounting hole (53) and a high-power micro switch B is installed thereon. A high-power micro switch B (19) is provided; a counter mounting hole (57) is provided on the front of the panel (11) and a counter is installed thereon; the counter comprises a counter housing (12), a counter label (27), a counter cover (26), a counter PCB board B (21), a counter fixing spring (60), an LED indicator light (24), a light touch switch (22), and a digital tube (23); a counter label (27) is provided on the surface of the counter housing (12); a corresponding LED indicator light and a digital tube window as well as a light touch switch mark are provided on the counter label (27); and the counter outer shell (12) is provided with a counter label (27). The housing (12) is provided with a counter PCB board B (21), a counter fixing spring sheet (60), an LED indicator opening (61), a light touch switch opening (62), a digital tube opening (63), a screw column D (64), a wire outlet opening (65), and a cover fixing buckle (66). The bottom of the counter housing (12) is covered and sealed by a counter cover (26) and fixed by a cover fixing buckle (66). The counter PCB board B (21) is provided with a light touch switch (22), a digital tube (23), and an LED indicator (24). The counter PCB board B (21) is provided with a counter cover (26). The counter PCB board B fixing screw (25) is fixed in the counter housing (12); a relay (16) is arranged in the rear part of one side of the common bottom shell (1) socket; a baffle slot (42), a baffle (14), and a baffle opening (43) are arranged on the back of one side of the common bottom shell (1) socket, and a rotary coding switch (17) is arranged on the back of the baffle (14); a screw column A (44) is arranged in the middle part of one side of the common bottom shell (1) socket, and the PCB board A (15) is installed by the PCB board A fixing screw (18); a high-power micro switch fixing seat is arranged on one side of the common bottom shell (1) socket B The panel (11) is provided with a screw column C (58) and a panel buckle (59). The panel (11) is mounted on a surface of one side of the socket of the common bottom shell (1). The panel buckle (59) is buckled with the buckle groove and the baffle (47). The screw column C (58) and the screw column B (46) are fixed with the panel fixing screws (28).

[0041] The pedal part comprises a pedal (10), a spring (2), a high-power micro switch (3), a rotating tail clip (4), and a fuse assembly. A pedal air-avoiding opening (52) is arranged at the rear side of the pedal (10), a wire slot air-avoiding opening (51) is arranged at the left side of the pedal (10), and a semicircular shaft shoulder (48) and a circular buckle (49) are arranged inside the front side of the pedal (10); a pedal spring fixing seat (50) is arranged at the center of the front part of one side of the pedal of the common bottom shell (1) and the spring (2) is installed; a semicircular shaft seat (31) and a circular buckle hole are arranged at the front two corners of one side of the pedal of the common bottom shell (1). (33), a square through hole (32), a semicircular shaft seat (31) and a semicircular shaft shoulder (48) cooperate, and a circular buckle hole (33) and a circular buckle (49) cooperate to form a rotating shaft. After the rotating shaft is formed, the pedal (10) can rotate up and down along the rotating shaft. The pedal (10) can be pressed downward to trigger the fixed high-power micro switch (3) to realize the pedal action; the square through hole (32) is used to separate the circular buckle (49) and the circular buckle hole (33) to realize the disassembly of the pedal (10) from the bottom shell; a high-power micro switch fixing seat is provided on one side of the rear part of one side of the pedal of the common bottom shell (1). A (35), used to fix the high-power micro switch (3); the other side is provided with a fuse holder mounting hole (36) and a rotating tail card mounting hole (37); the fuse assembly comprises a fuse holder (5), a fuse (7), and a fuse cap (8), which is mounted at the fuse holder mounting hole (36) by a fixing nut (6); the rotating tail card (4) is fixedly mounted at the rotating tail card mounting hole (37) by a slope buckle (38), and a power cord (67) is wrapped in the rotating tail card (4); a wire slot avoidance opening (51) is provided on the side of the pedal (10) for avoiding the wire slot groove (39) and the wire slot cover (9); and the pedal (10) avoidance opening (52) is used to avoid the rotating tail card (4) and the fuse cap (8).

[0042] The circuit principle of the utility model is:

[0043] Power line input: connect the input power;

[0044] Fuse: responsible for protecting the user's electrical equipment and the internal circuit of the product;

[0045] Relay: responsible for controlling the power on and off and outputting to the socket;

[0046] Output socket: output voltage, users connect electrical equipment;

[0047] Power indicator light 1: Input power indicator light;

[0048] Power indicator light 2: output status indicator light;

[0049] Power supply circuit: responsible for supplying power to each internal circuit;

[0050] Relay drive circuit: responsible for driving the relay on and off according to the instructions of the microcontroller;

[0051] Rotary coding switch: used for user-operated timing settings;

[0052] Timing circuit: responsible for generating timing data according to the coding switch value and transmitting it to the microcontroller;

[0053] Single chip microcomputer circuit: responsible for data processing of each circuit, issuing relay drive instructions according to control switch and timing status processing, and transmitting relevant data to the counter circuit;

[0054] Counter circuit: responsible for processing the microcontroller data and driving the digital tube to display the value;

[0055] Digital tube: used to display the counting value;

[0056] LED indicator: responsible for indicating the relevant status of the counter;

[0057] Touch switch: used for setting the user-operated counter;

[0058] Micro switch 1: The user operates this switch to control the on and off of the relay;

[0059] Micro switch 2: used to switch the normally open and normally closed states of the relay;

[0060] When in use, just connect the wire to the electronic device.

Claims

1. A foot pedal switch with a counting socket and clock timing and adjustable timing functions, characterized in that It consists of a socket part, a pedal part, a common bottom shell (1), and a connection line channel part. The socket part and the pedal part are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the common bottom shell (1). The middle part of the socket part and the pedal part is provided with a connection line channel part. The lower part of the common bottom shell (1) is provided with a self-adhesive foot pad (29). The middle part of the front and rear sides of the common bottom shell (1) is provided with a bottom shell fixing installation hole (30), which can facilitate the fixing and installation of the device to other equipment or places. The connection line channel part includes a through hole (29). A wire hole (41), a wire slot groove (39), a wire slot cover (9), and a wire slot cover mounting hole (40); the wire hole (41) is arranged at the lower part of the baffle plate of the socket part of the common bottom shell (1); the wire slot groove (39) is arranged at the adjacent part of the pedal part of the common bottom shell (1); the wire slot cover (9) is arranged at the upper part of the wire slot groove (39); the wire slot cover (9) is fixed at the wire slot cover mounting hole (40) of the pedal part of the common bottom shell (1) by a mounting column built in the wire slot cover (9); and a wire can be passed through the connecting wire channel part.

2. A foot pedal switch with a counting socket and clock timing and adjustable timing functions according to claim 1, characterized in that The socket part comprises a panel (11), a card-type socket (13), a power indicator light (20), a counter, a PCB board A (15), a PCB board B (21), and a rotary coding switch (17). A card-type socket mounting hole (53) and a card-type socket fixing buckle (54) are provided in the middle of the panel (11) for mounting the card-type socket (13); power indicator light mounting holes (56) are provided in front of both sides of the card-type socket mounting hole (53) and the power indicator light (20) is installed thereon; a high-power micro switch B opening (55) is provided behind one side of the card-type socket mounting hole (53) and the power indicator light (20) is installed thereon; A high-power micro switch B (19) is installed; a counter installation hole (57) is arranged on the front of the panel (11) and a counter is installed, the counter comprising a counter housing (12), a counter label (27), a counter cover (26), a counter PCB board B (21), a counter fixing spring (60), an LED indicator light (24), a light touch switch (22), and a digital tube (23); a counter label (27) is arranged on the surface of the counter housing (12); a corresponding LED indicator light and a digital tube window as well as a light touch switch mark are arranged on the counter label (27); and the counter The housing (12) is provided with a counter PCB board B (21), a counter fixing spring sheet (60), an LED indicator opening (61), a light touch switch opening (62), a digital tube opening (63), a screw column D (64), a wire outlet opening (65), and a cover fixing buckle (66). The bottom of the counter housing (12) is covered and sealed by a counter cover (26) and fixed by a cover fixing buckle (66). The counter PCB board B (21) is provided with a light touch switch (22), a digital tube (23), and an LED indicator (24). The counter PCB board B (21) is provided with a light touch switch (22), a digital tube (23), and an LED indicator (24). The counter PCB board B is fixed in the counter housing (12) by fixing screws (25); a relay (16) is arranged in the rear part of one side of the common bottom shell (1) socket; a baffle slot (42), a baffle (14), and a baffle opening (43) are arranged on the back of one side of the common bottom shell (1) socket, and a rotary coding switch (17) is arranged on the back of the baffle (14); a screw column A (44) is arranged in the middle part of one side of the common bottom shell (1) socket, and the PCB board A (15) is installed by fixing screws (18) of the PCB board A; a high-power micro switch fixing seat is arranged on one side of the common bottom shell (1) socket B The panel (11) is provided with a screw column C (58) and a panel buckle (59). The panel (11) is mounted on a surface of one side of the socket of the common bottom shell (1). The panel buckle (59) is buckled with the buckle groove and the baffle (47). The screw column C (58) and the screw column B (46) are fixed with the panel fixing screws (28).

3. A foot pedal switch with a counting socket and clock timing and adjustable timing functions according to claim 1, characterized in that The pedal part comprises a pedal (10), a spring (2), a high-power micro switch (3), a rotating tail card (4), and a fuse assembly. A pedal air-avoiding opening (52) is arranged at the rear side of the pedal (10), a wire slot air-avoiding opening (51) is arranged at the left side of the pedal (10), and a semicircular shaft shoulder (48) and a circular buckle (49) are arranged inside the front side of the pedal (10); a pedal spring fixing seat (50) is arranged at the center of the front part of one side of the pedal of the common bottom shell (1) and the spring (2) is installed; a semicircular shaft seat (31) and a circular buckle are arranged at the front two corners of one side of the pedal of the common bottom shell (1). The square hole (33), the square through hole (32), the semicircular shaft seat (31) and the semicircular shaft shoulder (48) cooperate, and the circular buckle hole (33) and the circular buckle (49) cooperate to form a rotating shaft. After that, the pedal (10) can rotate up and down along the rotating shaft. The pedal (10) can be pressed downward to trigger the fixed high-power micro switch (3) to realize the pedal action; the square through hole (32) is used to separate the circular buckle (49) and the circular buckle hole (33) to realize the disassembly of the pedal (10) from the bottom shell; a high-power micro switch fixing seat is arranged on one side of the rear part of one side of the pedal of the common bottom shell (1). A (35), used to fix the high-power micro switch (3); the other side is provided with a fuse holder mounting hole (36) and a rotating tail card mounting hole (37); the fuse assembly comprises a fuse holder (5), a fuse (7), and a fuse cap (8), which is mounted at the fuse holder mounting hole (36) by a fixing nut (6); the rotating tail card (4) is fixedly mounted at the rotating tail card mounting hole (37) by a slope buckle (38), and a power cord (67) is wrapped in the rotating tail card (4); a wire slot avoidance opening (51) is provided on the side of the pedal (10) for avoiding the wire slot groove (39) and the wire slot cover (9); and the pedal (10) avoidance opening (52) is used to avoid the rotating tail card (4) and the fuse cap (8).