Remotely operable push button

摘要

A button for an electrical device is disclosed. The button has a button portion which can be physically pressed, a moveable portion which moves from a first position to a second position when the button portion is pressed, biasing means which is operable to bias at least the movable portion to the first position and actuating means operable from a remote location which functions to move the movable portion from the first position to the second position without the button portion being physically pressed. The actuating means may include a solenoid, and electromagnetic interactions caused by operation of the solenoid may move the movable portion from the first position to the second position. The biasing means may be magnetically operated, or operated by a flexible/resilient component, or operated in some other way.