Apparatus that has an electrical contact to maneuver with the foot, especially to constitute a rheostat, in which the electrical organs have a surface area higher than that of a simple contact-switch for small intensities and in which it is convenient to make electrical contacts on surfaces, some of which at least, are greater than a few tens of square millimeters, said contacts being commanded from an organ that will conventionally be called "pedal" and which protrudes, at least in part, from a box enclosing the electrical organs, this apparatus being characterized, firstly; because its box has a profile inclined on one side towards the user, normally allowing this profile to permanently rest the heel of this user on the ground; second, because the end of the pedal moves in its entirety substantially in a common direction, which is preferably approximately vertical and thirdly, because this pedal is equipped with at least one moving element, which lends itself in part to the movement of the user's foot. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
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