Editing Brother dome and foil

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| manufacturer        = [[Brother]] 
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| contact mechanism   = [[Contact mechanism#Capacitive|Capacitive]]
| switch type         = Tactile
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| keycap mount        = Custom cylindrical
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'''Brother dome and foil''' is a capacitive dome with slider switch believed to have been manufactured by [[Brother]] since at least the early 1980s, with a patent being filed in 1974.<ref name="patent" /> It is a capacitive counterpart to [[Brother conductive dome]] and [[Brother membrane dome with slider]], which shared the same keycap mount.

Many aspects of the switch are often compared with the [[Topre switch]], earning it the common nickname "Prototopre". It is a capacitive rubber dome design, but uses a piece of foil attached to the underside of the domes, rather than Topre's separate conical spring. The feel is compared as well, although this switch has a shorter travel and much softer bottom out than Topre switches. Even the proprietary cylindrical keycap mounts are considered to be very similar. They may or may not be partially compatible.

==Keyboards==

*Various Brother typewriters and other keyboard-equipped devices (eg. printers<ref name="printer-and-seiko-epson" />)
*A family of [[IBM]] keyboards including earlier models of the [[IBM RT PC keyboard]]<ref name="rt-keyboard" />. These keyboards have a distinctive housing which blends Model F and Model M styling. Other models in this series use the membrane equivalent.
*Some Seiko and Epson brand keyboards<ref name="printer-and-seiko-epson" />, including the [[Epson Q603A]] and [[Seikosha 8620]]
*[[Minolta KY-1]]
*[[Burroughs B25 K2]]<ref name="burroughs" />

==Gallery==
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Brother 8300.jpg|The stem top and keycap mount on a Brother Electronic 8300 typewriter
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="patent">Google Patents - [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3900712 Keyboard switch arrangement]</ref>
<ref name="printer-and-seiko-epson">Deskthority - [https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=12723 Tripleshot keycaps with windows]</ref>
<ref name="rt-keyboard">Deskthority - [https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=4101 IBM RT E57888]</ref>
<ref name="burroughs">Deskthority - [https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=12617&start= Burroughs B25 K2 - 3675 6104]</ref>
</references>

[[Category:Brother switches]]
[[Category:Capacitive switches]]
[[Category:Tactile switches]]
[[Category:Rubber domes]]
[[Category:List of all keyboard switches]]