Editing HTK switch

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{{infobox dswitch
| image name          = 
| manufacturer        = [[Hottek]]?
| product code        = 
| family              = 
| switch type         = 
| contact mechanism   = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch mount        = [[Switch mount#Plate mount|Plate mount]]
| keycap mount        = [[Keycap mount#Cherry MX mount|Cherry MX mount]]
}}

'''HTK switch''' is a provisional name for a derivative of [[SMK J-M0404 series]].

==Description==
Details on this switch are fairly sketchy, confined to machine translation of a single Chinese page. HTK switches differ from SMK J-M0404 design in several ways:

*The switch contains a click leaf (grey version, possibly not the black version)
*The static contact has one lateral notch instead of two across the top bar
*There is a reinforcing recess at the foot of the movable plate
*The keystem is Cherry MX mount

The manufacturer is unknown, but "HTK" may simply be an abbreviation for Hottek, who have used these switches.

The [[MX mount SMK clone series]] (confirmed to be Cherry MX mount) appears to be an unbranded derivative, as identical [[mould numbering]] appears on them. The metal parts are essentially identical, although the shell moulds have been modified if not recreated.

==Variants==
*Black with circular slider, clicky; in two photos the slider is bordering on pure white, while it is a mid grey in another photo, while alps.tw refers to it as "灰" (grey)
*Black with rectangular black slider — this is an alternate action switch with the locking mechanism removed; the internals have not been depicted

==Keyboards==
*[[Hottek 1PB101/102]]

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:HTK switches.jpg               | HTK switches (depicted as white)
File:HTK switches -- detail.jpg     | Detail
File:HTK switch -- disassembled.jpg | Disassembly (same switches depicted as grey)
</gallery>

==External links==
*KBtalKing — [http://kbtalking.cool3c.com/article/11086 ⊙.⊙台灣怪軸Hottec_1PB101-102～HK灰軸⊙.⊙]

[[Category:SMK vintage linear derivatives]]
[[Category:Keyboard switches with Cherry MX mount]]
[[Category:Clicky switches]]
[[Category:Metal contact switches]]
[[Category:List of all keyboard switches]]