Abstract: A switch includes a pair of fixed contacts disposed at a predetermined distance from each other; a movable contact arranged to be capable of contacting with and separating from the pair of fixed contacts; and an arc extinguishing container internally mounted with the pair of fixed contacts and the movable contact. The arc extinguishing container includes a resin container having a terminal retention plate portion adhesively bonded a pair of external connection terminals, and a side plate portion extending downward from an outer circumferential portion of the terminal retention plate portion, and formed with an open face, and a metal bucket-shaped body internally mounted with the movable contact and the pair of fixed contacts inserted into the side plate portion of the resin container. The are extinguishing container is formed by bonding the resin container and the metal bucket-shaped body to each other by an adhesive agent.

Abstract: A light guiding plate capable of extracting the polarized component of light that was not utilized effectively, reducing the number of parts such as light emitting elements, and reducing a power consumption and a liquid crystal display device having the light guiding plate; the light guiding plate (1), comprising a light guiding means (40) for guiding the light incident from a light source (2), a polarizing and splitting means (10) allowing the outgoing of only the polarization in one direction, a reflection means (30) for reflecting the light, and a light converting means (20) disposed between the polarizing and splitting means (10) and the reflection means (30) and converting the polarization direction of the light transmitted therethrough.