Patent ID: 9295861
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A62C

Claim Text:
1. A system for remotely directing a flow of firefighting fluid, the system comprising: a firefighting monitor having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet arranged to point in a first direction, the fluid outlet pivotable away from the first direction along a side-to-side monitor sweep and an up-and-down monitor sweep; a control mechanism spaced from said firefighting monitor, said control mechanism including a handle positionable to point in the first direction and pivotable away from the first direction along a side-to-side control sweep and an up-and-down control sweep; and an arrangement of cables mechanically connected to said firefighting monitor and said control mechanism each of the cables including a cable housing disposed over a cable core, the cable core fixed to the firefighting monitor and the control mechanism and longitudinally moveable with respect to the cable housing, such that left and right movement of said handle along said side-to-side control sweep causes corresponding left and right movement of said firefighting monitor along said side-to-side monitor sweep, respectively, via said arrangement of cables, and such that upward and downward movement of said handle along said up-and-down control sweep causes corresponding upward and downward movement of said firefighting monitor along said up-and-down monitor sweep, respectively, via said arrangement of cables, said handle facilitates remote manual positioning and control of said monitor by a corresponding positioning and control of said handle with respect to the first direction.