Patent ID: 6634383
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: F15B,Y10T

Abstract:
A control arrangement for actuating at least two control valves, comprising:a control device movable from a neutral position to at least first and second control positions, the control device having a first actuator portion for selectively actuating at least one of the control valves when moved to the first control position which includes a first non-locked control position and a first locked control position; a detent arrangement operatively associated with the at least one of the control valves and operative with the first actuator portion for holding the control device in the first locked control position; and a detent assist assembly operative with the control device, the detent assist assembly assisting the detent arrangement in holding the control device in the first locked control position and including a first member having an outer surface including variable resistance portions that define the first non-locked and the first locked control positions, a second member being movable from a neutral position to a first and second operating position along said variable resistance portions, said second member having a second actuator portion for selectively actuating the other one of the control valves when the control device is moved to the second control position with the second member not engaging the variable resistance portions of the first member.