Patent ID: 6354170
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: F16K,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A remote control assembly, comprising:a case; a lever located within said case and pivotal about an axis, said lever including first and second alternately usable, spaced apart lever couplers; a shiftable output rod selectively and alternately connectable with one or the other of said lever couplers; and a control handle operably coupled with said lever and extending out of said case, said handle being movable for pivoting said lever about said axis to thereby correspondingly shift said output rod, said control handle being located in a first rest position when said first lever coupler is connected with said rod, and in a second, different rest position when said second lever coupler is connected with the rod, and first and second end position stops on said case and on opposite sides of said first rest position, and third and fourth end positions stops on said case on opposite sides of said second rest position, said control handle carrying a shiftable pin engageable with said first, second, third and fourth end positions stops, said first, second, third and fourth end positions stops being oriented and cooperable with said pin for releasably maintaining said handle in first or second end positions on opposite sides of said first rest position and in third or fourth end positions on opposite sides of said second rest position and preventing handle movement therefrom, said handle being shiftable from said end position stops upon shifting of said pin out of engagement with the corresponding stop.