Patent ID: 6601611
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: F15B,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A hand-actuated control device, with a control lever (21), which is swivelable from a neutral position to all sides about a swivel point (23), about axes lying essentially in an axial plane and intersecting at the swivel point (23), with at least two control signal generators (11), which are arranged spaced apart from one another by a given angle in relation to a lever axis (12) which is perpendicular to the axial plane and passes through the swivel point (23), and with an actuating element (30) which extends largely parallel to the axial plane and with which the two control signal generators (11) are actuatable individually or jointly when the control lever (21) is swiveled out of the neutral position, wherein between the two first control signal generators (11) there is arranged a further control signal generator (11), the control lever (21) is turnable together with the actuating element (30) about the lever axis (12) from a first turning position, in which the first control signal generators (11) are actuatable by the actuating element (30), into a second turning position and vice versa, and that the actuating element (30) is provided with a recess (32) such that the further control signal generator (11) is actuatable only in the second turning position.