Patent ID: 7591126
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for two-motion cable operation adapted for operating a mechanism via a control cable extending between the apparatus and the mechanism, said apparatus comprising: a housing defining a chamber therein; a lever assembly pivotably mounted to the housing, the lever assembly including a lever extending from the housing and a hub substantially received in the chamber, the lever and hub being coupled for companion shiftable movement between an initial position and an advanced position, said lever assembly further including a pivotal member operatively coupled to the hub and shiftable relative to the hub, said pivotable member being adapted for coupling to the control cable; and a socket assembly mounted to the housing and adapted for mounting a deadman handle thereto, said socket assembly including a socket which is pivotably mounted to the housing for movement between a primary position and an engaged position, said socket having a cam member positioned in said chamber, said cam member including an eccentric, wherein said pivotal member further includes a body, a catch pivotally mounted to the body for selective engagement with the socket, and a pawl pivotaily mounted to the body for selective engagement with the hub, wherein the cam member is positioned sufficiently proximate to the pivotal member such that pivoting of the socket from a primary position shifts the cam member into an engaged position opposite and in engagement with the catch of the pivotal member whereby subsequent shifting of the lever towards the advanced position produces engagement between the hub and the pawl of the pivotal member and consequent pivotal movement of the pivotable member corresponding to movement of the lever from the initial position to the advanced position.