Patent ID: 8413957

Claim:
A hand-held, portable valve controller, comprising: a first head housing and a second head housing, each of the first and second head housings comprising first and second housing walls and a pulley wheel supported by an axle having first and second end portions, wherein the first axle end portion is fastened to the first wall and the second axle end portion extends through the second wall, wherein the second axle end portion is fastened to a valve control engagement member configured to receive a valve control member operable to control a valve from a first valve position to a second valve position; a rigid, hollow elongate shaft that conjoins the first and second head housings and is configured for being grasped by a hand of a user to provide the capability of manually engaging the valve control member with the valve control engagement member; and a cord that extends through the elongate shaft and around a circumferential portion of each of the pulley wheels in the first and second head housings configured to transfer rotational motion from the pulley wheel in the first head housing to the pulley wheel in the second head housing so as to provide the user capability of selectively shifting the control valve from the first valve position to the second valve position.