Patent ID: 7177724

Claim:
A portable terminal provided for the connection to a control unit of movements according to multiple axes of an automatic apparatus bearing a tool, the terminal having a longitudinally extended body defining a first portion and a second portion comprising an area of union to the first portion, wherein in correspondence with a front side of the first portion a display device is provided and in correspondence with a front side of the second portion a multiplicity of keys is provided, said multiplicity comprising: a plurality of motion keys able to be operated manually to provide the control unit with a respective command signal for the apparatus, the command signal being aimed at causing the tool to execute a rotation or a translation motion about or along an axis corresponding to the operated motion key, a plurality of teaching keys, able to be operated manually for programming the control unit and/or controlling the apparatus and/or storing a position reached by a predefined point of the tool as a result of a motion of the apparatus, wherein the second portion of the body of the terminal has a width which progressively decreases until reaching said area of union, said plurality of motion keys comprises a first and a second series of keys being positioned each along a respective longitudinal side of the second portion, preferably in a substantially symmetrical fashion to each other, and the said plurality of teaching keys comprises a group of keys being positioned within or close to said area of union.