Operating shift apparatus for manual transmission

An operating shift apparatus for a manual transmission, comprising:

• an operating lever having an upper end at which a handle is disposed and a lower end extending toward a lever box;
• a shift lever, an upper end of which is integrally combined with the lower end of the operating lever, having a shift joint disposed at a lower end of the shift lever, wherein a shift cable is connected to the shift joint;
• a connecting lever, an upper end of which is rotatably connected with the shift lever, having a cylinder joint of a cylindrical shape which is downwardly protruded and disposed at a lower end of the connecting lever;
• a select lever having a select groove, into which the cylinder joint is accommodated, disposed at an upper end thereof, a select joint which is disposed at a front end of the select lever, the select joint to which a select cable is connected, a return protrusion which is downwardly protruded and disposed at a lower end of the select lever, and a guide groove which is respectively disposed at both ends of the select lever, wherein the lever box has a guide rail which is engaged with the guide groove of the select lever and fixed to a vehicle body;
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• a return spring provided to the lever box and contacting the return protrusion so as to return the select lever to an original position of the return protrusion,
• wherein the select lever is configured to move in a forward and rear direction of the vehicle body as the cylinder joint is slid along the select groove and a motion of the select lever is guided as the guide groove is slid along the guide rail.