Push-button T.V. tuner
AssigneeLawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
InventorEmmanuel Eugene
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Abstract
A push button VHF television tuner includes a fixedly mounted core, which is a conventional tuner turret cylindrical core having an elongated contact strip for each channel connected to reactive components on switch wafers within the turret. Plungers are arrayed around the circular periphery of the core along each contact element and longitudinally spaced contact rings encircle the core turret and plungers at the location of each contact position on the strips. The plungers carry radially directed contact fingers for bridging between the rings and contacts on the strips upon plunger depression. The loops feed the radio frequency receiving circuitry.
Claims3
A push button multi-channel tuner module for a signal receiver comprising an elongated core containing electrical components, a plurality of longitudinally directed contact strips spaced around the periphery of said core, said strips being electrically connected to said components in a manner that each contact strip is associated with a different channel, fixed contact means positioned about said core and adapted to be connected to said receiver, a plurality of longitudinally directed channel selector plungers spaced around said core along said contact strips, said plungers passing along said fixed contact means, and translatable contact means carried by each plunger for electrically bridging between a corresponding one of said contact strips and said fixed contact means upon depression of said plunger.
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