Infinitely adjustable cable controlled apparatus and method
AssigneeCaterpillar Tractor Co.
InventorJames R. Deck
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Abstract
A cable controlled apparatus comprises a housing having a control member movably mounted therein and adapted to actuate a directional control valve or the like. The cable is threadably mounted in a bracket, mounted on the housing, to selectively move and adjust the position of the valve control member upon rotation of the bracket. A clamping member is mounted on the housing and has an annular groove defined thereon for retaining a flanged base of the bracket therein whereby axial movement of the bracket is prevented upon rotation thereof.
Claims13
An infinitely adjustable cable-controlled apparatus comprising
- a support member,
- a control member movably mounted on said support member,
- push-pull cable means connected to said control member for selectively moving the same,
- a bracket mounted on said support member and mounting said cable means thereon,
- adjustment means adjustably mounting said cable means on said bracket for axial movement thereon to selectively move and adjust the position of said control member relative to said support member upon rotation of said bracket, and
- retaining means mounting said bracket on said support member and for selectively permitting rotation of said bracket relative to said support member upon adjustment of said control member.
A method for adjusting a cable-controlled apparatuss comprising a housing, a control member movably mounted in said housing, a flexible push-pull cable means having a cable reciprocally mounted in a sheath thereof, a bracket detachably mounted on said housing and having said cable adjustably mounted for axial movement therein and a clamping member releasably clamping said bracket to said housing, comprising the steps of
- releasing said clamping member from said housing,
- rotating said bracket and simultaneously moving said cable means axially and also moving said control member and
- reclamping said clamping member to said housing to secure said bracket against rotation relative to said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.