Valve control mechanism

A valve control mechanism for a plurality of uniformly spaced valve control elements disposed in a common plane, comprising;

• a support structure adapted to be disposed in fixed relationship to said common plane, a pair of valve control assemblies, each of said valve control assemblies including mounting brackets which are relatively separable having a plurality of control arms pivotally mounted on one of said brackets and at least one arm on the other bracket with one of said control arms being associated with a respective control element, said control assemblies connected together to form a manifold assembly removably replaceable as a unit on said support structure, attaching means for connecting the mounting bracket of a selected one of said pair of valve control assemblies to said support structure, said attaching means being the sole means required to be removed to release said bracket containing said manifold assembly from said support structure, a connecting means on each of said control arms adapted for connection to each of said control elements, respectively, said connecting means each including a connecting element removable to separate said control arm from the associated control element, one of said valve control assemblies having a separate control lever movable from a neutral position for moving each of said control arms, and the other of said valve control assemblies having a single lever movable from a neutral position for moving at least one control arm associated with adjacent valve control elements.