Control rod handle
AssigneeClark Equipment Company
InventorsWarner K. Brown, Robert L. Kirby
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Abstract
A handle preferably in the shape of an inverted frusto-pyramid is attached to the extremity of a control rod which is received in a longitudinal bore in the handle. The control rod has a transverse opening in its extremity that can be aligned with a transverse bore in the handle that intersects with the longitudinal bore. A bolt is insertable through the transverse bore and aligned transverse opening. The bolt has a bolthead portion and a threaded end portion. The threaded end of the bolt may be placed in mating engagement with internal threads of a nut to secure the handle to the control rod.
Claims11
A handle comprising:
- a body portion having two ends;
- a longitudinal passageway extending into one end of the body portion and adapted to receive an extremity of a rod;
- the rod having a transverse opening near the extremity;
- a transverse passageway in the body portion arranged to align with the transverse opening when the handle is mounted on the rod;
- the transverse passageway having a portion with a configuration which holds a nut from turning when engaged with the threaded end of a bolt which extends through the transverse opening in the rod and is threaded into the nut held by the portion to facilitate securing the handle to the end;
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- the longitudinal passageway being provided with generally rectangular portions and generally circular portions for receiving the extremity of the rod having either a generally rectangular or generally cylindrical configuration.
A handle assembly comprising:
- a body portion in the form of an inverted frusto-pyramid having substantially parallel generally rectangular top and bottom bases;
- a longitudinal passageway extending into the bottom base of the body portion and adapted to receive an extremity of a rod;
- said rod having a transverse opening near the extremity;
- a transverse passageway in the body portion arranged to align with said transverse opening when the handle is mounted on the rod;
- the body portion further having two pairs of spaced-apart lateral faces, the lateral faces of each pair of lateral faces are generally identical trapezoids, the body portion including base edges and lateral edges;
- the transverse passageway extending through at least one of the lateral faces of the one pair of lateral faces;
- means for selectively securing the handle to the rod;
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- the longitudinal passageway being provided with generally rectangular portions and generally circular portions for receiving the extremity of the rod having either a generally rectangular or generally cylindrical configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.