Electro-mechanical hand controller
OwnerTom R. Luqueinventor
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Abstract
An inclination sensitive hand controller comprises a generally cylindrical handle having liquid contact switches mounted at different angles of orientation within the handle. The switches are actuated dependent upon the tilting of the handle from a preselected position. A squeeze responsive control switch is mounted in a non-exposed position within the handle. This switch is activated or deactivated upon squeezing of the handle to control connection and disconnection of electrical power to the tilt switches. An exposed finger- depressible switch is mounted at one end of the handle which independently controls other circuits than the circuits controlled by the tilt switches and the squeeze responsive control switch.
Claims10
An inclination sensitive control handle, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical handle controllable by an operator by tilting of said handle from a preselected position, said handle being at least slightly compressible radially inwardly in response to manual squeezing thereof;
- a plurality of tilt switches mounted within said handle, each of said tilt switches being oriented for actuation or deactuation upon tilting of said handle away from said preselected position;
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- a squeeze responsive control switch in a nonexposed position within said handle for controllably connecting and disconnecting supply of electrical power to said tilt switches in response to squeezing of said handle.
An inclination sensitive control handle, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical handle controllable by an operator by tilting of said handle from a vertical position, said handle being at least slightly compressible radially inwardly in response to manual squeezing thereof;
- a first tilt switch mounted within said handle for activation upon tilting of said handle generally toward one of four horizontal, orthogonal directions;
- a second tilt switch mounted within said handle for activation upon tilting of said handle generally toward the second of said directions;
- a third tilt switch mounted within said handle for activation upon tilting of said handle generally toward the third of said directions;
- a fourth tilt switch mounted within said handle for activation upon tilting of said handle generally toward the fourth of said directions;
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- a squeeze responsive control switch in a nonexposed position within said handle and responsive to squeezing of said handle for controlling connection and disconnection of electrical power to said tilt switches.
An inclination sensitive control handle, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical handle controllable by an operator for tilting movement from a generally vertical orientation to a tilted position disposed angularly relative to a vertical axis, said handle being at least slightly compressible radially inwardly in response to manual squeezing thereof;
- at least three tilt responsive switches mounted within said handle for actuation and deactuation in response to tilting movement of said handle;
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- a squeeze responsive control switch in a nonexposed position within said handle and responsive to squeezing of said handle for controlling connection and disconnection of electrical power to said tilt switches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.