Keyboard for the remote control of machine tools and the like
AssigneeFidia S.p.A.
InventorEzio Savazzi
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Abstract
The keyboard comprises a plurality of keys and/or manual controls connected to one or more boards which can generate coded electrical signals indicative of the commands put into effect by the operation of the keys and/or the manual controls. The keys and/or controls are divided into at least two sets disposed on at least two faces of a body which can rotate in a tubular casing having a display window. The faces can be positioned in the display window in turn as a result of the rotation of the rotary body.
Claims11
A keyboard assembly, particularly but not exclusively for the remote control of machine tools, said assembly comprising a tubular casing with a display window therein, a body with at least two faces, said body being rotatable within said casing such that said faces are positionable in said display window as a result of the rotation of said body, at least two sets of keys and/or controls disposed on said at least two faces, respectively, and at least one board connected to said keys and/or controls, said at least one board being able to generate coded electrical signals indicative of commands put into effect by the operation of the keys and/or controls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.