Handle and cover assembly for a window operator

A pivotable knob and handle assembly for a window operator, comprising:

• a handle having an opening in one end;
• a knob having an opening in one end;
• a pin having a head on one end and a friction surface about the other end;
• a sleeve disposed over said pin and having a friction surface about its outer periphery, said sleeve having an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the pin other end;
• wherein said pin other end is frictionally press fit in either the handle end opening or the knob opening and said sleeve is frictionally press fit in the other of the openings whereby said sleeve secures said pin against axial movement while permitting rotational movement of the pin relative to the sleeve.

A pivotable knob and handle assembly for a window operator, comprising:

• a handle having an axially extending cylindrical wall defining an axial opening in one end;
• a knob having an axially extending cylindrical wall defining an axial opening in one end;
• an axial pin having a head on one end and axially extending friction surfaces about the other end;
• a sleeve disposed over said pin and having an axially extending friction surface about its outer periphery, said sleeve having an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the pin other end;
• wherein said pin other end is secured in either the handle end opening or the knob opening by frictional engagement of the pin axially extending friction surface with either the handle or knob axially extending cylindrical wall, and said sleeve is frictionally secured in the other of the openings by frictional engagement of the sleeve axially extending friction surface with the other of the knob or handle axially extending cylindrical walls;
• whereby said sleeve secures said pin against axial movement while permitting rotational movement of the pin relative to the sleeve.