Remote control for walk-behind compactor
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorG. Louis Troppman, III
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Abstract
A hand-held, portable control device for a walk-behind mobile compactor includes a control box for generating a plurality of electrical control signals. A handle on the control box is adapted to be grasped by a single hand of an operator, without requiring an operator's thumb to support the control box. The handle is adapted to position an operator's thumb adjacent to the control box so as to permit the thumb to move freely in all directions. A flexible cable connects the control box to the compactor. Switches for activating electrical signals from the control box are positioned within a proximity of an operator's thumb, when the handle is grasped by an operator, the switches being movable among a plurality of activation positions in response to movement of an operator's thumb.
Claims5
A hand-held, portable control device for use with a walk-behind mobile compactor, the compactor 1 carrying a plurality of control circuits for performing a function selected from the group including travel direction, vibration on/off and emergency stop, the control device comprising:
- (a) means in a control box housing, for generating a plurality of electrical control signals;
- (b) handle means on said housing adapted to be grasped by a single hand of an operator, without requiring an operator's thumb to support said box, said handle means adapted to position an operator's thumb adjacent to said housing to permit said thumb to move freely in all directions;
- (c) flexible cable means for connecting said control device to a mobile compactor for powering said control device and for thereafter transmitting a control signal to a preselected control circuit of said compactor;
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- (d) switch means on said housing adjacent to said handle means for activating said electrical signal generating means, said switch means positioned within a proximity of an operator's thumb when said handle is grasped by an operator, said switch means movable among a plurality of activation positions in response to movement of an operator's thumb.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.