Remote control mechanism

Claim 1

REMOTELY OPERABLE MEANS TO ACTUATE A CONTROL MEMBER OF A DEVICE, FOR EXAMPLE A RELEASE MEMBER THAT HAS A SHORT RELEASE STROKE AND PROTRUDES FROM ONE END OF A DEVICE IN THE FORM OF A HYDRAULIC LOCK OF A RECLINING CHAIN, WHEREIN ONE REQUIREMENTS IS RELIABILITY AND A SECOND REQUIREMENT IS COMPACTNESS TO CONFORM TO THE LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE DEVICE, SAID REMOTELY OPERABLE MEANS COMPRISING: MEANS COOPERATIVE WITH SAID END OF THE DEVICE TO FORM THEREWITH AN OPERATING CHAMBER ENCLOSING THE PROTRUDING END OF THE OPERATING MEMBER; A DIAPHRAGM SPANNING SAID CHAMBER AND DIVIDING THE CHAMBER INTO A FIRST COMPARTMENT AND A SECOND COMPARTMENT, THE FIRST COMPARTMENT ENCLOSING THE END OF THE OPERATING MEMBER; A DISK IN SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT WITH ONE FACE OF THE DISK ABUTTING THE DIAPHRAGM AND THE OUTER FACE ABUTTING THE END OF THE OPERATING MEMBER; PLURALITY OF BELLEVILLE SPRINGS SURROUNDING THE PROTRUDING END OF THE OPERATING MEMBER UNDER CONTINUOUS AXIAL COMPRESSION BETWEEN THE DISK AND THE END OF THE DEVICE TO YIELDINGLY SPACE THE DISK FROM THE END OF THE DEVICE; STOP MEANS TO LIMIT THE MOVEMENT OF THE DISK AWAY FROM THE END OF THE DEVICE BY THE PRESSURE OF THE BELLEVILLE SPRINGS TO KEEP THE SPRINGS CONSTANTLY COMPRESSED; A CONTROL CHAMBER OF SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER CROSS SECTION THAN THE SECOND COMPARTMENT AT A LOCATION REMOTE FROM THE OPERATING CHAMBER, SAID CONTROL CHAMBER HAVING A NORMAL VOLUME AND BEING MANUALLY OPERABLE FOR REDUCTION IN VOLUME; AND FLUID PASSAGE MEANS CONNECTING THE CONTROL CHAMBER WITH SAID SECOND COMPARTMENT AND COOPERATIVE WITH THE CONTROL CHAMBER AND THE SECOND COMPARTMENT TO CONFINE A BODY OF LIQUID TO APPLY OPERATIVE PRESSURE AGAINST THE DIAPHRAGM TO SHIFT THE DISK AGAINST THE OPERATING MEMBER IN RESPONSE TO MANUAL REDUCTION IN THE VOLUME OF THE CONTROL CHAMBER.