Tuning system

Claim 1

A TUNING SYSTEM FOR A RADIO RECEIVER INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, A FRAME, A TUNING SHAFT MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND ROTATABLE TO TUNE THE RECEIVER, MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR ROTATING SAID TUNER SHAFT AND INCLUDIG CLUTCH MEANS HAVING A LINEARLY DISPLAEABLE ELEMENT TO DISENGGE SAID CLUTCH MEANS AND DISABLE SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS, A LEVER PIVOTAL ABOUT A POINT ON SAID FRAME FROM A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE MOTION OF SAID LINEARLY DISPLACEABLE ELEMENT AND HAVING ACTUATING MEANS THEREON ENGAGED WITH SAID LINEARLY DISPLACEABLE ELEMENT OF SAID CLUTCH MEANS, MANUALLY DEPRESSIBLE SLIDE MEANS SUPPORTED ON SAID FRAME, MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SHAFT AND ENGAGEABLE BY SAID SLIDE MEANS UPON DEPRESSION THEREOF FOR TURNING SAID SHAFT FOR TUNING THE RECEIVER, AND A PLATE ENGAGEABLE BY SAID SLIDE MEANS TO BE LINEARLY SLIDABLE IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID SLIDE MEANS UPON DEPRESSION THEREOF, SAID PLATE BEING ENGAGED WITH THE LEVER TO PIVOT SAID LEVER AND DISPLACE SAID ELEMENT TO THEREBY DISENGAGE SAID CLUTCH MEANS AND DECOUPLE SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FROM SAID TUNER SHAFT.