Remote control device

Claim 1

A CONTROL DEVICE COMPRISING: A PIVOTAL CONTROL LEVER; A ROTATABLE MEMBER SPACED APART FROM SAID LEVER: A MANUAL OPERATING KNOB; FORCE-MULTIPLYING GEAR MEANS ACTING BETWEEN SAID KNOB AND SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER, INCLUDING A FIRST GEAR FIXED TO SAID KNOB FOR ROTATION THEREWITH AND A SECOND GEAR MESHING WITH SAID FIRST GEAR AND COUPLED TO SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER; MEANS FOR MAINTIANING SAID GEAR MEANS IN MESHING ALIGNMENT, INCLUDING A PLATE MEMBER FIXED IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF ONE OF SAID GEARS AND SLIDABLY CONTACTING A FACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID GEARS TO RESTRAIN SAID OTHER GEAR AGAINST AXIAL MOVEMENT AWAY FROM SAID ONE GEAR AND OUT OF MESHED ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH; FIRST FLEXIBLE SHAFT MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER AND A LOCATON ON SAID LEVER ON ONE SIDE OF THE PIVOT THEREOF, A PORTION OF SAID FIRST SHAFT MEANS BEING COILED ON SAID MEMBER IN ONE DIRECTION; AND SECOND FLEXIBLE SHAFT MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER AND A LOCATION ON SAID LEVER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PIVOT THEREOF, A PORTION OF SAID SECOND SHAFT MEANS BEING COILED ON SAID MEMBER IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SHAFT MEANS BEING PROGRESSIVELY LENGTHABLE AND SHORTENABLE RESPECTIVELY UPON ROTATION OF SAID MEMBER IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION BY THE MANIPULATON OF SAID KNOB AND VICE VERSA.