Aircraft throttle having adjustable, overpowerable gate

Claim 1

IN A MULT-THROTTLE CONTROL FOR AIRCRAFT POWER PLANTS HAVING A SERIES OF SEPARATE THROTTLE LEVERS DISPOSED SIDE BY SIDE AND PIVOTAL ABOUT A GENERALLY COMMON AXIS IN JUXTAPOSED ARCUATE PATHS FROM MINIMUM TO MAXIMUM THROTTLKE AND A GRADUATED GUIDE FRAME FOR SAID LEVERS SPACED ABOVE SAID AXIS HAVING JUXTAPOSED PARALLEL ARCUATE GUIDE MEMBERS INTERFINGERED WITH SAID LEVERS FOR GUIDANCE THEREOF, AN OVERPOWERABLE GATE, COMPRISING: SAID GUIDE FRAME HAVING A PAIR OF SIDE BARS HAVING GUIDE AND RETAINING GROOVES IN THEIR OPPOSED FACES, A GATE MEMBER DISPOSED IN FRONT OF SAID LEVERS HAVING A PAIR OF ROLLER MEMBERS MOUNTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF DISPOSED IN SAID GROOVES IN SUCH A MANNER THAT SAID GATE MEMBER IS MOVABLE FORE AND AFT OF SAID GUIDE FRAME FROM POSITIONS BLOCKING MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVERS TO MAXIMUM THROTTLE POSITION, TO A FORWARD POSITION PERMITTING MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVERS TO MAXIMUM THROTTLE POSITION, ONE OF SAID BARS HAVING A SERIES OF INDENTATIONS FORMED IN ITS FACE EXTENDING IN A FORE AND AFT DIRECTION, SAID GATE MEMBER HAVING SLIDABLY TRANSVERSELY MOUNTED THEREIN A LATCH MEMBER MOVABLE BETWEEN A POSITION OUT OF SAID INDENTATIONS AND A POSITION ENGAGED IN ONE OF SAID INDENTATIONS, SPRING MEANS IN SAID GATE MEMBER NORMALLY URGING SAID LATCH MEMBER INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID INDENTATIONS, FINGER PIECE MEANS EXPOSED FROM SAID GATE MEMBER AND LINKAGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID FINGER PIECE MEANS TO SAID LATCH MEMBER AND OPERABLE WHEN SAID FINGER PIECE MEANS IS OPERATED TO WITHDRAW SAID LATCH MEMBER FROM THE LOCATION OF SAID INDENTATION FOR ADJUSTABLE LOCATION OF SAID GATE MEMBER BLOCKING ADVANCEMENT OF SAID THROTTLE LEVERS TO MAXIMUM THROTTLE POSITION, AND GRADUATED INDICIA LOCATED ON SAID GATE MEMBER AND SAID GUIDE FRAME FOR LOCATING EACH POSITION OF SAID GATE MEMBER ENGAGED IN THE INDENTATIONS FOR SETTING VARIOUS MAXIMUM THRUST LIMITATIONS, AND SAID SPRING MEANS AND THE SHAPE OF SAID INDENTATIONS AND LATCH MEMBER BEING SUCH THAT SAID LATCH MEMBER CAN BE IMMEDIATELY CAMMED OUT OF THE INDENTATIONS BY SUFFICIENT FORCE APPLIED ON SAID GATE MEMBER BY SAID LEVERS WITHIN PILOT MANUAL FORCE LIMITATIONS, TO OVERPOWER SAID GATE FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID THROTTLE LEVERS TO POSITIONS OF MAXIMUM THROTTLE PAST THE LIMIT SET BY SAID GATE MEMBER.