Decoupling apparatus for a push-button tuner

Claim 1

IN A RADIO HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE PUSH-BUTTON TUNER AND A CONTINUOUS TUNER, AN IMPROVED DECOUPLING APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A GENERALLY U-SHAPED CLAMPING LEVER, A PUSH-BUTTON SLIDE, A STRIP MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID SLIDE, LIMB MEANS AT ONE END OF SAID LEVER FOR PIVOTALLY JOURNALING SAID LEVER ON SAID SLIDE, A LIMB MEANS AT THE OTHER END OF SAID LEVER HAVING AN INCLINED SURFACE COOPERABLE WITH SAID STRIP MEMBER FOR PIVOTING SAID LOCKING LEVER INTO AN ELEVATED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID SLIDE, SAID LEVER STRADDLING A TUNING DISC PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO SAID SLIDE AND CLAMPING SAID TUNING DISC IN SAID ELEVATED POSITION; A CONTINUOUS TUNER MEANS INCLUDING A FRICTION COUPLING, A BELL CRANK LEVER HAVING ONE END CONNECTED WITH SAID FRICTION COUPLING, AND A ROTATABLE TRANSMISSION ELEMENT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER END OF SAID BELL CRANK LEVER, SAID ROTATABLE TRANSMISSION ELEMENT BEING POSITIONED IN THE PATH OF SAID U-SHAPED LEVER IN SAID ELEVATED POSITION OF RELEASING SAID FRICTION COUPLING, SAID TRANSMISSION ELEMENT BEING MOVABLE IN A DIRECTION NORMAL TO SAID PATH WHEREBY IN A FULLY DEPRESSED POSITION OF SAID PUSH BUTTON SLIDE SAID U-SHAPED LEVER MAY BE MOVED BY SAID STRIP MEMBER INTO SAID ELEVATED POSITION WITHOUT DECOUPLING SAID CONTINUOUS TUNER.