Push button tuner

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A PANEL MOUNTED RADIO RECEIVER SET INCLUDING A SUPPORTING FRAME ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED ON THE REAR SURFACE OF A PANEL, A PUSH BOTTON TUNER UNIT MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND INCLUDING A SERIES OF PUSH BUTTONS PROJECTING FORWARDLY THEREFROM, THE PANEL INCLUDING AN INTERMEDIATE APERTURE THROUGH WHICH SAID PUSH BUTTONS MAY EXTEND AND LATERALLY SPACED CONTROL SHAFT APERTURES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID INTERMEDIATE APERTURE WHICH MAY VARY IN LATERAL SPACING WITH VARIOUS INSTALLATIONS, AND A ROTATABLE MANUAL TUNING MEMBER ON SAID TUNER INCLUDING A MANUALLY ROTATABLE TUNING SHAFT EXTENDING OPERABLE, UPON ROTATION, TO ADJUST THE TUNING OF SAID TUNER, AN APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR VARIOUS PANELS INCLUDING: (A) A MOUNTING PLATE SECURED TO THE FORWARD SIDE OF SAID SUPPORTING FRAME, (B) SAID MOUNTING PLATE INCLUDING AN INTERMEDIATE APERTURE THROUGH WHICH SAID PUSH BUTTONS EXTEND, AND INCLUDING LATERALLY EXTENDING SLOTS OF A LENGTH SUFFICIENT TO COMPENSATE FOR VARIOUS ESCUTCHEON PLATES, (C) A VOLUME CONTROL SHAFT EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORTING FRAME ADJUSTABLY SUPPORTED IN ONE OF SAID SLOTS AND EXTENDING THROUGH ONE OF SAID CONTROL SHAFT APERTURES IN SAID PANEL, (D) SAID ROTATABLE TUNING SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH THE OTHER OF SAID SLOTS AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE PANEL AND THE OTHER OF SAID CONTROL SHAFT APERTURES, (E) AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE SHAFT AXIALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID ROTATABLE TUNING SHAFT TO TRANSMIT ROTARY MOVEMENT FROM SAID TUNING SHAFT TO SAID ROTATABLE MANUAL TUNING MEMBER, (F) A PINION GEAR ON THE OTHER END OF SAID FLEXIBLE SHAFT, (G) AN IDLER PINION ENGAGED WITH SAID PINION GEAR, (H) A FRICTION DISK ON SAID ROTATABLE TUNING MEMBER AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH, (I) A CLUTCH SLEEVE AXIALLY SLIDABLE ON SAID TUNING MEMBER, (J) A DRIVE GEAR ATTACHED TO SAID SLEEVE, (K) A SURFACE OF SAID DRIVE GEAR FRICTIONALLY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID DISK IN ONE SLIDABLE POSITION OF SAID SLEEVE, (L) MEANS OPERABLE BY OPERATION OF ANY OF SAID PUSH BUTTONS ENGAGING SAID CLUTCH SLEEVE TO SLIDE THE DRIVE GEAR OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FRICTION DISK, (M) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID PINION GEAR AND IDLER PINION, SAID IDLER PINION BEING IN FIXED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVE GEAR WHEN SAID DRIVE GEAR IS ENGAGING SAID DISK AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVE GEAR WHEN SAID DRIVE GEAR IS ENGAGING SAID DISK AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVE GEAR WHEN SAID DRIVE GEAR IS OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DISK, (N) SAID PINION GEAR AND SAID IDLER PINION BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID AXIS FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID TUNER UNIT, (O) SAID MEANS SUPPORTING SAID PINION GEAR AND SAID IDLER PINION INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED ARMS IN ANGLED RELATIONSHIP; ONE OF SAID ARMS HAVING A PORTION IN PARALLEL RELATION TO THE OTHER ARM, SAID PORTION AND OTHER ARM HAVING ALIGNED APERTURES THEREIN, (P) SAID OTHER END OF SAID FLEXIBLE SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH A PAIR OF SAID APERTURES AND AXIALLY SLIDABLE AND ROTATABLE THEREIN, (Q) SAID PINION GEAR AND SAID IDLER PINION HAVING AXIAL LENGTHS OF LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID PORTION AND OTHER ARM; SAID PINION GEAR BEING SECURED ON SAID FLEXIBLE SHAFT PORTION BETWEEN SAID PORTION AND OTHER ARM; SAID IDLER PINION MOUNTED ON A SHAFT BETWEEN SAID PORTION AND OTHER ARM; SAID SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH ANOTHER PAIR OF SAID APERTURES, (R) AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID SLEEVE IN ONE DIRECTION SIMULTANEOUSLY DISENGAGING SAID DRIVE GEAR FROM SAID DISK AND SAID PINION GEAR.