Combined engine throttle and transmission control means

Claim 1

A CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN ENGINE DRIVEN DEVICE HAVING A THROTTLE SHIFTABLE BETWEEN IDLING AND ACCELERATING POSITIONS AND A REVERSIBLE DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE HAVING A CONTROL PART SHIFTABLE BETWEEN "FORWARD," "NEUTRAL" AND "REVERSE" POSITIONS, COMPRISING A CONTROL MEMBER SHIFTABLE ON SAID CONTROL PART, VICE FOR POSITIONING SAID CONTROL PART, A MANUALLY OPERABLE CONTROLLER SHIFTABLE ON SAID CONGINE DRIVEN DEVICE, FOR SELECTIVELY ACTUATING SAID CONTROL MEMBER, MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID CONTROLLER AND CONNECTED TO SAID THROTTLE TO POSITION SAID THROTTLE IN IDLING POSITION WHILE SAID CONTROL PART IS IN NEUTRAL POSITION AND TO ADVANCE SAID THROTTLE TO AN ACCELERATING POSITION WHEN SAID CONTROL PART IS SHIFTED CLEAR OF NEUTRAL POSITION, SAID CONTROL MEMBER CONSTITUTING A CAM PLATE ROTATABLE ON AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSMISSION CONTROL PART AND INCLUDING SEGMENTS EXTENDING IN ANGULARLY RELATED PLANES, AND A CAM FOLLOWER CARRIED BY SAID TRANSMISSION CONTROL PART AND STRADDLING SAID CAM PLATE.