Valve control mechanism

Claim 1

A LEVER CONTROL MECHANISM FOR THREE AXIALLY MOVABLE PARALLEL VALVE PLUNGERS EACH SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN A COMMON BOCK, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A BASE ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE BLOCK, A FIRST CRANK MEMBER MOUNTED TO TURN ON SAID BASE ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, A SECOND CRANK MEMBER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE TO TURN ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, MEANS IN CLUDING A LINK CONNECTING SAID CRANK MEMBERS FOR DE PENDENT TURNING MOVEMENT, A STUB SHAFT, A FLEXIBLE JOINT CONNECTING THE STUB SHAFT TO SAID FIRST CRANK MEMBER, A CONTROL LEVER FIXED TO SAID STUB SHAFT, A SLEEVE TURNABLY RECEIVING SAID STUB SHAFT AND PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF RADIALLY PROJECTING TRUNNIONS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED 90* APART, EACH OF SAID TRUNNIONS EXTENDING TO A POSITION OVERLYING ONE OF THE VALVE PLUNGERS, RESPECTIVELY, LINKAGE MEANS FOR CONNECTING EACH TRUNNION TO ACTUATE ONE OF THE VALVE PLUNGERS, RESPECTIVELY, EACH OF SAID LINKAGE MEANS INCLUDING A UNIVERSAL JOINT, AND LINKAGE MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SECOND CRANK MEMBER TO OPERATE THE THIRD VALVE PLUNGER, WHEREBY ROCKING MOVEMENT OF THE STUB SHAFT AND SLEEVE BY MEANS OF THE CONTROL LEVER ABOUT THE AXIS OF EITHER TRUNNION IS EFFECTGIVE TO TILT THE OTHER TRUNNION TO ACTUATE EITHER OF TWO VALVE PLUNGERS, AND WHEREBY SWIVELLING OF THE CONTROL LEVER IS EFFECTIVE TO TURN THE STUB SHAFT TO ACTUATE THE THIRD VALVE PLUNGER.