Transmission and clutch with single control

Claim 1

A CONTROL MECHANISM FOR MANUAL OPERATION TO REGULATE A POWER SYSTEM FOR DRIVING A LOAD, SAID POWER SYSTEM INCLUDING A PRIME MOVER DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO THE LOAD THROUGH A TANDEM CONNECTED MODULATED CLUTCH AND A MULTI-DRIVE RATIO REVERSIBLE-DRIVE TRANSMISSION, SAID TRANSMISSION INCLUDING A FIRST PLURALITY OF CLUTCHES ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED AND SET SAID TRANSMISSION IN THE VARIOUS DRIVE RATIOS AND A SECOND PLURALITY OF CLUTCHES ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED AND SET SAID TRANSMISSION IN FORWARD AND REVERSE DRIVE DIRECTION, SAID CONTROL MECHANISM COMPRISING, A CONTROL ROD, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID ROD FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN PREDETERMINED LIMITS AND SWIVEL MOVEMENT TO A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS EACH CORRESPONDING TO A DIFFERENT DRIVE RATIO OF THE TRANSMISSION AND ROTARY MOVEMENT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS, A HANDLE ATTACHED TO SAID ROD AND POSITIONED TO BE MANUALLY PUSHED, PULLED, ROTATED, AND MOVED TO MOVE SAID ROD INTO SAID PLURALITY OF POSITIONS, A MODULATING ACTUATOR FOR ENGAGING SAID MODULATED CLUTCH TO A DEGREE PROPORTIONAL TO THE ENERGIZATION THEREOF, A POTENTIOMETER CONNECTED TO ENERGIZE SAID MODULATING ACTUATOR AND INCLUDING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ROD FOR ADJUSTING THE VOLTAGE OUTPUT THEREFROM IN PRPORTION TO THE LONGITUDINAL POSITIONING OF THE ROD, A FIRST PLURALITY OF ACTUATORS ADAPTED WHEN ENERGIZED IN PATTERNS TO ENGAGE SAID TRANSMISSION DRIVE-RATIO CLUTCHES AND SET THE TRANSMISSION IN THE VARIOUS DRIVE RATIOS, A FIRST PLURALITY OF REED SWITCHES POSITIONED ADJACENT POSITION OF SWIVEL MOVEMENT OF THE END OF SAID ROD, OPPOSITE THE HANDLE, A MAGNET SUPPORTED TO MOVE WITH SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID ROD AND CLOSE THE REED SWITCHES AT EACH POSITION OF SWIVELED MOVEMENT OF SAID ROD WHEN POSITIONED ADJACENT THERETO, CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID REED SWITCHES AND SAID FIRST ACTUATORS FOR ENERGIZING THE ACTUATORS IN PATTERNS WHEN PREDETERMINED REED SWITCHES ARE CLOSED TO SET SAID TRANSMISSION IN THE DRIVE RATIO CORRESPONDING TO THE PIVOTAL POSITIONING OF SAID ROD, A SECOND PLURALITY OF ACTUATORS ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED IN PATTERNS TO ENGAGE SAID TRANSMISSION DRIVE DIRECTION CLUTCHES, A SECOND PLURALITY OF REED SWITCHES ADJACENT EACH POSITION OF SWIVEL MOVEMENT OF SAID ROD WITH SELECTED ONES OF SAID SECOND REED SWITCHES POSITIONED TO CLOSE AS SAID ROD IS ROTATED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROTARY POSITIONS WHILE AT THAT SWIVELED POSITION, CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID SECOND REED SWITCHES AND SAID SECOND ACTUATORS FOR ENERGIZING THE ACTUATORS IN PATTERNS WHEN PREDETERMINED REED SWITCHES ARE CLOSED TO SET SAID TRANSMISSION IN FORWARD AND REVERSE DRIVE DIRECTIONS, AND SPRING MEANS TO HOLD SAID ROD IN EACH SWIVEL AND ROTARY POSITION IT IS MOVED WHEREBY THE CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT IS VARIED BY PUSHING AND PULLING ON THE HANDLE, THE DRIVE RATIO OF THE TRANSMISSION IS SET BY SWIVELING THE HANDLE AND THE DRIVE DIRECTION IS SET BY ROTATING SAID HANDLE.