Remote control devices

Claim 1

A remote control device for the joint or successive remote control of radio receivers, record players, tape recorders, television receivers and the like, the remote control device comprising a body having means for setting thereon controls for a particular item of particular equipment to be remotely controlled and said remote control device having a number of control members on said body enabling several functions to be set on the particular item of equipment to be remotely controlled, wherein said means for setting said controls of the remote control device comprise a plurality of drop sheets, each drop sheet being associated with a respective item of equipment to be remotely controlled and carrying indications of the functions of the control members on said remote control device for the remote control of said associated item of equipment, and each drop sheet having cutouts through which said control members can be passed, and in which a flap is pivotally mounted on said body of the remote control device, a slider being movably mounted on said flap and being capable of adopting a plurality of different positions in each of which the slider is arranged to connect different electrical contacts and to carry up a predetermined number of drop sheets when said slider is pivoted with the flap through a given angle with respect to said body of the remote control device, said slider being movable on the flap only when said flap is pivoted to a position in which it overlies the body of said remote control device, and in which a displaceable part is provided which makes it possible to form a fixed coupling between the slider and the flap, said displaceable part being displaceably arranged on a part fixed to the slider, said part having a web which engages in a cutout of the flap in a first position.