Wescon Products Company

Conchemco, Incorporated

Latshaw Enterprises, Inc.

Other

Anthony F Beugelsdyk

Michael A Barnard

Marvin L Cox

Bruce J Kester

Chun-Hsiung Lin

Scott Schaffer

Arthur L Urban

Terence J Stuchlik

Ted E Deubner

Lester C Wu

Gary L Golobay

Dale C Kester

Daniel D Clarke

Ed Eater

Donald R Novak

Boris Boltak

An inline conduit switch includes a body having an anchor fitting adapted for mounting to a support and a conduit fitting adapted for mounting a control cable thereto. The conduit fitting is at least partially received in a bore of the anchor fitting for relative axial movement between a first configuration to which the body is normally biased and a second, compressed configuration. First and second electrical contacts are operatively carried by the anchor fitting and the conduit fitting, and are brought into electrically conductive engagement in the second configuration. The inline conduit switch operates to create electrical contact when a control cable is placed in tension, thereby axially shifting the conduit fitting relative to the anchor fitting.

Inline conduit switch

A conduit guide clip is provided which includes a receiver and a single arm extending therefrom is provided for mounting to a tubular support such as the handlebar of a walk-behind lawn mower. The guide clip further includes a mounting post, which is inserted into a hole in the tubular support. The arm is curved to wrap around and clamp an arcuate inner surface of the receiver against the tubular support after installation. The mounting post is positioned to extend from the arcuate inner surface, and the arm includes a rearwardly swept remote edge and located whereby no portion of the arm is positioned to intersect the longitudinal axis of the mounting post.

Conduit guide clip

A remote control assembly ( ) for controlling a valve or similar equipment is provided which includes a case ( ) having an internal, pivotal lever ( ) presenting first and second alternately usable spaced apart lever couplers ( ), together with a shiftable output rod ( ) selectively and alternately connectable with one or the other of the lever couplers ( ). A control handle ( ) is operatively coupled with the lever ( ) and extends out of the case ( ), with the handle ( ) being movable in order to pivot the lever ( ) about an axis ( ) to thereby shift the output rod ( ). The control handle ( ) is located in a first rest position when one lever coupler ( ) is employed, and a second, different rest position when the other lever coupler ( ) is used. The case ( ) is made up of case halves ( ) each differently configured to have differently located rest position stops ( and ) thereon, so that the assembly ( ) may be assembled or field-modified with the handle ( ) assuming different rest positions and/or handle locked positions, without the need for different or additional component parts.

Composite remote valve control

Dual action bail and lever lawnmower cable control assembly

A cable control assembly snaps into a control panel of a lawn mower or other piece of equipment to thereby enclose the opening in the control panel into which the assembly is received. The cable control assembly hereof includes a case and a shifter which is engaged by a detent spring, the case including a rim and at least one resilient snap for holding the margin of the control panel surrounding the opening therebetween. The detent spring includes a detent positioned between a pair of divergent arms which engage the case and inhibit transverse movement of the spring in the direction of orientation of the arms during pivotal movement of the shifter.

Panel mount cable control assembly

A dual action bail and lever lawn mower control assembly is provided for operating the ground drive of a self-propelled walk-behind lawn mower. The control assembly includes a housing, a shift lever having an extended handle and a substantially circular body which is coupled to a control cable. A bail socket is pivotally received in the housing and is coupled to the bail. A blocking pawl is provided within the housing for engagement with the circular body of the shift lever and the bail socket. The bail socket includes a retainer which is provided with a lug and is spring loaded so that when the bail is pulled back, the spring imparts a rotational force to the retainer. When the lever is shifted to position a recess therein opposite the pawl, the retainer pivots the pawl to enter the recess and hold the lever in the engaged position until the bail is released and a return spring associated with the ground drive pulls on the cable, with the shift lever being then free to return to its original position. The configuration and design of the assembly components permits the assembly to be rearranged to either left hand or right hand mounting through the substitution of only a single part.

Dual action bail and lever lawn mower control assembly

A conduit guide fitting is provided which economically permits mounting a Bowden cable to a mounting bar of a lawn mower or the like. The conduit guide fitting includes a receiver adapted to receive the sheath of the Bowden cable therein and allows the control cable to pass through the receiver for connection to a shiftable control. A projection extends at an oblique angle to the fitting and is adapted to fit in a hole in the mounting bar so as to both hold the cable in position and permit pivoting of the receiver as the control is shifted.

Conduit guide fitting

A push-pull control assembly which is lockable with respect to translational movement includes a rod received with a tube with a control cable attached to the rod and a collet received on an off-centered portion of the rod. The collet includes a raised ridge received within a keyway on the interior channel of the tube whereby the collet does not rotate but is free to translate within the channel. By turning the rod either clockwise or counterclockwise, the collet is wedged against the channel by the off-centered portion of the rod to lock the rod and thus the control cable against further movement. A key may be provided in addition to the collet to modify and limit the available translational movement of the rod.

Control assembly with locking collet

Screwdriver

Foldable saw

A control lever assembly includes a mounting bracket on which a control lever and detent plate are supported. The bracket presents a generally planer sliding surface in which a detent element is formed. The control lever and detent plate are supported on the bracket for movement across the sliding surface, and the detent plate includes a finger that is supported for pivotal movement about an axis extending in a direction parallel to the sliding surface. A pair of opposed side walls are provided on the detent plate for guiding the pivotal movement of the finger while preventing the finger from shifting relative to the plate along the pivot axis of the finger. A spring is provided for biasing the finger against the sliding surface so that when the lever is pivoted to a position in which the finger is aligned with the detent element, the finger is forced into engagement with the element and holds the lever in that position.

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Wichita, KS, United States of America

Anthony F Beugelsdyk