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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1974
Randle Leslie Abbott, Tamworth, EN;
GKN Transmissions Limited, Birmingham, EN;
Abstract
A control means comprising a fixed first member, two pivots fixed relative to the first member in spaced-apart relation, a second member movable relative to the first member, a third member movable relative to the second member by a first manually operated control between first and second positions in which respectively the third member engages the first and second pivots and thus mounts the second member for pivoting movement about the first and second pivots respectively, spring means acting on the second member and a linkage connected to the second member in such a location that when the third member is in its first position the spring force urges the linkage in one direction and when the third member is in its second position the spring force urges the linkage in the opposite direction.