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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1983
Syng N Kim, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Wico Corporation, Niles, IL (US);
Abstract
A position control device includes a generally rectangular, two-part housing having orthogonal walls, two of which have openings formed therein. A shaft is rotatably mounted in the housing on bearings which are respectively received in recesses in support blocks on the housing bottom. One end of the shaft projects outwardly through one of the openings and may have a knob secured thereto outside the housing. One-part and two-part shafts are disclosed. A control wheel is mounted coaxially on the shaft and projects through the other opening for manual rotation by a user. The support blocks cooperate with retainers on the housing cover to accommodate slight movement of the bearings in directions perpendicular to the plane of the control wheel opening, the shaft being resiliently biased toward that opening. The two parts of the housing cooperate to provide horizontal and vertical attachment passages for receiving fasteners so that the two orthogonal walls may respectively be attached to vertical and horizontal support surfaces.