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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles S Tamarin, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Gerard Magliaro, Brookfield Center, CT (US);
Assignee:
Incom International Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
745023 ;
Abstract
To replace conventional ball-cage strips for remote controls in which push-pull blades slide on ball bearings maintained properly spaced from one another by such strips, a linkable ball-cage element has been developed to form strips of such linked elements that overcome limitations of prior ball-cage strips. Each element has a head and neck at one end and a cavity and narrow entrance at the opposite end so that the head of one element can be inserted into the cavity of another element. Each element holding a ball is thus linked with other elements to provide a very flexible strip of any desired length.