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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1997
Anthony F Beugelsdyk, Wichita, KS (US);
Michael A Barnard, Wichita, KS (US);
Wescon Products Company, Wichita, KS (US);
Abstract
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.