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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Eugene J. Ficyk, Livonia, MI (US);
David Van Zanten, Troy, MI (US);
Michael J. Konn, Utica, MI (US);
L&P Property Management Company, Southgate, CA (US);
Abstract
A push button actuator including a plunger movable between return and actuating positions, a flexible conduit with an axial bore therethrough and a flexible core slideably disposed within the bore. The first end of the conduit is operatively connected to the plunger and moves substantially with the plunger. The second end of the conduit and the first end of the core are fixed with respect to the movement of the plunger between its return and activating positions. Movement of the plunger from its return position to its actuating position pushes the first end of the conduit away from the first end of the core, flexing the conduit and causing the second end of the core to be drawn towards the second end of the conduit. The movement of the second end of the core may be used to activate a reaction mechanism operatively connected to the second end of the core.