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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2005
Jerry Lee Dunn, Sperry, OK (US);
Michael Lynn Rice, Tulsa, OK (US);
Jerry Lee Dunn, Sperry, OK (US);
Michael Lynn Rice, Tulsa, OK (US);
TDW Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A remote monitor system for a longitudinally positionable control bar having position indicating indicia thereon including a housing receiving the control bar therein and having an aperture in a sidewall communicating between the control bar and an exterior housing surface, an explosion proof enclosure mounted exteriorly of the housing and having a transparent window in alignment with the aperture, a video camera positioned within the explosion proof enclosure having a lens with a visual path through the window and in alignment with the housing aperture, a radio transmitter within the explosion proof enclosure connected to the camera and configured to transmit a signal of video images provided by the camera; and a battery power source within the explosion proof enclosure providing energy to the camera and transmitter for providing remotely receivable control bar position indicating images.