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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5463362 | Tuner circuit having a switching diode to change receiving bands A tuner circuit is basically composed of: a series of a low-band coil and a high-band coil disposed on the signal side; a series of a low-band coil and a high-band coil disposed on the earth side; and a switching diode disposed between a junction of the l... | 10/31/1995 |
| 4532485 | Fine adjusting mechanism for preset type tuner An improved fine adjusting mechanism for a preset type tuner, which is so arranged that, with a ring having cam portions being fitted under pressure onto a fine adjusting shaft of a tuner for simultaneous rotation with it and also for slippage with respec... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4311056 | Pre-setting fine tuning device for a turret type television tuner The present television fine tuning is so constructed that an initial rotation establishes the fine tuning state and that a continued rotation of the fine tuning shaft performs the fine tuning. For this purpose the present tuner comprises a fine tuning dri... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4300109 | Turret type television tuner having an elastic and a rigid support disc A turret type television tuner comprises a chassis subassembly including a chassis base, an electrical wiring sub-assembly fixed on the chassis base, and a rotor assembly including a turret secured to a selector shaft within the chassis base. The turret i... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4253074 | Push pre-setting fine tuning device for turret type television tuners The present fine tuning device comprises a fine tuning shaft mounted concentrically around a main channel selecting shaft supported in a chassis base. A plate spring member is disposed on the chassis for thrust biasing the fine tuning shaft. A gear member... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4172390 | Lever for memory fine tuning arrangements for turret type television tuner In a pivotally mounted member of the memory fine tuning arrangement for a turret type television tuner, a pivotally moved lever plate provided integrally with a pivotal shaft having head portion, neck portion and body portion, is pivotally mounted on a fr... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4165499 | Channel-selecting, presettable, rotary type tuning device A channel-selecting, presettable, rotary type tuning device in which there is provided a tuning-position-determining unit having two or more tuning-position-determining elements, whose positions may be adjustable; a slide member operably coupled to a vari... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4152682 | Fine tuning mechanism in a tuner A tuner for use in a telecommunication receiver having a rotary drum carrying a plurality of oscillation coils and a fine tuning member for each coil supported for movement inside of the coil for fine tuning and having a geared head, and a main shaft on w... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4128821 | Turret type television tuner The present turret type television tuner comprises a U-shaped chassis having first and second end walls joined by a side wall. A main channel selecting shaft is supported in said end walls. A toothed index wheel is mounted on the selector shaft adjacent t... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4123781 | Television tuner with fine tuning means A television tuner including a fine tuning mechanism, said mechanism comprising a cam body provided to a sleeve rotatably disposed around the operating shaft, said cam body having a cam surface adapted to convert rotary motion to reciprocating motion, and... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4041422 | Fine tuning assembly for preset tuner A plurality of fine tuning elements are mounted on a disc which is rotatable by a selector shaft so that a selected tuning element is in a tuning position. Each tuning element comprises a screw with a gear mounted at the end thereof. A tuning shaft is rot... | 08/09/1977 |
| 3947787 | Mechanical TV control unit A television tuner includes a rotatable turret and a plurality of coil forms positioned in the turret. There is a pair of tuning coils mounted on each coil form and an adjustable tuning screw extending outwardly from each end of each coil form. The housin... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3944952 | Fine tuning system having a limited user adjustable tuning range A limited tuning range tuning unit useable with a television tuner of the turret type includes a user tunable coil having a tuning slug extending from an end of the tuning unit. A pinion gear engageable by a drive train coupled to a user operated fine tun... | 03/16/1976 |
